The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-16
KENTUCKY TROOPS ].
RUSHED TO THE ].
WEST VA. B0RD1l
Seventy-6ve State Miitiamd
Reach the Trouble Zone !
Sunday

Williamson. w. Va. May 16.-WHMs
Kentucky national guardsmen On oueHI
in the region along the Tug, which Rl1I
the secene Of thre day mountain bfeNeI
growing out Of industrial condie1o4oyt
authorities here believed the hghda
would cease. All day long the situAl
was quiet, and it was the general oeen..
that the mountain lighters had dsc1A
to abide by the truce arranged late
night. Captain Brockus had just rspoft-l
cd "all quiet" to his superior of0oefi
tonight. when 4 dispatch, telling OF hee>i
tilitirs at Merrimac, was received. 2s@s
Scvemy-five Kentucky national guafNerl
men arrived here from .MoreheAd ktst
this morning and were tmmso1ASNS
posted at points Of vantage on tho 80
lucky side Of the stream. They
up posts from Borderland to AcS
Dstachms1ts 11aosl.
CAPTAIN w. L.. Proctor Is In commAN1
Of a detachment of 60 mon at AcCe1
Captain Davis Thompson had . ~
force opposite Sprigs. ". Va; Lisute9H
ant Fred See had II men at BorderlAnsf =
and n squad OF eight men were statoeee
al Pond Creek. east of iris city. ADoNxf
Sd more Kentucky troops are expec0O
10 arrive on latter train.
On the West Virginia side . oeA9
of about 80 state troopers and depNG2
%hcriffs. directed jointly by Captain 81
n. Brockus and Sheriff A. c. PinDoAt
wer. cooperating in efforts to preseryei;
the peace. -;
REPORTS tonight from McCarr were -,
,hr effect that the mountain nghteAo,
al that point were scrupously ooseEH4
ing the truco arranged last night -
DR., William Dottson Of Freeburn, n.y.
who went into the hills and deliVeTee
his message Of peace to the mountatA1
mon. '-tF-
Truce Negotiated. ass
The truce at McCarr was arranged ~
DR.. Dottson late last night alter
evertful trip TO the stronghold OF ~ ~
lighters. Captain Brockus previouSiy
had arranged details Of the truce on ne;
West Virginia side. -.
Accompanied by two guides. NAi
doctor. an influential resident Or ~
mountain region. succeeded In WoLAHEs
his way to the Kentucky shore OF
Tug. 4 hail of bullets from both n6ees
greeted the peace party, and they yogef
TO the brush. Crawling along In IneiaAs
fashion, the emmissaries worked thetSt
way into the village Of McCarr, wnefes
leaders Of the fighters met them. 49,
DR.. Dottson appealed to the mountsi
GERS to cease fighting and abide ~ ~
law. He explained that tho seoopHes
from the West Virginia side woutd H.
when tho riflemen In the Ksntucky ~
told the doctor that they would go q
a freed to the truce. The, mountansn
told the doctor that they wouiS e
firing at once, and they did 30. S2sS.
\ represe,n,sat',Ee sent, ,n Of c.tds,. the 4asscs xiss
tain Rrockus and Sheriff PfHton,
the tree peace messengers opposite A0Ns
Carr and rode with them to Freeeg,,
The three men reported that pr9cu@itly
ali houses in McCarr were riddled ~
bullets and tlrat 1t looked as II
ado had struck the place saM
smith Goselen. sixteen year OLD boH
who was shot in the back while cfosaz
ing bridge at McCarr last Friday.
renorted to be in Il serious condition 4:
a Bueteld hospital tonight: TIC ~ a
lay on the bridge for nearly tWenn.s
hours while the battle ragged. he 49,
rescued by a party of men an4
compelled to remain in cellar forSycy
hours. No medical attention couio ~
him because Of the rifle fire. -