Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 6, 1922, Page 8

cuit court No rioting and The charg: June 22, ault to murder, are the outgrowth of the killing of nineteen g the attack on the Lester strip mine. : tments|the sheriff could not be found. Fin- piracy ally Col. Hunter suggested a flag of truce, which, while displayed by the mine, defenders, caused no abatement S of the fine. "|, “In the evening, of June 21, upon "| the .eturn to Marion of Sheriff Thax- ton conference was held between the Sheriff, Col. Hunter and off.cers h of the miners’ union, at which it was stated. that the officers of the coal ,| company were willing to discontinue the operation of the strip mine, and the union officials were willing that J workmen employed therein ould be permitted to depart in safe ty. 7 substance of this agreement had been transmitted over the tele phon to Superintendent McDowell SS REAASUFRATDEZANT AAAS LAE) BS EE BA at the break of day ng morning firing began volume from closer prox- © attacking »party * wp under cover of darkne: |‘They were sufficiently close to per. mit of a parley a.d after a time a « out| *Pekesman for the sicip mine work- |men asked to speak to the leader. long ra conversation was held | agreed by a spokesman "| for the attacking party that safe con- -.|@uct would he accorded the men if | they laid down their arms and would |march out with hands up. This was re-| done, and, from behind the "iP bankment created by the shovel operations came a great num- ber of armed men, and more from {the surrounding hills until the 47 fal; —_ ast the spe eatigated e rioting a ders were the result of a conspir: ‘This cons: r Share guaranteed that Spay” for guns and ammunition in Herrin hardware stores before s eral hundred armed men took up the Smarch on the mine. The grand jury did not return any tndictments tn conne: “=fatal shooting of the u oon preceding the the grand jw evidence justifying Indictments was offered. following petition: - According to @ statement made by fC Alien Findlay, timekeeper at s2jmine, before the'coroner’s jury. Sa McDowell, mine superintende “ftwo union men with a high-p rifle as they were in the woods the edge of the mine property. I lay told the jury that he saw the men throw their hands tn the air and fall immediately after McDowell fired © Col. Samuel H. Hunter of the Iill- nois National Guard, testifying before HE. J. May, arbitrater of the stato in- dustrial commission, said that Mr. Mc- Dowell, mine superintend as “strumental in starting the troub Col. Hunter declued that McDowell elephoned him the aftenoon of June . the day before the riots, and Ewe killed two of the union m «ti Personal investigation developed that wimen wee shot down by McDowell, =_Col.. Hunte testified. The grand jury report tneorporates “a telegram from John L. Lewis, pre dent of the United Mine Workers “America, sent to State Senator W ~iam Sneed, president of the mine: local here, concerning some of the Smen at the strip mine. They were ¢ to be treated as common strikebreak- ers, Mr. Lewis said, because the steam shovelers’ union to which they be- = longed had been outlawed by the * American Federation of Labor. Following pos of this teleg in Williamson the grand report says, preparations for the at tack on the mine began. ‘The jury says it made no attempt je the equities in the con- the mimers and the ars, but declare it was for W. J. Lester, owner t to operate a vine in this district. teiling of the threatening ait- t the mine for four or five attack, the report of Col. Sam Hun. Yational Guar: te, called y but each General Black refused send them because Sheriff Melvin Thaxton, a member of the union and date for county treasurer, did join in the requ “The adjutant general's office and the sheriff alternated in passing re sponsibility,” the report says, neither taking decisive action to prevent disorders and protect prop- erty.” Of the actual fight at the mine and the slaying of the men who surren- dered there, the grand jury sa3 : ® men working at the strip mine were evidently ignorant of be- strike breakers.. The men oper ciate Justices of the tion and election as tion and support, M. W. Purcell John H. Casey Edwin Barrett E. G. Vanatta R. M. Boeke A. H. CoBb Wm. B. Cobb D. W. Ogilbee G. H. Mann E. Richard Shipp I. G. McCann M. F. Ryan Philip E. Winter Dyer Hays G. R. Hagens C. D. Murane R. H. Nichols m me to . en though u y the American edera- | “tion of Labor. The guards were told | “they were to protect the valuable “omachin y and did not awaken to the “ereal danger until noon time of June 221, when bullets began to fly into | the mine jn such volume as to compel = them to take refuge in the office and under the steel ip mine prop- ndent McDowell “telephoned a number of times to Col, SHunter for protection and wag in- monwealth. variably informed by the latter that John | - Barrymore MARION, IIl., Nov. 6.—(By The Associated Press.)