The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19
DEATHS BY.ACQDENT
TWO TRAGEDIES OCCUR IN PENsA-
 COLA HARBOR
h1tish Seaman strangleA By Classes From Fire In Coal Bunkers While American Falls From
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 Pensacola July 18-(Specia)-Two accidental deaths occurred here this morning, both deaths occurrinEs on vessels at anchor in the harbor.
 Carl Motz. a seaman on board the British steamer Cheviot Range went pe- low to investigate a fire which had started in the coal bunkers of the vessel and was overcome by gases from the burning coal. He was rescued by other men of the ship. but died within few minutes.
 George Johnson. a ship rigger by pro- fession. and who has been a resident of the city for one year. was standing on a yard arm of the Norwegian bark Lila, eighty-five feet above the deck of the vessel when he lost his balance and fell to the deck, striking on the deck and shattering the skull.
 Johnson had been engaged to fit out the rigging of the bark, which was one of those wrecked by the hurricane of last September. The vessel had just been sold by the first purchasers to a firm in Norway. and the latter had en- gagged the ship rigger 10 place her in condition to go to sea within few days. Many witnessed the fall of the rigger from the dizzy height
 Bakers Threaten strike.
 The bakers of the city have threaten ed to go on a strike on July 20 if their demands for an increase in wages Of twenty five per cent Is not acceded to by that date by the boss bakers. The men were organized about two months since. and this is their first demand. They state that the wages for bakers are lower than any other class of work in m a demand for an increase of twenty five per cent. Some of the larger firms have not ac- ceded to the demands. ano state that the increase Is too large to be granted. as flour has advanced about twenty per cent. within the past thirty days, while bread is still being sold at the | same price. Several of the bakeries though. have granted the demands of | the bakers who say that unless the raise is given by Saturday they will cease work. Should such a strike oc- | cur the bakeries will be put to much | inconvenience in securing help, as men are already scare here.
 Page and Moore Sentenced. D. " Page and Jesse Moore, the two naval stores operators, who wounded one another in a fight with a shot gun and winchester recently, were today | sentenced by Judge Beggs in the crimi- | nal court to pay a fine of $500 and costs | each or to serve one year In the penI- l tentiary. Page was tried upon the | charge of assault with intent to com init muder but was convicted of as- ] sault to murder. Moore pleaded guilty to the same offense. The case l of Page will probably be appealed. as counsel for him believe that he is in- nocent of the charge and was only de- | tending himself when he fired upon
 Moore. who, 1t is claimed. had already
 shot Page in the shoulder.
 John A. Wins.
 Telegrams reached here this morning | from Libertyville, where the grand ! racing circuit opened yesterday, stat | ing that John A., the fast pacer owned | by Captain T. E. Welles. of this city, | and in the stable of Ed. Geers. had won | his first pacing race in the big circuit, taking three straight heats, the fastest
 being 2:o5. By winning the race zee the horse carried off a purse of $2.5oo. Want Money For Roads.
 The Chamber of Commerce today placed a committee at work soliciting subscriptions to the Pensacola. Alabama l & Western and Pensacola & North- | eastern Railroads. and although the work of the committee was or snort duration during the morning large sum was subscribed by business men or | the city towards the proposed roads. The Chamber of Commerce has promised l to raise s25O,O0O if the two roads are built into Pensacola, the money to De maid in certain installments as the work of building the track progresses. Mayor ls Overruled.
 City Attorney Jones today gave an | opinion to the Board of Public Safety upholding that body and adverse to | the mayor regarding leaves of absence
 granted to city employees. He held | that the Safety Board has absolute authority over every member of the police and fire departments, as well as | other employees. and that the mayor | has no right or power to grant leaves | of absence to any of these employees | without the consent of the board or the | City Council. The opinion is the re- ! suit of. conflict between the mayor | and board. when the former granted a leave of absence of thirty days to an | employe under this board. The board
 refused to recognize the authority of
 the mayor. and instructed the employe
 that it would be necessary to obtain | permission from the board or else | vacate the position. This was done
 by the man. and the board then called
 upon the city attorney for an opinion | as to what right the mayor had to | grant leaves of absence to its employees. | Aged Man in Trouble.
 J. H. M Campbell. 70 years of age, | is to serve sixty days at hard labor in
 the convict camps and pay fine of l S25O or else serve an additional nipe-
 ty days, for selling liquor without a I license This sentence was passed
 upon the aged white man this morning | in the criminal court, where he was | convicted Campbell had been dispos-
 ing of liquor at his home at Bluff | Spring, and the sale was reported to the l eRI Ioin lc h.. laf nxaa os6