New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-31


to dispense and retire pcaceablv to
their respective homes within lin
tied time;
Nov. therefore, I. Warren G. Har
ding. President of the United States.
do hereby make proclamation and |
do herebq command ali persons en-
gagged in said unlawful and insurrec-
tionary proceedings to disperse and
retire peaceably to their respective
abodes on or before IL o'clock noon
on the LIST day of September, 1921,
and hereafter abandon said combina-
lions and submit themselves to the
laws and constituted authorities of
said state;
"And invoke the aid and CO.
operation of all good citizens thereof
to uphold tn laws and preserve the
public peace.
In witness whereof l have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be
affixed.
Done at the City of Washington.
TINS 9oth day of August, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-one, and of the
independence of the United States
the one hundred and forty-sixth.'
Two Regiments Held in Readiness
Coincident with the issuance of the
proclamation, Major General Shanks.
commanding the troops at Camp Dix,
was directed to hold in readiness one
regiment of infantry, comprising 900
officers and men, for immediate dis
patch to West Virginia. The 10th
Regiment of infantry at Camp Shcr-
man. Ohio, commanded by Major Gen
eral George ". Read, has been under
similar instructions for several days.
If troops are ordered into the state
these two regiments will 20 immedi-
ately to the scene of the disturbances
and remain until order is restored. The
movement of troops can be completed
within twenty-four hours.
Just prior to the issuance of the proc
lamation Secretary Of War Weeks re-
ceived telephone message from Gov
ernor Morgan of West Virginia repeat
dispatch of Federal troops. Governor
Morgan said that the roting crowds
were increasing and that the dangers
were real. He said there was no time
for converting the Legislature to meet
the situation and that great loss of life
and property was threatened unless the
Federal government intervened
Governor Morgan mad previously
sent long appeal to the War Depart
ment for Federal troops, the second he
had made during the last week. This
appeal was referred to the President
shortly before the Cabinet meeting,
Bandholtz laid before the Executive all
the War Department information or
the situation. Receipt of this appeal
was followed within hour by a delega
ton sent by the Governor to support
his request. The delegation was headed
by Senator Sutherland, former Gov
ernor w. A. McCorkle and Secretary of
State H. S. Young, and included F. N
Stanton, Charles W. Swisher and John
L. Dickinson of Charleston, bankers
and business men. They were received
tary Wainwright and Major General
Harbord, who were in conference on
the West Virginia situation when the
visitors arrived.
The West Virginia delegation, &C
companied by Secretary Weeks. later
called at the White House and went
into conference with President Har.
ding.
Senator Sutherland, on leaving the
White House, said the question the
President considered chiefly was
WV ltiSi tt9c Stdlc IldQ exhausted every
effort to restore order. The Senator
contended, however, that the paramount
issue was the preservation Of law and
order, regardless Of what the state
might have done in that direction.
President Harding has declined tc
accede to the request of John L. Lewis
president OF the United Mine Workers
OF America, for a conference between
miners and operators to thrash out the
West Virginia coal troubles
While the text of the Presidents re-
at the White House, it was said the
President had informed Mr. Lewis that
he saw no necessity for a conference
inasmuch as a special Senate commit
tee would meet at Williamson, w. Va
on September 8 to hear further tcsti-
mony. The White House said the text
Of the Presidents letter might be given
out by Mr.. Lewis.