The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-07
.HOT ME TAI TRACK .RUMOR AT BESSEMER EnSIey Steel Works May Use
 BeSSemer Hot Metal MRS. WALLER IS INJURED Officers Capture Alleged Blind Tiger. Wedding of MT. Marsh and Miss
 Lowery-Other Besse-
 ner News.
MRS. WALLER IS INJURED
By J. F. LEE.

from bessemer? The enormous production of over 400OO tons of steel last month from the open heart department raises inc question as to where the company will get the pig iron necessary to keep the open hearth going with such an output The six blast furnaces at Enslev cannot supply enough basic iron, and as 1t was serohsly rumored several months ago .hat the company was contemplating building 'hot metal track" from Bes- semer to Ensley, over which they could easily transfer molten metal from the Bessemer furnaces to the hot metal mixer 1t Is now believed that this will be done some time soon, as the DeBardeleben di vision, consisting of Nos. 1 and blast furnaces, Is being put in frst-class re- palr' and will be ready to "blow in" with In short time. Whether or not these furnaces will be put on basic or foundry Iron Is not known, but if they are put on basic, and the steel market continues to improve, 1t is certain that the company Will not be satisfied in using cold pie iron Tor In connection with the duplex process or making steel, now in practice at Ems iey' the cold pig has to be remelted through cupola, which greatly increases the cost in the converting mill depart- ment. This, together with the fact that the Ensley furnaces cannot possibly SUD- ply the demand, leads to the belief that immediate steps will be taken toward car- rying the metal hot from Bessemer
 Big Pay Day.
 Twelve thousand dollars will be paid to the employees at the Robertstown fur naces Monday afternoon, this being the largest amount of money paid on one roll for many years from this division. This however, includes the repair crews that have been busy getting Nos and fur naces in shape.
 Following the large pays from the mines Saturday the Bessemer merchants ara looking forward to the best weeks bus. mess that they have had for some time past.
 Mrs. Waller Injured.
 While skating yesterday afternoon at the Bessemer Hippodrome Mrs. George D. Waller fell and sustained a fracture of the right wrist While the injury Will not keep her confined to her home. it IS a painful one, and will cause her much inconvenience for several weeks as it necessitates keeping the injured member splintered and in sling.
 MT. Skinner Very III.
 The many friends of w. H. Skinner, former storekeeper for the Tennessee company at Ensley, who resides at Brighton, and is well known to Bessemer people. will regret to learn that he is in a very critical condition, and in such a weakened state that it was deemed ad- visable to wire for his brother to come home immediately from Auburn, where he is attending school
 Blind Tiger Caught.
 Detective Patton, who Is acting night captain, while Captain Ross is on a va cation, caught an alleged blind tiger as he was going home this morning. Seeing Ben Harder, negro, come out of Caro- lina alley he suspected that he had been up to something unlawful, and after talk ing to him few minutes he discovered  negro claimed to have purchased it from Jeff McNeal, who lives on Carolina alley and Twenty-first street, and on going to the house Patton found two gallons of the "oh, be joyful" He carried both negroes to jail on charges of violating the prohi- bition law, but when Harder was searched 38-calibre pistol was found on his per- son, and an additional charge of carrying a concealed weapon was docketed against him.
 Civic Improvement Society.
 The ladies of the town are invited to meet with the members of the Civic Inn Provement association in the pavilion at the City park Tuesday afternoon at o'clock. It is desired that plans be for mulated for improving the church yards and the school grounds throughout the city, and the cooperation of the entire public is earnestly solicited.
 Library Committee Meets.
 The library committee will hold its reg ular monthly meeting at 5 o'clock Tues day afternoon at the public library. Every member is urged to be present.
 A Pretty Wedding.
 One of the prettiest home weddings that has been solemnized recently occurred this morning at 10 o'clock at the resi- dence of MT w. H. Davidson on Twelfth avenue and Twenty-fourth street.
 The contracting parties were MT. Burns Marsh of Clanton and Miss Anna Lee Lowery of Jemison.
 The bride is sister of Mrs. Davidson and came to Bessemer several days ago to prepare for the happy event The Rev. J. F. Gable pastor of the First Baptist church. officiated
 The groom is prosperous young busi- ness man of Clanton, for which place they will leave tomorrow morning.
 Personal and General.
 Mrs. w. D. Taylor Monday morning will accompany her son, w. D. Taylor, Jr., to Columbia Tenn. where he will enter school. Mrs Taylor from there will go to Charlottesville, Va, to visit Dr. Tay- lors relatives. After spending about two weeks in Virginia, Mrs. Taylor will then go to New York to visit her friend Mrs. N. l.. Carpenter, returning home inabout six weeks.
 Miss Ethel Gillen is convalescent from a 1O-days' illness
 Mrs Robert l.. Crook has returned from yicksburg, Miss, where she has been amending the summer with her parents.
 Big Fire In Boston.
 Boston, September 6.-The building oc-