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HOUSTON TEXAS. WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12 1919.
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Coal Strike Ends;
U. S. Acts to Get
Quick Adjustment
N Cabinet Instructs Secretary Wilson to Call Op-
erators and Miners Scale Committees to Wash-
ington at Once For Speedy Conference on
Grievances Compromise on Original De-
mands Expected.
By Leased Wire to The Houston Post.
WASHINGTON Nov. 11. When John L. Lewis .acting presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers of America and his associates at
Indianapolis yielded to the sovereignty of the law Tuesday the gov-
ernment at Washington determined that their differences with the
v coal operators must be adjusted.
The miners' leaders having refused to fight their government
even though urged to do so by the supreme central body of organized
labor the American Federation executive council President Wilson
and the cabinet agreed that the government should help them to a
negotiated adjustment of their
grievances.
Cabinet Act.
Immediately after confirmation of the
action taken by the strike leaders in re-
unnAinm h atrika order in obedience to I
Judge Andersons mandate the rabinot
in session at the time directed Sec
retary of Labor Wilson to summon all
parties to the coal controversy to Wash-
ington next Friday for a conference
which win result in the formulation of a
new working agreement. At a late hour
Tuesday night indications were that
there would be no resistance to this plan
from any quarter. Representatives of
the operators are already here.
The recall of the strike order was the
occasion of great relief in official quar-
ters. Some officials of the government
have maintained all along that when
the time came President Lewis and his
associate would obey the mandate of the
.-Coited States court but there were
other 4wl tfMariai the ma-
jority who have felt since thi issuance
of the statement of the American .fed
eration of Labor Sunday night in which
the federation assumed a defiant attitude
In die controversy that officials of the
miners' organisation would go to jail
rather thai cancel the' strike order.
Actio Surprise.
While no one in the Federation of
Labor ' headquarters would . admit it.
there is evefy reason1 for the assertion
that the action of President Lewis and
his colleague came as a complete sur
prise to the member of he'executive
council. Thaf it was the general belief
among the federation ' officials that the
strike would not be. called off is the opin-
ion of practically every one who kept in
toach with the coal situation during the
past few day. It was recalled. that only
Monday a few hours before the officials
of the miners' organization Voted to obey
the law Samuel Gompere speaking at a
dinner to the delegates to the interna-
tional labor conference bad slid that it
might be better to go to jail in defense
of what be termed the cause of justice
and democracy.
Developments in Washington came
quickly after the cabinet had met and
considered what should be done follow-
ing approval by Judge Anderson of the
form of strike cancellation order sub-
mitted by Acting President Lewis and
Secretary Green of the mine workers.
The president's advisers were unani-
mously of the opinion ttfat the action of
the miners' officials entitled them to the
fullest consideration that could be given
them on their grievances against the op-
erators and that negotiations mast be
forced to a termination snd to a conclu-
sion within a reasonable time.
Early Decision SoaghM
It was the unanimous opinion of all
present that Secretary of Labor Wilson
should summon the operators' and
miners' scale committees to Washington
at once and that negotiations be opened
and forced to a conclusion in some way
within a limited time.
Secretary Wilson immediately after
the cabinet meeting sent telegrams to
Mr. Lewi of the miners Thomas T.
Brewstor chairman of the central com-
petitive field operators' committee and
to Harry N. Taylor president of the Na-
tional Coal Operators association urging
that the scale committee not oly in the
central competitive field but in all
fields where the strike had occurred be
sent to Washington at once far -conference
on Friday. It was regarded as
practically certain Tuesday aught that all
these committees will be on band for the
conference. .'
Just what .flan Secretary Wilton will
propose is not known but it will be in
the form of a compromise oa the orig-
inal demands of the miners which it is
believed the operator will agree' to ac-
cept eventually. The operator ' hare
aid they would negotiate and the gov-
ernment now propose to hold them to
this. The miner having abandoned the
strike must of course fall back upon ne-
gotiations. MINES AWAIT WORKERS.
