TIIE MORNIXG OREGOXIAN, siTURDAT, JUKE 24, 1923.
GOVERNOR ORDERS
FULL RIOT INQUIRY
Military Board Is Sent to
Massacre Scene.
EXECUTIVE IS ANGERED
Failure of Representatives at
Herri n to Send Reports In
censes Official.
WATJKEGAN, 111., June 23. (By
the Associated Press.) Governor
Small tonight demanded the fullest
inquiry into the mine riot at Herrin,
111., yesterday, which culminated in
the massacre of more than 25 non
union workers, and ordered a mili
tary investigating board, headed by
Maior-Genernl lumnw t
commander of the 33d division to
enxrain immediately for the scene.
Angered by the failure of his
own representatives to keep him
posted on developments, and the
apparent laxity of the Williamson
county officials In maintaining or
der, the eovernnr tViot
he had ordered the lid lifted off
arrairs in the coal fields and would
find out before he. is through what
Is wrong.
In the meantime, the governor
said, ne would ignore a recdmmen
dation from Robert Medill, director
of mines and minerals, who has
been at Herrin for several days,
and who this afternoon telegraphed
the governor asking that the order
mobilizing 1000 guardsmen for pos
sible duty be withdrawn.
More Trouble Is Feared.
Mr. Medill telegraphed the gov
ernor that he was ji.frniH the. mrfvHt-
lizatlon order might inflame the
striking miners and provoke more
trouble. The mobilization, under
which a thousand men with full
field equipment are being held in
their armories ready to entrain on
short notice, will remain in effect
until the special investigating
board reports, the coventor anirL
"I want to find out why the of-
nciai reports reaching me say there
is no need of troops and that every
thing is quiet when at the same
time I have received a flood of tele
grams rom other sources saying
that .men guarding mine property
and rescue parties searching for the
dead In yesterday's rioting are in
timidated and threatened and the
work interfered with," Governor
email declared.
Military Board Is Named. v
Announcing the appointment of a
special military board of inquiry,
the governor issued a formal state
ment which said:
"This action was taken because
I wanted to have more complete and
detailed reports than I have re
ceived. Practically" every report
from Herrin is to the effect that
troops are not needed. Yet I get
statements that men acting as cus
todians of property are being
threatened and ordered to leave.
Again it is reported to me that
rescue parties seeking to recover
the dead are being interfered with.
These conditions cannot and will
not be tolerated in the state of
Illinois. I want to know the truth
in this matter, and at the earliest
possible moment"
Instructions Are Given. '
The governor indicated that the
military board was instructed to
find out: ..
Why county officials failed to
preserve order and why, after they
lost control of the situation, they
did not call for state troops.
Why Colonel Samuel N. Hunter,
representing the adjutant-general at
Herrin for the past several days,
did not report that troops were
needed. Colonel Hunter telegraphed
the governor today that he felt all
alnnff 41.. . . ...
& wicvl iwia uuunLy autnorities
could not cope with the emergency.
Why Colonel Hunter and Robert
Medill, director of mines, were ten
hours behind press dispatches in re
porting yesterday's massacre.
Strong pressure was being
brought to bear on the governor to
day to send troops to Williamson
county in spite of assurance of Col
onel Hunter, Mr. Medill, Sheriff
Thax-ton and Statea Attorney 'Duty
that they were not needed.
It was intimated during the day
that the governor was contemplat
ing going to Herrin himself as soon
as his trial is over here tomorrow,
to make a personal investigation.
GUARDS GO BACK TO WORK
Flooding of Mines Is Prevented
by TJnlon Board Member.
HERRIN, 111., June 23. (By the
Associated Press.) Scores of men
employed at Williamson county, coal
mines to guard and keep the mines
in shape during the strike quit work
tonight under threats of union min
ers, but shortly after midnight they
returned to work when Hugh Willis,
mine union district board member,
personally promised them protection
and placed union miners to guard
them from any fresh outbreak.
Absence of the caretakers nn the,
Job through agreement of operators
ana miner oiiiciais would have
meant ruin of millions of dollars'
worth of mines through flooding.
