The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-01
MINGO BEGS TROOPS
FROM WASHINGTON
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long controversy between the organized
and unoreanizcd miners OF this section.
All OF Logan county east OF spruce
L,ork Ridge. il unorganized, but the
little section lying between the eastern
slope Of the mountains and the Boone
county line is filled with union miners.
These men last week prepared TO join
the march of other union men from
Marmet to Mingo county, 10 provost
against the enforcement OF nirtiai la"
IN the Mingo county coal strike zone.
The march was stopped at Madison. the
seat OF Boone county, at the instance II
limited Mine Workers officials, who
acted on the advice Of Brigadier Gen
eral Bandholtz. u. s. A.
Cen. Bandholtz had been sent by the
War Department to investigate the
march, and seeing the proportions 1t
had attained he pointed out plainly just
what would happen II II became neces-
sary for the Government to send Fed.
eral troops into West Virginia.
Within twenty-four hours after the
head of the marching column had been
turned back from Madison. it became
known that the miners in the unionized
section OF Logan county had not aban-
doned their intention to move on Mingo.
Although their numbers were compare
lively small, the news spread rapidly
through Kanawha, Boone, Fayette and
wyoming counties. Many or the miners
who had abandoned the march are said
TO have retraced their steps and started
for Jeffery. where the union miners OF
Logan were gathered.
These reports reached Logan and
Sheriff Don Chafin sent a hurried call
for help to the sheriffs OF neighboring
counties and to Gov. Morgan.
Two companies OF the State police and
some volunteers were quickly despatched
from Mingo county to Logan. while some
200 or 300 deputy sheriffs were hastily
enrolled In Mcdowell county and sent
to Logan under Sheriff Bill Hatfield.
These forces hurried to the mountain
range separating the union and the non
union fields, and the State police early
Sunday came in contact with body OF
men marching toward Logan. In the
fight that followed four men were
killed.
News Of the encounter only added to
the seriousness OF the situation. From
all over the southern part OF the State
miners were reported as hurrying to
Join the forces at Jeffrey. This move
ment was continuing even to-day, and
tonight IL was estimated that fully
5000 II not more men were in that re-
gion.
Gov. Morgan appealed to President
Harding for troops to quell the disturb
ance and a proclamation was issued
from the White House giving the dis
orderly elements" Of West Virginia until
tomorrow. at noon, to dispense and go
home.
The mining villages from which the
armed men marched into the mountains
Saturday and Sunday, and where rein
forcements are now said to be gathered
are far removed from wire communica-
ton Detai.s Of what has been going on
there have been unknown except to the
peace officers at Madison. the seat OF
Boone county, and they have persist
entity refused all information.
They admitted however, as late as
this afternoon that the force OF miners
In the mountains and villages was in
creasing almost hourly, that every man
had gun and some had two