New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-16
WEST VIRGINIA MINERS
VOTE TO RENEW STRIKE
Governor Hatfield Informed
Men Will Not Go to Work
This Morning.
ccHO OF SENATE INQUIRY
Gallery Hands Thought In
vestigation Was Intended
as Encouragement
to Them.

y,,.rlestOn W. Va, June 10 (MOndaN).
v,o-d came 10 Charleston early this
-..r,irg from various sources that the
l,-o~s in the Paint and Cabin greeks
,,s,ricts voted at mass meeting yesterday
.. renew the strike which for year con-
-,lsed the coal field.
According to reports reaching Cover
- Hatfield. at meetings at Eskdale and
/. the mountains above Kayford, the
liners voted not to return to work this
morning..
pun,ors that the miners were on the
,,reo Of action of some kind have been
PREVALENT ever since the Senate commit
go becan holding hearings on strike con-
s,,,ors here. The belief has been enter
'.;red by the colliery hands that the
,,,u,rv was initiated for their benefit
and the men in the Paint and Cabin
C-ssk sections have even gone so far as
% assert that the Senate was lending
tbsm encouragement in their contro-
ysrses with the operators.
Charleston. ". Va, June 1.-THE case
a. the West Virginia coal mine operators
vii he outlined tomorrow before the
senate investigating committee. The at
,ornsvs for the operators spent to-day IN
.sssmblins the scores Of witnesses they
will nroduce in an effort 10 show that
,,sv were not responsible for the condi-
lions which threw the Paint Creek and
Cabin Creek mining districts 'nto a state
Of civil war.
Much Of the activity OF the operators
LAWYERS will be directed toward breaking
dawn the story Of Lee Calvin. an eX-mine
guard. who told the committee on Satur-
6ay Of his experiences on the armored
traln which shot up the camp Of the
miners at Holly Grove, on Paint Creek,
lust before the last declaration of martial
law Calvin accused Quinn Morton. a
mine operator. Of urging that the train
return and FIRE again on the tented camp
after the fire from the cars had once
raked the little village and after Cisco
Estep had been killed beside his home.
Quinn Morton himself and Sheriff Bon
ner Hill and others who were on the
train will he called to disprove Calvin's
statement.
The discussion Of general conditions
leading I'D 10 the strike is the only
branch Of the inquiry which remains for
the committee to dispose Of during its
stay in Charleston. on this point the
operators desire TO present many wit
resses. When the inquiry here is closed
the committee will return 10 Washington
70 continue its hearings.
To-day the committee took holiday.
The various members were entertained
by several Of the leading citizens OF
Charleston at breakfast luncheon and
dinner Senator MARITIME. Of New Jersey.
occupied the pulpit Of the First Methodist
Church Of Charleston, one Of the leading
churches in the state. at the morning ser
vice He was introduced as a member
Of the American House Of Lords,
designation 10 which he objected strenu-
ously
4 am a member Of the Senate Of the
United States" he said. "and l am proud
10 BE- but I cannot accept the designa-
ton. in a republican form Of government,
Of any such cognomen as the House OF
Lords"
Senator MARITIME declared the physical
resources Of the state 10 be inexhaustible.
But the rich mineral lands Of your
state he said. have been stricken with
the cankering blight Of Unsuitable greed.
The wealth Of the state has been taken
from the many by the few"
Frank A. Monnett. counsel IN chief for
The miners before the committee. ad-
dressed the Bible class Of the church on
The invitation Of Judge Robinson. Of the
state Supreme Court Of Appeals. who
wrote the dissenting opinion, when the
court upheld the proceedings before the
military commissions.