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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
COUNCIL EXPECTS
 QUIET SESSION
AN ORDINANCE MAY BE REcoM- MENDED MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO STORE LIQUOR IN SOFT DRINK ESTABLISHMENTS.

The city council will meet in regular session in the council chamber at the city hall at o'clock The meeting promises to be a quiet one, as the budget is small and there is practically nothing but routine business to come before the body.
 Included in the report of the excise committee there will be a recommenda- tion that an ordinance making it un- lawful to keep intoxicating liquor in the soft drink establish ments of the city be adopted. It is understood that the new ordinance grew out of the re- cent decision of the judge of the police court that it Is no violation of the prohibition law to have whisky on the premises of soft drink establishment. but that proof that the liquor was ac- tually sold is necessary for conviction. This ordinance may cause contention.
 Otherwise. however, the session of the board bids fair to spring no excite ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
DYNAMITE DESTROYS NEGRO MINERS HOME Steam Shovel Crew Fired on
 At CoaIburg NEW MEN TAKEN TO FRAT I Important Meeting of Citizens Com mittee of 25 Will Be Held at the
 Commercial Club This
 Morning.
NEW MEN TAKEN TO FRAT I

Up to midnight no reports of any dis order in the strike district had been received, though reports of trouble oc- curing late Monday night were made to the sheriff's office yesterday morn ing. This trouble consisted of the dy namiting of house at Pratt City and the shooting up of steam shovel crew at Coalburg
 The house dynamited was occupied by a negro named Stepney Couch, who refused to go out on strike. The front porch of his house was badly damaged, though no injuries were sustained by any of the occupants. stepney and his family were in the house at the time. Officers have several clues. and 1t is be- lieved they are close behind the guilty parties.
 At Coalburg negro crew employed in operating a steam shovel in the Sloss-S Sh effield Steel and Iron company's property was shot at by parties am pushed in the hills overlooking the mines. No injuries were received by any of the crew, but they became so frightened that they quit work. De- tectives are on the track of the would be assassins.
 But one lot of imported men was handled under military escort yester- day, this being a group of men for the Pratt mines. The men were placed at the mine without any trouble.
 Today will witness the change of the military headquarters from the Metro politan hotel to the field camp, which has been establish ed near the corner of Tenth avenue and Twenty sixth street, north. The provisional company made up of Birming gham volunteers will also be stationed at this camp for emergency calls.
 This camp will be one of the most upto date ones in the country. It will have sanitary connections, electric lights and telephones. The dining hall and kitchen consist of framework eoy- cred with screens, while frame bath house, with several shower baths, has also been constructed. The men will live in tents. Fifty wall tents g by Q and 10 larger tents IA by IA have been placed in position. Lieut.. Conrad Ohme oI blTiliHBnam, WHO IS serving Wltn the provisional company, selected tho site and made the recommendations for the details of this camp.
 The camp is well located being right at the North Birmingham car line. while the Southern, Frisco and Belt railroad tracks are close to it. With the establishing of headquarters there the military will be entirely removed from the heart of town.
 An important meeting of the citizens, committee of 25 will be held at the Commercial club today at Il o'clock Another incident in connection with the strike occurred at Republic. Lieu tenant Hagood, who is in charge of the troops located there, several days ago notified the proprietor of an alleged blind tiger that the sightless feline l must cease operations at Republic. This was followed yesterday by the mans seeking an injunction before Judge Lane against the military auth critics interfering with his business at all. This case will be heard by Judge Lane next Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
Important Convention.

Huntsville, August 1S.-(SpeciaL)- One of the most important conventions that will meet here this yeayr will be that of the Tennessee River Improve ment association. The association has had brilliant career, and its member ship has spread over several states. Since 1t was formed the Tennessee river has been opened to navigation 10 months in the year, and now the great project in which most interest is being shown is the proposed development of the power of Muscle shoals by means of series of works that would be of great advantage to the navigation of the river. The convention will be held sometime in October, and an unusually large attendance is expected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
WontebaHo Gal Lands
 Sold 10 Mobile (0mbany
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 in annual installments bearing per cent interest. The purchasing company already has an extensive business, and the coal property will be developed and the product sent to Mobile on barges. All of the lands purchased lie in Jefferson and Tuscaloosa counties.
 The Mobile Portland Cement company is recently incorporated enterprise in which Col. E. L. Russell and other Mo bile capitalists are interested The principal purpose is to develop the inn mense deposits of cement at old St. Stephens on the Alabama river, the wealth of which was years ago pointed out by the state geological department, and it's development strongly urged by the late Senator Morgan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
Incorporation Papers Filed,

