My Mom had a relative, his name was Ed CHAMBERS...well Ed and the local sheriff, Sid Hatfield decided they were gonna go up to McDowell County and kill them some of these "thugs" (Pat O'Neal spoke of)...friends and family BEGGED them not to go up there..they said they'd be killed for sure...well they boarded the train at Matewan...and another one of our relatives, John Russle Burke, wanted to go with them..they pushed him off the train and said "No, you stay here and take care of Matewan"...when Ed and Sid stepped off the train in McDowell County...the thugs were waiting for them and shot them all to pieces... no one ever knew how the thugs found out Ed and Sid were coming...( I also have photos Ed and Sid).. To get a better understanding about these three photos I have mentioned in these posts..my Mom said it got to be a very publicized thing..the newspapers were full of happenings everyday and it's all folks talked about for miles..postcards were printed and sold of Ed and Sid and Grandma Jones because of what had happened to them...as well as others I'm sure... Matewan is a small town in West Virginia, near the Kentucky border about 10 miles from Williamson, WVa....Matewan is seperated from Kentucky by the Tug River and Matewan suffered a terrible flood back in the 1980's which just about destroyed everything when a Dam broke loose up on the mountain..They are still rebuilding it today...with flood walls, etc. my sister has the area newspaper with alot more about Matewan and the Miner's Strike...I will get them and continue with more later... Anybody interested in the Hatfield/McCoy War ???...we've got lots on that too... Pam Researching the following surnames: BURKE, CARTER, PATRICK, WINGO, McGRADY, WIMBERLEY, WITT/WHITT, HENSLEY, ROBERTSON.