The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-27
Advertiser Bureau.

however.l from what Rafe Ciemmons president of the Longshoremen's -Asso- ciauon. said to your representative to- night. that settlement will be reached It looks like weakening of the strikers as Ctemmons has been stout In denying a desire to return to work. One gang al Pier four. went out to-day, but theit places were filled quickly. The Mexican cuff steamship Telefon cleared this af. ternoon The white cotton screwmen are at work on the Elder Dempster steam ship Meridian with no intention of quit. ting work. reports to the contrary not withstanding. .f
 visit of your correspondent along the river front Sunday afternoon, from the foot of Government Street to One Mfle Creek. above the Mobile and Ohio Upper Docks. resulted In his finding everything unusually quiet and orderly. with fewer visitors than on any previous Sunday durng the summer season just ended.
 Along the lower or fruit wharves, from Government to Dauphin Street, nothing Of interest was noted. save the presence Of few of the faithful negro employees of the stevedores, and some white. fruit handlers awaiting the arrival of a. fruit steamer which was to. .sbe unloaded last night The new Norwegian 'steamship Brighton. which arrived up Saturday sf- ternoon and which was promptly unload- ed into freight cars during the afternoon and night with but little if any delay, was cleared up and ready to put to sea for another cargo from the tropics. The big Elder-Dempster freight steamship Meri- dian. which is taking on an immense cargo of cotton for Liverpool. lying at the Dauphin Street cotton wharf, was a ty1a n ivpno h,rk morrow when the busy scene of taking on compressed cotton would be resumed. There has been no interruption to the Meridian. the cargo being loaded by cot ton tanners and handlers of the white association which does not recognize or have anything to do wit hthe negroes.
 At the upper docks there was another condition-one most encouraging to the steamship, agents and stevedores., , As noted In Sundays Advertiser, superin. tendent Alexander of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad had brought an entire con. struction train force, section hands and other laborers to Mobile on Saturday These were all quartered in cars in ths north yard and during yesterday were en, gagged in working the import and export cargoes on steamships as follows: Castle Ventry of the Elder -Dempster Line fol Liverpool and Havre, timber, grain and cotton: Hiltarn of the same line with sim. liar cargo for English and French ports the steamship Rockmore, timber and Idm Der for an European port; Norwegian steamship Telefon for Mexican port (Mexican Gulf Steamship Company. Tht Mallory Line steamship Rio GrAnde which arrived up Saturday afternoon from New York had been discharged. re loaded and was awaiting her schedule for the out trip. The schooner L.. x. Dant zler from Frontera, Mexico, with a cargo of mahogany, was being unloaded by sil white timbermen. who were accredited with doing more work than ten negroes The Munson Line steamship Nedenes ar rived up from Cardenas with a cargo oi iron pyrites and dropped anchors in mid stream to await a berth. '.f'
 Work was going on uninterruptdely, al though the railroad negroes were a Tt tie slow. being unaccustomed to the work The only thing to occur during the daI was the arrest of a negress, Julia Pear son, who had gone to the cars with ne gro strike leader, with the view, 1t wa alleged. of trying to induce the raiIroaS negroes to decline working the ships. Tn. woman was before Recorder McAleer thi, morning and dismissed with a warning t, keep away from the men and docks.
 The City Court convened at 10 o,ciocI today for the October term. Hon. O, J Semmes on the bench. Juries were em panelled for the wek. after which tn, following prisoners who had entered plea of guilty, were sentenced by the Court
 Charles Howard, grand larceny on, year hard labor. F..
 Frank Tyson, petit larceny. .thre months hard labor. '.
 Hattie Mack assault with knife, thlr ty days in jail.
 days hard labor,
 George Rollinss. Sunday gaming. q and costs.
 Tom Murphy. Joseph Sappy and W E Freeman. gaming in public place. plea 0 guilty, but jury to whom was given th cases declined to assess fines and tn court passed the cases for sentence later
 Willie sherman. burglary. was arraignet and tried. The jury returned a verdict 0 guilty as charged.
 Hector Taylor, assault and battery, fit! days hard labor. and abusive language ten days hard labor. ''. ,-
 In the Chaneefy Court, Hon. Thomas II. Smith. Chancellor. presiding. the fol lowing business was disposed of today:
 James R. Lucius vs. Della F. Lucius notice given of motion for reference al to alimony, etc. set for October g.
 Agnes NJ Hairston vs. Lemuel Ellis e al., decree pro confesso against all de fendantS.
 Sophroni Futile vs. John H. Futile, or der allowing defendant to file additIona answer and demurrer.
 Thomas M. McMillan vs. Margaret VII Hams ct al.. order of submission.
 Amos Bourne vs. SemmeS Land Com pany, order of submission on register report.
 The general council met tonight ant after a three-hour session, adopted [ blank form of franchise for street rail ways on certain streets, bids for tho franchises to be received and acted or after same are in, There was much hea' engendered In the debates as to certalr streets by opponents of the franchise Cont and Conception streets seemed tc he the bones of contention at times. J Howard Wilson, president of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company, sent In { lengthy communication protesting as tC certain streets.
 Yesterday afternoon quite a crowd wa. attracted to the wharf in the neIghbor hood of Beauregard Street to see the op erations of a diver. in his full outfit. The man was locating hole in the hull of tht schooner Emma A. Cottingham whict had been in collision with another vesse in the lower bay channel a few dayl since When the hole was located 1t wa! temporarily stopped up and the vesse docked for repairs.
 Colonel F. L. Russell, general counsel