The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-31
TO AVOID LAW SUIT
PERPETRATORS WILL SETTLE DIs-
 PUTE OVER BUILDINGS.


 PUTE OVER BUILDINGS. Contracter Manley and City of Selma Argree to Leave Their Differ ences to Board for
 Arrangement.
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 Advertiser Bureau, Selma, Aug. 30. ities ana Y '.rrctor Maniey of the new city hail II: hf ici; D board of arr bitration in order to pfsvsat a law suit. It. has been agreed that the May. Tor and building committee of Council Manley to select the second arbitrator and the two men selected are to select the third member of he board. The city authorities and Contractor Manley will then present their contention and will abide by .Ne decision of the board. The building Is now complete and ready for occupancy but on account of the misunderstanding with the con- tractor the city has refused to accept the building. Contractor Manley claims $2,000 for extra work which he claims that 1t was necessary for him to do and which was not included in the orig final specification of the supervising ar chitect. The contractor Is also object l ing very strenuously against the con- tention of the city that he should pay the forfeit of $10 for each day since August Is. The contract provided that | the building should be completed and ready for occupany several weeks be- | fore that date but the Building Com mittee of the Council extended the time and finally he was notified that the city would expect the building to be conn pleted by August 15 and that if 1t was not ready to be turned over on that require him to comply with the contract and forfeit S10 for each day required tp complete the building after that date. Since that time the contractor the carpenters employed on the build 1 ing and numerous other troubles which have caused delay of over two weeks. The buildings now occupied by the City Council and other city officers and ' the city jail will be sold at public auc- 1 ton September IT. The purchaser will | be required to remove the buildings within thirty days after the date of the sale. Roberts Not Arraisned.
 Eugene Roberts, the negro who made the confession duplicating the ! three special constables and other white citizens in the lynching of tn. negro. Edward Bell at Sardis, was net | given a preliminary hearing before Justice Lloyd, as had been arranged l of the hearing was given out. | Justice Lloyd left the city. early this morning. and was not in his office al the appointed hour for the trial. Sher. ir Blackwell and all his deputies. with the exception of Deputy Skinner, wers | in the Sardis neishborhood. It Is very | evident that the State Is not anxious to make Roberts's confession public | as he is considered the star witness ir the prosecution. 1t is safe to say tha
 if the case comes up before Justic' l Lloyd tomorrow or any time within tn, near future, that the negro will waiv' | preliminary hearing
 Robertss testimony, if he were givei q special hearing. will be directly il
 printed exclusively in The Advertise | last week.
 That the grand jury will return tru,
 biils ag;I asainst . all the men confined Il
 CTS from the Southside. that have no
 been captured. Is now generally con
 ceded. Sheriff Blackwell is leaving m
 to justice. He returned from SA .di
 today with another negro. Daniel Cal Tier, making the fifth negro now il
 jail charged with being Implicated il
 the lynching. He is out again witt
 Deputy Townsend tonight and two ger.
 important arrests are expected whicl
 will cause an even greater sensatiol | than the arrest of the deputies. g
 That sheriff Blackwells persistenc. in running down the lynchers Is at
 trecting attention outside of the at
 Of Alabama, Is evidenced by the fac
 
 cago paper today received letter fro I
 the managing editor of the paper re
 questing that half page story of tn crime and later developments witt
 photographs of sheriff Blackwell an'
 the three special constables be sen
 for publication next Sunday.
 Machinists May Strike.
 It is given out on seemingly reliable authority that the machinists employed in the two iron works establishment! in Selma will go out on strike unless
 they are given an increase in wage to take effect September 1. The ma chinists are now paid s3 per diem anc are demanding that their wages be in creased to $3.20. The men employed in these two establishments are mem bers of the same union that the rail road machinists employed in tn, Southern Railway shops in Selma ar, and one week ago the announcement
 was given out that the railroad ma chinists would be given an increase amounting to 20 cents per diem to talk, effect the first of the month.
 The machinists employed by the iror
 works held Il meeting last night to dis cuss the matter but have not giver out anything for publication. It is un
 derstood, however, that they have for
 warded their demand to their employ CTS and that unless the same are givet favorable consideration before Thurs day morning the men will be ordered out on a strike. While this informa ton Is said to come from the unior machinists The Advertiser has been un able to secure a confirmation of the re port from officers of the union.
 Richard K. Coe, President and Man ager of the Union Iron Works, wher asked about the matter, said:
 The men are not on strike anC there will be no strike. If there Is any trouble 1t will be satisfactorily adjust ed with the men without trouble" Rube Goodson. one time paper hang CT. now gentleman of leisure. was be fore Mayor Atkins today charged witl vagrancy. and was given a fine of $45 It is understood that he will be giver a sufficient time by Chief of Police
 Walters to seek more congenial cline This arrest Is the result of the mayor crusade on a certain undesirable clas without any visible means of support The ultimatum has gone out that thi lclass must go to work or leave Selma | Selma Local and Personal. | Dr. T. P. Whitby, of Selma. toda!
 presided over the National Dental As
 sociation in St. Louis. Dr. Whitby fl
 vice president of the association anc
 is presiding in the absence of the pres
 Ident.