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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-03

Cash quotations were as follows; Flour-Firm.
 Rye-No. ?. 9315c.
 Barley-Feed or mixing, 75cQsl.09 fair to choice malting, s1.15@1.S0. Timothy Seed-S12m15.
 Glover Seed-$l5m 2225.
 Mess Pork-Old $15.621s; new, s15.S75s.
 Lard-In tieroes, $910
 Short Ribs-Loose, $50.
 Butter-Steady; creameries, 299 3fci Dairies, 25m31c
 Eggs-Firm; receipts IFS cases; at mark, cases included, 2S@ 34c; ordinary firsts, 31@ 34c; firsts. Zee.
 Cheese-Steady; Daisies. 17A 6 l7Ke e Twins. 161s e 16Ac; Young Americas 17h @171se, Long Horns, 17A @17he. Potatoes-strong; receipts, 75 cars; Wisconsin, s1.0S Michigan, Minnesota, s1.10
 Poultry-Firm: turkeys. live. 15c; dressed, 19c; chickens. live, Il 1ac; dressed, Be; springs, live, Sc.
 Neal-Steady, 7m10c.
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Cotton Receipts

New York, February 2.-The follow irg are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1 Calves ton, 2,762,lSf; New Orleans, 1,1t2,196; Mobile, 293,14S Savannah 1S46B3I; Charleston, S30, 0,29O; Wilmington, 424,- BIO; Norfolk, 541 1894; Baltimore, 73,099; New York, 3917; Boston, 40,S61; New port News, 9595; San Francisco, 129,- Al; Brunswick, ,O99; Port Town send, 101,721; Pensacola. 136,193; Port Arthur and Sabine Pass, 115253; Jack sonville, 42.630: Laredo 1546; George town. 43s. Gulfport, 43.323 Texas City. 5OS,603; minor ports, 6s7. Total, S,S28,- 521 bales
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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans. February 2-Spot closed firm. hc up: middling. i0c; sales 23oo. with 25O to arrive. Low ordinary 5-16c; ordinary. 7ikc. good ordinary 9-16c. strict good ordinary. s 15-16c: low middling 9Ac !: strict low middling, 95sc: strict mddling, 10 5-16o; good middling, 10 9-l6c; strict good middling. 1O34c; middling fair. ii 1-l6c; middling fair to fair. Ii 7-16c fair. Ii 13-16o. Receipts. BAT. Stock, 264, 30o bales
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Bonds
Treasury Statement

Washington. February 2.--At the begln- ling of business today the condition of he United States treasury was: Working |alance in treasury offices, $65, 274,653. Tn Rnks and Philippine treasury, s3S,6n ,64i. The total balance in general fund was I2f,156,908 Ordinary, receipts yesterday rere $a,939,Sl6, with ordinary dishurse-
 lents of $2 .123.1 1e6. The deficit to date this fscal year is s21,5i1, ,150, as against a deficit
 $3,5s3,319 at this time last year. These
 gures exclude Panama canal and public |ebt transactions.
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5.62c; June, 5.6sd5.6lc. Prime crude, 4.47d 4.54e; prime summer yellow, 54ld5 FOG prime winter yellow. 565d5 .90c; prime summer white, 5.50Q5, DOC. Total sales, t, ,400.
 New Orleans, February 2.-Cotton seed oil: Prime refined in barrels, per pound, 5.50c. Choice meal, per cent ammonia, per long ton, s2s; choice cake, per cent ammonia, per long ton, $27.
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HUBBARD BROS. & co.

ttOn Merchants, Hanover Square, N
 Members New York Cotton Ex. hnge New Orleans Cotton Exchanre w York Produce Exchange. Asso. ion. Orders solicited for the Dur- 5es and sale of Cotton and Cotton Oil for future delivery. Special at- Ion and liberal terms given foS con. nments of spot cotton for dolovoey. vespondeucs invited.
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DrOps Dead in Florida

Daytons. trla., February 2.-George IT, Nunroe of Joliet, H., former Illinois state senator and one of the largest orange growers in Florida, dropped dead fast night ih the bathroom of his winter home here. Apoplcxy was the cause of death.
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Comparative Cotton Statement

New York, February 2.-Comparative cotton statement for the week ending Friday, February 2:
 Net receipts at all United States ports during week 3s1 ,49i; net receipts at all United States ports same week last year, l5S,31s; tota. receipts since September |, s,s2S52l;f total receipts to same date las. gear, i,175,elf; exports for the week, 1s7,
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, February 2-Cottonj seed oil was fairly active today with pricss firmer on covering of shorts, buying of March for account of refners, advancirg crude markets and new speculative buying. stimulated by the strength in cd ton and lard. Spot closed ii points hi3 her and futures generally , to s points fup from last night. February, 5.4si5. f5d: March. s.5015.5 .52e Wly, 5.6O0
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Money on Call