END PUT TO SPOONING
Cooing: on School Fire Escapes
Stopped by Pasadena Board.
PASADENA, Cal., June 23. Spoon.
lng on the fire escapes at the Pasa
dena high school has been ended
automatically by a decision of the
board of education.
The order was that all school fire
escapes must be hung on pulleys,
so they will lower with the weight
of persons above, .but cannot be
reached from below.
4000 MEN ARE SLAIN
(Conttqqe.i From First Page.)
by the United China forces, fleeing
from Canton to Shanghai and cruis
ing aboard one of his warships in
the west river near Canton, some
times bombarding that city. Appar
ently Sun still Is in or near Canton
and is still strong enough to be in a
position to negotiate with the Pekin
authorities.
Wu Ting Fang, declared in the
foregoing to have handed over the
southern government's seals of of
fice to the Kwangtung assembly,
was reported ln Reuter's advices to
day from Canton to Shanghai as
having died in Canton this morn
ing. Amoy advices today, record
ing a telegram sent yesterday from
Canton, said that Wu Ting Fang
was ill in a Canton hospital. The
Amoy dispatch also told of Wu
banding over the Canton govern
ment's official seals.
RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
LABOR. . -
, , h fw Jor i
f& , - ;- v 1
SAMUEL J. GOMPERS,
IS
LABOR FEDERATION WILL
MEET HERE IN 1923.
Houston, Texas, Is Defeated; Mr.
Gompers Is Re-elected La
bor President.
(Continuad From First Page.)
with the International Federation ot
Trades Unions, and re-elected the
federation's present executive coun
cil of 11 officers, headed by Mr.
Gompers. ' ,
The only stand made by the rad-
ical element at .the convention came i
with the presentation of the Rus- j
sian question, and though it was not
a new question belore tne reopera
tion, it was regarded as one ot tne ;
main issues before the labor move
ment. '
Mr. Gompers and other foes of
the soviet centered their opposition
on the ground that the soviet Is a
dictatorship and not a representa
tive government of the Russian
people and that it aimed at the
destruction of the American Fed
eration of Labor as a step toward
destroying the government of tho
United States. Friends of the so
viet contended that it was a work
ers' government, with its leaders
comparable to the American cof
onists, and asserted that the opposi
tion of capitalists to its rcognition
was causing a blockade of foreign
trade with Russia.
Answering the supporters of the
soviet, Mr. Gompers declared that
they had evaded or forgotten that
the soviet had declared its purpose
to destroy the American Federatipn
of Labor, and he asserted that "no
one) who believes in freedom of
Russia, can consistently favor the
soviet."
Aside from the convention, the
radical element In the labor move
ment helda mass meeting tonight
to hear an address by William Z.
Foster in advocacy of his pro
gramme for the formation of one
big union within each industry. He
described his programme as one of
amalgamation of the present sepa
rate craft unions.
' In the election of the federation's
officers, the movement to bring out
an- opponent to Mr. Gompers col
lapsed and the railroad union's bloc
centered Its - efforts to defeat two
members of the executive council.
Thomas J. Flaherty of Washington,
was named ln opposition to Fischer,
but was defeated by 17,725 votes
against 13,279. Joseph A. Franklin
of Kansas City, Kan., lost his contest
against Mr, Tobin by 18,519 to 12,542.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SURPRISED
New Temple Believed to Be Rea
son for Choice.
The selection of Portland as the
meeting place fo-r the 1923 conven
tion ot the American Federation of
Labor came as a surprise to the
local labor officials here. Not until
the news of the selection was
flashed over the wires did the heads
Oh! Boy
A Delicious Milk Shake
.With a Cold Veal
Sandwich ,
at the v "
BEAN POT
Fifth Near Morrison
DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT
AT
WINDEMUTH
Darby'g Orchestra
Boats Foot of Morrison St or
Brooklyn Cars
Photo.by Underwood.
WITH MRS. GOMPERS.
of the Central Labor council expect
such an honor for Portland.
"We had intended to invite the
federation to hold its convention
here during fair year," said W. E.
