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firing whenever there was any move
ment in the woods nearby the guards
men fired. Several men were fired upon
! when they failed to obey the guards
command to halt.
Officers In command of the troops be
| Titled the affair, saying that 1T was n
minor skirmish. The situation was re
gar,ied us quiet despite the firing. which
begnn shortly after midnight and con
tinued until daybrcak.
Soldiers Taking No Chances
/ The continued firing was the result
Of the taking no chances orders
given the militia. No one is supposed
, to be in the occupied zone without n
pass and the men with passes are sup
posed to travel only on the public high :
ways out in the open. As a result
I when the attacking persons fired, the
militia swept the spot with machine
gun and rife fire
Temporary telephone wires. strung
between general headquarters and the
the outposts. were cut in some places
before the firing started. and squads
We're busy today repairing them. New
nutpOsts were established at various
strategic points. and several new ma
chine gun nests were installed at points
where they cum rake every vulnerable
point of the occupied zone.
The outpost fired on was in command
of Captain William Brann. and was
near mine No. 3, which is due west of
Staunton and only 200 yards from
General Tyndall's headquarters. How
the persons firing there ever got through
the outer lines of defense is mystery.
but il is presumed that under some
pretext they obtained passes. entered
in the daytime and lay concealed in the
woods until night. The fact that the
troop telephone wires had been cut
created tense situation around the
camp, for II was not known for some
time just what was happening.
Only Five Miners at Work
Five men were at work today in the
No. 3 and 9 strip mines. which are to
be opened first. Because of the failure
of local miners to respond to Governor
Met rays call for volunteers to work
them il may not be possible to start
actual coal production for several days.
They are being prepared rapidly for
the beginning of operations. Men will
be brought from Indianapolis to the
mines. The situation south of here in
Owen and sullivan Counties where
troops were sent last night, was re-
ported quiet.
Indianapolis. Aug. 4.-(By A. p. y
With the decision 10 await the result
of the wage negotiations between union
miners and coal operators set to begin
at Cleveland next Monday. State Off
cials Of Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio
hal La. L.
four State conference called by Gov
crnor McCray. of Indiana. prepared to
draft plans that would stimulate coal
production in event the Cleveland con-
ference fails to end the nation wide coal
strike.
No specific program was suggested
at the conference except the agree
ment to call the Governors of all coal
produt! ing States into conference at Co.
lumbuS. o., in event the strike Is not
ended soon. State seizure of mines was
not discussed. the officials apparently
being doubtful Of getting the mines
while the unions suspension
OF work continues. However. it was
suggested that the Governors might
seek to get the operators TO join In
II wage conference should they decline
to attend the Cleveland meeting.
notwithstanding the decision to await
the result Of the Cleveland conference.
efforts were pushed forward today by
the State Of Indiana toward getting
production of coal from two strip mines
under military protection. An output
of some coal in "A few days was pre-
dicted by State officials, who. however.
were not hopeful of a production sufii-
clcnt TO- meet all needs of State insti =
tut!onS and public utilities.
Chicago. Aug. 4.-tBy A. P.)-Rep-
resentatives Of Illinois coal operators
met here today to decide whether or
not they would be present Monday AZ
the Cleveland conference of operators
and union leaders called by John l..
Lewis. International president of the
United Mine Workers.
Illinois operators have several times
Indicated that II was extremely un-
likely that they would again enter n
central competitive field wage confer
enc". but have favored State agree
menis.
st. Paul. Mimi, Aug. 4.-(By A.
p. P.l-Speaking last night before gath
ering of railroad officials who had as
their guest :. VI. VauclaIn. president of
the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Cover
nor j. \. .. Preus said: IF no other
plan OF getting coal to the Northwest
succeeds. we will appeal to the Ma
tional Administration in an effort TO
have four Eastern railroads-the Bal
timOre and Ohio. Chesapeake and Ohio.
Louisville and Nashville and Norfolk
and Western-taken over by the Gov
ernmrnt.
These lines, carrying coal TO the
! AXE Erie ports. can supply the North
west with enough fuel TO keep alive our
Industries and ward off an impending
crisis in the situation.''