The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-27
DEMANDS OF UNIONS
INCREASE OF WAGES IS ASKED
 IN MOBILE.
Employers Yield so Far as Competent Men are Concerned, But Decline to Raise Wages of Un-
 skilled.
Advertiser Bureau.
 Mohila ADrii 9f

Advertiser Bureau. Mobile. April 2s. have prepared their annual May 1 de- mands, little trouble is expected in reaching agreements. Master carpenters have been notified that the carpenters union will go out on strike Monday, May l. and the demand is for an increase of 50 cents per day. At present they are paid 2.75 a day While there is consid- erable building going on and competent workmen are steadily In demand, master carpenters have virtually agreed to the demands of the union Tn so Tar as per- tains to competent workmen. To others they absolutely refuse to pay the in- crease asked. The plumbers of the city notified the master plumbers some time before April that an increase in wages would be demanded by May Il and the first of the present month the master plumbers be- gan paying all competent men the wages but refused those who they considered unskilled workmen. It is today rumored that the plumbers will go on strike May l, in order to force the payment of the scale of wages to all members of the plumbers union.
 All other trades unions of the city are l satisfied with the wages paid and no trouble is expected in reaching an agree | ment with the carpenters and plumbers. The painters will not go out as they are under contract until June 30.
 
 federate dead were witnessed this after. noon at Magnolia Cemetery by one of the largest gathering of people in many years The ceremony was impressive | those present. It was an ideal after noon and the first Memorial Day In years l that rain did not fall. Rev. Gardiner .. Tucker was master of ceremonies The l exercises were participated in by tho militia, Confederate veterans, members of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Ladies Memorial Association and minis i ters of various denominations. After the ceremonies the graves were decorated and to the large assemblage presented one of the prettiest sights ever witnessed in Mobile.
 the largest and swiftest steamers on- gagged in the fruit business reached Mo bile tonight on her maiden trip to this p9r with of in3,aa 1o bunshss pany. The Bedford fs of the double .smokestack variety and is regarded as one of the finest steamers engaged in the fruit trade. She has capacity of 25.0OO punches of bananas and has a speed of fourteen knots an hour.
 The Fruit Growers Association of Orchard, Ala. Mobile County, will hold important papers will be read by promi- nent fruit growers from the County and matters pertaining to the interest of the organization will be discussed.
 The Norwegian steamer Hispania which arrived here shortly after midnight last night from Bocas del Toro with a cargo or 1s'oO punches of bananas collided wharf In making landing and damaged the shed and wharf slightly.
 The funeral of Miss Mamie Woods. nQn0hfaF n nd MAa took place at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the family residence 207 South Warren Street and was largely attended, Interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
 Tn funeral of Cordelia Moore, infant daughter of George R. and Leila E. Hail who died last night. occurred at o'clock this afternoon from the residence. 10 Magnolia Cemetery.
 H. Sellers of Mobile, who was shot in a row few days ago among negroes at medical attention. died this morning. The remains will be inferred tomorrow morning.
 Deputies Powers and Patch arrived this morning from Galveston, Tex, having in custody Sonny Leaf and Thomas Smith, charged with the murder of George Ben nett. They refuse to be interviewed.
 The brass band of the battleship Ala bama now off Pensacola, will probably give a concert here in the near future for the benefit of the relatives of the men who were killed on the Missouri
 The steamer Mary s. Blees arrived early this morning from Gamess Land ing and left during the evening on the return trip with a large mixed cargo.
 The Norwegian steamer Fort Morgan to the Camors Mcconnell Company with a cargo of bananas from Bocas del Toro. arrived up this afternoon