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September 28, 1931

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Harlan Coal Fields Face Civil War; Kentucky County Is an Armed Camp; Desperate Miners Turn to Reds and I.W.W. for Help--Loot Stores and Armory--Operators Insist They Pay High Scale Despite Poor Market--Weapons Plentiful on Both Sides. HARLAN COAL FIELDS NEAR TO CIVIL WAR "Reign of Terror" Is Charged. Harlan Situation Is Typical. Miners' Children Beg of Strangers Operators Say Scale Is High. Only a Business Upturn Can Help. Citizens Fear a Civil War.

By Louis Stark. Special To the New York Times

Harlan fields face civil war; operators insist they pay high wages in spite of poor market

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