Oklahoma Leader (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1922 Page: 2 of 6
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GE TWO
OKLAHOMA LfcADEK
INION LABOR TO
FIGHT AT HERRIN
" . "inallenuble right of every man to, —, tuuuu^.u «
ano Tribune Admits the Issue Is Open Shop Versus Union work, wherever ho Will, at whatever jbard-handed manner, as If the <n
Labor-No Talk of Prosecuting Murdering Guards. SZJiX.*&?*£££
character of questions asked by
member8 of the secret tribunal, an.I
for a time refused to testify. These
men were Nobel Bell, Johnston City
merchant, and James Taylor, coal
miner. After consulting attorneys
concerning their constitutional rights
they returned to the grand Jury room
| and gave certain anwers.
It ftp deo|ar *d that the whole pro-
Ueedlng within the grand Jury®
"inalienable right of every man to [chamber has been conducted in
ARK INVESTIGATING HERRIN (ILL.)
MINE WAR
B> T. P. HUTCHINSON,
[bbCp,is< News Service Staff ' 'or
fi respondent.
BuUrio.n 111., s. , t \V! ..!■
piston; maj 1 • made by the
is of law and order that just
jbe done in connection with tin
D mine killing, no one who
safety laws which now gove
I coal mining, yet which did not pre- looming.
hich I.h crying for | Vent 2.260 deaths in the coal Indus- lliislne-
employing class
in<- blood ot union workers, but a . try in 1920.
tangible, nlidiy organized alliance- >0t Prosecute Guard
statewide, nation-wide.
OrvHiil/t'tl I apllal. , who k" „ ,he 8t,.lk(,br<,akers Rt llcr
There is. for Instant « . the Illinois r|n> j,ut tiiey never say any thine
Manufacturing association, the 1111- about punishing the mine owners '
nols chamber of commerce, the As- , wj10 started the trouble, nor about
led the situation here can doubt J sociated Kmpl vers < f Indianapolis, doing anything to those who were
darion, county seat of William and ;i host of similar organizations responsible for the killing of two
ounty. is to bo one of 11.• hat- spirjt.l from cf.i t to coaM, all clam- union niinti iu cold blood as they
tunds on which orgnni/ed labor oriug for convictions at Herrin, approached the Itarrlcaded hester
light for Its life.
behind the prosecution, crowd-
whispering to it, pointing
Jflnger now at one point ol la-
|tt (defense front and now
• point, is the allied employ lug
It is not JUBt a theorelh nl
I)-
'ILL DEFEND HERRIN (ILL.) MINERS
Ptii.-C. l/awis-, A^Kerr | r V
hs Men Indignant.
| President Farrington is in almost
coutinal conference with the United
They want conviction, nt those ^lora'lf" b° ,
ii^r. J!ea',e« by A. w. Kerr of Springfield.
They propose to do everything In
er to safeguard the rights
ot all union men who may be ac-
cused.
Marlon business men are indignant
over a letter from the Illinois cham-
ber of commerce stati that
Marlon's quota of the $1"". ' > fund
to punish the Herrin rioters was
$200. Marion was asked to n«ip
"remove the blot from Illinois." Le -
ter-heads containing the appeals for
this fund bear a map of Illinois,
with a blot on the lower end labeled
"Williamson county."
Trlbnne \dniits Issue.
.J '■ *n th*- Chicago Tribune which
Kic.n^
To Trv Herrin Mine
War Cases.
<Jtt<*<fcT3.T.HArt
a
«T.G Glaser 5 C.VK
■HwrnHPHHNI
sending out their appeals by the mYne 24 hours before the strike-
thousands, to business men. frater- breakers were slain.
nal orders, religious organizations, One union miner has been indict-
women's clubs, etc. ,-d Otis < lark, president of the
1 have seen some of their letters. ! Cnited Mine Workers local at Weav-
They advocate more things than con- er. a nearby town. He is accused or
victlons. They talk solemnly of the It Mini* Superintendent C. K. Mo-
| Dow el I, who was found by the coro-
ner's Jury t have murdered George
'Henderson, the first of the union
j men who fell.
I iiion Will Defend,
i It is expected that various other
union miners will be Indicted. There
1 Is no expectation among organized
labor here that anybody fcill be
prosecuted for the murder of the
: other union miner, Joseph Pitehle-
! wecz, nor for instigating his death
I or that of his fellow-worker.
