Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
4 DEAD, 40 HURT
WHEN STRIKERS
FIGHT GUARDS
,rooos Reach West Virginia
Coal Region Where Situa-
ton Is Tense.

,,,,pr FSTON, W. VA, Feb. IL
-,., huntington and Fayette companies
l.'>.-,tonar Guard arrived at Paint
.. junction this morning to aid in
'trtairfpg order near Mucklow, where
,r.ss than sixteen persons We're killed
"' r,,.,- wounded in battle between
'.:,,,ro coal miners on one side and
rnarTs and railroad police on the
other. =,
.,,s o+ vantage along the mountain
~. and if is believed the state SOL
.... wifi succeed in preserving order.
s,os1s of soldiers early this morning
.s.e sent to the top Of mountains
,..r,o,rsrg the town of Ronda. which,
+. rss said. the strikers had planned to
attack this morning, but no effort was
r,da 10 shoot up the town.
of fine sixteen known dead, twelve
~. miners and four officers. A search
r. baina made for others who may have
Inst their lives and of the wounded it
+. certain many will die.
Still Hunt Dead.
owing TO the fact that the strikers
,rs cq,ying on a guerrilla warfare. the
,vsa- number of the dead may not be
known fog several days. Men have
59ap killed at various points through
MI, the entire Paint and Cabin Creek
rooors It is believed some have
smruaG at remote points where their
to5ies nay not be discovered for days,
many PERHAPS left to die miserably Of
their wounds when their lives might
lave been saved with surgical atten-
on at hand.
jaime. Hendrix. one of the dead, was
found on the mountain top overlooking
Poria with q field glass in his hand
and a rifle lying at his side.
What was declared to have been a
deliberate attempt to dynamite a train
barring three companies of mlntiamen
10 the Paint Creek district to suppress
the disorder there. was discovered to-
day and nineteen persons, including j.
r. Parsons. one of the Socialist leaders
Of this county and former candidate for
The legislature at the last election, wers
arrested
Dynamite on Tracks.
Guards who preceded the train de-
clare they found 20 sticks of dynamite,
Wadged under the rails and connected
with decorating cap, which the loco
1Df1 yyEA1 a.
passed over.
The prisoners were taken to Paint
Creek junction. where they are being
held under heavy guard. They will be
tried before the military commission.
Al trains on the Chesapeake and
OHIO railroad are equipped with ma
enIne guns, which are screwed to the
rear platform of the coaches and
manned at all times for instant use.
so Arrested as Rioters.
"a Many Of the miners are being arrest
3d. charged with rioting, so having been
Taken into custody today at Mucklow,
|Aers Yesterday an army of striking
iaIhers met a posse captained by Fred
Lester. formerly an officer OF the Ma
"onai Guard. Today desultory firing
Was reported from remote sections, but
" is believed the soldiers will be able
70 preserve peace.
Governor Glasscock was harshly crit
N>ea by Democratic members. of the
s5IS.ature today for his hardness In
sSIpius the soldiers to the scene even
sller Sheriff Bonner had reported he
was unable to control the situation. He
FUSED TO act even after he had heard
o W ll.e hiIIlngs there, until the finance
INN Iltees of the senate and house Of
T r.S assembled in his Office and
unused unused to pay the $4,000 expenses
ni- by sending the troops to the
-...- rsgIon last summer and fall.