Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-07
KENTUCKY TROOPS
ADVANCE ON MINE
|. SECTION At EvARTS
Armed Men Reported Ready
to Meet Militia as All Wom-
en- Are Sent Away.
GOVERNOR HOLDS REDS
TO BLAME FOR TROUBLE
| Guardsmen Sent to Scene After
Conference With Union Heads.
Company Police Disarmed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HARLAN, KY, May More than
800 National Guardsmen. equipped fol-
battle, we're quartered temporarily In
, the Harlan County Armory this morn
ing while their leaders conferred with
civil authorities on plans for occups-
ton of Evarts, nine miles away.
Under orders to take any steps
necessary TO restore law and order in
community torn with labor strife
during the past few months, the Of
ficers expected to move into EvartS
momentarily.
While these plans were under way
reports continued to reach Harlan OF
armed men perched atop houses in and
around Evarts, apparently awaiting the
troopers. All women and children have
been moved out of Evarts, the reports
said.
Biggest Movement Since 1921.
The soldiers reached Harlan from IS
Kentucky cities in the biggest military
movement in the State since 1921 when
$50 soldiers were sent to Newport 10
ouell disorders, and 1926, when a SINH
lar number went TO Lexington to guard
colored slayer.
Hundreds Of persons were on the
streets and in the railroad station a.
the troops moved in by bus. automobile
and special train. There were no DEM
onstrationS during the arrival.
Adjt. Gen. w. H. Jones, 1r., came 10
Harlan to personally supervise plans
for the placing Of the soldiers. Ihey
are commanded by Col Dan Carroll,
commanding the 138th Field Artillery,
a veteran of the Mexican border trouble
in 1916 and of the Wcrld War.
Five Have Been Killed.
The order for the troops movement
was issued Yesterday by Gov. Elem d.
sampson after a conference with labor
leaders and requests from civil au-
liberties and residents OF Harlan.
The Governor termed the Evarts
situation as a state Of terror and law
Jessness" and added This must stop
and stop now. r.4,,
due TO economic conditions and to as
agreements between coal mine opera
tors and employees.
Five men have been killed, number
CT stores and mine commisSaries nave
been looted and is houses have peen
burned. ..
The situation has been the subject
of Investigation by Red Gross workers.
mine union officials and civil autnorl-
ties Several organized demands lot
food have been made by unemployed
miners some of whom have been
eyicted from mine-owned houses.
Governor BIames Reds.
c,ov. Sampson charged the trouble
to undesirable citizens from otneT
States" He based his charges ne sau'
on reliable reports made to him. some
sre said to belong to those societies
called REDS and Communists, the
Governor added. -.
The troop movement started ias'
night and included Military Ponce
Company Infantry, Cavalry and MeoIcsi
units. The equipment included rlnes
side arms. tank and how1tZers.
Gov. Sampson said the troops Woulo
protect those who behave themselves
and take charge Of those who 40 not
Meanwhile. a special Harlan County
grand Jury was in session investigating
the disorders in the county. In MS IN
structions to the jurors yesterday,'Juoee
D. C. Jones said "the only things tnal
will follow conditions like these are
grief and sorrow, widows and orphans
! and bloodshed."
/ Shortly after daybreak this morning
few shots were heard in and arouno
was not unusual
Civil authorities today were still un-
| able TO explain two loud blasts in the
EvartS section last night. An 1nvesti'
| CATION was started, but no traces OF tne
explosions we're found.
Assemble at London.
! Most OF the troops assembled at Lon
! don last night, then proceeded to Pine
Vile, where they we're joined by de-
| tachmentS from other cities.
The decision to send troops was
reached at a conference Of representa-
tives Of Gov Sampson and organized
| labor William TurnblaZer, district
president of the United Mine Workers
! of America, said the agreement pro-
vided mine guards be disarmed and theil
/ commissions revoked.
The conferees said the agreement also
stipulated that no additional laborers
or strike breakers be sent into the Goa
field. The Red Cross has promised re-
lief TO unemployed miners, they said
after the region is patrolled by thu
| troops.
Col. Dan M. Carroll, Louisville, is ir
command Of the troops Under him are
Lieut.. Col. Sidney Smith and Maj
George M. Chescheir, both Of Louis.
Vile
Maj, A. r. Perkins, Morehead. i!
commander of an Infantry battalion
composed Of companies from Barbour.
vile, Williamsburg, Bonneville, Ashland
and Olive Hill. Maj. r. Carey Graham
Frankfort, is leader Of Cavalry squad.
ron, with troops from London, Spring.
/ field Frankfort Monticello and elias.