The Montgomery Advertiser, 1901-08-06

'll In both instances the persons could not be seen until the cars were almost upon the helpless people. In one instance the car, running up-hill, did not respond promptly to the effort to stop it. In the other, the car running down a slight grade, had such a terrific momentum that it could not be stopped. In both instances the result was the same - a shocking loss of life. In neither instance would death/ have resulted had the cars been of the right sort, run in the right way, and handled by capable, experienced operative^. Plainly there are not enough first-class cars on the various lines. If there were more cars and better care, it would not be necessary to run them at break-neck speed, up and down our heavily graded streets. Then they would not be knocked out of repair so constantly. These facts have all been plain for the last few years. The Montgomery Street Railway has let matters go from bad to worse. It cannot, or will not, use its franchises for the purposes for which they were given. The practical result in either case is the same. The consideration for which the franchises were granted has not been received. The The City has not been properly, equitably benefited by the Street Rail Railway. - way. Railway. On the contrary, the people are in hourly danger from the way in which the streets are being mis misused. - used. misused. The franchises have been forfeited in equity. They should be annulled in law. It is no wonder, therefore, that the people continued yesterday to sign the petition to the Council to annul the franchises of the Street Railway. The list was greatly swelled with but little effort. Scores of citizens came to The Advertiser office to sign it. It appears elsewhere with the additional names. Last night Alderman Rushton presented the petition to the Council . It was read and referred to the Committee on Franchises, of which Alderman Ruth is Chairman. There was some discussion of the mat matter, - ter, matter, which indicated that the Council was aroused over the situation, but consideration was postponed un until - til until the next regular meeting in September. There should be no delay in the matter. The situation is fearful, is getting worse daily, and the quick quicker - er quicker the forfeiture proceedings are started, the quicker relief will come. The people should see to it that the slow process of the law is expedited in every way possible Below is the complete petition presented to the Council last night: TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTGOMERY: We respectfully call your attention to the lnefficieney of the service of The Montgomery Street Railway; to ita lack of sufficient cars to handle its traffic when any sort of unusual demand is made upon any line; to the unreliability of the service, as demonstrated by the frequent failure of the ears .to run for periods averaging from ten minutes to two hours; to the general weakening of its entire physical equipment, ren rendering - dering rendering its service dangerous as well as inadequate, unreliable and uncomfortable. In consequence of this condition of things, so detrimental to the development of Montgomery, and be because - cause because of the apparent indifference of the Street Railway to the public welfare, we respectfully urge upon you the justice and expediency of instituting proceedings to vacate the franchises which that corpora corporation - tion corporation holds, as apparently the only effective relief possible to the people of this city. F. J. THOMPSON, J. W. BRANSCOMB, R. H. POWERS, t j W. T. CHANDLER, W. N. COX, J. H. CLANCEY, W. D. MARTIN, Jr., B. J. WEIL, CHAS. A. STERN, ABE KRAUS, E. A. KOHN, BRADFORD HARDIE, JAMES C. WARE, LEO STRASSBURGER, H. KAHN, WM. M. TEAGUE, Jr., SIDNEY WINTER, J. E. WORSWICK, R. S. TEAGUE, J. M. HICKS. H. M. HOBBIE, L. STEINER. B. FRANK, JACQUES LOEB, C. E. BELL. B. WOLFF, H. C. DAVIDSON, DUNCAN MAY, S. E. WILSON. LEON J. GOETTER, FRANK P. GLASS, G. H. McCOMBS, E. E. FORBES. W. E. FLEMING, T. M. WESTCOTT, F. S. HOLT, A. G. FORBES, J. KOHN A SON, A. B. CROW. G. F. MERTINS, ROBT. H. MANGUM, , W. W. PEARSON, J. L. HOLLOWAY, W. E. HOLLOWAY, G. G. MILES, I. LEVYSTEIN, S. GASSENHEIMER, MORRIS M. WOLFF, H. LEVYSTEIN & CO., V. H. HANSON, A. CAHN, M. H. STUART, GEO. STUART, ALVA FITZPATRICK, T. H. MABSON, ERNEST MAYER, S. J. MOHR, S. G. WEIL. GEO. MANEGOLD, N. J. OREIL, B. S. GREIL, J. T. ROBERTS, HARTWELL DOUGLASS JNO. A. HAARDT, Jr., L. V. LATASTE. J. S. WILLCOX. HARRY WILLCOX. J. L. HARRIS. S. J. GARRETT. WILLIS CHANDLER MICHAEL CODY, JOHN W. DURR. C. N. HOLT, N. B. HOLT, J. S. DOWDELL, WM. BERNEY, A. J. BRAME, E. WINTER. J. C. HAAS. D. R. DREYFUS. A. M. ANDERSON, IKE LOEB. J. A. BCHNEIDER, W. C. POPE. DAVE COHEN, L. B. KOHN, W. C. HOLT, R. J. HUGHES. G. W. COVINGTON, JAS. H. HARDAWAY, WM. KNOX, W. H. GARDNER, DeLACY LAW, M. H. TUTTLE, D. D. S SYLVAIN MARKS, C. R. WESTCOTT, W. F. SADLER, MD. HUGH GALLAGHER, P. F. DIFFLY, A. C. KILPATRICK, GEO. W. ELLIS, G. A. GRANT, C. G. ABERCROMBIE. 