The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-27
MINERS DEFY JUDGE
,RE-EsTABLIsHING THE CAMP
 AT NoRToNvILLE.
Not Yet Known What Steps Will Be Taken by Judge Hall to Execute His Disper-
 sion Order.

Burlington, Ky, Nov. 26.-True to their threat to maintain their camp at Nortonville, the union miners erected an- other tent yesterday on the site of the camp which Judge Hall broke up only yesterday and hauled to Madisonville.
 At that time leaders Rooney and Reed, who were at Nortonvllie, were not ar- rested, and Artie Oates, who had com- mand of the company, escaped after ar- rest. The re-establishment of the camp Tn so few hours was a great surprise
 The union men are said to be relying on Judge-elect Givens to again permit the camps in Hopkins County after Jan uary l. although Judge Givens announces that he will stringently uphold the law,
 Some of the local coal companies who have not already done so are taking steps to secure foreign charters and get under the protection of the Lnited States Court.
 The camp of the striking union miners at Nortonville Is again reality, and the most authentic reports from there today | are that there are about fifty armed m. il | in camp. and from their appearance and manenrs it would seem that they have | come to stay, and will resist any attempt | on the part or the authorities to agaIn | remove them In conversation with | Thomas Rooney, member of the off | cial board of the United Mine Workers
 of America, it was learned that the new | | fifty charter members and one large tent. | Rooney also said that before toniglt
 there would be 250 men In camp, with | ten or more tents.
 l He said the correspondents had better l give the camp a wide berth. There Is | now no doubt that the union men will | make an effort to retain the home Of | the strikers" on the same old site quarter of a mile south of Nortonville | notwithstanding the mandatory orders of County Judge Hall to the contrary. It is the general opinion that before the campers can again be dispersed, in the event the county officials remain firm in their determination to exterminate and disband the unlawful assembly of in- timidators. that more troops than are now on the ground at the command of the officials will be necessary to enforce the mandate of the court.
 President James D. Wood and Vice | President. Kit Barnaby, Board Member | Read and Attorneys Everett Jennings and Jerold Johnson, called on Judge n4u today for the purpose of making for mai demand of the judge to return the tents and other camp paraphernalia be- | America that were taken by the sheriff | last Sunday, when the campers were ar rested and lodged in jail. Entering the office the compliments of the day were | exchanged, then refusing an invitation l from Judge Hall to be seated, and after i moments hesitation, President Wood | said:
 | JuuSe f1dlf, l unQerStanQ that you
 have in your possession some of the
 property belonging to the United Mine | Workers of America"
 Judge Hall-Yes sir.
 | President Wood-I have come to ask | that you return at once all of the prop | erty belonging to the United Mine Work | CTS of America in your possession to | the place from whence it was removed.
 Judge Hall declined to grant the re-
 quest of Wood. This action on the part
 of the union officials is a formal notih-
 cation that an attachment will be issued
 against County Judge Hall for the re- | covery of the union goods.
 A union boarding house near Norton
 vile. near the site of the camp will have
 an accommodating capacity of 800. The dead body of Bert Williams a | union miner, was found near Nortonville
 today. The coronefs verdict was that he
 was shot by unknown persons.
 Judge Hall has not made known what
 his plans for the future execution of his
 dispersion order will be. Tonight there
 are in the re-established camp near Nor
 tonville more than seventy-five unior
 men. As soon as the accommodating ca
 pacity is increased, many more are eN
 pected.
 Today President Wood of the Twenty third District, was asked if Presiden } Mitchell was contemplating calling of
 the strike in Hopkins County until lat,
 in the spring. and he replied in the mega tive, insisting that if it were true h, , knew nothing about it. Wood said tha
 the financial end of the strike was al
 right.
 The trials of the twenty-one men whc were taken into custody by the aherif : and deputies at the union camp las Sunday will come up before Judge Hal
 tomorrow. The charge is that of banding 2 and confederatng together for the pur < pose of intimdatng the non-union mer t in Hopkins County. which is a felony , and punishable by confinement in tn, State penitentiary for not less than one
 nor more than five years. The common
 wealth will be represented by Count,
 Attorney F. D. Morrow. Attorney Gen , eral C. L Pratt and J. F. Gordon Rep respentative-elect Judge R. B. Brad,
 and others will defend the union men, , $1,0oO,OOO Mining Company.