Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-06-17
New Strike Is IN Progress in
West virginia Coal Region
Notwithstanding the Recent
Agreement With Governor
DETECTIVE AGENCY
CHIEF TELLS STORY
SIeuthS Employed as LaboreIs
10 Learn Secrets Of Unions
and Report the Members to
Operators

feY soaNiNo ioussAl SPECIAL ttAsto wer
Charleston W. Va. June l6.--With
the renewal of Industrial war Ia the
Paint and cabin crook mine districts
universally reported, the senate mine
strike committee continued today ta
/ examination of witnesses. Minors. de-
tcctlvos and agents of tho mine oper-
ators camc down from the strike re-
gion with tales OF new strike called
and the district again thrown into
disorder
The local union Of the United Mne
Workers of America No. ~, has not
called q new strike on Paint and cabin
creeks. Thomas Ilnggerty a member
pf the international mlnera' board
declared tonight. "Bui We cannot be
sure of the men who are working up
in the field. he said. The operators
have not lived up 10 the agreement
under which the men went back to
work, and which was drawn by GOV
ornor Hatfield. We have tried TO pre-.
vent further strike hut ! ann con
vneed that the miners up there have
already decided not 10 continue work
under the conditions which prevail
there now Meetings were held IN
the creeks yesterday and tho men OK
pressed dissatisfaction with cundi-
tlons Thw decided to strike and the
union cannot control ,aem.
A committee of miners from tn,
Cabin ercel, section came SO Charles
ton todnN Ia urge The United Mine
Wnrkcrs' officials to call general
strike They bore the Instructions OF
mnss meeting held IN the hills yeg-
terdny
The testimony presented to the SEN
ato committee WIS largely routine
and cumulative. Thomas T. Feltz
vice president Of the Baldwin-Fcltz
detective agency, which supplied the
mine guards for the Paint creek and
cabin creek operators, during the
strike. was the principal witness.
Nj reliz told the committee that
when the trouble on Paint and Cabin
creeks was at its height, his concern
had about no armed men ON Cabin
creek and about thirtyfiYe men on
Paint crcelt He also said that his
company had from six to ten men
working in the strike district us "se
cret service operatives" These men,
he said, furnished information to the
operators and his agency.
"Did your men make a list Of those
men who were organizers for The
United Mine Workers and those men
who were active in the union, for the
use Of the operatorag asked Seymour
stedman. attorney for the miners.
The witness said that such list
had been compiled,
"One of the objects of your organ
i2ntion,' asked Mr. stedman. when
It Is employed, Is TO prevent the or
gaulzatou Of branches of the United
Mine Worter8s
Yes. that m ono of the objects
said Mr.. lfeltz
WAS that one of the objects OF
youf men employed IN this fieldg'
Yes. that was one Of the objects
of our employment on cabin creek
Mr. Fcltr denied emphatieally that
any Of his men operated IN the strike
district after Governor GlasseoelS de-
clared martial law lie also denied
that any Baldwin -Feltz men were on
the armored train which fired on the
strikers emp at Holly Grove IN Feb-
ruury
senator Kenyon ascertaned from
Mr. reltz that men were employed TO
ioin the unions to find out what WIS
going on IN order to earry out the
purposes Of preventing union organ
ization.
Senator MARITIME was Interested In
the character Of men employed by
Mr.. Fcltz for work as guards In the
coal fields and he questioned him
closely as 20 Instructions issued to
men who were hired 70 work as
guards After a lengthy examination
as to the qualifications which the
agency demanded when men applied
for pieces, Senator MARITIME demand
ed. when it was a question whether
a man possessed physical courage or
moral courage, which way did You
dccide2'
Mr. Feltz was not quite sure and
the senator asked. rather impatiently
when man came to YOU for
place ana Il was q question az to
whethcr he could shoot well on pray
well. which aid You choose Fl
with "a smile. tire chief of the
guards answered "Well thluk to
shoot wen would be The qualification
needed in controversy such as
there was in the creeks
Mr.. Feltz told the committee his
concern received something over $500
a day for the services rendered by
.he number Of the men in the field on
the creeks when the trouble was a.
rs heieht.
scores of witnesses called by the
miners today testified that the prin-