The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-11-01

! GOWN the teSillnDuN Ol luc "ithCo'
by attacking his character. They
asked him If il We're not true that he
had stolen pig once and consider
/ able lmchtrr Spr"nG up III the court
room when he confessed lie had eat
Ell half OF a stolen hog without know
Ing the porkcr had been pi!iered by
one of his friends.
! Myers testimony was presented by
! the prosecution 10 show kamlnskl
+ alleged leadership in the march on the
! CliftOnviir mines and to furnish the
story of events in Ayoila preceding
J the attack.
! Myers declared that he was an TN
willing participant in the affair, saying
) that he was threatened with death II
he backed out.
| Miners Held Meeting.
! According TO Myers the union
miners had held meeting on Satur'
| day night at which 1t was determined
10 march on the Clftonville proper
ties and brighten out the non.union
miners.
MYERS said he first saw Kaninsk'
On SUNDAY night. July IS. on the bridge
a, Av,lIa. about $50 o'clock. He heard
Kaminski tell others. that men from
mining camps al Donnhue. puauesne
and Cedar Grove wcr" TO join the AEella
crowd at the ball diamond in Penova-
The Avclla miners began TO move at
ahnu, 1880 with kaminski leading the
band. Myers told the jury =,
Il heard Kamuski say he had gun
ftcstic!cd tn" youth. and while we ~cFe
marching we met George Cline ianother
Of the indiCtcd) in his car and some one
,,ld him there would be two car loads or
guns and ammunition az tho bail
grounds.
Rally ut Ball Grounds.
"Ar the ball grounds we mot the men
from other amps and someone made
speech telling us T any one shot at US
70 chase them to Africa and get. en-.
Movers declared he estimated there
were about LOCO men At the ball
grounds.
, II was midnight before the march
from ,'e hall grounds to CliCtonville be-
. gan. The marcherS started through
the Wabash tunnel when man trI"d 10
stop them, urging them to turn back. AT
this point Meyers said he tried to leave
but Mark Tuloc told him he would DO
shot un II he tried to escape.
March Through Tunnel
Leaving the tunnel the marchers
turned up over the hill at the left OF
the Virginia station:
al heard KamInski say Let's go get
'em In the camp - Meyers testined. we
reached the top of the hill above the
,ipp!c and Kaminski kept say Ing. Let S
60 down 70 the mine but the men
didn't want TO so then. Johnny Peters
lined up the, Cedar Grove bunch ann
Kamin>ki yelled for the men with high
powered guns 10 get in T! ont and told
those who had none TO get IN the rear
and TO use their clubs.
After he had lined the men up.
heard kam!nski say who sad /
couldn't line EN- up? kaminski re-
marked that the mine was in a horse
shoe shape and that the guards couIdn
very well get out.
Kaminski Lead Men.
.F<aminsk! made the men without
guns get behind trees and logs
10 stop anyone from attacking US
in the rear. The last time l saw
Kau!nski was when he and about
10 so over the hill. | saw aLvut 20
80 over the hill. ISwas abou; dawn
and kamnski was waving revolver.
After the fight Myers said he saw
Kan!nSk in an automobile IN Avell1 at
about $50 IN the morning
On cross-cXam!nat!on Myers did not
WAIVER from his story, but declared that
II he had not been forced 20 so he would
not have marched 10 Ciif;onriilr.
Throughout the cr0sS-eXamination nt
torneys for the defense tried but with
out success TO secure admission from
Myers that both he and kaminski had