. f Associated Pre Report.
riTTSBVRQ. Nov. 1L Operator
('Continued oa Pag 5 Column 1.)
Ruth Law Hunting
Airplane to
D i FlvJncr Pnrnn
UCl T lying 17 015011
By EDWIN JAMES.
Special Cable to the Chicago Tribune. By
Leased Wire to The Houston Post.
TARIS Nov. 11. Ruth Law the
American aviatrix' readied Paris today
in search of an airplane with which she
will try to beat Maynard's cross-continent
record. Miss Law says she believes
there can be found in France an airplane
which will combine speed and fuel ca-
pacity better than any American machine.
She will begin her visits to French air-
plane manufacturer tomorrow. She laid
she had not decided whether she would
go after Maynard's record this winteror
wait until next spring. That probably
depends on how long it takes her to buy
a suitable machine and get it back to
America.
Maynard Officially Is
Winner of Air Derby
Associated Press Report
NEW YORK Nov. 11. Lieutenant
Belvin W. Maynard "the flying parson'
won the recent army transcontinental
airplane race with the shortest elapsed
time 9 days 4 hours 20 minutes and S
seconds according to an official deci-
sion of the war department announced
Tuesday night by Major Maurice Con
nolly at the American Flying club's
Armistice day dinner. On actual flying
time however Maynard wa fifth to
Lieutenant Alexander Pearson who
spent 48 hours 07 minutes and 10 sec
onds in the air.
Today's Calendar.
FORECASTS OF THE WEATHER.
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON Nor. 11. Eaat Texas-
Wednesday Increasing cldudlness colder
In interior cold wave north portion tem
perature 18 to 28 by Thursday mornlng
Thursday partly cloudy except occasional
rains in southeast portion colder east and
south portions.
West Texas Wednesday generally fair
cold wave severe novth portion with tem
perature IS or lower in the Panhandle
freezing south portion; Thursday general
ly fair colder southeast portion.
Louisiana Wednesday Increasing cloud
iness rain and colder In northwest por
tlon; Thursday generally fair in north-
wast probably rain in east and south
portions colder.
Oklahoma Wednesday generally fair
cold wave severe In north and west por
tions temperature 14 to 86 by Wednesday
night or Thursday morning; Thursday
generally fair continued cold.
Forecast for Houston and vicinity Wednesday
Fair warmer.
Temperature extremes and pmrtplutlo at
Houston ending 2 e. m. Not. 11:
Mazlmnm 70. minimum 45; precipitation bone.
Atmospheric pressure it Houston it 1 p. a
Tuesday-80.11. sea levsl reading..
SunrtM Wednesday 6:45 a. m sustt 6:28
p. m.
uomnsratiTS record at Houston for November
11:
1919. 1918. 1MT.
. m 4 Bl SO
10 s. m 54 59 (IS
Noon 60 5 7.1
3 p. in (w 7
0 p. m ud 80
7 a. m. Dry bulb 45.2 ownta w.t bulb 42.7
uu ill's; maim uumiuicy 02 par Cent.
noon j
-Dry bulb 00. i par cent wet bulb 49.0
per cent
ralauve humidity 42 par cent.
TODAY'S EVENTS.
ft Aft TO fa1 rVitnlf) ItBMrta n
Interscholastic movement meet at X. mH
C. A.
Klwanis club luncheon
12:15 p. m.
at Rice hotel
Parent-Teacher association
Dow school 3:15 p. m. -
meets at
WATERWAYS MEETING HELD.
' Associated Pre Report.
CHARLESTON a O Nov. 11. At
the meeting of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterway association here Tuesday
night Atlantic City wa chosen as the
next place of meeting. The 1(20 conven-
tion probably will be held the second
week In October. A committee on noml-
nationa wa appointed . s .
