New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-23
Victims
All Slain After
Surrend er

leave the town or We Wouid p' ran
out. We never got 'hcm. perhaps the
bosses did. When wc saw the miners
approaching yesterday afternoon we
aid not know what 20 do. The guards
prepared for fight. Most Of us work
ere wanted 90 surrender.
Through the night the bullets
rainod in on us. We sought shelter
az we could. The miners climbed upon
tho coal piles and earth embankments
and We were unable 20 see them.
"Tho guards kept firing, but most 81
us hid. Then the miners blew up our
pumping station We had no water
and our food supplies were 10 freight
+ car w the hands Of the miners. About
sunrise we put up the white flag. The
miners poured in and We surrendered
our arms.
None Hurt Before Surrender
UP 70 this time not one Of us had
been injured that ] know OF. although
] understand that several Of the miners
had been shot. The miners spread out
quickly and tied, MS together IN groups
Of three and six. The tied men then
were rushed or IN different directions.
Some of them tried 10 run, but they
were shot down as fast as they moved.
zone miner asked who was the ma
chine gun operator Some ono pointed
h.m out and be was shot in his tracks,
and his body laid over the machine
gun. They tied FIVE men with me, took
us out on the road and told as 70 run.
We ran and hundreds of bullets fol-
lowed Us. We staggered on. but finally
three Of our group fell. pulling the
others wilh Us, tied down, several bull
lot holes being in me already.
81 laid there while men came up and
fred more shots into us from three or
four feet Then everything went black.
woke up later and begged Tor water.
but there was not any. / remember
beng dragged along the road, but !
don't know what by. Then they
brought us TO the hospital"
Three Of Six Killed
ORourke's story was confined By
S. j. Williams and Ed Green Of Chi
caoo. two OF the men tied with him,
VINO arc et.ll alive. The other three
..rc killed. These were thc six found
oy tic correspondent this morning and
whom be- tried % ta6c w2tcr 10, only
to be- f,llsed permission 90 help them.
james r. Morris, o. Johnston City,
I'd, a yOung miner 20 the at'acklng
forces. told the correspondent the at
tack bad been spontaneous and tha.
when the rcn went 10 the mirc they
d'd not really stop 20 ,hink Of th.
b.oodshci shat might follow.
llc WAS wounded eerly ~ tho fight.
."l was on my way 10 Hcrrn." he said,
"Nhcr ] met "a gang Of fellows. Tk"y
said fhCy Hofe on their Nay 20 run
0Lt those scab. a. the NINE Z Joined
\, them and others kept joining Us until
there mus, have been 5000. Most o.
us were armed, and these Nro were
not soon 90 their guns. When we rot
r. the mine we spread out around h..
We had no real leaders. every one wa
working for himself u was just one
big mob out % get tho men who were
running the mine. ! am not sure who
fred the first shot. but after that IL
was real war. The fire kept up for
. hours. ! guess, and several Of our men
were hit.
Just a Mob Getting Started
"Thc fire kept up for hours ! guess,
and sCvera. C.. our men were hit. Late
in the evening was shot in the arm.
The wound was not serious and
walked back TO where O group OF our
men were standing and they sent me
. here IN car. ] WAS not there, but
understand most Of the killing was
done after the mine surrendered. I'm
sure some Of those scabs really were
innocent men It's just the old story
Of mob getting started"
Other miners confirmed Norris's
+ statements.
O'Rourhe is one Of nine men in the
hospital Morris Is the only miner,
ard seven of the imported workers are
expected 20 die. physicians said.
The hospital was carefully guarded.
al doors being locked 10 prevent any
possible attack on the wounded men.
Only persons who could prove they
bad business IN the hospital were ad-
mitted.