The following dispatch from Jefferson City appeared in Tuesday's St. Louis Globe Democrat:
Steve Matzko and Joe Genko, foreign-born miners employed in the lead mines of St. Francois County, accompanied by M. Petrosky, a storekeeper from there, called at the State Labor Bureau today and complained that efforts are being made by other miners in the lead mines to drive them out of the county. They are employed in night shifts, and say they represent about 1000 miners and 500 families.
Their story is to the effect that one of their houses has been burned and that rocks are thrown at them as they pass to and from their work. No one has been killed, they said, but the families are becoming terrorized and most serious trouble is anticipated unless measures to guarantee them protection are taken. They also called upon Representative Jeff D. Poston, from St. Francois County, and told him of their grievances and fears.
State Labor Commissioner Lewis had left for St. Louis to take up the claims of these men for protection with St. Louis representatives of the United States Department of Labor. It seems that this latter department has already instituted an investigation covering the complaints.
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