The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-20
MINE WORKERS . !:
DEMAND SENATE
INVESTIGATION
REPRESENTATIVES OF ::
$4,000 MEN IN ACTION
Constitutional Rights Of Citi
zens of Mingo County De- ::
clared Trampled Upon -

Charleston, w. Va, June 1s-Declar.
ing that there exists In hinEo county
"A situation which can be classified only
AS n struggle for constitutional fights
officers Of District II. United Mine
Workers OF America. at q conference
Eerc today. adopted resolutions renew
ing their appeal for congressional in
y-stigation of conditions in the strike
AREA on Tug river.
CoDies' OF the resolution were dis
ia trhed tonight. according to Fred
Monn"y sccrrtar? Of the district. TO
president Harding and Senators VIII
liam r.. Rorah. Arthur Caper, Davis FL
kins. Joseph $. Frelinghuysen, Hiram
". Johnson. William 3. Kenyon, Robert
NJ. I.aFollette.. George W. Norris. Robert
l.. owen. Howard Sutherland and DaFid
|. Walsh.
The 3ssolutton
The resolutions are as follows;
Whereas. There exists in Aingo couh'
u, West Virginia. today, a situation
which can only be classified as struI-
gle for constitutional rights. and.
Whereas. The miners Of Mingo county
are only asking for the opportunity 10
belong 10 the union OF their craft with.
out molcsta tion and,
Whereas Some Of these miners have
been brutally murdered in cold blood a.
the instiga ton OF few coal operators
who seek 10 deprive them OF these guar.
antccS embodied in the Constitution OF
the United states and the Bill Of Rights
OF Inc State Of West Virginia, and.
Whereas. Only few days ago the tent
colony Of strikers Al Lick Creek. neaE
Williamson. was wrecked By tho state
constabulary assisted Ivy the Baldwin
Felix's operatives, and Alex Brcedlove. \
striker. VAS shot down in cold blood by
state constabulary after he had thrown
I'D his hands as ordered by the onicef.
and after Breedlole was murdered t1f
same man who fired. tho fatal shot TOOK
him hy the feet and dragged him into
the county road. and.
Whereas. Many tents occupied by As
striking miners were wrecked. the mea-
gre furniture owned by them was do
sLrovcd. and even the groceries on hand
nj tha, time were destroyed, kerosene.
oil pourcd into milk churns owned by
tho strikers in fact. everything which
came in the wake Of the wrecking crew
was demolished. and,
Whereas. The miners and citizens. o.
that county have repeatcdlx..bexeed Tor
:. federal investigation toSSeN31a4n why
.ivil government Is denied those who
dominate the industrial and political AZ
fairs IN the state OF West Virginia. AM
Whereas, After decision was handy.
down by the supreme court OF the State
ot Vest Virginia declaring that TIA
martial law proclamation issued ny
Governor Morgan Is Illegal. the repres-
cntatiyes Of Governor Morgan have
steadfastly refused to comply with that
decision. therefore be II
Resolved. That we, the aggregate
representatives Of forty-thousand min
ers OF the State OF West Virginia DO
ask that the senate OF tho United states
institute an investigation without de-
lay into the collapse OF civil government
In MinEo county OF this state. and be Il
further
Resolved. That the senate take action
without delay. since fresh outrages are
being perpetrated daily and the entire
region again Is verging on civil war.