Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-31

counties pored into strengthen the force
that will bear the brunt of the assault If
the miners attack.
All through the night groups Of armed
citizens, some partly clad In the old or
der: some with the 'tln hats''-steel
helmets Of overseas days-tramped or
rode into Logan and scattered out on the
river line.
On the other side Of the ridge where
the miners waited for the dawn, great
activity was reported. The miners forces
have been augmented by the arrival Of
hundreds of union men carrying rifles,
who passed through Madison in Boone
County in automobiles and trains.
Major c. F. Thompson, United States
Attorney and two representatives Of the
United Mine Workers, arrived here by
special train from Charleston with copies
Of President Harding's proclamation
which they Will carry personally through
the miners outposts 10 the headquarters
Of the opposing camp. They Will make
final personal appeal to the miners lead
ers to avert the disaster that Is certain
to follow their failure to obey the Presi-
dents command to dlsperse.
Special trains from Huntington and
Southwestern counties brought other re
Inducements to Logan. Five hundred
men from Mcdowell County arrived with
doctors. nurses and fielG ambulance
equipment.
Throughout the entire section threat
ened by civil war. preparations are being
rushed by the citizenry as though an at
tack by a foreign invader were threat
ened Women are volunteering to drive
automobiles. carrying ammunition and
supplies up to the defense zone on this
side Of the Guyandotte. They are doing
the work on farms and in shops in many
counties to release their men for the first
line of defense.
Citizens of Logan greeted the constant
line of arrivals with heartfelt cheers
This little section of the world has been
expecting for more than a week to be
crushed beneath q horde of invading
miners. Men who have been on patrol
duty guarding the river bank by night,
were relieved. hollow-eyed, by others
eager to take their places.
DEFENSE LINE
TWENTY MILES LONG.
A line Of fresh men stretching for
twenty miles, heavily armed and pre-
pared to fight. will now oppose the
miners If they disregard the proclsma-
ton from Washington and move across
the ridge before Federal troops can ar
rive.
II the miners have not dispersed by
noon tomorrow troops from Camp Dix
and Camp Sherman will be rushed here
TO take over the battle, but the armed
citizenry feels that if the miners ask for
war by refusing to obey the presidential
proclamation, an attack will be made
before the troops can arrive.
Housing and feeding Of its defenders is
puzzling Logan. Wartime conditions
prevail The courthouse is a barracks
Other buildings are utilized to quarter
the citizen army. Logan women ara
cooking for the men in improvised mess
halls.
Detachments of men are sent out on
picket duty in the hills and return TO
find hot coffee and food ready for them,
prepared by women who have been work
ing day and night shifts.
Many miners are among the groups Of
armed men arriving here. They are non
union men and take their places In the
line of defense along the ridge, side by
side with coal operators, merchants,
school teachers, clerks and even ministers.
The heterogeneous collection is rapidly
being organized into a mobile army. Ad-
Jutant General Charnock has arrived,
under orders from the Governor.
SHERIFF CHAFIN
COMMANDS FORCES
Sheriff Don Chain is the real general.
His face, lined and haggard from the
strain of unceasing work in organizing
the defense of Logan, he still sticks to
his post, day and night. practically send
ms out orders through his lieutenants.
Sheriffs Bill Hatfield Of Mcdowell and
Lon ptnson Of Mingo
a detachment of State police, under
Capt. J. r. Brockus, holds one of the
most vulnerable passes on the ridge. The
high ground is mo mans land" with
the miners outposts drawn up along the
Coal River, which flows along their side
Of the ridge.
Three passes through which it is
feared the first attacks from the advanc-
ing miners may come are being watched
closely AS the defending army was
modified, detachments of men concen-
trated on these danger spots.
Headquarters suite of rooms in 4
hotel here's damned. Couriers rush in
and out bringing reports from the front
and carrying back orders. Telephones
ring necessarily. Special lines, connect
ing with headquarters of patrols up and
down the valley, are always busy.
The battle planes which circled over
the miners camps dropping the procIa-
nations will be used in action IN sea r