The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-18
A FIST FIGHT IS
NARROWLY AVERTED
MARITIME, at Close of the
Morning Session, Boiled
Over When Quinn Nor
ton, Manager OF Paint
Creek Association Invited
the Committee to Have a
Drink and Feel Better.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Charleston. w. Va. June 17-Coal
operators of Paint and Cabin creeks
today presented their side of the con
troVersy to the senate mine strike COM
Hiittee. The hearing was stormy and
hSt tight between Senator MARITIME of
! New Jersey and Quinn Morton man
aser OF the Paint Creek Opera tors As
| Sociation, was narrowly aVerted
| The clash was pre!cipitated at the
! close of the morning session. when
| Morton, the operat tors chief witness
discussed the attack on Holly Grove,
| the strikers camp by an armed train,
| RMS afternoon Senator Kenyon con-
! Quoted the hearing, Senator MARITIME
remaining quiet.
! This mornings meeting ran high. the
operators attorneys often protesting
against Senator Martines methods of
examination. The COMMITTEES eXpertS
| to finish examining the witnesses to-
morrow and go TO Washington tomor-
| row night. More witnesses will he ex-
amined when the Washington hearing
| begins and the committee NAV return
| to Charleston later.
Thls morning Quinn Morton fatty
Denied ordering the tr8i back to give
them another round" at Holly Grove
and also denied saving didn't We give
them hell after the train had passed
the town. At the close of the morn
ing session Morton said: Wen all GO
GOWN and take n drink and We'll all
feeI better Senator MARITIME then
'cil4U over. requiring the S0rCp9 ia +
arms and Senators Kenyon and Swan
son to restore. quiet
A scoatroXeFFYs. het ween @. G. Watts
of counsel for the operators q nd Sen
ator MARITIME enlivened today's session
Senator MARITIME was examining DR. !
w. AshbY. physician for the Cabin
Creek Consolidated Coal Company. as
to sanitary conditions in the strike
zone. DR.. AsnbN SAID sanitary condf- |
tons there were good as they were
mi
ator COntradcted the sta tement When |
he and the witness engs ged in an argu-
ment, Mr.. Watts interfered.
BULLiEO THE WITNESS.
Mr.. Chairman. l object to the SEN |
ator, he shouted 'browbeating and /
bullying this witness. He should not
take advantage of his position as a |
senator Of the Uuited States
Senator MARITIME shouted: Il am a !
senator of the United States and I am !
exercising my prerOgatiVe as = senator |
You gentlemen with wealth and power |
al your command should provide san
ltary conditions to protect the lives of
these workingmen"
West Virginia" interrupted Watts.
does not need to go to the mosquito /
ridden swamps of New Jersey to learn
sanitat ton
Senator MARITIME and Watts were
arguing heatedly when Senator Ken
yon interrupted. then Senator Swanson
took command of the situation He
defended the position of Senator Mar
tine and reprimanded Mr.. Watts
Quinn Morton, who owns several
mines on Cabin creek, was examined
as to negotia tions which preceded the |
strike. He said the fight finally settled
down TO a question of recognition Of
the union.
Senator MARITIME Interrupted Mr.
Morton's story of negotiations to de-
ternine that he tell what he knew of
the armored train attack on Holly
Grove: Mr.. Morton said he accom-
panied the sheriff on the trip with
Sheriff Bonner Hill and buying thirty
che rifles to arm men on the train
Mr.. Morton asserted that before the
train reached Holly Grove the lights
were turned down on the train because
to be shot up" Sheriff Hill was in
charge Of the train. according to Nor
ton.
Just as we got to Holly Grove" he
said. II heard two shots that seemed
to come from the camp. One window
in the car was broken and a second ,
later a general fusillade both from the
train and from the camp was on. I
shot, of course. just IS everybody else
did"
Mr. Morton and Attorney Vinson re-
excitedly when Senator
MARITIME demanded
Tn your conscience, do you approve
of the use of a machine gun to shoot
v omen and children 80
AS the lawyers argued over the
question. Senator MARITIME shouted:
4 thank God l am not a lawyer" |
Senator MARITIME has already made
an outra geous attack on me-" said Mr.. ,
Morton eXcitedly. The senator with |
cut any proof has by his questions ac- !
Cused me of attacking women and chill
dren in their homes with a machine |
gune. This treatment is outrage
and not even United States senator
should be allowed to PREJUDICE a case in
This manner
Senator Martine ma intained that he
had not prejudged the case and gain
demanded of Morton whether there
was any Justification for the use Of the
ma chine gun. Morton declined to an
swer.
We'll l can stand the silence and so i
can the people" said Senator MARITIME, | !
If you can.
DO you own your coal mining I
ands?' asked Senator Kenyon. 5
We do not
Who owns the land
The Paint Creek Coal and Land I