The Washington times., 1922-07-18
Deputies Get Warrants for 200
More Following Killing
of Four.
BY International New. Service.

STEO EObENNlLLE. ONO, July lS.
-Cliftonville, Va. where four are
known TO have been shot to death
and where possibly several others are
dead in the ruins Of the Mckinley.
mine tipple, was quiet today.
With forty.five prisoners already
taken by Brooke county deputies,
deputy sheriffs are securing the
country. armed with warrants for
the arrest OF 200 others. Their
search has been extended to the
Pennsylvania border.
The situation in Brooke county Is
tense as prisoners are being cap
tured hourly. Authorities all night
feared an attack on the Brooke coun-
ty jail at wellsburg, where twenty
eight fthe captured miners are
held, and a large guard was held in
readiness but the night passed
quietly.
Tom DuvalI, son of II. H. Duvall.
slain sheriff, after being named To
succeed his father, made II his first
official duty to confer with Prose
cutting Attorney w. 8. WiIkin and ai'
range for a special grand jury To
probe the Cliftonville massacre.
Charges Of murder will be placed
against the forty.five men now I'm
prisoned and against any others whc
might be apprehended by the score
of deputies securing the Brooke
county hills. Nearly all of the pris
oners are from the Cliftonville area.
No troops are on the scene. Prose
cutting Attorney wilkin. in a tele
gram to Governor Morgan last night
said the situation at Cliftonville ID
''deplorable." For the present nc
troops will be sent to the battle scene
Orders were given yesterday tol
troops to move, but were rescindec
after II was found the Brooke county
authorities. aided by Ohio county
deputies, had the situation well under
| control.
Governor Morgan today telegraph
ed thanks to the Brooke and Ohio
county officials for the fine work
| Governor Morgan also telegraphed
q report of the situation to Cover
nor Sproul OF Pennsylvania al
Harrisburg and received a reply that
a large number Of State constabu
larry had gone to the border and that
the Pennsylvania executive was 10
ing all in his power.
Adjutant General Charneck. Of
West Virginia, has made sure thai
the national guardsmen are in read
mess for any emergency that may
arise. Prosecuting Attorney Wilkir
this morning conferred with Judge
J. B. SomerVille relative to the call
ing of a special grand jury to bring
about speedy justice to the men whC
made the bloody attack on the depu
ties and the Cliftonville min'
tipple.
On all sides expressions of grie
are heard over the death Of Sheriff
DuvaIl Only a few days ago Duval
declared to a newspaper man; ",
expect to die with my boots on befor'
this mine trouble Is over"
Steve Belts, Of Avella, Pa, one "
the marching miners, was arrested
early this morning by Brooke count,
authorities and is held as the slaye
OF Sheriff Duvall Belts, who wa
wounded and carried his left arm II
sling, was captured near III
Pennsylvania line and taken I,
wellsburg by five deputies. As h
was being led into the court hous
large crowd gathered and ther
were threats OF violence. When h
was placed in the county jail
Sheriff Tom Duvall, the murdere,
mans son, turned pale and he wa
restrained from attacking Belts
George Harvey, a miner, of Avella
who also was arrested, declare,
that Belts is the man who sho
Sheriff Duvall. Belts was late
taken to the Ohio county Jail n
Wheeling.
Acting under orders of Sheriff
Duvall. a large number OF deputie
this morning dispersed the miners
tent colony at Cliftonville. Approx
imately twenty tents In the miners
camp were torn down and the accu
pants were scattered. There wer
very few men In the colony whe
the breaking Of the camp started
most Of the miners having disappear
ed after yesterdays battle-