3. F. YARBROUGH, ALSTON H. PICKETT, J. H. HIGGINS. A. M. ANDERSON, F. G. BENNETT. EMANUEL MEERTIEF, J. M. STARKE, W. A. MAY, J. Y. BRAME, S. J. SYKES. A. COKE SMITH, D. ABRAHAM, R. W. SHEEHAN. FRANK MCDONALD, J. L. GWIER, J. RICHARDSON, V. M. ELMORE, Jr., P. O. LANGFORD. T. J. McXENZIE, H. M. ALLRED, R. H. YELVERTON, WM. J. GRIFFIN. F. GEAGLEY, L. LASSITER. W. M. HUDSON A CO., T. B. THOMPSON, W. J. TUTTLE, R. H. HINES, A. C. CHANDLER, J. C. PIERSON, W. L. LAW. M. S. GILMER. M. A. BENJAMIN. , H. H. MATTHEWS, H. N. HUGHES, C. E. OWEN, H. BURGIN FULLER. C. G. ABERCROMBIE A. 3. KENNEDY, M. E. FORD, E. GOODE, A. H. McNEEL, W. A. BRASCOMBE W. A. HINDERER, t,. R. McKEE, WM H. MICOU, C. H. BOUTEET R. W. TONGE, FRED C. NEWELL, S. LEVY, JNO. J. BARNETT, D. M. HENLEY. E. O. THORNTON, L. R. KINSEY. T. F STEPHENS, MILLARD K. SWEATT WM. H. HURTER, J.W.SPARRENBERGER, H. W. PROVENCE, HERBERT COLEMAN, I. L. WATKINS, M. D. A. C. AKIN, C.~D. SANDS. R. I TAYLOR, P. C. WATTS. F. H. COBB. 1

WRECKED BY1 EXPLOSION. Many Persons Meet Their Death in Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Aug. 5. - A terrible ex explosion - plosion explosion 1 n a block of six buildings on Locust Street, above Tenth .tonight completely destroyed five of the struc structures - tures structures and caused the death of from ten to twenty or more persons. Over two score of-others were more or less seri seriously - ously seriously injured. Some of those taken to the hospital will die. It Is estimated that at least thlrty-flve were In. the five buildings when the explosion oc occurred - curred occurred and the exact number of dead probably will not be known for twenty twentyfour - four twentyfour hours. The buildings were occupied as fol follows: - lows: follows: Locust Street - No. 1008. Hous Housman's - man's Housman's pool and billiard rooms: 1010. Moses Rosenthal's second hand cloth clothing - ing clothing store, occupied by Rosenthal, his wife and five children: 1012. William Jones .colored restaurant, occupied by .Tones and about fifteen boarders: 1014 George McLemmy's grocery store, oc occupied - cupied occupied by McLemmy. clerk and aarvant girl; 1016 Quigley's grocery store, oc occupied - cupied occupied by Quigley, hts wife, three chil children - dren children and his uncle: 1018 Albert Moun Mounten's - ten's Mounten's grocery and meat store, occupied by Mounten, brother, sister and clerk. Many Buildings Damaged. The explosion occurred about 9:30 o'clock. What exploded and how it hap happened - pened happened l« not known at this time, but It is believed to have beeen a barrel of gasoline In one of the three groceries. Almost .every building In a radius of two blocks of the explosion hud window panes shattered and otherwise dam damaged. - aged. damaged. Every building on the opposite side of of Locust Street was more or less wrecked, but none of them fell. A terrific cry went up from the ruins the moment the explosion occurred. Women, children and men. occupants of the wrecked houses, could be seen crawling from the debris, while the agonising cries of others were heard in the wreckage. From all the surround surrounding - ing surrounding buildings injured people came run running - ning running and fell Into the street, uncon unconscious. - scious. unconscious. To add to the horror, lire broke out in the debris the moment it settled to the ground, and in less than live minutes the great pile was burning fiercely from end to end. A general alarm was turned In for lire apparatus and ambulances, and In the meantime the work of rescue was voluntarily be begun - gun begun by those in the neighborhood who k were not injuied. Here and there a w person was diagged from the ruins be be! - ! be! fore the Are could reach the victim, several lives being saved by this prompt work. When the firemen reached the scene the flames had made great headway, and were Igniting the buildings across the street. The Are, however, was soon under control. Digging Away the Ruins. The work of digging away the ruins was then begun In earnest. Near the edge of the debris several colored men were taken out and sent to the hospi hospitals. - tals. hospitals. While the firemen and policemen i were digging in the debris and haul hauling - ing hauling away heavy timbers in several sections of the wreckage, cries were