The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-09
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BIRMINGHAM DELEGATION WHICH
 INVITED ROOSEVELT.
President Receives the Alabamians Most Cordially and Assures Them That He Is Executive of the
 Whole Country.

Birmingham. Jan. s.--tSpecial.) )--- Simon Klotz. President of the Bir- mingham Board of Trade, Mayor brennan and James Weatheriy. mem bers of the delegation from Birming- ham who went to Washington to in- vite the President to visit Birmingham on his Southern trip this year, have returned to the city. Mir. Klotz said of the trip
 ''The President received the dele- gation from Birmingham very cor dially He was in a good mood and showed signs of being pleased at call of Southerners. He listened at- tentively to the speech of MT. Weath- erly, when the formal invitation was extended. Gen. Rufus N. Rhodes. whs had been selected as chairman of tho delegation. being taken suddenly Ill iis Washington and unable to go to the White House. and at its finish said that he was charmed. He said that he desired to state with emphasis that he was not the president of one party or one section. but the president of all the people and all the sections of this great and glorious country. He said that he remembered members of the Rough Riders from Alabama and that he had heard of many people in this State. As to his trip the President an- nounced that he intended making q visit to the South but could not say exactly when 1t would be. He desires to go to Texas for the reunion of the Rough Riders in the spring and does not believe that he can arrange for his trip then. but later on he will come South and Bil mingham will cer- tainly be in his itinerary"
 l. xnr SNa<aw. NRwa h O there will certainly be a change oi postmasters in Birmingham. Post Master General Wynne is opposed to Dr. J. w. Hughes holding the office. not because of any moral wrong. but for the violation of rules and regula- tions of the department. that of cash ing checks and orders with funds of the postofflce, though the checks and orders were perfectly good. As to who will succeed Dr. Hughes. 1t is not believed yet the man has been named
 It Is not improbable that Dr. J. W. Hughes, the present postmaster will be permitted to serve out his term. which has eleven months yet to run. Several names are mentioned as can dldates for the office. among them two or three Democrats. It is stated that w, J. Cameron, well known and highly respected Democrat, Is now in Washington, or has besn there for the past two or three days and would not object to the appointment. He would make a good postmaster. 1t Is asserted, but leaders of the Republi- can party in Birmingham sttts that the appointment will certainly be giv- en to a Republican.
 n i1Er pnNIxafR.
 Postofice inspectors and special agents of railroads through Blrming- ham are working out of Birmingham actively In pursuit of the safe blowers and pickpockets now infesting this State There is no doubt but that the base of operations Is Birmingham The robing of another postoftice. Au- burn, this time, has been reported. and money and stamps were stolen. Noi less than half a dozen detectives oi railroads have been at work nere for the past three days. The pick packets appear to be operating in and around the Birmingham union passenger sta ton and on trains leaving nere, II is estimated that in the past three weeks postofices. depots and stores have been burglarized in this State or not less than $2,500 worth of postage stamps. Birmingham may be the dumping place of these stamps and inc postofice inspectors are therefore watching around here carefully.
 LabOrers are Imported.
 A large number of Poles. Hungarians and Slavs are being brought to the RirmiIfeham district direct from New york city to be given employment in inc coal mines where the union men are on strike and in industrial places of this state It is learned that more than a hundred of the foreigners have arrived here in the last week or ten daws and before the end of another fortnight another hundred men will come in. These men are to be distrib- uted in industrial plants and In the coal mines. They may be used in the place of negro labor which Is rast pe- coming unsatisfactory in some of the manufacturing concerns. It is believed also that this labor can be trained in a short while to take the places of certain amount of skilled labor which has been employed all along.
 These men are being brought here in punches of ten, fifteen and twenty five and they are being housed together at the various points in the district to which they are sent. Considerable trouble has been experienced with the
 
 United States inasmuch as many would quit the jobs when they ascertained that a strike was on while many others would accept of the free transportation home offered by the union miners after they had worked but a few days at the new occupation. By bringing for eigners in 1t is believed that they being anxious to obtain trade will stick, strike or no strike, offer of free trans portation or no offer. So far there has been no complaint heard from other labor than the coal miners. Edward Flynn, president of the United Mine workers of America in Alabama, when asked about the bringing in of foreign CTS said:
 ''Yes, hear that a number of Poles have been brought here but so far am told that they will be employed about the steel plant at Tnsley. l have not heard that these foreigners are to be used in the coal mines"
 The miners organization have an Italian interpreter in this district and 1t is probable that a Slav interpreter or Hungarian organizer will be sent for in the coal fields of Pennsylvania to assist in the fight being waged in thls district for reorganization.
 Funerals In Birmingham.
 The funeral of J. NJ. Neill, the we'll known stockman, who died yesterday morning, took place this afternoon from the late residence on the South Highlands. large number of friends attended the funeral The remains of<M. Montebarro, who was superintendent of the East Lake