Ktasey, secretary of the council,
last night, "but we did not have the
slightest Idea that the city would
be chosen as the next convention
meeting place. But now that they
are coming we will do our best to
entertain them."
' Some six or seven hundred dele
gates will attend the convention,
Mr. Kimsey announced. In addition
there will be the wives of the dele
gates, secretaries, visitors and news
paper correspondents. In all, Mr.
Kimsey estimates that 2000 persons
will be drawn' to the city by the
meeting. ...
The new labor temple was the
loadstone which drew the' labor
leaders to Portland, Mr. Kimsey be
lieves. Portland's temple Is the
on.y one ln America which can -seat
the 'entire body of delegates to a
federation convention. Seventeen
hundred ipersons can find eat- in
the temple's auditorium. In otjier
cities, the labor men have been
forced to depend on the use of
rented balls or municipal buildings
as a meeting place. - .
"The selection of' Portland as the
federation's next convention city la
a tribute to the city, to the labor
temple which Portland's workers
have erected and to the labor move
ment in this city. Now that we will
act as hosts to the federation, the
Central Labor council will imme
diately make plans for the event,"
Mr. Kimsey stated.
MINE HIUT DEATH
TOLL UP TO 33
Herrin Shows Wo Piiy for Its
Victims.
LINE LONG AT MORGUE
People Wait to Get Chance to See
Men Who "Tried to Take Bread
From Union liabor." .
Oontinuert From First Page.)
because other thousands feared
these men would take away their
living. . i
The trees are green in Herrin and
the birds are singing and the crops
ripening in the. summer sun. From
the morgue the- crowds drift to the
bill boards in front of the picture
show, to see what the posters prom
ise; to the drug stores for soft
drinks, then home for supper.
Only Outsiders Surprised.
Only the outsiders show surprise
and horror. People here say:
"This is our business. Sorry, -but
It's done. Let us alone. Well han
dle this all right. We're good peo
pie to get along with good as any
body if you -mind your owfi bus!
ness. We'll attend to ours."
The-, massacre was the act of a
mob which got beyond the control
of the cooler element, which was
attempting to escort the captives
to Herrin to "show them off to the
boys," according to information
gleaned today. .
The leaders, it was said, finally
were compelled to yield to the
clamors of the mob that the pris
pners "beat it." The fleeing men
thereupon were shot down, beaten
to death and one was known to
have been hanged.
Cry Goes Up for Lives. .
As soon as the 44 strip employes
surrendered yesterday morning a
cry went up for the lives of cap
tives, persons wiio say they were
eyewitnesses state, rue cooler ele
ment, however, advised that the
prisoners be marched i"10 town, pa
raded before the townspeople ana
then sent away.
The cooler element marched Just
behind the prisoners, who were at
the head of the procession, and the
disorderly element flocked behind
and beside them.
There were cries of "beat it,
which grew into a chorus, but the
leaders withstood th6 demand until
they arrived at a wooded section,
about three miles from here. There
the clamor increased and the mob
pressed around the fear-stricken
prisoners, some of whom mumbled,
apparently In prayer.
Witnesses' said the leaders, feel
ing unable longer to resist, the
crowd's clamor, said to the pris
oners:.
"Yes, you'd better beat it "
Then- Follows Massacre.
Then followed the massacre.
How many of the prisoners real
ized that it was to be a flight of
death cannot be known.
Between the road and the woods
on the right side there was a barbed
wire fence. Most of the prisoners,
probably thinking vaguely that it
would be something to have the
fence between them and the mob,
began climbing through the ence.
They had difficulty with their suit
cases. There were shouts of:
"Drop your suitcases, you won't
need them," which appealed to the
humor of the Jeering mob. Most of
the prisoners dropped their suit
cases and scrambled through and
scurried Into the woods.
The shooting was under way and
the killing was on throughout the
woods. Men were running and
dodging and the crowds were fol
lowing and shooting at them. When
one fell, the crowd closed in and
fired a volley into the prostrate
form. The throats of two were cut
As the men were shot down,
crowds gathered and watched them
breathe their last. Jeering and scof
fing. .
