The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-08
Sidss0ak Psncilinss
old saea went O. striks.


 old Gen Went On Strike.
 There is feature in Birmingham of the general strike of machinists, Of which nothing has been said. but which has impressed me as being es- pecially pathetic" said railroad man yesterday who has just returned from visit to Birmingham.
 Tn the strike with the other n,a- chinists there went out four of the oldest employees of the company. The men were in reality pensioners of the company. The liberal policy of the Louisville and Nashville towards its employees Is proverbial. Now because these men had rendered good service in the past, they had been kept on the had ever received. They had some nominal duties. They were supposed to work Iii le bit at the shop. but they never had a days work longer When the order came from head quarters of the union to walk out on the strike, these old men went to the ssrperlntendsnt sup t,t and wept as they tolo o out with the other machtnists. They the bounty they had been receiving wias the oissiais sSsiIisns Sad a slways @ been most cordial
 Now these men have lost not only th thelr position. but tbe prospects .hr Tor had remained with the company, each one of them knew that he would have been cared for until the last. But with the strikers they went out ana fused the generosity of the compa-
 Have Painters' Collie.
 While the improvement in the way of natnfin0 vh 9o Dnfnu at the Elks' Home has greatly added to the appearance and attractiveness of the place, it has put the secretary and s several negro emp,oye of the home on suffered slight attack of painter's collie.
 Secretary Wilkinson said yesterday that he was feeling very unwell. and to a his Y home m b by illness illness. d and another another was sick enough to be at homs. but was still at work That the fresh paint in the building. has caused this illness Is the opinion of Mir. wiikln- son.
 Mir. George c. Miles, the we'll known insurance man, will leave this morning for Norfolk. Baltimore and Washington, on a ten days trip. He G. Miles. IT,. and by Mir. w. E. Dow. After paying a brief visit to the Jamestown Exposition. Mr., Miles will go by water to Baltimore. to attcad the Phoenix Mutual Insurance Corn- pany. of which he Is the vice-president. He is scheduled to respond to the ad- dress Of welcome by the Governor of Maryland on Tuesday. Following the meeting at Baltimore, Mir. Miles will go to washington for brief visit. and after taking in che Exposition again, will return home. Mir. Dow will go to New York before returning homs. New York on the steamship "Bleucher" for Hamburg, Germany. Mir. Gladden. will be gone about ten weeks. and while in Europe will visit various points in France. Holland, Germany and England.
 MT. J. B. Ellis of Selma. the Past Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythia5 in Alabama. is a visitor to Montgomery on business at the Capitol building.
 Hon. John McDufie, Monroe Coun- tvs Representative in the Legislature, Is in the city. mingling with his MT. T. J. Burke of Tuskegee Is At the Exchange. accompanied by his
 
 MT. L. c. Cooper of Brantiey is a guest of the Imperial Hotel.
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 MT. R. W. Lightfoot of Tuskegee and his wife are in Montgomery.
 MT. J. M. Smith of Thomasville is visitor to Montgomery.
 Mir G. o. Waits of Sanford Is a vis- itor to Montgomery.
 
 MT. H. Elliot is 6 visitor to Mont gomery from Florala.
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 Mir. J. W. Hunter came over from Selma yesterday.
 Mir J. N. Pollard of Luverne Is at the Summers Hotel.
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 MT. H: J. segars of Troy is in the Capital City.