Show PETITION FOR SOLDIERS United Mine Workers Bequest Militia Mi-litia Sent to West Virginia Camp Charleston W Va Sept 2 Gov While today received a set of resolu tons reading At a meeting ot local union No 412 United Mine Workers of America 300 members petition you to send troops to Winona on Kccnos creek to preserve order until the strike Is settled Troops are now located at Thur mond to preserve order They were sent there at the Instance of our Sheriff and while upon Investigation it appears lhat the call for Iroops was unnecessary and utter folly yet we as miners are glad to have them They ore principally prin-cipally union men and in sympathy vilh our cause and look upon the men working with the same contempt as we do |