The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-09
SIX ACITATORS l
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HELD FOR PLAN !
TO WRECK carr
Insurrection Leader in Death
Cell at Aison, n
CONFESSION IS WANTEo
Sporadic Outbreaks Near Mo-
Alester Quelled, 81

MUSKOGEE, Okla, Aug. ~ 4
Six alleged I. W. W. agitatoYs Afe II
under arrest At Miami, Ottawe. \
county, and several othsrs Aave Y
been driven from the mining dis. n
trict there ~ the result Of attsu,ts 4
to dynamite freight cara Aceef0s
o. Ing 10 reports 10 the United etAtoo
marshsrs office here. Miami b ~
the heart Of . lead and sine nlsiag a
district. Msssagss from CeuatY n
Attorney MeNaughton Of NiAxn n
said the trouble With the I. ". W.
was ended. NJ
hcALESTER, okla. Aug. o.--(Set1
ciAl I'm . death cell in the bsssuse1(
Of the Oklahoma state penitentiAc
here, past which heavy steam plpes su
and within Z lew feet Of the uf,pbtsu6l
wooden chair 10 which OklshoaA
criminals are legally executed 10 n. T.
Spence Seminole county orssnises =
the Working Clan union. an alleoo|
anti draft organization. MA
First Leader Captured.
Spence is the first suspected leader
to he captured OF the gangs which late
last week terroriyed eastern Oklahoulrs' y
burned and dymmited railroad brideloI;'
engaged in battle with posses and ~
telephone and telegraph wires % DG)&|
OF wh& 10 now known TO have beeA 1
organized attempt TO resist the woe}
ings of the selective conscription ~
Others will be placed In death 81
alongside Of him In order that the x ~
feet OF the darkened interiors, the Stu
ness Of the death chamber and u
mental horror that contact with q
presence Of deathiy things brings nj
lead them TO confess to their slleGo(
leadership Of the Hughes, Seminole sn1
Pontotoc county uprisings.
An attempt was made last night ri
Scipio, a small town in the northwesob
ern part of Piusburg county. TO burg
the house OF Travis Myers Bloo6s
hounds are trailing the arson fiend.
Three Found With Dynamite.
At lndianola also in northern Pittot
burg county, three alleged members AZ
the Working Cla" Union were areet(
last nigh, with dynamite in their pue
session. They were lodged in Jail NJ
The explosions were in the nsighog
hood Of the Fort Smith 4 West
bridge, bu, investigation proved q
the men had been setting of the
plosive for some unknown pufyC
about a quarter OF a mile away IT,
the structure. Tom Barnes, 76 81
old Cal Barnes, 70 years Old. md
Surber u Year, old, were are
They had seven sticks Of dynamite (
a supply Of caps In their possessloA., b
The Barnes men will NOT say ~
thing about the matter, but Surbs( q
fers the explanation that the expio(tt
were made TO demonstrate how ~
mite acted for the benefit of . fass0G
The county attornsys suspect that 49,
explosions were made either % sieu1>
or TO frighten residents they had %
CURED the night before also.
An uprising was reported to McAles
ter officers late In the evening iron
Blanco south Of MeAlester, nv two a.
legged members Of the Working Class
Union. who sought protection from fel'
low members Of the organization, Ar
investigation Is being made.
Two hundred and seventy-five al
legged draft resisters are now injail here
more arc under arrest in the affected
Territory and another large "consisn-
ment' OF prisoners is expected to arrivs
here this afternoon from Holdenville. !,
United States attorneys are here tar
ing e,tmony for use in tlr examining
trial, OF resister suspects to be begun
soon before United States Commas
s,oner Mcmillan here