The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-09-10
QUIET IN HAMMOND
STRIKE ZONE
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him They attempted to pull the trigger
! tried 70 take his shotgun away from
4 but he held It al safety During the
entire ARRAY he was unable to fire a
/ single shot but was kept busy beating
/ or the men who were trying to disarn4
I them. With his free arm he managed TO
protect himself with his blackjack.
+ Coroner Graham inquired whether the
i returning workmen marched in a body
/ for their own protection or If il was
merely TO naunt their numbers BEFORE
4 the strikers The guard could NOT
I answer. The coroner then expressed il
as his belief that these professions were
/ the cause or the whole business and
I should be stopped.
4 sKUBA CALLED TO STAND.
Thomas Skuba. the soldier who had
been arrested under the belief that he
was the man who carried the flag at the
head OF the parade. was the mex, man
called When asked regarding his al
legged part as leader he denied carving
the agh and said he was not with the
marehers but came up later Joe Kolod-
zig. with his head bandaged from a blew
which he had received. testified that
he did not see any Of the strikers nring.
He vas caught In a crush and beaten
and later put in the patrol wagon
WOMEN TO RE PRoTECrEp.
Mayor Dan Brown testified regarding
the part which he had played as one OF
the mediators and the orders which had
been given to the police regarding the
handling OF the situation. He said the
only order which he had issued 10 Chief
Austgen was that the women were TO he
handled as gently as possible and not to
be struck by the officers. The men were
to he taken care Of as the circumstances
warranted and the police understood
that If they were 10 make an arrest they
were 10 see il through and take such
measures as were necessary to uphold
law and order.
ADMITTED STRTRERs' SHOTS.
The testimony OF Tom kripas rioter
was practically the same as that OF
Kolodzig with the exception that he ad
mitted there were shots hred by the
rioters but ! didn't see them"
Undertaken E. j. Burns stated that he
had found no weapons on the bodies of
men which were taken by him 10 the
morgue.
Capt Ben Strong of the Hammond po-
situation from the time the strike was
first called 10 yesterdays riot The Soc
rotary of the union organization helped
him in trying 10 move the men back
from the street. he said but they were
unsuccessful as several refused TO back
up No guns were found on the men
arrested The first shot. he said, came
from the ranks of the strikers and he
added that his men ceased firing soon
as the men scattered and il was seen
that they were really fleeing from the
field
CAPT STRONG TEsTE<xEs.
Capt. Strong expressed the conviction
that it was the better way for returning
workmen 10 enter and leave the plant In
a body as in that manner the police
could be concentrated in a manner suit
able for protection. However. he added
that the idea of marching TO work had
originated among the men and had not
come from either the Standard officials
or the police department.
Col George vineett. works manager
Of the Standard plant, told Of the AT
fairs at the plant leading up 70 the
strike and OF the conferences which fol-
lowed between the employers and rep
resentatives of the employees
told the purpose of the parade which
they had staged and Just what they had
intended to do when the other body OF
workmen arrived On the streets they
insist that no violence was contemplat-
ed One OF the strike leaders in speak
ing Of ii said: we were merely staging
a counter demonstration against the
workmen's parade yesterday. We mao
no intention OF committing any violence
and would call attention 20 the fact tnat
NO police we're hurt. IL all the nrlng
took place which they said did. surely
some Of them would have been hurt
CAPT Fred Rirabach OF the Hammond |
nolice. who was one of the factors IN
preserving order yesterday E d z g
shookman. Hammond agent for the
United States Housing Corporation. and /
another striker were examined before
noon An intermission was taken until /
o'clock. after which several more Wit
nesses were put on the stand Little
was added to what had been told in the /
stories earlier in the day. with the eN- /
ception of a few minor details. By |
ISLANDERS were unable 10 agree from I
which side the first shot was fired. One |
striker said he saw Emil Reese. the
STANDARD guard who was the hrst TO
testify. IRE the opening shot. but &C
cording TO his own testimony and thai
Of ot5e- members of the police force /
the gun of Reese was not discharged /
during the encounter.
AS strikers called to the inquest TO |
testify left the stand they were taken /
in charge by the Hammond police and |
lodged in Jail on charges of rioting.
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