The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-01
MESSENGER BOYS MUST
 OBEY THE INJUNCTION

Chicago, February 29-A temporary in- junction was issued today by Judge Kohl saat Tn the United States district court re- straining the messenger boys of the Ill., nois District Telegraph company who went on strike last Friday night, from in- terfering with the delivery or collection of interstate messages of the Western Union Telegraph company. the American District Telegraph or the Illinois Dis trict Telegraph company.
 The order also prohibits the strikers from attempting to interfere by intimida- tion or otherwise with persons desiring to enter the employ of the plaintiff compa- nies, or from lettering In crowds in the vicinity of the company's offices, or from threatening by force or violence any per- sons having business with the companies e-><-~<<-e<->~>-S-~<- tain. i've have 17,0OO miles of coast, and of this there Is more unprotected coun- try from foreign battleships than all of Europe combined"
 Are Regular Armed Camps.
 Those countries, he said. were regular armed camps, ready to fight at any mo-
  stronger navy the United States could have prevented war between Russia and Japan, and this would have insured us a better cotton market in China. He ex- pressed the opinion that the slump in cot ton was due to the war, as It made the market in China uncertain. He impress ed this fact on his hearers and showed them where it was to their interest in the production of cotton to have larger navy.
 My honorable opponent Is not only against this measure said Captain Hob son, but is an impediment in It's way He showed where Bankhead had voted against several naval appropriations which he said would have meant disaster during the panish-American war had he been successful. Captain Hobson then told the voters what he intended to do if elected
 Study Up on Questions.
 'It is my intention to study out these great ouestions.' he said and then when I make up my mind after careful investi- gation I will do what is right if the heav- ems fall"
 The former naval officer then went after Congressman Bankhead's records and he scored him in unmerciful terms.
 MY honorable opponent Is allied with the corporations" said the captain "and is not fit person to represent your inter- ests in congress. He has the interests of the railroads at heart and members of his family and friends have been placed in lucrative positions as counsel for rail- roads"
 He then told of numerous incidents where he said people had written to Bank head for passes and on account of his close relations with railroads he had se- cured them.
 ..The fact of 1t is.'' dramatically ex- plained Captain Hobson. my honorable opponent is very closely allied with the railroads as can prove by eighteen years of his past records.
 Read From Record.
 Captain Hobson then read at length from a record which he said had been complied in Washington. He showed that Colonel aBnkhead had voted against the admission of Hawaii and the independ- ence of Cuba He asserted he had contin- uously voted for subsidies for the South ern railway and had voted against re- moving the railways from the public in Washington.
 At this juncture some boys began firing