Battle reported in Logan county as deputies rush to aid
Reports from Welch and Logan Court House say 1000 Marmet marchers attacked coal camps fourteen miles above Logan with 300 Logan deputies responding. State forces under Captain Brockus head toward Logan as 200 miners are moved toward Blair and a border guard acts along the fringe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan County
W. J. Hatfield
McDowell County
Welch
J. J. Rogers
Chafin
Logan Court House
Clothier
Coal River
Logan
Bee
Madison
Sherif Chafin
Brockus
Mingo County
Williamson
Associated Press
Huntington
W. Va
Blair
Border Guard of Deputies
Herald Dispatch
Ine
Pluefeld
Charleston
Jackson Arnold
Investigation of a press agent hoax begins in New York
An investigation begun by Assistant District Attorney Banton targets a press agent hoax that led papers to publish a tale of a carrier pigeon delivering a message from Yellowstone Park alleging naturalist Edmund Heller was lost on a mountain. The message to Daniel J. Singer was called a hotel publicity scheme and Heller denied knowledge of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yellowstone Park
Edmund Heller
Banton
Daniel J. Singer
Heller
Unrest Across Winding Gulf Miners Rally Near Blair
United Mine Workers report 3,000 marchers en route to Boone County while 1,200 armed miners gather near Blair Logan County. part of a larger movement with Ohio and Illinois miners boarding trains at South Charleston. The Lens Creek district questions a messenger from Keeney District 17 UMWA. Brigadier General Mitchell arrives by air. Paul Curley is shot in Danville after failing to stop for armed men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Gulf
Boone County
Blair
Logan County
Chesapeake and Ohio
South Charleston
Cincinnati
Ohio
Illinois
Marmet
United Mine Workers of America
Grandville
Vermillion
Morgan
Mitchell
Air Service
United States Army
Paul Curley
Danville
Erzberger Shot Dead in Baden Forest Murder
Berlin reports Mathias Erzberger former vice chancellor and finance minister shot dead near Offenberg Baden while on a family visit. Two youths confronted him, firing multiple shots. Deputy Dies wounded. Erzberger had long driven peace through parliamentary reform and faced fierce political attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Herr Erzberger
Offenberg
Baden
Bad-Griesbach
Reichstag
Dies
Black Forest
Criminal Court
Karl Helfferich
Oltwig von Hirschfeld
von Hirschfeld
Erzberger
Germany
Bethmann-Hollweg
Helfferich
Pirzberger
German Center Party
Maximilian
Marshal Foch
Two Mexicans Arrested in Train Robbery Case
Dallas reporters say two Mexican men were arrested and held for questioning over the robbery of a Missouri Kansas and Texas Limited train near Denison yesterday. Several pouches of registered and unregistered mail were taken and the loot is expected to be large, according to postal officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Denison
Buchanan H. Carnahan Dies. Former Oil City Mayor
Buchanan H. Carnahan aged eighty two former mayor of Oil City for two terms and fourteen years on the city council died here last night from a stroke of paralysis suffered last Christmas. He leaves a daughter and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan H. Carnahan
Oil City
Eity Council
Ruby postmaster and wife killed by Mexican bandits
Frank J. Pearson, postmaster at Ruby in the Oro Blanco mining district of Arizona, and Mrs. Pearson were killed at Ruby at ten o'clock this morning by Mexican bandits, according to a long distance telephone message from Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Ariz
Frank J. Pearson
Ruby
Here
Tucson
Oro Blanco
Pearson
Logan plane crash injures two observers at ball park
In Logan West Virginia on August 26 pilot Harry Lambert from Ironton Ohio and observer BB Rookstool were slightly injured when Lambert's Curtis biplane failed to rise and struck a tree near Logan baseball park. Rookstool dislocated shoulder and Lambert in shock. They were working for Logan county government in defense against miners invasion from Kanawha county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
W. Va
Harry Lambert
Ironton
Ohio
Rookstool
Lambert
Curtis
Logan Baseball Park
Logan County
Kanawha County
Rosiclare Quiet After Armed Clash Between Police and Miners
Rosiclare, Illinois, a mining village seven miles north of Elizabethtown, remained quiet after an armed clash between police and striking miners last night. Seven miners and one policeman were shot. Officer John Morgan was seriously wounded and not expected to recover. The Rosiclare and Fairview mines have been closed since September over labor disputes. about 300 union miners remain encamped nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Rosiclare
Here
John Morgan
Fairview
Debs Case May Be Considered Today
