South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 35, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 4 February 1915 — Page 2

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WflTHEH WHO LOST

THREE IN MINE IRON STAND

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Wife of Colorado Miner Relates Experiences of Night of Horrors When Strikers' Camp Was Destroyed.

IV-tfiicfi. ;( n..il niir. r's v. if', V dnes- ) iy tM tjjo f o I i-.t ! industrial n.-mis.-ion hw her thr small children

i !'.tui at iut suv in the KMllw 1 r i k f ' ni:iv.Kiv .f nat. ' U'nmt'u wej.t and tense-f.,, , i men Lent forarl rly. as 1 1 1 - lurfl.eaded, blaek-i lid woman in low passive tn- rMtniK tin- l- melanholy of her flt( rocitfd th- dramatic events oj tie- niuht of April I'm when ?";r and mat-hiro- nns swept the siiik;uiii in th j-oiithern Colorado cal held, colb-etinff a toll of 1 1 hl!lren. t. w.inifii and five' mn. It v.is a re ma ri:a bb recital a'd a m morable .-( Mrs. I' tri wi is 1' I years old. She whs l-orii of Italian j.aretds in a Colorado minim.; -amp. Married at tho affe of it; shie had four children when the strike of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. emphe.es was declared in 1 !!.;. She l..st one child in Man h of the following- year as a result of pti- . Nations oet astoned hy the strlk'-. With the irrbf or that loss still upon l.er she went to live in the tent colony at Ludlow after the strikers had been driven from the eompany settlement. There the final tragedy of her life was enacted. Manner N I.i-tle-. She took the witness stand Wednesday with listless manner and haunted eyes-. Throughout her testimony she alternately hit at her tinie r nails and twSted in her frail hands a cotton handkerchief. Her sweet oke at no time ros- al'ove ;l (-on 'orsat ion-il tone and the matter of fact manner in which shn told The, story of her Krief seix'-d only to brin-s' out with more striVinir force Its tragic import. "V." she said in answer to Chairman "Va!sh's questions, "we had ffood times in the tent colony. I liked ;t there better than in the company amp. er tin -re the militia came up every day and insulted us. The Sunday before the fire was the Creek Caster. The men in the camp celebrated it. We had a baseball ffamo and that niKht then- was sinffinff and the ),nvs came with banjos and we had a ffood time." Into this background of merriment she i i 1 1 I the picture of the woe that tollow ed :

Hun- Out of Tent.

"April -0 I didn't leave our tent all

all." .-he said. " Mir tent was Xo. 1 and rk;ht behind it was the maternity tent. A cellar had been dun in that tent and tin re several babies were born while we lied in the colony. We al-o had a cellar in our tent. It was about n'cltu'K that niKht when I was down in the cellar and studied a lire. The children Here playing around. went up and di-overcd the tent was ell on lire. I seized my children ami taking one in my arms I ot another by the hand and the other one took 'odd of my skirt and wc ran out of tin- tent. "When I ran out I saw a lot of the militiamen around. They hollered to me to look out ami were shooting at me as 1 ran.' As quick us I could i ran into the maternity tent and down the steps into the cellar." "You are sure you saw the militiamen?" asked Mr. Walsh. "h, ,vos sir." replied the witness. "They were about LTi yards away." "Ami could they see yon?" 'l saw them. And they hollered

at me, ye sir." She looked at Walsh with friffht-

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f nod eyes as it recalling m tier mind her children me bullets ironi a mathe scene of the niffht and continued: chine guii.

"There was a door down to the cellar inside the tent and then, were .' rth steps The door was left open as 1 went down and I don't know how it came to be closed later. When I

xt down in the ellar there were j thro women and riKht children there. I knew them all. I had my baby in ' my arms. It was six months old. The others wre dose to me and my boy had hold of my dress." Twirling the handkerchief in her! hands, the woman looked over at Mr. I Walsh and In a voire from whlrh all!

she said: "lie would have been !le years old

f sterday my boy." ! "You lo.-t all three of your children I there?" said Walsh. "Vf sir." sh replied f't and low. I "I lost tht-m that nipht." j And ni,'ain she twisted the handker- '

(ddef into a knot. A woman on the front row of benches sobbed audibly. A shufllin of feet and the deep breathing of the spectators swept over the room. Mrs. IVtrucci yzed dully at her questioner. licrame I'lieonvloii... "We were in the cellar about ten minutes." she said, "when the tent over our heads took lire. I don't know how it started. It was not on Lie when I went in. I'rettv soon after

that we all lost consciousness." "Cut beioie that." asked Walsh, j "didn't you try to escape?" "It va all on tire over our heads," i feplied the woman pimply.

i on on no anyimiiK to sua e your , tJ

en ildren ? "What could I? Ch. yes. There

was a woman there with a blanket.;

1 asked her to share it with me for my babies one was six months you

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tars old. and my hoy four. She toMjJ

MARABOU AND OSTRICH SCARFS Special prices for Friday and Saturday. 2 Scarfs, S3.50 value $2.25 1 Scarf, S5.75 value $4.00 2 Scarfs, S6.50 value $4.75 1 Scarf, S9.75 value $5.95

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Ipring's Latest Styles

TOILET SPECIALS TOMORROW 5oc Stillman's Freckle Cream at 39c. 25c Santol Tooth Paste, ISc. Leichners Face Powder, 35c. Kleanwell Tooth Brush, 25c. Boca Belli Castile, 10c a cake.

