The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-01

The restraining order was issued on complaint of the telegraph companies, whose service 1t was charged, had been interfered with by the striking messen- gers. More than 100 messenger boys are named as defendants. and as soon as copies of the injunction can be made out. deputy marshals will serve as many of the boys as can be found.
 The messenger boys who are organized under a charter of the American Feder- ation of Labor maintained a close picket of the main offices of the Western Union Telegraph company today. Messengers have been employed at $2 a day to take the places of the strikers, and the court was informed in the plea for an injunc- ton that in, many instances messages sent from Canada and different states have been taken away from these messengers by strikers and have been destroyed <<<>~><%-@<%-~>-~< cannon shots in the street outside and a loud voice yelled "Hurrah for Bankhead."
 They had better whoop 1t up now' said Hobson. Those whoops will soon die out.'
 Crowd Cheered Loudly.
 At this sally the crowd cheered loudly. Hobson then took up aBnkhead's record in the Sixth district. He showed that the farmers hadn't received the benefits they should from the agricultural bureau and in securing free rural delivery routes He asserted that Bankhead had not been attending to his business in this respect He then attacked Colonel Bankhead for his work on the Warrior river, asserting that the locks were entirely too small and should be replaced by better ones. He charged that the railroads were in- terested in not having river improvement In Alabama and that Bankhead was right with them.
 You may as well expect the agents of the trans-continental railroads to help build the Panaman canal" he said, "as for my honorable opponent to give you river navigation on the Tombigbee It parallels the Mobile and Ohio railroad.
 Discusses Retirement Question.
 Captain Hobson then discussed the question of his attempted retirement and said that the medical board of the navy had reported him unfit for duty. that he wanted to be retired so that he could return to the navy when his services were required and not merely to receive the salary, He said Senator Morgan gladly offered to push the bill for him, but Bank head 1atly refused him. He then made an attack on what he called ring poltici- ans, ana aIter severely drralBnliB HIS op- ponent on this line, concluded.
 As Captain Bankhead was introduced he was given an innovation, and scores of old voters called him by his first name, John. He explained that he had come from Washington to meet Captain Hob son for the purpose of correcting his mis- statements.
 At first my duties prevented me from coming" said the Congressman and I declined Captain. Hobson's invitation. but am here now. If the Captain is ready I want to say that I will be with him to finish. It Is now question of lay on MacDiff and dammned be he who first cries hold enough
 cannons Began Booming.
 The cannons in the street began boom ing again and the crowd on the inside catching the inspiration gave the con gressman a cheer. T had hoped Captain Hobson would pitch his campaign on higher plane" said Colonel Bankhead. but instead he has put 1t on the lowest possible plane will attempt to bring