The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-13
STRIKING MINERS OPEN FIRE ON -.
STATE POLICE De TACHMENT GOING :, !,
TO SUPPRESS DISORDER IN MINGo

other. and lie in narrowralley. on The
banks of the Tug river. which .separatF
West Virginia from Kentucky.
Terror AZ Hisnt Pals.
Terror rcigned in sthe towns in the
zone Of fire as night fell and 1t was
learned the authorities had failed ~
apprehcnd any OF the attacking fofcess
The bulk Of the shooting heretofore has
been done Mt height when hghtS0
houses afforded easy targets Tor tho
hidden riflemen. Virtually all nghtF
we're cxtinguishcd tonight and residents
kept close under cover.
The outflanking expedition led b.
Captain ,Brockus. despite its extremely
hazardous character. was declared hx
the authorities to be virtually the only.
hope OF routing or capturing tho AZ
tackers. y
state Police Helpless. -.
The state police were virtually hefls.
less during tho day, as the attacking
forces in the mountains were complete.
". screened by foliage and boulderG
while the police In order to attempt =.
direct attack would have been Obliged
to cross the open valley and climb 'tAe.
rugged slopes in full view Of the hi0t
den marksmen.
Pour Bullets Into Train
SERGEANT David Peterson Of the state
police. who led a squad Of men to SpHS9
this AFTERNOON. told tonight Of the plight
in which several hundred passengefA
on a noon-day train found themselves
VIXEN they reached the battle xone.
Bullets were pcppering down from the
mountains when the train got In" "A
said. ..'.z
Women and children screamed and
cried in terror while virtually eveHY
passenger on the train fell prone to tljA
floors of the coaches for protection.
don't know whether any shots wes4
aimed at the train. None Of tho 'paAr-
sengers were injured" -Nsi
Sergeant Peterson. who alighted Al
Sprigg with his suad said his men were
scheduled to hail Of bullets befor1
they could gain shelter ina nearby
cabin. 1ss
Captain Brockus returned to WilltaHss
son soon after q o'clock and said that
the shooting had been general all tbs
Way from Williamson to McCarr, n.y.
a distance of about II miles folIowtpk.
the windings of the river. &
Bullets Gaia Prom Mountain
He estimated that no less than zee
men made UP the attacking partlss.-
Bullets fairly rained from the mountatn
saides as, he said some Of the attacks
crs were using automatic rifles. These
were met BY four or Ave machine guns
which the State police he'd stationed
various points in the valley. The sho
ing Was still IN proRrexs ns Captems
Brcckus drove into Wjlliamson.
So heavy was the firing from .ths
Kentucky side that the state police fe-s
piled and just before nightfaH. accord.
ing to<repors reaching here. men hid.
den in the vicinity Of McCarr, xnquted
TO their friends across the r1ver tha1
one of. their number had been killed
1t also was reported to headquarters
here that the force of state police sent
into the mountains TO outflank the at.
IA ckers had returned to the valley, me
men they sought having slipped tcse
their thin lines and escaped.
Held for stratton d
David Phillips and ]. c. NC
! arrested by state police at Sp
brought to the county Jail here
Captain Brockus said they were
held in connection with tho kill
Strat;on. early in the day. HA
charge would be entered against tn
tomorrow.
Reports from the fighting area at taA
O'Clock were that the firing on Spfi9E.
Matewan and Merrimac bad died doW1
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