Huntsville, August IS. )- Articles of incorporation of the Hunts vile training school were filed in the probate court today. The authorized capital stock is $1O,oO0, of which ssooO has already been subscribed by local capitalists and business men. Joseph J. Bradley is president; Frank W. Will jams secretary and principal, and W. R. Hutton treasurer. A handsome school building is being erected for the OCT poration on a f1ve-acre lot north of the Calhoun grove in East Huntsville. The school will open September g. and tenn porary quarters will be occupied until the new building is completed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
FUNERAL OF coGsWELL.
Rear Admiral Is Inferred With Civil
 Ceremonies.

Milwaukee, Wis, August 1S.-The body of the late Rear Admiral James K. Cogs- we'll retired who died in Jacksonville, Fla, last week was inferred in the Cogs- well lot at Forest Home cemetery here this morning. The funeral was civil in character and the pallbearers included the old schoolmates of the rear admiral. namely: Lieut. Gen. Arthur MacAuthur. United States army; Gen. Charles King. George w. Peckham, James Sawyer. w s. Seman and James s. Prentiss, all of this city. Rear Admiral Cogswell was born in Milwaukee GA years ago and was reared here. He Is survived by his widow, a son and daughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

sume work, but are deterred by fear of the assassin and the dynamiter.
 This strike was instigated and has been conducted by the United Mine Workers or America and for it's conduct that organl- zation cannot escape responsibility. With this blood-stained organization we Will make no agreements of any klnd. we simply demand that it's members stoS murdering our employees, and that men who wish to work for us be allowed to exercise their rights as citizens or Ala hama. without intimidation or violence by the miners union.
 We are paying our employees as hperaily as the depressed state of the iron ana coal trade permits. With better business con- ditions it will be our duty and pleasure to increase the wages of our employes. To the complaints of our own employees we shall lend ready ear. and we snail steadily strive to improve their working conditions
 The enforced recognition of the miners uinon, which is the sole purpose or tlis strike, and for which the officers or the union are present in charge of the strlke, and it's accumulated treasure is being iaV- ishly expended, would bring no lastihg peace to this district.
 We believe that the people of this dls- trict and of the state of Alabama Will ap- prove our position when we say that we will not condone the crimes committed by the members of that organization; we will never again permit its leaders to control our operations; and we will have no deal inps with the United Mine Workers of America.
 ALABAMA COAL OPERATORS ASSo-
 CAPTION.
 By G. B. MCCORMACK, President.
 Frank H. CROCKARD. Acting Secy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
T. H. Smith.

T. H. Smith, aged 64 years, died at his home near North Birmingham yesterday morning at 4:S0 o'clock after a lingering illness of cancer of the stomach. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock this morning in Walkers chapel interment be- ing in the chapel cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Branham will officiate. The deceased is survived by a widow and seven children. He resided in the district for many years and was well known here. He had wide acquaintance and was a successful dairy man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
Miss Eva Booth Is Better.

Warsaw, Ind, August 1S.-The condi- tion of Miss Eva Booth. commander of the Salvation Army of the United States, who was overcome by the heat and col lapsed at the Winona Lake Bible confer ence following her address last night was improved today. The patient, in charge of friends. started for home in New York city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
Discrimination In Rates.

Washington, August 1S.-That Shreve- port La, is discriminated against in favor of Pine Bluff, Texarkana. Mag nola, Ark, in the matter of freight rates on certain commodities is the charge made today in a complaint filed with the in terstate commerce commission by the Shreveport Traffic association, composed of wholesale merchants. against the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific, the Louisiana and Northwestern and St. Louis Southwestern Railroad companies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Thomas M, Tarrant.

