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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03

be protected whilst following out the
terms Of the agreement.
"The miners in good faith did dis
perse and did return to their homes,
but not quite twenty-four hours after
they had returned to their homes an
armed band of men, consisting of
members Of the state constabulary
and deputies from Logan County
crept into the town of Sharples in the
dead of night, when the men, women
and children of the community were
in their beds, and when those armed
thugs had completed their nights
the United Mine Workers of America
and injured another two.
"The feelings Of the citizenry Of
the entire State Of West Virginia were
completely outraged as result Of the
crime which was committed in
Sharples and resulted in complete re-
mobilization of not only the forces
which had returned to their homes
under the terms of the original agree
ment made with General Bandholtz
and President Keeney. but in addition
TO that force there came up the valleys
o. Lens Greek, Little and Big Coal
tically every county in the state -
join with the citizens of SharpleS
blair and all Of the other mining
towns in the neighborhood in a fight
for the abolition of this most terrible
system which is permitted to be prac-
ticed by the state authorities.
Rising Not Confined to Union
"The general impression that has
been created by the Governor is that
the movement of this armed band Of
men is confined to members of the
United Mine Workers of America.
Nothing could be further from the
truth. AS a matter of fact, from my
own personal observation of the situa-
ton, discovered that the men who are
on the firing lines, fighting for the
abolition Of the guard and Baldwin
Felts system, consists Of miners, rail-
road men, merchants, doctors, ministers
of the Gospel and almost every ele-
ment of the citizenship of those COM
munities and throughout the state.
"The slogan of the men on the fight
ing line is, as they give it to me: I'VE
fought for America in France. We
returned home to find that we, in West
Virginia, are not really and truly in
America. We have made up our minds
to do battle in West Virginia for the
purpose of returning the state to our
country Everywhere you go along the
fighting line sll that one will hear is:
Let us win West Virginia back to
America"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Captured Miners Charge
Coercion to Armed Bands
Forced to Join il, March After
Gun Vas Put in Hands, Says
One; Passwords Disclosed

LOGAN, w. Va, Sept. 2.-sherif
Don Chain late to-day permitted news
paper men to interview three prison
ers taken by the Logan County forces
who we're brought here yesterday. They
were John Stollings and French Hager,
both of Logan County, and Clyde Nc
Garvish, of Clancy, Ohio. Stollings
Coal River field last night and Hager
was taken by state trooper at Shar-
pies last Sunday.
Stollings asserted that he was re-
turning to Logan from Boone County,
where he had visited his mother.
II encountered band Of men who
placed rifle in my hands, tied red
band about my arm, and forced me to
march at the head" Stollings said.
According to McGarvish, he had
been working on Horse Creek, Boone
County, when word was received that
the men at his camp should march to
for them" He added that he was given
a pistol. When arrested, he said, he
was trying to escape from the front
rank of a group of marching men going
in the direction where firing was heard.
Hager, who said he was union
miner, made this statement:
II was informed by my local Off
Gals that the superintendent of the
Boone County Coal Corporation wanted
men to guard the plant. Together
with several others I was patroling the
road when taken into custody"
Hager, who appeared to be about
sixteen years old, said that he had no
idea there was to be march to Mingo.
Stollings and McGarvish said they
had learned, Through union officials
that it was planned to organize the
Guyan or Logan field and march to
Mingo. Both added that "Mingo," IT
come creeping" and "swift" were pass
words freely used by the armed bands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Sixteen Loaded ssBombers''
Ready to ssHop'' to Mines
Special Dispatch to The Tribu


NORFOLK, Va, Sept. q Warlike
activity is everywhere in evidence at
Langley Field to-day. Sixteen big Mar
tin and DeHaviland bombing machines
loaded with bombs are ready to take
the air, and the crew of each machine
is standing ready to chop off" for the
scene of the miners war. Orders were
received last night to get sixteen ma
chimes in readiness to fly to West Vir-
ginia. Each Martin machine has nine
bombs ready for use. The DeHaviland
bombers will carry from three to five
bombs each.
Extra bombs are ready to be sent
ito the seat of war. Aviators from
Ohio and Texas have been ordered to
Langley Field for duty in connection
with the contemplated departure of
the planes. Air bombers already sent
to West Virginia carried six bombs
each. The air station at the Hamp-
ton Roads Naval Base also was alive
with activity. Aviators were given
limited liberty, and those allowed leave
were required to communicate with the
chief officer every hour in case orders
were received dispatching them to
the West Virginia lines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
First Body Brought In

