| Show CAMP WITH GUNS US AND 1 I ON TRAIN TRAN Members of Investigating Committee Astounded at Story Told by ty Former Mine Guard WITNESSES TESTIFY ATTACK ON HOMES WAS UNPROVOKED Senator Martine Loses Temper on Hearing Statement Operator Ordered Train Back to Give Them Another Round 1 W. W V. V Va June 14 About About a single siule battle in th the coal v- v strike on the tho Paint and Cabin Creek districts centered today's S inquiry b by the Senate committee investigating the coal mine strike Almost all day the committee heard statements of tho the attack on OI Jolly Holly Grove a strikers strikers' camp from an armored train run rail up into the strike district on February 7 The committee was astounded at the testimony o of Lee Calvin an ex- ex mine guard one of the men in tho the armored train when the tile strikers strikers' camp was fired on and aud Cisco Estep n a miner was killed and Mrs In Annie Hall wounded Cal Calvin Caln n called caned by the tho attorneys s 's for the miners told a 3 sensational story ston of the Holly buy Grove attack 01 After Arter relating that ho bo ha had l been a r. r r chief guard on Cabin Creek and had left the district because of or the tho shootings shootings shoot shoot- ings there h he said that Sheriff HIU HUI and Quinn Morton torton a mine operator had met him In Charleston and prevailed upon him to Join a a. party going up Paint Creek Greek in th tho armored train Bombard Miners Miners' M In era r Camp TIt There ere were ere ten or twelve men inca In Inthe Inthe inthe the car attached to the train said Calvin and when wo we o got just above Paint Creek Junction all of or them theta began getting their rifles rInes They tried to give me rae n. n rifle but I J told them I 1 had no she to do The brakeman came through the tho train and turned down the Ue told old Us Ua not to ral- ral raise ralth th windows but to shoot right through the tho windows I wa was leaning eanID out put of or an open window anti and as wo re 0 tame Camo amo Up to lIoU Holly Grove I 6 saw w a stream of ot fire tire start out of ot the baggage car Just ah ahead q where tho the machine machin guns were mounted The Tile stream kept up as we wont went through Holl Holly Grove As we vc passed I saw law three or four tour flashes of oC fire tire from tho the tents Were ero there thoro any shots from the tents before the shooting be began an from the train asked Attorney Belcher for tor the miners I r didn't see sec an any said tho the witness I Just heard tho the cn engine whistle blow and the tho shooting from Crom the tho train began Operator Ordered el Second Round Tho The witness said that Quinn Morton ono one of oC tho operators was on tho train When the train had passed tho the miners' miners camp at Holly Grove on Its ita way to he said Mr Ir Morton lorton camo came running back through h the tho the car What did he say say asked Belcher DeIcher lie said Back aek up the train and we wo will give them another round He lie was talking to the tho sheriff and Im I'm not nol sure but I think tho the sheriff Continued on Pago Page 3 Column I 1 CAMP i ATTACKED FROM ARMORED TRAIN enate Investigating Committee Commit Commit- I tee lee ee Astounded at Story Told by Former Fonner Mine Guard Continued from Page 1 1 bid ild ld him bun something about there being omen men and children up tip In those teut ts nd nil he be would uld not shoot hoot tAt LAt this statement Senator Marline Martinc of ot J ew r Jersey almost leaped from his hish hair h lr What sort of or a man Is this man Morton he shouted d. d Is he hc an Ordinary American citizen that he lie could r der er such a thing j c BU up ern tor Attorney Protect t. t f The Tho attorneys for the coal coat operators I c fere re on their feet ii in a A. moment and andor for or or a time tIne the thc committee room was In infusion Mr r. r Morton will be brought before our four ur committee shouted A an and you OU will see ee ec him an and lIt ilk with wilh him l' l God help me then remarked Son Ecu ilor t l r Martine Marline son son-I Attorneys 1 for the iho operators tors protested Senator rUnes Marlines remarks and mer fter tel some argument the they were told hc by h byC c committee that thc they would would-be given ci In ri n opportunity to examine cross Calvin nd to place witnesses on tho the stand stan In li Under examination by b Mr Belcher the fitness repeated the iho statement that Quinn Morton camo came through tho Iho car Back up tip the thc train iraln and well we'll five Lye Ive them another round He said that when tho the train Iraln reached lucklow Just above Holly Holh Grove Gro tho the thoen en In the tho armored car remained there sr r three days until the last battlo of ofu lucklow u kow klow l CalvIn 6 told the committee that he lie the thc company compan bookkeeper who was killed In the theattle attle attIe not to go o up in Iii the hills that