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Rev. Farris cannot be accused of telling anything but the truth as he saw it, and the book will create more sympathy for the strikers than all the hired writers of the unions, to whom the truth was an absolute stranger, and who thought they could not mold public opinion to their account without lying gloriously.• To people not acquainted with the situation, and reading the book without hearing the other side, we are inclined to think they would consider the strikers the innocent victims and the people of Harrison entirely responsible for the strike and all the crimes incident.One page, particularly, reminds us of what the strikers would say when the bridges were burned and other acts of sabotage committed. They would smile in a superior and knowing manner, “how do you know the strikers did tjiis, why don’t the officers catch them.” We never heard of the strikers offering any reward for the apprehension of- the guilty, as the citizens did to the extent of one thousand dollars. And we all know that with skillful lawyers and a well organized band who were willing to swear an alibi, it was practically impossible to convict a striker before a court.fOne of the striker told us personally of the number of burglaries in Harrison within a given time. He said there were forty-seven, and smiled in a superior way, and 1 knew that he had the inside dope right from strike headquarters. The citizens knew how they could change that situation, if they wanted to side in with the strikers and be friendly to the “proper” side.So, we are inclined to believe that the Rev. Farris in his indictment of the people of Harrison, overlooks the biggest chance l’or catching the guilty when he does not include the union chiefs and their organized band of strike leaders.
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Harrison Times
Harrison, Arkansas, US
Fri, Jun 13, 1924
Page 6
Full Page
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