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Mrs. T'etrucci sighed. It was the ! only display of emotion she made dar-;

intf the recital. That blanket a eorner of it miht have saved one of thebabes from .suffocation that quickly

overtook all three. She sighed at the; recollection. ;uniU W'eiv Laiihlnir. f

"The net 1 knew," she sail plain-tivel.-, "was when I woke up at ."

c'cioek the next morninK". 1 ran out lor water for my babies, they were' lyin there. I thought water would !

help them. 1 did not know what T was doing. I felt like 1 was drunk, outside I saw guards walking down the railroad track. They were laughing, i kept turning back all the time. J was afraid they would shoot me-." Again the frishtoiH'd look came into tier dark-ringed black eyes. A score of women in the audience were weeping now. Save for their smothered sighs the room was in absolute silence.

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lower tloors of the Metropolitan build-J ing rang out like a funeral note. i "I went to the railroad station," -said Mrs. Petrucei. "1 didn't know what 1 was doing. I asked Mrs. Horning to go look for my babies. She said she j couldn't lind them. Some one bought me a ticket for Trinidad. I was in bed j there nine days with pneumonia. I j did not see my children again." A woman in the front row groaned j .and .Mrs. IVtrucci looked down at her j with dazed eyes. j "Don't you know how the lire started?" asked Commissioner Wcinstock.

Started in Her Tent. "Xo sir. The beginning of the lire was in my tent. It was about o'clock. It was still light. It started outside." "Mint when you went out didn't you see anyone i" "Xo sir, only the militiamen." For a full two minutes the commissioners gazed silently at the woman. Then finally Weinstock asked: "When you got to the railroad station what did you think had become of your children"."' "I wasn't thinking of anything." replied Mrs. IVtrucci clasping the handkerchief to her breast. Mother Jones took the woman in her arms as she Meppcd from the stand and led her away. Preceding Mrs. IVtrucci on the stand was Mrs. Margaret DominiskJ, also the wife of a miner, who passed through the night of April 20 in tho tent colony and narrowly escaped with

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Knit Underwear Many reductions have been made for tomorrow and Saturday. $1.25 Fleece Union Suits for 85c A perfect fitting garment for women, made in out sizes only, high or low neck, short or longsleeves. The Empress Union Suit at 69c Of unfleeced cotton. Always sold at S1.00 and S1.25. High neck, long or short sleeves. $1.19 Wool Drawers at 69c Another garment in white or grey at a bargain. Fleeced Cotton Union Suits Of pure white, for children, drop seat, 50c, 59c. Cotton Union Suits Of medium weight, for children, 29c value now 19c. Hosiery A Splendid Hose for women, of grey wool. Regular 5oc value at 25c. ( Iilhlrrn's l'livcid lloi at T.K-, that usually soils at 1' Zc, reinforced. Tri u nine Hose also for chiMicn, with tlouMo knee and four-thread toe, or 2 pairs 27h rii.Ni:u:rn; kompkks

For children, 2, 4 and 6 only, in dark frray;

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For Women and Misses $5.00, $7.95, $10 and $15

SALE OF SAMPLE SWEATERS For Misses, and Women at ONE-HALF PRICE.

Sizes 26 to 34 for Misses and girls, from $1.50 to $3.95.

Sizes 34 to 44 for women, imperial at $2.50.

WOOL KMT COMBINATION SUITS, just the ideal garments to dress the little ones. Sweater Caps and Leggings, $1.50 to $2.93. Angora Suits $3.98 to $5.00. Also for children during play.

Protect them with a good all-

wool Sweater. We have them in j red or white with belts and roll collars, aires 2 to 6, from $1.25 to $2.50. g p.

Also one lot part wool Sweaters, S2.50 values for 95c.

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THE HOUSEKEEPER'S FRIEND APRONS AND HOUSE DRESSES Many attractive styles in a special lot uf well made cotton Serge and Flannelette. House Dresses at 59c Also a splendid lot of Chambray, Check and Striped Gingham House Dress Aprons at 89c Made full long with high or low neck. UNDER MUSLINS Envelope Chemice at SI. 00 Made in four styles of line qualitv Nainsook with lace and embroidery edgings. Night Gowns at 50c Good wearing Muslin, with yoke of lace and embroidery, 'longsleeves and high neck. Night G owns of Crep:-? at 79c In pretty colors or p!;;in white with lace trimmings. White Petticoats at S9c With wide ruffle or excellent embroidery with underlay n:tde in three si vies.

