The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13

worth 5000, twa large electric mo- tors valued at St&000, hoistlng en- zines. cables, crafies and other nin- ins sauipmsnt saH Sysl2sd % at spgroxi- eral days. proba6iy . week, before, work on the mine could be resumed.
 When the investigation was be- gun. Mir Davis said, only one con- vict appeared to make charges ag.inst Warden J.rniEan: and this was of trivai nature. Other general satisfaction with his admin istration. except for the, punishment given Snead. I Convicts I. Battle.
 The battle resulted in only . sin- vle minor casualty. The invading party headsd by W. H. Weller and D.. A. Thomas. lessee of the prop charges of dynamite hurled at them. The only person even slightly Yin- jured was e negro convict; who re- ceived flesh wound in the leg. Mine officials Saturday expressed great surprise, that the casualties were not heavier.
 Ut was the first time the thing has
 
 state,"an official said in commenting on the manner in which the inva- sion was carried out. z Capture of the 63 men, who had held off guards and officials all day, and until nearly midnight. Friday night was affected by g clever ruse. The convicta had ussd the telephone with the outside world several times during the afternoon to barley with the saes and company officials about their 4 capitu1ation. They insisted that they had a grievance against. tkeir warden for the punishment he had meted out to. one of their num- Der and asked as tas. that new ,o,,, warden be be o'clock Friday night. they called up and said they wished to be, put in touch with state officials. Officials of the company told them it would require some time before communi- cation could l be established with Montgomery and asked them to be quiet and stop setting off the explo- sions.
 1S officials Eater.
 When they quieted down, a party of IS men, including W. H. Weller and D. A. Thomas, operators Of the mine. J. L. Dollar, state mine war den: s. R.. sterne, first assistant mine caftss ar ss. nsns convict department: J. N. Jernigan, the warden. against whom the men claimed to be revolting: J. w. Tatum, state inside deputy warden; Dr. F. F.. Blair. physician connected with the convict department. and several men in the employ of the company, went into the mine and made their first capture about 800 feet below the slr. face. -
 Thirty-five men were encountered, 17 of whom rushed into the convict bath house and later gave up, practi- cally without struggle. The others put up . stiff fight for several min- utes and used dynamite in atteL.pts to keep the invaders at safe dis tance. All of them were captured.
 The party then continued down into the mine, making captures as they descended. Most of the con- victs showed q determination to re- sist them. Several of them were more than 5000 feet from the sur face. These men were acting as mlnition carriers to the men on the upper levels and when captured were carrying three sacks of high explosive powder up to them. In all. 46 captures were made. making a
 
 after rushing to the bath house at the approach of the invaders soon after they entered the mine.
 Among the men alleged to have been ling leaders of the convicts were Fred Cook and W. B. Lavender, white men. and Ed Duggan and James Robertson. negroes. who are said to have been transferred from Banner mine after the Thomas-Wel- Ter mine was opened at Aldrich last November. Cook and Lavender are alleged to have been involved in the Banner mine mutiny last September. Officials of the eompanyl denied reports that fans used in yentlsting g the mine had been stopped to@force the men into submission. Itlsi4 said the fans wers stopped for few minutes while they were changed from electricity to steam power. Off, ficials pointed out that, even if they had wishes to use such methods, it would have been ineffective, as the natural ventilation in the mine was unusually good and the men could have remained there indefinitely, provided they had been able, to ob- tain sufficient food. A more effec- tive means of forcing them to the top, officials continued. would have becn to block the air shafts, but they had no desire to employ such methods. '+
 The men are said to have had one lays supply, or about three cases of a special type of blasting powder known as coalite. One day-supply Is kept there in reserve. a mine em- pIoye said, and the regular day sup ply is sent down about 8 or g o'clock. The outbreak occurred before Fridays supply was sent down; SD the rese We was all the convicts had. according fa fhA yyninn amnIOVA
 The day shift of convicts usually goes down about o'clock, and these are followed in about half hour by the free-laborers. One of them. John Pullman. told The Age-Herald correspondent that he was on his way down about ! o'clock Friday morning. but had gone only a short short free-laborers with him were stopped by a negro convict. who told them the other convicts were on a tnutiny. and advised them to return to the top. s.ss... ..@ gate" Pullman said. "and as soon as we got near them they began