The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-27
WROTE TO
GOODRICH SOON
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50 many machines when they were not
needed The result was that the auto
patrol was abandoned a day or two
later.
Il told the general. in answer 70 his
question. that one of our first assign
ments was at the Universal Cement
Plant. outside OF Indiana Harbor. I said
that the noncommissioned officers did
not know what the orders were. but
that we were under deputy sheriffs.
who later developed to be all Gary
strikers.
IN DANGEROUS PLACE.
I'VE were put in the most dangerous
place in the region. where the race riots
originated. We heard a rustic in the
grass and routed out two pickets. We
started TO booth them off the grounds,
but were told by the deputy sheriffS
thnt we weren't there to do that, but
were there TO tnke guns from negroes
coming to work at the cement plant.
These deputies often beat up private de-
tectives hired by the cement plant to
protect their property. We reported
this to our Officers, hut they told us
TO continue 20 take orders from the
deputies. Ten days later, when I saw
Gen. smith, he had not heard of this
episode
AS TO NUMBER OF PICKETs.
We had read in the papers. and II
was generally accepted as a fact, that
only eight pickets were allowed in a
plant However. we had received no
orders to that effect One day four
teen pickets at the American Steel and
Wire Nail Ccmpany's plant were placed
under temporary arrest. We called Col
Hartman on the phone. but he told us
to reduce the force to eight pickets and
TO let the rest 20. By that time we
had all the plckets but one persuaded
to take their badges off and go back to
work. This got to labor headquarters
who promptly made a complaint to
militia headquarters and we were told
by our officers TO stop doing things
like this.
"one afternoon We were called out.
sixteen Of us to surround the Baltimore
Hotel and raid a blind tiger reported
TO be located there. We had fnstruc-
lions to shoot If any one came out. but
nothing was found inside and we went
back 10 camp. Nearly every liquor raid
was without results. Sometimes when
homemade wine was found on the
premises the soldiers drank all the evi-
dence-
NEEDED AT HOME.
Things Ike this and the general in
action made the soldiers restless and
disconnected We were not needed up
there. but were eeded at our homes TO
attend to our business. There was no
indication an dnever had been any in
dication, Of riot or disturbance in Ind
lana Harbor. This is borne out bv a
statement OF the acting chief OF police
in Indiana Harbor in the Chicago Daily
News or oct. Is. He said: There was
no threatened insurrection at Indiana
Harbor but the troops were called out
because Of a threatened clash between
the city police. and deputy sherirfs.
There are no T. w. VS. in Indiana
Harbor and never have been.
ON Wednesday night Lieut. Rertram
said the crisis had passed five DAYS be-
fore. or on the 10th of October. Con
sequently the men could not understand
why they we're being held there and a.
a result grew more Disconnected I adj
vised against this unrest and told them
that II there was no relief soon would
write to Governor Jim Goodrich and
that I though he'd do something for us
PREDICTED SERIOUS TRUOBLE.
Then 7 wrote to Goodrich and told
him that II nothing was done by Wed
nesday night he could expect serious
trouble Thursday morning from the
men. As q result Gen. Smith said that
ten men from each 60 home "a
a two-day furlough. One OF these men
F. E McFarren. a lawyer in Indiana
polls. went to a man who had been an
, officer IN the Judge advocates depart
ment during the war. They looked IN
the law and concluded that Goodrich
had no right to call the militia 70 the
Calumet. McFarren. when he returned
10 Indiana Harbor. told this. but in turn
was told that If he didn't stop talking
he would be put under arrest. When
, Mai. Downey threatened to discipline
him I told the major TO be sure of what
ne was doing and to be sure that he
had the legal authority 7 also told
him that he ought to know that he
wasn't dealing with common. ordinary
regular soldiers.
FIRST ORDER POSTED.
About three days after tina they
put on the bulletin board the only order
put out during the time We we in
camp. 1t had been rumored that a
parade was TO have been held by wo-
men n children two or three days
previous. Every one was excited over
the prospect. but Howard, the labor
man had agreed to call the parade off.
The order. as I call the wording OF it.
was something like this: Lady pic
kets will not be allowed TO wear bad
ges. If more than eight pickets are
found it is our duty to find the boss
and c~ourteously request the excess pic
kets to leave. You must treat pickets
courteously and under no circumstan-
ces remove their badges. You must not
under any circumstance. modest pockets
unless you know they are using threat