New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
Miners Give Up
Fight; Soldiers
Cover District
Continued from page one)

the citizens of Logan for tomorrow
night, at which resolutions are to be
adopted expressing the thanks of
these people "for the valiant aid lent
by the men of other West Virginia
counties"
Most of the members Of the state
police are not expected to go to Mingo
Reports from there were that the
White Star Mining Company, at Mer-
rimac, was under fire from the Ken
tucky side of the Tug River. Accord
ing to Major Thomas Davis, of the
staff of Governor Morgan. there was
much shooting this forenoon.
From Colonel Shuttleworth it was
learned that no Federal troops are to
go to Mingo without another order
from Washington. In the first place,
Governor Morgan has not asked for
aid in that county, and, in the second,
the troublesome men are in Kentucky,
where there is a National Guard, q
force that is sorely lacking in West
Virginia.
In proof of assertions that the
miners were fighting under red ban
ners, several captured emblems of this
hue are displayed here. Every miner
in the "army" wore bit of red cloth
sewed or pinned to his shoulder or
else kept red bandana handker-
chief knotted about his throat. Some
Of them had the red badges tied to
their gun barrels SO that when one of
these symbols appeared at the side of
tree, over the top of rock or across
fallen log other miner sharpshooters
would not mistake them for members
of the Logan defense forces.
Defenders Wear White Insignia
The defenders also wore distinguish
ing badges for several days. These
were white brassards. Then it was
discovered that the miner sharpshcot-
or attempting to, by wearing similar
badges. Overnight the defending force
was equipped with yellow brassards
Each force during this last week has
developed it's own set of signals, pass
words and countersigns. The password
of the Logan defenders was "Bol-
sheviki."
The commissary Of the Logan men
was far superior to that of the miners
thanks to the women of this county
who worked at all hours preparing
sandwiches and hot coffee, cakes and
pies, too. The miners had to take
what they could get. Beans were their
standby, but some days they had only ice
SAOniis q parry VI 1OAd6CLd Having
seized an auto truck load of twenty
| gallon cans. The rations of one out
post of "red necks" during one day
! was a poke" (small paper bag) OF
country store candy for each man.
| The miners commissary was main.
| tanned by foraging parties that went
from one end to the othe: of the Goa
| River Valley, purchasing with receipts
the stocks Of the mountain and valley
settlement stores
| Both sides are inclined to exagger.
ate the number of casualties. It il
unlikely that the total killed on both
| sides exceeds twenty men. The numbe,
of wounded is about 100. The miners
losses were greater, as they were the
| attacking force. The defenders made
no effort to advance beyond the line
they occupied.
Fighting In Valley Ceases
MADISON, w. Va, Sept. a (By The
Associated Press).- ).-Fighting between
armed bands and Logan County au.
thorities along the Boone Logan County
line has ceased, Colonel c. A. Martin
commander of Federal troops in the
Little Coal River Valley, said to-day
after tour of inspection. When he
returned to Madison the Colonel made
the following ststemant,
Colonel Martin added that soldiers