The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-05
SEVEN COMP PAN|ES WILL LEAVE TODAY Special Train Will Carry Men
 to Mobile MINERS GOING TO WORK Authorities Unable to Locate Men Who Fired Shots at Sayre-Four Com
 panies Are Kept
 On Duty.

 ter to their respective towns
 Four companies will be left on duty.
 Three companies have already been sent home-one company Wednesday night i another one Thursday morning, and the third one last night. >The company to leave last night was the Mobile Cadets which is Company of the First resi- ment. This company left in command of Lieut. J. w. Black, Capt r. c. Horton remaining at Camp Eva Conner in Br- mngham. He will probably remain at the headquarters until the final break-up. Company A had been stationed at Cardiff.
 List of Companies Relieved. Troops leaving on the special train this morning will compose seven companies, as follows:
 Company c of Geneva, which has been stationed at Adamsville, under command of Capt. J. F. Johnson
 Company D of Fort Deposit which has been stationed at Dora, under command of Capt C. M Davis,
 Company I of Enterprise which has been stationed at Burnswell and Ivy Leaf, | under command of Capt. E. E. Mans field
 Company K of Evergreen, which has been stationed at Republic and Lewis | burg under comamnd of Capt T. M. Brown.
 Company H of Troy, which has been stationed at Short Creek, under command of Capt. J. Nj. Wiley,
 fN stationed at Johns, under command of Capt D. B. Hayes.
 Company F of Dothan, which has been stationed at Blocton, under command of Capt c. J. Morris
 These seven companies will muster about 300 men, practically all of whom had a great amount of experience prior to being brought to the district for the strike. This campaign, however has re- suited in seasoning the men, and now | they are as hardy a lot of veterans as any to be found in the country. The campaign has been a vigorous one, long hikes over the mountains of the Birming- l ham district being a feature. When the men reach their homes they will have l been on duty but a few days less than two months. having been under arms | since July 16.
 1 Lieutenant Colonel Hubbard will prob- | ably be here for full week or ten days | longer there being a large number of | matters in connection with the winding up of the affairs of this campaign which | will require his attention. With him will be a number of the officers of his staff. Affairs at Sayre. The affair at Sayre Thursday night, | when a large number of shots were fired into the military camp from the direction of the strikers headquarters, and which were replied to by the soldiers appears to have resulted in a full settlement of the strike in that neighborhood. While the soldiers could not see the parties firing the shots, they fired in the direction from which they came and put decided l quietus on the affair. Over 100 shots were l fired by the soldiers.
 | Lieutenant Colonel Hubbard went to Sayre early yesterday morning and in | vestigated the matter, but found 1t i'm possible to locate the guilty persons. 1 Sayre has been one of the strong | points of the strikers. Up to Thursday 1 night not a striker had applied for work l at the mines, but yesterday morning bright and early found them at the mines making application, while teams and wagons were busy hauling their effects back into the company houses.
 Men Kept or Duty.
  B, First regiment known as the Lomax 1 Rifles of Mobile, which is divided into camps at Sayre, Flat Top and Littleton; Company M. First regiment, of Mobile, | known as the Mobile Rifles, which is sta- toned at the Pratt City camp; Company l B, Third regiment, of Athens. which is stationed at Searles, and the provisional l company made up mostly of Birming | ham men, with sprinklng of Mont gomery and Selma soldiers. l The soldiers have made themselves uni 1 yersally popular during their stay here. With the ladies they made a great hit, without exception. Any number of love 1 affairs have resulted. and it is rumored | that soon several of the national guards I men will summon the preacher with his | bowknots.
 | Sergeant Porter of Montgomery, like 1 ly-ooking young man, has so far re- mained free from the letters of love, but l thinks he has a chance to make good now, as he has found ladys gold brace ] let and is looking for the owner. It has l the letters "A E. H." engraved upon 1t, and the brave sergeant states that the owner may have it by calling in 'person" at Camp Eva Conner and describing 1t.
 Proper punishment was meted out to the soldiers who were placed under ar rest Thursday night after a day of ca- rousing. As rule the men are excep- | tlonaIly well behaved Eight companies 1 were quartered in Birmingham last night, and no instances of disorder were re- ported from any of the troopers
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