For five days from late August to early September 1921 , some 10,000 armed coal miners confronted Hostile_encounter 3,000 lawmen and strikebreakers ( called Name_conferral the Logan Defenders ) who were backed by coal mine operators during the miners ' attempt to unionize Becoming_a_member the southwestern West Virginia coalfields when tensions Hostile_encounter rose Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale between workers and mine management .

The gunmen 's initial incursion in the territory aroused Causation the small farmers and ranchers , as well as the state lawmen , and they formed Coming_to_be a posse of 200 men that led to a grueling stand-off .

Corral was a 30-second shootout Hostile_encounter between lawmen and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that took place Process_start at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday , October 26 , 1881 , in Tombstone , Arizona Territory .

After a 30-day preliminary hearing Criminal_investigation and a brief stint in jail , the lawmen were shown to have acted within the law .