ST. ALBANS, w. Va, Sept. 2 (By
The Associated Press).-The body of
James Roberts, who was killed in fight
ing on Blair Mountain yesterday, was
brought here tonight on the first train
to reach St. Adams from Clothier since
the railroad was closed by the officials
of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Company on Wednesday, The train
also carried two wounded men and a
number of others who said they had
just come down from the front.
The wounded men, who were in
charge of group from the forces at
Blair, each wearing a red cross on his
arm, were later placed on a Chesa-
peake & Ohio train bound for Hans
ford, W. Va, where the men said they
were to be placed in the Sheltering
Arms Hospital, miners institution.
The men refused to discuss events
in the disturbed district other than to
say that when they left there this
afternoon fighting was continuing on
Blair Mountain and was, if anything,
more severe than at any time this
week. They said the forces there had
been added to by large party of men
who arrived this morning from Boomer,
w. Va, on the train which has been
operated in Boone County by armed
bands during the time the road was
closed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
MORGAN Answers Criticism

CHARLESTON. W. Va, Sept a.
Governor Morgan tonight issued q
statement bearing on the telegram sent
to the War Department last night by
Brigadier General Bandholtz to the eff
feet that it was believed the withdraw
al of invaders last week would have
been achieved but, for the ill-advised
and ill-timed advance movement of
s.ate constabulary on the night of
August 81, resulting in bloodshed." 1t
said:
1.-The squad of state police that went
to Beech Creek on the night of August
81, led by Captain Brockus, Of the Pub
lie Safety Department, did not enter
lists but to serve warrants on approx
mately forty individuals who were
charged with attacking two state po-
licemen and robbing them of their
equipment.
For ten days these armed men had
patrolled the roads and committed
offenses against the peace and dignity
of the state. They had refused to dis
perse even when requested by the Fed
eral officers, and when Captain Brockus
made his entry down Beech Greek his
force was attacked by these armed in
surgents,. When fired upon his force
returned the fire.
CAS- Governor Of the state I have
insisted that these warrants must be
served, and have SO advised the leaders
of the United Mine Workers. If efforts
to serve processes in legal and
orderly manner result in riot and in
surrection, it should not prevent the
constituted authorities from making an
honest effort to perform their duties.
There must be enforcement of the law
and armed resistance must be over
come, even if the presence Of Federal
troops is required to overcome those
who are defantn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
More Machine
Guns and Men.
Sheriff's Order
Continues from page ene)

increasingly, were frequently sallying
forth in attacks that several times
forced the defending troops backward
to new positions.
In the Mill Greek district, consid-
cred one of the most vulnerable points
in the defenders line, the last reports
were that Chafn's men were "holding
their own"
The miners have Communicated prac-
tically every motor car in or near the
battle area, and are using them to
transport their wounded to the rear,
where they are given attention by
physicians.
Absolutely no information on the
number of casualties suffered by Sher-
if Chains army has been received in
the rear areas. All estimates of the
losses of the invading miners also are
guesswork. Many have been seen to
go down under rifle and machine gun
fire, but nothing to indicate the num-
Der of their casualties has been re-
ceived in. the back areas.
Miners returning from the front will
say little of the fighting. All deny that
the invaders have suffered large losses
as reported. They declare, however,
that the defenders have been hard
pressed in several of the mountain de-
files, and in some instances have been
driven back by the miners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Miners " eLc0n,e Federal
Intervention, Says Head
Murray Prophesies Immediate
Quiet; Demands Abolition of
BuldlCin-Felts Guard Plan

