The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-08-16
4 gs CORPORATION CAUSES
MRS. MORRISON TO WORK
IN TORRENTS OF RAIN TO
PROTECT FER RIGHTS.
RAVELY TEARS Up PIPE
LINES LAID SURREPTITI-
OUSIgY THROUGH HER LOT
AT WILSoNBURG.
tc'ompany Relays Them But They
Are AS Quickly Torn Up Again
Bafled and Defeated Company
Surrenders For Time Being.

Baff1ed and Defeated Company
Surrenders For Time Being.
The pipeline difficulty at Wilson.
burg has resolved itself into an ar
ray of an incorporated company
with all sorts Of money behind it
against one woman, who has the
spunk to stand up and fight for her
American God-given rights.
surreptitiously the Hutton Ga.
Company laid pipe lines through tn,
property of Mrs. j. H. Morrison
at Wilsonburg, Monday night to .
location they had made on the Jun.
Tor Order lot there for gas well
hut undaunted Mrs. Morrison
promptly tore the lines up. She
came to the city Tuesday afternoon
and secured tongs and other APP
plianees for the purpose and took
them out on an evening car. Ar
official of the gas company was or
the same car and he viewed the
tongs with suspicion. At vii
sonburg he apPrised another mem
her OF the company and after gettine
their heads together they concluded
something was up and got into ac-
tomas quickly as possible
With force of laborers Mrs. Nor
rison proceeded between z and
O'clock to unjoint and tear up tho
pipe lines and succeeded without in
terruption, having caught the com
pany mapping just as they caugh
her the night before.
AT 10 o'clock members of the com
pany, several laborers and Con
stables W. Guy Merritt and F.. Fl
Rogers. and in fact. whole car loaG
arrived upon the scene They found
Mr.. Morrison, Mrs. Morrison anC
Others on guard and protesting
against their entrance upon the prop
erty.
A battle royal then began and
notices were again posted not to tres
pass on the property, but the com
pany men went to work relaxing the
lines. But they were soon baffled
and it is said made a bluff at quit
ing the job. Some went up the road
and others went down, but they re-
turned and again began to relay the
lines. There was warm exchange
'of words, although pleasant demean-
or was maintained throughout.
Thinking to brighten Mrs. Nor
was made that as soon as Col. Fran
els returned with the papers she
would be glad enough to let them lay
the lines. She took this as bluff
pure and simple, such as it later
proved to be. and told them she
would remain at her post no mat
ter what happened.
Just as the company men were
completing the lines and were gett
ing ready to connect them with the
gas line of the Reserve Gas Company
which was to furnish gas for use in
/, drilling the we'll, along went Nor
rison's force and snapped the joints.
Tt was then about 3 O'clock in the
morning and disheartened and de-
feated at every turn the company
gave up the task.
During the evening implied
threats at least were made against
Mrs Morrison's life. 1t was declar-
ed that trolley wires would be laid
on the fence and pipes to charge
them with electricity so as to inn
peril the lives of those who might
attempt to take the gas line up, but
the only. effect this had on her was
4 to make her more determined to pro.
tect her property and rights, even if
she met death at the post of duty.
Part of the time torrents of rain
fell but unterrified Mrs. Morrison
stood it all and remained up all the
night, and it is seen that a spectacu-
lar feature of the affair was one of
those heartless things, known as cor
porations, compelling woman to
drench herself in the rain and tic
forego nights. rest in order to pre-
vent the company's encroachment
upon her property without the
slightest authority.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morrison have in
stituted suit against the Hutton Gas
Company and others to cancel the
deed to the Junior Order for the lot
the location is on and to recover the
property, the same having belonged
to them before it passed into the
hands Of the Junior Order,