The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
Carbon HiH Coal Mines
 Or Full Normal R1lf1
Force Of Men All Sucien-Many Apply Too Pitiable Side Of Picture Corporations Liberally Inclined
 Operators Association to Work Well
BY FRANK V. EVANS.

Carbon Hill, September 5.-(Special)-As was predicted there is now a general knocking at the door of the mines for re- admission by many unfortunate miners who were mislead into the terrible mis- take of going into the strike.
 Here in the Carbon Hill district many are receiving the hand of welcome. but some are not and will not find employ ment in these mines for the reason that they are accounted mischief-makers, ag- itators and "undesrabes.'
 There are some good fellows whose places were filled by new men-men who seem to be giving satisfaction to such a degree that the employing operators can not displace them to take back the whimsical ones, who went out at the wrong time
 There are four companies running mines here, the Galloway being the largest. Then there are the Great Elk, the Yar- brough and Sides Bros, all strong and active While numbers of idle miners are in evidence on the streets of this town am informed by the operators that the output of coal is normal, about 2500 tons per day. Quite enough to supply the de- mand of the market at the present time; and no more miners are needed at Car bon Hill.
 Early after the announcement came that the strike was declared off number of men applied for readmission to the mines-fnen who had been prominently instrumental in bringing about the un- happy conditions through which the op- orators had just passed The answer to them was that they could not be received, because they had too soon forgotten the favors shown them by operators in mak- ing them loans, advancing supplies and affording them work at a time when their labor was not really needed; that they had sought to stab to injure and to de- stroy the companies which had given them a helping hand.
 The miners of Carbon Hill, generally speaking, are not disorderly class. No blood was shed in this vicinity during the strike, though there was an occasional crack of a gun and explosion of dynamite when there should not have been, and there were a number of arrests made for intimidating and disorderly conduct. The pitiabie side of the picture at Car bon Hill is the fact that a number of the miners, who now find themselves out of employment. have resided here for many years, and own their little homes to which their families have become much at- tached. It will be remembered. that it had been seven or eight years since the miners of Walker county had before this gone on a strike They detached them selves from the union years ago, and, In fact, until July 6, 1908, most of them had ] never been inducted into the mysteries, blunders and entangling web of the Uni ted Mine Workers of America. Sadder still 1t makes the picture of their status of today.
 Good Pay and Prompt. These companies here have always paid good wages promptly. They are finan- cally strong and able to help those who wish to help themselves. As business men they appreciate the value of labor and have always made it their policy to care for it. Therefore, mutual profit has resulted from the combined efforts of the operators and miners of Carbon Hill to do the right thing. The scale of wages has always been based upon the market quotations on coal.
 Corporations With Souls. It has often been said that corpora. tons have no souls but the fact is now ] clearly demonstrated that men who com pose the coal corporations of this district