Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-04
LABOR AGITATOR STRUNG UP
BY MOB.
FRANK II. LITTLE, LEADER OF T.
w. W., VICTIM OF LYNCHING
PARTY.

w. W., VICTIM OF LYNCHING
PARTY.
OTHERS ARE THREATENED
MAN WHO CALLED SOLDIERS
"SCABS IN UNIFORM" PAYS
DEATH PENALTY.
BUTTE, MONT, Auguot MARITAL
law will be declared before tomorrow
morning 1t was indicated tonight,
following day Of excitement as O 10
suit of tho lynching by . party Of
masked men, Of Frank ii. Little, In
dustrial Worker of the World lead or.
Tho city has been shut up tight to-
night. Every saloon and restaurant
Is dark. Every person in the city has
on warned by the authorities to
and suffered. Armed police and
vigilantes are patrolling the streets.
Other Industrial Workers Of tho
World agitators have applied for pro-
lection.
Little was taken from his room In
tho Steele Block, adjoining the w.
w. headquarters at Sim Hail. before
dawn this morl ing, by party Of
armed and masked men. He was
thrown into an automobile and taken
to the Milwaukee railroad bridge, in
the outskirts Of the city. After des-
perate struggle a rope was .looped
around his neck and he was thrown
over the side Of tho bridge.
His body, clothed only in the under
wear III which he slept, was discover
ed late in the morning by searching
party after his absence from his room
was disclosed.
Tremendous excitement followed.
BODY is CUT DOWN BY CHIEF
OF POLICE.
The body was cut down at 8 A. NJ,
by the chief of police, Jerry Murphy.
who identified 1t. Little, in a recent
speech here referred to United States
troops as Uncle Sans scabs In uni
form"
Since his arrival in Butte recently
from Globe, Ariz., Little had made q
number Of speeches to strikers In
which he attacked tho government
and urged the men to shut down the
mines Of the Butte district. His re-
cord was under Investigation by the
Federal autht rifles.
TOOK LEADING PART IN LABOR
TROUBLES.
Little tcbk a leading part in recent
labor troubles in Arizona He wrote
Governor Campbell, of Arizona, from
SAT- Lake, protesting against the do
portation of 1. w. w. members from
BlsDee. Governor Campbell replied
telling Little no resented his inter
rerenco and his threats. Little was
Understood to have the confidence of
Wlliiam ID. Haywood, secretary Of the
l. W. w. national organization, and
was regarded here as one Of Hay-
woods confidential agents.
Little was q cripple, but active and
forceful speaker.
On Little's body was O card bearing
the words: "First end last warning
Others take notice. Vigilantes"
Little was taken out of the building
IN which he lodged by a party OF
masked men who took him away In an
automobile He was not given time
to dreas. The building Is near the
t1nn Hall. which Is headquarters for
,1he new metal miac workers SullIu1l
which recently !. called a strike Of
miners and which was frequently adj
dressed by Little.
lhe card found on Little's body
when he was cut down was pinned to
the underclothing on his right thigh
IL pore In red crayon letters the in
scription:
Others take notice. First and last
warming. 3-7-77. l.. D. c. S. s. w.
"A circle was about the letter "I,
lhe letters were inscribed with q lead
pencil. -o<'"
rho figures "3-7-77" are the old sjpn
or tho vigilantes in Montana Tho
custom of the vigilantes was to send
thfee warnings to @ marked man. tho
thlrd ana last being written in red.
SIX MASKED MEN TAKE HIM
FROM HOTEL.
DIX MASKED men in an automobile
drove up 10 the front of Little's hotel
at minutes after 3 o'clock One stood
upon the sidewalk in front of the
rooming-house. The others entered
me men quickly broke into room
NO 80 on the ground floor. Light
from an electric torch showed them
me room was unoccupied. Mrs. Nora
hyrne' owner of the hotel, who was
awakened by the noise, occupied an
adjoining room at the front of the
building '''o
Some mistake here" she heard a
voice say. Then she heard the men
move the door Of her room, which
they pushed slightly open Mrs, Byrne
sprang to the door and held it. "Wait
Until get my clothes on" she said,
Ihen she asked who they were and
what they wanted. GNU
we are officers and we want Frank
little" she was told.
Mrs. Byrne hastily dressed; again
went TO the door and opened it.
me leader df the masked mon poked
d revolver. into the opening.
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