The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-17
A NIGHT WATcHMAN KILLED
 SUPPOSEDLY BY DEPUTIES
Union Miners May Call on Governor
 For Troops.
A Special Train ruled With strike Breakers is Held Up By Armed mob of Three Hundred Men, And strike-breakers Are :
 Driven Away


 Birmingham. July ie-tspeciall-- This was strenuous day n aar- 1 Ingham district in the coal mining sss fion. where the union coal miners aIe conducting strike. Several disoaus were reported to the sherifI
 z The killing of J. B. Aberhold. ageo AK wears night watchman or the E. :. DuPont Powder Company, near Aa.s Lee, by men supposed to pc oepusS' eps,s iN inc employ of the Alabama Consou- aated Coal and Iron Company at the .I,awfsburr mines nearby, is one resun of tha strike that is on. Adernoio hnav was literally riddled with snoG Tt seams that Aderhoid was former union miner and sympathtzed Wlen .ns us men. He has been watchnan 10. .ns powder plant and objected to the ospa t9as for tha coal company in that ytcinitv. firing off their guns so near fhe nnarazines A quarrel started az esrly as Monday night and much feei- ing nrevailed Shortly before miu. night last night, five men approacneo Aderhold, according to the statehsns of another watchmsn at the poWes1 plant. who was to go on at mlonasF and difficulty came up quickiy.
 aI heard some one say, now, genie. men walt a minute, let's argue, anu them there was a volley of shots tlreo. when the smoke cleared away, Aoer- hold lay on the ground dead.
 This statement was made to coroner Paris who was called to the scene eno organized jury on which are sonne union miners. Two deputies were also turned over to the sheriff to De neio sn Connection with the killing pending thaE fuIl investigation into the tragedy. Thav are !. " Long and Tneodofs Rothpletz and they deny the cnaT Tss.. Aderhold is survived by a widow anu .. several daughters. the oldest Deins 1s ssass z xusls issis up:
 A special train ecastetiaG of sn sf- zine and one coach carrying foxey four efFfks- breakers and four women 70 Adamsvilie. to the mines of the Birme iuRham Coal and Iron Company, as- conapanied by ten deputies. wss nesa . up near Jefrerson. in the western pHrt af ga1fereon County, by three hundred armed men A number of shots were fired. hut tC one was hurt. The strike. sraalxars were forced to leave the train and then driven through the woods and told to leave the country. The ensi- neer and other members or the train stopped the train when the arnnsd men apneared in sight. The deputies on the train were covered with guns and could not resist, fearing loss of life.
 More track of the coal road of the Republic Iron and Steel Company was blown up during last night and trat- fic suspended for a while today.
 Aa result of the arrests made yes terday at sayreton by deputies in the enoloy of the Republic Company. six teen damage suits were hIed against that company today for e10,000 each. aIiexatlons of assault and humiliation because the plaintiffs in the suits had to march through the strcetsSto the fail being made.
 The operators announced today that strike breakers were still being brought to the district and that there was Improvement in the output at the mines.
 May Call for Troops.
 w R. FairIey. Alabama member of tha National Board of the United Mine Workers of America, who is in charge of the strike situation. today an- i3nnced that he had wired National
 lsident Lewis and was instructed to cali on the Governor of the State for protection when 1t was found that the shlrirs were unable to control the many deputies who were working at the coal mines,
 rntimation is given by Mir. Fairiey that the presence of troops would oe better than the deputies. MT. Faifley said that the miners were not being treated right by the companies and the deputies. He stated further that there was an increase in the organization throughout the district, and that more locals were in sight. Tn company with Sheriff HIgdon, Mir. Fairley yesterday visited mines in the vicinity of Sayre- ton and addresses were delivered by both to the men, advising them to ap. stain from any violations of the law
 Sheriff Higdon today swore in large number of men as deputies, n 6 same being requested by operators No man is being given commission, says the sheriff. unless he is well reeom- rnended or Is known.
 Inquiry in the city elicits the tnfor- nation that there has been great de. pIetion of the stocks of arms and am- rnunition; in fact certain kind of shells Yare almost out altogether. and have been ordered by telegraph. While the coal companies and the sheriffs in the several counties interested were buying the guns and ammunition, many indi~ viduals were also buying the weap- on's.
 Father O'Grady's Work.
 Rev Father H. E. Q'Grady priest of the st. Catherine Church at Pratt City. and dean of the Catholist clergy In North Alabama. is heading movement among the ministers in the mining sec tion of the State looking to an effort to be made to bring about some re- conciiiation between the operators and the miners Father O'Grady says that he will make effort to get before the operators before the conditions grow desperate in the mining section. He will deliver a sermon at the last mass Sunday on Capital and Labor.