Show TWELVE AHE KILLE IN III PISTOL ME BATTLE CLASH BETWEEN MINERS AND PRIVATE detectives IN WEST VIRGINIA men sent to evict families of miner engage in battle with citizens citizen the mayor of town being among the victims victim IV va twelve men were were killed and three badly injured in a pistol battle hero here late wednesday between the police and citizens on onu ona bide and private detectives on the other in the list of dead Is included mayor cabell literman tester Te man and anum ber of lesser prominent citizens conflicting stories OK as to the cause giuse of the snoot shooting ing were told the police declare that a party of private detec lives arrived here from williamson in tile morning to evict from a mining companas comp anys houses the famili families cs of miners who had been dismissed from the companas comp anys bap employ I 1 oy light eight families the police declare lind had been turned out when mayor approached albert felts tile lender leader of if the detectives aind wanted to know by what authority their action was taken and by what authority they had arrested oneff one of the miners 12 i alkier cording according ac to th if 0 achs s r W me firing bring from lifis cv apt pocket almost instant instantly felts himself was killed the police say by sid I 1 elite f of police of Mat macewan matewan ewan immediately the shooting became general numbers of peruvia Vis joining lit in the fray the crowd clowd closed in about the detectives tec tives who the police say turned and ran some of them broke for tile the ovan country while others reli reaching relishing ching tile the till tug river attempted to swim to fa safety fety liere here it la Is reported t three 11 ree 04 0 were shot and kank fank in t lie stream meural weeks ago it became known I 1 that efforts were beang made to union anlon izo the mines and two of them thein wore closed later the miners declare I 1 twine bome of their members were dis in leil till and private detectives were sent if lit here to dis dispossess posses who mho lived lit in comp company aily houses feeling lind lead been running chivi |