The New York herald., 1921-09-05

ing northwest are filled with them Ihey
have laid aside their arms.
The miners who live in Boone county,
near the scene of the fighting. have gone
home almost TO a man, but they nave
not surrendered their firearms. Army
officers know that several tnousand
rifles and revolvers were In the possess
sion of the miners during the tight. ana
also a large quantity of ammunition.
They are fully aware that these are
either in the homes of the miners or
hidden in the mountains. But no homes
will be searched. nor will any systematic
search be made for hidden arms in the
woods, according to present plans.
The troops will confine their work to
carrying out the letter Of President
Hardings proclamation declaring that
an insurrection exists and calling upon
all persons. not legally authorized to bear
arms to lay them down. disperse and re-
turn to their homes As every member
of the civilian force on the Logan county
side was either State guard, tempo
rary State mllitiaman or a specially
deputized county sheriff. these men are
being permitted to take their arms along
with them.
The Logan county defenders marched
through the streets OF this town to-day
carrying rifles and revovers In plain
SIGHT and with bulging cartridge belts.
They entered the special trains and left
for home amid cheers and the screech-
ing of automobile horns.
"They are all fine boys observed a
stalwart citizen of the town, with sus-
picion of tears, land they can all shoot
straight, God bless them"
The leaders OF the union miners have
very definite reasons for wanting Fed
eral troops sent into all non-unionized
mining sections, especially Logan. Mingo
and Mcdowell counties of West Vlr-
ginia. Their organizers are not per-
mitte2 by the mine guards and the State
and county officials In those counties to
carry on their work of agitation for the
union The local feeling runs too high
against them. When the Federal troops
were In Mingo county recently they
played no favorites and permitted any
cne to enter the county who did not
break the law. So long as the organ
izers of the United Mine Workers did
not incite to rebellion or preach against
law enforcement they were permitted to
discuss the unionizing of the mines with
the men, and even counsel them 70 go on
a peaceful strike.
AS soon as the Federal troops were
withdrawn the agitators We're forced to
leave or tere thrown " all by the
county Officers
That is what W. NJ Il ard presi-
oent of the Boone county and Kanawha
county sub-district OF the miners union,
meant when he told THE NEW YORK
HERALD correspondent in Sharplcs upon
the arrival OF the Federal troops there.
that the miners hao "outgeneralled" the
Logan county men.
Boyden Sbarkes. correspondent OF the
New York Tribune, who received a slight
scalp wound and a painful but not dam
gerous wound in the right leg, while
passing through the Boone-Logan firing
line. yesterday. in company with Miss
Mildred Norris OF the International
News Service: Harold ID. Jacobs of the
United Press. ana the correspondent OF
THE New YORK HERALD (Donald Craig),
IL resting comfortably in the Logan Hos
pital to-day. He is not suffering and
is able to write In two or three days
the physicians expect to have him on
his feet again. A steel jacketed bullet
from a regular army Springfield rifle
passed between the bones of his leg be-