The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
PROVISIONS BY THE CARLOAD FURNISHED. STRIKING MINERS
Depot of Distribution Main tained on Morris Avenue. Support of Striker In
 Strike Call

The striking Alabama miners and their families are regularly supplied with plenty of sub- stantial food, according to statements of union officials.
 J. L. Clemo, secretary of the Ala bama division, is devoting the greater part of his time to the commissariat in order to keep track of the immense quantities of flour meal, meat cof- fee and the like that goes out to the different workers locals
 The distribution is based on the number of persons in the family. The shipment is made in carload lots or less, according to the size of the local and the number of mouths that are to be fed
 It is a business of such size that a depot of distribution is regularly maintained on Morris avenue in charge of B. w. Brasfield.
 SUPPLIES DIRECT
 MT. Clemo was asked how he pur- chased and from whom. In reply he said:
 We get our supplies direct from the big packing houses and the mills in Sdl lOdA lOlSs OuT IutdtS, lOT lHSldiltS, have been coming from Swift & Co.,. We have been getting our flour direct from mills in Tennessee, Illinois, Geor- gia and other states. The stuff comes here in carload lots and is distributed from our depot on Morris avenue, con- ducted by Mir. Brasgield. He receives the orders from our union headquar- ters, ships accordingly and hands us voucher of each shipment for our ratification"
 MT. Clemo was asked what was be- ing sent to the unions and to furnish an idea of the quantities. He drew out of his drawer from among consider able pile of vouchers one showing a shipment to be made to Pratt City local today The items on that voucher read as follows:
 Sixty barrels of flour, seventy one 100- pound sacks of meal; $500 pounds of meat, 2,4O0 pounds lard, $50 gallons of syrup and 800 pounds of coffee.
 WEEKS ALLOTMENT
 This is the weeks allotment to the Pratt City local. It will be larger or smaller next week according to the verified number of persons in miners families in that local affected by the strike.
 Similar shipments are being made to thirty to forty other places The total is a prOdlglOuS amount or meat, llouI meal. coffee and other commodities. Where there is a special request sugar is also supplied.
 When J. k. Kannamer president or the union. was asked if other than groceries had been furnished the min CTS, he replied in the negative. He was asked if shoes had been supplied He said there had not been requests for wearing apparel up to this time.
 Asked how much caring for the strik- CTS was costing the union, MT. Clemo did not furnish the figures, but he very clearly indicated that there was plenty of money available for all the food that the Alabama strikers and their families would require.
 ''The food is being bought by the union," said President Kennamer. Support of the strikers is in the strike call. There will be plenty of 1t for all of them for any length of time. There is no doubt on that score"
 No provision has been made for any cash distribution or distribution of anything but provisions up to this time, but the provisions are coming by the carload and going out that way to the mines.