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Mine guards carrying guns at Paint Creek.

3169. Mine Guards at Paint Creek, W. Va.

Men being escorted to a train to go to a jail in Wheeling, W. Va. 'Wed. 9 a.m.'

3170. Taking Prisoners to the Train Leaving for the Wheeling Jail

A portrait of W.B. Wilson, Secretary of United Mine Workers of America and T.D. Nicholls, President of District No. 1.

3171. Wilson, W.B. (Left), and T.D. Nicholls (Right)

'The famous Dunglen Hotel of Thurmond built on the South side of New River in 1901. Pix used on page 209 of [Lee's] book. From New Kanawha River and the Mine War of West Virginia by Kyle McCormick.'

3172. Dunglen Hotel of Thurmond, W. Va.

Portrait of Maston White, 'victim of the 'Czar', Don Chafin.'

3173. White, Maston

Circles show the bullet scars. Bottom picture shows police in the streets after the massacre.

3174. Main Street, Matewan, W. Va., Where Massacre Occurred

Two Gun Sid Hatfield is in photo on the left. Ed Chambers is in photo on the right. The bottom photo is the courthouse at Welch where Chambers and Hatfield were killed in the 1921 strike.

3175. Chambers, Ed and 'Two Gun' Sid Hatfield

Train on the way to the front, passing through Ramage, Boone Co. Photo by Miss Sara Jane Pollock, Daughter of A.W. Pollock, gen. mgr. of Spruce R. Coal Co., whose house is the highest in this picture.

3176. Freight Train Loaded with Miners on Way to Front, Ramage, Boone County, W. Va.

'Prosecutor W.M. Wilkens of Brooke County standing with straw hat and light suit. Sheriff Harry Clouse of Ohio County, dark suit and light hat looking at reporter writing.'

3177. Prosecutor Wilkens of Brooke County and Sheriff Clouse of Ohio County

'Left to Right 'Standing': Jim Maggard, Jury Foreman, Reese Chambers, C.H. Kisser, Fred Burgraph, Sid Hatfield, Nat Attwood, Ed Chambers, Lee Toller, and Clare Overstreet. Left to Right 'Kneeling': Bouser Coleman, Ben Mounts, Bill Bowman, Van Clay, Art Williams, and Hallie Chambers.  First Row third from right is Jess Boyd, his name was not on the list. Pix used on page 61 of [Lee's] book.'

3178. Defendants in Matewan Massacre Trials

Officers stand with many homemade stills that were confiscated.

3179. Fruits of a 'Still' Hunt in the Strike District

Top Row: C. T. Higgins, Albert Felts and Lee Felts. Bottom Row: C. B. Cunningham, A. J. Booher, E. C. Powell, and J. W. Ferguson. 'Pix used on page 56 of [Lee's] book.'

3180. Baldwin-Felts Detectives Killed in Matewan Massacre