heard coming from the cellar of Moun Mounten's - ten's Mounten's grocery store. Fifty men, with rope and tackle, were Immediately put to work at that point and pulled away the roofing and flooring, which had fallen Into a massed heap. At the bot bottom - tom bottom of the pile, doubled up, was a! man and woman. The man was able to speak, but the woman was dead. They were hauled out. While thfe work of resj|e was going on in the exploded* block, hospital at attendants - tendants attendants and others made a search of all the damaged houses on the oppo opposite - site opposite side of the street and almost a ! score of persons were taken to various hospitals from these places. The Jefferson and the Pennsylvania Hospitals, which are located nearest the seene of the explosion, were crowd crowded - ed crowded soon with the Injured. None of those taken to the hospital died up to mid midnight. - night. midnight. Two hundred men were then at work clearing away the wreckage. The buildings containing the pool rooms, clothing store and the restiu restiurant - rant restiurant were three-story brick structures, while the other three buildings were two and one-half stories.

The Constitutional Convention was in session yesterday five hours and adopted seventeen sections of the Ar Article - ticle Article on Judiciary. There was consid considetable - etable considetable debate on the question of terms of Supreme Court Judges and of com compensation - pensation compensation of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, but no radical changes were made. If the Convention continues to pusl its work eoday_.the Article on Judiciarj tnay be completed, but it is expected that the proposition of the Committee to elect Solicitors by the people wit cause a lengthy debate. The Convention met at 11 o'clock yes yesterday - terday yesterday morning. SIghty-eight dele delegates - gates delegates responded to the call of the rol and the body was opened with prayet by Delegate Howell of Cleburne. A petition was presented by Mr Leigh of Escambia, from citizens oi Brewton. protesting against the free posses to public officials and urging the Convention to pass some clause againsf it. Mr. Graham of Montgomery, pre sented a resolution of condolence and sympathy to the family of Governoi Jones in their great affliction, whicl was adopted by a rising vote. Mr. Tayloe of Perry, introduced a res resolution - olution resolution to form a new county out oi Perry. Hale, Marengo and Dallai counties. Mr. Whiteside of Calhoun, presentee a similar petition to form a new Coun ty out of Calhoun, Cleburne and Cher Cherokee. - okee. Cherokee. .. , Article on Judiciary. The regular order was then taken ui which was consideration of the Articli on the Judiciary. Section 10. authorizing the leglslaturi to create probate court*. waW gdoptet without division. Section 11. relating to the compensa lion of Judges and Chancellors wai then taken up. Mr. Oates of Montgomery offered at amendment adding "or appointed" a the end of the section, and it was ac cepted by the Committee. Mr Macdonald of Montgomery mov moved - ed moved to strike out all after the wore "perquisites.'' which was laid on thi table ?nd the section adopted. Section 12, relating to the make-up o the Supreme Court, was adopted as re ported by the Committee. Section 13. relating to the election o judges by the people, was then taker up- Mr. Oates of Montgomery offered ar amendment to have them appointed b; the Governor with the consent of th< Senate, which was tabled. Mr. deGraffenreld of Hale offered ti amend by making all but Probati Judges elected by the Legislature which was tabled and the sectlor adopted as reported. Mr Waddell of Russell moved to re consider Section 7. adopted Saturday relating to Chancery Courts. Hii amendment sought to abolish them. Mr. Oates of Montgomery and Mr flraham of Talladega favored recon pideratlon. and Mr. Graham of Mont gomery opposed reconsideration. Thi motion to reconsider was lost. Section 14, relating to election or ap pointing of Judges of inferior court as the Legislature may prescribe, wai adopted. Section 15, relating to ( hancellors am Judges of all courts being citizens o the United States and of the State fo five years next preceding election, am not less than 25 years, of age, and ex cepting Judges of Probate from belni learned in the law. was read. Mr. Macdonald of Montgomery want e,l Probate Judges learned In the law and sent up an amendment to this ef feet. Mr. Duke of Chambers opposed th thamendment, - amendment, thamendment, and It was tabled. Th Thsection - section Thsection was then adopted. The Convention then took a reces until 3:30 p. m.