CHARLESTON, w. Va. Sept. 2 (By
The Associated Press)-Philip Murray,
international vice-president of the
United Mine Workers of America, to-
day gave out formal statement on
the West Virginia situation, as rep
resenting the views of the mine work
ers. 1t said in part:
There is but one solution to thu
whole question as it affects the citi-
zenry of the State of West Virginia,
and that is complete abolition of the
mine guard and Baldwin-Felts system
now in general use throughout the
non-union coal mining fields of this
state.
Despite any statement that might be
made to- the citizenry by the Governor
of the State of West Virginia, evidences
Of the brutality of the mine guards and
Baldwin-Feits agencies can be found in
the non-union territories of West Vir-
ginia. My personal judgment is that
the presence of Federal troops in the
: disturbed sections Of the state will re-
suit in immediate quiet being restored
The men engaged in the present con-
fiict against he Governors MISUSE of
power welcorAe with open arms the COM
ing OF Federal troops They believe
that their presence in this field will
at least assure them and their wives
@ad families, protection from assassi-
nation at the hands of this armed band
Of desperadoes.
Recalls Dispersal Agreement
cit is not generally understood, but
! It is nevertheless true, that on August
rs these citizens engaged in the pres
ent uprising against the Baldwin Felts
men and mine guards entered into an
agreement with General Bandhoitz and
President Keeney (of the district
9nion) to dispense peaceably and re-
turn to their homes, with the distinct
understanding that their lives would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Cabinet Discusses
Russia and Disas1nI i. 8
President to Announces
bers Of Unemployment &
Gil Within q Few n,
From The Tyitans's Waahinae...

From The Tyfbans's Washinot... !,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-Tx. =
dent found but four Of n.
OF his Cabinet in Gown to-day s J,
regular bi-weekly meeting. Th.s : -
Secretary of State Hughes. $50. go
OF War Weeks, Secretary Of Ia $
DENLY and Postmaster Gene,., r VET
The session was brief, own. .sH
lack OF full membership and aa7
cessive heat. The latest pnsss as a.
Russian relief situation were S;e y Vie
as well as the situation nea~ss ssosd,
in West Virginia. SeeretArs ny rome,
informed the secretaries preser. "eeks|
latest messages received frc,n " tae|
officers in the coal area. h ss,, nayI
with the advent CT Federal troo 10" .ss
the disturbed area the militarv - N
be instructed to use eyerv 1921. oee
measure before resorting ~
drastic methods. "es
discussion Of the apenda - a
unemployment conference soor :.
called was held, and it was snros -
that the President plans to male -
lie the names of the tweutv-6vs w
bers of the conference within AZ se4.
few days. With reference to the ps sa
sian relief project, it was rait~,sssss.
that this government plans to cors AZ
its humanitarian measures acro,S:sS
to we'll defined plans and to 49,:
ENHANCEMENT with any Europeas =
lief agencies. tel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

WILLIAMSON, w. Va, Sept. q
Orders were issued by Major Thomas
b. Davis, military commander here,
mobilizing all the Mingo County spe-
cial state policemen, numbering about
700. This action was taken because of
reports of the concentration of bands of
armed men along the Mingo-Pike bor-
der. Striking miners from the tent
colonies, heavily armed, have been
crossing Tug River into Kentucky dur
ing the afternoon. A large body is
said to be forming opposite Merrimac.
four miles east of Williamson.
Major Davis issued a warning to all
companies to be on the alert through
out the night. Special state police Will
be on duty. at all mines in the county,
but the main body will be held in viii.
hanson ready for any emergency.
Bands are reported to be assembling
on Mount Sterling Creek, between
Nolan and Naugatuck, and information
said to have come from the miners has
reached Major Davis that an uprising
will be attempted before DAYLIGHT to-
morrow. Authorities believe that If an
offensive is undertaken the Minpo
County Jail will be the objective. More
than 100 prisoners, most of them union
men, are confined in the jail. Several
of the prisoners are officials of the
uniCn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Troopers Prevent March
OF Pennsylvania Miners
Sheriff's Forces, Armed With
Machine Gun, Break Up
Move af 1000 Strikers

