The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
MINERS MARCH IN
 WEST VIRGINIA IS
 DECLARED AT END
Jig Is Up, Declares Federal Army Officer, After ln- vestigation-Many Of
 Men Already Home
By Aseociatod Prean

Charleston, W. Va, August Ill., State and federal authorities were . unit tonight in declaring that the march of tho miners from Marmet to Mingo county as a protest against Governor Morgan's martial law. had come to an end, and hundreds of the men were already back in their home towns.
 Brig. Con. H. Fl. Bandhoitz. who came here from washington to in- vestigate the conditions for the war depar rtment, in answer to Governor Morgan's request for federal troops drove to Racine from Charleston over the line of march taken by the min CTS earlier in the week, and expressed himself as being convinced that "the Jig Is up." He addressed a party of miners at Racine, who were waiting for a train to take them home and. after further investigation along the line, returned to Charleston to pre- pare his report for the Washington authorities.
 
 during the afternoon by reports from Williamson, Mingo county. and welch, McDowell county, that Sheriff Don Chain of Logan county had sent out hurried call for assistance. and that forces of the state police and deputies had been hurried to Logan county by automobiles. expecting to arrive there late today.
 As all information reaching gov Iernment sources from Logan county was to tho effect that the situation there was quiet this movement of re- Inducements was not explained until | it became known in Welch after Sheriff Hatfield and his men had oe- parted for Logan, that the march had been broken up and the men were on their way homo.
 | The movement of the state police from williamson was explained by the fact that fears were felt in some quarters that stragglers from tho now disbanded army might remain | in Boone county, and the presence of the force would be needed there to help Sheriff Hill and his three or four deputies clear up the situation. No official statesment | There was no official statement on this point, but the assumption was borne out by people in Logan county when Capt. J. R. Brockus and his troopers rode through the town on their way to tho Boone county bor- der.
 The McDowell county force, which had been expected in Logan at o'clock. had not reached there an hour later. The one point in the mining country which has been the source of much anxiety for officials because of it's position along ths Boone Logan border was Blair. The ports have come on two successive nights that fighting was in progress between them and the Logan county authorities.
 | Correspondents with the marching miners were unable to get to Blair from Madison. while Sheriff Chafin refused any information concerning events in that section. All wire com munications have been cut for sew felt that the real center of the trou- ble was at Blair.
 This point was cleared up late to- day. when Sheriff Hill of Boone coun- ty succeeded In getting into commu-
 nication with personal friends in the town They told him there had been no disorders of any kind. and that Sheriff Chains men had not come down the east slope of the mountains. They assured Sheriff Hill. he said.
 there WAS no reason why disorders T should break out at this time in that
 vicinity.
 From Logan, the county seat of
 Logan county. business and profess sional men reported that they knew Iof nothing unusual, and as far as surface indications went the town
 and county was quiet Sheriff Cha fins office pursued it's policy up to
 4:30 o'clock this afternoon of refus- ing all news to newspaper men.