The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-09
KEENEY CHARGES
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thor, arc no "Ininc guards" in the Guy
an Valley. but m,n dom. inin" guards
work ar,. made deputy sh'rilfS ana 'h'Y
! thus lcgalizr their brutal methods. IN"
operators of Logan county max" UP
pool paying So much for "ach ton miheo
TO the sheriff system "f IN" county i"r
the SAX, at kcrriIg organization out OF
the valley"
President K.cncy produced from his
files TWO Suhpnrmas for miners by 'Ir
names OF Rrpni" Russ and jane
Mr.hlns whom liz states were ja:!"G
and given their freedom an In" under
, standing that They could leave Hn!an
valley.
AS To the charge thai this recent
movement was 4 R".$hCvisii" movement
I wish To state that out OF IN" l."o6
mon cnramp,d NJ 'panrillr Sunday only
80 w"r" If foreign birth. Italians, anf
| cstin,at" the number If soldiers viii"
had ry,d IN the r-r"ut war as close Z"
700. and they w"r" not all enlisted men.
There was one tex -r"pti!n and '"r"ra'
urutcnanis.
IAN Of the men were workers III anc
about the mines.
'These men tramp"d clos" 10 70 miles
including IN" distan"" they hal come
from their homes and more than lon
were carrying their shoes in Their
hands al the end Of the trip and NUNS
Der of the mems feet Were bleeding
The next morning they wcr" up and
ready to go again. and We're NOT nu;
out of commission by their journc%.
"Th" people all a!UnE the way Tee
the miners. and milk cans were placed
along the roadsid"s and the women
brought out bread and pies to the
h.,,- sar sI he
walked four abreast. but toward the
last they were struggled along the road
for a distance Of fly" miles.
"Anything that has been published In
the labor paper Of Charleston has been
information received from delegates
sent nv miners TO Charleston, and no;
propaganda.
The history of the trouble IS as fol-
lows. For some time thcr" hay" been
spasmodic strikes in III" GuNan valley,
and as many as fifty delegates have
bccn sent to mo at Charleston request
ing organization Of the coal fields there.
Some fifteen men appeared before tn"
district board and were sent int" the
Guyan valley to set the organization go
ing They notified numb"r OF tho
miners that | would meet them AZ
Mace about thrc. miles from SnvcrciE
izing locals. This was near tho hca
'or Rum creek. The miners w"r" On
their way there when they w"r" beaten
back by III" deputy Sh"riffS and Their
leader jailed. Nevertheless. cn"unn
men reached the point tn organic" ~"
locals.
The coal operators Of IN" kanawl!a
fields annrunc" that suit will ne brought
hccausC Of the men coming out on
c, rike and breaking their contract. Tho
Eanawha operators ar" forgCttul OF thr
time when they brok" contracts con-
stantlv by working overtime during the
war in order To speed UP tn" war Work.
They arc forgCtful Of the fact that
tho men went over tho top in every
driyc-ror Liberty bonds. for the ktd
Cross. for the Y. NJ. G. A.. and all other
ORGANIZATIONS where they were asked 10
contribute
Concerning the statement that tho
mon were making more money IN IN"
Guvan fields than in the kanawha olS-
trict Mr. krcney sent tn local hotct
and aroused two mon from their beds
TO got their 81 statements as TO what wages
they received
" O. Thompson. who worked nj
YuIyn. stated that he averaged for "a"h
| ,v-., weeks $50. or $50 n month. although
I b.. said he had IA wife and four children.
! For car of coal that contained not
loss than two tons he received 'lh
cents. while Nj. .-kecncy stated mat IN