New York, February 2-Call money feady 1Am2 per cent; ruling rate, closing fd and offered at per cent. Time loans Inner; 50 day bills. 21zd2% per cent: 90
 PXs, 2&@3 per cent; six months, 3Q4 per ent.
 Prime mercantile paper, 31zdf4 per cent. terling exchange firm with actual busi- |Pss in bankers bills at sf.S4.50 for 60 day ! Ills and s4.S7.50 for demand. Commer- ! al bills, $4.s3ai. Bar silver, 5sAc Mex an dollars. 47c. Government and railroad
 bnds steady.
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, February 2.-Wheat: No 2 red. s1 OO1kQt1 .ol; No. 3 red, 991sc; No 1 red. 95Gl9sc. No. 2 hard. sl 03m1 l21s; No. 3 hard, 99cnS1 12: No. hard. 93M9sc. Corn: No. 5. 65kc: No. 1, 6l1se; No. 3 yell low, 66h@67lsc. Oats: No. 2 531zc; No. 3, 53e; No 1, 52e. No. 2 white. 541kc; No. 3 white 53tzo; No. white, 5l1s452e standard, 5ie.
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Cotton Crop Movement

New Orleans, February 2.--The cotton crop movement for five months ending close of January and for the week end ing February 2. inclusive,
 Secretary Hester's New orleans Cotton exchange statement, issued today, covers
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Lisbon More Quiet

Lisbon. February 2.-The business. ..fc 5r the city las resumed it's even trend today. Reports from the frontier say the royallsts are showing activity in .hs lorthwestern provinces of Spain border ng on Portugal.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, February 2-Rice was quiet today; quotations unchanged; re- oeipts. roIgn. 26S0; clean. 3o53; millefs. 2i40. Sales: Rough, 12l6 Honduras at 3.25 n4.35c; 2453 Japan at 3 1OQ401c; clean, 5i6l Honduras at 29sa5c; 156l Japan at 39s44
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Weekly Cotton Statistics

Liverpool, February 2@Following are the weekly cotton statistics: Imports. all kinds, 1s5,OOO bales; imports, Amer ioan, 164,000 stock, all kinds, 1,014 900: stock. American. 907. 900; American for- warded, 97000. Total exports. 15,000.
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Grain Receipts and Shipments

Kansas City, February 2.-Receipts Wheat. 30.000; corn, l65,O0O; oats, 16,0O0 Shipments: Wheat 3l,00o corn, 66.coo, oats, 200O0.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City. February 2.-Cash wheat: No. ? hard, $1 .04l4a1 .10k; No. red sl co m1 cog. Cash corn: No. ? mixed, 62i4c; No ? white, 67ze. Cash oats: No. white. 53a53hc; futures. May, 7O7sc; July, 69hpp h3ah3Ihc.
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Naval Stores

