AMERICAN MINERS’ STRIKE
APATHY OF AUTHORITIES. By Telegraph.—Press Assiy—Ccpyright New York, June 30. Careful independent inquiry indicates that the majority of the murdered. Herrin strike-breakers, also the majority of the attacking mob, were not foreigners, but A merican -born. The extraordinary apathy of the local authorities, and the absolute silence of eye-witnesses -or participators in the massacre regarding the identity of the leaders or personnel of the mob, frustrate official and other efforts to pin the responsibility on any particular facThe Herrin district has r comparatively small foreign element; doubtless it was represented, but the majority are Americans of the usual mining classThey -continue to smile cynically over the affair, stating that they do not regret that the strike-breakers got what they deserved. The laxity of the local officials, who are making little effort, to bring the murderers to justice, is causing increasing indignation all over the country.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 July 1922, Page 5
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148AMERICAN MINERS’ STRIKE Taranaki Daily News, 3 July 1922, Page 5
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