Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1914-03-13 | Page 8 | Colorado Court Denies Writ to Mother Jones

COLORADO COURT DENIES WRIT TO MOTHER JONES Upholds Right of Military Authorities to Incarcerate Strike Leader Under Un-der Order of Governor. Trinidad, Colo. A decision has at last been rendered m the celebrated "Mother" Jones case. In a verbal de-cihlon de-cihlon rendered at the opening of the district court on Friday Judge A. W. -Mcllendrie denied the writ of habeas corpus for "Mother" Mary Jones, the noted woman strike leader under military mil-itary guard at the San Rafael hospital, and remanded the prisoner to the custody cus-tody of the respondent in the action. General John Chase, commander of tho state militia in the strike zone. Immediately upon hearing the decision deci-sion Atorney F. W. Clark, local counsel coun-sel for the United Mine Workers, asked ask-ed for and was granted sixty days to prepared a bill of exception tote submitted sub-mitted to the supreme court. The court in its ruling upheld the pov.ers of the military authorities in arresting and detaining the petitioner under specific Instructions from Governor Gov-ernor Amnions, who in his order to General Chase declared the woman to be a. "dangerous person" and one likely like-ly to incite riot or disorder.