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Show i MORE FIRES IN WEST VIRGINIA Mine Being Run by Non-Union Men la Burned by Strikers in Strike Zone Williamsburg, W. Va The head house of the Stone Mountain Coal corporation at Matewan was burned by incendiaries early Sunday morninf as an echo of the battle of Matewan a 'year ago, May 19, 1920, in which ten were killed. The battle last year grew out of evictions from "company houses" of the Stone Mountain company. com-pany. The mine has been running with non-union men who were run off the property during the outburst ten days ago. Last week the superintendent of the mine, P. J. Smith, was beaten over the head with a rifle by Sid Hatfield, chief of police at Matewan, and is just geeting out of the hospital. Smith had refused an order from Hatefield that he take the nonunion miners out of town. Matewan is accounted the toughest bad spot in the Tug River valley. |