Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-24
THINGS MILITARY. Third Regiment Relieve, the First
 and Second. VOLUNTEERS TO THE CALL. Governor Jones Reviews the Situation-Troops to Re-
 main Indefinitely.

troops in and around Birmingham, the Third regiment and about 200 volun teers having succeeded the First and Second.
 As stated in the AGE HERALD of Satur- day, Governor Jones ordered the Third regiment to Birmingham. Every company in the First and Second was relieved of duty and most of the boys have gone home.
 Ia response to a call for volunteers made by Governor Jones last week, about 200 members of the First and Second regiments offered their services for an indefinite period, and these are stationed at Ensley. on the ground formerly occupred by Camp Forney, with Lieut.. Col. k. B. du Mont of the First regiment in charge.
 The Third regiment is occupying the camps on Avenue A. Col. w. H. Tis- dale is in command.
 Eleven companies have reported, the last to come in being the Wheeler Rifles of Florence, which arrived last night at $50. The companies of the Third regiment and the commanders now in camp are as fol- lows:
 Anniston Rifles, Captain Allen; Hunts vile Rifles, Captain Sheffey; Etowah Rifles of Gadsden, Captain Herzberg; Talladega Rifles, Lieutenant Boynton; Marion Rifles, Captain McAuley; Demopolis Rifles, Cap: tain Elmore; Pelham Guards of Union- town, Captain Walden; Selma Guards, Captain Moore; Hardee Light Infantry, Lieutenant Belden; Southern Rifles of Un- ion Springs. Captain Fuller; Wheeler Xii fies, Captain O. Neal.
 The Alexander City Rifles, Company H., Third regiment, have disbanded on account of dissen nsons in the company.
 The volunteers, who are now at Ensley, will be organized into companies today and commanders assigned.
 The Third regiment has about 26O men 1n camp, and those, together with the volun- teers, make nearly 500 soldiers now on duty in Jefferson county.
 Capt. K. w. Allen of the Anniston Rifles was officer of the day yesterday.
 Adjutant Clay leaves this morning for his home in Selma, but will return in few days. In his absence Sergeant-M Major Smith will perform the duties Of adjutant.
 The Woodstock Guards of Annistou aud the Calhoun Rifles of Oxford leave this morning for their homes. The companies of the First regiment left Sunday night and the Montgomery companies departed last night. The Bessemer Rifles went home on thes o'clock dummy last night and the Birmingham battalion retur d to the city in she afternoon.
 ; THE GOVERNOR ON THE SITUATION.
 How long will'the military forces be kept in Jefferson and what is the outlook? are questions now agitatiug the mind of every person in this district. For information on this subject an AGE- HERALD reporter called on Governor Jones at hIs room at the Morris last night, and in reply to a question the governor said:
 ''The condition which brought forth the lawlessness and violence Of the past week of the strike will continue until the strike itself is brought to an end. Until the strike is formally called off there will, therefore, be Deed for troops in this county. Camp Forney has been re-established and force of infantry and Gatling guns will be stationed there to remain indefinitely. The officers and men of this command have been selected on account of the duties not inter- ferlng with their business.
 "A portion of the Third regiment and a Gatling gun detachment will be kept in camp in this city until the preliminary trial of the participants in the Pratt mines citizens organizations have had time to arm themselves. After that if conditions warrant it the forces in the city may be withdrawn.
 trhe forces at Camp Forney, however, will be kept intact until the strike is called of. This is the only thing now that will make it safe to withdraw the forces from there.h
 The governor declined to give synopsis of the information which he daily receives as to the situation in the different parts of the mineral region. When asked about Blocton he said: "I called the sheriff of Bibb county up here last week and he in- formed me that while he would do the best he could, he could not guarantee the safety of men who go to work in the mines at Blocton. The state has promised to pro- tect all men, regardless of color, nation- ality or creed, in their rights to work for living in Alabama, and the state will send strong force of troops, under competent officers, to protect workmen who go there.'
 committee of Blocton miners had quite al lengthy and kindly interview with the governor yesterday in which they explained why they would not accept the proposition of the company at Blocton. The governor informed them that while he had no power to decide the merits of the controversy be. tween them, he had hoped, in view of the hopelessness of the strike and the fact that it's longer continuance meant lawlessness, that the men could be persuaded to go to work, but as they had declined to do so he had to protect other labUrers whogo there.
 Governor Jones said he hoped the excite- ment would quiet down and things resume felt certain from his Knowledge of the sit- nation that if the troops were withdrawnr from Ensley another attempt to murder laborers there would be made and he was not going to take the risk.
 The forces now in the county, including the local troops, who have just been re- lieved, but who are available,' said Gov ernor Jones, ''are ample to deal with any organized lawlessness that is likely to arise. The trouble to be apprehended now is from isolated acts of individuals and small bodies of men, and the police and civil authorities and organizations of citi- zens will soon bring them to justice.
 A " fhe people are under the impression that all the state troops have been con centrated here recently, but this is mis-