The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-03
Several Miners Injured in SkIr-
mish in Flat Top Fields
THEIR FRIENDS ENRAGED
Governor White Receives Letter From
Union Men Asking That the Troops
Be Kept at Thurmond, as They
Are Friendly to Miners.

Bramwell. w. Va. September 2.-The
situation in the Flat Top coal field is
extremely critical and the skirmish be-
tween the strikers and the guards at
the Pocahontas Galleries company's
mines this morning after the firing of
the mine by the strikers, has greatly en-
ragged the miners from the fact that a
number of their side were severely In
jured Adjutant General Baker who has
been in this section for few days look
Ing over the territory, left last night
at midnight for other fields, informing
the operators before he left, however,
that he thought the presence of the
military unnecessary at that time. The
outbreak of this morning. however. will
probably cause a change in his mind and
1t is thought here that before tomor-
row noon troops will either be in the
Flat Top region or enroute. Tonight the
Pocahontas Galleries company has the
fire in their mine practically extinguish-
ed but the company has doubled it's force
of guards as another attack is feared any
hour. Many shots have been fired from
ambush in the direction of non-union
miners going to and from work in the
flat Top neld.
Miners Welcome Troops.
Charleston. W. Va, September 2.-Gov-
ernor White tonight received the follow
ing:
Troops are now located at Thurmond
to preserve order They were sent at
the instance of our sheriff and while it
appears that the call for troops was un-
nj foIIx
miners. are glad to have them. They are
principally union men and in sympathy
with our cause and look upon the men
working with the same contempt as we
do. Heretofore the guards around the
mines have been committing all sorts
OF outrages on our people. Since the
troops have come this has stopped and we
will not suffer while they are here. We.
therefore, ask that you do not withdraw
them until the strike ends"
fhe resolutions bears the names OF
the officers and the seal of the miners
organization. 1t is supplemented by the
following:
AT meeting of the local union, United
Mine Workers, 300 members petition you
to send troops to Winona on Keeney's
creek to preserve order until the strike
is settled
Judge Keller Adjourns Court.
Charleston, w. Va, September a.
Judge Keller today opened his court,
heard the preliminary motions in the
contempt case against the strikers ar
rested at Rend and adjourned the hear
ing of the main issue to first day of the
regular term here. December 8. The de-
PENDANTS are charged with violating the
injunction Issued by Judge Keller at the
suit of the Chesapeake and Ohio Agency
company and a question has been raised
in that 1t was not decided in one former
ly tried here. 1t is that the coal COM
panies on New river were named as
parties defendant for the purpose of CIV
ing the court Jurisdiction that the in
terested coal companies lies on the over
side; that a court of equity will put
them on the plaintiffs side where their
interest lies and that then the jurisdic-
tion of the court will be destroyed and
the case will have to be dismissed.