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Show STRIKERS SURROUND POSSEeEPOTIES Miners Force Officers to Take Refuge in Store; Bloodshed Feared. FAIRMONT. W. Va Feb. 20. Reports Re-ports received hero tonight from Farm-ingtoa Farm-ingtoa say tlmt Shoriff Cnl D. Conawaj of Marion county and thirtoeu deputies are purroundefl in r store ly a mob of Btrikin minors. Tho sherilV and his party were attacked iato today wheu they attempted to arrest striking miners min-ers on felony charges at mine No. 3 of the Jamison Coa company. After; several arrests hinl bor-n made, a mob i n?Hailcd the sheriir'a party with clubs. Several officers wore beaten senseless, tlio report saya. (,'onstallo W. K. Kipgs is said to have been injured seriously, following tho attack thi officers took refugo iu a ptore. On receipt of th report a sper.inl trolley enr was sent from Fairmont to the aid of the sheriff. One thousand miners aro on strike in tho Farmington district, having walked out yesterday, rather than work ut reduced re-duced wages. GKAJ'TOX, Y. Va., Feb. CO. Lenders Lend-ers of tho 1000 miners who yesterday struck in the Barrneknvillc-FaVmintou region against a reduction in wnges, today to-day uro reported tn have refused an oflur by operating olbcials to return to work at tho old rate. It also was stated that a communication had been sent to district headquarters of tho United Mi no Workers at Charleston, asking that organizers he sent to tho field, and another eoniniunicat ion had Ijeen sent to "'Mother" Joiioh, tho aged labor leader, inviting her tn go fo liarrnrks-villo liarrnrks-villo and address a meeting of strikers. A dispatch received lute today from R;irrac.ksvil)e, Marion county, says three men worn injured yesterday "in u elah between striking miners of tho Jamison Coal company- and other employees em-ployees of the company lis a result of an attempt by the strikers to keep other men from entering tho workings. |