The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 2, 1920, Page 4

. they pick up now and then. MINERS IN TENTS FACE. PRIVATIONS Women and Children Forced Out of Their Homes by Armed Guards | Conditions under which the strikers in Mingo county live are described in today's dispateh from Harold D. Jacobs. He was sent by the United Pr into the West Virginia hills to tell what is going on there in the guerilla warfare between strikers and mine guards in which 2 lives have been lost, bombs have been set off and frequent shoot ing affrays have occurred. eee D. JACOBS (Copyright, 1920, United Press) v AMSON, W. Va. Dec ains put a damper to lities between the strik- d mine guards in the) Tus River valley The weather also intensified the bitterness of the miners wh have t company 1 wh ne live in} > war refugees troops, ordered Into Minge y to stop the bloodshed and dynamitings that marked the mine feud, were cleaning up the Streets of Williamson today and put- ittered town in spick and I visited one of these on the muddy creck The colony was in an tsolated place, reached only after a perilous | automobile trip over narrow moun-| tain roads that had become slippery streaks of yellow arf? black clay. Finally the car hatl to be abandoned. Then, slipping down a 20-foot clay bank, I landed in the midst of the settlement, which bulked mistily’ thru the West Virginia fog. The tents were raised last June and July, but they looked as if they had seen service for years. They were the color of washings that hang from back windows from tenements on the lower east side of New York Rusty stovepipes were thrust up ward thru the moisturestreaked roofs, emitting sickly yellow smoke that quickly lost itself in the drizzle. ‘The settlement was laid out so there was some semblance of a street. ‘There were no people in sight. Those that were at home were seeking shelter from the wet behind their canvas walls. A few of the men were absent, working at the odd jobs For the most part, however, they are de pendent on meager benefits from the United Mine Workers, which also furnishes fuel and clothing. I was informed that there were 2.500 men. women and children in this tent colony. CORRESPONDENT RECEIVED WITH SUSPICION In reply to a cry of “Anbody home?" a woman who might have been middle aged, but looked much older, thrust her head out and shrilled: “What do you want? Finally, the tent fastenings loos ened and an overalied man, with a gray stubble of beard, mvited the correspondent within. Dampnets carried a penetrating chill. The occupants, consisting of man, wife and five children and four neighbors, were huddled as closely as possible around a smal! sheet tron stove. At first they were suspiciously un- communicative, but when they satis- fied themselves the correspondent was what he represented himself to be, the man told the story of George Newsome. He was employed at Goody work- ings, just across the Tug river, in Kentucky. When the company learn ed he had joined the union, be was ¢nified to vacate his house prompt ly. He asked for three days to find another place and the company agreed. The next day, however, eight deputies arrived and summarily dumped his furniture into the road, he said. “Did you protest?” he was asked. “YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH EIGHT MEN CARRYING GUNS” “Nope; you can't argue with eight men carrying guns on their hipa.” “Did they molest your wife or chil- dren?” “Nope, I weuld have done some thing then.” That's how’the Newsomes came to be of Lick Creek tent colony Mrs. Newsome, as head of the household commissary, was ques tioned bout food. “Oh, we eat fine,” she answered. Then, under further interrogation, explained they had meat often, twice a Week some weeks; that they had plenty of corn bread, potatoes and canned vegetables. One thing she would have liked to have had was milk for her baby The baby has been depending on canned milk and it is hard to get “Of course, when George was work ing regular, we used to have better eating,” she added ARE SIMILAR her families were visited Their stories were similar. There is also the companies’ side to the eviction of tenants. They have provided good homes for their workmen, some having running water and electric lights. When a man quits work, they contend he ‘has no right to their houses, and must make room for a man who will work. The same applies when they dis charge an who joined the union, auzwine, secretary of the , Operators’ associa the strike was} n the coming of fed-| additional mirles | tion, » broken, eral troop would be re “All that’s needed to restore nor. mal conditions in thfs district is en forcement of the law,” he said, There is a small nucleus of strikers which terrorizes the others and pre- vents them from returning to work, he said The operators accuse the miners of dynamiting mine property and shootin: © the shafts to terrorize non-union workers OPPORTUNITY, ST A™ WAN TAD S| ¥ THE SEATTLE STAR — 1 ; t territorial or politi | a to the aan abor Demands Congress Probe Profits : ree eae aa | the leagu with the minor states, bleed Editor's Note — The United | period, during which many corpora-| commodities which form the basis of| groups of interests anxious to re! 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