The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-02


treat of miners from the Hewitt's
creek concentration camp but no cas-
ualties were caused, according to OBJ
servers.
The bombs fell near houses occu-
pied by the "red neck" army. Two
planes were in action and four bombs
| were dropped. 1t is assumed here that
no attempt was made to destroy
houses or lives but that the heavy ex-
what would occur if they attempted
to storm the Logan borders today.
Was Night of Terror.
A night of widest terror has passed
| in Logan. The. miners, swarming at
many points on the twenty-five mile
! front, threatened hourly TO smash thru
| the lines. The defenders, reinforced
! by business and professional men from
every section of the state, were thrown
into the lines. They returned shot for
shot with the miners.
| The presidents proclamation was
nothing more than a scrap of pa
per" The miners sulIenly rejected it
| and continued to drive additional men
| to the border. The Hewitt's creek
concentration camp is the greatest in
point of men, but at other points on
| the DOTQer, the are
| ed this morning.
| Men working in the Logan field left
the mines today to join the army of
| defense. The mines had been working
practically 80 per cent. Only such
| coal as is necessary here will be pro-
| duced. The workers have shouldered
rifles and are being thrown into the
lines to reinforce the exhausted de-
| fense army.
Even Boys on Line.
| Boys of 5 years have been pressed
| into service. Old men of so are shouI-
| dering rifles and doing their turn at
| guard in the front line positions.
Veterans of the Civil war who were
in the famous Logan border rangers,
! which fought in the Civil war. are said
to be under arms again. One of the
men, a man of rs years, a drummer
! boy in 1868, was in an advanced OBJ
servation post last night.
An effort was made to burn and
dynamite the Chesapeake & Ohio
bridge on the Guyan valley division
at Big creek early today. A portion
of the bridge was burned and dyna-
mite discovered by a sentinel who ex-
| tinguished the fire.
If the bridge had been destroyed.
the only railroad communication to
Logan would have been cut off. This
would have prevented the arrival of
supplies and caused a big delay in the
dispatch of United States troops. The
Big creek bridge is over Guyan river.
1t is a long span and its replacement
would have been difficult. AS a result
a heavier guard had been thrown out
over the railroad line
At Crooked creek, a detachment of
fifty men defending a mountain pass
was thrown back a half mile by a
heavy attack of thesminers just after
daybreak.
The 1900 miners added to the de-
fense brings the Loganite army to
nearly 5000 men.
No Red Desertions.
The action of the miners is regard
ed as highly significant as to the feel
ing of workers in this field 1t is de-
| clared at headquarters there has been
no desertions to the red necks" as
the attacking army is known. because
of the red bandana handkerchiefs
they wear around their necks.
After the miners had volunteered
for defense service, Col. William Z.
Eubank declared he would be able to
hold his position until the federal
troops arrived.
The reinforcements from WeIch ar
rived this morning. They are coal
ceive nothing but food for their serv-
ices. However, the Welch mine
operators are paying the men the
same as tho they were working in the
mines.
Word that federal troops were com
ing. was circulated widely along the
front this morning. The information
was greeted with cheers.
The defense army stood with re-
newed determination on receipt of the
message. Everywhere 1t was declared
the positions would be held until ar
rival of the troops.
At the court house, feeling of re-
lief followed the Washington dis.
patches.