TRACTORS BIG AND
LITTLE FURROW BOG
IN PLOWING TESTS
Do Stunts That Team of
Mules and Horses
Would Balk At
THOUSANDS SEE
MOTORS AT WORK
Exhibitions to Continue Two
Day-Ceremonies
Wednesday
Thousands of Houstonians and other
thousands of farmers from over South
Texas witnessed the first day's events
at the Deepwater tractor demonstration
Tuesday. What they ssw may not have
been superhuman but it was super-
horse or mule.
Many made the trip to the grounds on
special trains run by the Southern Pa-
cific but the majority of visitors went
by automobile. The La Porte road was
crowded with an endless stream of cars
the greater part of the morning and all
of the afternoon.
The work of the tractors was worthy
of the interest shown. In the afternoon
they were put to plowing in the wet fields
and turned a great deal of ground under
conditions that one demonstrator de-
scribed as "awful." The machines wept
steadily ahead over the soggy weed
grown fields turning the green ahead of
them into great black mud furrows be-
hind them. It was generally conceded
that plowing horses or mules under simi-
lar circumstances wonld have been alto-
gether impossible.
Spectators the Judge.
Groups of interested spectators gath-
ered to watch each machine and moved
from one plot of ground to another
where different machines were being put
through their pace. ' No competitive
awards were made imt each apeelator
wajTaflowe to lorn his qwit; judgment
as to the TOpt'bA afferent ma-
chines. A" t?w of the tractor were
working on plot of ground especially
set aside for them while others followed
each other around a larger plot each
plowing its share.
A feature that attracted the eye of
the inexperienced was the strong con
trast in the 4ixe and general appearance
of the different machine. Except for
the fact that they were designed for the
same purpose it would hardly'seem that
all could be Dated under the one name of
tractor.
There were giant caterpillars and lit
tle caterpillars; there were tractors with
immense drive wheels and tractors with
smaller drive wheels bat all were prov-
ing their ability to do the hardest kind of
work that a farmer could put them to.
The farmer was left to judge for himself
which wa the most capable.
Tent City Rise.
The demonstration ground have
something of; the appearance of a carni-
val. All tent are pitched facing a long
"main" street and the crowds push for-
ward and blekward on this main thor-
oughfare viewing the exhibits Hi the dif-
ferent tents. Each firm entering a
tractor has more than one on the ground
and while oae is demonstrating in the
field another is kept in or near the ex-
hibit tent with a representative to ex-
plain it advantages and to answer any
questions propounded. Group of Inter-
ested men and women werq gathered
around each tractor for the greater part
of the day.
A number of article and implement
in addition to the tractors are on dis-
play. The Goodyear Tire company has
an exhibit tent a ha also the Magnolia
Petroleum company. The Southern Mo-
tors company has a display that attract-
ed wide attention. Included in it are
tractors trucks and trailer advertised
as "made-in-Hottston." .: The Manganese
Steel company of Chicago has a display
of manganese steel part for tractor
and many other mechanical farming de
vices i r v
Movie Will Tara Farrow.
Outside newspaper- representative
were present and three moving picture
concerns ai have their camera men on
the grouade Wednesday taking picture
of the -maohine at work. These were
the Gautunt 'company the Pathe com
pany and th International Film service.
These pictures will be shown is) all part
of the world. .- t
The oly ceremonial In connection with
th dmatTttoa will take place at 1 :13
p. m. 'WaooVrfday when all the tractors
- - ! -J"!- T or'8ljMuu
This will Be the official demonstration
of the week. Each machine will be al
lotted- a certain plot of ground accord
ing to the number of plow It pulls. The
flag fff the atart will be dropped by
Mayor A: E. Amertnan. Accompanying
Mr. Amerman will he D." 8. Cage presi-
dent of the .Chamber of Commerce and
W B. Punlap president of the Southern
Bice Growers association. The motion
picture men are expected not to over
look thi group of notable.
Plowing will be going on all day at the
field however and visitors may go at
(Continued on Pag 13 Column. 1.)
