The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
AFFRAYS WERE FATAL
TROUBLES IN BIRMINGHAM DIS-
 TRICT CAUSES TWO DEATHS,
Three Others Wounded and . Dosen More Shot and Cut in Various Dimculties-CampbelI May
 Yet Recover.

Yet Recover.
 Birmingham, March 19.-(Specia1.)- Two men dead, three seriously wound ed and about dozen shot and cut and otherwise bruised, is the record given out by the Sheriff as the record of difficulties which took place in the min ing and manufacturing towns of the Birmingham district last night. The dead are 8. B. Naylor, shot by James Mcconnell at Ensley, in a saloon.
 Robert Howard, a negro miner, shot by unknown parties in a general row at Blossburg, western part of the county.
 Three of the injured men are in a serious condition and may die. More than seven deputy sheriffs are now out making an effort to round up the men who participated in the gory campaign last night and early this morning. A dozen warrants have been sworn out and several arrests have been made. As stated by the Superintendent of the Blossburg mines, mean men, mean whiskey and mean women" are respon- sible for the trouble.
 With the exception of the Ensley shooting affair. the trouble was all among non-union men in the coal fields, men who were brought into the dis trict. Yesterday was a general pay day and much mean whiskey was im- bibed.
 According to a report made by Night Foreman R. L. Robinson. at the No. Mines, near Wylam, Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, a general fight took place in the camp late at night. Two white men named Tillman Burns and A. H. Penttico were seri- ously wounded. At 2 o'clock the com pany guard, John Russell, was enroute home when he was fired on and fatally shot, six heavy shots striking him be- low the waist. The statement is made that the shooting was done by men brought here from West Virginia. and who had boasted that they intended raising he'll" Five warrants were sworn out early this morning and trains are being watched at the depot here to catch some of the men.
 At Blossburg the negro non-union coal miners had big crap game and the refreshments consisted of whiskey. There were a number of women pres ent. When the smoke cleared away, a dozen and more shots being fired, Rob- ert Howard was found dead and Tom Thompson had a wound In the shoulder which will most likely prove fatal
 When the negroes working at Flat Top were in the midst of their fun, Ia dispute arose and knives and sticks were used to effect. A report via Blossburg was received that half a dozen negroes were badly bruised, one or two seriously.
 big dance was on near Pratt City among the non-union men and their women, which came to a sudden ter imitation by a general scrimmage. Will Jackson was shot in the thigh and a negro named Jones was struck over the eye with a pair of brass knucks. Gen. eral Powell is charged with shooting Jackson.
 In Graham's saloon in Ensley a dis pute took place between James McCon- nelly and s. B. Naylor, both white. Naylor shot at McConnelly with pis- tol and then the latter used shotgun on his adversary. killing him. McCon- nelly is in the Ensley city jail. Nay lor's remains will probably be shipped back to Pennsylvania, his old home. for interment. Both men worked at the steel plant. McConnelly will be given a preliminary trial during the present week. The evidence on its face ap- pears to be in favor of%the man in jail.
 Chief Deputy Sheriff Albert Strad- ford was in the office almost all day today receiving reports from the dep- uties in the field
 Meagre details reached here late last night of a difficulty at Murray Mines in the western part of the county, in which white man named Nicholson was shot. Major F. M. Tutweiler. of the Tutweiler Company, stated at noon today that the man was not seriously Nhurt It was denied this morning that there was a riot imminent at any time last night. At the sheriff's office the statement was given out that the re- ports of the trouble last night indicate that it was entirely among the non- union men. ETlsSH
 Deputy sheriffs this afternoon arrest ed Posey Brascomb, Will Combs. Will Rudy. R. Credell and A. 1T. Penttico on a charge of assault with intent to mur- der on warrants sworn out at Wylam this morning. In the shooting of Burns and Penttico the 1atters wife was in jured by bullet.
 Deputy Sheriff Ball, of Coalburg, a mining camp. brought in Ben Warren and Peter Jackson on a charge of as- sault with intent to murder. A shoot ing affray took place there also last evening but no one was seriously in- jured. The two men arrested are ne- groes.