New-York tribune., 1922-06-24

~. 20 point out with grim detail
-. wounds made by bullet or kniie'
stone or club.
Girls Among Sightteers
II. blaekened soles Of some o. tne
.todi,. riutely testified 20 the story tnA'
81. foo.gear had been torn on ioHo",
-rg capture and the victims oragseo
barefoot over the stony roads oeioIo
,rsv rner-ifully met death. OCCASION
sflv appeared trio OF girls looking LOT or
a moment AZ some gaping marx iei' 0!
~. narrative that the captured IN,
for.ura.es were tied BY threcs sno
.iyss Their ordered 20 run and snot
down as they obeyod the com nsnus'
vas thoroughly and aSihoriiAtVe'y 'ei
Wba, the town and much Of the resi-
n, the county appear 20 think OF tns
erfire aFair-it being remember
.hat the district population ~ eeout
20 per cent union miners ana tn'It
fsrriiies-was summed Up oy on VI
ne miners oAicials o. the United Mihe
Workers to-day.
send any more % their damned seSos
down here
The view In Herrin tonight was tnat
"a. orlv was the strip mine opened
~ - owners In the full knowledge
"a, this i one OF the most strongly
,,,ion,zed sections Of the coal irous-
'ry. ard kept open, though state ON
cisi. warned % what would happen
and pleaded for is closing, but armed
ygards held up citizens. even otner
-, miners. on the public highways
ard rerforred other provocative acts.
Information was given The Tribune
rorrsspordcnt from trIst~oFtny
source tnat throws new light on inc
hattie here Ny informant SAID;
About ten days ago IN chicago
-k.,-d that the nine might be opened
,rd telephoned an official of a group
- operators concerning the matter
y. did some long-distsnce telephoning
-s-d then called me back. Privately
% he aid. 'some % the operators are
,,ak,rg test. Guards are being in
-,or,sd there and armed. There are
.uo machine guns and battle H. eH-
psctsd. There's going 20 be hsht
Tr,.b ,he miners snd some of trom are
going 20 be cleaned out. Personally J
dort know this. you understand: but
7 got 10 from another Official o. inc
operators
Prosecution Waits for Inquest
Another outstanding feature OF the
...r..ior ,o.righ, is that unless q Con-
gre.s,onal invest CATION IS urcertaken'
~ some other pressure Is brought
those who participated in the massacre
nav never be brought % account for
their crimes, In the opinion OF many
here
"l will ssk for a grand Jury inquiry
- the coroner's verdict following the
iroIest sunday warrants one ssld
c.s,e's Attorney Delos Duty to-day.
But don't believe anything will ever
come of g."
Colonel Hunter Of the Adiutant Cen
oraVs Office. declared in q statement
dictated 20 newspaper men tonight that
he had repeatedly warned Sheriff Ihax-
ton that serious trouble would be sure
la develop a. the mine and asked the
steriF whether the protection OF the
National Guard would not be desirable.
On each occasion. according 20 Colonel
.,fFr-ter the sheriff, who is former
miner. asserted he had the situation
well I'm hand" or that he was amply
,reoared for any emergency The
/, .heriH. however. did rot swear in q
single deputy or take other means 70
Offset the trouble.
colonel Hunter declared that, the
sheff said to-day. We'll. ! didn't be-
iove IL would get 50 serious
Ir.trwoven in this situation Or Hi
nois lavlessness, Is the bitter Sight 60
ing on IN the mine workers orgsniza-
ton. When asked in Cincinnati yes
-terday for his opinion as 70 what start
cd the trouble Frank harrington, lead
er OF the Illinois miners and the chief
enemy IN the union OF John l.. Lewis,
Us international president. declared;
"All ! know about u IS that re-
ceived q message from s.. LOUIS de-
clarirg the hghting began after the
Htrrin miners got a telegram from
LOWS calling the men az the stflp nine
common stiikehroakers.
To-day Hugh Willis, OF HerIin. a
mfmher ~ the Illinois district board
and a strong Harrington adherent. de-
carod me telegram had come from
Harrington.
sixteen Bodies in Morgue
Because % the importance Of the
nain developments one disturbance
which took place In the county to-day
went almost unnoticcd though II re-
suited IN the death Of one nor-un!on
worker This was reported from West
Frankfort, eighteen miles from Herrin
ard was brought about when seven al
Legged strikebreakers got Of a train
there bound for the strip mine, not
knowing o. the trouble there. The
seven were chased by . mob, accord
lrg % the report, one of them running
up q railroad coal chute and fallini
oH the end % his death The othei
siy escaped.
Thc West Frankfort victim IS IN
claded in the latest check-up OF IN
dead. Sixteen others are IN the Her
rim morgue The bodies Of the I'VE
union men killed were taken elsewher'
and those Of C. X. Mcdowell. super
lntendent of the mine. and J, II. Shoe
maker. the assistant superintendent
were removed 20 their homes Iher'
s~e nineteen wounded men IN hospitals
In the county. az least two OF whom
may die. This leaves twenty OF th'
total q sixty non-union workers an'
guards not accounted for. How manl
a. Nese may have escaped IS no
known. brt Il Is believed that ma
fority OF them did not and Tint TN
search will add 20 the list % dead.
Statement in Unions Behalf
II addition 20 his explanation Of th'
telegram Willis made the followiri
statement on behalf Of the un!or
miners:
The mine began operations about I
wear ago under a district agreemea'
between theunion and the strip op
orators. when the national strik'
came in April work was suspended
there Later, however. on an under
standing with our policy committed
/, was agreed that the mine be per
rnit-cd TO strip dirt with the specific
nrovislon that coal would not b loadec