Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-10
Birmingham Citizens Resent
Violence of Strikers.
MINERS SHOOT UP A TRAIN
Three Killed and Fifteen Hurt in the
Attack.
MORE THAN 60 ARRESTS MADE
Coaches Carrying Men and Militia
to Alabama Riddled-Conductor
and Officer Dead.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. August 1O.-More
than sixty arrests have been made in con-
nection with the shooting into a train
bearing strikebreakers and soldiers near
Rlocton early Sunday morning. in which
three men were killed and fifteen hurt
Negroes and foreigners are being arrested
and many are being taken to the Jail at
Centerville, the county seat of Bibb coun-
ty' Many citizens of Birmingham are
asking the governor to declare martial
law in the mining district, so that the
strikers may be disarmed and so that
leaders who are giving advice that is in
cllned to be inflammatory may be de-
ported or locked up in jail.
Inc men who We're injured in the shoot
ing are progressing nicely at ST. Vincent s
Hospital. except Robert Sigmon, a laborer,
who was wounded in the abdomen and
proba bly, will die. The body of Conductor
collins Is being held. pending the arrival
of relatives from Washington, D. C.
In addition to the LIST Regiment of the
Alabama National Guard, the sd Ratta lion
of the Sd Regiment, Mai. ". Ii. Long. ir.
In command, is on duty in the strike
zone.
Several mines began operations today.
Sheriff HigdOn's early reports were to the
erect that everything was quiet in Jeffer-
son county during last night and TODAY
The reports from Shelby county, where
TOUR houses were dynamited Saturday and
negro Killed, are to the effect thai the
deputies are still at work and probab bly
Will add to the number of men arrested.
List of the Casualties.
Three men were killed, two probably
fatally wounded and thirteen others
hurt In an attack yesterday morn
ing on Louisville and Nashville train
that was carrying strikebreakers under
guard of the state militia to the mines
of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Rail-
road Company in Bibb county, Alabama
The dead are Joe T. Collins, conductor;
u L. Dent. deputy sheriff, and Willard
Howell, non-union miner.
The injured are Maj. f. H. Dodge, SUI
perintendent of safety. Tennessee Goa
Company, wounded in hand and leg; E
f. Cox, superintendent of mines Ten
nessee Coal Company. slightly wounded
| In knee; A +. Cross. chief clerk. super
intendentS office, wounded in arm and
knee: J. c. Johnson. deputy sheriff
slightly wounded; A. c. Bryant, deputy
sheriff. slightly wounded; j. b. Cornett
deputy sheriff. wounded in back: w. III
McAuly. soldier, slightly wounded; NJ
shoulder; J. c. Martin, wounded in head
back and arm; A. J. Myer. laborer
wounded in leg, and Robert Sigmon
wounded in arm and breast.
The attack was so unexpected that the
detachment of Company l.. 1st Alabama
Regiment of Militia, Sle guard, had nc
ammunition. On board the train, also
were several deputy sheriffs and officials
of the Tennessee company.
Fired on Coaches From Hill.
The assault was made within d mile
or two of Brocton. where the mines are
Bridge timber had been placed on the
track. and when the engineer slackened
his train men supposed to be striking
hill. The first big volley was followed
by a second. third and fourth. al
kinds of ammunition being used. from
birdShot to spikes
The men on the train were taken so by
surprise that they made no attempt tc
Collins, in charge of the train; Deputy
Sheriff o. L. Dent and Willard Howell
a laborer. were killed instantly. Two
members of the militia We're badly in
jured. Maj. +. H. Dodge. superintendent
of labor for the Tennessee company, was
shot and is in critical condition. Supt
Cox of the Tennessee company and three
deputy sheriffs were shot in the back.
Escaped Into the Woods.
Three Of the strikebreakers were Sc
| riously hurt and others more or less so
The attacking party escaped into the
woods. Reinforcements with blood
hounds were sent out, but not until six
hours after the attack. Five negroes
were arrested who had alibis and were
released. Other suspects are being
picked up and made to show where they
were all Saturday night.
Conner announced Yesterday
he would increase the troops in the Ala
bama coal district to 1000 men. Mar
tial law may be declared today.
The body of Collins will be sent to
Washington, d. c.. for burial
Frank S. Collins. brother of Joseph T
Collins, the dead conductor, left Wash
ington last night for Birmingham. HI
will bring the body of his brother to thi:
city. While the arrangements for tn,
funeral have not been completed, II l.
probable that 1t will be held at Frederick
Md. on Thursday.
No additional information was received
by Mr.. Collins relatives in Washington
but the newspaper accounts of his deatl
are believed to be correct
Mr.. Collins was born in Frederick. Md.
and was a son of the late Elijah Collins
Early in life he left Frederick and came
to Alexandria. where he spent most o.
his boyhood. getting his early education
at ST. Johns Academy in that city.
Mr. Collins had been in the railway
service many years and was at variou.
times connected with different roads in
the west and south. For the last few
years his headquarters have been al
Birmingham, Ala.
Those who survive him are his mother
who lives at 121S II street northeast
Frank Collins, who is connected with tn.
Frank L. Rawlings Company. 1895 Penn
sylvania avenue, and a sister. Mrs. Clara
J. L. Taliaferro of 1888 Fairmont street
Other brothers who live out of the cit,
who survive him are Reuben II. Collin:
of Columbus. Ohio. and Albert E. Collin.
of Birmingham, Ala.