The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-08
Mr.. Randall Among the Yellow Hammers.

Mr.. Randall Among the yellow hammers
BIRMINeHAM, ALA, Jan. Hon.
Samuel j. Randall and party arrived
here on a special train from Nashville
at $50 O'Clock this morning, escorted by
Col. J. W. Sloss, president of the South
IL North Alabama Railroad company
and OF the Sloss Furnace company; Col.
Ensley, president of the Pratt Coal
aud Iron company, and several other
gentlemen. AS the train pulled into
town the whistles OF railroad locomo-
tiyes, furnaces, fOundrles and machine
shops saluted it with their best blasts,
and the Birmingham artillery fired s.
number OF guns. When the train stop
ped and Mr.. Randall appeared, Mayor
Lame stepped on the platform OF the car
and spoke few appropriate words OF
welcome. Mr.. Randall replied in a
short speech, in which he said he had
mad n great desire to see the city that
shios iron into the district which he
represents in congress ana promised
mai no labor of his shonid
ever be given toward enacting laws
10 preven5 this people from successfully
competing with any other country on
the globe in converting raw materials
into marketable commodities.
congressman McAdoo followed with a
pleasi1g speech, announcing himself rs
from the state which for over quarter
of a century, had been faithful to demo
cratic principles. The party were then
driven in carriages to The Florence ho-
tel. which had been decorated for their
entertainment. After about an hour,
in which the party breakiasted, they
left for Pratt's mines, six miles from
the CITY, on a special train, provided by
-. e na.I and Irpn ppIpnauV. on
its railroad. About forty citizens &C
companied them; at the mines, after a
happy Introduction by Colonel Ensley,
president OF the Pratt company, Messrs
Randall and McAdoo made short
speeches to a large number of miners,
comprising also band OF school
children with banners. l.. w. johns,
the mining engineer for the company,
followed, welcoming the visitors ON be-
half of the workingmen. The party
then visited the mines, which comprise
shaft, two slopes and drift, and went
into the shaft and saw the process OF
digging coal upon as thoroughly scien-
tific a plan as is operated in the world:
Mr.. Randall wore in the mine, instead
of his silk hat, a felt hat whicn ne nae
brought with him, and a miners lamp
attached. The party reached Tue CITY
again at $3.50 o'clock and spent the after
noon in visiting places of interest. Mr.
and Mis-. Raiidall, assisted by Con.
gressman-elect John M. Martin and
Mrs. Martin and about dozen ladies OF
this city and Tuscaloosa RECEIVED the
callers At the Florence hotel tonight.
AT the opening Of the reception the
members OF the jefferson Democratic
and Randall club called In q body and
presented addresses printed on white
satin. Mr. Randall replied appropri.
ately. AT o'clock the visitors went t.
the theater and saw Carrie Swain and
her troupe in the latter half OF the
mIittle Joker" Tomorrow Messrs
Randall and McAdoo will visit the
| furnaces and iron ore mines within
few miles OF the city, on the Louisville
" Nashville and Birmingham
mineral railroads. There II
every assurance that the banquet
Tomorrow night at the Florence hotel
will be an event long 10 be remembered
in the social history Of Birmingham
Invitations TO it are very gratefully re-
ceived as compliment among the resi-
den.s. There will be seats. for nearly
two hundred, and other places In the
state will furnish good proportion Of
the banOueters.