The Bennington Evening Banner

MINES AN ARMED CAMP.

A Thousand State Troops Hold Dillonvale Colliery District.

DILLONVALE. O., June 6-With a total of about 1,150 members of the Ohio national guard, comprising the pick of two regiments of the state militia, on guard quiet reigns in this and other mining villages of this section. The troops began arriving at an early hour. The main body of them are bivouacked on the hills surrounding the Bradley mine, the property of the United States Coal company, one and one half miles south of Smithfield. The soldiery is under the immediate command of Brigadier General J. C. Speaks, who has established headquarters just outside the mining village of Bradley. At the offices of the coal companies it was announced that all of the guards or "private detectives," whose presence at the mines is alleged to have been the cause of the riot Sunday night, have been relieved of duty and that the military will be in full control of the mines till further notice.

There was no outward display of hostility on the part of the miners on the arrival of the state troops, and officials of the miners' organization say there will be no trouble between them and the soldiers.

No effort has yet been made to operate the Bradley mines, and it was claimed by the miners that a canvass of the entire local miners field showed only two men who were inclined to accept the offer of the operators. At Plum Run mine and the Rush Run mine a considerable force is employed, but as only a few of those at work are experienced miners little headway has been made and no coal is being shipped out.