President Prank Fnrrington of the
Illinois district of the U. M. W
sounded this note iu a statement say-
, ing that his organlaztion would de-
fend to the last ditch every one of
, its members who might be Indicted.
Itriindatrc Attacks.
Attorney General Edward J. Brun i-
agc gave out an Impressive reply to
Farrington. "I am rather surprised,"
he said, "at Mr. Farrlngton's state-
ment that the union proposes to de-
fend every one indicted. I think ho
has a misapprehension of the pur-
pose of this prosecution. Represent-
ing the people, the prosecution is not
assailing the miners' union, nor is
the prosecution a partisan to the dis-
pute between the operators and the
! miners.
j "I believe that if Mr. Farrington
were to permit a secret referendum
|of the rank and file of the union ho
j would find a vast majority of Its
members bitterly opposed to th?
murdering of unarmed men In Wll- Judge D. T. Hart, circuit judge of
ham8on county. No innocent Marlon, 111 . will try the cases of all Sept. 9—Crescent, 2 p. m., Saturday,
need be apprehensive." j the men indicted by the special grand Sept. 11—Boise City. 2 p. m., Monday
Testify. | jury for participation in the battle j Diamond. S p. m.
LETTERS TO THE LEADER
Hi ll l> IP THE LEAUUE.
Editor Deader: To those who sup-
ported the candidates endorsed by
the Reconstruction League for the
purpose of securing a good govern-
ment properly administered, a word
of thanks is not necessary. Each
voter accepted the responsibility of
citizens!.!?' and did his or her duty.
Public servants are necessary to en-
act just laws, repeal unjust laws and
administer the powers of the state
for the benellt of the government.
It is not necessary to thank any-
one for doing a duty. It may be be-
coming of those who aspired to
places of power to satisfy personal
ambitions or to occupy places where
graft may be easy to obtain, to thank
those who assist them to realize their
ambitions.
The plain duty of the citizen is to
secure a good government by select-
ing servants for service and not se-
lect the ambitious for the thanks
tht) nij rtoeirt The average
voter has received thanks many
times but no service
main intact and labor for the elec-
tion in November of all the league
candidates that successfully passed
the primaries. This in no wise means
the endorsement of all the candidates
on the democratic ticket.
The members of the league, in my
opinion, should be an association of
independent voters who are more
interested in securing the benefits of
a good government than in the ad-
vancement of the welfare of any po-
litical party.
The league program is a home-
builders' program. The home is the
anchor of the nation. Once the home
Is destroyed the nation becomes un-
stable and soon falls.
By all means keep the precinct,
county and state organization of the
league intact, build up those papers
which work for the interest of the
league and boycott all other papers.
For a good government properly
administered, I am.
OWSLEY LONERGAN.
Women's umbrellas, lost by their
owners while traveling about, reach
The precinct police headquarters In London at the
organization of the league should re-. rate of over 200 a day.
oOcli cious!
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IN TINS ^2^ IN LOAVES
k-ASK YOUR, Gf^pCEn^
Attorney General Edward J. Brundage of Illinois. Chief Investigator
J. G. Olaser and Assistant Attorney General < . \v. Klddekauf are con-
! ducting an investigation on the site of the Herrin mine war. where a
pitched battle occurred between imported strikebreakers and striking
miners. Twenty-two men were killed. The trouble started when mine
guards shot and killed union men who passed the pits at a distance, and
officers were refused entrance to the stockade when they went to arrest
the murderers. Enraged miners took the law into their own hands then
and Invaded the coal pits.
j has shouted itself hoarse demanding The completion of a school career
that law and order be upheld .ier°, of 12 years without missing a single
publishes a story from its staff *'or- class Is the remarkable record
iespendent at Marion Including this achieved by Miss Dorothy Reese of
paragraph: Ironton, Mo.
"As the situation is developing, the ; ■ ■
h,e,,OEt 8l«ht <'f 1 One of the most important n.unici-
„f ,E „ the.rl0,ers' au" ,h pal position., lilled by any woman in
cause of the open shop versus unton ,he UnUed state3 ,3 tha, 'o( Mli3 Ne„
J. Roche, who holds the office of
comptroller of the city of Nashville.
