The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-12
MORE ARRESTS ARE MADE AT BL0CTON Fire Arms and Ammunition Are
 Also Coniscated TWO NEW MILITARY CAMPS Dead Negro Found In Woods Near BarnwelI-Vice President White
 Still Investigating Conditions
 In the District.
TWO NEW MILITARY CAMPS

m the DlStrict.
 Developments in the Bocton train affair of Sunday morning are coming thick~and fast. Nearly 40 persons have been ar- rested In connection with the shooting up of this train, and the officers claim to men now held. Confessions said to have been made by number of the arrested miners duplicate a number of well known persons in the shooting, and trial is ex- pected to be productive of sensational dis closures.
 Along with the arrest of these men a scription was taken charge of by the of ficers. together with a large amount of ammunition, dynamite and fuse
 Two new military camps were estab- lished yesterday, but beyond this and few union meetings held throughout the district there was practically nothing do- ing, the dove of peace appearing to hover over the mining fields.
 Searles and Acton are the two places at which military forces were placed yester- day. Company B of the Second regiment, which has been stationed at the city hall armory in Birmingham, was sent to SearIes, which is but two miles from Brookwood, and went into camp there. Major Long is in command. Company F of this regiment, which has also been stationed at Birmingham, was sent to Ac- ton, Captain Coleman being in command.
 Dead Body Found.
 Another name was added yesterday to the list of dead as the result of the coal miners strike, the body of a dead negro being found in the woods near Barnwell. A telegram was received by Coroner Paris yesterday afternoon asking him to come down and investigate. He will leave for there early this morning, the message having been received too late for him to reach there yesterday afternoon.
 This negro is supposed to be the one who attempted to pass the military lines several times at Blossburg about week ago. He endeavored to get through them a number of times, and was finally shot
 
 ly afterward.
 John P White of Oskaloosa, Ia., first vice president of the United Mine Work ers who arrived in the city Monday, has been in close consultation with the local officers and men since his arrival When asked yesterday if he cared to make statement of any kind he replied that he would rather not do so until he had be- come more familiar with the situation. The general tone of his conversation, however, was one of hope for a success full termination of the strike for the union.
 Busy at Headquarters.
 Around military headquarters in the Metropolitan hotel everything is business. A large number of aides are kept on the move, some of them being sent into the district each day, while the com manding officers are constantly on the jump Maps of the district are spread over the walls with pins indicating where camps are located and other points of interest.
 There is a great amount of detail work in connection with the handling of the troops, ana lHOsc Soiuieis "ho hoPpehSu to have knowledge of shorthand and bookkeeping have been assigned to this work
 Lieutenant Colonel Hubbard of Troy, First regiment, Is in command while associated with him in an advisory ca pacity are Mai. w. l.. Thurston, retired regular army officer, and Maj. Ben F. Noble of Montgomery, who was in com mand prior to the First regiments ar rival here
 The staff officers are Capt. F. M. Mad dox of Mobile, regimental adJutant of the First regiment; Capt. J. H. Patter- son of Montgomery, regimental adjutant of the Second regiment; Lieut.. Leon Schwarz of Mobile, battalion adjutant of the First regiment; Capt Julius A. Smith of Mobile ordinance officer; Maj. w. H. Oates of Mobile, chief surgeon, and Lieut. Charles L. Cherry of Mobile, quarter master
 Lieutenant Colonel Hubbard has made trips daily into the district, inspecting the camps and getting in personal touch with the situation. The members of his staff have been kept hard at work ever since their arrival from Chickamauga last Friday night, and according to plans laid out will be moving rather lively for several days to come