thai ay rI 1 i was tas there when the they brou brought ht him ack ek cle on a a. stretcher he said him and antl andie antle ande ie e others who were welo shot in the bate bat- bat le e C. C Witness Sn's n He Wes 01 The iThe witness declared that Chesapeake Ohio detectives had slugged him In Charleston hotel because ho he hR had quit quite po e 13 company compan Pale faced men an and women who owed lowed the traces of ot years of arduous n II digging digging- coal from the West Wesl cst Vir- Vir mountains toda today told the com com- their side of the controversy orl It was the tale talc of or a peaceful com com- nit of contented people trans trans- into a theatre of war and members mem mcm- bers ers of at the Senate Senale committee sat back Uh startled glances as witness after told lold the Iho story stor of oC tho the strike t t. t Tho attorneys for striking miners Presented their case Thc They called about Jn I 1 dozen en men and women of or the hills hilis to Kell elI the committee of or the attack on he strike camp at Holl Holly Grove Grovo attorneys for or the the mine minet t Insisted that the they would f how that the train was fired on from thc Uhe town the machine guns in inthe lithe the armored car were turned loose the Committee receives Into the thc record testimony tes- tes of men and women of Holly e rove to lo the contrary j I Machine Guus In Car l A detaIled detailed description of ot the armored was obtained from Harry Harn ur who was employed b by tho Ches- Ches eake Ohio railroad as a brakeman f m the train He described the sheet sheet- bf hi st steel cl which Incased the baggage tar ar of or tho the train and tho the two machine uns una mounted so as to shoe give the great great- st possible range e through the protected protected pro- pro doors of at the car Mrs Annie Hall Hail who limped Into the room told the tho committee hiow how she shielded her three little children chil dren from the bullets b bv by hiding them iu In the chimney corner of her little home it U. Holly Grovo Grovu when the thc armored train I ado nado its Us appearance She said she shead ad lad been shot through the foot by a bullet which passed through the Bible Dible tu 11 her parlor table Sen Several ral other men linen and women described the situation cat it at Holly Grove when the armored train passed t Conditions in tho the creeks s. the activities les ties of f the mine guards and the special cial Ial agents of ot the Chesapeake Ohio railroad In tho the strike district and the fight ight at Holl Holly Grove Glove were discussed by y practically all of today's witnesses w. w B B. B testified that a man Ith whom ho was talking on a R. Cabin reek train was shot hot from a a. closet In he car after atter an argument with a alIne anil nil lIne no guard No o criminal action had bad hader er re resulted from the shooting as far farS farB HE S B ho lie knew Ime he lie said Sidney Beyers a a. miner said that the people eople In the tho strike district were terrorized ter b by the thc behavior lor of the mine who ho paraded the district tull fully firmed rm c d. d iR Ralph lph ell McNeil of at Eskdale declared he lie Sad ad B. B been mistreated h by mine g guards guard ind nd Harvey Har S. S Campbell a former special cial lal agent of at the tho Chesapeake Ac Ohio railroad said that tha t he ho had ridden on he armored d train and had been to shoot If lr stones were thrown It l' l the train It If you vou shoot shoot to kill was ur orders he s s said ald ld Roma Koma Benn Bennett lt another former fonner BP special lal cial railroad agent gave gac similar mony on t Guard Stick to III lilt Stor Story Attorneys for the thc operators began he examination cross of f Lee Calvin at al ate e 8 o'clock session Attorney Byrne Presenting former Sheriff Hill asked lvIn II ld the sheriff give gho nn any orders to loot cot 00 t 1 No o I didn't hear him he replied Senator Martine asked th the tho witness bethel the sheriff saw the men load- load r fT If their rifles Yes Yes he saw them said tho witless wit wIt- less ess S. S but he didn't gie che or orders eith either r ra ray ray a ay Attorney Byrne endeavored to find Jut ut If ir It was not Calvin himself who Hd Id Lets go back and give 0 them nother flother round after afler the train Iraln had pot ot its wa way through h Holl Holly Grove Gro The denied this flatly and arid Mr 11 concluded his hiM examination cross altering the tile original story old lit ill by br Calvin fhe rue committee or ordered ered Calvin to lo re ream re- re am rn on n Monday The operators were ere allowed to put putT T t two o witnesses In advance ad of the tho ening of or their thuir case Monday Monda George isey rsc a coal miner said that In the ilo hlo field a R. flue fine was Imposed upon un by bv the tho union for ter working In a mine in West cst Virginia i Pierce another miner told toM story i W. W A