The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-31
Rife Battle Between Special Deputies and the Strikers
 Near Short Creek
ANOTHER WILLIAM HOUSE
 0YNAMITEO DURING NIGHT
Men Who Were Arrested at Mary Lee Give Trouble and a Militia Com pany Is Sent Out To Bring
 Them Into Town.

; out yesterday morning With the same ugliness which prevailed on the two previous days, but during the afternoon simmered down to absolute quiet, which continued until late last night, no violence being reported.
 The dynamiting of a non-union miners house at wylam and battle between special deputies and strike sympathizers at Short Creek, both of which happened before da ybreak yes terday morning, and a demonstration at Mary Lee mines resulting in the ar rest of some union men, were the only things of note occurring.
 Dynamite was used on the house of Ben Arnold at Wylam, portion of the house being destroyed, but no one in- , jured. Arnold has been employed at the Wylam mines for some time and declined to go out on the strike. It is said that he had been threatened u number of times. The occurrence i created a good deal of excitement in the vicinity and officers are working hard on the case in an endeavor to locate the guilty parties.
 Iroublc at snort Creek.
 The Short Creek trouble arose be- tween a large crowd of men and a wagon load of special deputies who were on their way to Short Creek th C scene of the battle being some three or four miles from that place. The wagon was passing through a ravine when it was stopped by the crowd ard i the demand made as to who they were and where they were going.
 According to the deputies they re- piled that they were special deputies i on their way to Short Creek, and as soon as this was said the crowd ! spread out and began firing at tn em. : The deputies replied over 200 shots being fired. The crowd then disap- 1 peared and the deputies drove on to 1 Short Creek. None of them was hurt, but number of blood spots which were noticed yesterday morning on the | ground around the place where the wagon was attacked lead the officers to believe that at least two or three of their assailants were wounded.
 Mary Lee Disturbance. | morning in much the same way as on previous mornings, the strikers gath 1 ering around the mine entrance, and according to the guards jeering at the ! working miners as they went to work. Yesterday morning Deputy Tomltn, who is stationed at Mary Lee, report sd to Sheriff Higdon that the crowd was becoming exceedingly rough and the sheriff instructed him to arrest the the men.
 After the arrest he telephoned Sheriff Higdon again, advising that he would probably have trouble in getting the men to Birmingham, and asking for assist ance A detachment of soldiers were hur- , ried there and the men brought to the county jail The soldiers experienced nc trouble, though it was easily seen that their presence was not relshed by the strikers and their sympathizers
 Coroner w. D. Paris made an investiga- tion yesterday into the killing of the ne. gro non-union miner, Nelm, Wednesday night at Wylam, and as result IA men have been arrested and lodged in the county jail with charge of murder dock. eted against them.
 Several other men were arrested in diff. ferent parts of the district in connection with the many happenings of the past two weeks. They are charged with as. sault with intent to murder, trespassing intimidation and other breaches of the law.
 Quite a number of imported men were distributed through the district yesterday but no trouble was experienced in get. ting them to their destinations.
 Major Noble Takes Charge.
 Maj. Ben F. Noble with his staff took over complete charge of the military forces on strike duty yesterday morning establishing his headquarters in the same rooms occupied by Colonel McKleroy al the Morris hotel. Capt. Cliff S. Price ii adjutant.
 A large per cent of the soldiers on duty now just arrived Wednesday. and they were busy yesterday in arranging theil camps. Beyond this, however and a few slight shiftngs there was nothing doing in their end of the strike. Sheriff Higdor has made request upon Sheriff Hood soi Montgomery for 20 experienced dep. lie: to be used in the district. These r Fwli probably arrive today.