The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-24

The suit against the United
 Mine Workers. the attorney
 pointed out, will he the first suit
 nnder the recent Coronado de-
 cfsion by the United States su-
 Dreme court, holding labor or-
 EnnixatiOns liable for damages.
 The snIt against the United Mine
 Workers probably will be filed ln
 the federal court at Indianapolis
 md that against Williamson
 county at Marion, Ill.,, the coun-
 ty seat.
 Attorney Bull declared William son county liable under the statutes for the full amount of damages suf- fered by the company, damages which he said were yet unestimated because every effort to reach the mine had failed.
 The action against Che miners union also may include suit aga,iszs John L. Lewis. president of :he min. CTS, whose telegram declaring the companys imported employees vera common strike breakers was the spark which touched off yesterdays conflagration, according to Mir Bull. Copies of this telegram, Mir Bull said, had been posted thrc out Herrin and evidently had ir s men to tion.
 Unable to make any E. gAa of the company pro es2s Srt##s Lytlon, Mir Bulls partner. tI=zn94 to leave the aeens a Tho ,fo4hIe night for thtca scson8i1 tb e#6eI from MT. l+ytaa at fIssH me Jill bring Wha s-Hatd aaSi- are available lisl 10 Wih }. Les ter, of md DAss aHEs,dent Of the con Ha zi hicago
 94 he4i-
 . e0rtA#s esneeHn now $ to 2 friends and fn II Of that hot he4 eeeer said to- dst appalling iAias 5maEine---men reiiA as5ss es under flag " aan was In- ler4a uu AA datil after the
 Well get the evidence on that mob if t takes 10 years to do it and it should all be made public. This Is an unbelievable situation-red Russia has nothing on this. There's a way to get these men. When they drink moonshine-and shoot-if theres moonshine there, they'll drink 1t again."
 Lester returned to Chicago today, .t.o fectual attempt to get to the mine yesterday
 The Strip mine was being tperat- cd without any official agreement with the miners' union, according to Mir. Bull Mir. Lester sought an agreement with Frank Harrington, president of the Illinois miners. In April Mr. Bull said. but was told that under the national organiza- tion's policy. no coal could be mipel ir the state. following the s' April 1. He suggested that proceed with uncovering t e#n$ vein. whence 1t is shovcl aifpes any digging.
 After more than month aa4 passed. Lester enmapasssts1 with farringtea Mir GHll said 4s- serting thei 5s colsS Ht afford 2 n5F=Ine NA2A eETt "k ifEs-st fr4fH a-i- less he was ahla 5 ship fhe cord and sell t at preaeHf inara rr.ce Mfr Bull saia aH4lpnte .pparently agreed ani that tht mpany then made arran a.ents 70 bring in com mon laborers Ha cad the cars.
 "onlv this common labor. was nom union" explained Mir. Bulr "All tho shovel runners were unionized and they were the only skilled labor on the rr?und Previously even the ccmmot labor had been union and this undoubtedly was the seat of the trouble"
 Reports to Mir. Bull said that the were killed in the attack. still lie Mr. Lester said their reports were that the slain men still lay where they fell, with little or no effort be- ing made to care for them.
 The Red Cross at Herrin and Marion has been appealed to in the hope of cbtaining aid in bringing out the bodies. Mir. Bull said He declared that all efforts of the corn pany representatives had failed and that they could not even approach the mine.
 "we still insist that troops ought to be sent into that territory" said Mr. Bull. "It is utterly impossible to get in there without troops. The sheriff has not done anything ana won't do anything and with him still in charge we can no more get iq there than we can fly. We at least should have the right to salvage what remains of the wreck"