Son of Thomas Atess and Jane Thompson
Both of his parents were born in County Durham, England
Husband of Catherine Gertrude Atess Willetts
On his WW-I draft registration card, his birthday is reported as January 6, 1893. His physical characteristics are tall, medium build with gray eyes and light hair and he is missing his right thumb.
Martyr, Progressive Mine Workers of America.
Below is a collection of articles that explain why the word "Martyr" is on his headstone as it pertains to violence between the two mine workers unions in Southern Illinois in the early 1930's.
Source: Urbana Daily Courier, Urbana, Illinois, April 7, 1933, Page 2
ONE HURT, THREE KILLED IN MINE WAR
Du Quoin, Ill. April 7. -- (UP) -- A progressive miner was shot to death and another critically wounded and a deputy sheriff was wounded in a gun battle today with Perry county deputy sheriffs who sought to arrest them for questioning in connection with the critical wounding of a 14-year-old daughter of a deputy sheriff.
James Atess, 35, progressive mine union leader, was killed and his companion, Henry Arnold, 47, was critically wounded when they opened fire on four deputy sheriffs approaching Atess' home.
The deputies went to the Atess home to arrest the mine leader. A woman told the officers that Atess was not at home. The officers turned to leave when one of the deputies saw Atess thru a window.
Atess and Arnold, the officers said, opened fire when the deputies started back toward the house.
No Request for Troops
Springfield, Ill., April 7. -- (U. P.) -- There has been no request for troops from Perry county where a gun battle took place today between progressive miners of America and deputy sheriffs, Adj. Gen. Carlos E. Black of the Illinois National Guard, said today.
"The sheriff of Perry county reports that he is in control of the situation and that presence of troops is unnecessary," said Black.
Du Quoin, Ill., April 7. -- (U. P.) -- Fifty progressive mine union leaders were arrested in a series of raids early today by Perry county officers searching for the men who fired into the home of Vernon Miller, a special deputy sheriff, and critically wounded his 14-year-old daughter Laverne.
The girl was shot thru the right lung as she sat in the front room of her home late last night studying her school lessons. She was not expected to live.
According to witnesses, gunmen sped down the street in a green sedan and fired several shots at the homes of Raymond Weingart, president of the United Mine Workers local at the Gale Strip mine of the Peabody Coal company and Glenn Canada, a mine guard.
Canada was one of the guards who fired several shots into the speeding automobiles when they refused to halt at a highway leading to the Electric mine last Wednesday.
The car then slowed down in front of the Miller home and several more shots were fired. The car then sped away.
A posse of more than 100 special deputy sheriffs and state highway police was mobilized and began an immediate search with machine guns and shotguns.
Both of his parents were born in County Durham, England
Husband of Catherine Gertrude Atess Willetts
On his WW-I draft registration card, his birthday is reported as January 6, 1893. His physical characteristics are tall, medium build with gray eyes and light hair and he is missing his right thumb.
Martyr, Progressive Mine Workers of America.
Below is a collection of articles that explain why the word "Martyr" is on his headstone as it pertains to violence between the two mine workers unions in Southern Illinois in the early 1930's.
Source: Urbana Daily Courier, Urbana, Illinois, April 7, 1933, Page 2
ONE HURT, THREE KILLED IN MINE WAR
Du Quoin, Ill. April 7. -- (UP) -- A progressive miner was shot to death and another critically wounded and a deputy sheriff was wounded in a gun battle today with Perry county deputy sheriffs who sought to arrest them for questioning in connection with the critical wounding of a 14-year-old daughter of a deputy sheriff.
James Atess, 35, progressive mine union leader, was killed and his companion, Henry Arnold, 47, was critically wounded when they opened fire on four deputy sheriffs approaching Atess' home.
The deputies went to the Atess home to arrest the mine leader. A woman told the officers that Atess was not at home. The officers turned to leave when one of the deputies saw Atess thru a window.
Atess and Arnold, the officers said, opened fire when the deputies started back toward the house.
No Request for Troops
Springfield, Ill., April 7. -- (U. P.) -- There has been no request for troops from Perry county where a gun battle took place today between progressive miners of America and deputy sheriffs, Adj. Gen. Carlos E. Black of the Illinois National Guard, said today.
"The sheriff of Perry county reports that he is in control of the situation and that presence of troops is unnecessary," said Black.
Du Quoin, Ill., April 7. -- (U. P.) -- Fifty progressive mine union leaders were arrested in a series of raids early today by Perry county officers searching for the men who fired into the home of Vernon Miller, a special deputy sheriff, and critically wounded his 14-year-old daughter Laverne.
The girl was shot thru the right lung as she sat in the front room of her home late last night studying her school lessons. She was not expected to live.
According to witnesses, gunmen sped down the street in a green sedan and fired several shots at the homes of Raymond Weingart, president of the United Mine Workers local at the Gale Strip mine of the Peabody Coal company and Glenn Canada, a mine guard.
Canada was one of the guards who fired several shots into the speeding automobiles when they refused to halt at a highway leading to the Electric mine last Wednesday.
The car then slowed down in front of the Miller home and several more shots were fired. The car then sped away.
A posse of more than 100 special deputy sheriffs and state highway police was mobilized and began an immediate search with machine guns and shotguns.
