The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
Rights Of Mine O.Dners
 And Farmers The Same

Frank v. Evans. in Birmingham Age
 Herald
 It Is singular fact that In no other strike of union men than the miners bloodshed practiced ih this section of the country.
 No reasonable man questions the right of labor to organize for It's own protection or for the social and indus trial advancement of its membership, Neither can any fair-minded man deny the right of labor to strike when it's membership is dissatisfied with condi- tions affecting It's employment What the people do detest. abhor and frown upon Is lawlessness, encouraged by ag- itators and practiced by the dissatis- fled and idle ones. and this lawless- ness will ever meet with the severest condemnation.
 The strikes of the United Mine Work CTS of America, like those of the American Federation of Miners, always carry with them lawlessness and blood- shed. Why this Is so can only be acc counted for by the fact that their management is bad or that these bodies have in them many undesirable citf- zens. sss
 Lest We Forget.
 The people of this district will not soon forget the terrible shedding of blood caused by this strike of coal miners and those which have preceded 1t. They will not forget the scenes at Blocton several years ago. when the life of Superintendent Lang was taken away by leaden ball and when others suffered from shots fired from ambush. They will never forget the shooting into a train of State troops. of guards. of innocent men seeking work. and of mine officials during this strike; nor will they ever forget and forgive the murders. the dynamiting of homes and the tears they have caused innocent women and children.
 Let Us Suppose.
 Suppose in the "biack belt" of Ala bama, where the negro farm hands outnumber the white masters 50 to 1, some disagreement should arise be- tween proprietor and laborers. That. thereupon, the negroes should leave the farms and pitching tents close by should there idly dwell, living upon the charity of sympathizers in the cot ton fields of other States; and inter fering with the incoming of new 1a- borers who desired to take their places: how long would the planters of Alabama permit that condition to ex. ist2
 mining district of Alabama. On how patient the people have beon'
 
 Lately a voice seems to have arisen from an agricultural source urging ar' filtration and spirit of compromise bv the operators. Suppose there should be a dispute between farm owners and farm laborers as to what wages should be paid and how patd-what kind of seed should be planted ana how much of each kind? Would the earuer who owns that land be wn- ling to submit the question as to now he should manage his own property to arbitration? ,,...,-. 'tbe nroperty of their owners. bought for a price. the titles guaranteed under inc jaws of the Stare. and no laborer. no outside man or set of men have inc right to dictate to said owners hor, thev shall use them, or whether or not they shall use them at all.
 The right to strike, of course, the miners have. The right to remain in idleness without effort to obtain em- ployment--a menace to law and order they do not possess. The law hu- man and divine Is that men shall work, and if they do not they become idIers and idleness begets crime, therefore if is criminal to be idle even 1T that idleness Is fostered and fed by the bread of others who do toll and spin.
 Pay of Miners.
 Tn several of my letters have shown by figures taken from the books of the mines that in this district the occupation of a miner is more profit able than that of any other trade, calling or profession. considering qualifications necessary for dis charge, of the work or execution of