The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17
Miners and Detectives Bring
Tales of New Strike to
Senate Committee
TESTIMONY OF
WITNESSES RESUMED
Detective Agency Official Tells Conn.,
mittee of Conditions During the
Height of Strike-Cross-
Examined by Stedman

Charleston. w Va June 16.-With a
renewal of the Industrial war in tho
Paint and Cabin Creek mine districts
generally reported the Senate mine strike
committee today continued it's examina-
ton of Witnesses During the day min
ers, detectives and agents of the mine
operators came down from the strike
region with tales Of new strike de-
clared, and the district was again thrown
into disorder.
The local union of the United Mine
Workers of America No. H. has not
called a new strike on Paint and Cabin
Greeks. Thomas Hagerty, member of
the international miners board being
called tonight
Not Sure of Men
but we cannot be sure of the men
who are working up in the field,n he
said The operators have not lived up
to the agreement under which the men
went back to work, and which was
drawn by Governor Hatfield. We have
tried to prevent a further strike. but
| am convinced that the miners UP
there have alrAady decided not to con-
tinue work under the conditions which
prevail there now Meetings were held
in the creeks yesterday and the men
expressed dissatisfaction with conditions.
They decided to strike and the union
cannot control them
committee of miners from the Cabin
Creek section came to Charleston today
to urge the United Mine workers officials
to call general strike They bore the
instructions of a mass meeting held in
the hills Yesterday.
Testimony Routine
The testimony presented to the Senate
committee today was largely routine and
cumulative Thomas l.. Feltz. vice pres
ident Of the Baldwin Fetz Detective
agency, which supplied the mine guards
for the Paint Creek and Cabin Greek OPP
orators during the strike, was the piin-
cipal wimess
Mr., Feltz told the committee that when
the trouble on Paint and Cabin creeks
was at its height his concern had about
40 armed men ON Cabin creek and about
81 men on Paint cre<e. He also said that
his company had from six to 10 men
working in the strike district secret
service operatives"
did your men make list of those men
who were organizers for the United Mine
Workers and those men who were active
in the union for the use of the oper-
ators?" asked Senator Stedman, attorney
for the miners.
The witness said such list had been
compiled
"One of the objects of your organiza-
tion.' asked Mr.. Stedman, when it is
employed is to prevent the organization
of branches of the United Mine Work
ers%'
'Yes, that is one of the objects, said
Feltz.
Mr.. Feltz denied emphatically that any
of his men operated i'm the strike district
after Governor Glasscock declared mar
tial law. He also denied that any Bald
win-F Feltz men We're on the armored train
which fired into the strikers camp at
Holly Grove in February.
Senator Kenyon ascertained from Mr..
Feltz that men were employed TO join
the unions to find out what was going
on in order to carry out the purpose
of preventing union organization.
Senator MARITIME was interested in the
character of men employed by Fetz as
guards in the local fields and questioned
him closely as to the Instructions issued
to men who were hired as guards. Az
ter a lengthy examination as to the quail
fications which the agency demanded
when men applied for places Senator Mar
tine demanded when it was a question
whether man possessed physical cour-
age or mora courage, which way did
you decide?'