Hartley's Drug Store
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST
WE HAVE IT
HE DELIVER
Agents for Last man kodnks*—We Ibt Finishing.
100 West Reno Street Phone Walnut 3762
labor will be the central Issue."
WALTON SPEAKERS
ANNOUNCE DATES
SPEAKING DATES
OF WALTON
C. Lewis, A. W. Kerr and George Stone, attorneys, have been en
I' to defend any union miners who may indicted and tried for Kef Use I
£l pat ion In the Herrin <111 > strip mine war. Mr. Kerr is chief counsel i Work of the grand Jury progresses ! between strikebreakers and miners in j Sept. 12—Beavc r. 2 p. m . Tuesday
miners' union, i slowly. Two witnesses resented 'he i the strip coal mine at Herrin. 111. Buffalo, 8 p. m.
1 Sept. 13—Woodward, 2 p.
PEOPLES FISH &
OYSTER CO.
Jos. McDermott, Prop.
222 West Grand
Phone Maple 4026
Full line of fresh and salt
fish.
\)he
a cigarette
can do
When we tell you that
there is no other cigarette
at Chesterfield's price which
contains such fine Turkish
and Domestic tobaccos, we
state the fact. It's true.
And when we tell you
that Chesterfields satisfy,
we state another fact. It's
the utmost a cigarette
can do.
Let Chesterfields prove
this.
CIGARETTES
Of finest Turkish and Domestic tobaccos—blended
1m
Liggett k Myers Tobacco Co.
Wed-
nesday.
Arnett, 8 p. m.
Sept. 14—Taloga. 2 p. m.. Thursday.
Sept. 15—Bristow. 2 p. m.. Friday.
Sept. 16—Atoka, 2 p. m.. Saturday.
SPEAKING DATES OF PALL NLS-
BITT.
Sept. 8—Kingfisher. 2 p. m. Friday.
Enid, 8 p. m.
Sept. 9.—Medford. 2 p. m. Saturday.
Blackwell, 8 p. m.
Sept. 11—Perry, 2 p. m. Monday.
Stillwater, 8 p. m.
Sept. 12—Yale, 2 p. ra. Tuesday.
Cushing, 8 p. m.
Sept- 13—Cleveland, 2 p. m. Wednes-
day.
Pawhuska. 8 p. m.
Sept. 14—Bartlesville, 8 p. m. Thurs- j
day.
Sept. 15—Nowata, 2 p. m. Friday.
Claremore, 8 p. m.
Sept. 16—Vinita. 2 p. m. Saturday.
Afton, 8 p. m.
SPEAKING DATES OF C. D.
KcHAJ I
Sept. 8- Rosston, 2 p. m. Friday.
Buffalo, 8 p. m.
Sept. 9—Freedom, 2 p. m. Saturday.
Fairvalley, 4 p. m.
Waynoka. 8 p. m.
Sept. 11—Capron, 2 p. m. Monday.
Burlington, 4 p. m.
Byron, 8 p. m.
Sept. 12—Manchester, 2 p. m. Tues-
day.
Wakita, 4 p. m.
Medford, 8 p. m.
Sept. 13—Jefferson, 2 p. m. Wednes-
day.
Pond Creek. 4 p. m.
Salt Fork, 8 p. m.
Sept. 14—Lamont. 1 p. in. Thursday.!
Deer Creek, 3 p. ra.
Nardin, 8 p. m.
Sept. 15—Tonkawa. 2 p. ra. Friday.
Kildare, 5 p. m.
Newkirk, 8 p. m.
Sept. 16—Burbank, 2 p. m. Saturday. J
Fairfax, 8 p. m.
Sept. 18—Osage, 2 p. m. Monday.
Hominy, 8 p. m.
Sept. 19—Waynona, 11 a. in. Tues-
day.
Nelagony, 2 p. m.
Avant, 8 p. m.
SPKAKI5G DATES OF >V. A.
YILLIXES.
Sept. 8—Arnett, 2 p. ra. Friday.
Shattuck. 8 p. m.
Sept. 9—Supply, 2 p. m. Saturday.
Moorland, 8 p. m.
(Continued on rage Five)
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Ameringer, Oscar & Hogan, Dan. Oklahoma Leader (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1922, newspaper, September 7, 1922; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc100119/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.