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ce,lie\y»-heofiesro-hool-eareieaidne.toqncesIksnseat'hesellter,plyhisital\CT.re-:iasry-ex-ersredtederetheuldm-itcnthert©usdoeviltheon*theonOALAND THTJG3 AOTTHL(Continued from on*.)L«o B. Mihan, t student at Berkeley, ‘while walking along the street with two ladies, upon pointing out a policeman who had maltreated some of the women, was seized and taken to the ftation, charged with violating the move-on ordinance. The ladies were roughly handled by the officer making the arrest When he had Mihan in the booking room, the officer asked him who his friend was with the bleeding head from whom he had been separated on the street. When Mihan promptly replied, He is’ the assistant editor of the World, the officer responded, So you, too, are one of those ■ ' — Socialists, and struck Mihan in the face. Comrade Fones, who was in the booking room witnessed the blow and saw the youth reel to the floor.George A. Houghton is a cripple. He was standing at Ninth and Broadway. When the police rushed the crowd Houghton was compelled to hold on to a rod extending from an awning. A policeman ordered him to move on. Houghton told him he was a cripple and unable to run. The officer swung his heavy night club and struck him a savage blow on the left hip. The man was suffering with hip disease in the right hip and narrowly escaped being sent to the hospital with an injury that might have resulted fatally.*These brutal attacks are a part of the systematic plans of the M. and M. to break up all labor organizations on the Pacific Coast and to atop free speech in hopes of stemming the rising tide of discontent.The Oakland local believing that the whole affair is intended for the above purpose and has as an additional reason a drawing away of support from the San Diego fight has decided to let matters rest and to concentrate all forces upon San Diego. The following telegram has been received at this office.The thugs unite with Gen. Forbes to declare war. Militia it held in readiness. We have enough men here. Concentrate all forces upon San Diego.In this struggle there Is no place for doctrinaire disputes but all men with red blood in their veins must unite to win the fight in San Diego and from there march upon Oakland to give that city a well deserved trimming.A SUAAWBfl tUAAV fM V
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Spokane Industrial Worker
Spokane, Washington, US
Thu, Mar 14, 1912
Page 8
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