UNIONTOWN, Pa, Sept. 2.-Sheriff
I. I. Shaw. of Uniontown; County De-
tective John j. Russell and fourteen
members of the Pennsylvania state po-
lice, armed with rifles and machine
gun, went to Allison, near here, early
to-day and dispersed crowd of strik-
ing miners who had planned to march
on several Independent operations in
that district. 1t was the second time
this week that the Sheriff had been
called upon to halt march of men at
Allison.
Shaw received word that a crowd of
miners estimated at 1000 had gathered
at Allison and had planned march.
He summoned aid, and within a short
time was at Allison. He stopped the
contemplated movement without any
difficulty, he said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Neighbors Rescue Seven.
One Bedridden, in Fire
Swathed in Wet Blankets, Men
Carry Out Invalid, His Wife
and Five Small Children

Samuel Pearlmutter, an invalid and
bedridden; his wife and five small
children, occupying frame dwelling
at 306 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn,
were rescued from their burning home
last night in succession of spec
tacular dashes by neighbors.
Larry Meier, of &c Pennsylvania
Avenue, and Matthew Wiki and Samuel
Jaknofsky. both of 800 Pennsylvania
Avenue, entered the dwelling swathed
in wet blankets and carried the
occupants, who were unconscious. to
safety. The three men made four trips
to the second floor of the house while
it was enveloped in smoke and flames.
The four children, aside from an in
FAINT which was sleeping with Mrs.
Pearlmutter, narrowly escaped being
burned to death, as after the mother,
father and one child had been carried
ont the rescuers had difficulty in find
ing the room in which the other chill
dren lay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
La Toilette Leagued With
Wisconsin Non-P artisans
Announcement Is Townieyites
Hope 10 Make Badger State
Next Big battle-ground
Spectal Dtsnatck DO Thc Tribunc

Special Dt8Ddtcf 10 nc TtOuHe
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 2.-Senator
Robert M LaFolsette and A. G. Townley
have entered into pact to "Nonparti-
sanize" Wisconsin. Preliminary plans
for campaign to that end which will
rank as The most spectacular effort ever
made by the Nonpsrtisan league in
the Northwest were laid at confer
ence Of Senator La Follette's lieutcn-
anita and Mr.. TownIey in Minneapolis
today.
Independent Republicans in Wisconsin
are clamoring for an organization de-
signed solely to fight the Nonpartisan
League and it's organization efforts in
the state. 1t is planned to make g
clean-cut fight, accepting the issue of
state socialism created by activity of
Wisconsin Townleyites.
Organizers for the Nonpartisan
League are already in the field, have
been. working for some weeks and are
meeting with much success, it is de-
clared by leaders, who frankly admit
that they look to Wisconsin as their
"next great battle ground"
Coalition of the La Toilette organiza-
ton in the state and the league organ
ization was effected last fall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Fighting vn 2O.Mile Line

LOGAN, W. Va, Sept. 2 (By The
Associated Press) .-Heavy fighting has
been continuing for hours between the
miners and forces of state police and
deputy sheriffs at Blair Mountain, Mill
Creek, Crooked Creek and other points
on the twenty-mile line along Spruce
Fork Ridge, and according to one cour-
Ter from the scene, there is zone con-
tinual roar along the entire line"
Colonel Arnold, of the state police, re-
ported late this afternoon that his
line was holding we'll. 1t was reported
that Colonel Arnold was preparing for
an important operation on Blair Noun
tain.
Captain L. E. Lawson, with a COM
pany of Mingo men and some of the
state police, is said to have crossed
the top of the ridge late to-day and to
have advanced down the East slope
toward the Little Coal River country.
Airplanes accommodating over Boone
County, east Of the ridge. this after
noon, reported increased activity among
the armed bands which have assembled
there. They said that new men had
been sent into the line and that these
were fresh and amply provided with
ammunition and provisions.
Reinforcements continue to reach
here through the day, the latest ar
rivals being q party of Mingo men who
came by rail from Williamson. In ad :
dition to their rifles and pistols they
carried automatic rifles and machine
guns.
For the third time this week wires
between here and Williamson, Mineo
County, were cut during the night.
Linemen sent out to make repairs re-
ported that they had been fired upon by
rifiemen.
Miners Have Fleet of Trucks
Between sixty-fve and seventy-five
autom obiles and trucks with miners
and ammunition were reported to have
gone up Lens Greek toward Boon
County last night and early to-day. Re-
ports among these miners were that
they had suffered losses yesterday and
that excitement was high among them
A Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad train
which the armed forces around Blair
have been using since regular service
on the Little Coal River branch was
stopped, passed through Madison this
morning bound for Whitesville, min
ing village on the Wyoming County
border. In one car, it was said, were
the bodies of number of Whitesville
men who had fallen in the fighting on
Blair Mountain.
A physician reported that he had
treated two men who reached Madison
! during the night from the vicinity OF
| Blair One had a gunshot wound In
the arm and the other said he had
fallen over a cliff in the mountains.
! John Mccormick, the Logan County
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Women and Children Refugees
Tell Of Mine Army Gathering
All Work in District Abandoned No Trains Run
One Branch and Wires Cut; Many Unable to
Get Out of Villages Along Spruce Fork Ridge

