New-York tribune., 1921-09-05

of the 10th Infantry had displaced all
armed men on the Boone County side
and in the narrow strip of Logan
County on the east side of Spruce Fork
Ridge, while troops moving forward
from Logan had replaced state police,
county deputies and volunteers on the
summit and western slope of the ridge
Contact between the occupying forces
on either side had been established, he
said
Additional troops to reinforce those
already in the field arrived in the Lit
tie Coal River Valley this morning.
AS the United States troops arrived
by rail in Sharples, just behind the
area which was been the scene of al
most continuous clashes between
armed men for many days, scores of
men from the hills were marching
into the village, where they handed
the military authorities. After sur
rendering their weapons the men were
allowed to depart for their homes.
While reports to military headquay-
ters did not indicate how many armed
men had remained in the section aban-
doned by those who surrendered here
to-day, it is known in well-informed
circles here that considerable num-
Ter are still in the mountains.
Military authorities before Colonel
Martins return reported that while
the situation along the Littls Coal
River Valley was quiet, information
was received through other sources
that firing was still in progress.
Camp Dix Contingent Arrives
Three hundred soldiers of the 26th
Infantry, who came from Camp Dix,
New Jersey, arrived here just before
daybreak. They were dispatched i'm
mediately to the neighborhood of Blair,
heavy exchanges between forces of
men armed with rifles have been re-
ported.
Soldiers to-day were in control of
the entire valley from Madison to
Blair. Regulars are located between
these two towns and the villages of
Clothier, Jeffery and Sharples.
Several hundred men. supposed to
be under arms. were reported tonight
congregated at Sharples, in readiness
to leave the region. and army officers
were making an effort to provide them
with means to get out of the village
and on their way home. An equal
number were said to be either in JEFF
ferry or Clothier. but it was not known
whether they would move out at once.
as transportation facilities are lacking.
Detachments of soldiers were busy
throughout the day collecting arms and
ammunition from the men gathered in
the three villages 1t was predicted
that before nightfall many hundreds of
weapons and thousands of rounds of
ammunition would have been confis-
Gated.
Miners Arsenal To Be Seized
This afternoon Lieutenant Brine. an
army intelligence officer, left Madison
on railway motor car for Jeffery. He
was accompanied by detail of SOL
diers, and said he was en- route for
Van, village in the mountains. Near
there, the officer said, he and his men
expected to seize an arsenal said to
nave been the base from which bands
| of armed men have been operating
throughout the last week. Beyond the
statement that it was his intention to
concentrate and establish a guard over
all munitions seized. Lieutenant Brine
refused to discuss his further plans.
During his tour to-day Colonel
Martin said he was told by some of
the men that there were a number of
Dodles and some wounded in the hills.
ne announced that a searching party
Oh soidlers would be sent to investi-
gate these reports tomorrow.
Shortly after the Colonel's return a
special train comprising eight coaches
carrying 400 men arrived here from
the Spruce Fork Ridge region. De-
spite the fact that they had been
warned before leaving the hills that
they would be searched when they ar
rived in Madison. ISL rifles, eighty
pistols and large Quantity of ammu-
milton was taken from them here, Off
GERS who conducted the search said.
AS a number Of the men were un-
armed when they assembled for the
Journey here, soldiers tomorrow will
be sent into the hills to look for
rines and ammunition, which the mill
tary authorities believe may have been
cached.
One military prisoner was brought