The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-05
TROUBLE SEEMED IMMINENT.
Fears Of a Collision Among The P0cahOn-
taS Miners
LAWLESS BITTER SPEECH YESTERDAY
Gov. O'Ferrall Orders Three Companies Of
Troops 10 Hold Themselves In Readi-
ness for "a Cail-West VAS Governor
Expected To Send Military tn
the Mining Districts To-Day.

POCAHONTAS. July Spccial-Poca-
hontas was again the point OF interest
I'm the coal-neld to-day for the first time
since May Elkhorn then became the scene
OF activity. and the battle-ground OF the
strikers. To-day they came back 20 their
old mectlng-place betv cen the tunnels. on
the West Virginia side.
Just before the meeting opened u look
ed as though there would be serious
trouble between Iawicss and his men
and Baldwin and his assistants. Lawlcss
approached two OF the Baldwin detectives
and said he heard they wanted to arrest
him, at the same time taking hold OF
one OF them. This led TO Baldwin calling
for his Wlnchestcrs, which closed the m
cidont for the day. except the biting re-
ic! cnces TO the detectives by the speakers.
LAwLEss' SPEECH.
Lawless was the first speaker. The bur-
den OF his speech was scales. scales
Scales His speech was amy thing but
elegant. Though speaking IN 'front.' OF
banner on which was Inscribed In God
We Trust" his speech teemed with the
pr0fanest utteranCes Vile oaths ana
rough epithcts punctuatCd his speech
throughout, and his hearers, composed
of nine negroes TO one white, cheered him
The whole tenor Of his utterances ex-
hititcd calling bitterness and despcra-
tiOn. Anathemas were heaped upon his
weak-kneed followers. and the scab
miners were consigned to the lowest
depths OF eternal torments. expressed Ia
the prOfanest terms.
DLACK-LIsrED MINERS.
Two efiigies OF bl bltck-lsted miners were
impaled IN rear OF the speakers stand,
and at the close Of the meeting they
were saturated IN kerosene and burned,
the last speaker declaring that this would
l.. la flf la al D.
LaWlesS was followed by Smith. Of
Simmons (whiteJ, VINO made the best
speech OF the day. He was followed by
negro preacher named Lynch. who Wed
with Lawless In the use OF vile epithets.
All the speakers seemed 10 have ran
sacked the Vocabularlos of Billingssate
ana abuse In their selections OF expression
for the occasion. and the more outland.sh
their utterances the greater was tho
cheering.
There were fully five hundred people
present, about one hundred and nifty
from POcahontas mines after the speak
ins they all quietly dispersed.
EMBRAciD NKoRo.
During his speech LaWless put his arms
around a negro on each side of him and
held them in close and continued em-
brace.
Lynch declared that the Baldwins were
not the only ones who had Nlnchesters,
and that they were not afraid to use
them.
The latest from ElkhOm tonight is
that Colonel 11crney an OPERATOR. who
Is member OF Governor McCOrkle's
staf. made a requlsitiOn upon the Gov
crnor at o'clock this afternoon FOR
troops. and that they would reach the
field by tomorrow morning. This Is high
ly probable. as there Is great uncasincss
among the operators.
All the operations were closed to-day.
MISS FAULKNER's AssNLASr caPTuRfD.
a man named Taylor. who shot and
killed a Miss Faulkner near Bramwcil
last Saturday. and then made his escape,
was captured AT Thurman. West Va,
and brought back 20 Bramwcll this eve
ming lie went 10 the WOmdn's house
at night, ana shot her through crack
because she had testified agains; him III
"A trial. The murder was airocious, anu
there Is talk OF lynchns Tonight.
1HE ROANOKE LIoHI TNFAStRY.
ROANOKE, VA, July Sqecial.-The
Roanoke Light Infantry has been ordered
to get i'm readiness 10 proceed 10 foca-
hontas, the scene Of the coal strike. This
indicates that the situation there Is more
threatening