The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-16
allied with a gas that caused extreme
iauSCa. but would rot Kill.
Much Ammunition Wasted.

Too many" rounds of ammunition
were fired, he answered to Il question
on that point. supplemental" tn" IN
swer with an estimate Of 100000 10
6rh, 900 rounds on IN" defenders sid
and about IN equal number on tn"
other. There Was a change in his
voice when he answered i. G.. Town
sends first question on cross exam
nation. which referred 10 an army Of
fCcr's description Of tn" conditions un
the miners side a. 'COmiC opera ~
rare,' and asked If the same" were ma
true on The Logan side.
Al fhr end of the comic opera wllch
The curtain was Iung down all the act
urS were alive. We left three There
Colonel Eubanks replied in tones al
most tender by contrast 10 his custom
airy clipped speech.
Asked to explain his term enrolled
militia. into which II" said the men
were sworn. the witness made the dis
tinction that the enrolled militia could
be mustered for short terms It service.
while the term OF enlistment in IN"
National Guard was either one ur Tire"
wears.
Don Chains Testimony.
The court room, usually almost
empty during the early hours OF each
days session. was crowded at IN"
opening today, when the name Of Don
Chain. whispered about the town. act
ed like magic.
After a brief recital 81 his confer
"nCcS with the governor when n"
learned Of the gathering Of armed men
Al Marmpt preparatory to marching
across Logan and Mingo counties, he
said that Of the loo residents Of 10
=an county whom h" d"putizcd during
the trouble the greater proportion
we're miners.
When Captain Brockus arrived with
ninety state police the sheriff CAV"
him a warrant for fortytwO men
charged with assault on John Brown
ing. a deputy sheriff. Most OF the men
lived around Beech creek, he said.
He had called most OF his guard Oft
the mountain the previous day when
he heard the marChers had dispersed.
but returned them the same night
upon hearing the miners had comnan-
dccrcd a train and wccr on their way
10 Blair. He turned the forces over 70
Colonel EubankS August 50. he tcstl
fed. and thereafter took orders from
him.
5000 Defenders on Firing Line.
Eichty percent OF the 5000 men who
were on the firing line at L time, he
estimated. were residents OF Logan
rOunty, and beside the great number
of miners. included doctors, lawyers,
bankers and preachers. II" had on"
airplanr. borrowed from a friend al
Hinton. during the first week. Chain
aid. and its use VAS restricted solely
10 observation. Later, under Colonel
!,ubanks. the number was increased 10
five.
Cross examined as to machine guns
used by III" defending forces, ne said
they had been in the court house fcr
two years. and later explained that
they were bought 10 repel a previous
~ proposed invasion in 1919. Beside
the machine Guns, there was a supply
or 500 or 400 high power rifles.
Paid by Operators.
Rlizzard's attorneys. who had been
questioning other witnesses rs to
hatred OF the county deputy SheriTS by
tho miners in union fields. went into
III" number OF deputies and the mar
ncr Of paying them. There were not
more than twrnry.*iX Of the men.
Chafn said. and they were paid h!
him. ih.ir salaries ranging from $3.50