The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-24

! MINE:
PROBE
Militia Ar.
Question
Ofhcers

ffA June ei-(if
4 for the VI pr.,s-.A stats
istimes- ,,ation Of the Les
tk..,x, N, fs're which took be-
eatTxra,rrt 100 lives was begun
! jFhs Fortpig ud headed by Major
Called meeti II Foreman cf the
N enc ~ IN lr'lkcting under orders
V",ng vssr IN Small. issued when
r.. Elizabeth III tive became aroused
3jnt. Mrs RL w. local officials to
an array III 3 against the miners
3rrs. Yfh, aud killed the maj
Maurice NJ 'fiie breakers working
tay deparfl j 7 the.
3fsrtI.,s " ,feman and his com
<enith In tha I'D at o'clock this
! 9uld unaue y toring from Carbon
r(ciatlon b aching there by train
6nsic .iover. IN they were met by Col.
t,sv,e,- Nj - .ter OF the adlutaHt
IXJv oh,ai ofnce. who was here dur
.sty.a q isacre. Hia orders to
2esh y sfii q % hs ImmsSiassly dat be-
||f de- Tor the military
|X WI 90 lerai Foreman and the
IN sNeded immediately TO
~ A. county seat. where
- with states Attorney
Wm tf and sheriff Melvin
4. - Fl ave llNNntus
tf"NF tfit cef the area Of the fight
iv' NJ land Il was expected that
W, supposed witnesses OF
M = flpsrdere would be called be-
20 fslhe board.
seial Foreman had been In
Hil.., ti'd particularly TO learn why
Eossro sat.'s attorney had no, taken
uofef. toward conVening "A special
,yfv Jury why the cOroners In
y stIs a had not been held ana why
~ officials repeatedly refused
Al n. shuthorixe Col Hunter TO call
k.lF- troops. even after an lndiBna-
III, iHn meeting OF miners was held
|& n. DAY before the fighting star
|dasffd and even after the miners had
rxtfarched ON the mine. lie also had
~ N,een Instructed " was UNDER
~ stood, to learn why Sheriff Thax-
II ston had ignored Cod. Hunters re-
n XAauest that some special prepara-
Ftt,ons for an emergency be mode.
III prolsc Officials Action
- Faihirr ~ local officialz to send
out enough deputies the night the
4Afghting began aud during tho fol-
" Y Fdowing day when almost unheard
~ Of deeds Of cruelty and brutality
-Nlwere committed also was point
I 10 be Investigated.
A Another matter to be looked In
TO was why numerous requests
oIVfrom the governor for information
al after the trouble started were lg-
Al norea by county authorities and
Iwhy. when he was rccelving scores
Of telegrams from private citizens
Ii telling of the outraEeH. he was
n continually informed by the au-
thofities that the situation was
IL well In hand" and that the troops
Tawese not needed, There was lit-
AZ tie doubt that the board would not
M receiv. cordial welcome from
hth@ county a. whole. Ninety
d percent miners In population aud
ri l0e percent unlonixed. Williamson
~ county has shown decided dis
~ inclination to- welcome any out
~ y de- inierforence In tho massacre,
WI which IL looked on as personal
III affair. to be- Ignored by the rest
~ Of the world. srsOns on the
II street have heard repeatedly to
AZ remark that u troops had been
~ sent their guns would have been
IN taken away from them.
Comment on the streets eN-
W. pressed res-ntfnent over the send
VI ing Of the military board, although
officials said they would gladly CO.
"a operate with u. Colonel Hunter
III who. the governor said, might have
~ been infiuoncti wrongly ~ local
Officials becnuse he was a native
III OF Marion, said that he was certain
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