Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-26
MEN CON- |. |
MARCH TOWARD {
MlyCO COUNTY
Five Thousand Of Ther1 Ex-
pect to Invade Town Of f
200 For Dirper.
Troops From Columbus
Barracks and Camp Sher
man to Move.

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Racine. W. Va, Aug. 2e.--(By tefe-
phone to Pittsburgh. The IS, 900 sor
more, men who are marching from
Marmet to Mingo county In protest
against Governor Morgan's martIal
law declaration, broke camp here
soon after s o'clock this morning. ana
took the state highway to Madison.
They said they expected to reach Pey-
tona, village of zoo in time for their
midday meal. Il j
Dcthils Lacking. ii a.n
Charleston, W. Va, Aug. 62-Futs
ther details of a reported pitched bats
tie late yesterday at Blair, Logan,
county between 800 deputy sherins
and large number of armed msn,
were lacking early today
All efforts to confirm the report
which came from Prosecuting Att6r-
ney II. w. B. Mullins Of Boone coi,il.
ty, met with the response nothing to
say" 1t was stated at the governors
Office that he was without onicial ad-
vices and at state police headquGr-
ters, 1t was said, that aside from the
report telephone by Prosecutor Null
Inns from Madison that passengers az
irving there on Chesapeake ana
Ohio train had informed him of. the
fight, no word had been received con-
cerning the alleged battle.
Soldiers Leave. Siss
b. Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 2e.-one
hundred and fifty soldiers from the
Columbus barracks left :. here this
morning at I O'Clock for the West
Virginia coal fields, going via Camp
Sherman, where additional troops
will board the train, according to re-
liable reports. Barracks authorities
were non-communicative on the sub
ject. Sss
Washington, Aug. 25.-Renewal Of
rcstlessness Of the West Virginia coal
fields, manifested in the march OF :
large band of armed men toward the
Mfngo district, resulted today in an
appeal from Governor Morgan. for
the AID Of ono thousand federal
I troops and In q decision by the scl1-
ate 3fnvcstigatings comm mittee s. III 5Krs
sumo its inquiry into cond1ttpns into
E'the. e.sscoal regions saScpt tcniber 70, at
Williamson. Il Az + y
Receipts of the West Virginia gov
ernor's request at the war depart
ment was forwarded by orders from
Acting Secretary Wainwright to Bri-
gadicr General Geo. w. Read, COM
Benjamin Harrison, to hold troops
available for quick dispatch to the
region and the sending OF Brigadier
General Bandholz, former provost
marshal general OF the Al. r. #. and
now commander OF the Washington,
ID. c.. district and Lieutenant Colon
c1 Stanley 81. Ford to Charleston.
The two officers were instructed to
make a survey of the situation and
on their report to the department
will depend the Recommendation to
be made to President Harding.
Harding is Informed.
President Harding was made ac-
quainted with the governors request
and with advices received \ by the
war department from Major Charles
K. Russell, regular army officer in
the affected region. The president
several months ago refused to order
federal troops to West Virginia, hold
ing that the state authorities had not
used all the available facilities III
preserving order. Chairman Kenyon
of the senate investigating commits
tee. in announcing resumption Of the
Mingo inquiry, said members OF tie
turhed area niph+ ,bays nut.ti,e
effect.
Governor Morgan in his appeal
which was not made public by the
war department.. said the band Of
armed men numbering more than A.
wv hao le1t Marmet .ior Mlngo ana
Logan countaes and IN their march
were raldlng stores, engaging IN
thievery. forcing state trains to give
them transportation and disarminE
state peace ofhcers. The governor
suggested that the federal forces be
composed OF strong machine gun dsS
tachments. signal corps troops with
radio oatfts and that they detrain 1t
Stalbans and Magmet.
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Reports OF Battle Rccesyed-
Charleston, w. Vn., Aug. 25.-Re-
Iosan ocnniy deputy sf,erifrs said 10