Thomas M Tarrant, aged 23 years, died yesterday morning at the corner of Twen- ty-seventh street and Avenue I after a long illness. The remains will be sent to Monroe. N. C., at GAO o'clock this morn- ing by Lige Loy for interment. The de- ceased was the son of MT. and Mrs Thomas T. Tarant. He was connected with the Avondale Stove and Foundry company until short time before his death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
G, M. NeeIey,

The remains of G. M. Medley were sent to Huntsville yesterday at noon by Lige Loy for interment. The Birmingham res idence of the deceased was 719 North Twenty first street. He is survived by four daughters and one son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
SELL f9,50o ACRES IN JEFFERSON AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES, THE TOTAL AMOUNT INVOLVED BEING $780, 1000.

It was learned yesterday that the board of trustees of the Alabama Girls
 Industrial school, at Montevallo, had sold 19,500 acres of coal lands belong ing to the school to the Mobile Port lard Cement and Coal company The price paid is understood to have been S20 an acre, which makes an aggregate of s39O,C0O. Of this amount $25,000 is to be paid in cash and the Remainder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

With great care, by process en- tirely his own, Dr. Price is enabled to extract from each of the true, select fruits, all of its character istic flavor, and place in the mar ket a class of flavorings of rare excellence. Every flavor is of great strength and perfect purity. For havoring ice-cream. jellies, cake, custards, etc.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
Notice.

The barber shop of Loftin & White. recently burned. at Second avenue and twentieth street, will be open the 18th, with everything new and up to date, We will be prepared to serve our patrons and the public in first-class manner. Prices same as before.
 2-14-4t- fri -su-tu- -wa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
Mrs. R. C. EsdaIe.

Mrs Pauline Esdale, wife of R. c. Es- dale. died Tuesday night at Il o'clock at sos Georgia street. after a lingering illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced later
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
THE WEATHER.

Washington, August IS. - Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi: Local showers Wednesday and probably Thursday; variable winds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
PERSONAL

T. Nj. Tuck Jr., and E. B. Smelling left yesterday afternoon for vacation of sev eral weeks. which they will spend in Mid de Tennessee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

At a called meeting of Camp Hardee, United Confederate Veterans, held yes- terday afternoon, Mai w. J. Miner in- troduced resolutions condemning the lawlessness and disregard of human lives that is prevailing and has pre- vailed in the mining district since the inauguration of the present strike. Camp Hardee is composed of nearly 200 veterans, men from every walk of life, and their condemnation of the present situation is only one more step taken by the representative citizens of the district to restore law and order. The resolutions which are as follows, met with the unanimous approval of every veteran present;
 "Whereas, disregard and violations of tie law are always to be deplored and should meet the condemnation of all good citizens, but when such viola tions assume the form of arson, dyna- hitting and murder-the murder of helpless women and children-and the firing from ambush in the darkness Of tn night upon trains bearing our sol diers and the officers of the law mur- dering some and wounding others, then the condition becomes unbearable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
Declaration of Strike.

