The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-25
Two Women's Fiery Hate
May Again Fan to Flame
West Virginia Mine War


being "frisked" for weapons before
entering the courtroom.
The killing OF young Chambers by
Lively brings to mind the picture OF
hs beautiful young wife, who always
sat beside him during the trial, her
large, lustrous dark eyes fastened
intently upon the witness, the inter
rogating lawyer, or the Judge.
II was she who NEARLY caused
wholesale bloodshed one afternoon.
when, at the end OF hearing, as the
crowd filed out Of the courthouse,
she attacked Isaac Brewer, ex-de-
fendant who had turned states wit
ness. Sending her fist to the jaw OF
the lanky ax-footer. famous as one
OF Mingo'e most dreaded two-gun
men, she cried:
You are dirty dog. You are
trying TO get my husband and my
little brother hanged"
Only the timely interference by
state troopers prevented mob
scene and massacre. Now her hus-
band Is dead, shot by another states
star witness, Lively.
All this is an inherent part OF the
emotional setting in which the recent
March to Mingo" was staged. re-
sulting in floody fighting and the
/
troops.
But what was this March to Min
go?'' Was Il. as has been hinted, an
organized attempt by five or six
thousand union miners to force
their way through Logan county
the open shop" coal fields whose
economic Importance has been
described in previous articles, and
break down" the virtual state of
martial day existing In Mingo?
All the facts brought out thus faI
tell a different tale. 1t has beer
shown that the United Mine Worker,
| officials were and are against such
"A move and that two OF the union.
most influential officials, Keyney and
| Mooney, brought all their Influence
and persuasion to bear to stop tn,
| march" Also. events have showr
| the utter futility of an attempt
| organized or unorganiZed--to fore,
unionism upon the Logan fields
What seems infinitely more prob
able is that the concentration OF tn
miners arose from the gather OF in
dividual groups and that 1t gradu
ually gained strength and impetus
from auhsoiucnt inf!ammatory word
and actions.
! The bitterest blood had been Great
ed by the killing of Hatfield anc
Chambers by a Felts detective in d:
non-union and Baldwin Felts strong
hold.
Emotion Breeds an Army.
Gold -blooded murder!" was tn,
cry raised by the United Mine Work
Srs of America. The union saw to
tails Of the shooting. 1t charged
that Hatfield. who. rightly 4
wrongly. had been lifted to a posS
tion OF heroic leadership among IN
union men, had been framed" ant
trapped" and put out of the way
in time to deprive the second "tr!g
ger trial" OF this publicly pictur
esque figure.
As word OF all this slowly sprea,
oFer the mountainsides there de
veloped one of these strang,
phenomena whose genesis can b'
traced back to tho thoughts
emotions and actions of individuah
! -thousa nds of them. Independent
of each other and living in widely
separated regions-and whos'
eliminating manifestation is th'
, powerful. united. Cpncentric actor
OF great mass OF men.
Individuals met other individual
and found they were headed III
same way: "Ahm goin' down to IN
I Mingo co'thouse. All reckon thar
3. be a right smart lively time dow
r there"
I Thus groups were formed, an
- groups met other groups. Present.
= they grew into swarm, into a
. army, for that they are armed-aI
i ways, ana heaviiy-is an old story b
= now.
n Meanwhile the more radical unlo1
, organizers, quick TO seize the ad
= vantage Of thls migration and tn
Q concentric trend of emotion, II
p doubt made all possible capital OF
= OF II. Word was spread that the dC
h, PENDANTS in the second Matcwa
e. gun-battle trial at Williamso
y would be "railroaded" TO the pen
e tentiary or the gallows. Emphas
- was laid upon the fact that for N
first time men from Mingo were
be tried by a jury and from an ou
10 side county. That mo jury can
n found in Mingo to convict thee
- men" had been an open secret Il
n months. Through the efforts Of or
Q OF the Felts lawyers, ex-Judl
@ Joseph Sanders, n member OF u
n West Virginia legislature. an ol
e statute had been devived, makir
n possible the drawing OF "Sranl
- ers' jury"
II Meanwhile, as the number
d marching" miners grew, the co
n operators and their legion OF SUI
e pOrters in Logan. backed up by u
n we'll equipped state constabulal
y and Don Chafln's private army. pr
a pared to meet the threatened ~
n yasion." What at first probah
was the remotest thing from u
Il minds of the marchers' soon b
e, came "A definite purpose, There W
N a clash, then another, then bait
4, formation" and presently actu
Ic battles followed.
ie And that is part OF the story
W the March to Mingo" and Of q
n mining war.
re Whose "gat" will write the begl
l. ming OF the next chapter. and WI
re will be the "fins" OF 1t all?
re FIGHT YEARS OF PROBE