Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-17
| region with tales of new strike de-
| clared and the district again thrown

CidIcu buJ we cannot De sure OI
the men who are working up in the
field he said. The operators have
not lived UP to the agreement which
was drawn by Gov. Hatfield. We have
tried to prevent a further strike, but 1
am convinced that the miners up there
have already decided not to continue
to work under the conditions which
prevailed there now"
A committee of miners from the
Cabin Creek section came to Charles
ton yesterday to urge the United Mine
Workers officials to call a. general
strike. They bore the instructions Of
a mass meeting held in the hills.
Testimony of Detective Feltz.
The testimony presented to the Senate
committee was largely routine and cumu-
lative. Thomas l.. FeltZ. vice president
of the Baldwin-Feltz detective agency,
which supplied the mine guards for the
Paint creek and Cabin creek operators
during the strike, was the principal wit
ness.
Mr.: Feltz told the committee that when
the trouble on Paint and Cabin creeks
was at its height. his concern had about
! 10 armed men on Cabin creek and ABOUT
thirty-five men on Paint creek. He also
said that his company had from six to
ten men working in the strike district as
secret service operators. These men,
he said furnished information to the
operators and his agency.
Did your men make list Of those
men who were organizers for the United
Mine Workers and those men VINO were
active in the union for the use of the
operators?' asked Seymour Stedman, at
torney for the miners.
The witness said such list had been
compiled.
'One of the objects of your organiza-
ton 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
Mr.. FeltZ.
WAS that one of the objects of your
men employed in this field?"
Yes, that was one OF the objects or our
employment on Cabin creek.
Denial of Rumors.
Mr.. Feltz denied emphatically that any
of his men operated in the strike dis
trict after Gov. Glasscock declared mar
tial law. He also denied that any Bald
win-FeltZ men We're on the armored
train which fired on the strikers camp at
Holly Grove in February.
Senator Kenyon ascertained from Feltz
that men were employed ito join the
unions to find out what was going on in
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venting union organization.
Senator MARITIME was interested in the
character of men employed by Mr.. FeltZ
for work as guards in the coal fields, and
he questioned him closely as to the in
structionS issued to men who were hired
to work as guards. After a lengthy ex-
animation to the qualifications Sena-
tor MARITIME demanded: when it was
question whether a man possessed phySi-
cal courage or moral courage. which way
did you decide?"
Mr.. Feltz was not quite sure, and the
senator asked rather impatiently: when
a man came to you for a place and 1t
was a question as to whether he could
shoot well Or pray we'll, which did you
With a smile, the chief Of the guards
answered:
We'll, think to shoot well would be
the qualification needed in a contrO-
versy such as there was in the creeks"
Compensation for Services.
Mr. Feltz told the committee his con-
Germ received something over $500 a
day for the services rendered by the
number of men in the field on the
creeks when the trouble was at it's
height.
When the committee began it's ses-
sion last night Senator Swanson, who
had rested during the afternoon, re-
lieved Senator Kenyon, who had been
in charge. and preparations were made
to sit far into the night.
The committee decided to take under
advisement the question Of demanding
from witness Feltz the names of
secret service operatives" who work
ed among the miners in the strike
zone. Mr.. Feltz was not examined fur
Their. and the miners attorneys con-
oil Id l,as, vr,skI -
several minor witnesses.
Before the operators began their case
Senator Swanson warned the attorneys
that advices from Washington indi-
forced to leave Charleston Wednesday.
and urged that they endeavor to put on
their. principal witnesses before then.
The operators attorneys urged that
the committee plan to return to
Charleston for hearings later. if the
trip to Washington was necessary, but
the committee reached no decision.
Testimony for the Operators.
Paul ]. Paulsen. the first witness
called for the operators, said he was
an officer of the United Mine Workers
He declared he could not say whether
several persons. including Mother"
Jones, were employed by the United
Mine Workers.
J. c. Cowherd discussed an incident
which. he said, occurred on Cabin creek
as he was travelling through there. He
said that a mob Of strikers beat up a
man who was travelling with him.
Under examination by Senator Kenyon
Mr.. Cowherd told the committee that he
believed the mine guard system was the
cause of all the trouble in the district He
said he thought that If the mine guards
had not aroused the miners they would
have been willing to treat peaceably with
the operators.
Lee Calvin. the examine guard who de.
scribed the trip of the armored train to
Holly Grove was recalled for cross-eX-
animation by counsel for the operators.
Did YOU say to Quinn Morton, the mine
operator, after the train passed Holly
Grove, Didn't we give them hell?'" asked
Attorney Knight.
mo. 1 never said anything like that"
said the witness.
He denied that he had been employed
as detective by the United Mine Work
erS Of America.
Company Physician on the Stand.
DIR. c. A. Ray was the next witness.
He is the company doctor for the Con-
solidated Coal Company on Cabin creek
He said the sanitary conditions of the
company's mine We're as good as could be
maintained.
DR.. Ray described at length health con-
ditions on Cabin creek, saying that the
community was generally healthy.
He said that the Inauguration of the
guard system on Cabin creek in 1904 re-