The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-28
NEWS OF PENSACOLA
WESTERN UNION OPERATORS TO
 RETURN ITO WORK.
Bids Will Be Opened Early In sep- tember for Grading over Hun-
 dred Miles of two New Rail-


 Pensacola, Fla. August 27-In all probability the strike of the opera tors of the Wetsern Union Telegraph Company in this city will come to a close tomorrow morning, as the oper- ators who walked out two weeks ago when told to work with non-union men in Atlanta have signified their intention of going back to the com pany.
 Manager Cord. who has been taking care of what business that has been sent and received here. has told the men that they can resume their old positions if they desire, and this af- tornoon one of the men told the man. ager that he expected that all of the old employees would be back at their Keys tomorrow morning. The opera tors here state that they went out on the strike through sympathy for the operators in other cities, and believed at that time that the strike would be of short duratson. Now they say the prospect for settlement is not in sight, and they propose to return to work, as they are not members of the union and will receive no benefits from the union for quitting their jobs.
 None of the operators at the Postal went out. and with the return of the Western Union men, business here will
 
 that the company will still take mes- sages only when subject to indefinite delay.
 Postmaster Vim H. Northup, who has been attending the annual con- vention of postmasters of the first-class at Erie, Pa, has returned to the city and reports the convention as being the most successful in it's history. and that much good will result to all postoffices by reason of the exchange of views and ideas. and the fact that the post masters and postoffice officials at Washington, many of whom were pres ent became better acquainted and clos CT in touch with one another. The next meeting of the postmasters is to be held next year in Chattanooga,which will be the first time since its organ ization. that a meeting has been held in city South of the Ohio river. Postmaster Northup stated this morn- ing that Florida bore the distinction of being the only state in the union to have full representation at the con- vention. which fact was commented upon by General Hitchcock.
 Bids will be opened here on Sept. for grading 105 miles of roadbed of the Pensacola and Andalusia, and Pensacola, Alabama and Western. two proposed railroads which are being promoted by local and New York cap- italists. Proposals for the work have been invited by the promoters and will be opened in this city. Some weeks ago, bids for grading forty miles of road were opened, but all were reject ed, the company stating that the bids were exorbitant. It was then decid- ed to increase the amount of road to be graded with the hope of securing more satisfactory bids. The 105 miles includes the completion of the grading work of the Pensacola and Andalusla road. which is only s5 miles in length, and twenty miles of the Pensacola Alabama and Western. which, it Is pro- posed, will extend to Memphis Tenn.
 Three negroes, Ed. James, Jim Knight and Ed. Howard are in the custody of the police charged with holding up and robbing Greek fruit dealer in the suburbs of the city last night The negroes recently came here from Alabama, and the police De- lieve they will connect them with a number of burglaries of Greek fruit stands, which have been robbed during the past few weeks.
 An attempt will soon be made to grow tobacco in Baldwin County, Ala, and those who have studied the nature of the soil and the tobacco industry be- lieye that the effort will be successIul. G. A. Mckay, of Xenia, Ohio, who IS interested in the Al. anna Development Company, today stated after visit to inc famous Florida tobacco fields in Gadsden County, that this year an ef- fort will be made to grow the same grade of tobacco in Baldwin County as is now so prohtably grown in Gadsden County. Fla. There the finest cigar wrappers are produced and ethose en- gagged in the business secure immense refurns for the money expended. Already tobacco is being grown in the western section of this county, whcih is near Baldwin County. and although it was not until this ~eason that the ex- pertinent was commenced, the crop at present is most satisfactory to those who are interested in it. Should the effort to grow tobacco here prove suc- cessful, It is the intention of the par ties to plant extensively the coming