The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
Alabama Man One of
 Arbitrators. THEY WILL ACT UNDER
 THE ERDMAN STATUTE Firemen of Georgia Road Issue
 Statement. Contend That Nesre Problem is ra- Evolved and Appeal for Public sentiment--Manaser Scott
 sfient on Subject.

| Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, sf Mont- gomery. but who Is praoticing law in Washington. has been named as arbi- trator for the Georgia Railroad and Hon. Thomas Hardwick, Congressman l from Georgia, has been named as arbi- trator for the striking iiremen, to se- will settle the serious strike on the Georgia Railroad.
 MT. Herbsrt's acceptance of the invi- tationl from the railroad company was told of in private telegrams which came to Montgomery yesterday. An Associated Press dispatch from Att Ianta bore news of the selection of consressman Hardwick. It was known In Montgomery. because of telegrams received by The Advertiser. that Mir. Herbert would serve as arbitrator be- | fore 1t was known elsewhere in the country.
 | All efforts to effect compromise on | the strike have failed and both siden | will fall back on the Erdman arbitra- ton act. Under this act each side se- l lect9 an arDllfaluE anu the bWV At 0As | trators select the third man.
 l The Two ArbitEatsra-
 Congressman Hardwick in the past Il four years has been one of the most | active political leaders in Georgia h I the factional fights there he was l supporter and follower of GovernoE Hoke smith. He belongs to the school | of leaders who make q speech or issue I a statement on every incident or every issue of public interest. He has heeu | q sympathizer with the striking Ire. I men throughout tine entire strike I Colonel Herbert, has been one ot the I most distinguished Alabamians of hia | generation. He served as sscretary of I the Navy in the admtnistration of Rres- T Ident Cleveland. In, hts administratiou \ of the duties Of that cfies the foupd@- st ton Of Aftaertcass splendid navy of to- 'f day was iaid and much Of the ereaiE N f5f the n&vy'H Afaeisnnt lA kaA 1pan~ ish- -Afnsficah war was given to him II For many years Colonel Herbert rep- resented the Mohtgomsry district. the
 Second Alabama in Congress. And for
 many years he made his home in Il MontRomery, living on Perry Street, near High. Since his service as Sec retary of the Navy he has been prac- ticing in. Washington. and it ls said
 that the returns from his practice are | among the largest of the attorneys ok that city.
 Colonel Herbert was born in South Carolina. but he came to Greenviiles
 Ala, as a boy with his parents in ls47.
 He attended both the University q Alabama and the University of Nir-
 Riuia In both universities he distin-
 9uished himself He had barely begun 1 the practice of law when the war
 broke out. and he entered the Confed-
 crate army as Captain in the Sth Ala
 bama. In the army, as in private lie.
 Colonel Herbert was man of mark
 and ability He took part in many 0f
 the bloodiest battles of the great cons
 aict. He was shot through the left
 arm in the battle of the Wilderness
 A niece of the bone was carried away | and to this day his left arm has been almost useless. He retired with the rank of Colonel and took up the prac- tice of law in Greenviiie.
 Tn 1872 Colonel Herbert moved to l Montgomery and has since claimed
 this city as his home. He built up q I large practice in this city. In 1877 ax-
 ter the State had been redistricted col-
 onel Herbert made the race for Con-
 gress from the pew Second District
 and was elected. He served in Con-
 gress until 1893, when he was asked by President Cleveland to become Sec l retary of the Navy in the second Cleveland administration.
 Leading Figure
 From the beginning to the end oI his service Colonel Herbert was one or the leading figures in Congress He
 was one of a number of strong Deno- crats in Congress who skilfuny guided the destinieS of the Democratic party. until 1t was strong enough to over throw the Republican party. which had
 been entrenched in power since 1o60s
 He was for many years Chairman of the Naval Committee. In this position he conceived the plans for the rehabil- itatton of the American navy which he
 carried into effect when he became | Secretary of the Navy. It Is said that the present navy owes more to Colonel Herbert than to any other single man.
 It is a remarkable fact that In his long and remunerative practice Colo nel Herbert has never been a corpora | ton attorney. He Is not now the rep rssentatlve of any railroad or other
 corporation. In all his private and professional life he has been strongly l conservative. He has opposed all ra-
 cial and hot-headed agitations. main taining steadily that they would ham, per the business and the welfare of
 the country.
 Colonel Herbert has led an active and energetic life. In addition to bis | public service and his practice of tha | law he has written a number of val
 uable literary productions and he has | found time to take an active part in many phllanthropic movements.
 Statement by Ftremen.
 Atlanta June s.--The strike of the Georgia Railroad nremen for seniority | of whites over negroes passed formally into the arbitration stage today when the firemen accepted Congressman
 Thomas Hardwick of Georgia as their arbitrator under the Erdman act to settle pending disputes.
 They announced that the Georgia
 Railroad yesterday refused offera of
 compromise on the negro question. Reuben Arnold. of Atlanta. was
 named by the firemen as their counsel.
 The hremen's statement was Issued by | E. A. Ball, Second vice-President of
 the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
 men and Englnemee, and addressed 'to