The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-02

Parkersburg, W. Va. Juno Hurry
Ing along through the day, taxing eN''
denco Of several witnesses as fast aS
legal obstacles interposed by attorneys
would permit the trial OF Ramon SPIN,
osa charged with violation OF federnI
court Injunction. was unfinished whcu
United States district court adjourned
late today and will be resumed tomor'
row.
Indications that tho general head
quarters of the United Mine Workers Is
iakinR an interest In the case was man
Tested today by the appearance mere
NJ ,John Moore, international legislative
agent of tho U. NJ. W.. from Washing
ton o. c. He was for several yeas
president of United Mine Workers D'S-
triot No. 6, which takes In part or One
and tho haPanhandIe district OF west
virginia, where the trouble Leading 'o
This case developed. He was Tot sew
eral terms in charge Of that district
headquarters at Columbus. ..
Deputy shor1ffs Story.
All Witnesses examined today were
ror the government. The consensus ot
their evidence showed that on the morn
ing OF February 81. 1922, while Deputy
sh.rirr Dan ALBANIAN Of Brooke county
was conducting party or nine nltn
"a the LaBelle No. mine OF the "es'
virginia Pittsburgh Coal COMPANY 10
cated lust outside Of Wellsourg. IN the
half-darkness Of early dawn. party OF
,bout twenty striking miners, formerly
snployed at that mine accosteh 'ne"'
at the Bethany pike overhead crossihL
of the Pennsylvania railroad. and 'n''
a tuudiSde of shots waS eScnanEeo ne
tween the two parties, In which Deputy
ALBANIAN and three OF the union mo"
were wounded
Depty Allaman was probably the mos
,mnortant witness OF the day. He tesu'
80 tbat he WAS deputy sheriff ni
p,ooke county. employed by Sheriff n
" Duval at the time OF the occurrence
and that his duties consisted or pro-
t.ctinx mine property during the strihe
md k.eping down disturbance.
Employed by COMPANY.
-, cross-examination he admitted
,hot he was employed by the West VIZ
yinia-Ptttsbureh Coal company feoru'
ary I, ls33. and since. ,,a,
Hn testifed on direct examination INA
h. assembled the nine men AT rcstSu
rant In wellsburg to 60 70 me n''''e 'n"'
morning, that ne conducted the va ~.
seven colored and two white men, W."
m, Pennsylvania railroads VachS
ward the mine. and that when the nr.ne
over Bethany pike was reacheu' p"a
Of from fifteen 10 twenty men "r
nroached from the darkness ana
snov.smsn heading them called out'
"Iyhere ara you going" and repeated II.
Ths deputy said ne replied: None oi
r,,,r husiness." and directed his men 10
nroceed on their way. As the sr"N'S
NAN kant on coming toward him. 'h'
d.nuty he testified. drew his mace from
81. nocket. then the man approach'hE
bIr, fred, wounding him In the iett MP
tho bullet passing entirely thr"uSh Ms
leg.
II. transferred his mace TO his righ'
hand. the deputy testified eelhs ~,
handed, pulled his revolver from MS
ho1st.r and returned the f're. he sa''
hs frsd nix shots at the end OF whirh
ha and two men lying on the ground III
front OF him were all that was lei ~
hoth partieS He emptied MS r"N"N',
chambers of used shells. reIoahcu an"
went home. as he was bleeding hao'N
and thought his wound needed attcn.
tion n. left tho other two wounded
wing whore they had fallen. He lnen-
tined tho defandant, Spinosa. as the man
vho had accosted his party and shot
him.
A number OF other witnesses lndent,'
fed Spinosa as leader OF the gang "n,cl'
attacked the deputies and hon-uhlon
man and declared ho- was the person
who started the shooting.
Mcmahon Testihes.
How the striking miners were ac-
ouainted with the injunction order was
,,old on the stand by John Mcmahon
superintendcnt OF the LaBelle No. 4
rnine Of the company. lie said that
COPIES Of tho restraining order printed
in English were posted Oh the mine pro
perty and that he and an interpreter
had visited the Spanish colony where
spinosa and ten other lived and had
endeavored to induce them to return to
work. The provisions Of the injunction
fcontdnued on Page Eleven-)