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Show Reform Warden j Ousted; Convicts Declare Strike RAWLINS, Wyo., May 23. Every one of the two hundred and eighty convicts at the Wyoming state penitentiary struck yesterday when the state hoard of charities and reform refused to reinstate C. L. Martin, former warden. Martin was removed two weeks ago on the allegation that discipline at the institution in-stitution was poor. The prisoners late in the day threw down their tools and turned off the power in the prison shirt factory. The acting warden and guards placed the men In solitary confinement, where they will ho kept, it is announced, until they agree to work. Members of the board of charities and reform will arrive in Rawlins tomorrow to Investigate. In-vestigate. Warden Martin formerly was a minister and school teacher, and had attempted many reforms at the prison. |