The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-08-30
Governor Morgan Sent Mid
night Appeal to President
for Immediate Aid; the
Conditions Alarming
SMALL BOYS IN ARMS
STAND WITH FATHERS
SCENES IN SHARPLES BLAIR
SECTOR COMPARED WITH BEL
GUM IN THE EARLY DAYS
OF WORLD WAR

Charleston. W. Va, Aug. 3d.
Last night was one OF uncertainty
as to what was happening along
the LOgan-BcOne county line.
Early today il was much the
same. Latest reports were rep
clifton of yesterdays, no more
assuring. no less alarming. Ad-
jutant General CharDoclS was back
in the capital after Il hurried trip
through the district Sunday night
and yesterday. The word picture
lie painted OF the situation in Il
formal statement last night was
50 alarming that Governor T.. +.
Morgan sent midnight appeal 10
President Harding requesting i'm
mediate aid.
In his request addressed to the
chieI executive and secretary OF
war, he stated that during the
trip he commanded armed bands
to disperse but that they refused
to do so and continued TO main.
tain patrols Oh the roads along
the boundary line of the two
counties. Chesapeake and Ohio
trains have been Communicated TO
convey cOntingents to armed
camps, telephone wires having
been cut and steps taken to pre-
vent re-establishing OF communi-
cation, the governor said his ennis
saries had informed him.
Efforts TO communicate by tel
ephOne with Blair and Sharples
have been unsuccessful for several
days.
Adjutant General Charnock's
companion OH the mission, a. Z.
Porter, United Mine Workers ex-
ccutiVe board member, remained
in Charleston with the state off.
ciai. lie too. gave gloomy ac-
count OF conditions. prefading his
formal statement with forebOding
metaphors.
A startling report to c. T. kenney
president of District No. II, L. NJ
w. A. follows:
Scenes LHIened TO Belgium
With all males from the ages O
Il to 90 under arms. women an
children fleeing in panic over tn
line into Boone county, armed patrol
arriving and departing and ever
available conveyance carrying SUI
plies to the picket posts in the hills
the Sharples Blair sector may we
be compared with Belgium in tn
early days Of the world war.
"On the northern side of the mour
tam which serves as a watershed I
both Coal and Wyandotte rivers, lie
the camp and main force of tn
r.iners. Similarly situated on tn
southern side are the Logan count
deputies and the state police. Tn
miners have advance lines in ia
hills.
should these men clash it woul
draw into battle "a total of $500 mer
Along the tops of the ridge ar
trenches and breastworks of rock
and felled trees"
The Kanawha coal operators assc
citation statement yesterday that tn
three men killed in the engagement
rear Sharples between state troop
and deputy shcriffs and u band G
armed men. had been Identified a
William l.. Greer Of Matewan an
Cecil Clark and W. NJ. Morrison q
Sharples was borne out by the r,
ports Of Adjutant General Charnoc
and Mr. Porter Clark's father
said to live at Cattlesburg, Ky
fourth casualty, George =. May. n
ceived slight wound
Small Boys Armed
After the battle, Mr. Porter sal
his informants told him, all the nit
crs in the vicinity armed themselvc
and small boys stood with arms u
their fathers sides. Patrols that ha
hecn withdrawn from the mountains
lying toward Logan. were agai
thrown out A party Of men hun
inr COW az Hewitt, later hear
firing and began u search. At neal
by farmhouse, the men told Mr. Po
ter. he said, the scarchers found Mai
istratc Fulton Mitchell and fou
others eating dinner with two IN,
chine guns. several rifles and pistol
and largo supply Of ammunitio