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Hellraisers Journal – Thursday March 5, 1903
Stanaford, Raleigh County, West Virginia – Deputies Gun Down Striking Miners
From The San Francisco Call of February 26, 1903:
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Feb. 25.-At Stanniford [Stanaford] City, in Raleigh County, at dawn this morning, a battle took place between the joint posses of Deputy United States Marshal Cunningham and Sheriff Cook on one side and rioting miners on the other, as a result of which three miners were killed, two others mortally wounded and a number of others on both sides more or less seriously hurt…..
Miners murdered by deputized gunthugs at Stanaford, Raleigh County, West Virginia, at dawn, Wednesday February 25, 1903:
William Dodson
William Clark
Richard Clayton
Miners mortally wounded:
Lucien Lawson
Joe Hizer
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SOURCES & IMAGES
Quote Mother Jones, Powers of Privilege ed, Ab Chp III
https://www.iww.org/history/library/MotherJones/autobiography/3
The San Francisco Call
(San Francisco, California)
-Feb 26, 1903
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1903-02-26/ed-1/seq-3/
See also:
Feb 26, 1903, San Francisco Call
-Three WV Strikers Killed by Deputies at Stanaford, Raleigh County
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120338225/feb-26-1903-san-francisco-call-three/
WE NEVER FORGET: February 25, 1903
-Mother Jones and the Massacre of Raleigh County Miners
at Stanaford Mountain, WV
Feb 26, 1903, Clarksburg Daily Telegram (WV)
-Miners Killed in Bloody Conflict at Stanford (Stanaford) City, WV
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85059715/1903-02-26/ed-1/seq-1/
Feb 26, 1903, New York Sun
-Battle in West Virginia Over Injunction, Striking Miners Killed
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1903-02-26/ed-1/seq-1/
Feb 26, 1903, New York Times
-Three Miners Killed in Battle with Posse, Stanaford, Raleigh County, WV
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120328414/feb-26-1903-new-york-times-three/
Anti-injunction Bill: Complete Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, on the Bill (II. R.89) Entitled “a Bill to Limit the Meaning of the Word ‘Conspiracy’ and the Use of Restraining Orders and Injunctions in Certain Cases.” January 13-March 22, 1904
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1904
(search separately: raleigh; chris evans)
https://books.google.com/books?id=sVsvAAAAMAAJ
Tag: Stanaford Mountain WV
https://weneverforget.org/tag/stanaford-mountain-wv/
WE NEVER FORGET
Three African-American miners were killed outright by deputies during the early morning hours of February 25, 1903, at Stanaford WV:
William Dodson
William Clark
Richard Clayton
Four miners reportedly died later of their injuries:
Lucien Lawson, died 28 February of infection as a result of his wound.
Joe Hiser (Hizer), died 6 March of his wound, nine days after the battle.
Bert Irvin, dying later in the McKendree Hospital in Fayette County.
John Winchester, dying as well in McKendree Hospital.
Sources:
Mar 7, 1903, Martinsburg Herald WV
-Evans Reports to UMW re Murder of Raleigh Co Miners, Stanaford Mt
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120329944/mar-7-1903-martinsburg-herald/
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85059533/1903-03-07/ed-1/seq-2/
Mar 9, 1903, Altoona Tribune PA
-Report of Chris Evans re Stanaford Mt, Sent by UMW to Raleigh Co WV
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120305664/mar-9-1903-altoona-tribune-pa-report/
Wikipedia article, “Battle of Stanaford,” lists the names of four miners who died later, using as its source Raleigh County, West Virginia by Jim Wood (Beckley, WV, 1994).
Unfortunately, have not been able to locate copy of Wood’s book. Lawson and Hiser (Hizer) are mentioned in report of Chris Evans to UMWA. Have not yet found mention of Irvin or Winchester in newspapers of the 1903.
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