Show i 5 N ATTLE COAL Al T TOWN WN SCENE CN OF f flA lA If f Eviction of Miners by P Pr f r i v a te Dete Detectives s Leads to tb Battle ii in Which Many p Per PerM Perish d M vAN MArE W. W v. v Ya Va May MaO 1 20 With d deputy sh sheriffs riffs armed with rifles patrolling i t le streets and detach detachments i ts of f the state constabulary expected io to arrive at any moment the situation ii in this IhU mining village the scene 9 pf t. t t. t tRe I killing of ot twelve persons last night n na na a battle between private dete detectives s and citizens was quiet early today Last nights night's shooting In which Baldwin FrItz detectives detectives- clashed with citizens and Matewan l police pollee r resulted ding according to authorities from from- action n not of ot the detectives who evicted a n nOn nOn- m- m ber of of- miners from Stone Mountain l Coal company's houses yesterday Two Stone Mountain company Im im-ens im ns o ere wie ie closed recently when when when-it it became known that an effort was as being ma mad f J. J unionize them x v START OF TROUBLE T TA f B i iA A shot said by authorities authoritIes authoritIes' to have been een fired from a t 95 pocket et byl byA ty-Ai- t bert Fells Felts 0 a detective and which ended the the- thelIe life of Mayor Cabell Cabell- Tester Tester- man of Matewan l started th the battle An Instant after he fired Felts according according ac ac- ac- ac cording cordin to au authorities was was killed d dby by Sid Hatfield chief of police of-police police of ot Matewan Mate Mate- wan wait want The shooting then became general general gen gen- eral ct-al and nd when the battle end reven detectives the ma mayor or and andY four four- coal miners were dead and three other other other-er- per persons sons badly wounded MAYOR KILLED According to the police e eight families fam- fam lies had been turned out when Ma Mayor Matr r approached the leader of ot f the detectives and demanded by w what t taut aut authority such action was vas was taken laken While they were talking the po police lc I say the detective fired from his coat oat p pocket killing th the mayor S |