The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-03-20
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militia all the way through. Practi-
cally every citizen who sympathlZes
with the miners has had his house
searched anil everything in the way of
fire arms cnriiscated, while the opera
tors and thrir hirelings have been al
lowed 10 retain their fire arms, IN
Guiding their cannons and machine
guns. To lecite the overt acts COM
mitted by the militia during the
strike would be to write volume in
itself Or their arrival in the field
in the last of October, they came. as
usual. bearing the olive BRANCH OF
peace, and the poor dcluded coal min
erS thinking they came TO proclaim
justice, hailed them with glad acclaim
They had long since lost confidence
in the courts Of justice and the execu-
tive power of the state, and here. in
the militia. was their last hope.
The militia was composed of men
of their own class, blood Of their
blood. flesh Of their flesh and bone Of
| their bone: surely they would uphold
the homer and dignity Of the state,
and would protect them against the
hired assassins Of the master class.
Poor, suffering contiding wage slav-
cs, Can you. Mr. Reader. contem-
plate the CONSERVATION of the coal
miners when this wolf in Sleeps
clothing threw off his mask and re-
vealed himself in all his hideousness
and naked dcfovmity 4 wage slave,
like his brother Of the mine, he comes
CARRIED in the livery Of the state and
bearing in one hand the offerings Of
peace, but in the other Il dagger drip
ping with brothers innocent blood,
Here VIC have the physical arm of the
state, whose chief function, if a func-
ton 1T all, is to uphold the honor and
the integrity Of the state, in the
twinkiing Of an eye, ii is transformed
into band Of mercenary scab herd
ers more brutal and more tyranrous
than the Baldwin guards themselves,
when enrolled in their nefarious roca-
lions, or the constabulary OF Ireland.
OF Cossacks Of Russia.
Long before the strike was called
the operators had their agents out
securing the Eastern cities for strike
breakers. These poor deluded, unem
ployed wage slaves were induced by
all manner Of false pretences to come
to Colorado by these agents. They
were met ut the borders ofthe state
by the militia and escorted into the
coal mines where for months they
have been held as poems, and many
are the grueSome stories told by those
who have escaped the vigilance of the
drunken hircIings in khiki uniforms
Il uniform that shall forever more
brand the vcarer with Il meritcd
shame even as Cain bore the mark OF
4 murderer.
1t was only step from scab-hcrd-
ing to petty larceny Evidence lr
abundance has been compiled by the
congressional committee TO send
many of these uniformed thieves to
the pcnitentiary were their cases
tried before courts Of justice. and out
side the private domain Of the John
D. Pirates.
Encouraged By tho demonstrating
kand of the law in petty larceny. fhc
brave ycllo"' Ir%& Immediately turned
Shcir hand, to other Ieprcdat!nns.
The most seed rights Of women ana
children were violated with imrInlty.
Homes were entered and wives and
mothers assaulted and inSuItcd ard
their dcfamcrs allowed to 20 scott
free BY the military dictator "ho al
that time had SIT aside all civi! law
and civil government, and substitute
ed therefor his own irresponsible and
incompetent will.
On January 18th Mother Jones was
arrested in her hotel at Trinidad and
held incomMuncado for forty-nine
DAYS. during which time she was de-
MED her every right as a citizen, even
to the extent Of proper medical at
tention. On January -. the women
decided to hold d puOIic dcmonStra-
ton in the way Of Il mass meeting
and parade as q solemn protest
against the unjust Imprisonment of
Mother Jones. This peaceful parade
Of women and children was charged
into by Il company Of cavalry III
which General Chase himself took an
active part. Several women were
tramped under the hoofs of the hors-
eS, many others were stabbed and
beaten over the head by the braves,
after which many were placed under
ARE t and held as all military prlS-
oners' arc ncld--incimmunicado. No.
tablv in this respect was the case OF
Miss Sarah Slator, Il high school girl
who happened to be on the side walk
when the gallant Chase gave the or
der for his braves to charge upon the
women, and if needs be ito shoot to
kill" The brave general forgot for
the time being that he was astrlde Il
live cayuse and not enc OF the ANNALS
stuffed with straw, commonly used IN
the photograph galleries, and in some
way must have tickled the animal
with his gold spur-anyway, the pony
threw the general over its head, and
what could the poor girl do but laugh,
which she did. And because she
laughed the brave general kicked her
in the breast after which she was
locked up and held incommunlcado.
This narrative would be incomplete
did we not al this point set forth at
least in brief way, the coalition he
tween the operators and their pGIltl-
cal henchmcn and the intellectual
prostitutes and hirrlings who serve
their interests.
In Trinidad VIC have three daily pa
perS. The Trinidad Free Press" the
"Chronicle News" and Advertiser
all owned and edited by the operators
henchmcn. namely: Judge Jesse
Northcutt and James Grisham, sheriff
of Las Animas county. Of the man
Northcutt It can be truthfully said
His feet take hold Of hell, his vile,
traitorous mouth emits vituprrationS
and malicious falschOOds as 4 nutrld
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