The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-18
MIMI WORKERS. LAWYER MAKES. .
ALLEGATIONS Of RUTHLESS ACTS
At THE MINERS TENT COLONY
Declares State Police and
Volunteers Were Disorder
ly and Destructive When
They Raided the Homes Of
Union Miners
;nocio,,o The Intelligencer.

Special 10 The Intelligencer.
Charleston, ". Va, June 17-Secre-
tary-tYeasurer Fred Mooney, Of Dsrict
Seventeen. United Mine Workers or
America, tonight made public the foi-
lowing report just received from tho
unions lawyer. Thomas West. who was
detailed to make an investigation OF the.
activities Of the state police In raidins
ten, colonies Of union coal miners In
Singo county:
Villa msOn. W. Va, June Is.
III W. Houston, Charleston, ". Va.
Dear Sir-On yesterday morning |
Visited the Lick Creek tent colony Tor
the purpose OF taking some statements
regarding the outrage perpetrated there
on the day before. / found that tho
Psta;e police and their volunteer con-
! fcderates had ripped up twenty or more
tents. Some Ct them had probably
hundred Sits IN them. averaging about
six feet each, md had knocked the legs
our from under their cooking stoves and
, the stove pipes down, and where they
, found anything cooking on the stove
they swipcd il of into the coal. box. as
rule found just back Of the stove. They
found some tables set for dinner ana
they turned these with the legs UP ana
the dishes and food left on the under
side.
The broke open every trunk and
riflcd every drawer. They dumped all
the clothes they found out Into tho
middle OF the floor and kicked them all
over tho place. They dumped an organ
out Of one mans tent over the hill ana
hit a phono2ra phi with an axe or some
other heavy tool.
"They poured kerosene oil into
churn Of milk found In one OF the tents
and in others they found such OIL ana
poured it into the meal and flour. In
ono tent they found n considerable auan-
tity OF canned fruit and they put this on
the bed clothes after turning them up
side down on the bed and broke II up.
They put the mattresses on the fioor
and ripped them open and put the
, springs on top OF them.
"They found five shot guns. one hne
Marlin repeater and one very nice
double barrel gun. and they broke the
stocks on these into 4 dozen pieces and
h.rt the barrels In fact I could not
begin 70 enumerate all the outrageS
committed.
called HIM Lar
"I induced Judge Bailey and the pros
ecutinr attorney to view the premises
and while there a couple OF our fAithtui
volunteer policemen came along In an
automobile and failing to recognize our
party. stopped and asked the tent dwell
ers II they wanted anything. and ADVISED
them that they had 1t for them II they
wanted It. The prosecuting attorne!
reported this to Major Davis. who calico
the gentlemen up on tho carpet ana
,hereupon he told the prosecutor he was
7 liar. and that settled the anair.
For two days and nights until to-
night they have had about fifty or these
tent dwcllcrs. penned up In the city
lookup in one room about twenty by
Twenty-Five feet. and without anything
but concrete floor to sleep on. How
ever, We got them out into tho jury
rooms in the court house tonight. where
they will have beds to sleep IN ana
some ventilation. They have the county
jail - full that It Is practically I'm.
possible to get another ono IN II.
think some civil action should be COM
menccd.
We buried the boy who was snot
today, at Ave o'clock this evening. We
had ntncty-etght automobiles In the FUN
tooatsnusd On Pc Hourtssn)