The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-16
LAW40N PROTEST
MEETING HELD
"hoTHER- JONES AND JAMES
LORD ADDRESS WHEELING
AUDIENCE.
Declare John lawson b4as Been Sen.
teneeo 10 Life inprisonment for
Murder % Man He
Never Saw

Mother" Jones was the principal
speaker az an enthusiastic meetink
under the auspices OF the Ohio Valley
Trades Assembly al the Market Audi
forum last night The meeting WAS
In the nature OF a protest against the
sentencing OF John n. lawson to life
Imprisonment In the Colorado State
penltentlary for having killed a man
who. n II claimed by Mother" Jones.
he never saw.
James Lord. president OF the min
ing department OF the American red
GRAFTON Of Labor. also spoke. Resolu
tons protesting against the imprison-
ment OF Mr.. lawson. and protesting
against labor conditions existing IN
Colorado. were unanimously adopted
Frank Ledvinka. OF sub-district No. 5.
Eastern Ohio miners. presided. and
Walter y. Hilton. editor OF the Maori
~. acted as secretary.
Mr.. Lord. the FIRST speaker OF the
evening. expressed the objects OF the
meeting. After describing the Colo
RADIO mine strike. he declared the
sentencing OF John n. Lawson forms
the blacklist crime in the history OF
the United States" Continuing. hi
said. 1T Mortified the people OF this
country. was aimed as a blow against
the miners organization. and was a
crime because the accused man was
not present az the time the murder
was committed. Il was only the de-
cision OF Judge bought by the coal
corporation"
Mr.. Lord graphically described the
destruction OF the Ludlow camp. and
referred 10 the guards as 'Iiovernor
Ammens' hired murderers." Machine
guns were turned on the camp. he
said. killing women and children. The
soldiers then set fire to the tents.
.cremating mothers and babies alive.
Following Mr.. Lords speech. by
unanimous vote. II was decided to
send the following telegram to Presi-
dent Wilson:
Mass meeting OF citizens express
appreciation OF Frank r. Walsh as
chairman OF commission OF Industrial
relations. and see in his work a splen-
did stand for human freedom and
progress"
The statements made by my col.
legue are all true about the murder
ing in Colorado but did you read
about the numbering of seventeen
miners in Michigan?
could occur in West Virginia Let me
tell you, the same thing did happen
on Cabin Greek, near Charleston, W
Va. for I pushed away the machine
guns that were turned on your boys
down there while two OF your brave"
men shook In their boots beside me
and told me to be careful. / tell YOU
what is the matter with you. you are
a set OF moral towards and are afraid
TO stand up for your rights. They told
me II was my fault the trouble oc.
CURED and drove me away at the
point OF the bayonet and made me
wade the creek to get away. The big
Z interests built on the foundation OF
John ID. Rockefeller owns the courts.
guards and governors in this state
Just like they do In Colorado and
others.
Your dumb head military corps are
| disgrace TO the sons OF true moth
ers. and your judicial pirates and high
class burglars OF West Virginia can
I do all they will. but Mother Jones will
/ be there to raise - II they need IL.
| The Industrial conditions are growing
( more bitter throughout this country.
/ end II the government won't do bust
ness we will
You say this r. The Land OF the Free
| and the Home Of the Brave. Nothing
! could have happened I'm any other coun-
try than America where the law OF the
land Il not the peoples law but the men
are owned by John u. and his crew OF
D high class burglars.
Ladies' n you leave the suffrage
+ question and foreign mission clubs alone
and induce your husbands not 60 wear
Hcab hats or chew scah tobacco you
viii be doing more for your children.
| In closing her speech Mother said that
! although she was 81 years old she was
going 10 live 20 see John ". Lawson free
and n the supreme Court % Colorado
I did not free him she would call on her