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Show MORE TROOPS I ORDERED OUT I Boundaries of Martial Law Zone in West Vir-ginia Vir-ginia May be Extended j Charleston W Va.. Feb. 14. Anx-lonely Anx-lonely .''.waiting confirmation of reports re-ports that striking miners were pre- I paring to retaliate for the arrest last J night of "Mother" Jones and others Of their leaders, the military authorities author-ities were prepared to send addition- I al troops into the Paint Creek coun- I try. Issssl Six companies have been on duty there since Tuesday morning and four more were ordered out last night. The boundaries of the martial law-zone law-zone may be extended to cover the region north of the Kenawha river, where yesterday proclamations were j said to have been posted demanding the Hve6 of Governor Glasscock and other state leaders. VM Miners Hold Secret Meetings. j Reports of secret miners' meetings have come to tho capital this morning morn-ing from many camps in the district. The executive mansion and the residences res-idences of a number of leading state officers were under guard of police and detectives during the night. I The military from Sutton and Mor- gantown were expected to reach the tjM ftrike section today and it was thought that with the addition of ten machine guns, which have been sent I to the troops. General Elliott will have enough force to meet any emergency emer-gency l..tlver Jones and the other strike leaders were taken to Paint Creek tM Junction during the night and are 11 being held there for trial. |