South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-05
Mine WAR In
WEST VIRGINIA
NEARING END
Miners March Into Villages
and Surrender Weapons
to the Military.
PROVIDE TRANSPORTATI
Army Officers Arrange to
Send Men Home - Will
Seize Arsenal III Hills.

MADISON, ". Va. Sept. 1.-The
violent disturbances which for
week have ragged along Spruce Fork
ridge near the Bocne-Logan county
border in which bands Of heavily
armed men, have been opposed by
state, county and hastily organized
volunteer forces. were fast ap-
preaching an end today Additional
troops to reinforce those already in
the field arrived in the Little Coal
river valley this morning.
As the United States troops ar
rived by rail in Sharples, just be-
hind the area which has been the
scene OF almost continuous clashes
between armed men for many days
scores Of armed men from the hill
were marching into the village
where they handed firearms to the
military.
After surrendering their weapons
the men were allowed to leave for
their homes
While reports to military head
quarters did not indicate how many
armed men had remained in the
section abandoned by those who sur
rendered here today il is known in
we'll informed circles here that a
considerable number are still in the
mountains.
Still Some Firing.
Military authorities reported that
while the situation along the Little
Coal river valley was quiet, infor-
nation was received through other
sources that firing was still in prog
ress.
Up TO a late hour last night fed
eral troops had not penetrated the
Businesses of the hills but il was
expected here that they would be
ordered inc the regions Of Spruce
Fork ridge, Blair mountain and
Beech Fork early tomorrow morn
ing.
When the soldiers go into the hills
IL was generally believed here they
will disarm the men found there
and send them out Of the region at
once. With this accomplished. mill
tary authorities felt that the trouble
Gus times of the past weeks will
have become history and that con-
ditions will quickly revert 10 normal.
Three hundred soldiers of the Goth
Infantry who came from Camp Dix.
y. j.. arrived here just before day
break. They were dispatched i'm
mediately TO the neighborhood Of
Blair. beyond Sharples, a region in
which heavy exchange between men
armed with rifles have been reported
Soldiers today were in control Of
the entire valley from Madison to
Blair. Regulars are located between
these two towns and the villages Of
Clothier, Jeffrey and Sharples.
Several hundred men, supposed
10 be under arms, were reported to-
night congregated at Sharples in
READINGS TO leave the region, and
army officers were making an effort
to provide them with means to get
out Of the village and on their way
home. An equal number were said
to be either in Jeffery or Clothier,
but IL was not known whether they
would move out at once, as trans
portatiOn facilities are lacking. De-
tachments Of soldiers were busy
throughout the day collecting arms
and ammunition from the men gath
cred in the three villages. 1t was
pre- licted that before nightfall many
hundreds of weapons and thousands
OF rounds Of ann unitiOn would have
been confscated.
Magistrate Mitchell, Logan
county deputy sheriff, who. with four
other Logan deputies, was captured
by armed men early last week and
had since been held in the hills was
surrendered TO the military authori-
ties at Blair today The deputies
were brought 10 Madison and tonight
were being cared for at the camp
here.
This afternoon Lieut.. Brine. an
army intelligence officer, left Madi-
son on a railroad motor car for JEFF
fiery. He was accompanied by a de-
tail OF soldiers and said he was en-
route for Van a village in the noun
tains. Near there, the officer said,
he and his men expected TO seize
an arsenal said 10 have been the
base from which bands OF armed
men have been operating though
out the past week. Beyond the state
ment that IL was his intention 10 con-
centrate and establish a guard over
all munitions seized. Lieut.. Brine re-
fused 10 discuss his further plans
Troops guarding the railroad here
today halted a train bound from the
disturbed area 70 St. Adams and
searched several score Of miners
who were passengers for weapons.
A number OF pistols and a large
amount of ammunition were confis-