One of the wounded men, to whom
It's Not a Movie ) II
It's Not an Auto
the correspondent talked in the
woods, said he was a steam shovel
worker.
The men who crowded about him
said:
"You ought to know better than
to try to take the bread from a
union man's mouth."
Men Boast of Attack.
Men who openly boast that they
wefe in the attacking force related
with apparent pride the stories of
what in war times would be called
brutality. The story of the attack j
on C. K McDowell, strikebreakers' f
Bupei iiiLeiiueni, was reiaxea oy
many. McDowell with only one leg,
was beaten to death with stones' be
fore being riddled with bullets, ac
cording to persons who say - they
were eye witnesses. -,
He refused to march with the
other prisoners, who were tied to
gether and told to run down the
road between lines of attackers,
who poured buckshot, rifle and pis
tol bullets into them as they fled,
saying that he'd just as soon die
where he was. He died where he
was said to have made this state
ment. - ,
The mine safe was looted and one
man with some 1500 in bills stood
with' a semi-circle of men around
and dealt out the bills like cards,
according to wounded men who
were-there. .
Wounded Men Tortured.
The correspondent ' " saw ' men
wounded almost to death kicked
around in the scorching sun in dus
ty roads. He saw men chased
through fields like rabbits by shout
ing persons who opened fire, once
catching him accidentally between
twd fires. Surrounded by armed
men he saw a knife plunged Into the
throat of a wounded man, who in
his dying breath gasped a plea: "In
the name of my mother, in the name
of your mother, in the name of God,
give me water," only to receive
laughs and jibes such as "where
you're going you won't see water,"
as reply.
Mothers carried babies into the
morgues and up to piles of bodies
in the roads with such remarks as
"take a look at what your papa did,
kid."
Dying Man Is Cursed,
He watched a man walk to the
bedside of a dying man and curse
him and jeer at him as he breathed
his last. Through It all, although the
fight area was traversed a dozen
times, there was not a word heard
of sympathy for a victim. The sen
timent seemed to be that strike
breakers deserved slaughter and
that these had received.
"Few of the dead could be positive
ly identified.' Most of them had
been rifled of all efects. After ly
ing piled in the morgues yesterday
they were embalmed last night.
Scores watched the process all
through the night, making unprint
able remarks about bodies.
Official investigation of the mine
war which killed from 27 to 45 near
here began today ln response to in
sistent demands from Governor
Small for action by local authorities
when Coroner McGowan announced
that an inquest would be held im
mediately and State Attorney Duty
said that a special grand jury would
be convened following the inquest
to investigate the massacre.
TWO . MEN ARE KILLED
Dozen Other Persons Are Injured
in Attack on Traction Car.
CLARKSBURG, W. Va.,' June 23.
Two men were killed, a deputy
sheriff suffered a broken arm and a
dozen other persons received minor
injuries when a mob attacked an in
terurban traction car carrying non
union miners and officers of the
Hudson Coal company, guarded by
deputy sheriffs from this city to the
Lewis mine near Reynoldsville this
morning.
The mob stopped the car, pulled
off the trolley and swarmed aboard.
Two of the attacking party were
shot as they crawled through win
dows. The mine was opened on an
open shop basis Monday.
Mexican Leaps to Death.
WEST FRANKFORT, 111!, June 23.
(By the Associated Pre.) An
unidentified Mexican track worker
ran aloft and plunged to death from
a mine tipple today when pursued by
a crowd of 75 men. Two other Mexi
cans, who were with him, escaped.
The pursuit of the track men oc
curred when a rumor was circulated
that a girl had been attacked. The
report was apparently groundless.
FLIERS TO DEMOBILIZE!;
MATHER FIELD SQUADRONS
WILL CEASE TO EXIST.
Air Force at March Field, Also In
California, Affected by
Washington Orders.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 23.
Orders to demobilize his squadrons
and to abandon Mather field, a fly
ing field established 14 miles east
of Sacramento, during the world
war, by July 1, were received today
by Major B. M. Atkinson, com
mandant. The orders from the war depart
ment further advised that the men
of the squadron would be sent as in
dividuals to the Philippine islands.
