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

ALBUQUERQ
called TO the stand for cross- -examina-
tion and said that the nrst trouble
broke out at Boomer a uniunixcd
mine outside of the Paint ana Cabin
creek districts.
A lengthy correspondence between
tho governor and the operators on the
question OF arbitration was placed IN
the record After his first proposal
was refused by the operators. Mr.,
Glasscoek framed new proposition.
which ho believed eliminated the
question OF recognition OF the union. "
This second proposal. he said, was
likewise rejected hy the operators, al
though accepted by the miners.
senator Kenyon took up the qucs-
ton of ownership of lands ON Paint
and Cabin creeks.
"On Paint creek said Mr. Glass
cock j have understood that out
side men were heavy stockholders
The Cabin creek mines, however. are
owned by West Virginia interests
The witness named Judge Christ
man of Virginia. former Representa-
tive Connon Of Scranton, Pa. and
John II. Jones' Of Pittsburgh. as some
OF the outsiders who owned land IN
the creek
Tried 10 trbitrutc.
tndcr cr0ss-eXaminuuon ~ attor-
neys for the miners, Alr. Glasscock
told of calling a statewide confer
cnce, which assembled az the state
house, and which was attended by
some four or five hundred "represen-
tatite citizens from AN over the state
The object of the meeting was to dis
cuss means of preventing and settling
labor disputes.
WAS the attitude OF representa-
tive operators friendly toward that
meeting ?' asked Mr. Belcher.
Il thought decidedly otherwise,
said Mr.. Glasscock
lie said that q resolution present
ed by an attorney for the operators
outlining the terms ON which thcy
would participate in the conference
precipitated an acrimonious debate.
"Tho meeting thus broke up" he
said. much TO my modification and
disgust"
When Mr. Glasscock was examined
the miners attorneys began TO call
the women OF the strike region
rhe attorneys of the state objected
10 rcopening the question Of trial un-
der martial law
W. A. Abbott, delivery wagon
driver for an outside store" IN the
strike zone said that mine guards pre-
vented him from delivering supplies.
J. II. Pike of Holly Grove, said the
mine guards shot the look off his
door He described The shooting up
Df Holly Grove from the armorod
train The train was dark. ne said,
but ne could see the flashes Of guns
on the train.
what did you do when the bull
lots began to fly?' asked senator
Kenyon.
Gust stood and looked at them,
said the miner.
Killed BY Guards Bullets.
Pike said that he was one Of the
party at the home Of Cristo Estep,
whose widow last night told the COM
mittoe how he died while trying to
get his family into the cellar when
The bullets from the train began to
riddle his home. None Of the men at
he Estep house had guns with them.
when these guards paradcd up
md down the creek. with their rifles
IN their shoulders, then trouble broke
out said Ed Bragg. a grizzled old
who for nine years as
deputy sheriff. preserved law and
,rder on Paint creek singlo-handed.
= never saw more nappy and
people up 10 that time than
lur people on Paint creek.
Former Governor Gpsscock told
he committee under eross-eXamina-
ion that the principal complaints of
he miners that came to him con-
'erned the mine guards.
Mr.. Glasscock made it clear to
he committee that he had made two
attempts to secure an agreement be-
wecn the miners ana operators to
lrbtrate their differences. In both
asses, he said, the miners were VIII
ng to arbitrate but the operators de
lined
Placed in Front Of Gatling.
Luther IIudal was at Holly Grove
luring the strike. lie said he was
aiken from his home by guards and
aiken to MuolSlow
During the day they stood me in
ront Of a Gatlng gun" he said, land
It night they locked me in "a box car.
Were you frightened when you
we're in front of the Gatling gum
lsked Senator Kenyon
4 never thought I'd set home no
more" said the miner
Hudall said that the guards told
lin they wanted ITO hold an inquest
,ver a dead man
MY wife begged them not TO take
ne he said, "and they taken hold
# me. They taken a hold Of my Wife
90, because she hung on me-
He was shown the body Of a dead I
nan who he was told was Stringer
he mine guard killed at Holly Grove
lie took no part in any inquest and /
vas never accused Of participating in
he killing Of Stringer The witness
amCd group Of men who We're lin
d up before the Gatlng gun with
lin and said that twenty-five men
we're locked in the box car. There were
10 sanitary accommodations, Senator
.lartlne ELECTED, and the men were