The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-06-23

Armed Mob Attacks Workers
Il at Illinois MiGt.
SOME Beaten TO DEATH
Bodies Riddlea Win Bullets StrsW
Ground IN Vicinity of t1srrin, Ill
Refuse Water to WSsundsd.

Herrin, H., June 29.-A check VI
showed tweaty-six known dead and in
dicsrion The lotat would be more thar
thirty, in The hostilities between strik
ing union miners and employees Of til,
strip mines OF the Southern Illinois
Coal company.
OF niue wounded brought here sever
probably will die, it was said. Eigh1
Of the men are imported. workers, suC
the other one is q union man.
Cards found on number OF the
bodies bore he name Edward j. Hsr
grave. secret service agent. Chica &C
and 81. Louis.
Bodies were spread over an area
fifteen miles square. some Of them rid
u.el with bullets, others beaten te
death and three hanging by ropes from
trees.
The bodies Of sixteen non-nonior
men were found in the woods near the
mine, fourteen u them having been
shot 10 f~.:ih. 4 man named Nc
: Dowetl, foreman al the mine. WAS
beaten to death. 1t MAS sfafed the
; men were mas>arred when they at
tempted TO escape after being rakel
prisoner by the union forces.
! Four Of the sixteen bodies Of strike
breakers were found AT the foot OF
rhe rree from which the body Of the
man hanged was suspended. The
bodie,. - eleven dead and four wound
ed were sea erred through, The woods
The hunt for the non-uuion men
who escaped, Numbering about thirty
was continuing o, AZ. wide area. Six
men later were captured and taken
in The direction Of the mine.
! The forry-four non-union men taken
prisoner were seized at the mine
There were several Thousand men
end boys present when the sixteen
non union men were killed. The men
raken prisoner al the camp were herd.
ed in front of the captorS and when
they rea ehed~ point half way between
The mine and Herrin. where they pass,
ed through the woods, the killing be.
gan. Strikers declared the prisoners
by an apparently prearranged signal,
made d dash to escape and that they
were pursued and killed.
The strip mine had been fred and
q freight .rain on a siding also was
burning while the miners loored spy-
eral cars of food supplies.
Out in the road, near the mine. six
men tied together. all Of them wound
ed by bullets and blows, hay in :,
Scorching sun while hundreds of men
and women laughed at their pleas fo,
wafer.
Que OF The men. his face bloody and
one shoulder <aot away, apparentl!
was rear death.
Please, boys. give me a drink" Ire
muaned
A largh from the spectators was the
oEiy reply.
The correspondents ran to house
for water and when he returned he
WAS faced ny crowd and quickly
drawn pisrn': and lold II keep away.
When The man begged again fol
WAFER For Gods sake" 2 young wo-
man with q t%5. IN har arms, placed
said: ;
III see .nn III hell be!ure You gel
an! water
The lTen apparently had @:een dra g
ged down q rock road behind an auto
mobile. Their clothes we're torn and
pieces OF gravel were Embedded in
their mangled flesh. I.
The correspondent accosted srrik-
Ing miner:
How many were killed" the cor
respondent asked.
No one Killed at all
'Why, The dead are all over" the
correspondent countered.
We didn't kin them, they just drop
ped dead from fright when. We su"-
rounded their camp.
The striker then asked whether the
military was coming here, adding ''it
he militia comes down here that will
mean JUST so many more guns for
us"
The fighting has cea sed.
In STACKING The strip mine the strik-
ers surroundRd;' 1t. = went: cover the
top Of the high coal embankment
surrounding the surface colliery il.
unison and took the mine employees
prisoners. The prisoners then were
divided among groups Of the strikers
and taken in different directions
The Southern Illinois coal mine VAS
the frsE in Illinois to resume opera
tions since the strike beeamr effective.
April !. This caused tense situation
among the striking union miners. The
district Is sOidly enioniZed.