Reductions in army personnel and
of the air forces in particular, was
given as the reason for the aban
donment of the field.
Major Atkinson later made pub
lic the telegram from the air service
office at Washington which indi
cated that the 19th squadron at
March field. Riverside, Cal., 'also
would be demobilized and the men
transferred as individuals to the
Hawaiian islands.
The telegram did not state that
Mather field will be abandoned en
tirely. Read The oregonian classified ads
Hazelwood
Orchestra
. J. F. N. Colburn, Director
TONIGHT'S PROGRAMME
6 to 8 and 9:30 to 11:30 '.
1 "Remember the Rose". . . .
Seymour Simons
2 "Kawaihau," Waltz
. . $ Mekia Kealakai
3 "The Serenade," Selection
Victor Herbert
4 "Old Plantation," Hawai
ian Song David Nape
5 ''Louisiana," Waltz Song..
....... Oliver G. Wallace
6-"Sari," Selection
E. Kalaman
7 "Hula Blues"....
Cunha & Noble
8 "Nola" Felix Arndt
Washington St.
Hazelwood
CONFECTIONERY
and RESTAURANT
388 Washington Street
Near Tenth
10x18 Price $55.00.
Delivered, Erected, Stained.
GENERAL BUILDING CO,
209 Weldler St. East 8S66.
CARNIVAL DANCE
BOAT
BLUEBIRD
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT
Je fffron-St.To-k, 8:45 P. M.1
Special 'Til This Evening
Complete Set of Golf
Clubs and Golf Bag
$ 1 6.50
And including one special lesson from
our professional Golf Coach, Sandy Leith
j ' 4 Golf Glubs
The four cluEs the golfer wants the four clubs
he can call a "complete outfit" because they are all
he really needs the mashie, the midiron, the putter
and choice of brassie or driver. These four and a
sturdy three-steel-stay leather-trimmed canvas bag for
$16.50. You'd pay a great deal more if you were
to buy the pieces separately. And to make it even
more of a bargain Sandy Leith, the Golf Coach,
will throw in one golf lesson free of charge.
Sandy Leith, the Golf Coach, gives a five-lesson
course for $7.50; 12 for $15; single lessons $2.
Golf School and Golf Supplies Eighth Floor
Men! See These New
Oxford Shirts at $2.35
Three for $6.50
For summer wear, men are leaning more and more
to the collar-attached shirts, for they recognize fully
the unequaled comfort and style of these unconven
tional garments. Nothing has proved more popular
than the oxford-cloth shirts and why shouldn't men
want them, since Lipman, Wolfe's have them for a
, price as low as $2.35 ?
rure Silk Knit Ties Are 95c
Smart ties in a variety of distinctive patterns and weaves
and in a choice selection of color combinations. They'rt '
pure silk that's what makes 95c such a very special price.
Athletic Union Suits Are $ 1 . 1 5
These the famous "Mercer" union suits that men find
ideal for summer wear. They fit perfectly and are made
to wear. They're of self-striped and self-checked madras.
Men's Wool Bathing Suits $3.95
Snappy new bathing suits in a brilliant selection of the
wanted color combinations. Pure wool suits in scores of
clever designs such as men demand.
I
Imported English
Pure wool golf hose in cuff
British-made hose and present a variety of clever and peppy
patterns.' They are very specially " priced at $1.95 a pair.
Men's Section On the Flrat Floor '-
Mens New ; Golf Caps in
Snappy Styles $1.95
Caps of tweeds, caps of cheviots, caps of homespuns, caps
of the wonderful nappy velours all in the newer,, more
snappy styles all decidedly better quality in every respect.
It's only on rare occasions like this that men ever see such
caps priced as low as $1.95.
Men's Clothing Section Fifth Floor
c "Merchandise
HO
j
i
One Golf Bag ' 1
I
i
i
Golf Hose $1.95 Pair j
- top style They're the famous
of c Merit Only"
i
i
i
i
j
i
i
j
j
Read The Oregonlan classified ads.