The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-29
Possibility of Declaration of Martial Law Given Expres-
 sion By Days events
ONE GUARD IS WOUNDED
 BY ARCADIA AMBUSCADE
Dynamite Thrown at Vivian Mines. Militia Forced To Use Bayonets To Protect Men at
 AdamsvIle.

Affairs took on an ugly hue throughout | the coal strike district yesterday and a continuation, it is believed, will result in the declaring of martial law in the section affected by the strike. There were a number of incidents, the disturbances occurring in several places.
 | The first hostility displayed toward the National Guard was shown yesterday morning at Adamsvlle. This was fol- lowed by some trouble at Bessie mines during the early afternoon, an ambuscade at Arcadia in which one. man was wound ed the dynamiting of the guards camp at Vivian Mines No. I, and a number of other slight mix-ups.
 i A feature of the day was the arrest | of nine men in connection with the at
 tack upon a train of imported men at | Jefferson some two weeks ago. So fa- this attack holds the record for violence i in this particular strike, over 1000 shots ! being fired by the men attacking the l train and the deputy sheriffs This was where Deputy Sheriff Charles Gardner was badly wounded.
 1 Of the nine men arrested one was the ! town marshal of Cardiff, being none
 other than Dow Belcher. The other eight men were Miles Screws, Will Huey, George Zollicoffer, John Smith and Wal ter Nichols, white, and John Hughley,
 John Perry and Ed Washington. | No resistance was offered by any of the men and they were brougty to Bir
 mingham and lodged in the county jail. Each man has eight different charges l cd arai In qt nai tota al of 72 warrants for the nine. These charges are for assault with intent to murder, breach of the peace, shooting into pas senger train shooting across public road, using gun in public place not in self defense, unlawfuly presenting firearms, trespassing after warning and carrying concealed pistol.
 Chief Deputy Sheriff Lucien Brown. Deputies Sid Cowan, George Courson, T. J. Kennemar and Charlie Heton ef fected the arrests, the nine men being arrested in three different places Togo, Cardiff and Mineral Springs. Company G made the trip with the deputies, but took no hand in the arrest of the men, simply guarding the ] men after they were arrested. Owing l to the demonstration in this vicinity during the morning it was tn ought best to have the soldiers on this occasion.
 These arrests were made during the afternoon the prisoners being brought to Birmingham about dark. The Adamsville affair developed when the car load of imported negro miners who were brought to Birmingham late Monday night, were taken to Murray mines yesterday morning. Companies B and G. who have been stationed in Birmingham, were aroused early yes terday morning and sent with the in.- ported men to Murray mines leaving Birmingham at 5:30 o'clock. At Adams vile they were met by a detachment from the battery at Blossburg. Nothing occurred on the way beyond few jeers at one or two of the sta tions on the way. At Adamsville, how ever, large crowd, composed mostly of negroes, had gathered at the depot and endeavored to persuade the irl- ported men to join their ranks. AS soon as the soldiers had detrained they formed line. The imported men followed them and as they alighted tn" crowd surged closer. The soldiers guns were bayoneted and they held these on the crowd This deterred most of them, but some kept pushing for ward and the soldiers had to tickle their ribs with the bayonet points be- fore they desisted.
 The crowd grew exceedingly noisy and a number of ugly remarks were made. The imported men were finally formed into line with the soldiers forming double lines on each side and the march to Murray mines made. When the mines were reached the soldiers reversed and came back to Birming ham.
 Arcadia mines, some three or four miles from Mineral Springs, figured In the excitement when a group of the work ing miners and guards were ambushed Tear the mouth of the mine about 4:3O o'clock in the afternoon. Twenty-Five or 30 shots were fired and the foreman of the mine crew wounded, a bullet cutting gash under his chin.
 The men were close to the mine en- trance when several shots were fired at them from the woods. The guards re- turned the fire and bullets flew thick and fast for several moments. After this set
 tied down things grew quiet and a strong effort Is telng made to locate the parties making the assault.
 About three O clock yesterday afternoon w R. Faiiley and J. R. Kennamer of the United Mine Workers advised Sheriff Higdon that some 50 shots had been fired
 upon union men at Bessie mines. Sheriff Higi immediately telegraphed to Bes-
 sic asking about the trouble and re- ceived a telegram from l.. H. Lathem stating that no one was hurt, and that the person or persons firing the shots could
 not be located. Exact details of the af-
 fa- could not be learned.
 Wylam mines No. was the place at
 which dynamite was used, two sticks of it being thrown into the guards camp and exploding shortly after o'clock. No one was injured. but the affair caused
 great deal of excitementA Several parties are said to have threatened the guards at this place and arrests are ex- pected to follow in connection with the dynamiting.
 Reports from other places told of slight troubles at number of places and sev- eral men were arrested for trespassng after warning. intimidation and similar charges.
 Rurnors were afloat all day and night. mary reputable persons reporting disor- ders, which when investigated, proved to beAfakes with absolutely no grounds.
 Jasper Institute Postponed.