The Glenwood post., 1914-04-25

acre given shelter and food. Not
knowing what the tent colony N xht
yet contain and with bullets from tn,
direction coming whizzing around ths
militia and those with them, not .
second apart, the tent colony was fired
upon. The compact Of the bullets
against boxes Of ammunition in tbs
tent Of John B. lawson set the place
afire. 1t was now dark. The strikera
had retrested ~ far - the water tank
anu some of them further away to the
wooden bridge down the railroad track.
AZ the tents started to blase the light
threw . glare into the heavens and as
the fire reached the stored ammunition
the noise from that particular tent was
like the explosion Of q million bunches
Of firecrackers during . Chiness New
Yeau.
About the tine the tents began to
blaze . cry went up froa the strikers
familiar with the eoleay, dynamite
dynamite" and they all started to run
from the scene the militia following
suit. By the time the fire had gained
much Roadway, the militia had secured
possession Of the water tank, the
Greeks retreating to the wooden bridge.
The small detachment Of militia here
heard cries coming from the tent col
ony and giving no heed to the rain "
bullets which came from the strikers
guns made mad rush for the burning
structures, and such women and chill
dren As they could find who had con-
cealed themselves in the cellars orig
inally built for protection, were taken
out and brought safely to the depot.
Later hearing the barking and crying
Of dogs, these same two militiamen
rushed in and cut the rope which held
= number of dogs and gave them free
dom.
Early in the day an effort was made
to locate positively the responsibility
for the outbreak, and from the three
women rescued by these two militia
mea was gained the infernstion which,
placed with more secured later, made
the evidence complete that the whole
thing was . well laid plan conceived
by "Louie the Greek, ," a.d engineered
by him.
He paid the penalty with his life.
When 1 approached one Of the sebbins
women who were now under tie care
asd protection Of The little handful Of
nilitia and asked her how the trouble
started, she said:
"Ns Mexican, sAs saav, she italian.
We want no troabis. Ne hsar nsa
running. Ne look cat Of tsat., We
ses Greeks, lsts gus sast u ssaaisrs.
Ny husband Ae run, tes, s.a I 10 ~
hin nsrss naybs ~ Dad; asv I an
lone With AaAissc" l
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fire Of the epeiagfisA riflss a.l -
machine guns o. the striksn must havs
caused great havoc. TIE men sAvaassd
froa Cedar Hill 70 the steel bridge sad
thea to the statioa protected BY ths
fire from the machine gun. Majer
Hammock gave the command that the
tent colony must Be taken before dust
and before dusk fell over the seene
Thousands Of rounds Of ammunition
had sped death in those grim hills
'tLouie the Greek" held the wooden
bridge as the tent colony took fire evil
IDENTIFY from the compact Of bullets with
the boxes Of anaunition in the Lavson
tent. Finding that the snail bad Of
nilitianen were slswiy bot s1rsly
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