Savannah, February 2.-Turpentine firm. 47lzc sales, 343: receipts, 161; shipments, 203; stock. 2s.3i6. Rosin firm; sales, 1l7f; receipts, 1O16; shipments. 1l.524; stock, stock. 1Os,052 Quote: A. B. C, D and F. s65o: F and G. s6.6215; H and I. sj.55: K. s7; M. s7.2O; N. s7.So; VIC. s7.35. wv. S7 5G
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the monthly movement to the close or January.
 Compared with last year It shows an | increase for the month in round figures Of l 5000, an increase compared with year | before last of 946,000 and with 1909 an iu- crease of 431 600.
 The total for January was 1,s@,3l7,
 against 1,2s9,591 last year, 922,4 ,4S6 year be- fore last and 1.43771s same time in 1909. The amount of the crop brought Into
 sight for the five months. from Septem-
 Der to January, Inclusive. is 1,760,ooo ahead
 of last year, S319.000 ahead of year before
 last and 1,2l4,OOO ahead of 1909.
 The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports S739,- | 936, against 7.143.S21 last year. 5.6as, ,247 year l before last and 7,464 47l7 same time in 19o9: l overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and l Potomac rivers to northern mills and l Canada, 543675, against 639, 23S last year, | 553, ,269 year before last and 797.4i4 same l time in 1909: southern mill talkings. ex- 1 elusive of consumption at southern out ports 1,36a00O, against 1,231,0O0 last year. 1 l,115,000 year before last and 1,203.000 same l time in 1909; and interior stocks in excess l of those held at the commencement of
 tle season. 709S7S, against 5Ss.3f4 last year, 6l6,S9S year before last and 6S3, ,426 1 same time in 1909.
 ! These make the total movement of the cotton crop brought into sight during tho | five months ending close of January, Ill., 362, ,4s9, against 9602, i03 last year, s,04S,4lG year before last and 1o1S,557 same time
 in 1909 Northern spinners took during January
 2190i3, against 250,572 last year and S0z,- l 0Sls year befole last, increasing their total 1 for the fiXe months to 1,36G. 5J2, against
 5Sl las. year and ,464,Ss6 year before last This makes their average weekly ! takings Cor the season 62,522. against 69,-
 SS9 last year and 66,99S year before last. 1 Foreign exports for the five months of the season have be n 6.7231 197 bales. show
 -ng an increase under last season of ,s07,- tlS and dn increase over the same period l year before last of 2,550037.
 | Stocks 6t the seaboard and the % lead
 .ng southern interior oenters at the close
 of January were 2sl75,23S against 1.e59 32a l last year. and 1.45G931 the year before. Including stocks left over at ports and | the interior towns from the last crop and
 the number of bales of the current crop
 brought into sight for the five months the suppl has been 11,649,463. against
 ?,S50,3G5 lase year and S,295.730 the year be-
 lore.
 1 Up to the close Of January last year | 70 23-l00 pes cent of the cotton crop had
 been marketed and for the same four
 1nonths in 1910 the percentage of the crop
 brought into sight has been 75 S1-1O0, and
 for the summer time In 1909 the pereen- l tage marketed was 73 40-10o In addition
 ;o the monthly figures Secretary Hester
 issued today a statement of the weekly movement for the seven days ending Feb
 ruary 3 inclusive, showing total brought 1 into sight lhis year. 42G.75O, against 253 i2j | for the seven days ending February last year, 154,B7 year before last and 33, ,6aJ
 same time in 1909.
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New York Cotton Futures
Weekly Cotton Movement

Weekly Cotton Movement New York February 2.-rhe fol- flowing statistics on the movement of cotton for the week ending Friday, February ?. were compiled by the New York cotton exchange;
 Weekly Movement
 Thfs Year. Losf Xeur.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-12
CABLE WORKS employees ARE BEING UNI0NIzFn

There was little activity of strikers
about the Standard Underground Cable
Company's plant at High and Washing
ton streets and DeKalb avenue vester-
day. A window was smashed bv An
angry striker and some attacked q
man whom they believed to be a work
man at the cable plant, but protested
he was employed at the Barber Asphalt
Works. He claimed he had nothing to
do with the Cable works when sur
rounded by angry strikers, but never
theless was set upon and beaten until
his eyes were darkened.
The strikers of the Gable plant met
again at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon
and heard speeches from local and visit
ing labor leaders on the advantages of
thorough organization. They have ad-
vaneed several PAGES in organizing and
expect to be strongly united in a local
branch of the American Federation Of
Labor before they return to work. Be-
sides demanding an average increase in
pay of fifteen per cent. they propose to
demand improved working conditions
and especially improved sanitary con-
ditions for washing themselves. They
have told the union organizers that
upon quitting, half a score of pals of
hot and cold water are poured into a
tub in which all of the employees wash
themselves.
A foreman at the cable plant stated
this morning the strike which closed the
big works was caused by less than a
score of boys and girls who thought
they should receive more pay. He de-
clared the boys were most urgent for
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-12

