The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-09
.NARCHERS STON'
MENANDDAMAGI
Mine PROPERTY /. ! I
Mob Estimated at 600
Marches on Hunsakers Mine
Early Today.
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Motor Trucks Damaged by
Stones Hurled by Men
Mine Ordered Closed
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The first serious disorder OF the
nationwide coal strike ~ p ..sa tn Z Di 50.
section occurred shortiys4saIZter an ssss9s
O'Clock this morning when a mob
estimated at from 500 to 500 union
men from Monongah, KingnonLs
and the New England ~ mine It,
Watson marched on the SHunssaz!ks9esrr#a s9sr#
mine near Watson, stone dttheS en-
ployes of the mine, and RsmashedsS
headlights and winds dsh1eIds #8 on
trucks used to convey the coal
from the mine to the plant cot the
Domestic Coke> Cos on last side
Paul Montgomer, onea the
owners Of the mine andttnschargeN
of operations. opened fire on
number OF stragglers who remain
ed in a brush heap ,nearsth mine
tipple after the vanguard OF @the
mob had departed, 1.-THE SInen#
were not in range ,ofSbissgun5san no.
made a. hasty retreat oEepsthe hill
toward Benton's Ferry. sSses W. 5s5ss
According to%thasmenaswork1ng
at the Hunsaker* mine, the mob
had leader and had dsp1annedxan
itinerary for its march todaYsFtn-8
Guiding the stop at theaHunsakerS
Ferry to a mine located kon State
street from there to-, the aHughess
mine, from that placesto the Beer
bower mine nearbgT andst thenSto o
the Aurora mine SatFHouItsW which
was to be Observation-Disclosures
The HunsakerS mine Isl 1ocatada
in a hollow southeastsSo watson
and is aim ost entirely snrroundsds
by trees and und derbrush. sOneScani
not see the mine unit I aImostsrighta
under the small tipple @ AanarroN;
winding cfnder road leads down
to the mine from the#main8high-$
way and 1t was on tli issss11 rowA
road that one OF the trucks Eyvas
attacked today
The men, after ding$arou
the mine awhile, wers ord cred by
their leader to- Quiet down and TO-
retreat The order was carried out,
the men disp ersing and going to-
their homes in small lEgroups
Leave Before Sheriff Arrives
When Sheriff J Jamess ID. Charlton
Deputies Charles Barthol Ed
Hawkins. Howard Char1ton, Perry
d. Burton and Frank Reed, and
Consta bles c. c.. Wbee1er and Ill
liam Toothman arrived on sthesscene
a few minutes later, al the man
had departed. The ofn ncerss obtain
ed the names of "a number the
men in the mob and warrants were
issued for their arrest oday che
sheriff's force will pickup the8nreen
wanted today or tomorrow, and
they will be taken before local
magistrate for hearing
Fearing that the meuBmightssre-s
organize after leaving the 81 Hllnss
Iye,- or n 3F7
their march as planned on theaoths
er mines named, Sheriff Charlton
and his deputies went to BentonssS
Ferry, returning to the city by the
VALLEY road on the East Side, butS
failed to find any signs ofsthe mem.
The officers then returned to the
courthouse to await further orders.
It is believed that the SmenHh have
a lookout station near theSc court
: house for the marcbers always
leave the scene of disorder and are
! out of the way by: the time the sshers
t.iff and his force arrive Today. VI
was said that the neutrality-suspicious.
Hun saker mine just about thegt time
1.-THE sheriff and his force eftBt he
icity. ss
County officers have been deai
ling lenient1y with the men to-
! this time as they have not been
doing anything unlawful blu afteS3
today's outbreak by the8meng and
the destroying of propsrtg and inss
juring Of, men, the officers wi be
Compelled to deal with # theamenS in
a sterner manner, it fssS said.
1.-The men had been there when the
sheriff.s force arrived today. he
would have been comp lied to place
them under arrest and II bring as
many as possible to the county jaIls
- If the situation getsst0 the point
where the sheriff and his depnties
cannot handle it, the StateSPoHcs
will be called upon and cut IN
charge it was said today by a.
county officer This action not
ldesired by the county Gfcers,
would like to be$able to handle the
Isituation in a their own blits
when the men start comm itttng
crimes and travelling IN such Large
groups as the one tina listed sflss
Hunsaker min ne today, ft Is 9earei
that it VIII takeEa larger force Of
fofficers to- hand 8 the ituatton
than can be mustered BY the coun-
4 ty officers
The sHunsakersn ntne las cal pa
city OF so q tons a. a The coal ~
delivered to the plant of the DO
Imestic Coal co by fleet OF eight
motor trucks. The mine Ives
work to about fifteeS nrlen
Operating at capacity.
II J.EB.Hammond,th J, the i'd river Of the
truck, says that one Of5 me fif'st
stones hurled by ti1 81 l11e en- ssst trTaeas
him in the chest ing blood
and bruising him eonaid derably. he
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