Show I LOCAL STRIKEBREAKERS MALTREATED l WOMEN JOIN IN ATTA ATTACKS K SLAM lAM lAMMI MI MISSILES ll AT MN Local Man Shipped Out ti Strikebreaker Describes Describes De De- scribes Treatment nt at Hands Hand of Sympathizers r r THE HE strength of or sentiment t 1 against the importation of strikebreakers by bv the Pacific Elect Electric ic company compan of California was expressed today in in ina a story related to the local union officials by C. C E. E Huff Huit a a. member member- of the International International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Work Work- ers who shipped out of Salt Lake Saturday night as a strikebreaker Huff said he wanted to get to Los Angeles and informed union officials officials- that h he was going to tal take e advantage of a offered bythe fre i the Pacific byth Electric company intending not to goto go goto goto to work when he reached the coast Forty-eight Forty men were ere sent from Salt Lake he said Of this number he declares 95 per cent were union men traveling incognito as strikebreakers When the car reached Las Vegas Huff Huf declares it was disconnected from th the train and was attacked by scores of men and women union sympathizers ROUGHLY TREATED We Ve were were taken from the train and paraded through the streets made objects objects ob ob- of clubs bricks and other missiles and later taken in charge by Sheriff Day and his deputies said Huff We V were then locked in the car by the sheriff to protect us against the irate sympathizers Every time a head stuck out of a window there was a club or ora ora a a. brickbat to meet It Nearly earl ev every r window In the car was broken SOLDIER REPORTED KILLED Huff said that when a soldier recently re recently recently re- re discharged from service at Ft D. D A. A Russell Wyo refused to leave the car at the direction of one of the trainmen he was attacked with apiece a apiece apiece piece of pipe and severely injured Huff said he had been told before leaving Las Vegas that died a few hours after the attack This fact however however however how how- ever could not be verified by local railroad officials today The They said they had received the report of the Injury of the soldier unofficially but that tho the report of his death was erroneous In relating relating- his story to local union officials Huff said that the forty forty- ei eight ht men in the car were held in the car from Sunday afternoon until Monday Mon Mon- dav day night without food or water Fi 11 Finally Fi nally he declared a Government officer of officer of- of directed the sheriff to take them out and feed them WOMEN JOIN ATTACK Huff stated that the women of Las Vegas e blued 0 with 1 the men in attacking attack attack- t ing the supposed 0 s strikebreakers ak r 11 He lie said saltI that several occurred after the arrival of a car of professional strikebreakers from Chicago As soon as the professional strikebreakers arrived arrived ar ar- rived sentiment grew more bitter and the two cars were rush rushed d to Salt J Lake je Huff said saM the car of professional strikebreakers wa was disbanded at Salt Lake and some of the most notorious characters in the country turned loose In the city DIRECTED TO TESTIFY It was stated at the office of th the general manager of be the Oregon Short Continued on page paJe 8 WOMEN JOIN IN Continued from page page- page 1 1 Line today that the railroad was in inno inno no wise responsible for the acts of Public enemies It was stated that the then hu n r nn t-a t on h wi Vi hf t hart Hool I to t OnU Galt t Lake Instead of sending them on to Los An Angeles eles because of the strong strom sentiment sentiment sen sen- I that prevailed at Las Lai Ve Vegas as Huff Huft was directed by railroad officials of officials of- of to report this afternoon and testify to everything that occurred during the time he was In Las Ve Vegas Vecas as I |