The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-31

n 1OreeS ana an armed Danu came TO-
4 gether in the mountains near Blair.
Logan county, this morning, accord
ling to dispatches received at the Of
fee of Governor Morgan. Beyond the
statement that there had been firing
from both sides, the governors office
had no details.
Logan, w. Va, Aug. 81 1.-Airplanes
today distributed copies of President
Harding's proclamation throughout
7 this district. Thousands were print.
ed here last night Friend and foe
4 alike received the pamphlets contain
ding the presidents command that all
persons engaged in "insurrectionary
\ Proceedings, y dispense and return to
y their homes at or before noon, Thurs.
day, Sept. L. Flying eastward. the
planes crossed Boone and parts of
NKanawha counties dropping the cir
( culars.
At dawn the Spruce Fork Ridge
/, guard reported "all we'll" There was
mo lighting during the night; no at
tempt was made to scale the eastern
slope of the hills.
How the other fellows spent the
time between darkness and daylight
was matter of conjecture.
Sharples, Blair, jeffrey and
Clothier, where men were reported
gathering for an invasion" of Logan
county were still cut OFF from tele
phone and telegraph communication
and none of the Logan county forces
3 hazarded trip down the hillside to
. find out what was going on.
In Logan the night was one of great
activity. Conferences between state
\ officers and officials continued. Rifles
n were cleaned and stacked in court
Shouse corridors and thousand "de"
Tenders held themselves in readiness
Y to march Many of them were former
soldiers. Women served coffee and
food In the. meantime dozens of mo-
tor cars surrounded the courthouse,
4 drivers at the wheels awaiting a call
from the watch across country. But
8 the call did not come.
Late reports from the southwestern
tiers of counties indicated that citi-
zens and legionaries were being
kformed into companies and would
4 rush to the assistance of Logan if it
was thought they were needed. Arms
and ammunition came in from Hunt
. ington and Charleston and reinforce
yments arrived from Mcdowell. With
Il them came two doctors and three
s nurses. Sheriff "Bill' Hatfield, of that
county has been here for several days
a assisting Sheriff Don Chain. oCol. w.
Il. Eubanks, West Virginia National
- Guard, commissioned yesterday by
& Governor Morgan, is now the ranking
officer here.
Sheriff Chaffin announced this
morning that overtures to effect the
y release of prisoners now held in Min
Y 70 county in return for the freedom
Z of the four Logan county officers held
BY the armed bands on the Boone side
or the border, had been made to him
He said he was at first informed the
y Logan men would be released if as
surances were given that the bands
would not be fired on. He agreed to
the truces, he said, and waited until
& midnight, the hour agreed upon for
their release. They did not appear
however, and later learned that the
"a bands were insisting that the Mingc
m county prisoners first must be re-
leased, the terms being ten prisoners
Tor one deputy. It was not thought
WII8UGn III dBTccuicuI WOuiu uC CheSiO Oe
into by the Logan authorities.
q commandeered Passenger Train
Charleston, w. Va, Aug. 81. -
u chesapeake and Ohio railroad officials
Today verified report received a
. Gov. e. F. Morgan's Office last nigh
that armed men late yesterday com
E 1aandeered the regular Chesapeake
ard, Ohio passenger train running oy
81 The branch line from st. ALBANIA, 1
niles southwest of Charleston, t.
.2 Clothier, Boone county, near the Lo
N 4an line The men, according to raj
" <0ad officials, first ran the train up tn
F0nd Fork branch and brought bac
Is armed band. It next was taken I
/1HfxiI where another body Of me
f1ed and proceeded to CIothier
H . FORMAL statement has been issue
cT8r6or Morgan since the receiI
sIdeut Hardius's proclan1ati9
~ 4 n 1||II1< 81 armed bands "a. dii