Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-18
FALSE ALARMS
!. STIR WE[LSBURG
Storm Believed to Have Dis
persed Miners Forming
for New Attack
SLAIN SHERIFF's SON BUSY
BD Associated Press

"euSDurR, w. Va. July lS.-A mine
guard stationed on the hill above the
Clifton non union mine where yester =
day morning Sheriff II. H. Duval and
three other men were killed when the
property was attacked by large force
Of marchers from over the Pennsylva /.
MIA line dashed into Cliftonville early
today with the report that men were
preparing for another attack.
Captain White, commanding the
State constabulary. quickly sent force
into the hills, but they returned empty
handed. A terrific rain storm broke i'm
mediately after the alarm! was given,
and Captain White expressed the belief
that It had scattered the crowd.
This was only one of many alarms
between midnight and dawn. In every
instance, however, they proved false,
and not a shot has been fired in the
village since the battle terminated early
yesterday.
Tent Colony Vacated
Acting on orders from Sheriff Tom
Duyal, who is filing his dead fathers
place. the tent colony Of striking min
ers 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 obcying the order, tax
ing nothing but food with them. The
authorities professed ignorance as to
where they had gone.
Sheriff Duval said he was determined
TO break up the colony and that none
Of the people who had been living there
would be allowed to return to the
tents.
A number of foreign women, none Of
whom could speak English. came to
Wellsburg today from Avclla. Pa. the
mining town across the border where
the mob which attacked Cliftonville was
formed. Through interpreters they
said they were searching for male rela-
tives who had not been seen since Sun
day night. 1t Is believed ident fica-
tion Of some Of the forty three prison
ers held here and in Wheeling will be
made through these women.
Sherin's Slayer Not Caught
For n time last night Sheriff Duval
had killed his father. "A prisoner who
gave his name as George Harvey had
Identified another prisoner es Steve
I,etts, a miner Of Avella, who. he said,
SHOT the Sheriff. For more than three
hours Hervey and the supposed Belts
were closely examined by the nuthori.
ties, and it was not until after 3 o'clock
this morning that Harvey. they say.
broke down and confessed that the other
prisoner was not Belts,
They then turned their attention to
the other man, who said he was Steve
Timcadi. n miner OF Ayella. He de-
clared that he had been compelled to
join the march and had taken no part
in the fighting. Questioned as TO how
he came by Ills broken arm. he said
that he WINS living in the weeds above
the tipple when he wns shot and that
he was not even armed. Deputy shcr-
ifs. however. said they recognized him
rs one of the attackers who was very
active in the shooting at the tipple.
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