The Storm Centrea. The moat important strike point* tonight seem to be Leechburg _and Wellsville, with McKeesport a possible trouble center. From Leechburg this telegram was received: At 4 o'clock this afternoon the Hyda Park mill, which has been idle since the first of this year, wag started. At 3:45 % train arrived at Hyde Park, coming from Saltsburg, Vandergrlft and Apol Apollo. - lo. Apollo. The train stopped at .the works and fifty - men, clad in working garb and carrying dinner buckets, left the train and hurried into the works. There was no excitement and the mill owners and managers tonight claim they now have enough men in the mill to operate ail of the five plant mills. Sentinels are out and no.one ifc al allowed - lowed allowed to get into the mill without a pass word. This afternoon late six mil! men from Leechburg sauntered down toward the mill .passed by the guards and walked into the mills, where tonight they are at work. This makes sixty-one men now employed at the work*. The Amalgamated men, however, are ' on the ground, making deapetate ef efforts - forts efforts to keep all union men out. Report from Wellsville. From Wellsville, O., the following re report - port report is made: "The last four of the striking steel workers who were arrested, charged with riot, were released from Jail late this afternoon upon bail. There are warrants yet in the hands of the police for the strikers - which have not yet been served. The officers for some rea reason - son reason seem to be afraid to serve the war warrants. - rants. warrants. Henrv B. Henderson, a potter, for whom the police have a warrant, has been trying to get himself in the way of the officers all day to have them arrest him, but they will not do it for the reason that Henderson him himself - self himself Is backed by the National Brother Brotherhood - hood Brotherhood of Operative Potters and the of officers - ficers officers fear the vengeance of the pottere once they are aroused, as they would be If one of their number were put under arrest. "There were four new men brought Into the mill from Scottdale today and four of the strikers deserted the union and went back to work. Five mills were working today and four are working tonight, the largest number run any day since the strike began." Condition at McKeesport. The condition at McKeesport at 10 p. m. is reported as feverish. Many strik strikers - ers strikers are on be streets around the Na Natinai - tinai Natinai Tube Works. Men announce that they are only waiting for orders front headquarters before going nut. Organ- 1 Iser Flynn, of the Federation of Labors* was there today, looking over the sifct nation and oor.ferring with local lead* ! ers. Persistent rumors are to the ef effect - fect effect that the mine workers will refusa to furnish cpal for the trust coke fur furn - n furn tees or mills. An ordinance has been drawn up by Common Councilman James N. Wampler of the Fourth Ward, appropriating lion.noh for addi additional - tional additional paving and sewering in McKees McKeesport. - port. McKeesport. Only t»'x payers are to be em employed - ployed employed at thp work. It is intended tot the benefit of the strikers in case ths struggle is prolonged. Stockholm. Aug. 5 - The Kosta Glass W orks, the largest in Sweden, have be** ^ n , I

Adopted Without Division. Sections 18. 19 and 20 were adopted without division. Section 18 makes Judges conservators of the peace in their Jurisdiction. Section 19 authorizes the Governor to Hll vacancies by appointment. Section 20 provides that when a new Circuit or Chancery Division is cre created - ated created a judge shall be elected at the next election to chose representatives. Sections 21, 22 and 23 were adopted without division. Section 21 provides for substitute Judges in case of the legal incompe incompetency - tency incompetency of any judge to try specific cases. Section 22 authorizes the Legislature to provide for the holding of Circuit and Chancery Courts. Section 23 provides that no Judge of any court of record shall practice law. Section 24, which provides for the appointment of Registers tn Chancery by Chancellors, was adopted without division. Clerk of Supreme Court. The Convention was making good progress untli it brought up against Section 25 which provide* for the ap appointment - pointment appointment of the Clerk of the Supreme Court by the Justices, which precipi precipitated - tated precipitated a debate. The minority report provided for the eleotion of the Clerk of the