Houston Fighters
Recall Deeds
Of One Year Ago
From the din of pandemonium to
the chaoa of utter stillness; from a
universe of shrieking bombs clatter-
ing machine gun and the tumult of
battle to the silence of a peaceful
November day uch wa the experi-
ence of the men who were on the
fighting front at the moment the
armistice was declared and many
Houston men have returned to tell
the story. Just how they were situ-
ated and what their personal experi-
ences and sensations were at that tre-
mendous crisis is told in the following
brief statements:
JOHN WEBBER.
John Webber. 2110 Liberty street
recently was discharged from the fa-
mous lat division having served in
company E 1st engineers. 'The day
before the armistice we chased the
Germans 28 miles" said Mr. Webber
"and we were going after them just
a hard as ever. Only a few minute
before the news came I saw five
Americans ' fall under the fire from
one machine gun. When we were told
that it waa all over no one would be-
lieve it. We bad heard rumors and
had aeen a white flag flying from the
German lines but we thought it was
just another case of Camarad." "
Mr. Webber spent nine months with
the army of occupation in Germany.
W. E. SCEARCE.
"I was in a kitchen at Stenay try-
ing to eat a boiled potato and some
army beans when the news came. Two
or three boys were in there when
some one came in and told us that
the armistice had been signed and
would go into effect at 11 o'clock
next morning. When this fellow said
that the boys just stared at him and
gave him a few pet phrases between
bites and scratches! When we found
he waa in earnest we just dropped
our beans and potatoes either down
our throat or on the floor and let
out a yelL Were we glad? I'll ssy
we were and so was every man in
the A. B. y.-whao he heard it Thi
stuff some of th bors are pulling
about wanting to 'fight raore is all
bunk. We bad all we wanted and
home dean clothes and a fear lea
cootie were the first thing that en-
tered our minds." This cornea from
Policeman W. E. Scearce who served
in headquarters troop of the 90th di-
vision lie with 11 other men manned
a one-pound gun.
R. C PECK.
Lieutenant R. C Pock still A the
service and now attached to Houston
recruiting headquarters was in the
little French town of Ponilly at 11:30
a. m. holding a position which they
had just captured a few minutes be-
fore. Tbey had been given orders to
take the town and the countermand-
ing order did not reach his regiment
in time to stop the attack. They met
with considerable machine gun fire
he said. He was in the 856th infantry
at the time.
WILLIAM GORDON.
William Gordon at 1216 Summer
street was in base hospital No. 54
near Nancy and couldn't turn in his
bed the least bit for the bullet wound
in his thigh and high explosive wound
in his fight arm. He waa wounded at
11 a. m. November 2 in the Argonne
forest.
SERGEANT M. J. WINKLER.
Sergeant M. J. Winkler. 809 Hen-
derson street wa with the 9th in-
fantry U. S. Regulars had been in
the Meuse-Argonne battle from No-
vember 1 to November 11 and waa on
guard. duty at Mouison within 000 feet
of the machine gun of the enemy
when the armistice waa announced.
"The machine guns were rattling all
around us; shells were exploding
and the din was terrific up to the in-
stant the order came to cease firing-
Just before the stillness fell I saw one
poor fellow stoop over as a big shell
exploded in front of him tearing his
head away." The 9th infantry was
the crack regiment that helped the
Sth and Cth Marines to turn the tide
of the war at Chateau-Thierry. Out
of the 2000 men in the command 037
were decorated for conspicuous
bravery.
E. 0. SANGER.
"I guess it was one of the hap-
piest days of my life" said Major E.
O. Sanger. 1.11st field artillery "one
year ago tday I was not with my
outfit at the time having been de-
tached for special duty from it and
was at Finery when the end came.
We'd been hoping that it would really
be true but hardly dared that it act-
ually would be. The boy went crazy
with the joy and excitement of it all
and grabbed their guna and fired them
in the air yelling like Commanches.