dynamiting our houses and murdering our employees
 Declaration of Strike.
 On July 1, through the machinations was declared among the coal miners in the Birmingham district. In most of was declared without any presentation of grievances or request for their re- strike was declared there had been no reduction In wages. The strike was the efforts of secret emissaries of the mine workers organization, sent here from other states. Upon the declara- tion of the strike. officers of the mine workers organization, with organizers, opened official headquarters in the city of Birmingham. From these headquar- 1efS Ine SlTlhB udS pecn ulIcClCui II OlIl these headquarters instructions have been sent to every mining camp; and in these headquarters the campaign of the strike has been mapped out. Upon the declaration of the strike it became man. throughout the district had been syste- matically armed. A policy of wide- once inaugurated. Hundreds of tho armed strikers, chiefly negroes, congre- stations. openly searching passing trains to intimidate men coming for CTS in absolute defiance of statutes, passed for such contingencies congre- terrorized men who wished to continue to labor for the support of their lam flies. When these organized and open violations of the laws of the state were SuppTtSSeu Dy Hc onOl lCoOil W etS dl once had to cowardly murder under the cover of darkness. At many mining camps coward'y ruffians sought wlih dynamite to murder men, women and children in peaceful sleep, because hus- bands and fathers dared to toll for their loved ones despite the edct from the headquarters of the organization.
 The Birmingham Iron company, com hitting the sin of bringing In men from other states to work for the attractive wages offered here, had it's train held up by large band of armed strikers, mostly negroes The officers of the law were overwhelmed and forcibly disarmed. and the men on the train seeking work were driven like dogs to the woods.
 A train at Jefferson tunnel was am- pushed by hundreds of armed strikers hundreds of shots were fired into the train from the steep hillsides, and providential- ly, but one deputy was wounded where a massacre was planned.
 Four houses at Acton mines were scat tered to fragments by dynamite, and one man who had dared to continue to work
  A train containing mep going to the Blocton mines and escorted by the state own troops was held up by Instructions placed upon the track; hundreds of shots were fired into the train; the train con- ductor was murdered at his post of duty, a deputy sheriff was killed, Alabama boys wearing the states uniform were Sshot down like dogs by assassns under the cover of darkness and more men look ing for work contrary to the edict from the headquarters of the union paid the death penalty for their manhood.
 Cannot Escape Responsibility.
 Thousands of men are now working in the coal mines of this district under the protection of deputy sheriffs and state troops. Thousands more are eager to re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
OPERATORS WILL NOT TREAT WITH THE MINERS UNION Say They Will Make No Agree ment With "BIood Stain
 ed Organization"
ALL THEY ASK IS TO
 STOP MURDERING MEN
Official Statement Says They Will Never Again Permit Miners Lead CTS To Control Operation
 of Mines.

The Alabama Coal Operators associa- tion last night issued an important statement bearing upon the present miners strike in Alabama. In it are set forth the reasons for declining to recognize the United Mine Workers of America. The statement is as follows:
 Tn petition, which we have not seen, requesting the coal operators and min CTS to submit their differences to arbi- tration, is, as we understand not signed by 10000 citizens, but by approximate Iy 500.
 John P. White and William R. Fair ley, acting on behalf of the union, known as the United Mine Workers of America, have, in response to the peti- ton signifed their willingness to sub- init to arbitration.
 We have no doubt the men who signed this petition did so with a praiseworthy motive. that of speedily ending the lawlessness. crime and blsi- ness paralysis now prevailing in this district.
 We, too, want the strike ended but 1t cannot and will not be ended py an arbitration agreement between the coal operators of this district and the United Mine Workers of America. The United Mine Work CTS of America have but one demar0-that we recognize the union lea ders.
 We simply ask the union men to stop our employees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

E. T. Shaw & Son. undertakers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

Local Office U s. Weather Bureau,
 Birmingham Ala, August IS. Weather conditions for the "A hours
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

Green Undertaking Co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
THE PANAMA CANAL.

 Material for Scrap Book History of the
 Great Work.
 Steam shovels are the weapons with which the United States Is winning the greatest victory of it's proud history. The story of the success of the Panama Canal puroject will form one of the brightest pages in the history of the Republic. The readers of The Adver- tiser have been enjoying for a week the articles written by Frederic J. Haskin, which are an intimate EsveIa- tion of actual conditions on the Isth- mus If you have not been reading them, begin now and follow the series through this week, and send to this office for the back numbers beginning July 12 The articles yet to be pub- lished are as follows:
 The Panama Canal. VIII. Amusements.
 K Paying Of.
 X. Transportation.
 xI. Government. XII. The Builders. XIII. The Completion. XIV French Days XIV. The Panama Lottery.
 Those articles already published may be obtained by ordering back numbers of The Advertiser. beginning with July 12. Their titles are:
 I. Making the Dirt Fly.
 II. Isthmian Politics. III. Sanitation.
 " The Force.
 " The Gatun Dam. VI. Labor Situation. VII. Living Conditions. Get them all. read them, cut them out and make a scrap book story of the | Panama Canal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
THE WRITING TRADE.
Better Paid Now Than 1t Ever Was
 Before. r o,tsx,gIIA Courier- I6i1rnal

