TRUCULENT MINERS
WEST VIRGINIAN REBELLION. STATE GOVERNMENT POWERLESS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, August 31. A Charlestown message states that despite a proclamation by President Harding asking the armed miners to disperse before September 1, otherwise there would be Federal intervention, armed hands of miners, civilians, and a sheriff’s posse continued desultory firing. Many persons were wounded,'but the number is uncertain. One deputy sheriff was killed. The miners continue to mobilise in the vicinity of Logan. It is reported that 100 Ohio miners have joined the West Virginian miners. As the official appeal was powerless to avert a serious conflict, the local chiefs and the national heads called upon the men to return to their homes, and considerable numbers did so. The State Government appears powerless, and the sheriff’s posse, while large, is l still telegraphing to the Governor for reinforcements. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18340, 2 September 1921, Page 5
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