The Washington times., 1913-06-15

ment they were told by the committee
they would be given an opportunity to
cross-examine Calvin, and to place wit
nesses on the stand in reouttal.
The Senator ought not to say that
| said Jackson.
Il just can't help it, said Senator
MARITIME.
Under examination by Belcher, Calvin
repeated the assertion that Quinn
Morton came through the car hollerins
Back up the train, and we'll give them
another round.'''
He said when the train reached Muck
DIV. just above Holly Grove, the men
m the armored car remained there for
Ihrse Gays until after the last battle
the company bookkeeper, named Robbet.
VINO was killed in the battle, not 20 go
up into the hills that day.
| was there when they brought him
pack on stretcher." he said, him
battle" e
Calvin averred Chesapeake and Ohio
detectives had ''slugged him. in a
Charleston hotel because he had quit
the coal company.
Death Special
The advent of the death specil," as
the miners termed II, or the bull
moose train, as 1t was called by the
operators, was the principal subject
of the inquiry yesterday, following a
general condemnation b. witnesses of
the mine guards" who We're brought
| into the district by the operators, and
who former Governor Glsscock said he
| considered the principal cause of the
| trouble when he declared martial law
A detailed description of the armored
train was obtained from Harry Arthur,
| who was employed by the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad as brakeman on
| the train. He described the shesting
| of steel which incased the baggage car
of the train and the two machine guns
| were mounted so as to give the great
| est possible range through the protected
doors of the cars.
Mrs Annie Hall, who limped into the
committee room told the committee
how she shielded her three little chill
| dren from the bullets by hiding them
| in the chimney corner of her little home
| in Holly Grove when the armored train
made its appearance She said she had
been shot through the feet by a bullet
| which passed through the Bible and
| hymnal on her parlor table.
l ScNcIdi OiucI Mciich uC-
| scribed the situation in Holly Grove
] when the armored train passed through
| and told how them behaved under fire.
The conditions on the creeks, the
| activities of the mine guards and the
| special agents of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad in the strike district. and
| the fight in Holly Grove were discussed
| by practically all of today's witnesses.
w. B. BuzZard told the committee
| man with whom he was talking on a
L Vol ofv, oh
closet on the car after an argument
with a mine guard. No criminal ac-
| ton has ever resulted from the shoot
| ing so far as he knew, he said.
TeIorized By Guards"
Sidney Byers. a miner, said that the
people in the strike district were ''terro-
rized by the behavior of the mine
guards" who paraded through the dis
| trict fully armed.
Ralph Mcneil of Eskdale said he had
been mistreated by guards, and Harvey
S. Campbell, former special agent of
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, said
that he had ridden on the bull moose"
train and had been ordered to shoot if
stones were thrown at the train.
IF you shoot. shoot to kill, was our
ORDERS" he said.
tNoHicO DcIuells dnOtner former spe-
cial railroad agent gave similar testi-
mony, He said he only worked as a
special agent eleven days, and discov-
cred that instead of working for the
railroad he had been. working for the
Baldwin-Feltz detective agency.
The attorneys for the operators were
anxious to begin the cross-examina-
tion of Lee Calvin when the s o'clock
session began. Senator Kenyon in
sisted on disposing of women wit
MTs Ina Eef smith mns tolS % of of cseied Seigf
evicted from her home by mine guards
and of being interfered with by
guards in her movements about the
would not let her sleep on the com
pany's property and for two nights
she slept on mattress in a fence
corner.
Senators MARITIME and Kenyon exam
ined Mrs. Smith as to prices at the
company stores" and the restrictions
imposed on miners by the companies.
When Lee Calvin resumed gns the sssra stand
Hill. took up his cross-examination.
Belcher. for the miners, asserted his
side did not desire to blame Sheriff
Hill for what happened in Holly
'.Did the sheriff give any orders to
shoot?" asked Byrne.
mo, / didn't hear him." said Calvin.
Senator MARITIME asked Calvin wheth-
er the sheriff saw the men loading
their rifles.
Yes, he saw them" said Calvin:
but he didn't give orders either way"
Story Is Unshaken.
Byrne endeavored to find out II II was
not Calvin himself who said: Lets go
back and give them another round"
after the train had shot its way through
Holly Grove.
Calvin denied this fatty. and the law
years cross-questioning failed to shake
him. Byrne finished his cross-examina |
ton without altering the original story |
told by Calvin.
Davis, attorney for the Paine Creek |
Galleries Company, then took up the |
cross-examination. He went into the |
history of Calvin and the reasons for |
his application for work in Mucklow, |
where he was put on as a mine guard. |
Calvin said he was originally looking |
for construction work.. but Manager |
Hale. in Mucklow, agreed to recon- |
mend him to the Baldwin FeltZ peo- |
pie" for place as a guard. He worked |
as a guard for about twenty days. he |
said
The operators were permitted to put |
on two witnesses in advance of the |
opening of their case Monday. George |
Carsey, a coal digger said after work |
ing in West Virginia for a time he |
went to the Ohio field, which was union !
lied. fine was imposed on him by |
the union, he said, for working in a |
non-union mine in West Virginia. He