Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-04-21 | Page 1 | 75 Women in 'March of Protest' in Mine Region Are Arrested by Ruse

11 75 15 Women in March of Protest in ini i Mine Region Are Arrested by Ruse ST ST. ST CLAIRSVILLE 0 April 21 AP AP- AP The AP-The The march of protest on the Belmont county jail here today ended with the arrest of approximately ap approximately approximately ap- ap proximately seventy-five seventy women marchers through a rule of Lieutenant Colonel Don L L. Caldwell Caldwell Cald Call well national guard observer When rIen the vanguard of ot the marchers all women arrived in trucks the they found the jail surrounded sur sur- rounded by a picket line of guards while lines of guardsmen s stood on either sl side lC of the entrance armed with rifles The women hesitated display but at t seeing the armed Lieutenant Colonel Caldw Caldwell n invited invited in invited in- in them to enter the Jail os ostensibly ostensibly os- os to visit the five e who were W cre re arre arrested t a Po L short hOlt t time be before as QS I l' l i I. I ringleaders rin In the save the union marchers of the last few days When they thc were Inside the tho doors were lock locked d. d Sheriff SherIf C. C C. C Hardesty announced announced an an- flounced the women would be held until Monday Monda when they are to be arraigned on charges of rioting The main hod body of the marchers march ers ers- ers about OO strong and composed composed com corn posed of of both women and men turned back a short distance outside outside out out- Ul- Ul side St. St Clairsville when they were met b by deputy deput sheriffs who told old them then arme armed national guardsmen were on guard at the jal Jail The rhe marchers started from th the Mutton Mutton Mut Mut- ton Hollow mine maine of the Shadyside Coal company eight miles mIes awa aw l