The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-05-15

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chairman Of the labor COMMITTEES of
the Williamson Coal Operators Assoc
ciation.
Firing has become general oyer vir-
tually the entire battle front Of seven
miles in the Williamson coal district,
.ii was reported at IL o'clock today. the
third day of the gun fight between
Sympathizers and opponents Of the
United Mine Workers.
Starting at Lynn, w. Va. two miles
farther east than the end of yester-
days firing line, the shooting spread
down Tug riger to McCarr, Lynn, Mer-
rymac and Spriggs, w Va, in sue
cession.
Deputy Sheriffs and Merrmac and
spriggs reported the attackers on the
Kentucky side of the river were eXhib-
iting greater boldness than on the pre-
ceeding days of the fight. Instead of
lurking in the heavily wooded noun
tains they had come, the deputies said,
to the bank of the river and were
shooting across into the towns AT a
range of not more than 100 yards. De.
/. putty Sheriff Clark at Merrimac de-
: scribed the fire of such intensity that
the attackers We're shooting the tops
off the houses.
Captain Brockus of the state police
and Sheriff Pinson. Immediately ar
ranged for special train and mar
shaled force of 90 troopers and de-
puties to go to the battle zone, when
they heard of the fresh outbreaks. The
train also was loaded with provisions
for men, woomen and children of the
besieged mining towns, some of whom
ore said to have been without food for
"a hours.
No information as to casualties in
todays fighting was obtainable. Ac-
cording to an unconfirmed report re-
ceived at the Williamson coal opera
tors association. Matewan also is un-
der heavy fire. 1t was reported at the
offices Of the association also that j.
P. Smith, superintendent of police at
!, Stone Mountain Coal Company had
been attacked by Sid Hatfield former
chief of police. The report stated that
(. Hatfield had struck Smith with a
rifle butt
Hatfield is the principal defendant
i'm the cases growing out of the battle
al Matewan last May in which ten
persons We're killed.
/. McCarr, according to the authorities,
: is regarded as the most dangerous
point or the fighting front. 1t is esti-
mated that fully 200 men are in the
mountains there and steady firing is
reported in progress.
Reports from Rawl, Merrimac, and
other points on the western end Of the
front Indicate that there has been no
firing there since late yesterday after
noon.
The total death list for the two days
fighting still was in doubt this morn
I ing. At least five men are known TO
(. have been killed but the unconfirmed re-
ports Of other killings continue to flow
into Williamson.
The battle in the mountains which
has ragged for two days between SYM
3 pathzeis and opponents of the United
Mine Workers in the Williamson coal
district, was resumed today at Nc
Garry. Kentucky, and Linn. w. Va,
a little village near McCarr. Firing
also, was reported al Sprigg.
Firing continued today along the
! river valley south and east of William
son. but state and county authorities
+. were unable TO obtain details of bat
tie as the wires were down to Mer-
rimac. W. Va. \ special train was
being prepared by Norfolk and West
ern railroad officials to carry party
2 Of state police into the disturbed area.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Butcher Charles
Stafford and Miss Winnie Strother left
!, Williamson this morning for Merrimac
to inquire about relatives in the fight
ing area. After they got off the train
M Merrimac. they were fired upon
Mrs. Butcher said. from the Kentucky
mountains Bullets rained around them
and they crawled into a culvert and re-
NAMED half an hour or more. As FIR
ing continued, they decided to try and
escape from the town on a freight
train which stopped nearby.
While tho men We're helping the wo-
men aboard the rifle fire increased and
both OF the men were hit.