The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-06-11
STATE INDUSTRIAL WAR. .
IS DESCRIBED BIZ ELLIOTT
TURKISH OFFICIAL
IS ASA SSINA TED


Charleston through both the Paint
Creek and Cabin Creek coal fields.
Senator Swanson believes that one
days work in the mining district
win give the committee all the local
color 1t needs.
Elliott n Witness.
Adjutant General Charles d. Ell
lott, who was in supreme command
OF the military in the strike zone,
was the first witness called today. He
was examined at length as to the
dates on which the various periods
OF martial law began. General FL
lott presented copies of the request
of the sherins of Kanawha, Raleigh
and Fayette counties for military
aid and the various orders OF former
Governor Glasscock establishing
martial law and placing the military
in fun charge OF the strike IONA.
Under examination by senator Bora11.
General Elliott described the trial
of offenders by the military courts
after the civil courts had been SUI
perceded. He furnished copies OF
the order of the commission in
list of cases disposed OF.
The documents produced by Gem
eral Elliott showed ffty-one SEN
fenced by the military court. Phi
vate IF. L.. Long, tried for the murder
of ira Ridd, was acquitted by the
court martial. Robert Hartigan.
mine guard charged with doing po-
lice duty as nonresident of the
state, was sentenced twice according
to the list, each time to pay fine OF
$500 and to serve six months in
prison. In another similar case
guard was tined 500 and sentenced
to sixty days.
Other Sentences.
other sentences shown by the list
were for intimidation of workmen,
thirty-two prisoners, six months
each; carrying concealed weapons,
two prisoners, one day; five prison
ers six months, one prisoner $1,Ooo
fine and one year, one prisoner one
year; carrying steel knuckles, one
prisoner fined $50; unlawful STAB
bling, two prisoners one year; false
statement to officers, one prisoner
thirty days; disorderly conduct, one
prisoner three months; larceny, one
prisoner $40 and ten days. Alto
gether the list accounted for all but
two cases under the military law
last fall, the first martial law period.
These two cases we're lost. missing
from the files
Orders Modified.
General Elliott detailed the or
ders restoring martial law to the
strike zone in February of this year.
These orders, he said, were modfnea
by an order issued by Governor Hat
field May % annulling that portion
of the proclamation which placed
the military authorities above tae'
civil courts. The militia, the Wit
ness said, was not working under the
civil court assisting in the enforce
ment of the processes of the court
Most of the troops had been with
draw, he said, only about dozen
men remaining to aid the civil au-
thorities.
"While you were in charge of the
martial law zone. you made arrests
on your own responsibility without
writ or warrant from any civil
court?" asked Senator Borah.
"Yes, that is right said General
Elliott.
Governor Has Records
General Elliott said that he had
no records of the proceedings OF the
military court established under the
second and third declarations OF
martial law. These, he said, he De-
1ieved we're in the possession of Gov
ernor Hatfield. General Elliott said
that at one time he had 1000 men
in the field, practically the entire
militia organization or the state. He
could not say definitely how many
armed men he had to contend with
but he felt there were more arms
among the strikers than among the
militia.
/ Under cross examination by At
torney Belcher for the miners. Gem
eral Elliott said that the controversy
prior to the declaration of martial
law was solely between the miners
and operators.
was there any st=Se of insured
ton in the strike zone prior to the
declaration of martial 1a~?" asked
Mr.. Belcher.
I Civil Court Refused.
"The governor evidently thought
there was said the witness, VINO
said he had information to the effect