Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-03
21O0 SOLDIERS
IN ". VIRGINIA
CCoNTINUED FROM Page ONE

| odiu tOudyy CNluOhIIy hdu IhC dppION-
al of NINE union officials as well as
the civil authorities or west Virgin
Id, VINO nau asked ror them. he re-
IetreQ to General bandnoltZs report
mat tnullp murray, international wee
president ur the united NINE Worn
ers, mad joIneu in urging Tecommen-
uatlon Tor troops.
When TalIroaus are closed up, and
armed Dands or men distribute lnem-
serves in the country, marching to and
fro overpowering resistance" the sec
rotary SAID, you may call 1t what you
please. We call it Insurrection."
Will QueI Disturbance
The 18th infantry from Camp Sher-
man, Columbus, ONO, and the 10th
from Camp DIX, N. j., which were
the first 10 move, are provided with
machine guns, howitzers, radio and
headquarters machinery, one pound
ers, specialists in gas warfare as we'll
as rifles, riot guns, automatic rifles
and revolvers. The enlisted strength
of the two organizations, according
to latest reports, is 2,l0U, exclusive
of the personnel of the SSth light
bombing squadron, estimated at $50
men. The 18th infantry was brought
to field strength by requirements
front he 10th infantry at Camp Sher-
man and Columbus, the 40th infantry
at Camp Knox, KY, and two compa-
MES from Fort Thomas, KY.
Officers of the war department ia
miliar with martial law preceuents
and the policy of the administration
said the. extent and duration or It's
existence in West Virginia, if de-
clared, would depend largely upon
discretion sof General Bandholtz.
Its primary object, it was explain
ed, was the quelllng of disturbance
and the reinstatement of proper and
constituted civil authority in the ais
turbed area.
Consequently, 1t is expected that
military forces will cooperate with
state and local police that no miI;-
tary courts will be. set up for trial
and punishment of captured disturb
ers of the peace, and that local bust
ness and industry will be encouraged
to continue. Exception to this gem
eral policy it was said, would ohfy
be occasioned by prolonged and viru-
lent disorders, which could be stamp
ed out only by military operations. IL
this should happen, it might be nee
essary to remove even peaceable res
idents from territory where troop
movements and encounters with arm
ed forces were probable
Conference Is Urged
Even should prisoners be taken in
large numbefs by the military organi-
cations, it was said, they probably
would only be detained until the civil
authorities were capable of taking
them over under the civil law.
President Harding should summon
operators and miners in West Viz.
ginia to conference as the best
means of restoring order, James Lord
president of the mining department of
the American Federation of Labor.
said today.
Il am convinced" he added, that
If President Harding would request
the mine owners and the miners to
confer, the parties so invited would
come together.
once conference was opened, it
could not be closed without progress
toward agreement or without abate-
ment of some of the most grievous
evils that have driven men desperate
in Mingo.
THE mine operators of Mingo to-
day are in the position of defying
government order. They have rerus-
ed to apply the United States coal
commission award of 1920 and that
refusal is the cause of the strike ou:
OF which the present deplorable sit
uation grew.
THE government has duty to per-
form in view of the attitude of the O..
orators toward the federal award.
An impartial investigation by the
government is timely. The situation
is one of common concern to the
whole country. The district can be
pacified on the surface but it can new
er be brought into true cooperation
and good citizenship as harmonious
part of the state and country until
justice is done on the basis of finding
of fact.
"PCesident Harding has an oppor-
tunity for performing a constructive.
helpful and just service by bringing
together the opposing forces in West
Virginia.