The New York herald., 1921-09-05
Miners SURRENDER
TO FEDERAL TROOPS;
new FIGHT in MINGO
Thousands Return to Their
Homes, but Many Hide
Guns and Ammunition
in Mountains.
PEACE In 3 COUNTIES
Volunteer Force Is Rushed
to Merrimac, Now Under
Heavy Fire Of Union
Men on Border.
20 DEAD IN 8 DAYS FIGHT
q. S. Soldiers Replace Civilians
in Several Strongholds Of
Rebel Workers: Returning
Defenders Cheered.
20 DEAD IN 8 DAYS. FIGHT
81 a stdtt Correspondent Of THE NEW YORK
HERArD.

81 staff Correspondent Of THE NEW YORK
HERALD.
LOGAN, w. Va. Sept. 4.--Safe be-
hind protecting double line of Fed
eral troops, Logan to-day began to
lose the appearance Of front line
army base and to resume the appear
ance of quiet mountain town. The
thousands of rebellious union miners
of Boone and Kanawha counties, who
attairptad with machine gun and
rife Gre for sght days and nights to
force their wy across Spruce Fork
Ridge and unionize the bituminous
coal miners Of Logan and Mingo
counties, are spersing and return
ing % their homes.
Hardly had logan county begun
to regain ts peace when word was
received by telanhone from William
son, in Mgugo unity, which borders
Logau 1auaty of the southwest, that
union rainers At Stringtown, Kv..
were pouring bot rifle fire across the
Tug River into Merrimac, directing
their ilre particularly against the
mine buildings OF the White Coal ard
Coke Company and terrorizing the
town.
Major 1um Davis, who is attempt
ing to eaforce state martial law, re-
Gently proclairaed in Mingo county
by Coz Morgan, called for reinforce.
ments over the telephone, and tile
Mingo militiamen who have been
fighting the miners in this county for
the last eight days left on special
train for the new scene of action.
Want Troops I'm Mingo.
n is believed the union miners are
endeayoring to bring about condi.
tion which will force the sending Of
Federal troops into Mingo county, az
well as into Logan, Boone and Ka-
nawha counties. where they are now
The firing in Mingo county began
last Friday and has been increasing
In violence ever since.
All day special trains pulled out of
Logan for the south and west. crowded
with volunteer civilian fighters who
had answered Logan's call to arms.
Last night every able bodied man and
many boys on the streets of this town
carried a rifle or a revolver. After
the last train had departed this after
mon only "A do1ar, Ypap ,ytrardi.,ev -
ammunition depot along the railroad
tracks. and few remaining State
guards. displayed any arms.
The last shot between the Logan
county defenders and the miners was
fired few minutes before dawn by an
outpost of the civilian army on Blair
Mountain, at the extremen eastern end
of the twenty-five mile Chain line.
named for the fighting county Sheriff
who established il. A few minutes
later 500 regulars of the Fortieth
United States Infantry replaced the
civilian rifiemen and machine gunners
at every point.
Col. f. A. Shuttleworth. who !s in
command of the troops here. has es-
tablished his headquarters about .wo
miles northwest of the town on the
Logan county side of the ridge. On the
Boone county side Col. G. A. Martin.
with troops from Fort Thomas. Camp
Sherman and Camp Dix, totallng
about 1900 men, Is in possession Of
the towns of Madison. Jeffrey Clothicr,
Sharples and Blair, the onetime
strongholds Of the rebellious miners.
Checking Up Casualties.
From Blair battalion OF the famous
Twenty-sixth Infantry has gone out to
search the rocky covcrts and ravines OF
Blair Mountain for dead and wounded.
All along the slopes from this point In
a northwesterly direction TO Crooked
Creek the two Federal lines are in con-
tact across the ridge. Patrols have
h-.@ss established with outguarda, and
the difficult terrain is being combed
AS II TO bring the spectacular con-
fict TO a close with a show OF their
strength. the miners opened particularly
vicious firing on Blair Mountain yes
tcrday morning and kept II up all day.
The battle OF the machine guns and the
sharp cracks of rifles went on almost
continuously until late In the afternoon.
The last shot by the miners was fired
about o'clock last night Occasional
firing was kept up until nearly o'clock
this morning by tho civilian defenders
IN order 10 feel out the miners posi-
tons.
Officers OF the regular army forces
endeavored to-day to check up on the
casualties In the eight days or fighting.
Neither side Is certain OF the losses. and
The real facts will not be known for
several days. until reports from widely
separated sections of Logan and Boone
counties como In and the regulars have
finished fneir search in the mountains.
=, late. army officers .Snow Of about