The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-17
Wv McUURkLE ON THE SITUATION
ne vigorously Denies That West Virginia
Miners Are Breaking the Peaoe.

miners Are Breaking tho Peaoe.
WHEELING, w. Va, May I6.-FolIow.
Ing on the heels Of the interview with
Governor O'Ferral, which was sent ont
from Richmond last night and in which
that gentleman decided that only Abe
presence Of Virginia troops at Poca.
nontas prevented bloodshed by keeping
the West Virginia miners in check, the
IoiIowing telegram from Governor Mcs
Corkle. Of tho latter State, to the editor
OF the lntelligencer received tonight
Is not only important, but Is q contri.
Dusion 10 the Interesting state of affairs
e1as mas arisen between the governors
OF the two States, growing out of the
refusal of the governor Of West viz.
ginia to grant the request of the gov
ernor OF Virginia to allow Virginia
troops to CROSS the border. The dis
patch is signed by Governor McCorkle
and Is as follows
I'm Wednesdays dispatches to the
press from Pocahontas you say: West
virginia miners are closely watched, "a
hiring on the picket lines has increased. )
This statement does the West Virginia
miners gross in justice, not shot hav-
ing been fred by any West Virginia
miner nor by any other miner and not
preach OF tho peace has occurred. Moth
Ing has been done by any West vir-
ginia workiDgman to warrant the sus-
picion that they intend to do ANYTHING
more than peacefully strike. The re-
port was sent out by disinteres,ed par
ties Tor purpose and the motive Is we'll
known. All the Newspaper reports
from that section have been utterly
misleading and highly colored, in
tended for the purpose OF influencing
public opinion. The four or five shots
hred one day were not fred by any
miner and are now known to have been
arranged for by other parties.
IT is absolute and utter nonsense to
attempt to dignity The proceedings in
that section by any suspicious of danger
to the peace of the State. am thor
oughly familiar with the situation and
without discussing the cause of the
strike Will say that in my knowledge no
strike In this country has ever been
conducted by the workingmen in 80
peaceful and law-abiding G manner.
inc continued reports that West Vir~
GINA miners are breaking. the peace
and Invading other States with other
inten lions is disgusting to oil who know
the true situation.
when the first highly-colore re-
ports came to this office every arranges
ment was made by me to vigorously
preserve the peace OF this State and
prevent any lawlessness. 1 would do so
at every hazard. My views on this
point are we'll known, but the attempt
to make the world believe that our law.
ABIDING people are armed and that the
strike Is a turbulent insurrect ton, break.
Ing the peace OF our own State as we'll
az others, is fraught with too much
injury to our material interests to be
longer borne in silence.
This statement Is confirmed by the
eheriffs OF tho counties, by my own rep
resentatives on the ground and by the
superintendent OF the railroad. The
latter for week has wired mo daily,
saying that everything is quiet in that
section, and such has been the con-
unued direction OF all correct informa-
ton from that field. make this state
ment in order that simple justice may
be done our people, and 1 we'll know
that as you always have the interests Of
the State at heart, you will gladly as
sist In correcting false impression.
NV. A. MCCoRKLE, Governor"