Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-02-26
FIRE on PEACE OFFICERS
Mob Of Foreign Strikers Resist Service Of
Injunction PEpsn
PITCHED BATTLE RACES IN wEsT VIRGINS


L nan W T.
stsnnffor5 Raleigh county. a. dawn
this morning battle took plscs between
the joint posses Of Deputy United States
Marshal Cunuinshan and Sheriff Cook On
one SIDE and rioting miners OF the ether.
bs q result % which three miners were
killed, two others MORALLY wounded and
twelve others on both sidss mere o. less
seriously hurt
The DEAD:
! DICK TAYLOR
- DoDSON
4 UNIDENTIFIED MINER
( MnrtaIly wounded:
John Heiser
Irwin Lawson
Z The trouble grew out Of Al attempt 70
arrest thirty-four miners for violation q
/ the blanket Injunction ISSUED by Judge Kel-
/ Ter last August.
Miners order Marshal Army.
] On Saturday last Deputy Marshal D. ".
4 Cunningham went TO Atkinsville. 3 mining
town in Raleigh county, 20 arrest men
+ charged with violating the Injunction He
was surrounded by 8 large party Of miners
Armed with winchesters. who ordered him
70 leave the place. al order which he
quickly ebeyed.
Sheriff Cook Al the same time Httsmp1sd
to make some arrests under Z process is-
sued BY the state court and was tre1tsd IN
4 like manner. Cunningham returned 10
this city. and reported TO the marshal ana
the district sttorney that be could do moth
ing without a large force. and then only
~ imminent risk Of precipitRting q bloody
conflict He was instructed 10 return with
men sufBcient 10 serve the process given
him. and to do It at AL hazard.
Before CUNNINGHAM returned 70 Atkins
vile however. Marshal John x. Thompson
and s c. Burdette, attorney for the United
Nine workers. spent most uf Sunday Rnd
Monday there. They found everything
quiet. the rioters having withdraw from
the Immediate 1siEhborhOod and crossed
New river. going into camp 800 strong near
the Big Q mine. on the north side. Thomp-
son and Bwdette came home on Tuesday,
and Cunningham and q strong posse went
from here TO make the arrests. when At
kinsrille was reached the federal f0-css
we're Joined by Sheriff Cock and his posse.
fhe coal companies nearby furnishing
guards. and the deputy and sheriff found
themselves In command % 100 wsIi-GrDee
and determined men
The rioters had recrossed the river OF
Tuesday. and were parading mp and de~n
by the mines. They numbered from $50 TO
200 men. and many Of than were armed
with rifles They iDtimiaRted miners Et
work. Drove SWAY zhe guards Of the nIines
and dEsarTned ono guard and forced Nm 70
march af the head Of their prOcessien.
Try TO Burn bridge
Emboldened by their success, they at
tempted TO burn bridge Of the CheaapeRks
4 Ohio railroad over PiDey gulch. and
Z = - tn -~ks
Last night they went ints camp near stan
niford City.
Tlis morning about daybreak the ofneers
and their combined posse surprised the riot
ers in their camp and called on them 20
surrender. The reply WIS & shot This was
answered by the ofbcsrs. sDd 3 general bat
tie ensued When Il ceased three Of the
rioters lay dead. and many others were
found 10 be wounded, two Of them fatally.
sgFsnry-thres arrests were made.
s. c. BUrdette. attorney for the United
Mine workers. went TO Becksley this aft
ernoon TO appear for the miners.
The injunction which the miners were
charged with violating was issued by
Judge 3. r. Keller at the suit Of the Ches-
Rpeake q Ohio Coal Agency company last
August. The defendants were all the coal
companies operating in the New river field
$50 members Of the mine workers. ,nclud-
ing President Mitchell and Secretary vii
son and all other persons whatsoever who
added and Rbetted them The Injunction
[ covered almost every foot OF ground in the
mining region OF New river. While all the
mines in the KEnawha and New river sec
ti0ns have been Al work for some months
+ the strike has not been declared an
i An is quiet nov. but fears are enter
/ tained that trouble win break cut Hfresh
/ Al any moment