The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-06-20
CD DEEPLY IN
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Conditions at Paint Greek
Galleries viii Be Thor
ouuhLY Aired.
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| knew they We're oe'''7 I'm ~ 80.
| NINE as iHueu as w. '''',' % cI wa.
of coal n ofder 10 se1 pay ~. - -
| Inc eoi"i'"I.IeS i'' - 80, -.
oL go' . ,., ~ s'', ,o',ra5 Inv fbe car
p,-+ +5o solemn faot was that the cars
thot ,raro said to hold a ton and
hale hold two tons and q half. and the
oars tba+ were said TO hold two tons
h.l5 tI,roo toms and q half Miners
ao,,,,7 coo of oo,,rso and did 500 b1t
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nv t-.,;, ~ 1o1o In point
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Oie''> oiie " Wv l,,r,,,..,a5 lr, tho
T TIii43 Hr;,,, T,-,,l-,,.. ~ A,,,o,ica had
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~ t;,aI 80 ,,ar,i,,,. ,,rfo,, ,ros,oe
Ia -' 80, 1891 70 oo bocI, 70 nonnnion
' IlD.,. 80 D. ro+o Tho miners
~,
Wy ". w..
va " pun
Inc breaking out Oh Ine sLllNe vas
speedily followed by eAtraoruInaIS az
guards. 1neSe SeulelDeI' "I Lueu -
the teeth thelhSeiNeS' Ihldueu lIV
homes OF strikers 10 staLcH III III
arms Nheh Ihe wives Oh Tue LlliIelN
objected. as tneI ollen ulu' 10 lle an
sacklh% OF JHeI houses lHeS were
beaten up. Ihey were not oilI9 uea'eI'
up, they were cursed ana re'Ileu
Hundreds OF such assaults occurred
MT. Benson goes on 10 give d NUN
Der OF speclHc instances Oh lle oI".
talItY OF these guards ana continues
violence on the part OF the mining
companies made the lhlhe owners lear
From tbe very first the mine owners
feared violence. Early in the struggle
they caused their armed thugs to
search the persons and houses OF MN
ers for firearms. Nor would TINS fear
down. So Governor Glasscock was
persuaded to send troops into the dis
trict and put the Kanawha region IN
der martial law. At first, the miners
welcomed the troops as protection
against the murderous guards. The
troops justified expectations only to
the extent of disarming the guards.
To make the performance seem i'm
partial, the troops also disarmed the
miners. But the guards found means
of arming themselves as frequently as
they were disarmed. Somebody con-
tinued to furnish them with guns.
Perhaps not all of the guards were
furnished with more guns. All of the
guards were a little more careful to
keep their weapons under cover. But
that many continued to be armed was
shown by the wanton murders that oc-
Cured during the following winter"
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9UllN0 ID 0'A0lS DI0"sn''
Later the companies brought strike
breakers, obtaining them upon any
pretense that proved sufficiently plausi-
bic, says Mr.. Benson, and these strike
breakers, some 1000 in number, soon
were IN worse case than the miners
themselves Neither these men nor the
numerous other means that the com
panies resorted to served to lnt1m1date
the strikers, however, or frighten them
back to work.
In concluding his article MI Benson
tells of the arrest OF Mother Jones
tne uapeaS corpus proceedings IaIeL
drought peIoIe tue supreme couII VI