Evening star., 1922-07-18
RAIN F0RESTALLS
NEW MINE BATTLE
West Virginia Guard Attack
ed-Reports Many March,
ing Over State Line.
OFFICERS SEARCH IN VAIN
Tent Colonies of Striking Miners
and Families Forced to Move
After Fatal Fight.
OFFICERS SEARCH IN VAIN
By the Associated Press.

WELLSBURG. w. Va, July 1S.-A
mine guard stationed on the hill
above the Clinton non-union mine,
where yesterday morning Sheriff Fl.
Fl. Duval and three other men were
killed when the property was at
tackled by a large force of marchers
from over the Pennsylvania line,
dashed into Cliftonville early today
with the report that men were pre-
pairing for another attack.
Capt. White, commanding the state
constabulary. quickly sent a force
into the hills, but they returned
empty -handed. A terrific rainstorm
broke Immediately after the alarm
was given and Capt. White express
ed the belief that it had scattered
the crowd.
Many Alarms In Night.
This was only one of many alarms
between midnight and dawn. In
every instance, however. they have
proved false and not a shot has been
fired in the village since the battle
terminated early yesterday
Acting on orders from Sheriff Tom
Duvall, who is filling his dead fathers
place. the tent colony of striking
miners and their families, near the
mine, was abandoned early today.
State troopers made the rounds of
the tents and notified the men and
women that they must move out
without delay They lost no time in
obeying the order. taking nothing but
food with them. The authorities pro-
fessed ignorance as to where they
had gone.
Sheriff Duval said he was deter
mined to break up the colony and
that none of the people who had been
living there would be allowed to re-
turn to the tents.
Women Seek Relatives.
A number of foreign women. none
of whom could speak English. came
to WelIsburg today from Avella Pa,
the mining town across the border,
where the mob which attacked Cliff
tonville was formed. Through in
terpreters they said they were search
ing for male relatives who had not
been seen since Sunday night. 1t is
believed identification of some of the
forty three prisoners held here and
in Wheeling will be made through
these women.
For a time last night Sheriff Duval
believed he had in custody the man
who had killed his father pris-
oner. who gave his name as George
Harvey. had identified another pris-
oner as Steve Belts, a miner from
Avella, who. he said. shot the sheriff.
and the supposed Belts were closely
examined by the authorities. and 1t
was not until after o'clock this
morning that Harvey, they say. broke
down and confessed that the other
prisoner was not Belts.
Forced to Join, He Says.
They then turned their attention to
the other man. who said he was Steve
Timcadi. miner of Avella. He de-
clared that he had been compelled to
join the march, and had taken no mart
in the fighting. Questioned as to how
he came by his broken arm, he said
that he was lying in the weeds above
the tipple when he was shot, and that
he was not even armed. Deputv
sheriffs, however. said they recognized
him as one of the attackers who was
very active in the shooting at the
tipple.
Another missing man was added to
the Two VINO were believed to have
gone down in the ruins of the tipple
when inquiry was made for Steve
Mall, a commissary clerk at the mine.
Mall was seen>during the early stages
of the battle. but no one has been
found who remembers seeing him
after the tipple was blown up.
State policemen and more than
score OF deputy sheriffs worked All
night In the vicinity Of Cliftonville
rounding up every man who was mn.
able to give satisfactory account Of
his whereabouts Sunday night ana
yesterday morning. Forfy-three per-
sons had been arrested up to y
o'clock this morning, and q telephona
message from the mine said thai
seven more were on their way to
Wellsburg.
Sheriff Tom Duval and his denutY..
expressed their determination 10 ret
to the bottom of the whole NASTY
business" AZ one of them expressad
It, and with that end in view weIe
securing every village and all the
roAds between the Ohio river and f1,e
Pennsylyanie state line ID the upper
part cf Brooke county S ss.