Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-21
ARMY0F INVADERS
IS MARCHING INTO
COAL STRIKE AREA
Thousand Armed Men on
Way to Mingo County.
w. Va, Trouble Zone.
COAL OF EXPEDITION
UNDER MARTIAL LAW
West Virginia Authorities Ap.
parently in Dark as to
Object of Movement.
LEY Assncin,oh H..

CHARLESTON. W. VA. Aug. 90
Men from the Paint Creek and Cabin
crcek coal fields. along the Kauawha
i.l'cr' assembled at Marmct near
mere. today with the avowed in;en
ZION. 1t was reported to State au-
'horiiics OF making n demonstration
against Mingo County. whore martial
law has been in effect for several
months as the outcome OF AN indus
trihi controversy of long standing.
some 60D or 500 men wcrn in -.
party. and IL was said thov would
oeeln To march tomorrow morning.
reaching M!neo' through Boone and
Logan Counties
Movement Well Under Why.
~ mas been reported on several oc-
casions that the men. many OF whom
are not steadily "mployed. would
march on MinEu. but surprise wns
Expressed this afternoon when tn.
news reached State officials that the
movement was well under way. Col
onei Jackson Arnold. commander OF
the state police. declined TO discuss tho
situation. nor from any other official
source WAS any information given
out
IL was known, however. that late
ia the afternoon a crowd Of men csti-
mated at fully 600, had collected in "a
hollow about one mile from the rail
road station at Marmet Armed
guards patrollcd the road leading 20
the rendezvous and strangers were
excluded. y correspondent who sue
techcd III passing the guard and
mingled with the crowd said upon his
return here that he was quickly
singled out aud made to state his
business : few minutes later he
was approach by a number OF men
who told him they were IA committee
10 Inform him that his presence was
not desired. and he was advised In
courteous terms to leave AS he made
his way 20 the railway station he said
Two men with rifles followed n short
distance behind him.
Protest Against Martial Inv.
According TO the reports widely
circulated in this city and through
out the state. the movement is i'm
protest against the maintenance OF
martial law in Mingo County
Repeated efforts by miners or
CARNATIONS TO have the courts free
prisoners. taken under provisions OF
Governor Morgans martial law proc
lamation. have been without avail
y massmccting VI miners held i'm
Charleston recently sent "a commit
tee 10 Governor Morgan with the re-
quest that he call Il special session
OF the Legislature to abolish ia"
mine guard system" Governor Nor
gan, August is. in "a letter to tho
committee. said similar Legislation
faced the last session Of The
Legislature, and since the i,crsonnc!
of the Legislature had not changed.
mo good purpose could be served by
such Il course The Governor added
tina; che objectionable deputy sheriff
system was not an issue in Mingo
County. as the deputy shcrims there
were paid out Of the county treasury.
Arc Freely Discussed.
These things. i; was reported here
today. have ben freely discussed
along Paint Greek and Cabin Creek.
Two ycars>aso a large body OF
miners Set out on a march from here
for Logan County. where there were
few union men among the thousands
employed They gave up the march
after John j. co:nwcll. then Cover
nor. threatened to call for Federal
assistance unless they returned to
their homes
c. T.. Kccncy. presidcn, Of the dis
trict No. IL. United Mine Workers Of
America, said tonight the men could