Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-16
Declaring That the Tennessee Company's Mines Are Open to the Striking
 Miners.

More good news is presented to AGE HERALD readers this morning.
 AS predicted in yesterdays issue, the backbone of the coal miners strike is broken, and today thousands of men will be ready, after four months of idleness, to pick up their tools, enter the mines and go to work with vim in an honest endeavcr to make up for lost time.
 In political circles the expression is used, "As goes Jefferson 80 goes the state." In mining circles the expression in future will be, "As goes Blocton so goes the dis trict.''
 Yesterdays issue told of the signing of a contract whereby 2O00 miners at Blocton will resume work. This morning the AaE- HERALD gladly announces that the entire body of strikers in the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway company district have, through their executive committee, signed a contract whereby thousands more will prepare to enter the mines to gather the black diamonds.
  der last night, when the miners' executive committee met with President Baxter, Vice. President DeBardelcben and Superin- tendent Mccormick and freely discussed the proposition of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway company. The session, while short, was purely business, and harmony prevailed on both sides. The contract was brought out, duly signed by both parties and today the strike, so far as the Tenues. see Coal, Iron and Railway company and it's miners are concerned, is thing of the past.
 PRESIDENT FoURNIER's CARD.
 The following official order from Presi- dent Frank Fournier of the miners execu- tive committee was written out and copy posted to the several miners' sub com mittees:
 To the Miners in the Employ of the Tennessee
 Coal, Iron and Railroad Company:
 This is to notify all the miners in the employ, or recently in the employ, of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany that the said company has this day signed an agreement with us fixing the price of mining coal, and the suspension is declared ended so far as the mines of the dOOfC COnpduy dtO SouCClhCd3 uhd oAA sAo men in the employ of the said company are permitted to resume work.
 FRANK FoURNIER, President.
 While there is no news from the miners of the Sloss Iron and Steel company and other mining companies throughout the district, the AGE HERALD, as on yesterday, feels safe in predicting that 1t is matter of only few hours when the entire coal min- ing district of Alabama will be open to organized miners, now on strike, with contracts duly signed.
 The fact that 2000 men at Blocton had accepted the proposition of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway company, when read in the AGE HERALD caused much re- joicing in this city, and the further news presented above will be additional cause for more rejoicing.
 Only those in a position to know can realize the good which will come out of the ending of this, the greatest strike ever re- corded in the history of Alabama, and the results will be plainly manifested iu short time. Plenty of work, lots of money and a general resumption on all sides.
 All Birmingham and the state of Ala bama vii rejoice at the glad tilings.
 READY FOR WORK AT BLocToN.
 BLoCroN, Aug. 15.-[ Special. 1.-The miners here returned their tools to the mines this morning and work will be re- stunned tomorrow in all departments. Our people are very glad of this change in the strike, which has effected them for the past four months, and great credit is due Ex- Thomas for his talk to the miners the night this resolution was adopted; he is gentleman in whom all the in Blocton place the most ex- plicit confidence, and when he told theH the strike was lost and there was nothing for them to do but go to work, they ac-