The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-03
CIGAR, MAKERS STRIKE
THIRTY MEN QUIT WORK IN
 MOBILE.
Demanded. the Ddsmissal of a Fore y man and the Employer Declined
 ,5 to comply-the Asphalt In- vestigation Interesting.
Advertiser Bureau,
 Mobile, October 2

- Advertiser Bureau, - Mobile, October 2. A committee of five of the local cigar
 makers union called on the proprietor of the Frohlicistein Cigar Factory this morning and demanded the dismissal of the foreman, Charles Prida. The claim was that he was working against the in- terests of the union. The company re-
 fused to grant the request on such grounds. whereupon the cigarmakers to
 the number of about thirty were called out r ~
 Great interest Is manifested by busi- l ness men and others as to the measure | ments and developments in the matter of
 the concrete foundations in Royal Street for the asphalted paving now being laid by the contracting company. - When the letter of J. Howard Wilson. President of the Mobile Light and Rail-
 road Company to Mayor Charles E. Me-
 Lean was given publicity. wherein he
 claimed that the contractors were not ad- herring to the specifications there was a | feeling that he was inspired by other | than genuine motives. The investiga-
 tion of yesterday afternoon. however, proved that his contention, especially as | to the concrete foundations between the 1 rails. was fully borne out. Mir. Wilson declined to make any statement for pub lication this morning, other than to say
 he was willing to submit the samples of
 concrete extracted and preserved by one of his men. to any legitimate engineer in the country. He said his action in writ ing to the, Mayor was to protect himself and associates of the railroad company and at the same time to protect the city's , interests as we'll.
 The members of the Board of Public Works, inasmuch as they are now stand ing in the position of judges in the mat ter at issue. have nothing to give out. but will make a thorough investigation at to- morrow's session. Chief Engineer J. N. Hazlehurst of the Board, is today pre- pairing a report bearing on yesterdays investigation which will be given in full in tomorrow's session to the board The people are awaiting the action of the Board of Public Works with anxiety. R. Blankenship. a young white man. was this morning sentenced by Recorder McAleer to ninety days hard labor for assault and battery upon his former wife, Mrs. Annie Blankenshfp.
 It was proved by the prosecution that Biankenship had twice before during this year been before the Recorder and fined $25 and $50, respectively, for similar of- lenses. It was proved. on his own evi- dence. despite his assertion that he had a good reputation, that he had beaten his wife several times, and that since she had obtained a divorce for cruelty and habitual drunkenness, that he had not provided one cent towards the support of his two children. It was also proved, by his own statement that he made $3.50 per diem as plumber and had, since the di- vorce, taken 90 cents from the woman without her consent. An appeal was ta- ken.
 The rush for regulation text books by pupils of the public schools has been something tremendous yesterday and to- day. In fact the Superintendent has been forced to make announcement that tardi- ness would not be charged against the scholars until after they had had full op- portunity to get the regulation books. It was stated that some of the books had already given out at the depository.
 Superintendent Murphy of the public schools said to your representative this afternoon that he is greatly disappointed over the fact that the local agent in charge of the text book depository is un- able to handle the great rush of pupils, but Is very short of many of the boks required for the public schools.
 Superintendent Murphy said it would De Iully C0n udyS DclOtS COulu be distributed among the school children. The attendance to-day showed an in- crease in all the city schools of 10 per cent over yesterday.
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 Mrs. Frank shugure of this city. for merlX of Birmingham. left her home here a few days ago for New Jersey. where she hoped to find her only sister from whom she had been separated thirty-six years Her family to-day received a tele- gram from Somerset. N J., announcing Mrs ahugure's success She will return home in a few days with the long sepa- rated sister, now Mrs. John Snedecker of IAwrencevilie. N. J. Mrs. Shugure has several daughters and sons here.
 The schimpf oyster shell cases were disposed of in the Recorders Court this morning by agreement, the Chief of Po- lice arranging with the defendant to have them removed from inside his place at stated. periods during the day. This ar rangement will hold until an efficient and satisfactory ordinance can be provided by the General Council.
 Mobile Society News.
 Mrs. Tom St. John has returned from Virginia where she spent the summer. Mrs. Randolph and Miss Olive will both remain away at school this winter, Ran dolph at the University of Virginia and Miss Aline in the East