Son of Thomas Atess and Jane Thompson
Both of his parents were born in County Durham, England
Husband of Catherine Gertrude Atess Willetts
On his WW-I draft registration card, his birthday is reported as January 6, 1893. His physical characteristics are tall, medium build with gray eyes and light hair and he is missing his right thumb.
Martyr, Progressive Mine Workers of America.
Below is a collection of articles that explain why the word "Martyr" is on his headstone as it pertains to violence between the two mine workers unions in Southern Illinois in the early 1930's.
Source: Urbana Daily Courier, Urbana, Illinois, April 7, 1933, Page 2
ONE HURT, THREE KILLED IN MINE WAR
Du Quoin, Ill. April 7. -- (UP) -- A progressive miner was shot to death and another critically wounded and a deputy sheriff was wounded in a gun battle today with Perry county deputy sheriffs who sought to arrest them for questioning in connection with the critical wounding of a 14-year-old daughter of a deputy sheriff.
James Atess, 35, progressive mine union leader, was killed and his companion, Henry Arnold, 47, was critically wounded when they opened fire on four deputy sheriffs approaching Atess' home.
The deputies went to the Atess home to arrest the mine leader. A woman told the officers that Atess was not at home. The officers turned to leave when one of the deputies saw Atess thru a window.
Atess and Arnold, the officers said, opened fire when the deputies started back toward the house.
No Request for Troops
Springfield, Ill., April 7. -- (U. P.) -- There has been no request for troops from Perry county where a gun battle took place today between progressive miners of America and deputy sheriffs, Adj. Gen. Carlos E. Black of the Illinois National Guard, said today.
"The sheriff of Perry county reports that he is in control of the situation and that presence of troops is unnecessary," said Black.
Du Quoin, Ill., April 7. -- (U. P.) -- Fifty progressive mine union leaders were arrested in a series of raids early today by Perry county officers searching for the men who fired into the home of Vernon Miller, a special deputy sheriff, and critically wounded his 14-year-old daughter Laverne.
The girl was shot thru the right lung as she sat in the front room of her home late last night studying her school lessons. She was not expected to live.
According to witnesses, gunmen sped down the street in a green sedan and fired several shots at the homes of Raymond Weingart, president of the United Mine Workers local at the Gale Strip mine of the Peabody Coal company and Glenn Canada, a mine guard.
Canada was one of the guards who fired several shots into the speeding automobiles when they refused to halt at a highway leading to the Electric mine last Wednesday.
The car then slowed down in front of the Miller home and several more shots were fired. The car then sped away.
A posse of more than 100 special deputy sheriffs and state highway police was mobilized and began an immediate search with machine guns and shotguns.
Both of his parents were born in County Durham, England
Husband of Catherine Gertrude Atess Willetts
On his WW-I draft registration card, his birthday is reported as January 6, 1893. His physical characteristics are tall, medium build with gray eyes and light hair and he is missing his right thumb.
Martyr, Progressive Mine Workers of America.
Below is a collection of articles that explain why the word "Martyr" is on his headstone as it pertains to violence between the two mine workers unions in Southern Illinois in the early 1930's.
Source: Urbana Daily Courier, Urbana, Illinois, April 7, 1933, Page 2
ONE HURT, THREE KILLED IN MINE WAR
Du Quoin, Ill. April 7. -- (UP) -- A progressive miner was shot to death and another critically wounded and a deputy sheriff was wounded in a gun battle today with Perry county deputy sheriffs who sought to arrest them for questioning in connection with the critical wounding of a 14-year-old daughter of a deputy sheriff.
James Atess, 35, progressive mine union leader, was killed and his companion, Henry Arnold, 47, was critically wounded when they opened fire on four deputy sheriffs approaching Atess' home.
The deputies went to the Atess home to arrest the mine leader. A woman told the officers that Atess was not at home. The officers turned to leave when one of the deputies saw Atess thru a window.
Atess and Arnold, the officers said, opened fire when the deputies started back toward the house.
No Request for Troops
Springfield, Ill., April 7. -- (U. P.) -- There has been no request for troops from Perry county where a gun battle took place today between progressive miners of America and deputy sheriffs, Adj. Gen. Carlos E. Black of the Illinois National Guard, said today.
"The sheriff of Perry county reports that he is in control of the situation and that presence of troops is unnecessary," said Black.
Du Quoin, Ill., April 7. -- (U. P.) -- Fifty progressive mine union leaders were arrested in a series of raids early today by Perry county officers searching for the men who fired into the home of Vernon Miller, a special deputy sheriff, and critically wounded his 14-year-old daughter Laverne.
The girl was shot thru the right lung as she sat in the front room of her home late last night studying her school lessons. She was not expected to live.
According to witnesses, gunmen sped down the street in a green sedan and fired several shots at the homes of Raymond Weingart, president of the United Mine Workers local at the Gale Strip mine of the Peabody Coal company and Glenn Canada, a mine guard.
Canada was one of the guards who fired several shots into the speeding automobiles when they refused to halt at a highway leading to the Electric mine last Wednesday.
The car then slowed down in front of the Miller home and several more shots were fired. The car then sped away.
A posse of more than 100 special deputy sheriffs and state highway police was mobilized and began an immediate search with machine guns and shotguns.
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