The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-01


 eording to official advices received here today. They are within easy .striking distance of the disturbed ,xection of Logan. county, where four sInen were killed in a fight with state Troopers and deputy sheriffs Sunday morning.
 Hundreds Are Marching. ' The authorities also have been in- Formed that some 75 automobiles, Icarrying armed men, dashed out of fbe Cabin Creek valley near here this norning and passing thru Marmet continued on up the Lens creek val lev along the line taken by the men ~ho set out to march to Mingo coun- fy last week
 . From Marmet there are two good foads across Boone county to the Hogan county line and along these, it was said today, men are moving but not in great body. Rather are fhey in squads of five or six, but in the aggregate they number hun lreds, the authorities say. The mines At Waitsville, to which point several hundred of the marchers went when they turned back from Racine at the instance of c. F. Keeney, president Acf the West Virginia miners, were closed today, many of the workers have gone to the scene of activities in and around Jeffery, it was asserted. VI Adiutant General John H. Char snock was informed at noon than an au- tomcbile carrying armed men stopped at the house of Lou Huffman, on Davis creek, early today and search .7ng the house for arms departed with his rife and pistol. They told Huff han they were not robbers, and would return to pay him later.
 Search Other Houses. v Other reports to the general were That the house of Ira Clark and a 's1iumber of other residences in the Davis creek section were also searched Tor weapons.
 N From other parts of Kanawha coun- Ing end leaving their homes for the 'Logan-Boone border, many of them Travelling in automobiles, others go- Ing by train. Mines which yesterday were in operation are closed today, Operators reporting that many of their men are leaving for the troubled zone.
 Compared to Belgium.
 Chesapeake and Ohio railroad trains have been commandeered to Transport contingents to armed camps and telephone wires have been cut and Ateps taken to prevent re-establish- ment of communication, the governor said his emissary had informed him.
 Efforts to communicate by telephone with Blair and Sharples have been Unsuccessful for several days.
 A. c. Porter, United Mine Workers Executive board member, gave a xloomy account of conditions. His 1tartling report of c. F. Keeney, pres Ident of district IT, United Mine Workers of America, follows:
 With all males from the ages of l4 to so under arms, women and chil- 1ren fleeing in panic over the line 4nto Boone county, armed patrols arr wing and departing and every avail ble conveyance carrying supplies to zhe picket posts in the hills, the
 harples- Blair sector may well be pmpared with Belgium in the early Ays of the world war.
 2500 in Armed Forces. # "On the northern side of the moun- ain, which serves as watershed to Doth Coal and Guyandotte rivers, lies <ne camp and main force of the min ITS. Similarly situated on the south fn side are the Logan county deput- es and the state police. The miners nave advanced picket lines in the hills.
 Should these men clash it would 4raw into battle total of 2,500 men. Along the tops of the ridge are <renches and breastworks of rocks nd felled trees..