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Pickets Return to Their Homes After Mine Truce
In Dugger Indiana a formal truce ended a two day siege as 27 miners trapped 36 hours in a coal shaft emerged unharmed. Gov Harry G Leslie ordered troops to maintain order while militia stood by, with no martial law declared.
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Harry G. Leslie
Wesley Williams
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Harry West
Nelson Haupt
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Sheriff Williams
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