Washington reports that the Debs case may be taken up with President Harding tomorrow by Attorney General Daugherty. No decision on a pardon was announced, as final action rests with the president and could not be discussed officially until he acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Harding
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Debs
Department
Withdrawal of Troops on Rhine Could Be Considered
Washington notes in official circles say the U S would weigh withdrawing troops from the Rhine after the Berin peace treaty ratification. Officials argue Germany paying occupation costs might influence timing and relief from the 14,000 American soldiers and over 250 million dollars owed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amin
Washington
Rhine
Berlin
Senate
Reichstag
Germany
United States
Army of Occupation
Stay of Execution Denied for Frank Mitto
Washington Aug 26 Justice Mc Kenna denied a stay of execution for Frank Mitto who is to die in Columbus Ohio on August 29. Counsel urged that an appeal be opened on alleged trial errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Mitto
Columbus
Ohio
Justice McKenna
Supreme Court
Motto
Mulcher S Sweeps County Harness Heat Win
Mulcher S won the county harness race at Parkersburg West Virginia on August 26 easily taking the first two heats from a close field led by Red On the place horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulcher
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mulcher S
Red On
Conference urged to end Mingo county conflict
John L. Lewis urged President Harding to convene a joint conference of West Virginia miners and operators in Mingo county to abolish the Baldwin-Felts private detective force and seek an honorable settlement, with miners represented and federal troops not needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Indianapolis
Ind
Harding
John L. Lewin
United Mine Workers of America
Mingo County
W. Va
Lewis
International Union
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency
Roanoke
Logan
Mingo
McDowell
Mercer
Sid Hatfield
Welch
Mr. Lewis
Baldwin-Felts
British Warship to Bring American Dead
The United States accepted a British offer to return American dead aboard a Royal Navy vessel. Washington reports the British government formally requested permission to transport remains recovered from the ZR-3 on a British warship. The Navy Department favors the acceptance and the State Department will reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
United States
Navy Department
Dig No Coal in Kansas While Howat Is in Jail
Topeka Kansas August 26 From the day Alexander Howat goes to jail September 8 until the day he is released put a ton of coal will be dug by union miners in district No 14 William Howe secretary of the Kansas State Federation of Labor declared in a statement today He predicted the state would have to take over the mines and try to operate them if Howat remains in jail long as the result of refusing to furnish a peace bond Secretary Howe declared the state could mine coal only at an exorbitant price and that probably a special session of the legislature would grow out of the Industrial court s efforts to control the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kas
Alexander Howat
William Howe
Kansas State Federation of Labor
Howat
Howe
Lloyd George ReassertsIrish Peace Terms In Note
British Premier Lloyd George sharply reiterates that Ireland must remain in the empire and join a free loyal partnership under one sovereign. He keeps doors open for talks but rejects protracted exchanges of notes, warning extremists may exploit delay. Sinn Fein reaction unsettled Dublin as Dail Eireann considers next steps. Ulster Premier Craig heads toward London for talks.
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Associated Press
London
David Lloyd George
Eamon de Valera
Irish Republic
Ireland
Sta Opoint
Lloyd George
de Valera
Mr. de Valera
Abraham Lincoln
Dublin
Keamon de Valera
Downing Street
Dail Eireann
Dublin Castle
Sinn
Miners Abandon Marmet March Before Federal Pressure
In Madison West Virginia August 26 500 to 600 miners agreed to return home after a meeting with President C F Keeney and Secretary Mooney following talks with Brigadier General Bandholtz of the war department. Keeney said trains would carry the men back to Charleston and toward their homes as the march ended fifty to seventy miles from Marmet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Madison
W. Va
Aus
Marmet
Mingo
C. F. Keeney
District 17
United Mine Workers of America
Keeney
Peytona
Coal River
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
St. Albans
Charleston
Baseball Park
Pnouch
Peytona-Madison
Mr. Keeney
Secretary Mooney
H. H. Bandholtz
War Department
General Bandholtz
Logan
Mingo County
Mooney
Horse Creek
Messrs
Keeney and
Lens Creeks
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March
Boone
Lens Creek
Logan Ball Park
C. E. Rookstool
John Lew VO Call
Kansas
State Federation of Labor
Eamonn de Valera
Wesry Ang
Footcore
MARGE
Ball Park
Army
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