The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-23
FIFTEEN BODIES MINE
WORKERS TIED TOGETHER
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/ weighted ABOUT the neckS ana cast
I into a pond, miner told a represen-
| tative of the Associated Press and the
area over which the killings occurred
! is estimated at Is square miles of
| hilly timbered land.
The statement of Franz; harrington,
| president of the Illinois branch of the
/ United Mine Workers Of America, is
/ sued at Cincinnati, that his informa-
/ ton indicated that A men had been
killed was interpreted as meaning that
/ the entire number Of bcsieged strike
| breakers had persisted, although of his
! GVn knowledge the Associated Press
| correspondent could account for but
seven more than score of bodies.
/ Mr.. Harrington was expected to
/ reach Herrin tonight.
The dead at first were reported ac-
! counted for in a pitched battle be-
tween the strikers and sympathizers
and the imported nit shippers when
/ the local men attacked the barricaded
workers at dawn.
Later, however, open statements
! IRON scores Of persons on the streets
! here were to the effect that the work
| iDgmen surrendered at the first on
| sldught and after having been tied
! into groups of three and six, were
c"Ielly massacred told to run a
| gauntlet of rifle fire only to be shot
| to death at distances of few feet
when, wounded, one CT two Cf group
would fall and drag the others to the
| ground; stabbed and hacked to death
with knives; beaten with clubs, and
at least three of then: hanged. while
| in the instance of six men. ct least,
they were said to have been dragged
over a rough rocky road behind an
automobile
Women, some carrying infants
urged the men on. ii was stated. and
in at least one instance the Associated
Press correspondent witnessed unbe
lievable cruelty from Il woman. He
came across group lying in the road,
one of the men badly mauled and with
his shoulder shot away Begging
piteously for water, and evidently near
death, the worker was only jeered at
by the men and women about. The
! correspondent dashed into a house
and obtained water, but was re-
strained by men with pointed pistols.
A moment later a woman carrying a
baby spurned the dying man with
her foot and told him she would 'see
him in hell before he could drink"
List Injured Increased
The list of injured was increased
today when it was learned that sew
eral of the workers were in Carbon
dale hospitals while it was believed
several injured strikers sympathiz-
ers were lying in their homes.
There was little question that the
number of dead never will be known.
No one seemed inclined to drag the
pond where bodies were reported to
have been thrown and no searching
parties have been organized to seek
bodies in the woods.
All reports, whether from miners
or from strike breakers or mine OPP
| orators, agree that the killings really
were massacre; that the victims
were shot down in cold blood after
| they had put up the waite flag and
| surrendered themselves and their
| arms to the attacking forces. Many
| persons in the county uphold the
slaughter as rightful judgment.
| Citizens gathered on street corners
| last night and today; laughed and
| joked over the affair and proudly boast
ed that some of these days people
will realize that it doesn't pay to try
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