The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
BIG LAW SUIT AS
 RESULT OF STRIKE Jake RoSenbaum Sues BeSsenner Merchants and Editor. WANTS S25,0O0 DAMAGES Claims That Publication of Card In Bessemer Weekly Defsuhed His
 Character and Otherwise
 Injured Him.
WANTS S25,0O0 DAMAGES

Jake Rosenbalm or Bessemer has filed suit in the circuit court against Sam Lefkoyitz. Abe l. Brown, l. A. Lewis and William II. II. Judson for s25Ooo dam ages. alleging that his character was de- famed by the lbeous publication in the Bessemer Weekly of a card signed by the Merchants association of that city De cember 19 1903
 The card wa5 published during the strike of the retail clerks, and as set | forth in the claim it accuses Rosenbaum of having used harsh language against the clerks, saying that he would fix them,' at the same time using language of an unprintable character. The card then said that Rosenbaum changed his tactics and signed a scale with the clerks which It is alleged was contrary to his first statements on the subject. The card further said that by such methods' the firm of Rosenbaum had retrograded and was pandering to a certain element The card was signed by the Merchants asso- ciation. and the suit is brought against the defendants, who are members of that organization, and MT. Judson, who is ed- itor of the paper in which the alleged libelous card appeared.
 According to the law a notice was served on MT. Judson prior to the filing of the suit demanding that he retract the same and the following appeared in the Bessemer Weekly of January II, 1904:
 REGARDING THE CARD OF THE
 MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.
 We are in receipt of a communication dated January Il, 1904, from 1rotter and Odell, attorneys for Rosenbaum Bros, stating that certain matters published in the issue of December 19, 1903, referring to certain action of Rosenbaum Bros. in relation to the differences between the merchants of Bessemer and some of their employees, members of the clerks union, were libelous and defamatory, and that we are required in the next issue of this paper, if the same was published in good faith, or was due to mistake and mis- apprehension, to make full and complete retraction of the same.
 | So far as we are concerned we had no knowledge of the facts in this matter, and made no comments on the same. We would not have published the card of our own volition, and only published it as coming from the Merchants association and on the request of several of it's prom inent members We regret such publica- tion if injustice is done to the Messrs. Rosenbaum, and we would not know ngly publish anything libelous or de- famatory of them, and if through mistake or misapprehension such publication was made in the Bessemer Weekly, we certain ly regret it, and as far as we can we wish to retract the same.
 1 It Is said at the time of the strike in tense feeling sprung up between certain of the merchants in Bessemer, and that members of the association were indig- nant at what they term the change of policy on the part of Rosenbaum Bros. After considerable controversy, it is said. the card appeared in the Bessemer Week | ly and T account of it's severe arraigri- ment Mr. Rosenbaum feels that he has been defamed. Hence the suit.