The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-12

~ The Associated Press
CENTRALrA. Wash, Nov. III
Three members Of the American
Legion are dcad two other former
service men arc In precarious con-
ditlon. and several others were
wounded when persons Mld TO be
members Of the Industrial Workers
OF the world fired on an Armistice
day parade here this afternoon. An
other man. said TO have been one of
those who fired on the mnrchers, In
believed 10 have been lynched, but
confirmation was lacking At least
eight supposed Industrial Workers
Of the World are In the local jail.
guarded from mob by se7srAi
hundred former comrades of tho
men shot down today.
ARTHUR M'ELFnrsH. cen,raiis.
BEN CAaAORANDA, Centralia.
WARREN GRIMM, CcntraiiA
Tho woundsd include;
Dale Hubbard, CentrRlia. (dyinE).
John earl Watt. Shshalia. not ex-
pected TO live.
Rcd- opcn Ftrc.
The shooting began when the pa
rsde drew abreast OF tho Industrial
Il
cording to Witnesses, the bullets Eo-
Ing over the heads Of the crowds
watching tho parade. oniooksvs say
shots came from every direction and
that snipers In the upper windows or
the l. ". w. headquarters building
fired into the line.
Grimm, formerly a lieutenant and
former football star. was leading
n platoon IN the parade and fell at
the second burst OF fire, mortally
wounded
stevens attempted TO disarm an
alleged J. w. W. and was shot in
the struggle which ensusd. Hubbard
sustained his wound In pursuing .
ran from the group OF mon headed
by Hubbard. n was this man. ac-
cording 10 reports. who was hanged
by a mob tonight
49, CassRranda wss In tho ranks ana
Va rifle bullet struck him In the
body They got ma this time" he
said ~ he doubled up and fell In
this street @
The crowd, uniformed and un-sni-
formed, started TO chase the reds
and Hubbard waa shot while ehas-
Ing ono OF the leaders
Gathering up persons suspected q
fnffiiiation with the radical order,
some Of the service men took them
20 the jail. while others OF the
marchsrs tore out the front OF the
building where tho l. w. w. head
quarters were located, seized and
burned a quantity OF literature and
ali the furniture and distributed
among themselves and Centrsila
ci,izens the arms and ammunition
! stored In the headquarters.
Crowd Mt jail.
Meanwhile n crowd was gathering
about tho Jail Former service men,
some OF them armed with the
neized weapons and others armed.
patrolled the grounds near the jail
20 prevent further violence.
According to ex-servico mon who
ssid they were present. Hubbard's
party caught the man they we're
! chasing. after no had fired At them
/ several times. on the banks OF the
/ skookumchuch river. n small stream
which runs through the town Hub
: hard ana the man Erapplsd. they
. said, and the supposed !. w. w.
fired directly into Hubbard'a body.
( George Ste,e1S. another OF the
crowd chasing tho gunman, kicked
I The pistol from the ! W. VS. handE-
\ rope then Was placed about the
/ mans neck thr0wn over tho cross
arm 81 telephone pole and he was
. hoirted into tho air The police
per-uadod the crowd 70 let the man
/ dawn before he was dead and hs
waa taken 10 Jail
Plead With Crowd.
r G Rogers. mayor OF Csntralia.
4. e. Hughes. chief OF police here.
and other citizcnH addressed tho
crowd ~ front Of tn" jail tonight
asking the citizens not 10 attempt
10 lynch the prisoners.
Ear.y tonight meeting TO dis
+ cuvs ~" situation was held NJ To-
cal club. ard soon Aftrrwari tho
o.fy'a electric ughtG fa.led. In the
darkness on. man Sas removed from
~" ilil
The hcst available nocoun, saId
tho man Nas placed IN an automo-
nil. which WAS waiting IN readiness
rArA~i hy s.' otter rsrs filled with
men and hurried into a wood near
th. 'oNu Thi, man. reports SAID
later va. hanged 20 a bridge. it
generally was believed tonight thaI
|. he grruirE Rad taken place.
E4mors ~ additional violence
here we're current tate tonight. More
i.lr one ciiIzcG declared: There
win NOE hc a., 7 ". WH left IN
pf hy morning Governor Hart has
o-.ieiei 1ut one com pany ~ hs
taIa guard. numbering about 10
men. here from Tacoma