The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
AGAINST MINE WORKERS.
Case of Unusual Interest on Trial at
 TuscaIOOaa.

Tuscaloosa.
 Tuscaloosa April 1S.-(Special.) IA case of unusual interest is being tricd
 today in the Tuscaloosa County Court
 of this place. This Is one or the cases,
 and there are something over twenty
 of the same character. against the
 limited Mine Workers of America, the United Mine Workers of America, Dis-
 trict No. 20, a ub-division of the or-
 ganization or association aforesald'
 the United Mine Workers of America,
 local No S56, subdivision, etc. and
 w. R. Farley, Ed. Film, J. l.. Clemo
 and others.
 The complaint in these cases recite that the plaintiffs were laborers for the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron
 Company. and that during the month of October, 1904, the defendants con
 spired to deprive plaintiff and others of employment, and that the detend- ants held secret meetings and passed resolutions demanding tho dismissal from the employment Of the Alabama
 Consolidated Coal and Iron Go. all per sons who were not members of the
 United Mine Workers of America, and
 notified said company that such meet
 ings had been held and that If the
 plaintiff and others were not dis charged that the union would call out all of the men in the employ Of sald company who were members or the United Mine Workers of America. The
 complaint further charges that the
 Consolidated Company. through fear Of
 a strike, which would have resulted In a great loss, discharged plaintiff and others, forced them to move away and to sell lot of their property, nn1 that they were consequently embarrassed, troubled, vexed and harrassed both In body and mind, and that on account or the unlawful, wanton or willful inter- ferences with their liberty and rights, each of the plaintiffs in the case had suffered damages to the amount of $7.- 900. The complaint charges that all of
 the losses, inconveniences, hardships, endorsements and vexations were and are the direct and proximate re- | suit of the vicious, unlawful, wanton, willful or malicious acts of said de- | fendants, in depriving them of em- ployment which was done by threats, acts of violence, threats of such acts made to the employer. threats of boy | colt and intimidation and the like; all of which were unlawful. wanton, will full, malicious or wickedly done. Vice President W. R. Farley and | President Ed. Finn of District No. 20 l are in attendance upon court. The pleadings were settled today, and the | trial of the facts went over until to- 1 morrow on account Of the absence or | witnesses, Superintendent Morrow of 1 Brookwood and Colonel T. G. Bush of Birmingham. President of the Com | pany.
 | These cases are the only cases that | are set for trial at this term of court. | This is a very unusual proceeding in a | court of law, and IL Is the first case of
 It's Kind ever brought in this County.
 and the boycott law passed by tho
 Legislature of 1903 Is apt to cut some l figure in it. A great many witnesses l are in attendance and the entire week | Is likely to be consumed. w. J. Mar | tin of Ensley is representing the plain
 tins, and Frank S. White and William
 T. White are representing the defend-
 ants.
 Two negroes got into a fight at 2 game of base ball yesterday afternoon
 between the negro mills of ArvondalG
 and this place, and as a result one oi them Is dead this morning. It seems that the trouble between the two haC been settled, when the smaller of the negroes advanced on the other, Jin Mitchell. alias Jim Lewis, and struck him over the eye with a bottle of whfs. key. The blow broke the bottle and Jim received a severe blow over tht
 eye, which seems to nave cut an ar tery. from which he bled to death
 Both negroes live here. and neither
 were connected with the teams.