The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
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 Birmingham. July 1s.-(Special.) )--- Sherin Higdon's reports from the min ing fields all day today were to the effect that while everything. was quiet, indications pointed to some sort of out break at any time. despite the fact that the military were out.
 The two companies taken last night to Blossburg. in the western part of county, were augmented by Q third company which went out this morning, taking along a GattIing gun and 10000 rounds of ammunition The third com pany was sent out to Blossburg. where the basis of operations have been To- cated. with Chief Deputy Lucien Brown in charge. to be ready for any emer- gency.
 Deputy Sheriff George coursson, who was on the train that was attacked Friday afternoon at Jefferson. in the western part of the county, when Charles Gardner was fatally wounded and a number of others shot, returned today to the city with ten deputies. bringing in fifteen negroes, who were on charges of unlawful assembling and for other alleged violations.
 At the headquarters of the United Mine Workers in the city to-day W. R. Fafrley, Alabama member of the national board. who is in charge of the strike. stated that he welcomed the calling out of the troops and said that 1t meant that the shooting by the deputies would be stopped and that conduct the strike along peaceable lines.
 Louis Dean. a. deputy sheriff on the regular force of Sherfff HIgdon, who camo in from Biossburg this after noon. said, that in his opinion the troops would probably be brought back in the next day or two. He said that things were exceptionally quiet around Biossburg and in the entire mining section in the western part of Jefferson county.
 Tn the city there were no indica- tions that a strike was on- Pratt City. Wylam. Bessemer. Woodward and other places were telephoned to through the day and the same report was made that everything was quiet with no indications of trouble in the immediate future.
 Every attention was given Deputy Gardner. who was shot in the melee at Jefferson, as we'll as the other vic tims. As far as can be learned there were no miners shot at all in the scrimmage.
 There was a good force of guards around the penitentiary at Pratt
  nothing happened there to mar the quietness.
 I It was announced to-day that one hundred new mon just brought to the district will be taken to the mines in the vicinity of wylam Monday. Allen Dennis. the negro who was shot in the trouble at Republic Thurs day evening. died in the hospital here today. There arc some bullets in his back.
 Captain Frank g. White. who is the attorney for the union miners in this district. today gave a statement that the miners were not altogether to blame for the disturbances that have already taken place. He stated that the lead CTS of the miners were still urging all their men to be calm and not to vio- late the law.
 Governor Conner was out of the city part of today. going to Odenville, on the Seaboard Air Line, to attend the cornerstone laying of the new high school there. He held a conference early this morning with Sheriff Hig- don in reference to bringing the cav airy squadron from Montgomery to | the sheriff being anxioue for that. There was no agreement arr rived at on this score. The sherif al. so held conference over the telepbona with AdJutant General Bibb Graves tr reference to the cavalry but 1t was stated that the cavalry would not be brought here until there was a fresh outbreak. ie0"
 All kinds of rumors pravat1aa throughout the city but nothing was to De verined. one report having fl this afternoon that twenty soldiers had been killed.
 A protest has gone up from citizepa of Pratt City over the conduct of dNo- uties on Friday at noon when several negroes were shot at and one slightly wounded and four men were arrested while a train bearing strike breakers was being carried to the mines.
 Care was again taken this evening fin transferring the eonvicts from Mine No. to the prisons at No