The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-23
MASKED MEN BEAT YOLANDE BUMPER
 ID |NSENS|BILITY Non-union Miners House Dy- namited At the Mines
 Yesterday MORE ACTIVITY SHOWN AT WALKER COUNTY MINES Big Meeting Held in Bessemer Last Night-AIl Reported Quiet in
 Jefferson County at Midnight.

lande figuring in two incidents. The first one occurred yesterday morn
 ing, when a bumper was attacked by four
 masked men and beaten Into insensibility The pumping station is situated about
 mile from the mouth of the mine, and the
 Jumper was alone when attacked. While
 he was severely beaten 1t is not believed that his injuries will prove fatal.
 At o'clock last night tle house occu-
 pied by Bob Carter, a non-union negro
 miner at Yolande. was dynamted, heavy charge having been set off under the house. While the house was badly dam- aged, none of the occupants were hurt. pr. G. B. Grove, president of the To- lande Coal and Coke company, said last night: "rhere have been a number of in-
 .imidating threats made toward our men,
 and I cannot but believe the wanton acts
 in the district are inspired from some cen- tral source Our coal output is increasing
 every day, and we are also continually
 bringing in new men. These facts seem to
 have nfiamed some of the union miners. We have only three deputies stationed at
 our mines"
 Quiet in Jefferson.
 Quiet reigned throughout the Jefferson county coal strike district, not single
 mix-up of any kind having been reported
 to the sheriff's office up to midnight.
 The military situation remained the same
 last night as it did on the night before.
 Colonel McKleroy took active charge Of
 the troops yesterday. Two trains of ini- ported miners were handled during the
 day, but without any violence. Quite
 crowd congregated at Adamsville, when one of the trains bearing the newcomers stopped there. This crowd did not attempt
 any disorder Instead, they resorted to
 moral suasion.
 Cries of Get off and join us aud
 we'll feed you and give you $5 week
 were made to the men. Several of the
 negroes accepted tn proposition, and jumpd off the train. The number doing
 this amounted to about 10.
 The men brought in were scattered l around to a number of the mines, the
 number arriving Tuesday night and yesterday amounting to about 300. Serious Shooting Affair. An investigation into the shooting up of L. V. Evans house, on the Mary Lee road Tuesday night, proved the affair to have been much worse than had been reported. It appears, ac- l cording to statements of neighbors of | Evans, that some 20 or 30 men gath cred on one side of his house and | fired a volley. Then, moving around, | they fired another volley at the house.
 Then they moved off up the road, stop ping a short distance from the house | to fire still another volley.
 The house was riddled completely. MT. Evans, his wife and children were asleep at the time, and only good for tune saved their lives. The bullets found their way completely through | the house and struck all around the i beds upon which the family were sleep I ing. Several struck the mattress As soon as the first shots were fired | self in a closet, remaining there until after the shooting had ceased The affair aroused the indignation of the people living in that community. and Sheriff Higdon has several depu 1 ties working on the case. The identity of several of the men implicated in the
 shooting is said to be known, and ar
 rests are expected to follow. Situation in Walker County. | Walker county is also figuring in the l limelight as regards the strike. The oper-
 ators in this particular county appear to I have had the best of the argument during | the past few years. A strenuous effort IS being made by the union to organize the various mines, Carbon Hill especially be- | ing affected in this respect.
 | While the miners around Carbon Hill are not organized, the companies there have l heen paying wages ranging close to the | union scale. In order to prevent their men 1 from joining the United Mine Workers the l operators resorted to a ruse. One mine 1 had it's negro dggers organize Knights l of Labor local some 150 miners joining it. When the United Mine workers entered the field they found this organization, and
 now the two organizations are pulling 1 against each other
 1 The Great Elk company at that place l rosted a notice yesterday advising that | thlS company would, DeginnlnS WltH yeS- 1 terday morning, resume the price they 1 were paying before the cut was made. l This notice also states that they have | plenty of orders and that all of the old 1 men and their friends will be given all the | work they want
 Large Gathering at Bessemer. l Bessemer was the scene of a large | gathering last night, several hundred miners holding union meeting. A re : port was received at the sheriff's of l fee that the crowd was planning mis- chief and Deputy Sh eriff Jones of Bes- | semer was detailed to investigate it.. l He did so and reported to Sheriff Hig- l don that it was a peaceable meeting. l without any suggestion of violence.
 The large number of deputy sheriffs | on duty is fast being worked into C l systematic organization. The wedding l out of the undesirable men who may | have been commissioned is being done. l Deputy Sheriff Sid Cowan is in com plete charge of the deputies in the 1 field.
 Birmingham was treated to sight 1 of army camp life yesterday afternoon, when Company c went into camp Tn | West park at Fifth avenue and sever teenth street, north. The soldiers pitched their tents and slept there last