Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-05-10 | Page 3 | West Virginia Military Raid Newspaper Plant

MILITARY i RAID NEWSPAPER PLANT tin Eton W. W Va Ya Va Ma May 9 W. W. W II It Thompson e editor of tho the Socialist and Labor Star Elmer A A. Humble Rumble a re rePorter reporter re- re porter and R. R M. M Kephart George Gillespie and R. R M M. Strum connected with tho the paper which was nas confiscated at 2 o'clock this morning by the military mill mili tary tan authorities acting un under tinder el orders of or Governor Hatfield were taken to Charleston late toda today An attack directed against Governor Hatfield In fn connection with the tho coal strike troubles of ot Kanawha county under martial law n recently printed inthe Inthe in the tho Socialist publication caused the raiding raiding- of ot the tho tho plant and ond tho the arrests The Tho warrant authorizing authorizing- the militiamen militiamen militia militia- men to take the men into custody does not nol provide that the they be bo brought to trial but orders that they bo arrested and confined in the county jail jan as long longas as necessary or until further orders from the governor I The men loft left for tor Charleston without protest and without making 1 ipp R. R y aJ I If f to the civil courts No o demonstration I l 1 l II I f occurred i J. J is f 11 I I I