The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-23

meeting was for the purpose of denounclns
such affairs as that Of MONDAY. soora.
Mr.. William Grady was elected secre-
MIR William Farley. who was one of the
committee who went to New orleans "
seek financial aid tor the striking miners,
asked that an article which appeared III
The Times Democrat in that city be READ.
The chairman red the article
On motion of MIR. Grady. a committee
of five was appointed to draw up set Oh
resolutions.
dressed the crowd. He spoke OF the de-
plcrabe condition of the mining oistrlct'
and said he was sorry for IT. he SAID the
conservative people of Pratt mines were
not responsible for the tragedy OF Monday.
He also said the executive committee was
not responsible for it. The executive Ike th com
and if they would do it their order would
be ignored. He said that if he could gam
a victory for the men he would allow MN
self to be filled full of holes. but he felt
sure the men were beaten.
Mr.; Pat Hannigan rose and sald d that h, the
right 70 speak about being beaten.
Mr.. Watson was told that he was out of
Motions were made right and left to ad-
Mr. William Farley took the stand He
nounced the acts of the mob on Monday,
saying they were an outrage on the CON
servative miners of Pratt. He spoke of his
trip to New Orleans.
MIR. William Grady made few remarks.
He said that he attended the meeting in
Birmingham on Tuesday. The fever was
more than ITO degrees, and after being i'll
ten minutes he wished that be was out.
If the executive COMMITTEES had been there
they would probably have been hanged. The
executive board had nothing to do with
the affray, and they cannot be held respon-
sible for it.
MIR George Harrison, Of Birmingham was
called on. He denounced the affair Of Mon
day.
arr ION of
soldiers were brought here not to create
a war, but to keep the peace.
The following resolutions were brought IN
by the committee:
Your committee on resolutions beg leave
to submit the following report:
Whereas, The public mind has been
greatly agitated lately by repeated acts of
violence and lawnessness; and,
Whereas, The quiet ana peace OF our
community were shocked by the unlawful
and horrible destruction of human life on
Monday, July 10Th; and, ~, ,os
of the land upheld and to put ourselves on
record as law abiding; therefore. be it
City and vicinity do most heartily an sin
cerely condemn the riotOuS action of the
mob in shooting peaceable citizens In this
community on Monday, july 10TH
40 That we recommend all good and 10y
al citizens of Pratt City and vicinity to ten
der their services to state and county au-
thorities for the purpose of putting down
all lawlessness and rioting and in bring
ing the guilty to Justice and to do all in our
power to prevent fnrt t5 la"ie S0IRSrR
"ADAM POW,
81. NJ. LACEY,
"W. G.. DWELL
IN. NJ WOOD
The resolutions We're adopted, about one
half of the aesoTblage voting
Arrested by Wholesale.
birmingham, Ala, July 19-G5pecial)-
Yesterday afternoon and evening the
number of prisoners in the county jail
charged with participating in the Pratt
mines massacre was increased by the addi-
ticn of eight white men and eight negroes
as follows:
Mott. VIII Harden, Emile Gouthe, Alfred
Mott. Jim Nelson and John Cicerone.
BIacks-Morris Harrison. Fred Chandler,
General Henderson, WIZ COX, DaN9 f1dl LII
son. Tom Miles. Charles Cain and Lewis
Murphy. ~ ~ lot;
charged with the massacre to eightT-
eight. That was the figure at ciocN
'" Snbscouenfiy silas Brook was entered,
making the total Of prisoners eighty
So far as can be judged from the outside,
seeing and listening to the prisoners, they
seem to be in the best sort OF SpHlls'
Many of them have already retained XIV
yers in their defense,
Cannot Declare 1t OF.
birmingham, Ala. July 2o.-(Special>-
The miners executive board has issued the
following card this morning:
"Cornmttee Room Executive Board or
the Miners of Alabama, Birmingham, Ala
JuIy 2O-'ro the Public: We, the members
of the executive board of the miners Of
Alabama, want the public in general to
understand that there Is no power Vestea
in to declare the strike Off nor 10 make
settlement under As cents a ton unless
ordered so by the miners Of Alabama.
FRANK FORTNIEIf, Presidient.
JOHN STITCH, Secretary Pro lem.