Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
.16 DEAD, 40 HURT
WHEN STRIKERS
FIGHT GUARDS
1roops Reach West Virginia
Coal Region Where Situa-
ton Is Tense.

CHARLESTON. w. VA, Feb. IL
rsa huntington and F'ayette companies
I,tionaI Guard arrived at Paint
'r..at junction this morning to aid In
.i,,,sining order near Mucklow, where
I..s than sixteen persons were killed
-,7 forty wounded in battle between
.t.H-ing coal miners on one side and
.,., Guards and railroad police on the
other
-atlipa guns have been placed at all
.,pts OF vantage along the mountain
..l.s and it is believed the state SOL
-.rs will succeed in preserving order.
sorafs of soldiers early this morning
,..-a sent to the top OF mountains
,rsrooking the town Of Ronda, which,
+. was said. the strikers had planned to
attack this morning, but no effort was
made to shoot up theNown.
NJ the sixteen known dead, twelve
arc miners and four officers. A search
is being made for others who may have
last their lives and Of the wounded 1t
is certain many will die.
Still Hunt Dead.
Owing to the fact that the strikers
are carving on a guerrilla warfare, the
exact number of the dead may not be
known for several days. Men have
been killed at various points through
os, the entire Paint and Cabin Greek
regions. It is believed some have
dropped at remote points where their
bofies may not be discovered for days.
many perhaps left to die mfserably Of
,hei~ WOUNDS when their lives might
haze been saved with surgical atten-
ton at hand.
James Hendrix. one of the dead, was
found on the mountain top overlooking
R5nia with a field glass in his hand
ard rife lying az his side.
What was declared 10 have been q
deliberate attempt to dynamite a train
bearing three companies of fniitiamen
to the Paint Creek district to suppress
The disorder there, was discovered to-
day and nineteen persons, including J.
2 Parsons. one of the Socialist leaders
Of this county and former candidate for
the legislature at the last election were
arrested
Dynamite on Tracks.
Guards who preceded the train de-
clare they found 20 sticks of dynamite
wedged under the rails and connected
with decorating cap, which the loco
motive would have set off when it
passed over.
The prisoners We're taken to Paint
CEeek junction, where they are being
held under heavy guard. They will be
tried before the military commission.
All trains on the Chesapeake and
ONO railroad are equipped with ma
chine guns, which are screwed to the
rear platform Of the coaches and
manned at all times for instant use.
50 Arrested as Rioters.
Many of the miners are being arrest
ed charged with rioting, so having been
taken into custody today at Mucklow,
|aere yesterday an army of striking
miners met posse captained by Fred
Lester formerly an officer of the Ma
uonsl Guard, Today desultory firing
was reported from remote sections, but
ls believed the soldiers will be able
10 preserve peace.
Governor Glasscock was harshly crit
'sed by Democratic members of the
'esiSature today for his hardness in
sending the soldiers to the scene even
".'eI sheriff Bonner had reported he
r m&s unable TO control the situation. He
FUSED 10 act even after he had heard
OF the killings there, until the finance
yo,nlmttees Of the senate and house OF
.s.egates assembled in his Office and
P r to pay the $4,000 expenses
aGuFFed by sending the troops to the
.-..v region last summer and fall.