Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-17
9 PEACE OFFICERS ARE SLAIN
BY MODS AT WEST VA. Mines:
TOWN And Triple BURNED
Sheriff and Eight Deputies Killed and Many Others
Wounded Near Wellsbmg, by Men Who Marched
Across Pennsylvania Border to Non-Union Mine;
Victims Perished in Building Set Afne; AmbuIances
Turned Back
By Associated Press to Every Even'ng.

Wy Associated Press 20 Every Even'ng
Wellsburg, W. Va. July I7.--sheria
II. IT. Durall and eight men are known
10 have boen killed and n largo NUM-
ber wounded IN fght q ? the clifton
vile mine NJ mo Richland Coal COM
pany, ten miles from WeIlsburR near
the Pennsylvania state line today.
The dead were brought 70 WeUsburs
and the wounded taken 20 Wheeling
hospitals.
7. H. Duyall, who was with rs
father at the mine when the hght
took place, accompanied tho body of
his father 70 their homo here
There had been rUmors FOR sorn.
time that the mine Was 20 DO attack
cd because it had been operating nom
union" said Mr. Duvall. and .aqt
night we heard the attnck waz ~ "a
made soon. The sheriff had ~ detail
u men a. the mine. but ha gathered
up number Of others here IN Wells
burg and we went ont % tho minis
last night. The report was that
big crowd n men were on their vyav
from over the state line in Pennsviva MA
and after we reached the mine me
/ sheriff placed guards around the prop
srty
Nothing happened untn about dav-
break whom firing began from the TOD
of the hill above the mine opening.
We replied 70 the fire and the shorirr
ordered the men 70 nave I'D the hiU
They responded. firing az they went.
The sheriff reached the top before n.
vas killed 7 saw him few minutes
before and he was hurrving after =
small party n the mob 7 suppose hA
was killed shortly after that because
I found his hody there when T cam.
up.
The nob seemed 20 he armed vrl.h
ali kinds ~ guns and had abundant
ammunition. because thev kep-
shooting even after Wa he'd broken
their line and they were running over
the hnl
Some of thern evidently got n ha-
"lnd Us because they exploded 4
charge Of dynamite under the tlnpia
ana II was blown up. think Il caught
Ilre and was burned TO the ground.
! although I don't know. None OF ~
paid much attention 10 y. We were
/ busy trying 20 break up that mob
don: know how many or tha men
VINO attacked Is we're killed There
were a. lessr eight. for an sure T
saw that many bodies. There NAV b
7theTs out in the woods through which
hey ran when We went up the hul 7
/ Know lot OF them were wounded
iout. of course. T. VIII take some tins
( 20 get the exact number as the ,as-
seriously wounded were helped awav
by their friends
There must have been 300 Or 400
IN the mob. while Sheriff Duvau had
not more than about % men with him
The ,.pple and the v..lage ~ Cltg.
/ lonVi.Ie are IN a hollow and the rline
opening : on the hillside not ar
from the top. The mob gathered g.,
me brush AZ the top and opened rr,
on the tipple. As soon a. the shoo--
InS began We started right Up the all
after them. and from then until rhav
I mad all disappeared everybody was
shooting his best.
80 Tar as I know only one of on
men was killed. Irwin Srazinzo
special deputy. who joined father last
night when We were on the way N tha
nine was wounded. He was shot n
the Iace and pretty badly hurt.
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