I caught the fever myself and for-
got my years and rank and became'
one of them in tbevladbes of it all."
J. R. DONOGHUE.
"I waa at Kedon when it was
over" remarked Lieutenant J. R.
Donoghue also of the J31t field ar-
tillery "and it surely made me feel
fine. ' We celebrated around like a lot
of kid and most of tk boys were
only big kids yelling (hooting off their
(Continued tm. 1 JCColiimj. 4-X
150000 PRAY THEN
GO WILD WHEN BIG
PARADE IS FORMED
Armistice Day in Houston
Fittingly Observed
by All.
BUSINESS HALTS
FOR OCCASION
Activity Is Suspended
Moment for Silent
Prayer
or
With rivulet of patriotism prickling
trickling and coursing through their veins
with tears falling down their cheeks as
they apent a few minutes in silent com
munion with the boys who were here in
spirit only and with reverence and love
glowing in their faces more than 150000
persons Tuesday morning offered a
hushed thanks for peace and Armistice
day.
But it was fitting that the day also be
observed in gayety and joyousness for
victory and its meaning to Americans. As
the sun slipped slowly down behind' the
tall buildinga Tuesday afternoon the spirit
changed.
crowa uoes wua.
Throngs snd masses pushed their way
along the streets of Houston with shrieks
of delight and peals of laughter. Auto
mobile horns honked and airplanes busied
overhead "ticklers" toy balloons and
horns appeared and the uproar stesdily
increased until late in the night.
Early in the morning the streets began
to fill. Crowds gathered on corners in
front of decorated windows at the Vic
tory flag pole and near the secluded bid
ing places of the floats which were to ap
pear in th Allied parade.
More than 2000 persons gathered at
th W. C Mun YotopWYatara at 8:30
a. m for the patriotic service. The main
floor of the store which was given over
as an auditorium was packed. One of
the main features of the program was
the citation given to Mr. Munn and the
store for patriotic service rendered during
the world war.
Employes of the company who entered
the service gave Mr. Munn a silver lov
ing cup 16 inches high mounted on an
ebony base 0 inches high. W. C. Pyron
one of the store's service men presented
the cup with a word of thanks for Mr.
Munn's efforts to aid them and their rel-
atives. The presentation proved a com-
plete surprise to Mr. Munn.
Addresses were made by Dr. William
States Jacobs and Judge Chester H.
Bryan. Following this came the mu-
sical program under the direction of F.
H. Carpenter. The roll of honor was
called by L. W. Green after which the
audience joined in the singing of "The
Star Spangled Banner."
The audience then streamed out in
the street and intermingled with the
throngs awaiting the ceremonies and cel-
ebration to come.
Silent Prayer.
About 10:30 a. m. automobiles begsn
to drive up along the curbs talking and
cheering was quieted and the people
awaited for the time of silent prayer.
In the distance one big whistle wailed
above the confusion of holiday clamor J
taps sonnded a martial call and khaki
clad figures all up and down Main street
Btood at attention when the moment nf
prayer was announced at exactly 11
o'clock. Many beads were bowed some
perhaps did not know why but there was
a hush as thousands of hearts were lift-
ed in prayer and thanksgiving. Traffic
was suspended for the moment and
Houston stood still in honor of her he-
roic dead in thankfulness for those who
have returned and in praise for the
great victory which crowned their sac-
rifices. In the hotel lobby talkative guest
ceased their conversation and men stood
with hats in hand. Outside on the
street the waiting crowd stood silent.
Jitney drivers halted their cars chauf
feurs their luxurious limousines street
cars stopped where they were. While the
time wss so short that to many of the
inattentive ones it was almost imper
ceptible yet to those whose hearts were
attuned to the occasion it was an im-
pressive moment and whether one
prayed for souls departed or returned
thanks for those who remain or whether
it were a general wordless psalm of
thanksgiving for victory the air of the
beautiful autumnal day seemed even
clearer and sweeter for the momentary
tribute of prayer.
