The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-11
DEPUTY Ex0NERATED
Coroner Investigates Killing of En- low by Alexander Saturday

Holding that the killing of I. E. Enlow of Hamilton, which occurred last Saturday night at Bessie Mines, was justifiable. Coroner J. D. Rus sum yesterday exonerated Deputy Sheriff Will Alexander of all crim- inahty in connection with the case.
 Four witness were examined at the formal inquest yesterday morning and evidence submitted by the dep uty, showing that when ordered to drop a gun Enlow refused and turned the pistol on the officer was sub stantiated.
 the miners rather than questions of labor organization"
 .'Miners were getting up to last week 31 per cent more than they got during the peak of prices during the war" he declared in asking Mir. Wal lace: Aren't you willing to come down little now, when farmers have Host 50 per cent of what they had then?"
 'Is there any reason why we should lose because farmers weren't or ganized?" MT. Wallace returned.
 All right" Mir. Atkeson pursued. You did have a wage contract with the operators; it expired last week; they don't want to go on with 1t again; what are you going to do about 1t? Has Congress or anybody else got power to make 'em? MT. Wallace agreed that legislation to compel new contracts might not be advisable. but suggested the union could force another bargain.
 'Yes. you come here and say by use of power against other white men, you are going to take what you want" MT. Atkeson returned. when you are getting 31 per cent more than during the war"
 The entire operation of defiating as affecting wages and prices, Mir Wallace said was artificially forced upon farmers and upon labor had produced injustice, and should be re- sisted.
 "The difference between us and the farmers he said, 'is that we are re- sisting."
 Inaccuracy Charged
 Mir. Hessler told the committee that Phil H. Penna, operators representa- tive. had given the committee Ian inaccurate and misleading state ment" to support charges that the union had violated generally It's wage agreements. MT. Penna said that some 300 strikes occurred in Indiana in mines during 1921, while the union records, MT. Hess1er declared, ac- counted for but 34. The operation of penalty clauses" in the wage con- tracts resulted in fining either opera tors or men responsible for an un- justified suspension of work, he ex- plains. and, describing many in- stances of local disturbances, said that some of them were produced be- cause companies have supported contract breaking clements in the union in order to discredit our or ganization."
 If operators records showed more strikes, he insisted, 1t was because their association "concealed the facts at the same time in order to avoid the penalties"
 He also upheld the wage scale be- fore the strike as reasonable, as did Mir. Mitch.
 What do these mine superinten- dents earn?p Representative Burke. republican. Pennsylvania, asked the leader. Its charged against the cost of coal. isn't 1t, and they go on work ing while you boys are out?"
 "Yes, the coal carries the charge" MT. Mitch replied, and I understand A. M Ogle, who was before. your committee, draws s100,000 eyear."'
 And gets 1t while you fellows are out" MT. Burke commented.