The chronicle=news., 1914-01-12
UNION RANKS
TORN WITH
STRIFE

has s~a'h'h y sfteis- Ihr fauhs III
the striking coal miner. al. swept
by iiss-nsiDn sha according to in-
formation received through tE- mill
tary commission Saturday nisht. a
N-ritabi- Mar lie s.ihs "n among
strikers. particularly IN the Asuiiar
district. III. r-sui, of III. action of =
number Of m-h IA going back to
sotE - the Iiin-. and tn. stated ir-
i.n;ioh q: o'h.ts 10 80 hack io work,
The military commission saturday
concluded its ihs.s,isation Inio .
series Of fio,s that have occurred s--
r-n.is in the Asuiiss district. .ser
the removal OF household sa..i> at
strikers u the mines II ~as i.asa-s
ffoua the commission sha, a nunb-s
"f .obisn had b--a III. issdsfs In
these disturbances. that in ss,n- IN
slsae-~ sticks sna eiuss ~"i- us-a b,
sls" atrik.s sasssn 10 ih,itaiia,- 'hS
wives os hsrE As. had ESsa'n-a ~
.ask
After carefully Investigating ,h..~
rss~. ana ssasaiains number of
siia-s--s. ID" military .ps,ai.siSs
rp.pHsi lis ilnaihss recommending
that Ias. rFans. -h. bad bs-a
t..ina guilty at ssri'iue riot. t.- in
d-siniiris OBTAINED rhr-- Women.
Nntasis t-sbtpsirh. Jusi. sshunaa.h.
Ct and Mrs i.ss-r. ssF- tnaha ruiEsy
si.a Of ai.sa'bahS- ana in.isias sia,
bss. vets released and allowed Z. t.st
turn hose alter t-ins severely al
msntshrd
These sirss.sstrs'iss.s aH the pAst
of ibp strikers ss-r .h- r-turn To .h-
nia-s ~ sossr at ,a-iF auasb-s hss.
h~-n eerpsstaEs IL sas stated. at sh.
rat. sf ,hs.- Z. sis- = aaY in aiI-s-
ert part. Ut N. aissss,s asa The miii.
tau sa,hssisi-s bad ssaa krr, sssys
The riots iess.ssess-,i hs the .oss.
s.ssssos m Friday esd Saturday sr-
snss-a or tr~eaai.ss &c ard g: ~s-s
fac . as, in asssrf-n' paris af sh-
si.ssi.t a.a ,h- saiii,Ass s..a.siti-.
had h~~n krps hssssa Th- fi.is i.I
s-stiesisa hI The s.tarai.-isa on wi
aay and sssssdaS occurred so ih-a
s.ns-r &C s.a g; skea sis. tsaiii-s
.ssaa, 10 ra.sr :sr'r knss.s bold goods
fsusn Asusrss &. -ain-s y sr.t. es.s4
.sSd. led ~ women. s.H threats Of
sisI~..- sere made
\ aup.b-r Of .sssus-aans-s ut tie
sane character hss1 s-s~a .ssussiae
si ssark,iiir sai Sspriss ~ ii
Thema. a toe nish,s aeo = detail "f
..,sifI ~as surrounded BY . ns.s s..
strikers vh-n -h- soldiers s~,sssht To
ssrvs, = sisr ~ha hsa shsrssrari to
~ asnsi'r tho hpsss. of . striker Who
BAD r.'urs-a {. -"si
In s,-ss many cssr> the sr"shir
hs. started .v.r 'k" attitude as so.
meu who insi..-s, that their husbands
go hack te work In all ,asrs. ~.
s.Yaint ,o information CLEANED st-rn
ss- military authorities. tho .'r'ker.
has. ms.ifessr,, hs.siIisios toward
tho as-s spins bark sa ~o'fs
Military uttircrs m charge Of de
tart tmcnss sf ,r,.pa s'stion-d s' the
sitt.rrn' coal eans.ss have trrostsla .
number et sas-e ps ds-stisusj"n ar,ens
III. fatalities .f strikers. Somc Ut
these isv-stiEstri by the military
authorities es- pisisbi- In the es-
,rcm. Cases we're suuni ~her" the
homes "f strikers wrte without tc.Si.
children running about without
stockings q, shoes and conditions
had reached that extremity NJ rfiys-
,iop ,be' tho husbands had 'ina,i,
yielded to the pleas "f III" wife ae'
mother and asked for their places
back In the mines
In aImc., every ras- !, was found
that tn. strikers had sou th' to n,ake
trvubic for The ones going back.
Case. have been r-.ror'es' where the
siv.s of working minera iyinG III
had b.cn in,imidatrJ. One woman
whose husband had returned to work
was lying sick and near death from
an operation aud according TO infor-
nation received bv the military av-
thoritirs women aud men from the
nearby strikers camps had come tn
the hous. and threatened to bioW mp
the place. Officers ~er" compelled
,o take action and prevent a repeti-
;icp a. the camp physician sta'c>
,ha, excitement of auv kind would
probably prove fatal to the woman.
Captain Hildrcth Frost. who Is in
command Of detachments Of troops
stationed at Soyris. Starkville. Mor-
ley. Wootton and a number Of other
camps. has been investigating Just
such incidents as these every day.
Cases Of suffering really pathetic
have been brought to his attention.