The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-16
OPERATORS RESORT TO INJUNCTION
IN EFFORT TO STOP STRIKE

: she was wearing was given to her
by the Workers International Relief
and was the first she owned in 10
years. The second said her children
were starving before the N.M.U. and
the WIR. entered the coal fields.
Both stated that the National Miners
Union was not terroristic and that
the strike was peaceful until the
deputies stepped in.
The prosecution asked the defense
not to put the remaining miners
wives on the stand because they con-
coded the truth of the womens' state
NETS. Then the defense called a
miner, Frank Goodman, of Harlan,
TO the stand. He told how five car
loads of gun thugs had taken him
for ride and had driven him out
of Harlan and of how his child died
of fIux while he was away. As he
finished his testimony, he was ar
rested by a deputy.
Lawyer Bentall announced that he
would end the defense under protest
unless the prosecution stopped ar
resting witnesses. The prosecution
released Goodman after consultation.
Bentall forced Patterson, the oper-
atorS' lawyer and assistant prosecu-
ton attorney, to admit that the Ma
tional MineSr Union was a good I'M
ion for the miners to join. The court
room heard the prosecutor tell Pat
terson he had spoiled the case for
the operators and Patterson drop
ped out of the case.
Bentall asked Patterson if he re-
presented the coal operators and Pat
terson admitted he did as a friend
of the court"
Bentall supped up in the three
main points, namely, the arrests were
to smash the National Miners IN
ion, to smash the relief, and the ne
cessity for the miners organizing like
the coal operators were organizing.
Smith, Barton and Martin were
asked if they belonged to the Com
munist Party. Martin and Barton
answered no and Smith refused to
answer saying the question was ir-
relevent.
The decision of the court on the
bond is due late today.
Miners Hear About Unemployment
Insurance
At the demonstration outside
the court house, County Clerk Pur-
sifull read extracts from mo Jobs
Today" by Phil Bard, cartoonist,
and SO many miners asked, "Ain't
that the truth" that PursifulI had
to stop reading.
d. Bingham and J. Taylor, the two
best lawyers in Bell County, volun-
teered their services at the last min
ute and Taylor attacked the judge
for two hours, saying, "You should be
ashamed of yourself for signing war
rants for these people. You should
love them for bringing relief to our
starving haggard tots" Bingham is
an examiner and is relatively poor.
1t is reported that barbed wire
charged with electricity has been
placed in the Harlan mines.
Ninety-tWo strike leaders, includ.
ing ten prisoners, we're ordered to
appear in court in Lexington on
January is, to show cause why the
Straight Greek Coal Co. should not
be given a preliminary Federal in
junction enjoining the leaders from
virtually all strike activity. Patter-
son, assistant prosecution attorney,
is attorney for this company. The
march on Frankfort to the Governor
has been postponed, but plans are
being made to send so ex-servicemen
with discharges and demands to end
the terror, release Of prisoners and
unemployment insurance. (The min
ers love the Daily Worker here).