The Washington times., 1913-06-13
SEES ADMISSION
OF STATES GUILT
Senate Committee So Views
Action in Ending Martial
Law in West Virginia.
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gestions along this line have been forth
coming, and ii was considered certain
today that this line of inquiry would
be abandoned.
1t now has under consideration the
general causes of the trouble, which
were taken up today. Former Cover
nor Glasscock was scheduled to be the
star witness and he was expected TO
explain to the committee why he acted
as he did in declaring martial law.
Major Davis Takes Stand.
With former Governor Giasscock rep
resented by Col. George Wallace and
Attorney General Lilly. Major Tom
Davis, of the Second Regiment, was the
first witness called to lay the founda-
ton for the former executives testi-
mony. Davis explained conditions when
martial law was in force
We had serious trouble at Eskdale
when the striking miners gathered
about the depot" he said. I'VE direct
ed everyone living there to remain at
home. / did drive men away from the
vicinity who seemed to have no busi-
mate business was ever interfered with.
Now j told this man Nance. who
says he was refused his mail, that
something had to be done to keep the
crowd away. He told me he was ex-
pecting tents, and had to be there. i
asked him to stay away from the depot
until thirty minutes before the train
arrived, and he said he would.
1T has been charged that / made
men dig bitches. I did. These men
had refused to keep away wnen order
ed and / put them to work. One of
these men told me there was no one
to get dinner for his children. 1 had
cur company cook I'll basket Of food
fnv , lsr,a Nd Cara+ inn xrTifT
We had a hard task then and did our
best to prevent trouble and protect
both sides impartially."
MARITIME Shows Anger.
Major Davis denied the testimony that
his men fraternized with the Baldwin
guards. He said he drove one guard
out of the district. During his time at
Eskdale he imposed fines of s2S3 as
provost marshal on miners who dis
obeyed orders or who tried to smuggle
whisky into the camp. Senator MARITIME,
who had been listening quietly, sudden
ly demanded:
A. general laugh followed, but the
Senator, plainly angered. shouted:
This is no joke. / want to know
what this officer did with this stun
Major Davis said he had broken up
all bottles and spilled the whisky i'm
Il have nothing to conceal" he de-
the exact truth and all of the truth,
no matter what side 1t Injuries.
Major. Davis told of investigating a
shooting at the town OF Acme he
discovered that a Baldwin-Feltz guard
had done the shooting.
major. ''and he tried to stop my
investigation. But when I told him one
OF his men had done the shooting, he
said he would turn him over to me.
sent me after another man up at Deco
Ia, This one was a Virginia boy who
was sick, and / took him to the hos
pital.. He escaped the next day"
Avis Is Next Witness.
At the request OF the attorneys for
the State the committee promised to
call and examine Clyde B. Ambrose,
an agent of the Department of Justice,
who investigated charges Of peonage
and interference with the postal sery-
ice In the strike zone.
s. B. Avis, now a member of Con-
gress, and formerly prosecuting attor-
ney for Kanawha county, was the next
witness. He outlined the process IF
criminal prosecutions in the state
courts and the methods of drawing
BfdnQ ana pelll luGors-
Under our laws" he said, from one
fourth to one-third of the members of
our grand juries had TO come from the
affected territory on Paint Creek and
Cabin Creek"
In one instance, he said. the grand
jury at the last June term indicted a
half dozen guards on the testimony of
the guards themselves, presented
against Italian miners in connection
with the first fight at Mucktow.
Feeling was running high in this
county" said Captain Avis. 'and / be-
lieyed then and believe now that neither
miners nor mine operators could secure
a fair. impartial trial"
Captain Avis said the civil courts
could not control the situation, even If
aided by the militia.
Il believe the declaration of martial
law was absolutely necessary" he de-
clared emphatically.
We could not secure an impartial
jury. There was not a man in the
county who was not biased or preju-
diced"
Senator Borah asked whether this