One arrest was made among the
American Smelling & Refining works
strikers last night after a striker
had sustained a severe wound on the
head with a stone in a handkerchief,
and trouble brewed both befCre and
after that time because of excessive
liquor drinking. Because of intox-
ication the strikers fought among
themselves. Peter Barlimsen, TWEEN
ty-two years old, Of 207 Hall avenue,
is in a cell awaiting trial on a charge
of atrocious assault for hitting Mike
Kutlas, another striker. The arrest
was made by Patrolman William
Calvin, after he and five other Off
GERS had battered half a score of
men down to stop a clubbing match.
Barlimsen used an improvised
blackjack made OF a stone, weighing
about a pound, tied up in a large
handkerchief. Following a quarrel,
1t Is declared he hit Kutlas over the
head with the weapon. The victim
was seriously injured and had toEbe
taken home.
Barlimsen will be arraigned be-
fore Recorder Kehoe at 7 O'Clock to-
night when Kutlas and several Of
ficers may be in a position to appear
against him.
Arthur Seldom, of Hall avenue,
was another victim of drunken
strikers. He was pummeled with
fists behind Joseph Gadek's saloon
opposite the southeriy entrance to
the plant and had IN eye darkened
last night.
Was was practically at a stand
still at the big factory of the Ameri-
can Smelling & Refining Company
yesterday afternoon, at a great loss
to the owners. Five cars of silver
were shipped and there was
difficulty in sending them out owing
to the small number of laborers at
hand. About 100 men, divided into
two gangs worked there during the
day and a majority of them, togeth-
er with many of the skilled workers
who feared an attack if they left the
plant, remained there during the
night, sleeping in tents and sheds as
they chose. A score or more Ven
tured to their homes by means OF
small boats, some of which were
locked OFF the foot of Fayette street,
A commissary department was es-
tablished yesterday morning and 1t
was improved In the afternoon when
1t became evident that the men at
hand would have t. be fed and
housed indefinitely. Three old tents
used at the last strike were pressed
into service and long tables were
put up to serve me-ls upon. The
men were given tobacco and most
every comfort of home. Few SEEM
ed to regret that they were forced
to remain at the works.
The strikers imbibed rather free
ly In liquors and principally beer
during the day and late yesterday af-
ternoon and last night they were in
an ugly mood. Many attacks were
made and the one arrest followed.
The strikers began to fight among
themselves shortly after 6 o'clock
and the police detailments had to
8 clubs to subdue their efforts of
attack. Many bear marks about the
face and body some having BEEN hit
with stones, sticks. policemens'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-12
TERRA GOTTA WORKERS REFUSE SLIGHT RAISE

Soon after the starting hour at Z
o'clock this morning there came in
dtcat1on that plant No. 2 of the
Atlantic Terra Gotta Company would
be shut down because the kiln set
tiers and carriers refused an offer of
ten cents more a ton. What are
known as the Second settlers" prac-
tically agreed to accept the increase
when informed of it yesterday af-
ternoon, but changed their minds
this morning when the FIRST set
tiers" stated they would not return
to work unless a larger increase
was forthcoming.
AS the departments Of this plant,
like in other terra Gotta shops. work
hand in hand, one taking UP the
work Of the other as 1t becomes
ready, there ts little hope OF opera
ton being maintained. An assistant
superintendent of plant 2 stated
this morning that there was little
indication that the kiln settlers and
carriers would be given more OF an
increase than that offered, He
stated they were the only strikers
offered an increase because the
others had made no formal de-
mands. He claimed they were radi-
cal as some of the others on strike
from other plants, demanding all
sorts of increases.
T~h1rty-tye settlers and carriers In
Kiln gangs presented their demands
Tor seventeen and a half cents an
hour or $1.75 a day and an increase
In bonus per ton from ninety cents
to Sl.25 yesterday afternoon. Some
apparently were satisfied but all ex-
pressed dissatisfaction at the ten
cent Increase this morning and none
returned to work.
Forty cutters Joined the strikers
this morning and said they struck
for an increase of two and a half
cents an hour or an increase Of ap-
proximatefy twenty-five cents a day.
They have been receiving from ff-
teen to twenty-five and q half cents
an hour. On strike with them are
the kiln settlers, carriers, drawers,
hitting laborers, laborers in the ship
ping department. All that remain
ed at work this morning were the
fitters, pressers, plastermen, finish
ers and firemen. At the starting
hour this morning there were indi-
cations that the plaster men would
strike by noon. Thus, practically
all laborers Of the plant were out
and the company had difficulty In
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-12

handling its products.
Kiln settlers who have been en-
ployed on fire brick work insisted
today that they wanted to work by
the day or receive q substantial In
crease per ton. They claimed an
increase of ten cents a ton was in
sufficient. All the striking work
men want pay for their supper hour
in case they have to work overtime.
There came riotous scenes at the
plant yesterday afternoon when
about 200 striking kiln workers and
general laborers thronged the main
entrance. The morning crowd Of
thirty-four strikers was materially
increased at noon and again y%ester-
day afternoon, SO that practically all
laborers in the plant were out,
thereby tieing up practically all the
work. officials persuaded five men
to remain until 5 o'clock to load a
vessel with terra Gotta for the new
Woolworth building In New York,
as there was an urgent demand for
It. They finished the work and
Joined the strikers about 8 o'clock.
AS at the A. s. & r. and Barber
plants. strikers picketed the en-
frances closely throughout the day
yesterday and interfered with labor
ers entering the plant. The strik-
ers broke several windows In the
main office fronting on Buckingham
avenue. Some were broken with ell
bows and others by stones.
William Davis, a bookkeeper, and
Harry Kerr, a pay clerk, had mar
row escapes from being hit with
stones thrown through the frosted
glass windows. A big stone came
within a few inches of striking Mr..
Davis. Just before a stone came
crashing through the frosted pane
Of a window close to which Harry
Kerr had been sitting, he discovered
1t was a dangerous place to- sit and
moved. 4
Trouble brewed for a time mt the
Atlantic Terra Gotta shop shortly az
ter noon .oday. Some of the strAk.
ers about the main entrance were
growing impatient and when An
drew Wrabel, a coal wheeler, came
out he was pelted with stones. One
struck him In the back Of the neck
and inflicted a deep wound. The
man ran into the plant while Patrol
men Tonnesen and Chris Hanson
made a futile attempt to arrest his
assallants. who fed among q number
Of moulds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-12

