The Washington times., 1922-06-24
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INFANTRY
STILL HELD.
FOR ACTION.
Continued from First Pase.)

Najos 0cneral FnremaN and
party. efteF interyteyinG the local
euthoritiss left Heyrin hy motor
for Marion at 10 o'clock.
Asked II troops were 70. be called
% the HerriB district, GeAeFai
Foreman said: r. 4
II can't answer that now. At
4arieR viii teleph0ne AIT Gen
Carlos Black IT SpripGfield. and
thsn ! shall have . ssatement y
Rssuses Csmasnt IN epiz,
9he general .weuld net esmment
on the result of his Investigation
as far as it has progressed.
Col. Sam Hunter. representing
Ne aaiutsnt genpssi's office. whe
left for Marion after declaring the
situation in the district a. satiafae-
tory, retuyned here this morping
- assist the eomshissioR in ~ it-
Precautions were being made at
The HerriA baepitaL where sixteen
y the wounded nan-uptop nen are
euartsred. 70 get them opt OF town
4t an opPortuHe time TO avert TIE
possihility of Q renewal pf violence.
eheriR Tha4top, II was learned BY
the International News Service.
called at the Herrin hospital. which
!, has barrsd fts doeys 70 the public
stpce the- sievghter Rt the strip
mine Of the Southern lltnois Coal
Company, and discussed the adyssa;
hility af msyins the pstssrM p,. sys ef
Dr.. J.T. Black, head Of the h6suitai,
informed the sheriff that he was op-
posed to such Q pFoceduye. eeHtsHa-
tpg that the wave 81 indigneties on
the part Of the miners 6sainst the
pop-union men hes subsided.
The condition ef several Of the
Il is said. lie At the point Of death.
widow Due On Scene.
Mrs. c. K. Mcdowell. widow Of
the slain superintendent ef the
Southern IIlinais Coal Company
mine. was expec. ed to arrive here
during the day. q
The arrival ef qey. smsll's mill
tary compissien already has had a
marked effect en- the pemmpnlty.
The number Of men idling IN the
streets Of the town was apprsciably
small this morping ana the eres;d,
which for twenty -fpur hoyrs has a..
ssmbled at the morgue to view ana
cemmert on the "sxhibitienp Of dead
non-union men had alnast entirely
Union men ON eight mines In the
vicinity Of Herrtp who diit woFk last
misnndersteod and that they would
be attacked, returned TO work Today
when reassured by HuGh Wills,
board msmber Of the district Gryani-
Sation Of the miners thai they would
net be harmed. The men has been
doing maintenaHcs work " the mines
under an agreement between the
union organization and the operators.
More than $4,000 men, women.
and children frem miles arQund
haying viewed the s'exbibitien' OF
non-uHion dead in the Ntle moyGye
at 12s Moprps street. G4feaer VIII
liam MeGoWaR todsy snneppeed
the inauest ever the viettFhs 81
Thursdays mine warfaFs wiz p
hsid sunday afternoon; The Jury
have viewed the bodies.
Come 50 Miles to SEQ asight.a
The morspe - the "sght" Of
Herrin. Apparently no one within
q radius, Of fifty miles 10 missing
ssansisd remains Of the dead who
dars1 defy the ceds Of this great
ooat communtty.
Er(irs families disembark from
thS8 eutoWobiles, SO int the front
door, pass along the row Of ghastly
leeking coFpsss, and leave through
the rear. Then follows q family
cepsultatien, ? laugh or two. and
Esasrslly the comment served
Eor aerrin and the people in
the other mining tewns herssbopts
are standing solidly hack of the
union miners whenever the neral
,ssqe in the whelssals ialltnss il
raised.
Il had to b done, they say.
Anyway, they claim, the non union
miners started the trouble, which
cost at least twenty-five dead and
. score of injured, some Of which
are expected to die.
"They did the first shooting 2
Hugh Willis, mine leader, declared.
willis is district board member OF
the United Mine Workers, and In
direct leadership OF the 1e,e00 min.
ers Of this district The real re.
sponsibility for the massacre, how,
ever, was laid BY willis at the door
Of the Southern Illinois Coal Com
pany because they repudisted their
agreement with me by attsmptins
to mine and load coal with non.
union miners for industrial pprr
poses"
.Dsiisd Wayping.
The company, according to willis,
was advised by every operator In
South Illinois not to atten1pt to
operate the mine with nen-union
help.
he said. "fhsre was hfg demand
Tor coal They deliberately bveks
IN agreement they had With us.r
willis frankly adnittsd that tks
strikers massacfed the non-uHieu
usn. He cautioned the men net "a
% n, hs aid, because the union
~does not believe IN Violence" Bui
90 situation GOT bsyena his esntrsl
Hostilities were pre6ipitatsd, 10 paid
by the killing "Wednesday aftsrnoou
q two union miners and the wsuRl'