Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-06-15

named Bohhiit Who was killed in tn
battle, not 10 so up into the hill
that day
81 was there when they brough
him back ON strctcher.' be said
Him and the others Who were sho
in the battle"
The witness declared that IN
Chesapeake and Ohio detectives ha,
"suascd" him ia "a Charleston hotel
because ne had quit the coal com
pany
Coal Miners Tel Story.
pa.e faced men and women VIII,
showed the traces OF years OF ardu
Gus toll digging coal from the Yves
Virginia mountains told today tn
committee their side Of their eontro
forsy
II was the tale of a peaceful com
muuity of contcnted people trans
formed into thoater OF war. an,
members of the senate committee sal
back with startled glances as witness
after witness told the story Of th'
sUIEe
The attorneys for striking mner
presented their case They called
about dozen men and women Of tn,
hills 60 tell the committee Of the al
tack on the str6e camp at Holh
Grove
Although attorneys for the min,
operators insisted that they woul,
show that the train was fired on
from the town before the macbin
guns I'm the armored car were turned
loose. the committee received into tn,
record testimony Of men and womer
of Holly Grove.
A detailed description of the ar.
mored train was obtained from Har.
ny Arthur. who was employed by tn,
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad as d
brakeman on the train He described
the sheeting Of steel which encasco
the baggage car of the train and the
two machine guns. mounted So as t.
give the greatest possible range
through the protected doors Of tn,
car
Woman Shot in Foot
Mrs. Annie Hall. who iimped into
the committee room told the com
nittec how she shielded her three
little children from the bullets 10y
hiding them in the chimney corner
or her little home at Holly Grove
when the armoreu train made It's ap-
pcnrance. She said She had been
shot through the foot by bullet
which passed through the bible on
her parlor table Several other mer
and women described the situation
al Holly Grove when the armored
train passed
The conditions i'm the creeks. the
activities of the mine guards and the
special agents of the Chesapeake a
Ohio railroad in the strike distric
and the fight at Holly Grove were
discussed by practically all Of today 3
Witnesses.
w. B. Buzzard testified that mar
with whom he was talking on a cab
in creek train was shot from Il closet
in the car after an argument with q
mine guard No criminal action hao
ever resulted froni the shooting Sc
FAR as he knew. he said Sidney Bey-
ers. miner. said that the people ~
the strike district We're "terrorized 10y
the behavior of the mine guards
who paraded the district fully armed
Ralph Mcneil, Of Eskdale declar-
ed he had been mistrcated by mine
guards, and Harvey s. Campbell, q
former special agent of tile Ches-
apeake & Ohio railroad. said that he
had ridden on the "armored train
and had been ordered 70 shoot i
stones were thrown at the train.
"If YOU shoot shoot to Kill, were
our orders" he said
Roma Bennett, another former
special railroad agent gave similar
testimony
Mine Guards on Trains.
C. d. Honaker, conductor on tha
chesapeake .G Ohio railroad was to-
days first witness before the mine
srobe committee. lie said that prior
10 April 30, 1918. mine guards in cab
in creek rode ON the trains by vir-
ture of passes He gave the commit
tee the names Of a number of the
guards and the numbers Of their pass
es they carried. These guards, he said.
were All armed Mr. llunaker said
his train had been stoned three times
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Former Governor Glasseock was r..