Evening star., 1921-08-31

Reinforcements Pouring In.
Reinforcements for the thousand or
more volunteers VINO are also on the
Logan-Boone county line continued
morning from towns In southern
West Virginia. Many of them were
rugged mountaineers who said they
had heard they were needed in Logan
and lost no time in getting here.
Immediately upon their arrival they
quickly as possible sent into the
mountains to Join units already or
ganized
An event was the arrival of Capt.
a company Of Minge men across the
mountains They had been dis
charged from the emergency militia
service of that county last Sunday
and Immediately volunteered for duty
in Logan.
The"second line Of defense: has been
organized by the women. who. under
competent leaders. are, preparing
meals for the arriving volunteers and
the reserve forces held at the county
out the night and were relieved at
dawn by corps who promised to
stick to the sandwiches and coffee
pots during the day.
--- Planes DzOp aatfoal.sass-s
,Airplanes today distributed copies
OF President Harding's proclamation
throughout this district. Thousands
were printed here last night Friend
and foe alike received the pamphlets
containing the Presidents command
that all persons engaged in "Insurrec-
tionary proceedings" dispense and re-
turn to their homes at or before noon
Thursday, September /! Flying east
parts of Kanawha couhties. dropping
the circulars
At dawn the Spruce Fork ridge
guard reported '.au we'll" There was
no fighting during the night: no at
tempt was made to scale the eastern
lows spent the time between darkness
and daybreak was matter for con-
lecture. Whether their forces had
been added to by other armed bands
was not determined by the Logan pa
trolls.
SharpIes. Blair. Jeffery and Clothier.
where men were reported gathering
for an Invasion" Of Logan county.
were still cut of from telephone and
telegraph communication. and none Of
the Logan county forces hazarded a
trip down the hillside to find out what
was going on.
Thousand Ready to Fight.
In Logan the night was onet of
great activity. Conferences between
state officials and county authorities
were held; rifles were cleaned and
stacked in the courthouse corridors
and 1000 defenders" held them
selves in readiness to march. Many
Gerved coffee and food. In the mean
time dozens Of motor cars surrounded
the courthouse, drivers at the wheels.
awaiting call from the watch across
county. But the, call. did not come.
Late reports from the Southwestern
and legionaries we're being formei
iEto companies and would rusn to the
assistance of Logan If it was thought
they were needed, Arms and ammu-
Charleston and reinforcements arrived
from Mcdowell. With them came two
doctors and three nurses. Sheriff
'Bilr Hatfield of that eouEty has
been here for several days assisting
Sheriff Don Chafin.
Trying to Arrange Release.
Col. w. E. Eubanks. West Virginia
National Guard. commissioned yester-
day by Gov. Morgan Is now the rank
Sheriff Chafin this morning an
nounced that overtures to effect the
release Of prisoners now held in
Mingo county in return for the free
dom OF four Logan county officers
held by the armed bands on the Boone
him. He said he was at first informed
the Logan men would be released II
assurances were given that the bands
would not be fired on. He agreed to
the truce, he said. and waited until
snidnight, the hour agreed on for their
release. They did not appear. how
ever. and he later learned that the
bands were insisting that the Mingo
county prisoners first must be re-
leased, the terms being ten prisoners
Tor one deputy. It was not thought
Such an agreement would be entered
anto by the Logan authorities.