The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-13
NEWS OF BIRMINGHAM

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 Birmingham, Feb. 12.--(speclal.)- When John Mitchell, President of the United Mine Workers ot America made his first address, to the miners of Ala bama, District No 20, last Tuesday, among other things he paid his respects to the judiciary of the country and ln- cidentally to Judge T. c. Jones of the United States Court. He stated that q number of miners in Alabama were ac- cused of violating injunctions issued by the United States Court, and though a speedy hearing was sought in the premises, the same could not be held.
 Before leaving the district, President Mitchell took occasion to state that be had been misinformed in regard to the status of the injunction matters in this State and that the delay was not caused by any desire on the part of Judge Jones to postpone the causes, but on account of a crowded docket. The high official of the miners organization completely retracted his criticism of the condition, and attention to this Is now being brought out by a local at torney who was at Brookside, in the western portion of the county. when the retraction speech was made.
 There are number of cases pending in the United States Court against leaders of the miners organization and others, charged with violation of the temporary inJunctions issued by the United States Court on petitions filed by the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Company, Republic Iron and Steel Com pany, Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail- road Company and others. Several postponements have taken place on ac- count of the crowded conditions of the dockets The leaders of the miners deny that they ever violated the in- functions issued against them, and that while they would prefer to have the cases called they are not incoR- venlenced to any great extent.
 Mrs. C. w. Herring, the woman who is charged with killing her husband near the Weller Mines, in the Blue Creek region, this county, stoutly de- nies that she killed her husband. She has employed John T. Shugart, a local attorney, and efforts are to be made to get an early trial. While the indict- ment was returned in Bessemer, the hearing will take place in Birmingham, criminal causes not being heard in Bes- semer MT. Herring. the deceased, had many friends. in addition to being a prominent member of the. Masonic fra
  Herring is not very strong. An effort will probably be made during the next | few days to get her out of Jail on bond through habeas corpus proceedings.
 1 Announcement is made that one of the larger iron companies in the Bir- mingham district has sold one concern | 2O, 900 tons of iron. delivery thereon to | be made in the next four months. The l same company sold during the past week 10000 tons of iron, over fifty times the amount of iron made in the same length of time, one week. A strong inquiry for iron is being receiv- l ed now in the Birmingham district and some large sales are being made. A prominent iron man asserts that the prospects are very bright for centip- uation for some time to come with the iron and steel interests in this State. The sale of one order for 10000 tons is | looked upon as out of the ordinary and there is promise of another large or der or two for future iron being placed | in this district in the next day or two. | Considerable iron has been sold re gently by Alabama manufacturers to | New York consumers, which means that the prices in this locality are fa- vorable or the product is not to be had ! in the East at all. No. foundry Iron, the popular grade is bringing between S135O and S14 in this section, with no efforts being made to sell the product. It is believed that the buying of iron during the week just started will be very active, as some of the larger con- sumers throughout the Southern terri tory have been making inquiry for a sharp amount of the product, and 1t Is