—Seventy-seven men, members of| the United Mine Workers of America, are scheduled to fa¢e Judge D. T. Hartwell in cir-| mber 8, charged, in 262 indictments, with murder, conspiracy to murder,| upon the mine two baving | | their lives under fire. ROT EF: = “The firing began immediately eat 13 of the 47 nonunion ren were} -| killed and most of the others severely | The Supreme Bench of Wyoming In May, 1922, the lawyers of Natrona County, almost unani- mously, requested Justices Kimball and Blume to become candi- dates to succeéd themselves, and presented to the justices the THE HONORABLE FRED H. BLUME, and THE HONORABLE RALPH KIMBALL, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court: that the best interests of the State will be subserved by your re- election to succeed yourselves, hereby respectfully request and t urge you to consent to become candidates this year for nomina- ! This petition speaks for itself and shows the confidence and esteem for Justices Blume and Kimball of the men whose profes- sion takes them before the court of last resort of our great com- (This notice paid for by friends of Justices Kimball and Blume) fbe Casper Daily Cribune | vivea, | “The atrocities and cruelties of the | murderers are beyond the power of | words to describe. A mob is always cowardly, but the savagery of this mob in its relentless brutality is al- most unbelievable. The indignities theapepd upon the dead did not end | until their bodies were interred’ in unknown graves. “On the first day of .ae attack un‘on miners "| were killed by the answering fire from: the strip mine’ an non-union men near Herrin on | or ore ee susly injured aa to die | Subeequecity, from his wounds. Tt men surrendering were surrounded has been difficult for this grand jury by many hundreds of men, mostly|to determine who fired the shots tend. | trom the strip mine which caused the a | deaths of the union miners When ‘The captive men were marchéd) ..xed to present evidence to the down the road toward Herrin, in| grand jury which. would tend to fix double file. After they had marched responsibility, counsel for the miners’ about one mile Superintendent Mc ) unlon announced pad amt bis decd a2 jury.”" Dowell, being crippled’ and unable to| Mt? the Stand Jie aenounced keep up with the procession was ta-!, ""itorocyve for the mihera, Refer- Ken aside by members of the mob DY ettorsnye Sivity of the attorney and shot to death. The remainder of | TS ty “he “eas the dindict- the captives were marched on tho|* public road and were stopped about three miles from Herrin. change in Toadorship took place ana Af Stomach is Sour the man who had guaranteed the F r » . ‘ood Won’s Digest safety of the men who had sur-| rendered was deposed and another jeader installed. < No stumach filled with sour polsons “The new commander ordered the |can digest food. <verything you cat | captive men to march into the woods |turns into more poison and gas, mak adjacent to and beyond the power |inging You nervous and weak. “Simple house. Here the new leader’ directed |buckthorn bark, giycerine, etc.. 2 that only those in the crowd who had|ixed in Adlerika, expels all sour pol- | Suns should follow into the woods|#0ns and gas from BOTH upper and | and those who w ’ er bowel. Removes foul, decaying remain wittegt Swe emetanteres |fo0d-matter you never thought was in then were then marched some’ 200|¥our System which caused sour and yards to the vicinity of a barbed wire | Sassy stomach. Adlerika is EXCEL) fence where they were told they ‘T to guard against: appendicitis. would be given @ chance to run for|Ca#per Pharmacy—-Adv. wounded> The mob pursued those who had escapid and two were hung4 to trees, six wiire tied together with &@ rope about thtir necks and marched HOLMES The undersigned members of the Natrona County Bar recog- nizing the faithful and efficient services rendered by you as Asso- Supreme Court of Wyoming, and believing Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of \ Wyoming, hereby assuring you of our whole-hearted tvo-opera- : Respectfully, i A. E. Stirrett Hal Curran _} ‘Alfred R. Lowey. Cog ; H.B. Durham George A. Weedell . Frank England : s Floyd E. Pendell Jno. B. Barnes, Jr. ~ FS Rene E. H. Foster Roy H, Bullack W. W. Lacy W. H. Patten William J. Wehrli Alex B. King Willis Stidger William O, Wilson : Robert N. Ogden, Jr. ~ RESID Most of the Legal Business of the Sixth Judicial District fe GIVE HIM YOUR VOTE AND ELECT A RESIDENT JUDGE Bill Lloyd CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL, THIRD WARD To the Voters of Third Ward _ There are two other candidates in this ward. Both are good men. Vote for Bill or either of the others. Let your conscience be our guide ’ BILL LLOYD FOR COUNCIL THIRD WARD For Casper IS TRANSACTED IN CASPER Bryant S. Cromer political boss through the streets of Herrin to an! sents, and to the fact that funds for|o? Commerce, A. W. Kerr, chief) vate prosecution by a oa.” ‘General | adjacent cemetery where they were the employment 02 investigators| counsel for the miners, issued «| and a labo~ hating organization. Sag On ir | shot by the mob and the throats of were raised by the Dlaols Chamber| statement branding :he case'a “pr’-|| The g-and jury report, Mr. Ker: | three were cut. Ree: a el PRAT RUE ENE SOS RIES, ) RR te SER A OO = 2 RES EES SARS ere aR TOROS” 2 ENT JUDGE Announces that if elected Judge he will move to Casper (This advertisement is paid for by Members of the Natrona County Bar Assn.)