A. Abolt a delivery wagon driver Pr I I. an outside store In iii the strIke no said that thai mine guards prevented m In from delivering supplies Shot Shut Lock LocI Off Door Dour J. J H Jr Pike of ot Holly Grove said that ino o guards shot eliot the lock off oft his door e described the shooting up of Holly trove roVe tOV from the armored train Iraln The Thc Tain aiti w was dark he lie said ald but bul he lie could M c the flashes of on tho the train Iraln What did you vou do when tho the bullets ran to lo fly asked Senator Kenyon Just JUnt 1 stood tood and aud looked hooked l at them rl ld Id the miner inkier r. r PIke PIk said that ho lie was WaR one of the tue tt at the tho homo of Cristo Estep Eslep ht widow last night told the com com- how hon li ho died lIed while trying to St et hl his family Into inlo the cellar when e C bullets from the train Iraln began to lo lo his home None of the iho men at al e eL Estel house hud had guns with them Luther Hudnall was at nt Holly Grove the tho He Ho said Rahl he he was eu from his homo home by guards and n to During ring tho ho day I a. a they the stood me In ont nt of or the galling gatling S gun he lie said and at night ht they locked me In a bocca box boc ca car r. r Were v ere you OU frightened when you when you wore were In front of the thc gulling guLling- gun asked Senator Kenyon I l never ne thought Id I'd get Iet home home- homeno no nomore nomore nomore more said the lie miner Hudnall said that the guards told hint him they the wanted to hold lucid an Inquest over 01 a dead man My 1 wife begged them not to take me ho ho salO Rali and the they taken taleen of me The They taken tal of m my wife too because she hung hunS hunSon on me Ho He was shown the body o of a d dead deadman ad adman zuia man who he lie was told was Stringer or the mine guard killed at Hol Holly Grove Gro lie Ho took no part In an any Inquest and was never accused of oC participating In Inthe tho the killing of The Tho witness named a n group o of men who were lined up before tho the galling gun with him I I and find said that two twenty men were locked up In tho the box car There wore Vere Vereno no sanitary accommodations Senator Marline elicited and U tb men were In the car Clr that night Youve seen cattle packed In ln cars that thai way 3 haven't ha you asked s Senator Marline Io n e Yes sir Just that way Ed Bragg a deputy sheriff said that thai for Cot nine y years ars prior to the tho strike he lie had been able ablo to maintain law and order on Paint Creek single le handed If It anything happened l ltd Id get some of ot the miners to help mo me he lie said Trouble first began an on the creek he sal said when the tho mine guards were first tint brought in Those These guards paraded up and down own the creek he ho said Bald carrying rifles and revolvers ers Sunday and over every other da day Then the lie trouble began hegan Former Governor GO Glasscock was re recalled recalled recalled re- re called to lo the stand stan for cross lion Uon and s said ld that tho the first trou trouble la broke out at Boomer a unionized mine outside of ot tho the Paint and Cabin creek dIstrIcts A len lengthy th correspondence between the governor and aud the operators on the Iho question of arbitration was placed In Inthe tho the record record- After ncr his lute first proposal refused by the operators Mr rr Glasscock Glasscock Glass- Glass cock framed a new proposition which lie ho l o beU believed ed eliminated recognition of or ortho the tho union This second proposal he lie said was as se rejected by the op operators operators op- op orators although acc accepted b by the miners Senator Kenyon took up the tho question question ques ques- tion of ownership of lands londs on Paint and an Cabin creeks On Paint crock creele said Mr Ir Glasscock I r havo o understood that outside men were heavy y stockholders Tho The Cabin creek creel mints mines however el are arc owned b by Cst Virginia interests Under cro examination cross b by attorneys attorneys nes ne's for the miners Mr 1 Glasscock told of or calling a A. wide state peace conference conference confer confer- ence which at the Iho state statehouse house ulO and which was attended b by or COO 00 representative citizens from all over O the Iho state slate Tho The object of oC tho the meeting was to s means menn of preventing pre pre venting venting- and labor dl dIsputes Was Pas the Iho attitude of or the iho representative tive tivo operators friendly toward that thai meeting asked Mr Ir Belcher I though decided decidedly otherwise sal said Mr Glasscock Ho Ito said a resolution presented by an attorney for fOI th the operators outlining out out- lining the term on which they would participate In ln th conference precipitated an nn acrimonious debate Tho The meeting Hireling thus broke brolo up ho lie said Bald much to my mv mortification and disgust |
