East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-20
TWO WOMENS HATE MAY FAN 70
FLAME AGAIN THE FIERY SOULS
OF THE WEST VIRGINIA HILLFOLK


/ safe to say there were several dozen.
In back room were half dozen reg
ular soldiers belonging to Colonel Her.
man Halls detachment, then station
ed in Williamson, but later with
drawn; each was armed with an auto
matte, One tiny movement by some
one might have led to the shooting
up of the courtroom.
Massacre Avcrted.
ment, and II was none other than sid
Hatfield, the young chief of police of
Matewan, now dead. Tom Felts was
striding down the aisle past the bench
es on which sat the twenty-three mi
ners from Matean whose prosecution
he was financing-the men charged
with the murder of his two brothers.
Sid Hatfield was sitting at the outer
edge of the first row. Waves of hot
hatred seemed to sizzle back and forth
between these two arch-foes. AS Felts
came nearer, Hatfild. a slight sneer
on his face. suddenly made ierky
movement to his 'gat'' pocket and os-
tentatiously switched the position of
one of his weapons
Felts later told the writer that it
was the tensest moment of his life.
IF l have ever felt the temptation
to shoot, it was then" he said. 'More-
ever. by the oldest law in the world
the law of self-defense, the law of
beating your man to the draw and the
DROP had a perfect right to kill
Hatfield right there and then in that
court room. And there followed
minute when one move more, ever so
slight, on Hatfields part, would have
sent him where my brothers are"
Felts promptly told the states at
torneys what had happened. Captain
S. B. Avis, his chief counsel, told
Judge Robert d. Bailey, sitting in the
case, who then gave the disarmament
order" which resulted in every man
and woman thereafter being "frisked"
for weapons before entering the court
room.
The killing of young Chambers by
Lively brings to mind the picture OF
his beautiful young wife, who always
sat beside him during the trial her
largo. lustrous dark eyes fastened in
tently upon the witness, the interro-
eating lawyer. or the Judge.
Vitupcration and BLOWS.
If was sba WIN noarlv coused whole
sale bIoodsbsd ono .ftarnoon whom
at the end of tba hearing nc the crowd
filed out of tho court house she at
tackled isaac Rrewer ex-defendant.
wbo had turned states witness send.
inc, t,e,. fist 70 tho low, of tba lanl,v six-
footor fa,no,s as ono of Nrinpo,s most
dreaded +wo-ppn mon she cried.
..you orc dirtv dog you ara trv-
inc, m oot NV bnsbond and NV little
brotbo,. b,ngad,,
on1v the +inooly intarfArenca nv
stata tronnars nrayortad i. rnoh scenc
and ma ssacre Now her husband is
da.d sbnt h,, o,otbor s+ota,s star rrit-
ress T.iva1v
All +bis is a, irbarep+ mort of tho
a,1otioroI so+tirg in which tba racant
"NTorcI, ~ NIingo., wac stayed result
So. -, I,oo5,. fi,,t,;,,o, o,d a. event
,,aI i,,torferenca Of goyarnnant troons
Put yrI,ot u,os this "Nr.rcb 10 Min
81, yvos n &C hoe bean bipted an
oroonizad o+ten,nt hy fira or civ tbou-
sond nrion miners IN forca their way
+brorgt Logan county the "onen
sla,,,, 81 f;old ,,,1,oso o,o,,ic i'm
,,ort,,,co hos boan deecribad in nre-
-, o-r.iota. o,1 .,hrool, 5ou,,,, tho
,,i,t,,o1 stato of martial law exietirg in
1Tirgo9
Al tbo f,cts hrougbt out fms far
tall difforant tale If has been
shown +bat the United Mine Workers
officia1s were and arc against silch a
,1nvo and tbat TWO Of the most in
flnen+iaI offjcia,s Keanev and Moo.
nov brongbt ali their Influence and
,7ays,asion 10 boar n sion tbo
'.r1arcb" Also events have shown
the utter futilitv Of an attempt-or-
90 ,,izod or rnorqa,,izad- -+o force
,,,,ior,is,,, ,,,o,, +bo I.ogap fieIds
what seems infinitely more nrob-
,t,to ie t1,at The cnncontration of union
roirere aroso from tho catherine, nj
i,di,,idno1 ,,ro,ne and that IL oraduaI.
| Il, ,,,i,,ad stronot, and imnetus from
e,,t,oo,,,,o1,. irfIompootor,, 1vorda and
actions
,,ho b;,torost b1ood had bean creat.
ed NV tho .kiIIirg of Hatfield and
| C,t,o o,,t,a.,, t,,, I5o,.a ,5atooti,o IN
,,o,, ,,nion and BALDWIN -TeIts etrong.