The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-01

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mine disorders he airpanes were or
dcred today by Secretary Weeks 20
Iroceed from Langley Field TO the
cp'd fields OF that state
Logan. W. Va. Scot i.-Thousands
OF men were still gathered today
tcross tho Logan county line AT
Crooked Greek firing which started
yesterday morning continued but re-
PORTS from other border sections were
ttat quiet prevailed. There was no
indication. however. that any of the
armed bands had dispersed and Dor
der patrols Of deputy sheriff.. state
police and voluntcor police officers
were ON the alert
Prediction freely was made between
midnight and davbreak that ~ O'clock
today would find armed bands sul
gathered ON the Boone county side
oi Spruce Fork ridge That hour
was designated By President Harding
u Tuesday proclamation as the time
limit for the dispersion ,f au pcr.
sons engaged I'm unlawful insurroc-
tionary proceedings the alternative
! being the disratch of federal troops TO
the affected district and declaration Of
irmual law in the counties Of Kan.
swha, Fayetto Boone Logan and
MlBgo.
Three Killed Wednesday
Authorities have definitely estsb-
llshed that three Of the Logan county
forces were killed YESTERDAY These
men, one a deputy sheriff and othcrs
volunteer peace Officers, were shot
t. death in the Blair Mountain en-.
counter, which occurred shortly be-.
fore firing on Crooked Creek began
I'm addition to John Gore Logan
county deputy previously reported
Killed John Cofago and Jim Munsie
fell in the mountain fight
Conflctinc reports of casualties
among the men trying TO march To-
ward Mngo were received at the sher.
frs office early today The number
explained in some quarters that it
ranged from one 10 a dozen II was
explained i'm some quarters that
was extremely difficult to check
losses on the other side because men
who fell quickly were picked up and
carried away II C'ad. the bodies
| hastily were buried, it was added
Fate OF Sheriff Doubtful
The fate Of four deputy sheriffs and
Logan magistrate. held captive ON
the other side II the line. remained
iu doubt today Sheriff Chafm in
statement last night significantly Pc.
marked
OF fear for them"
This block of counties. formn,
part Of the southern tier, have been
or several occasions the scene OF
industrial difficulties and armed
carches. Extensive coal operations
dot the district and within it are
Paint and Cabin Creeks. Some Of the
operations are unionized, others are
not IN Logan county the entire
field is unorganized. except for
narrow strip on the eastern slope OF
spruce Fork ridge. close TO the Boone
count live.
Bandits Reported Gathering
i is IN that region and extending
across the county line that armed
bandits have been reported gathering
for several days. It is there that
deputy sheriffs. state police and vol
unteer peace officers and citizens OF
adjacent counties who responded 10 q
cal for help from Logan county au.
thorities are guarding the roads and
truils that lead westward into the
heart OF the county It was there
that recent fights occurred when
bands intent on crossing the county
pn route 10 MinFo were resisted by
Logan patrols The reason given by
the men for "a journey 10 the Tug
river bank in Mingo county was
to protest martial law decla red there
several months ago following indus.
trial disorders in the Williamson coal
fields
The first indication Of march from