The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
 Letter to The Editer
CALL ON THE cTTIzENs
Of the Mineral District to Restore Law
 and Order.

and Order.
 Brewtou, Ala. Aug. 12. 1905 Editor The Advertiser:
 Outsiders commend the action of the committee of Birmingham citizens set out In your Birmingham special or the
 Does 1t look well for a populous dis; trict to be crying out for additional soldiers" before exhausting the power of the posse comitatus? Where Is the mingham7 Is the spirit of lawless- ness so prevalent and universal among her inhabitants that 11,000 striking are ssi iiiaSe PaGr cessfully defy lawful authority Tor an indefinite time within It's boundsY Her condition Is truly pitiable if. now ar = not able to collect from the body or 100000 people a posse sufficiently large to preserve the peace.
 To outsiders the acknowledgment I'm, piled in their demand for additional soldiers" must be humiliating to them but by all means the soldiers should be sent In numbers sufficient to pre- serve the peace and citizen posses from Is established.
 But what of the feeling of the peo- pie in distant parts of the state who who camp for weeks in the territory to sup press disorder if the convictions Of your special correspondent are true. that LncTc i5 SuCH IeellHB Ol on the part of business men and men who have to do with politics no one feels free to discuss the situation? q Business men" ought to Include every the civil summons of the sheriff; It cannot be- as your correspondent intt- mates, that the gpaltry dollars spent by the striking miners among the busi- ness people has been so neutralizing their sympathy and Influence on the side or law and order. as to contribute to the present depiorable conditions! If so it is indeed time the good people, "huslI4ess people" and other kinds. were waking up.
 The people In other parts of the State think that the people of that ter- of defying and preaching tho criminal laws of the State. The issue has be- come well defined It Is not mere and operator but between assassins and stealthy dynam.ting murderers on the one side and the peace officers of the State on the other.
 timid for any reason. to line up | squarely and emphattcally and effec- lively against these attacks upon the soldiers and officers of the law in the petrators and those aiding and abet- ting them. and furnishing them with information, and withholding facts within their knowledge from the au- an enemy to the State. He will be less dangerous training openly with the lawbreakers. The sheriff and mili- tary could then shoot without the dan ger of killing innocent men.
 It is respectfully suggested that the sheriff of Jefferson County exhaust the | remedy prescribed in Sections 751S and 6271 of the criminal code. Outsiders have such confidence In the courage. intelligence and patriotism of the citi- zens of that county as to believe that 1 If he performs that duty firmly and wig orously these disgraceful acts of law less mobs will cease without danger of drawn. Any way they would like to see It tested. If they are mistaken in l the temper of the large majority of | the 200, 900 residents of the county they would like to know it-and will cheer fully approve a resort to the remedy 1 provided in Section 7409.
 South Alabama