Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-01
'BATTLE is RAGING
| ON LONG FRONT
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Continuous Firing in Prog
ress, and Big Drive Is
Looked For Today.
WASHINGTON is URGED
TO HURRY UP TROOPS
Re-Enforcements Are. Being
Rushed TO Lines of Conflict
by Invading Miners.
SIN DEFENDERS ARE DEAD
Invaders Arc Draen Back In blair
and beech Creek Areas After
Scoring Advances. ~
WASHINGTON is URGED
TO HURRY UP TROOPS
\ DEFENDERS ARE DEAD
Invaders Arc Draen Back In blair
and Bccch Creek Areas After
Scoring Advances VI

LOGAN. w. VA. Aug. 3i.--Lo1an
authorities announced tonight that a
telegram had been sent co Washing
ton stating that unlcss troops were
dispatched mt once the county would
be attacked by between 1000 and
5000 men.
ShcriT Chnf1n mt the snmc time Is.
sued the following statement to
ncwspnpcr men, ''Therc has bees
more or less continuous firing on four
points OF the line today. The points
are Bccch Creek. BInir. Crooked
Creek Rnd Mil Creek.
Casualties. according to the best
reports we can obtain. wcro limited
TO three in the defense Of Logan
County forces. John Gore. deputy
sheriff. was killed. We have not re-
ceived Identification OF the other two.
One was Mcdowell man. the other
from Logan County. We have re-
ccivcd no Information as to the num-
ber killed on the opposing side. we2
Know of one miner who was shot
when shooting Mt our men. Tho most
serious lighting was reported from
the vicinity of Blair. At all points
our forces succeeded in driving back
the Invaders.
Advance, hut Arc Driven hack. sa
our opponents advanced ono mile
In the Blair district, but were driven
| back. In the Beech Creek District
they advanced one mile and there;
also were turned back. The further
est advance was in tho Pcck's> Hill
District. where they advanced two
miles along Hewitt Creek Here we
also drove them back. 9
I'VE have 1900 men and have arA
ranged for rc-enforccments from va
rious points including Bluehcli, Will
| ii2ms'n. McPcwell and Hunt.rgt:n n.
I have heard nothing of tho fate OF
the deputies held prisoners. but i
fear for them. That is oil can say
Mt this time"
Urge Washington to Hurry Troops.
Tho announcement that an. appeal
had been made to the Federal gov
ernmcnt to hasten dispatch OF troops
was made by officials at the court
house, while the sheriff was talking
TO the newspaper men. "a
l1ostilities continued today bo-
tween forces of armed men, who had
been collecting on the eastern slope
of Spruce Fork Ridge. and tho 1000
OF more deputy sherifrs and volun-
teers who had been called to the mid
OF the officers OF Logan County De-
spite President Harding's procfnma,
ton asking the men to dispense ana
not violate the law, one deput,f
sherff was killed, another Is missirk.
and one of the armed men lost his
life when outposts clashed at widely
separated points.
Three Other Men KILLED.
Additional reports received by
sheriff Don Chafin. OF Logan County.
and Sheriff Bill Hatfield, of Nc
Dowell County, were to the effect that
three other men had been killed In
an encounter at Mills Creek. This,
however, lacks official confrmatiop
Other developments of the late ar
tcrnoon included the announcement.
that the invaders had advanced their;
lines two miles during the day, and
on the Logan sector were only four
miles from the county forces.
AT Peck's Mill. headquarters of tho
Mcdowell men. six miles of rough
mountain country were said to sep-y
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