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Show Striking Coal Miners Are Ready for War With State Militia Charleston, W. V, Sept. 3 .Martial .Mar-tial law was proclaimed In the strike affocted district along Cacant and Cabin creeks today. The move was precipitated by the destruction of railroad property by the striking miners, min-ers, who tore up tracks in an attempt to stop the shipment of coal. There are more than 5.000 of the strikers, all of whom are declared to be armed with rifles The express office at Cabin Creek was broken Into and boxes of ammunition ammu-nition and rifles were broken open by the strikers, but before they could get ava with them tho militia put In an appearance and captured, the loot. Two machine guns, 1.000 roundB of ammunition and more than a hundred rifles, consigned to a coal company, were confiscated. All wires from the strike zone have been cut and communication between the various military posts is Impossible. Impossi-ble. ' nn |