The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-22
DEAD SPREAD '
OVER FIFTEEN
MILE AREA
Bloodshed Results
From Clash in Coal
Districts

SPRINGFIELD. H.. June ~
AdJufant General Black received
the following telegram from the
office OF Sheriff Thaxton OF VIII
hanson count yat 2;s0 o'cioc this
afternoon.
Sheriff and depWiie- at the
nccue OF 'trouhlc. situation seems
geii in hand"
The general said he had received
no further word from Col. Hunter.
HEKRiN, ~. June ~ (by the
Associated Press. "A check up at
noon today. made by the associated
Press showed twenty-riN known
dead and indication that the total
w0ulN be more than thirty IN the
hostiiities between striking union
minors ana non-lniOn employees OF
thc strip mine Of the southern Illi-
uuls Coal company near here.
iiodiez were spread over an arcn
la lullea aluare. some OF them
.iaalCu " h bullets, others beaten
IU death and three hanging py
ropes from trees
An Associated Press correnpon-
dent after ten Intellectual attempts
today finally pCrsuaded taxcab
driver to take him through the
scene Of the fight. The strip milne
had been fired and a freight train
on siding also was burning while
miners looted several ears OF food
supplies
Out IN a road near Tn. mlne. six
men tied together and terribly
mansied hy bullets and clubs were
.aying IN a scorching sgn. while
laughed al their pleas for water
/ made In fhe nsrne ~ ssod
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only signs OF The firht III fhs sfrln
mine are occasional piles IN sp.nt
/ bullets. Groups of strtKers arr on
ail corners OF johnson city. Marion.
In attacking the strip min. this
morning the strikers zurroundas
+ IL went over the top" ~ the hish
: coal enihauk mant surroundiux ths
7 surface colliery IN unison and taot
I the mine employees prisoners The
prisoners then were divided among
! groups of the strikers and taken
IN different directions.
WIN kfi.LisD MHfN
TINY TRS To n1s,srac
The bodies OF the sixteen non
union mcn were found in a wooas
( near the strip mines. six miins east
o. here. man named Mellow
eh foreman al the mine, wns
beaten 70 death and the other
fourteen. exclusive OF the mao
hanged. were shot To death. a.
was stated the men were mnssa-
cred when they attempted 20 "a