Supreme 1 ourt by the people, vacancies to be fllled by the Justices. The Clerk is placed on a salary tq be prescribed by law after the expiration of the present Clerk. The minority report was signed by Judge Walker and Messrs. Hood. Jones of Hale. Tayloe, Davis of DeJCalb, Fitts, Ashcraft, Leigh. Coleman of Jasper and Kirk. Mr. Davis of DeKalb spoke in sup support - port support of the minority report. He said i th* Clerk of the Supreme Court re reL - L reL ceived more pay than any other officer "lh the State. General Sanford of Montgomery, sent i UP a substitute which embodied the clause of the present Constitution on the subject. It provided for the ap appointment - pointment appointment of the Supreme Court Clerks by the Justices and Clerks of inferior courts by the Judges of such courts. General Sanford in supporting his amendment, said he had served as Clerk of the Supreme Court twelve years and then resigned. He said It ' was a mistake to say that the Clerk rerehed such a great sum of money. His pay does not exceed 33,500 a year. ' Judge Walker of Madison, argued in i support of the minority report. He said it was wrong for the Clerk to re rei - i rei ctive more pay than any officer in the tapitol. He said it did not affect the i Present Clerk. The fee system, he de declared, - clared, declared, is bad. and the Convention , should minimize it as far as possible. , Judge Cobb of Macon, spoke in sup support - port support of the majority report. He said i the Convention should not run wild on the proposition to elect all officers by the people. The Clerk of the Su Supretne - pretne Supretne Court docs not come into eon eoni - i eoni tact with the people. He spoke of the confidential relations existing between the Justices and the Clerk. No better system was presented than the old sjstem. and he hoped the Convention , would make no cha'nge. Judge Cobb also advocated the fee system. He said . the Clerk was compelled to have as asi - i asi sistance and the fees are not paid by I the State, but by litigant*. ]f the fees are too high, let the Legislature reduce t no for.c

Pittsburg, Aug. 5. - Just a faint glim* mer of hope that the great steel work* ers' strike will be settled, was eat eatbodied - bodied eatbodied In a statement given out by President 8haffer of the Amalgamated Association tonight. When asked It he would pursue the same policy la or* I dering a strike In the mills of the Fed- ; oral steel, the National Steel and the i National Tube Companies as he did In calling out the men In the mills Ot the American Tin Plate Company, he re* plied: "If It had not been for this determination on my part, the general strike would have been ordered Satur* day night." > Before calling out the tin worker^ President Shaffer waited ten days. In order to be equally fair to the other constituent companies of the United ' States Steel Corporation and accord them the same treatment. President Shaffer has sent a similar notice to tM ' officers of the Federal Steel Company* the National Steel Company and tM'' National Tube Company, giving thetjg the same time In which to make any effort they may desire to bring about a settlement, or he will order a strike. It Is presumed that the delay in issu* ing the general order will be at least until the end of the present week. Tha possibility of a settlement of the strlka is based on the bare hope that the of* flclals of the three additional comm panles will bring to bear sufficient In* fluence to urge an adjustment of tha difficulty. 73H Fred Williams Talks. Vice-President Fred Williams of tha Alabama fields of the Amalgamated Association, was In Pittsburg today lot a brief time. Mr. Williams was pat^ ticularly Interested In the reports of the shipment of negro labor from tha j South to mills of the trust. Ha said the stories concerning the bringing q{ - colored men from the South ware ri ridiculous. - diculous. ridiculous. The fact was there were not over a dozen skilled workers to be found in the South, and these were Id the unions. The mill laborers were all In the Federation of Labor and mad* excellent union men. The experience In the past In bringing colored men In Into - to Into the Northern mills had proved cost costly - ly costly and unsatisfactory to the manufac manufacturers. - turers. manufacturers. and Mr. Williams did not be believe - lieve believe It would be attempted again. Re Regarding - garding Regarding the strike, Mr. Williams said he was confident there could be but onv result - victory for bis association.

