Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-17
POSSE AWAITS AID
TO STORM REDS
I. w. w. Surrounded in Cabin in
Woods Where Slain Citi-
zen Lies
NEGRO RADICAL LYNCHED

0entralta, wash. NOV. IT. 0rmer
service men and woodsmen. members of
posse seeking to arrest alleged In
dustrial Workers of the World, awaited
re endorsements from here before at
tempting today to storm Hunters Cabin
on the headwaters of Hannaford creek
eighteen miles northeast of here, in
which it was believed the men they
sought had taken refuge.
Since Saturday night possemen have
guarded all outlets from the dense woods
surrounding the cabin. somewhere in
which is believed to lie the body of
John Haney, a posseman. missing since
searchers and the pursued men ex-
changed shots late that afternoon. Too
few in numbers to take the cabin by
storm. though its defenders are thought
to number but three. the former service
men sent out a call for additional forces
These were sent from here. but owing
to the difficult nature of the country to
be travcrsed, it was not thought the
re endorsements would arrive in time
for an attack before late in the day.
In the cabin Captain Lloyd Dysart,
commanding former service men en-
gagged in rounding up suspected Indus
trial Workers in this part of the state,
believes there are Bert Bland, man
named Hansen or Loughtenoff and one
other. Bland is accused of firing the
shot which killed Warren Grimm. n
marcher, in the attack on an Armistice
Day parade here which started the re-
cent series of raids and disorders in
the northwest.
MoberIy, Mo-, Nov. II. - Apparent
quiet prevailed today following the
lynching here yesterday Of negro. one
Of four alleged members of the Indus
trial Workers of the World who were
under arrest charged with assault and
robbery.
In the excitement incident to the
lynching the other three escaped. Two
were recaptured and police today ex.
pressed the belief the third was drowned
in lake in the park where the lynch
ing took place. The lake is being
dragged in an attempt to find the body.
Police refused to reveal where the two
are incarcerated and searching parties
started to adjacent counties to locate
the negroes with view to hanging
them.
The lynching occurred early yestcr-
day after mob of about 100 masked
men spirited the quartet from tho Macon
county Jail after overpowerins Sheriff
Stamer.
The negroes were arrested Thursday
on charges of having assaulted and
robbed Edward Thompson. farmer.
MorgantOwn. w. Va. Nov. 1T.-(By
a. P. P.,-Miners in the northern counties
of West Virginia were urged to join the
I. w. w. because it is the ''only rcvo-
lutionary organization that is hated by
the capitalistic class" They We're asked
to pay an initiation fee of 50 and
monthly dues of fifty cents, but if they
desired they could transfer their mem
bership from one local" to any other
local by simply getting in touch with
the I. w. w. delegate in the camp
where they might happen to be.
This interesting information was
found in the mass of |. w. w. litera
ture seized by agents of the Department
of Justice when they raidcd the head
quarters of the organization on Scott $
Run. near here, and captured a dozen
of the leaders last Saturday.
The SCOTS Run local. officially known
as Industrial Union No. 900" had its
most important membership among the
Randall mine workers. where only
sixty five of the 175 miners are Ameri-
can citizens Meetings We're held every
Sunday afternoon in the forest near the
mine, always under the leadership of
some Russian miner.
Fairmont, w. Va. Nov. 1T.-Thirty-
seven alleged radical agitators, arrested
in this region during the last three days
by agents of the Department of Justice
and county officers. are in the Marion
and Monongalia county iails today
awaiting deportation proceedings which
according to federal authorities, will be