| Show 6 MINERS SHOT IN STRIKE WAR WARre WARan I an- an Gunfire re and Tear Gas Send Send Ten to 10 Hospitals as Walkout Spreads CB Br Associated Press BROWNSVILLE Pa Aug 1 Gun I-Gun- Gun Gun- lire ire and tear gas s sent ten men to hos- hos hospitals in the strike zone of southwest- southwest em rn Pennsylvania today as the walkout walkout walk walk- out spread to other mines in in the dis- dis Six men were shot In a brush bet be- be t veen strikers sheriffs at athe atthe atthe the he Star Junction mine of the H. H Crick C. C rick Frick Coke company A score of ot others others oth oth- oth-I oth ers suffered from tear gas I At the Frick company's Colonial fo No 3 mine near Grindstone scene of recurring disorders In the last week two men were shot and two others seriously burned by tear gas I Miners hi In n Alleghany Washington and Armstrong counties joined the walkout adding their numbers to the themore themore themore more than on strike The men demand recognition of the United Mine Workers of America and most operators have refused to grant recognition Pickets said the trouble at Star Junction occurred after strikers had halted several miners on the highway to Lo persuade them not to go to work DEPUTIES USE BOMBS S The pickets said taid several deputy sheriffs appeared threw tear gas bombs and opened fire with pistols Pickets said sad there were many women and children in the crowd but that while none was hit several suffered from Crom the tear gas A baby in one home was barely missed by a bullet the strikers said Two men were shot during a gunfight gunfight gunfight gun- gun fight between strikers and four unIdentified unidentified un un- identified men in the darkness before dawn on a road n near ar the tho Colonial mine La Later four men in a car fired tear gas shells and two pickets were burned so severely they were taken to toa a hospital Between and strikers picketed picketed picketed pick pick- eted the Mollenauer mine No 10 of the Pittsburgh Coal company today in an effort to persuade 1400 men there to join them They said they were from the Mollenauer mine No 3 of the Pittsburgh Coal company the Horning and Coverdale mines of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal company compan and the Knothole mine an Independent independent dent operation all of which went on strike this morning All of these mines are arc in Alleghany county not far from the giant steel mills of the Pittsburgh district MINERS QUIT WORK The miners quit work despite warnings warnings warnings warn warn- ings of United Mine thine Workers' Workers officials this is the wrong time for a walkout walkout walk walk- out The Pittsburgh Terminal Coal corporation corporation corporation cor cor- reporting five lIve mines at Castle Castle Cas Cas- tle Ue Shannon Coverdale and Mollenauer Mollenauer Molle MoUe employing about 2000 men were closed without a strike having been called An official of ot the corporation said Wo have been dealing with the e United Mine Workers for years now land and only last Friday we made a new agreement providing for a 10 per pcr cent pay raise to go o Into effect today We have not had any ariy d disagreement In the Fayette county strike zone where national guardsmen are on duty Major Kenneth W W. Momeyer commander withdrew them from patrol patrol pa pa- duty to answer riot and emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency calls The strike sector is about 18 miles wide and 20 miles mUes long Major Momeyer Momeyer Mo Mo- meyer meer said he does not have sulli- sulli sufficient dent men for patrol duty Reports persisted that more troops were coming to reinforce those here althou although h Governor Pinchot at his home in Milford Pa said he has no Intention of of ordering out any more troops at present National guardsmen guards guards- men are arc ready at their summer camp campat at Mount Gretna should a mobilization tion order come |
