The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-04
MILITARY IN FOR A MONTH Major Noble Sees lndica- ton of Trouble.
 > QUIET FOR THE PRESENT Negro Miners. Cases Up at
 Ensley, Lewyer Employed by the Miners Local Appeared for the Negroes--Two Car Loads of Strike Breakers
 Were Brought Tn.

Birmingham. Aug. S--~tSpeciai .)--l According to information given out at the headquarters of Major Ben F. Noble, who is in command of the mili- tary on duty in the mining districts of Alabama. the soldiers will hardly be removed from the strike zone for q month yet to come. While everything is very quiet right now, there is no telling, say the military officers. when the trouble might break out.
 Two car loads of trike-oreakers were taken to the Mary Lee mines to- day and there was no interference whatever A number of deputies and guards were placed along the roads at Mary Lee to be ready in case there was any outbreak when the strike break CTS appeared. but nothing happened to mar the peace that has prevailed for some time now at this camp
 Major Noble is now making trips out in automobiles to the various camps where the military is located Tues day he will be atNFlat Top. in the vest ern part of the county. He says that the conditions are quiet. but there is evidence that it is simplya caiia before a storm.
 At the ofhce of sherin Higdon. the reports today were that everything was quiet. Some complaint was received ln the city today that some guards and deputies in the vicinity of Pratt City were .practicing at targets Sunday. Tnasmtlch as that is strictly against the law, efforts are to be made to aacer- tain who was doing the shooting in order that warrants may follow. The military is Investigating this phase of the little shooting that was reported during the night at Pratt City.
 The six negroes arrested in connec- tion with the dynamiting of the home of George Banks, negro, at Ensley, last week were placed on trial in the May or's Court at Ens1ey this morning. The case had progressed but a little way when an attorney appeared on the scene and announced that he repre- scented the -k@yi4s sbeen employees by the President Of the ininers' local, and he asked for a continuance for twenty-four hours. and so the hearing went over until Tuesday morning. The negroes are charged with unlawful asN sembling.
 w R. Fairley. Alabama member of the National Board of the United Mine Workers of America, gave out his usual statement today. He spoke of the re- ports from the operators in a sarcastic manner. He said that reports received in his office were to the effect that the coal production was of considerably. and that there were additions to the ranks of the union daily. He said that the E1lnSEbA sW0A4N SO&@SAa~G0t AO40AAcS meetings in a peaceable manner. and that they could not be stopped. as the constitution guaranteed free speech, and that was all the miners were doing. He denied that the miners were in- timidating the new men. He called at tention to the fact that many of the men brought into the district had joined the union.
 General Manager Crockard of the Tennessee Company today announced that half the number of men wanted for the work in the mines had been secured already. and that more~were being brought in on every train. He said that the coal production was iru- proving rapidly and that before many days now the output would be fully as large as 1t was kbefore the strike be- gan.
 Mir Fairley, in his statement today. said that several coal companies were negotiating with the miners, looking to the signing of a contract to operate the mines with union labor i. There has been no attempt as yet to operate any of the commercial coal mines. which have been working with union labor up to July l.. Six of the smaller companies have signed the union wage, but the coal being gotten out by them is not so extensive.
 Some excitement was created in the Sheriffs office here today, when an aus tomatie rifle was discharged as a deputy was taking out the cartridges. Fortunately, no one was injured.