New-York tribune., 1922-07-18
Town Guarded,
AZ Accused of
Mine Murders
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the mine and later seven or eight out
siders were added.
The striking employees were evicted
from the company houses and pitched
tents on the opposite side of the creek.
There they mad lived peaceably until
last night
The attackers came from the direc-
tion Of AYe1la and approached the tip
pie from the top Of. the hill. Their
force was angumentsd by several hun
dred miners from Avella and from
places on the route.
Sheriff Duval and his deputies ar
rived at the mine early last night, after
he had received a report that trouble
was expected. He and his men had
taken quarters in the tipple with about
fifteen mine guards who had been sta
toned at the mine since the beginning
of the strike.
Several strikers, with rifles. in the
creek camp, kept up constant fire in
the direction of the mine until the
main body, numbering about ESQ,
swept down the hill. Virtually all the
assailants were armed and they fired
hundreds of shots. The deputies and
guards, unable to locate the invaders
on the wooded hillside held their fire,
ShOOtln2 only Wnen Cney WeTe dpAe W
"spot" one Of the enemy.
At daybreak the guards fed to Cliff
tonville, leaving only Sheriff Duval
and his eight men to hold the mine.
The sheriff was killed after a struggle.
One bullet felled him, his assailants
thea crushed his head and fired several
more bullets into his body.
Movingo saw two men enter the en-
gine room of the mino and he followed
them. Struggling with them he was
shot by thl.d men, VINO fired through
ventiletor in the top of the shack.
He was rescued by other deputies.
Outnumbered, their leader killed, and
with Movingo to protect the deputies
decided to retreat to Cliftonville, which
was. safely done, after more shots.
The strikers rushed the mine prop
erty and surrounded the tipple. "Boys,
she's ours" cried one. we own her."
he shouted, and unfurled large Ameri-
can flag. One Of the leaders then fired
stack of paper and placed it in the
tipple, starting a fire that destroyed
the structure, Later the flag was
tossed into the blaze and destroyed.
The strikers dispersed, some going to
Avella and others disappearing in the
woods. None went to the camp.
When word reached here Of the fight
state police at Moundsville were noti-
fed, and about dozen sped to the
town in automobiles. With county off,
GERS and mine guards. they headed
posses of town speople. who were depu.
tized wholesale, and searched the dis
trict tonight, arresting all strikers
found.
Blast Tipple to Save Mine
At noon the tipple was blasted "a
that the entire mine operation would
not be fired. Destruction of the tipple
and heavy damage to the machinery of
the engine room were the only losses
to the property.
Deputies tonight said that they had
seen miners carrying away wounded
men and taking them into the woods.
None, however, has been located.
George Harvey, thirty-fve years old,
Of Avella, one of the men arrested, told
officers that he knew the man who had
killed Sheriff Duval. The man accused
also is under arrest.
Acting Sheriff Thomas Duval, son of
Sheriff H. H. Duval, who was appointed
by the County Court, said tonight
that charges of murder would be pre-
ferrred against all of the prisoners
within the next twenty-four hours.
Duval also wired Governor Morgan
that he had the situation we'll in hand.
Prosecuting Attorney Wilkins, of
Brook County, however, wired the Gov
ernor that the situation was deplor-
able.
After the town quieted down 1t was
learned that the rioting had developed
modern Paul Revere. One of the
miners employed at the Richland- Mar
shall mine, seeing the ight-frenzied
mob approaching, Jumped on horse
and hurried to the village, spreading
the alarm and telling the women and
children to stay in their homes. They
complied with his request. Many of
them took mattresses from their beds
and laid them on the floors of their
bedrooms, crawling under them for
protection from the bullcts.