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SHOT PROM AMBUSHMessrs. Miles Plunidle. John Gibson. and Thos. Hutchison, all From this Gitu.atlftinhura Pr«a, Auk- •Our fellow towuHiuAi), Mr. Miles Plymab*, arrived nome this 11 on From th* coal ti*lds of . V*., in rather a aoriour condition. H** was shot from ambusb last Tuesday night while in charge of a ■quad ol guard* who were employ- \ *d to protect the K**d Ash Miner.Mr. I Ivtnale war aerviug under jeteotive Smith, and war in chargetwenty guard*. They had jnet returned from a detour of th»» 2ompanyV work* and w« re putting heir horses away when fh*»\uisfainsd the volley from the Mnking miner* in ambush. li wa* quite late in the evening a» d he won Id-le H**ftssins e*ca| ed | into the mountMinp.Mr. Fly male wan phot in the riglr. Cheek, th«» bullet break dig the upper jaw bnii* m»d knocking »ut two tee*h. He RiifTered umo’d igony, hut mh he ih a imm lt;•! rugged 'um iliilioit* lit* hoarded the \ A ^ • tram Ihursdav and reached his home m thi* city tin* morning lr Morton, dressed hi* wnuuds tnd now fear* uo serous results The other two men* Tbo*. Hu til • Ison and John Qihson, wore struck in lhe leg*. The Hhota were lired from a distance of over a quarter f a mile and it is presumed tin* I weapon wa* u Winchester. The wound* while quite painful are not souaidered dangerous.While the situation at Red Ash [nine* i* serious it is thought that ihere will not likely beany further outbreak.The Hadley Coal Company at Pour Mile in Lincoln county i* bringing out larger quantities ol coal in hi the last week. Six car* reached -bin city from that point last eyening The company is experiencing great difficulty in getting the product of Lhe mines to the Giiyatidol Valley railway. They have in the last week constructed grading for 11 walk along Four Mile for some dis-Lance and w ill build, towers in each ode of (tuyan river from which heavy steel cables are to he strung.Upon these they will transfer coal in iron baskets from the west to the i*ast side of the river. Thi* point is now an industrial center, and at least one hundred men are at work ibere.In the past month twenty new houses for miners have been put up by Hugh Melrose and a force of hands. Thirty more will go up by the first of September. — Huntington Advertiser.
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Ceredo Advance
Ceredo, West Virginia, US
Wed, Aug 06, 1902
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