ST. ALBANS, W. Va, Sept. 2 (By
The Associated Press).-W omen and
children from the Little Coal River
country, where armed bands havs
gathered along the eastern slope Of
Spruce Fort Ridge, have arrived here
in large numbers, and are quartered in
hotels and with families.
Many of them are the families Of
business and professional men, al
though some are the wives and chill
dren of miners. The authorities here
believe that if it were possible for
women and children from the mining
villages would make their way to ST.
Adams until their home region had be-
CONS normal.
AS on yesterday, no trains were run
ming on the Little Coal River branch of
the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, and
the station agent here said that all the
wires along the line had been cut. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
White House Appreciates
Dresel's Berlin Reco,d
Indications Are Commissions.
Will Be Assigned Some Earn.

AOsAAC 1UfU.
pean Or So. American Poe,
From The Tribune's Waahimgtou B.s.s.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.--Is MA, =
dicated at the White HOUSE to.as.
that Ellis Lording Dresel, Am.r;.,s
commissioner at Berlin, Is to h. -
warded with high diplomatic no,+ !.
the result of his excellent woYk IN A.
German capital.
Reports here that DR.. David a.r.I
Hill was to be named Ambassada, - ~
Germany were not confirmed Al ~
White House. The Administrats9
feels exceedingly grateful toward M
Dresel, and he will not be overIooked
when diplomatic rewards are being dis1
tributed.
In keeping with the administrator
policy Of promoting career men in III
diplomatic service, it is not urlikelu
that Mr.. Dresel will be named a pIen31
potentiary either to 8 European IN
South American post. It is NOT eon.
sidered probable here that he will Be-
named Ambassador to Germany.
With the exchange of treaty rati.
fcations American diplomatic and coz.
sular officers will at oEce enter Ger.
many, which will eliminate the mecca.
sity of an American commission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Navy Trial Ordered for Flyer
Whose Cum Hit Human Target

From The Tribune's Washington Bureaw
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-Lieutenant
E. T.. Garvey,. the naval aviator, who
used his machine gun in practice while
flying over Narragansett Bay, injuring
a passenger in motor launch, will
be tried on the charge of neglect of
duty, it became known to-day at the
Navy Department.
A board of inquiry held that the
shooting was accidental, but recon-
mended that the officer be compelled
to answer before naval court for
alleged failure to take precautions
against firing into inhabited territory,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03

signal system also was out of commits
sion, he said.
When traffic was suspended three
locomotives, string Of freight cars
and complete passenger train were in
the vicinity of the mining towns where
the men were congregating.
Many stories are heard here from
the persons who come from the mining
country regarding the situation there.
They tell of the constant arrival of
bands of men from many parts Of
southern and central West Virginia,
all of them armed. 1t is also related
that all work in the region has been
abandoned, while business is at a
standstill.
Reports reaching here this morning
said that physicians from the towns
around Blair had been summoned to
that place, where temp orary hospital
has been opened for the wounded in
the fighting along Spruce Fork Ridge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
'sGoodbye Smm,mer''

Labor Day, the last of the big
weekend holidays-then comes
the deluge-the horneward rush
that swamps railroad and boat
lines. The wise arrange far in
advance for home coming ac-
commodations. The wise also
arrange to have the greatest Of
home Observation-Disclosures
Ice-awaiting them. No food can
be ordered, and no housekeep-
ing start until the great food
preserver is in the refrigerator.
4 card giring the date to haze the
Kniekerdoeker wagon at the door is the
precantion most Knifker6oeker eustom-
eyJ take