The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-24
FIREMEN DISMISSED
THE SIX STRIKERS LEAVE PENsA-
 COLA'S SERVICE.
Board Listens to Statements by Men and Decide to Maintain .Discip- line in Department by Dis-
 charging Them.

Pensacola, Fla, July 23.-(Spectal.) J. Six members of the Pensacola fire de- Public Safety. The men were those who went out on strike last Friday afternoon, putting one truck out of
 Five of the men pleaded guilty to the charge, while another entered a plea of not guilty. All of them made statements as to why they had gone on a strike. and afterwards in executive session the members of the Board de- cided that in order to maintain discip- line in the department and protect property the men should be dismissed, and this was done.
 The strike of the six men. among whom were the captains of companies Nos. l and ?. stationed at fire head quarters. was caused by the Chairman of the Board of Safety stating that men who lounged about tuck houses in the department. The men of the two companies where the strike occurred, thought the remarks directed at them and demanded an apology. which was refused, and they quit work.
 VIII Inspect.
 F. H. Benjamin, General Inspector of Transportation of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. is in Pensacola for a stay of two weeks or more, during which time he will make thorough investigation into the service over the local division of tho company. He arrived here this morning and during his stay will look into the complaints of shippers and passengers as to the service which has been rendered. du- ring the past year
 Will Not Locate Bureau. ! The effort to have the weather bu- reau establish observation stations in the GuIf tn send , ports along the coast of the approach of storms has met with failure, by req son of the fact that the expense of es- tablishing and maintaining such sta tions will not justify the results.
 Such is the statement of Willis L.. Moore. chief of the weather bureau. who. in a letter to the local observer, stated that while such stations would be of much value to the department. that he did not think that the great outlay of money was justified In the results obtained. The movement was started here by parties interested in the maritime business as well as vari- ous other interests and 1t was pointed out that had such stations been in ser vice last September that the cities along the Gulf coast would not have which occurred on that date. as they could have been warned by wireless telegraph, as now in use by the navy. of the approach of the hurricane.
 Successor to Judge Swayne.
 The selection of the successor to Judge Charles Swayne. deceased, is now causing much comment In this section owing to the fact that advices from Washington are to the effect that the Department of Justice has under considera ton the name of ex-Congress- man Thomas Settle of Reidsville, N. C. There are at present two appii- cants from Florida for the position, one being United States District At torney sheppard md the other Judge Evelyn c. Maxwell. formerly judge of the Florida Supreme Court. MT Sheppard being Republican and hav- ing the solid support of the Republi- cans of Florida and endorsed by prom lnent Democrats. is looked upon as the logical candidate. and it is believed here that he wifi be appointed, owing to his exceptionally strong ondorse- ment.
 Judge Maxwell is endorsed by both Senators s. R. Mallory and James P Taliaferro and by some of the attor- noys of the bar in the district
 IL is stated in advices from Wash tngton that the Department of Justice in considering the name of MT Settle is doing so after going over the list of Florida applicants and failing to find among the number a man with the necessary qualifications to preside as