The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-07-21
7 DIE, MANY HUR
IN RIOT At MINE
Sheriff Is Killed in Terrific West
Virginia Battle.
Triple IS SET ON FIRE
Four Hundred Striking Miners Open
Fire on Guards at Richand Com
pany's Plant Near WelIsburg
More May Be Dead.

Wellsburg, w. Va, July 1S-Sheriff
ID. Il. Duvail and six other persons
were killed and twenty-five others
wounded in a fight at the Standard
mine of the Richland Coal company.
two miles from Welsburg.
Thomas FL. Duvail, who was with
his father, Sheriff Duvail, when he
was killed in the fight, was elected
sheriff by the Broke county court
He at once took charge Of the situa-
ton, with the assistance of Sheriff
Clause of Wheeling, and a body of
state police.
Nine of the men in the mob, sup
posed to be striking miners from Penn
sylvania, have been arrested and are
in jail. and three of them who were
injured have been taken to hospital
IN Wheeling, according to information
at the mayors Office here.
Pick Off Guards One by One.
The attacking party, said to number
several hundred, opened fire on the
mine guards and sheriff's deputies
from surrounding hills, according to
information at the mayors Office.
Standing behind trees and rocks high
up in the hills, the attackers opened
deadly fire, picking off the guards and
deputies one by one
After resistance had weakened, the
attackers swOOped down on the mine
and set fire to the tipple:
L. FL. Duvall accompanied the body
OF his father to their home here.
There had been rumors for some
time that the mine was to be attacked.
1t had been operating nonunion and
we heard the attack was to be made
soon" Mr.. Duvall said. 1.-THE sheriff
had detail of men at the mine, but
he gathered up number of others
here in Wellsburg and we went out to
me mine. The report was that a big
crowd of men were on their way from
over the state line, and after we
reached the mine the sheriff placed
guards around the property.
Nothing happened until about
daybreak, when firing began from the
top of the hill above the mine opening.
We replied to the fire and the sheriff
ordered the men to move up the hill
Ihey responded, ering as they went
Ihe Sheriff reached the top before he
was killed. / saw him a few minutes
before and he was hurrying after a
small part of the mob. l suppose he
was killed shortly after that. because
4 found his body there when I came
up.
Armed With All Kinds of Guns.
The mob seemed to be armed with
all kinds of guns and had abundant
ammunition, because they kept shoot
ing, even after we had broken their
line and they were running over the
hill.
Some of them evidently got behind
us, because they exploded charge
OF dynamite under the tipple and it
was blown up. | think it caught fire
and was burned to the ground. al
though / don't know
II don't know how many of the men
who attacked US were killed. There
were at least eight, for am sure
saw that many bodies. There NAV be
others out in the woods, through
which they ran when we went up the
hill. know number of them were
wounded, but of course it will take
some time to get the exact number.
as the less seriousl. wounded were
helped away by their friends.
About 400 in the Mob.
There must have been 800 or 400
In the mob, while Sheriff Duyall had
not more than about twenty men with
him. The tipple and the village of
Cliftondale are in hollow and the
mine opening is on the hillside, not far
from the top. The mob gathered in
the brush at the top and opened fire
on the tipple. AS soon as the shooting
began we started right up the hill
after them, and from then until thew
had all disappeared everybody was
shooting his best.
so far rs I know only one of our
men was killed Irwin Mozingo a spe-
cial deputy who joined father when
we We're on the way to the mine. was
wounded. He was shot in the face
and pretty badly hurt.
I'VE succeeded in capturing some of
the men in the party, nine. I believe
ana we brought them here under
guard. don't know who they are
yet. None of the dead Strangers hos
been identified