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7 DIE, MU) Mf It HIT IT HIDE Sheriff Is Killed in Terrific West Virginia Battle. TIPPLE IS SET ON FIRE Four Hundred Striking Miners Open Fire on Guards at Richland Com pany's Plant Near Wellsburg —More May Be Dead. Wellsburg, W. Va., July 18.—Sheriff H. H. Duvall and six other persons were killed and twenty-five others wounded in a fight at the Standard mine of the Richland Coal company, two miles from Welteburg. Thomas H. Duvail, who was with his father, Sheriff Duvail, when 1m was killed in the fight, was elected sheriff by the Broke county court. He at once took charge of the situa tion, with the assistance of Sheriff Clause of Wheeling, and a body of state police. Nine of the men in the mob, sup posed to be striking miners from Penn sylvania, have been arrested and are in jail, and three of them who were injured have been taken to a hospital In Wheeling, according to Information at the mayor’s office here. Pick Off Guards One by One. The attacking party, said to number several hundred, opened fire on the mine guards and sheriff’s deputies from surrounding hills, according to information at the mayor’s office. Standing behind trees and rocks high up In the hills, the attackers opened a deadly fire, picking off the guards and deputies one by one. After resistance had weakened, the attackers swooped down on the mine and 6et fire to the tipple: T. H. Duvall accompanied the body of his father to their home here. “There had been rumors for some time that the mine was to be attacked. It had been operating nonunion and we heard the attack was to be made soon.’’ Mr. Duvall said. “The sheriff had a detail of men at the mine, but he gathered up a number of others here in Wellsburg and we went out to ftie mine. The report was that a big crowd of men were on their way from over the state line, and after we reached the mine the sheriff placed guards around the property. “Nothing happened until about daybreak, when firing began from the top of the hill above the mine opening. We replied to the fire and the sheriff ordered the men to move up the hill. They responded, a ring as they went. The sheriff reached the top before he was killed. T saw him a few minutes before and he was hurrying after a small part of the mob. I suppose he was killed shortly after that, because I found his body there when I came up. Armed With AM Kinds of Guns. “Tlie mob seemed to be armed with all kinds of guns and had abundant ammunition, because they kept shootr ing, even after we had broken their line and they were running over the hill. “Some of them evidently got behind us, because they exploded a charge of dynamite under the tipple and it was blown up. I think it caught fire and was burned to the ground, al though I don’t know. “I don’t know how many ol the men who attacked us were killed. There were at least eight, for I am sure T saw that many bodies. There may be others out in the woods, through which they ran when we went up the hill. T know’ a number of them were wounded, but of course it will take some time fo get the exact number, as the less seriousl; wounded were helped away by th?ir friends. About 400 in the Mob. “There must have been 300 or 400 in the mob, while Sheriff Duvall had not more than about twenty men with him. The tipple and the village of Cliftondale are in a hollow and the mine opening is on the hillside, not far from the top. The mob gathered in the brush at the top and opened fire on the tipple. As soon as the shooting began we started right up the hill after them, and from then until they had all disappeared everybody was shooting his best. ‘So far as I know only one of our men was killed. Irwin Mozingo, a spe cial deputy who joined father when we were on the way to the mine, was wounded. He was shot in the face and pretty badly hurt. “We succeeded in capturing some of the men in the party, nine, I believe and we brought them here under guard. I don t know who they are yet. None of the dead strangers has been identified.” PICK ‘SUMMER WHITE HOUSE’ President HJarding Selects Country Residence of Edward B. McLean, Washington Editor. Washington, July 18. —“Friendship,” the country home of Edward B. Mc- Lean, millionaire Washington pub lisher, on the outskirts of the national capital, has been selected as the “sum mer White House” by President and Mrs. Harding The estate is close to Washington, /within 20 minutes by motor from the White Honse and it is understood that the Hardings will occupy It for lan In* definite period. 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