The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-09
CLIFF TONV|LLE
NINE RIOTERS
TRIAL BEGINS
wELrSsURG TAKES ON VIBRANT
AIR AS SCORES OF MINERS
WIVES AND FRIENDS
INVADE TOWN
Actual Trial Likely to Be Delayed as
Arguments for Change OF Venue
Are Made.

Arguments for Change OF Venue
Are Made.
-
wcrsl,,rc- sl!rn.d an, nf It's .nu~cr,a-
,ly. self last hight and t,ok ON a Vi.
hiram, C>r,,,,nr mir Hinged with sup
,r.>scj excitement ~ s.nr,s ~ wives
.,,I friend. Of tho su,,l arm, of ,,inc"s
J., 49,, 80, zeal ,nl,, Cor ,h.rr alleged
,.,,Ir,i,i,, :, Nv. ,,.d an q. ,vHr,nryIllc
;ju,,jc - v.ni,h Shcr;fr n II pu,.,, WA.
siam invaded tho ,own.
Women carryln.. infants stood IN
-rnuus bout The streets Al >cr, dis
,.uSSInc tho trial. Tnrir faces revealed
their ANXIETY. Miners roughly dad.
made up other groups. Their roOVCrSd-
i;"u WAS nc sane. Thu Impending trial
VAS tn" on" topic OF Interest.
bf ~" SO miners. Il face charges OF
first dscr'" murder while tho lesser
counts rance from conspiracy To simple
assault;
Counsel FOR tn" defendants. suppl Cd
by tn" lnit"h M'rc Workers. included
Attorney charles J. Schu"N. n. Nc
k"". 7. \ p'Eri"n. NJ !. tulitnan ~
Wheeling. ana john - Gardiner and j.
I. Bigger 81 Steuh"nNi'". FOR INC
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= harrr.d !, all ~ Icnusylyania
q, ,ris ,honry say ,bo defense Law
vrrs IN, irdi,,mcrtt sbo,.d can ;n,s-
,uu.h >. ,b.,. ny, vbo,I,. ,nr.I ,r ~
gal
Tie stale +, onrosirr this Wow holds
that. REGARDLESS of where the plot had
i,s i,rcr,;o, III, f,r, tho, tho ,rurdcr
was committed IN this stat" is suffi-
ricnt to give the cour; jurisdiction AMI
urh"ld validity Of the indictments.
In advancing This arSum"nt Attorney
y. r I2rdlan declared that an exact
pr'''H'ht CN'Sl"d III the a'''hp' OF a
Leo Well OF Pittsburgh t" escape the
jurisdiction Of tho West Virginia courts
n suit that attracted nat'"n-widc
attention some time ago
Indictment Likely to Stand.
That tho indictments viii I've hello
good was generally predicted by law
ycrs following tho case last night who
said that. tho rrcccdcnt established in
the We'll case gives tho court sound
nrcCcdcnt TO follow.
,t,orpeys rrnrescntinr the defense
viii cndeayor To obtain change ot
venue on tho grounds that an impartial
trial Is impossible in Brooke county
o,.,nr "a ,rciudicc NJ tho indictment
attack fails.
As prejudice. lawyers say. is one of
Tho most difficult things to prove In
,v,,b caecs tho hurdnr Of orinion ex-
,1 lac, r,rb, Indicated that little
,i.,.d ta ,ho ,,o,i,ion.e heinr
.n"",'
era"', validated
"'"s
In ordering tho jurors drawn NOT u"
report un''i sept w. me ''''' IVA ~
dca.ed its hc(inf that the arguments on
,h. indictments and for n change Of
vsnuc will las, more than week
I,v,ers sov
Ava i. is believed that the court
ro,,yod rho ain, or The miners counsel
.,,, :. t. u.jd Will insist that the
,tI $780,, 10 triad cenara,rlv
'nui'''" NV y. - ,,,rrler
mat car" ~ ,''e i've" ,.I .i,,o
'"u'''n''"' 49, r, ,n., rI,b, hy
was tho belief advanced last "'s"' 70
lawyers here wh" Sa'h '""' S''ur
arc sought more as matter u wi ~
than anything else.
\ touch OF irony viii be lent IN" lria'
to-day when court c"nrcues Tor rom
Duval. "A son Of tho slain Sncrtl' VIII DC
in charge of the prisoners a6 they arc
arraiCncd.
Attack Unexpected.
,r, c;,.,,, .,.r,.d with Tho suddcnncss
t,. 80 ,h,rlcr Eon.uniou men
W claimed they had
.'ns ,hrca,s al striking union
i ,ho pcnrt.ylvania side were
'i, - "gc, thrm," Sheriff II. H.
r,',''',,, ,,ris homo here when he re-
i'."a oticnhone call a few minutes
,r.a rnidniyh, on July Il. They're
n.ist, hnIi AZ r.uftonviIlc," was the
$3.50
Inras,i.a,ion disclosed that a series
- h,.narrii, emissions was terrorizing
~ non.,,n;on men. Signal rockets were
,n.hirc fron, the mountains. Mine
c,,r.Is told tho sheriff they believed
,,n mountains was irving t.
ne mo" III r,.,,, ,,o nroncrty prelimf-
,r, ~ an attack in force.