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WHOLESALE ARRESTS MADE IN COLORADO Imh)v ycu Are lmlk'tod on Srrious CIkukos IVelins: Is Uui-

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Di:NVi:il, Colo.. I'. 4. Following tho hamlinpr up of l.'O secret indictments covering murder, arson, assault and riotins. wholesale arrestr of labor leaders bean Wednesday as the result of the special urand jury investigation into the piteheU battles during the coal Uike. Already nearly a score of men are held, ten of them having bren placed in Walzembur jail. Anions those arrested ure Kli M. Oroj?. vice president of the state labor organization; William T. lliekey, secretary-treasury, and Charles Haynes. secretary of the United Mine Workers i.t Walzenburg.

j Fceliiiff is running i.ich anions the ' union labor sympathizers. The sudj den activity tvard prosecution, c ming to months aftr th strike was declared off and m arly a year since the riots, was branded today by John ' McLennan, president of the Fnited i Mine Workers, as a raid on organized

labor.

stockholders and directors Wednesday afternoon. diaries M unlock of Lafayette was elected vice president, Alfred F. I)itrich of New York, treasurer, and Samuel T. Murdock, secretary. Fleven directors wera reelected.

WEDNESDAY WAS BUSY DAY

Xo. C IIom Company U Called Out Two Times.

INTERURBAIM CO. ELECTS

C. I Dirtricfi of Now York President of the C S. It. V . I.

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'haric? F. Diftrich of Xew York

a as elf-ted prevjrU nt of the Fhicapo.

Wednesday was a bi? day at the No. hose company, two runs beini; mado inside if two hours. Defective lieatini: plants were responsible for both alarms beincr turned in. An overheated stove at the home of Ed Troupe. Kds Howard st., caused a small blaze at 4:;U o'clock in the afternoon, the fire spreading to nearby furniture and doin about ?"0 damage to the room nnd contents. Central company and Co. No. made the put out. At '.: :u No. u was called to the home of Henry Martin, 751 Leland a v. whet a disconnected stovepipe had filled the house with smoke, tausing a neighbor to turti in an alarm. No damage was tbne to th houst.

ported late last night as about the same as she was Tuesday. Miss Anderson pricked a pimple on her lip about a -week ago and blood poison set in and a few days later she became ill and was taken to the hosp.tal where she has undergone an operation.

JUDGE F. M. POWERS DIES

Had JHevn Confined to His Home For Tao Weeks.

TRUSTY AND EX-CONVICT FIGHT REVOLVER DUEL

NO IMPROVEMENT NOTED Mi-s irtlirl Anderon Made Til My lMekin? a Pimple.

The condition of Miss Fthel Anderson. 1" ye.tr old daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. Frank Anderson, 07 Harrison

South Itrnd and Northern Indiana u. who 1s confined in the Fpworth

Word has been received in this oit y of tho death of Appellate Judge Frank M. Powers of Angola. Judge Powers left his duties at Indianapolis nearly two weeks apt on account of sickness, and was confined until his death at hi home. Pneumonia wa the cause of his death.

Thursday, Teh. 11, will he Dollar Day. Advt.

YISCOCXT KILLKD. LONDON", Feb. L News was received in London Wednesday :hat Viscount Northland of the Coldstream guards, the only son of the earl of Ilanfurly, was killed in action on 'Monday.

EX -f JOY. DIX ILL. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 4. Former Gov. John A. Dix.has been ill at his home her for two weks. He has been advised by his physician to o to a New York hospital for treatrhent and is planning to do so.

ThurMlay, Feb. II. will Im Dollar

railway syfrtcm at n meeting of the l.espital with blood poison, was re- Day.

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I5KNTON IIAUBUU, Feb. 4. ib it Farr, an ex-convict, and Claud Curtis, a trusty at tho county jail, fought a pistol duel in front of the "Two Freds" saloon, sixth and Trriional sts., Wednesday niht. Farr, who was wanted by the sheriff, made his escape and )m not yet heen .captured. Curtis was wounded in th- b -ft hand. Farr passed the coun'y jail about i o'clock lat night. Funis, knowing that Farr was wanttd by .ioiiil Franz, slipped out of the jail and began trailing Farr. Farr came to P.enton Harbor nnd Curtis sleuthed after him. ibtv.en 11 and li! o'clock the two men i..' i. Farr knew that Curtis was a ti ;t.. at the jail and, areordir.g to th.trusty, promptly opened lire on him. Farr lired two shots. The hrst mi.--ed its mark and the s-to;u! striuk ('inula the left hand, between th- in.bx and second tinkers. in:!iviing a i I : : t liesh wound. Th trusty tb n p ibd a gun and emptied it on T"riT. All of the shots missed and Farr lb d the scene.

Sheriff Franz today -aid that lie has

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Farr :.nrl attempting his ar-

NEARLY CHOKES ON TOOTH Fale lootli Nearly Cnu .. Death of Fig Four I JraUeinan.

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umunK a series "i ru m-s in about the twin eities. Aceordin the herirt" the 'aTi ha b n

larizlnff houses soutii of St. Jm . i The shrit;' del.'ied tiu!a tli..' the) trusty had exccolol nis a nii'Til; in i

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