Better Paid Now Than 1t Ever Was Louisville CourierJournal.
 The trade of writing. as well as the profession of letters. is much more than ever before in the history of the world, and the rewards for both medi- ocrlty and genius promise to be larger in the future than they are in the pres ent. As the captains of industry have brought to a highly specialized condi- tion the market for brains that is sell l: achievement in the various fields of industrial enterprise the puoIisners that produce anything that the ever widening public will read. Here Is a market for blank verse poetry, ana there a place where linerickhs h are house that deals in the output. of the novelist, and there a hole-in- the wal khere the dramattst may submit ms wares to purchasers who may make twelvemonth, and who are sufficiently hard driven by competition to keep keen eye peeled for whaever bids fair to touch the popular taste. The com epened oTs 0t iise'nr a most fruitful feid of en- deavor to writer folk of every class
 almost ma5k TaSa si.oo6. .6oo@an amount that many persons, mistakenly. assert can not be honestly made in commerce In lifetime. This shows how much richer inc field of huraor is today than 1t was a century or few centuries ago. George Bernard Shaw might have re- maIned a clerk if the possibilities Tor eetfing money returns were no greater fhan th ose that were offered when Ter ence and Platus wrote. MT Dooley fs vastly better paid than the Ath enian philosophers and Wallace lrkln IS much gnore handsomely remunerated than was the brilliant but now almost forgot tan Winthrop Mackworth Praed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
BIGGEST CHERRY WIDOW"
N. A. Ritx Wore It In EIks Parade At
 Dallas.

Dallas.
 St. Paul. Minn.. July ls.--tSpecial.)-- )-- when Y. A. Ritz of walIa Waila Wash. appeared in the Elks' parade at Dallas he wore the largest Merry Widow in America. It Is sixty inches in dIame- ter and has a crown a foot high.
 "wfsh I had a good josh hat to wear in the Dallas parade" Mr. Ritz remark ed week ago as he sat in the smok- ing compartment of a Pullman bound for Sioux City.
 "If you'll wear the hat I send you I'll furnish you one" remarked a man sitting near by. Introductions follow cd and Mir. Rita found that he was talking to Joseph Stronge of Saint Paul. a wealthy hat manufacturer.
 I'll make you a hat the like of which there is not in all America" Mir. Strppge said.
 Make 1t and I'll wear it. or I'll buy the best suit of clothes in Amarica for you" agreed MT. Ritz. The hat was finished and shipped to Dallas by express for Mir. Ritz. It follows the accepted Merry Widow style and is so large that the shipping room clerks had to build a special crate with a cupalo on the top to pro- l teet the crown. A pound of glue was required to complete it's 5tiahufacture and at MT. Stronge's big Saint Paul factory they put 400 yards of straw braid three quarters of an inch wide, into what Is accepted as the most as- tonishing Merry Widow ever created and probably the largest ever built in the world.
 Mir. Ritz paid about $10 express charges, but he had a hat that made every Elk In the parade turn green with envy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
NEVER AGAIN, SAYS EDWARD King Disguised With
 His Guests. nL-BRED CONDUCT AT PARTY Americans Made Audible Com
 ments on Nobility. Latest Fad of English Society s aAerial Hare and HeuAds"-rhe weeks Gossip of
 London.
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ronaon. July is.-"Never asain. t. King Edward is reported to nave wsna. ssaa after his large garden party .s ss srnia. sor Castle the other day and the eAp,a .sat ss,,or sot @ af the royal dlspieasure is tna. aasoD anoug u the thousands of guests prsssn. present there % were some-wicked LonaSa ,elS a tongues say they were Anericans,-1NW,nSe ans--N,n 2 greatly annoyed the klns Ds i1in~ a,i- SiSla comments and criticisms upon me snnearance of the different members oi fbs family and the dresses of the royaa ladies. S.,A fhesa rar, ,,ss mi an end to the rumor tnat he is growing very deal. A
 Some very undignihed crowasnS anu pushing that took place in the tea rents sns was also noticed by the hsns. os. sS ~ at the end of the partyf when mos. 2. inc guests had' departed Edwsra e1
 nresssd himself very strongly 70 some of his leading court ofneials. af