The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-15
ONE MAN KILLED,
WOMAN WOUNDED
Latter Limps Into the
Room and Relates
Story Of the Attack
and How She Tried to
Protect Her Three Lit
tie Ones Frons Leaden
Hail.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, June IA
About single battle in the coal strike
on Paint and Cabin creek districts cen.
tered today's inquiry by the senate
committee Investigating the coal mine
strike Almost all day the committee
heard statements OF the attack on Hol-
ly Grove, strikers camp, from an ar
mored train run up into the strike dis
trict on February Z.
The committee was astounded at the
testimony Of Lee Calvin, an ex-mine
guard, ore of the men in the armored
train when the strikers camp was
fired on. Cisco Estep, a miner, was
killed and Mrs. Annie Hall wounded
Calvin, called by the attorneys for the
miners. told a sensational story of the
Holly Grove attack. After relating
that he had been ''chief guard on
Cabin creek. and had left the district
because of the shootings there, he said
that Sheriff Hill and Quinn Morton, a
mine operator, had met him in Charles
ton and prevailed upon him to join a
party going up Paint creek in the ar
mored train.
Used Machine Gun.
fThere were ten or twelve men in
the car attached TO the train said
Calvin, "and when We got just above
Paint Creek junction, all of them be-
gan getting their rifles. They tried to
give me u rifle. but I told them I had
no shooting to do. The brakeman came
through the train and turned down the
lights. He told us not to raise win
dows, but TO shoot right through the
window and as we came up to Holly
Grove, l saw a stream of fire start
out OF the baggage car Just ahead,
where the machine guns were mounted.
The stream kept up as we went
through Holly Grove.
Gas we passed 1 saw three OF four
flashes of fire from the TENTS
FWere there any shots from the
fonts before the shooting began from
the train7' asked Attorney Belcher,
for the miners.
81 didn It see any," said the wit
ness. "I just heard the engine whis'
tie blow and the shooting from the
train began"
Accuses Operator.
The witness said that Quinn Morton,
one OF the operators, was on the train,
When the train had passed the min
ers' camp at Holly Grove on It's way
to Mucklow. he said, Mr.. Morton came
running back through the car.
"W6at did he say9" asked Belcher,,
'tHe said, Back up the train and
we will give them another round;
HHe was talking to the sheriff, and
l m not sure, but I think the sheriff
told him something about there being
women and children up in those tents
and he would not shoot"
Al this statement, Senator MARITIME
of New Jersey. almost leaped from his
What sort Of a man is this man
Quinn Morton7' he shouted. Is he
an ordinary American citizen that he
could order such thing7'
The attorneys for the coal operators
were on their feet In moment and
for time the committee room was III
confusion.
s'Mr. Morton will be brought before
vonr committee shouted Attorney
Jackson, 'and you will see him and
talk with him.
i'God help me, then, remarked SEN
ator MARITIME,
Attorneys for the operators protested
against Senator MARITIME s remarks and
after some argument they were told
oy the committee that they would be
given an opportunity to cross-examiuc
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