increases in pay, while the girls wanted
additional pay for overtime.
! Things were generally quiet about the
works today. Early this morning small
groups Of men, boys and girls stood
about the streets talking and no vio-
lence was shown. Foremen and o+bers
in the factory walked to and from tbair
work unmolested.
Last night some of the strikers
thought 1t a wise plan to starye ont en-
.glneers and fremen In the plant and
they forced a restaurant keeper at High
and Washington streets, opposite tina
works, to stop sending sandwiches and
drink to feed them. 1t is declared tbe
restaurant keeper was informed his
place would be destroyed if he did moi
desist and he obeyed, with the res,lt
that food for the workers was obtainad
from the Packer House.
/ All hopes Of promptly and ef,ect-
ually settling the first OF the series
of strikes which occurred at tha
Cable Works Monday were bIasted
this afternoon when Vice Pres,dent
conner refused to accede to the de-
hanos Oh the strikers for a fifteen
cent increase generally over all de-
partments and pay at the rate of
time and half for all overtime. A
committee of twenty workers, repre-
sentlng practically every department.
IN the Dig plant, called at his Office
this noon and conferred with him
ior more than an hour. The sub
lect was a~rbitrated at length. Both
sloes remained obstinate, neither
degree.
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DRUNKEN STRIKERS ATTACK MEN AT A. So R.

clubs and a few with fists. Some of
the strikers made a CoWardly attack
upon several of the leading officials
of the office of the A. s, & r. COM
pany soon after they had left the
principal gate house shortly before
6 O'Clock last night.
G.. M. f. Faircloth, chief clerk,
who resides at the Packer house, re-
ceived two nasty scalp wounds with
stones hurled by some persons in
the midst of a wild and excited mob.
He lost his straw hat and took ref
uge temporarily behind a telegraph
pole. Others in the party including
Jesse Seaman, general manager,
were not injured. In company with
Mr.. Faircloth they boarded a trolley
car for their homes.
During the afternoon the drunken
strikers took extreme delight in
molesting other workmen walking
peacefully from the Maurer brick
factory, the Barber plant and other
works to their homes. Many were
hurled head foremost into a ditch
at the easterly side of State street
opposite the s%outherly entrance to
the plant. Some were stoned, din
hSi palio we've tdheI IIOul OIneFb
and hurled after them. The police
were almost powerless to cope with
the situation at times and were COM
PEELED to use their clubs. Some of
the trouble-makers stopped all kinds
of vehicles, including an ice wagon,
which was held by force by -four
strikers and backed into a ditch at
the westerly side of the street. The
police interfered and aided the
driver. A majority of the men ap-
peared unable to distinguish IN
ployes of other factories from those
of the American Smelling & Rein
ing plant. This caused much trou-
Bile and as a result many workmen
were assaulted, but none were seri-
ously injured up to 6 o'clock.
More serious trouble came about
7 O'Clock last night and continued
until II o'clock. Five men were
then reported injured. One who
had several scalp wounds and had
fed was being pursued to his home.
The strikers threatened to take him
dead or alive and would burn up his
home. Later when a large stone in
a handkerchief was used as a black
jack to lay open the scalp OF one of
the strikers who had become en-
gagged in an argument over the
amount of increase that should be
demanded, the police found difficulty
in handling the mob. While the
wielder of the weapon was hustled
to a cell, others remained on the
scene and threw stones.
John Scarako. of Pulaski avenue,
a striker, was a victim of several
blows when the men began rioting
among themselves. He was hit
about the head and his left eye was
almost closed. Roundsman Morris
escorted him to his home as he fear
ed further injury. The man said he
was hit with a brick, but the officer
was informed he had been hit with
r blow from another strikers fist.
1t was after much argument and
hghting that the strikers held an
open-air meeting near the entrance
to the United Lead Works at 8
O'Clock last night and decided Ar
thur A. Quinn and Sheriff Bollsch-