The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-21
CONTINUED UNTIL
 THIS AFTERNOON
CASE OF sHUGART, CHARGED WITH TAKING LIFE OF BANHoL- FER, cALLED-WITNEssEs ARE ABSENT.

The trial of Roland T. Shugart the
 young attorney charged with taking the
 life of A J. Banholzer, by shooting him
 in the Metropolitan hotel bar room last
 January, was called in the first division
 of the criminal court. Judge Dan A.
 Green presiding, yesterday morning. but | continuance was made until the after noon session on account of thes absence of several witnesses When court was
 called to order in the afternoon the wit i nesses had not reported and another con-
 tlnuance was made. The case will be
 called again this afternoon at ? o'clock,
 and 1t Is generally believed that the trial
 will proceed.
 The court room was crowded at both sessions yesterday The defendant is | being represented by Attorneys Hugh
 Morrow, Lee c. Bradley Charles G.
 Brown, Robert N Bell, B. M Allen and his
 father. John T. shugart. The case will
 be prosecuted by Solicitor Harrington P.
 Hefiin. Assistant Solicitor E. w. Winston. i Attorney Jesse F. Stallings and prob
 ably Attorney John c. Forney, brother
 in-law of the man who was killed. l ---~--~~-~------~---~---- turned over to Secretary-Treasurer J. L. Clemo to be forwarded to the miners. | What is the pleasure of the conven-
 tion?' asked the president | Delegate Klrkpatrlck-"M MT. Chairman,
 understood that when the convention ad- l journed on Saturday that the understand
 ing was we were to return here at Il
 0 clocs this morning to participate in the annual lori scale convention. l have l not my asses on, but l can not see any l of the oaerators in the hall. If the Age
 Herald was correct this morning, we have
 no operators association, but we have
 outside inf,snation that certain opera
 tors are willing to sign up new con- | tract l am not, however, in favor of
 signing an individual contract unless we
 have a majority. If there is any hon.
 orable way of securing a contract with 1 majorty, then l am ready and willing
 to say amen to 1t, but if not am against i it."
 President Flynn-'I do not think that 1t l is a good policy to act too hastily about
 this matter We have not been notified
 by the operators that they did not in-
 tend to meet with us In my opinion, a
 committee should be appointed or elected as the case may be to extend an invita- l ton to the operators to meet us in joint l convention. One iron producing operator i has said that he would meet with us. l Several cob merciai coal operators have
 said there is no association now among
 the operators, but that they were ready l and willing .0 meet with us and sign a l cont, a,t I think their absence is more i of a misunderstanding than anything else. We have heard nothing from the large | corporations and 1 think the convention
 should hes, from them.'
 | Delegate Kirkpatrick then moved that | the president he empowered to appoint a mi tf.a tn ont H.
 ing them .fit the mine workers were ready to meet ssith them, which motion prevailed. President Flynn then ap- 1 pointed National Committeeman W. R. 1 Eairley and Delegates Pow, Fowler and Allen of I'per to wait on the operators,
 the con, ention adjourning until 2:S0 o'clock.
 Afternoon Session. MT Fairly reported for the invitation committee, when President Flynn recon vened the convention in the afternoon. | Several of the operators were present. in- cluding T. G. Bush, J. C.. Maben F. M. Jackson, Walker Percy, attorney for the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad com pany; c. E. Buck. w. E. Leake, E. M. Tutwier, Priesty Toulman and others. MT. Fairley said that practically all of the operators seen had agreed to confer
 with the miners and would. be represented at the session of the convention. He said
 that inasmuch as these operators were
 present and desrous of knowing what the
 report of the scale committee contained.
 he thought it proper that the scale should
 be read
 Delegate Kirkpatrick said the miners
 had nothing up their sleeves, but that
 they had come prepared to do business.
 Upon his motion the report of the scale committee was ordered read.
 Colonel Bush's Remarks.
 Col T. G. Bush then addressed the con- ventfon. He said that he first desired to inform the convention that the operators
 association was no longer in practical existence, for reasons probably satisfac tory to themselves. They were dealing
 now with separate corporations or per- sons. It was not a feeling of antagonism that caused the Reorganization. He de- sired for the furnace companies copies of the scale, stating that they desired to ne- gotiate with the miners as soon as pos sible or as soon as the miners were ready.
 He referred to the dull condition of the iron market, and said that there was
 no doubt that the miners had had the best end of the contract during the past year. He anticipated better conditions within ten or twelve months. The speech of Colonel Bush was well timed and rather reassuring
 | Delegate Kirkpatrick wanted to know if Colonel Bush represented an associa ton of the furnacemen. to which the re-
 ply was given that he was only commis-r stoned to made requests for copies of the scale.
 MT. FairIey's Speech. MT. Fairley replied to the speech of Colonel Buph He thought the scale both fair and liberal. the most liberal that had been offered in any state this year.