Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-07-22 | Page 5 | Authorities Close in on Mine Rioters

t AUTHORITIES j CLOSE IN ON MINE RIOTERS 76 Arrested After Attack on Workers Workers- Snipers Sniper's Nest Found Br fly IT ted rim PITTSBURGH July 22 A 22 A roundup round round- up of men blamed for the strike disorders disorders dis dis- dis orders In the western Pennsylvania West Virginia and eastern Ohio Ohl bituminous fields during the past few days das closed dosed In today The rhe little red brick court house in Wellsburg W. W Va became a heavily guarded Jail late last night af after r 76 men were ere arrested In connection with an attack on a group of 50 60 miners at atthe atthe atthe the McKinleyville mine of ot the Pit Pittsburgh Pitts burgh and West Virginia Coal com corn company comy parry pany y yesterday The prisoners were removed to a acou acourt acourt cou court room and a Jury room when Ihen It was discovered the thc Brooke county Jail Jill was not large enough to accommodate accommodate accommodate all of ot them O ONE L WOUNDED Authorities said tentative charges of violation of the Redman act act at at attempt tempt temp to riot rIot had had been lodged against the men and that they be believed be be- those r responsible for yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yester yester- days day's attack were Iere among the prison prison- ers A fusillade of bullets cut Into a group of 50 miners One was wound wounded ed Up In the wooded hillside from which the shots were fired state police police po po- lice and county discovered discovered ere ered what they believed to have hove beena been a n a snipers snipers' nest Scores of empty cartridges were found Among the prisoners was Michael Maur 45 president of Local No 1 National Miners Miners' union Sheriff Ir- Ir Charnock quoted Maur as saying saying saying say say- ing his organization h had d pledged they would prevent strike breakers entering the McKinleyville mine 1 if they had hod to bear arms to do it it HEAR GUNS SMUGGLED S Another Mother prisoner was as Alex Dorsey 35 negro president of the National Miners' Miners union at Collier His arrest followed reports that guns were smuggled into West Virginia from Ohio yesterday Meanwhile police continued their Investigation into the slaying of two twos s miners in southern West Nest Virginia Sunday Six arrests were made A suspect held In the fatal shooting shoot shoot- lag ing of a mine picket near ne-ar Martins Ferry Ohio was closely ly guarded today tot to today to- to t day as the tho result of ot reported threats of violence Allegheny and Washington county t I officers in Pennsylvania pushed their inquiry Into the Sunday Sunda riot at Can- Can Pa in which several score i were ere injured in a clash between National National National Na Na- Miners Miners' union delegations and United Mine Workers of America A dozen dOten suspects suspects' ct are being questioned