| Show r I rt J fo tI u u. u u DISTURBED AREA BECOMES QUIET UNDER SOLDIERS Eighty Lay Down Arms and Start Homeward March Military Meets With No Opposition I CH CHARLESTON W W. Va Sept 3 Gradual clearing up and dispersion of ot armed bands who for tor or Jays clays havo been opposing state and county count forces along tho Logan Boone-Logan county line lino is foreseen foreseen tore tore- fore fore- seen tonight as al a result of or tho the surrender surrender sur sur- ren render er of ot men men to te federal eral troops under under under un un- un- un der command of oC Brigadier General H. H H. H Bandholtz After Arter tho capitulation which Included ed the surrender of ot eighty elg men mcm upon whom firearms were found tho the prisoners prison prison- ers were sent lent to St. St Albans Hero they thoy were allowed to go to their homes after aCter th the precaution had been taken of ot re recording recording re- re cording tho the names of all those armed Further l progress toward quieting tho the disturbed hed area Is expected tonight and tomorrow as the federal troops troops troops' spread out The Tho federal for forces es met with no opposition anywhere and they thoy do not anticipate any General Bandholtz would not say y whether ho would compel the state and county forces who have been en holding tho the armed bands band back from Invading Logan count county also to disperse NO O ASSEMBLY ALLOWED The Tho general also stated ho he will not net permit ari an any assembly o of miners or other citizens clUzen in the tho disturbed area at present He made this this announcement announcement In reply to a question as as to whether union t men would be permitted to go 0 into unorganized sections imd under tinder r the protection of oC the federal authorities and try to hold meetings An Any one ono arr arrested by the tho federal troops will wUl b be turned over to the tho civil authorities ho he said Tho The troops took up positions today behind the lines of or tho the two opposing forces on the Logan Boone line Military Mill Mili tary tar headquarters were established at Madison Boone county count In th the rear of ot the thc armed bands and at Logan county seat of oC Logan county The regiment which was was' made up of parts arts of ot tho Nineteenth One Hundredth I and Fortieth detachments detachments detach detach- ments and other troops was in complete complete com corn control on the areas arcas where they thet were placed I General Bandholtz expressed confidence I dence that t federal deral control will bring order rapidly The Tho question of ot martial law Jaw being proclaimed Is still sUll hold held In abeyance AREAS DISTRIBUTED The disturbed areas have havo been dl dl- dl vided Into three c military districts Tho The Coal river district comprises that part of the area known as os Coal RI River RIl l val val- allo lo Joy loy extending from St. St Albans to Blair The Kanawha district Includes Fayette COU county and parts of ot Kanawha and 1 Boone counties not Included In tho the Coal river district The Lo Logan an district comprises MIngo county and parts o ol of Boone not nol in Inc In the Coal ConI river district Airplane observation flights were made mado over Boone and Logan Loan counties today b by army fliers merSo They reported everything quiet With the federal In control there thera was less activity at the state ot of or- or flees Federal Officials Express Optimism WASHINGTON y 3 More More lore than two thousand federal troops troop today took up positions In West WeRt Virginias Virginia's co coal l fields and tonight were reported by their commander Brigadier Genral Gen- Gen ral H. H II IL Bandholtz to have tho the situation it atlon w well Jl In hand oyt 1 Movement ment mentor of or these forces s Into tho the districts In which mine disorders lI orders have havo o occuro currid d took without untoward unto Incident General the tho war war department Ho He a added that the tho real real- dents dent hart had received tho the troops In in- in Ina a a spirit of at friendliness ss Indications that federal officials generally viewed the situation optimistically optimistically opU were vera seen ien In tho the cancellation cancella- cancella tion of ot orde order holding trains Tandy to move mOA the Sixteenth Infantry from Camp N N. N J J. and In tho the depar- depar tuns tUr of President nl Harding ba on a a. weekend week week- weekend weekend end cruise down th the Potomac Tho The Sixteenth Infantry had been ordered to be bt ready to move move- should It be found nl necessary s 's nry t to 11 use m more l troops than comprised In the sixth and Nineteenth regiments now in Wet We t Virgin Virginia in Since Wednesday trains had been held on the Ah th siding r. r a at- at Camp DIx ready rend to transport the theA Sixteenth infantry Pre President Harding l left n on his vacation vaca vaca- tion trip which It had been an announced announced nn an- he ho would not take tak If th West Virginia situation d demanded hI hl presence here after atter conferring with S Secretary c W Weeks eks Th The secretary wa wall understood to have been given gIvon nu- nu i to promulgate tho the martial J law Jaw W proclamation If It conditions made Un Jt advisable I Government officials geno generally IT gave the h Impression that issuance of ot the tie proclamation w was not MI tn n immediate possibility and p. p perhaps not oven even a al is certainty unless 1011 hostilities develop C 1 Incident to the f t f th th v I Ij X- X j JC f 1 JH i. i t t. t fc ii Wt J 1 j y 1 jr v. rJ t. i y- y vL r. f vi t e SiV 1 |
