The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-17
General Steiner Acquisitions
 Conrad Austin and Deputies to
 Hunt Down Dynamiters Here
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 ncar to or loiter about the prem
 tsea or place of business of any
 person, firm or corporation rn-
 gagged in lawful buafness for the
 purpose of influencing or inducing
 others not to trade with, buy from,
 sell to, or have business dealings
 with such person, firm or corpora-
 ton, or to picket the works or
 place of business of such other
 person. firm corporation for the
 purpose of interfering with or i'm
 turing any lawful business CT en-
 terprlse, shall be guilty of n nalsde-
 mcaner.,
 "section 6sJs of the same code
 provides,
 "*Any person who, by force or
 threats of violence to personal
 property, prevents or seeks to pre-
 vnnt another from doing work or
 furnishing materials, or from con-
 tracing to do work or furnish naa-
 tersRls Tor or to amy person en-
 gagged in any lawful business, or
 who disturbs, fnterferes with, pr~-
 vents or In any manner attempts
 to prevent the peaceabin exercise
 or my lawful industry, business
 or calling by any other person,
 must, upon conviction, be fined not
 less than si0 nor more than $500.
 and may nlso be Imprisoned in the
 county Jafl or sentenced to hard In-
 DOT Tor thu county for not more
 than 12 mOnths.,
 Ine supreme court Of Alabama in passing upon these statutes, said. among other things; The right to conduct one's s Duslness without the unlawful or inju- fious lnterference by others is valuable property right and will be protected. etc : Following closely upon the passage of the above resolutions of December 10, ls2o notices, unsigned, have been posted in many places in the district warning the men who are working in the mines, and who desire to continue to work to desist from doing so under the severesr penalties. This is situation that did not obtain before the meeting referred to-
 The above situation has necessitatel my enlarging on Paragraph of my original orders by issuing circular let ter under the subject of, Suppression of Lawlessneas,' as follows:
 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
 The newspapers of December Il, is2o, contained resolutions adopted by the off miners of the Birmingham district. Among others is the following
 That the president of every local union in Alabama is instructed to ap- point picketing committee to be com posed of 10 men out of each 100 members of the local union. The duties of the picketing committees shall be to do everything in their power to prevent men going to work in the mines and also to have those who are now work ing join the strike.'"
 "The above information was given to the newspapers by Van Bittner as offi- cial. At great expense and inconveni- ence the troops have been in this dis trict for three months. attempting to preserve law and order, ard, among other things. to protect the man who wants to work and now at this time we are openly notified by Van Bittner of Pennsylvania that the laws of this state are to be defied and the purposes for which we have been sent to the district Hullfied and destroyed.
 '"The commanding general confidently relies upon your patriotism and grit tc see that the man who wants to work is prote .ted and not interfered with by picketing or any other way, and expects to receive 8 message back from you that the law and order of your good state will not be disgraced by permitting the methods suggested to be carried into effect where you are on duty.
 RUN DOWN LAWBREAKERS
 It IS well known that the troops III tne field do not have the time nor are they trained to run down dynamiters, snipers and lawbreakers who do their work Nat night and have their preparations made to get away before committing the felony; and for that reason, at my request, the governor of Alabama has ordered to this district for duty, under my direction ana in cooperation with the troops, c. w. Austin and his entire force, whose duty it will be to aid in preventing pcketing and other violations of the law, with the direct end in view of arresting the crim- inal who commits the act. and the man higher up directly responsible if the act is done under advice or direction of some- one not participating in the overt act.
 q believe the people of this district feel sure that these men, together with che troops, will be able to arrest and convict the offenders hereafter. s. "The authority of MT. Austin's flores