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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 1469658" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>Interesting story, guess it's safe to say things used to be different.</p><p></p><p>[On August 24, the march began as approximately 5,000 men crossed Lens Creek Mountain. The miners wore red bandanas, which earned them the nickname, "red necks." In Logan County, Don Chafin mobilized an army of deputies, mine guards, store clerks, and state police. Meanwhile, after a request by Governor Morgan for federal troops, President Harding dispatched World War I hero Henry Bandholtz to Charleston to survey the situation. On the 26th, Bandholtz and the governor met with Keeney and Mooney and explained that if the march continued, the miners and UMWA leaders could be charged with treason. That afternoon, Keeney met a majority of the miners at a ballfield in Madison and instructed them to turn back. As a result, some of the miners ended their march. However, two factors led many to continue. First, special trains promised by Keeney to transport the miners back to Kanawha County were late in arriving. Second, the state police raided a group of miners at Sharples on the night of the 27th, killing two. In response, many miners began marching toward Sharples, just across the Logan County line.]</p><p></p><p>[On September 1, President Harding finally sent federal troops from Fort Thomas, Kentucky. War hero Billy Mitchell led an air squadron from Langley Field near Washington, D.C.]</p><p></p><p>[Special grand juries handed down 1,217 indictments, including 325 for murder and 24 for treason against the state.]</p><p></p><p>West Virginia's Mine Wars</p><p>Compiled by the West Virginia State Archives</p><p><a href="http://www.wvculture.org/history/minewars.html" target="_blank">http://www.wvculture.org/history/minewars.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 1469658, member: 1294"] Interesting story, guess it's safe to say things used to be different. [On August 24, the march began as approximately 5,000 men crossed Lens Creek Mountain. The miners wore red bandanas, which earned them the nickname, "red necks." In Logan County, Don Chafin mobilized an army of deputies, mine guards, store clerks, and state police. Meanwhile, after a request by Governor Morgan for federal troops, President Harding dispatched World War I hero Henry Bandholtz to Charleston to survey the situation. On the 26th, Bandholtz and the governor met with Keeney and Mooney and explained that if the march continued, the miners and UMWA leaders could be charged with treason. That afternoon, Keeney met a majority of the miners at a ballfield in Madison and instructed them to turn back. As a result, some of the miners ended their march. However, two factors led many to continue. First, special trains promised by Keeney to transport the miners back to Kanawha County were late in arriving. Second, the state police raided a group of miners at Sharples on the night of the 27th, killing two. In response, many miners began marching toward Sharples, just across the Logan County line.] [On September 1, President Harding finally sent federal troops from Fort Thomas, Kentucky. War hero Billy Mitchell led an air squadron from Langley Field near Washington, D.C.] [Special grand juries handed down 1,217 indictments, including 325 for murder and 24 for treason against the state.] West Virginia's Mine Wars Compiled by the West Virginia State Archives [url]http://www.wvculture.org/history/minewars.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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