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Show WEST VIRGINIA MAY GET U. SJROOPS WAR DEPARTMENT READY FOR TROUBLE SHOULD STRIKERS BECOME UGLEY West Virginia Mountains Scene of Heavy Firing Villages In Dan-Oer Dan-Oer Troop Awaiting Orders To March WASHINGTON Proclamations have been signed by President Harding Hard-ing declaring a state of martial law In .Mingo county, Wost Virginia, and Pike county, Kentucky, along the Interstate In-terstate mordr, tho aren affected by the coal strike riots. Tho proclamations proclama-tions were turned over to 8ocretary of War Weeks to be Issued should reports from the troubled region make action necessary. At the war department orders were prepared Immediately after the signing or the proclamation informing Major General George W. Heed, commanding the Fifth corps area, of the president's action and ordering him to hold a snt-riclent snt-riclent number or troops In readiness to move to mako martial law elective elec-tive In the area comprehended by tho president's proclamation. |