Early in the afternoon veterana of the
world war and of the war between the
States gathered for the solemn cere-
monies of the day. Led by a force of
mounted policemen followed by the flags
of the allied nations and the five flags of
Texas more than 300 veterans of the
two war marched from the city hall to
the Victory flag staff a striking spec-
tacle. Confederate veterans and nnu-
bers of the Grand Army of the Republic.
hobbled along on canes and crutches side
(Continued en Pago 10 Column Lj
Four Killed and
Several Wounded;
Agitator Lynched
Industrial Workers of the World Open Fire on Ar-
mistice Day Parade at Centralia Wash. Radi
cal Headquarters Raided and Many Arresta
Follow Militia Ordered to Town By WashV
ington Governor.
Associated Press Report.
CENTRALIA Wash. Nov. 11. Four members of the Ameri-
can Legion are dead another former service man is in a pre-'
carious condition and several others were wounded when persons t
said to be members of the Industrial Workers of the World fired Ori '
an Armistice Day parade here Tuesday afternoon. Another man
said to have been one of those who fired on the marchers is believed
to have been lynched but confirmation was lacking. At least eight
supposed Industrial Workers of the World are in the local jaiLl;'
Yil. PalUvfoc
Armistice Day
In Wheel Chair
By Leased Wire to The Houston Post.
WASHINGTON Nov. 11. When a
gun in Lafayette square opposite the
White House signaled the first celebra-
tion of Armistice day Tuesday morning.
President Wilson could no longer stand
the restraint of his long confinement
in bed and demanded release.
Dr. Grayson was summoned to the
president's bed chamber and was in-
formed by the convalescent chief execu-
tive that he wished to participate in the
commemoration of Armistice day.
Dr. Grayson lookedthe president over
and told him if he bad any thought of
going to the golf links for a motor ride
in the country or of attempting to aa-
dre the multitude across from the
White House he had anbther thought
coming but that if he could celebrate in
a wheel chair all would be well.
The president smilingly assented to the
wheel chair celebration and sst up in one
brought from the naval hospital for more
thau an hour.
Negro Agitators Taken
to Arkansas For Trial
Associated Press Report.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 11. Ed Ware
who admits according to the police he
was secretary of the Progressive Farm-
ers and Household union of America of
Phillips county Arkansas and Will Mc-
Furland negro preacher Tuesday start-
ed on their way back to Arkansas in cus-
tody of a deputy sheriff (o face charges
in connection with the uprising in the
Elaine ser-tion of that county early last
month. The deputy did not say whether
he wonld take the negroes to Helena
or to Little Ilock for the impending trial
at another city as urged by Ware who
said be feared lynching if taken to the
scene of the trouble.
Louisiana Sugar Crop to
Sell For Over 1 o-Cents
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON Nov. 11. The pres-
ent crop of louisiana sugar estimated at
approximately 100000 tons will be of-
fered to the retail trade at about IS 1-2
cents a pound officials of the department
of justice announced Tuesday night in
making public the approval of Attorney
General Palmer to the maximum price
of 17 cents to the refiner which recent-
ly was agreed upon by rffiners nnd the
I'nited States district attorney at New
Orleans.
The price of the Louiman.i crop the
official pointed out. in no way changes
the fixed retail price on other grades ot
suga r.
Policeman Give Up Cards
And Renounce A. F. of L.
Associated Press Report.
MACON. Gil. Nov. 11. Members of
the Macon police department formally
turned in their union cards Tuesday
night gave the organization's funds to
the Salvution Army and declared them-
silves free from the American Federa-
tion of Labor. The deunionization was
voluntary it was asserted and the vote
to deunionize was said to hare been
unanimous.
Villa Loaded With Loot
Is Moving Toward Texas
Associated Press Reort.
SAN ANTONIO Texas Nov. 11.