I t I ' x.ie suDsutuie or General Sanford an"[ t'le minority report were tabled. Air. Rogers of Sumter, sent up an amendment authorizing Supreme Court Justices to appoint the Clerk of the Court, but empowering the legislature to fix his compensation. Air. Rogers spoke in support of his amendment and Mr. Merrill of Bar Barbour. - bour. Barbour. supported the report of the ma majority - jority majority of the Committee. Mi. Ashcraft of Lauderdale, made an earnest argument in support of the Rogers amendment. He said no ques question - tion question before the Convention bad been the subject of more lobbying. Notwith Notwithstanding - standing Notwithstanding claims and counter claims had been made as to the amount of money received by the Clerk of the Su Supreme - preme Supreme Court the friends of the Clerk had not brought forward the actual amount received by the Clerk. At this point, on motion of Governor Oates the privileges of the floor were extended to Hon. L. W. Turpin, form former - er former member of Congress from the Ninth District. Air. Jones of Hale, spoke in support of the Rogers amendment. He said he had been informed by Mr. Sterling A. Wood, a former Clerk of the Court, that he had received *9.000 in one year! General Sanford of Montgomery, said he had heard that some of the fee* of Mr. W'ood were improper. Mr. Jones retorted that if he had been on a fixed salary there would have been no improper compensation. Mr. Samford of Pike, spoke in sup support - port support of the majority report. He said the proposition of the minority of the Committee was to give the State a commission on the work of the Clerk of the Court who served five judges. Air. Samford moved to table the Rogers amendment. The vote was 40 to 20 and the point of no quorum was made. The roll was called for the as ascertainment - certainment ascertainment of a quorum and the roil call developed the presence of 80 dele delegates. - gates. delegates. A Parliamenary Squabble. The presiding officer. Captain White of Jefferson, ruled that the Rogers amendment tabled and this ruling brought out a lengthy parliamentary controversy participated in hv Gover Goveri - i Goveri nor Oates Judge Cobb of Macon, an! Messrs Heflin of Chambers Smith of ' Mobile Ashcraft of Lauderdale and r President Knox. s Section 25. a* reportel by the Can- i

THE KING'S DECLARATION. No Further Attept Will Be Made to Pass It. London. Aug. 5. - Although no dlvia dlviaIon - Ion dlviaIon was rhallenged at the third read reading - ing reading of the King's declaration bill this evening in the House of Lords, it is generally believed that no further at attempt - tempt attempt will be made to pass it. either this season or next. Lord Salisbury, the Premier. refer referring - ring referring to the statement of Catholic peers, said the government now realized that the C'atholles»dld not wish the offen offensive - sive offensive words of the original declaration to be withdrawn unless the govern government - ment government at the same time withdrew the declaration regarding the security of the Protestant succession. The govern government - ment government never had the slightest intention of withdrawing that. The Catholics re regretted - gretted regretted that they must be prepared to see the declaration stand In its present 'OI THE KNOXVILLE STRIKE. All Efforts to Settle It Have Proven Unavailing'. Knoxville. Aug. 5. - All efT irts to settle - ir strike hav? failed and the Traction Company announces to touij-nt - uij-nt touij-nt ih;-1 the places of all strikers will he tried bv Wedncnday morning. The company claims to have applications from 300 men for positions, many being experienced street car men The company this afternoon rejected the counter-proposition made by the men and thus ended all negotiations. The au authorities - thorities authorities have guaranteed the company full protection, but it is believed that as soon as the company starts the opera operation - tion operation of cars after flark there will be trou trouble. - ble. trouble. The men hope to win their ogiit by peaceful method*-, believing that th° <\.rs will be operated at a heavy loss by the company. REDUCTION OF WAGES. Cotton Mill Operatives May Be Af Affected. - fected. Affected. Fall River. Mass.. Aug 5 -A paper was placed tn circulation today among the cotton manufacturers of th*s city look looking - ing looking toward a general reduction i 1 wages of r> per e#nt U the reduction li, agi»ed to. it will go into effect Sept. 3. and will _ involve at least 25,000 operatives.