Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-01-11 | Page 1 | Convict Gang Mutinies and Holds Coal Pit

GANG GANGI I F MUTINIES ANDI AND I HOlDS GOAL PIT Prisoners Entrenched to Give Battle to Guards four Fifty-four of of the Men Out of 66 Are Negroes I MONTEVALLO AILO Ala Jan 1 11 Sixty six c convicts empl employed on the day shift shift at the Thomas Wel Veller Vel ler coal mine at Aldrich ch near here are in mutiny and In control I I of the pit it was reported here I today Stern measures measure's s are being I used to oust P the tho men who are areto said to be strongly d. d four Fifty of df the alleged mutineers mutineers mu mu- are negroes negroes and two Of the tha white convicts are said to have lave been among the number that par participated participated par par- in a mutiny at Banner I. I mines Jefferson count county last fall I