Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-22
l9 MINERS KILLED
IN STRIKERS RAID
At HERR|N STRIP
Sixteen Non-Union and Three
Union Men Slain; Ono
Hanged and Shot.
MANY LYNCHINGS REPORTED

BY Associated Press to Every Evening.
Herrin. H., June 22.--Nineteen are
known to have been killed in tho open
warfare OF union men and sympethiz-
ers with employees OF the strip mine
near here OF the Southern Illinois Coal
Company. An incomplete check-up
showed 1e non-union mon and three
union men dead. One OF thu non-union
men wac found hanging 10 = tree, hts
body riddled with bullets.
The bodies Of 1s nop-union mon
were found In the woods near the
strip mine, ak miles east OF here. A man
named Mcdowell. foreman at the
minc. wns beaten to death, and the
other u exclusive OF the man hanged
werc shot to death.
II was stated tho men were
massacred when they attempted TO
escape after being taken prisoner by
the union forces.
The dead non-union men were re-
ported to have been among a PRISON
ers captured nt the strip mine. Four
others were found riddled with bull
let's and are not expected TO recover.
What became Of the other a. could
not I've learned
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and boys present when the sixteen
non-union men were killed at o'clock
this morning. The forty-four men
were taken prisoners at the camp.
herded in front Of the captors and
when they reached point about half
way between the mine and Herrln.
where they passed through woods.
the killing began. Strikers declared
the prisoners, by an approximately
pre-arranged signal made a dash to
escape and that they were pursued
and killed.
The three dead union miners were
killed In last nights fghting. The
bodies Of the nineteen dead were
counted by an experienced and con-
servative Newspaper man.
-Four OF the sixteen bodies of strike
breakers were found at the foot OF
the treo from which the body OF 4 man
hanged was suspended. The bodies
OF eleven dead and four wounded were
scattered through the woods.
The hunt for noD-union men was
continuing over a wide area. Six men
later were captured and taken in the
direction OF the mine.
The miners brought in from the
Chicago district are reported 10 have
surrendered in their camp near the
strip mon. There were forty-four men
in the group hosting the white flag
II was said These men were marched
toward Marion and six were said &c
have made dash for freedom. They
were hotly pursued.
There are three bodies of miners in
undertaking establishments here and
three wounded miners in a hospital
one not expected to live.
A report was brought here that Il
or 20 men We're seen lying in a ditch
near the mine property, whether dead
wounded. or hiding. was not known.
One OF the rumors persisting in the
confusion here, were that the "a mer
captured were not marched to Marion
but were diverted into the woods and
some of them lynched. Parties goina
into the outskirts of the fighting zon,
said they saw many bodies and coulc
verify nine deaths.
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Thousands OF striking n liners. many
of whom were armed, last night anc
this morning made their way along
roads congested with every sort al
conveyance leading TO the minina
camp. where the union miners anc
sympathizera estimated TO number
approximately 1000, surrounded the
mine.s under truce with the non.
union forces, who claim they are mem
bers of the Steamshovel Mems Union
The flghting started after receipt of {
telegram from John L. Lewis. presi
dent of the Union Mine Workers O,
America. terming the men working a
the mine as common strike break,
ers"