The New York herald., 1921-08-27
Mine LEADERS HALT
ADVANCE ON MINCO
900 Agree to Return Home
After Hearing That War De-
partment Would Act.
THOUSANDS ON THE ROAD
Trains Will Be Provided for
Those Who Have Reached
Madison, w. Va.
THOUSANDS ON THE ROAD
By me Associated Press

BIZ the Associated Press.
MapisoN. w. Va, Aug. 26.-The
march Of miners from Marmet TO
Mingo in protest against martial law.
came to an end late to-day, when
President G. IT. Keos of District II,
United Mine Workers Of America, in
duced 600 of the men to agree to re-
turn to their homes.
Keeney said special trains would be
provided for the men here, while the
thousands along the road between
Madison and Peytona already had
taken the back track.
Keeney said he was trying to have
a train here tonight. 1t is only a
short run over the Coal River branch
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
to st. Adams, on the main line, and an
equally short one from there to
Charleston. He planned, he said, to
get the men here aboard the train at
the earliest possible moment, for they
were footsore and weary and many
Of them had marched long distance
before they reached Marmet.
A meeting Of the advance guard OF
about 200 marching miners was held in
the baseball park here. the men occupy
ing the grand stand. Enough stragglers
had come in along the Peytona- Madison
road TO swell the gathering to about 500.
The men sat in the bright sunshine
and listened intently while Keeney and
Secretary Mooney explained TO them the
details OF the conference they had with
Brig-Gen. II. III. Bandholtz. U. s. A.,
representing the War Department, In
Charleston this morning. Keeney told
the men that Gen. Bandholtx had insisted
that the march end at once and es-
planned the possible course of the Fed
eral Government II the men persisted in
their determination to pass through Lo-
gan and into Mingo county.
Two or three OF the miners. who were
said to be leaders among the men, also
addressed the meeting. The more con-
servative OF these speakers urged the
men to take such advice as Keeney had
to offer. Keeney promptly told them to
go back home.
That broke up the meeting and some
Of the men who had Joined the marching
force from this vicinity Immediately
started for their homes.
The newspaper correspondents were
stopped at the gate when they sought to
enter the park, but Immediately the
meeting was over Keeney instructed the
guards to let them pass. He it was who
gave them the report of what had taken
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his Rotor car with him into Madison.
on the way Keeney talked freely Of
the march and explained that as he
and Secretary Mooney rode along from
Charleston this morning they had urged
many Of the miners to return to their
homes at once. This, he said, he be-
lived they had done, or would do as soon
as they we're rested. He said 1t was
expected that the men would be out of
the county within the next two days.
THE men have come long distance
and are not feeling very good about this
situation" said Keeney. II shall do all
In my power TO turn them back, and
iust as soon as the rest Of the men come
in from the mountains I'll talk to them.
IL Is no easy lob.
II never saw 20 many men on the
march before. From Racine to Madison
this morning there must have been 5000
or 10000 men. There are about 1000
ex-servicc men among them
Secretary Mooney said: 1T would be
suicide for the men to advance. Gen.
Bandlfoltz seems 60 command the State.
lie summoned us-Keeney and myself
at 4 o'clock this morning. and a short
time later we left Charleston to stop
the men,"
Keeney. commenting on the march,
said that he had heard no reports OF
depredations by the men along the route.