The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-26
BLAMES COAL COMP ANY
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NO sir" replied the witness. j
don't know anything about 1t.
That was the substance Of his ieSt''
mony and of those who followed him.
Colonel Hunters Testimony
Colonel Samuel r. Hunter. infantry.
Illinois national guard. who has been
here for ten days and who has re-
peatedly asked the adjutant general
of the state to send troops to protect
the non-union miners, according 10 Ms
own statement and that Of { Il. Ed
rington. secretary Of the Greater Mar.
ion illinois association, was the next
witness. M. Darlington was captain
in the army intelligence section during
the war.
Colonel Hunter told Of being held NJ
by mine guards and taken to Mine sup
erintendcnt c. X. Mcdowell OF the
strip mine Of The Southern Illinois
Coal company last Sunday night. Col
Onel Hunter testified that he urged
Mcdowell to confine the activities o.
his guards 10 the mine property. ana
. that he also urged that these sentrlcS
walk their posts without arms
Mcdowell agreed to carry ont these
suggestions. Colonel Hunter said, in
his testimony.
Saw No Machine Guns
4 member Of the jury asked Col
onel Hunter;
rs it true. Colonel. that they had
machine guns mounted?'
II searched the mine property three
times and Called to fl I'd any" COlone'
Hunter replied.
ct was suggested yesterday 10
Major General Milton j. Foreman thai
the miners had mistaken right angie
sections Of pipe. use for pumping. Tor
machine guns. This suggestion came
from Colonel Hunter.
What did they have, Colonel Hunt
or WAS asked
shot guns. rifles and ammunition"
| Hunter replied.
He was followed by Claude Holmes
Of Herrin. a taXiCah driver. who told
OF being held up a week ago Saturday
by mine guards. when he attempted To
pass along a public road that skir'ed
the mine.
Did Not Know
J. ~ Henderson said he was Inside
the power plant Of the Coal Belt rail-.
way, between the mine and Herrln.
when he heard shots Thursday morn
Ing. and later heard thai bodies had
been found in the woods.
"Of course" INTERCEPTED tn" cnr0ne~
"as 10 how they got killed. Won don
know ANYTHING about that do yon'
IL. 1n
! B. C.. Hamilton, machincst of Ihl&
! place. said he saw the mob coming
down the road and heard - TO zoo
shots fired Who fired them was NJ
/ known 70 him. the witness said.
Saw No Guns
! W NJ. Durton. travelling salesman,
testified:
81 heard the miners had captured
the men at tho strip mine. Later in
, the day wen: ont 10 tho power house
and saw the dead. | don't know who
! did the shooting and saw no guns.
! Elsa Cash and Albert Strom. UNDER
takers. told Of the bringing in OF nine
teen bodies and the finding Of SIX men
in the cemetery. two Of whom later
died.
/ Strom said he got three bodies from
the road east OF Herrin and eight from
I the power plant woods. The body or
! Mcdowell the superintendent. was
found a mile east Of those woods. the
undertaken said. In another woods
four more bodies were found, the
/ witness declared.
J W. Henderson. a union arbitrator,
said two union men were killed June
| q. and that he. Hugh Willis. district
/ substitute board member, and Mr..
Fox" another union official. and Col
onel Hunter. arranged the true" which
preceded tho killing OF the workers at
3 the Lester mine
Colonel Hunter was not questioned
/ regarding this truce.