The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-27
TREASON TRIAL
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to designate which were included :
The defense would furnish list OF the
locals and their officers was sCornful'
Is rejected by Mr.. Houston, who asked
how defendant could be required 10
furnish evidence against himself.
Another incident OF the session was
the claim on each side that its wit
ncSscs were bling intimidatcd, state
m,nts which Judge Woods ruled were
Improper in thr presence OF talesmcn.
Mr.. Lewis, in his statement after al
iournmeut, called attention to the fact
that tho trials were not connected
with the coal strike, and called the
trials Il godscnd for the people OF the
state, because they brought citizens
from widely separated portions and
entirely different occupations into In
innate contact.
The Real Issue.
The right OF workiugmen 70 organ
tzr and protect their own interests Is
the great isue that Is al stake IN these
cases" he said. thousands OF men
win arc employed In the coal mines ol
southern West Virginia have been de-
coal companies to whom profits III DOL
lars ana cents Is the all-controlllnS
pr!nc!plc. Tho United Minc Workers or
America carried to these helpless men
the gospel of organization, and 1t was
this fact that caused the coal companies
TO bring about tho indictment or nun
drcds Of the good citizens OF West VIZ
Einia
Tho United Mine Workers or
America believe In law and order. II
Is opposed TO anything that resembles
vlolatio OF the law OF tho land Inc
vast majority Of the members or the
United Mine Workers In West Virginia
IS composed Of native sons CT this state
descendants from tho old pioneer FAM
! lies. The mon on trial in Charles Io~n
are good American citizens.
Il believe these trials will prove TO
be q Godsend to the people Of West
virginia Hundreds OF men from The
southern end Of tho state, where coal
mining Is tho one great Industry, nave
been brought TO Charles Town. where
! they minelc with other citizens or the
| state who are engaged In an entirely
I different pursuit This occasion az
| lords an opportunity for tho citizen
| Of the two ends OF the state to meet
| each other and become better nc
| Cvaintcd. Citizens OF CnarlcS 1O"I
| md vicinity lind that the coal miners
arc rot the type OF men they have been
! pictured. and on the other hand. thi
! coal miners Of southern West Virginia
arc afforded an opportunity to sec that
,hcro are in this state people whose
! hearts are full Of brotherly love for
their fellow men. Tho accused miners
feel that they are In safe hands II
, charles Town. and that justice will bt
done.
Ho Connection
let me impress one thought 4:
strongly as possible. and that IS thai
these trials In which coal miners from
southern Yves: Virginia arc charged
with treason. murder and other crimes
have no connection whatever, and nc
relation with tho present strike OF unioT
coal miners throughout tho country
neither has the present strike any con
! nection whatever with these trials The
two events are distinctly separate
These men are on trial In Charles To1r
Cor octenscs alleged TO have been com
United nearly one year ago. many
months before the present strike became
effective on April l. o rless than one
+ month ago.
All he wished to say about the strike
was that 1t vas progressing satisfac
torily toward a successful conclusion