The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-30
A NON-UNI0N MINER KILLED "A Clash Occurs Near
 Pratt City. MANY DISORDERS REPORTED Conditions in District Are Becoming
 StrenuouS Again. considerasIe Activity Is Noted Around the Headquarters of the Preyis-
 ionaI Regiment and the
 sherin's once.

Birmingham, July 29.--A clash oc- cured near Pratt City tonight between union and non-union miners In whicn LiRe Nelm, a non-union negro miner was killed and E. Miller a union man. was shot through the jaw.
 Six men were brought to Jal nsre for being implicated. Disorders nave been reported in several parts or the district today, but nothing of a seri- ans nature. A large squad of special deputies was sent out to Vivian to- night because of some threatening which had reached the sherins ofnce-
 Birmingham. July 2s,--(SpeciaL )-- Conditions are becoming strenuous nxaIn in the Birmingham mining dis' trdct and considerable activity is to pc nofed around the headquarters of Col. onel McKleroy. who is in command oi the provisional regiment in the neid and at the office of Sheriff Higdon.
 The day reports told of no conflicts hut many acts of precaution were ta- ken. At Mary Lee the men who are sttll working found large body oi striking miners about the mines when they appeared for work thds morning. The miners are said to have made an efgort 10 approach the working men to either invite them to join the union or prevent them from working when both the day and the night shifts of depu- ties were called Into action and the miners were allowed to go to their work. Not a shot was fired nor was anybody hurt.
 -Four car loads of strike breakers were received in Birmingham this morning, sent in by labor agents who are working in adjoining States and ithrouRhout the South. These men were taken out into the mining district under military escort. There was no trouble in placing the men.
 Nine men were arrested at Bessie Mines made bond this morning on eight charges against each. The bonds re- Quired from each man amounted to e65o
 Many wild rumors were. heard in the city this morning of battle at Bloss- burg. in the Western eart of the coln- fty, in which it was stated. five Tnilst4a- men and fifteen miners had been killed and a number had been injured At the headquarters of Colonel Mc- Kleroy and Sheriff Higdon there was considerable activity on receipt of the rumors and investigations were made hastily to find no truth in them. Col. McKleroy stated that telephone com munication was maintained at all times with every detachment of the military in the field.
 The infantry companies were brought into the city today and to- night leave on special trains for Chat tanooga to go into encampment at Chickamauga, Camp Taft The infan- try was replaced by artillery and cavalry companies, the forces in. the field being kept intact as far as num- bers go.
 A large number of Winchester rifles, orderd ten days ago, were received by the sheriff today. The unloading of the guns at the court house created some interest.
 The persistent rumors on the streets today in reference to a battle between miners and soldiers has aroused re- newed interest in the strike situation in the district.
 President Kennamer, of the miners' organization in Alabama. today gave out information of conference he had had with Governor Conner as to the strike situation. "The Governor said that he, or rather the State, would Mir. Kennamer. that as far as possible to either side and that he would att tempt to be as impartial as he possibly could be as long as he was in the district"
 Care is being taken now that none of the fans around the mines are dam aged. The stick of dynamite thrown late last night at the fan of No. mine near Vivian did not hit the place to which it was directed and no dam age was done.