Pancho Villa who was frustrated in his
attempt to surprise Chihuahua by strong
forces of federal troops is now reported
to be near Los Organos Coahuila with
a heavy cargo of silver and jewels cap-
tured in Durango. Dispatches from
Chihuahua reaching here Indicated that
Villa was moving toward the Texas
border.
guarded from a mob of several 5
hundred former comrades of the
men shot down Tuesday. ;
The dead: A
DALE nUBBARD Centralia.
ARTHUR M'ELFRESH Centralis' S
BEN CASAGRANDA Centralia. '; '"
WARREN GRIMM. Centralia. . '
The wounded include:
John Earl Watt Chehalis not expected) .
to live. '' ' 1 .
Paraders Are Sniped. ;
The shooting began when the paradsJ
drew abreast of the Industrial Worker
of the World hall here according to Wit-
nesses the bullets going over the heada .
of the crowds watching the parade. On-
lookers say shots came from every djrao
tion and that snipers in the upper wtn4
dows of the I. W. W. headquarters
building fired into the line. '
McElfresh was killed instaatly. Si
Grimr-foMirIy a lieutenant w
leading a ylaiooa to the paraW an4 f .
at -the second hurst of fire mortally -wounded.
j 4
George Stevens attempted to disarm
an alleged I. W. W. and wa shot in th
struggle which ensued. .? n
Hubbard sustained hi wound in pur 1
suing a supposed I. W. W. who Cred aa '
he run from the group of men headed by..
Hubbard. It was this man according: to .
reports who was banged by a mob Tues y
day night. V '
Casagranda was In the ranks and a
rifle bullet struck him in the body
"They got me this time' he said as he
doubled up and fell in the street - "
Crowd Shot At
The crowd uniformed and un-unl- .'
formed started to chase the reds and .
was shot at while chasing one of th .
leaders. i '('
Groups of persons suspected of afffl '
iating with the radical order were takes
to jail by some of the secret service) '
men while other marchers tor out the
front of the building where the L W. W '
headquarters were located seized and '
burned a quantity of literature and all '
the furniture and distributed among')
themselves and Centralia citizens the
arms and ammunition stored in the head
quarters.
Meanwhile a crowd was gathering
about the jail. Former service men '
some of them armed with the seised -weapons
and others armed patrolled tha
grounds near the jail to prevent furthef
violence. ; '
According to former service men who '
said they were present Hubbard's party
caught the man they were chasing afttr
he hud fired at them several times on
tbe banks of the Skookumcbuch river Sv
small stream which runs through tha
town. Hubbard and the man grappled
they said and the supposed I. W. W.
fired directly into Hubbard's body. -George
Stevens another qf the crowd ;i
chasing the gunman kicked the pistol
from the I. W. W.'s hands. " '
Saved From Lynching.
A rope was placed about the man' y'i
neck thrown over the cioss arm of a '
telephone pole and he was hoisted into .
the air. The police persuaded the crowd ;
to let the man down before he was dead
and be was taken to jail.
T. P. Rogers mayor f Centralis; An
P. Hughes chief of police here and other '
citizens addressed the crowd in front ot -the
jail Tuesday night asking the clti-
sens not to attempt to lynch the rison' .
ers. ' ;.'..
Early Tuesday night a meeting to di-?
cuss the situation wok held at a local'
club and soon afterward the city's elec- V;
trie lights failed. In the darkness one' j
man was removed from the jail. .. 'jiJ!i
The best available account said the '.
man was placed in an automobile which
was waiting in readiness flanked byrlx r
otltr cars filled with men and hurried '
intoi a wood near the town. This man
reports said later was hanged . to . a
bridge. Later reports said .h man -hanged
was Ili itt Smith secretary of the
1. W. W. local at Centralia. f " '
Rumors of additional violetics'. here
wore current late Tuesday nighty More
than one citizen declared iTjThera' 1U
not be auy I JV. W.'s left lnV jail by
morjumj.'' Cltreemot Hart ha' widared
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