Evening star., 1922-08-04
Indiana Battle Goes
OnfOrHours With
out Casualties.
ATTACK FOLLOWS
STARTING OF WORK
Ambush Swept by Heavy
Machine Gun Fusillade.
Telephone Wires Cut.
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STAUNTON, Ind. August First
hostilities in connection with the TAX
Cured today when national guardsmen
on guard duty were fired upon from
ambush.
The fire was returned by the guards
and later the firing was taken up over
the entire area. Automatic rifles were
brought into action by the troops. and
the firing continud for hours.
Reports received by Maj Gen.
Robert Tyndall. in command of the
troops. said that no one was injured.
1t was said. however. by some Of the
men on duty that one man was slight
ly injured.
Out to acct" Soldiers.
Investigation by military officials in
dicated that. although the firing
lasted several hours. the attacking
party was small. 1t was reported that
several men from nearby towns came to
this city and announced that they were
going to get flock of soldiers" They
fred on an outpost. and the fire was
Immediately returned. AS result Of
this firing whenever there was any
movement in the woods nearby the
guardsmen fired. Several men who.
when called upon to halt by the guards
were fired upon when they failed to
obey the guards command.
belittled the affair. saying that It
was minor skirmish. The situation
was regarded as quiet despite the
firing which began shortly after mid
night and continued until daybreak.
Take No Chances.
The continued firing was the result
Of the take no chances" orders given
the militia. No one is supposed to be
in the occupied zone without a pass
and the men with passes are sup
posed to travel only on the public
highways, out in the open. AS re-
suit. when the attacking persons
fired. the militia swept the spot with
n ochinc gun ana rifle fire.
Temporary telephone wire strung
between general headquarters and
the outposts were cut in sorne places
before the firing started and squads
were busy today renair!ng them. New
outposts-were established at various
strategic points and several new ma
chine gun nests were installed at
points where they can rake every
vulnerable point of the occupied
zone.
Slip Through Lines.
The outpost fired on was in COM
mand of Capt. William Brann. and
was near mine No. 3. which is due
west of Staunton. only 200 yards from
Gen. Tyndall's headquarters. How
the persons firing there ever got
through the outer lines of defense is
a mystery. but it is presumed that
under some preteIt they obtained
passes, entered in the daytime and
lay concealed in the woods until
night THE fact that the troop tele-
phone wires had been cut created n
tense situation around the camp, for
it was not known for some time just
what was happening.
Five men were at work today in the
Nos and 9 strip mines, which are to
be opened first. Because of the fall
ure of local miners to respond to
Gov. McCray's call for volunteers to
work them. 1t may not be possible to
start actual coal production for sew
eral days. They are being prepared
rapidly for the beginning of opera
tions. Men will be brought from In
dianapolis to the mines. The silva
ton south of here in Owen and Sulli-
van counties. where troops were sent
last night, was reported quiet.
COAL TRAIN ATTACKED.