The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-24
MINOR ASSAULTS
MADE 0N'NEGROES
Convent Offenders Before
City Recorder Today
POLICE ARE ACTIVE
Force Has Been Largely Increased 81
That Men Can Be Stationed
Where Construction Work
Is in Progress

The fifth day of the strike Of all,.l
building trades passed off very o,,ietli
yesterday, and outside of two minor a s
saults on negroes about O'Clock las
night, there was no trouble from the unioI
men and sympathizers. The two whit
men who attacked the negroes gave the
names as John Reed and Henry Vol
when arrested by Officers Mack. EIlard
Saunders, Lyons, Roberts and cartwrirbt
They were Immediately released on SD
bond.
As an extra precautionary measur
Chief Bodeker redoubled his forces las
night, and this morning will be fully D. q
pared to cope with any situation thA
may arise. At the present moment ever,
building under construction in Birminy
ham is being guarded by from two !,
six police officers. New officers are co /
stanty being added to the force, and It h
estimated that Chief Bodeker will hav
300 police officers under his command d
handle the strike If it assumes grave. oro
portions.
From O'Clock yesterday morning to
o'clock last night, Chief Bodeker in
seven passenger automobile fittet
throughout the city from one building UNI
der construction to another, instructinl
his officers to protect the property of thu
contractors. Every building in Birming
ham under construction was visited b.
Chief Bodeker in company with severa
newspaper men and everything was fount
to be quiet 8
Several Alarms Yesterday
There were several alarms yesterda
about union men gathering in groups. tn
first coming in about IL o'clock Polio,
Scouts Moser and Ivey were immediatel
detailed to investigate, and on Highlan,
avenue and Twenty-first street. where al
apartment building is under construction
about 80 union strikers and sympathizer
were about the place and a dozen negr
workmen had quit work at the reques
of the strikers. Officers Moser and e.
questioned the union men closely,
there was no evidence that any thre I
had been used in influencing the negroe
to quit work. The officers, howeveI
warned the union men away from th
place.
The superintendent of the Poull Con
struction company .inforlned Chief Bode
ker that several union ms. had come t,
him yesterday morning. and asked foi
their jobs again, stating that there wal,
no money in the union Golfers and they
preferred to work to loafing about tn,
streets. Contractor Poull, who was in,
formed of this, Immediately reinstated tn,
union men, and they went to work on
large construction job at Avenue c ant
Twenty first street in the afternoon.
Later in the afternoon about 50 strikers
gathered about the building of the Poul
Construction company, but before any
trouble could start squad of policemen
hastily moved them away. i
Number of Arrests Made
Up to ~ o'clock yesterday morning De.
tectives Warren and Darnell, who are in.
vestigating the causes of the trouble al
the Convent of Perpetual Alteration or
Cotton avenue. West End Thursday aft
ernoon, in which several non-union car
penters were beaten up, had made one /
rest on the case. This man, Frank j
Heck, a union plumber. living at
Steiner avenue, who was arrested at
picture theatre by the detectives a,
brought to Chief Bodekers office on Il
trespassing. He was Immediately released
on $500 bond, furnished by w. o. Lam
ming and l.. e. Dillon, a plumbing con-
tractor. Heck while at the private Of
flee of the chief stated that he was al
the convent on Monday and was recogi
nized, but that on Thursday afternoon
he had plenty of witnesses to prove thai
he was elsewhere. The case comes before
Recorder Clement Wood this morning.
Detectives Darnell and Warren arrested
a man giving his name as Tom Willard
and another named Fred DeWolff. both
of them on the charge of assault with Z
weapon and trespassing on the convent
property They were released on 500 bond
on each charge. Several others were arr
rested by Officers Darnell and Warren and
made bond before being brought to head
quarters.
r. s. Teal and Marion Allen. carl
penters were also arrested by the of
ficers Bond was fixed at 5000 in each
case and was made. At a late hou1
last night two, more mon were arrests
ed charged with trespassing. They
gave their names as F. ]. Mulky and
| Fred Snider and were released ON S10e
bond in each case