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The Bamberg Herald. ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG, S. C.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9J902. OJfE DOLLAR PER YEAR. . . ? | ??TBI ?????n? CONFERENCE] Coal Mine Owner Mediation of t MINERS' UNION OBSTACLE Barons Emphatic in Their Contention that Miners Must Return to Work Without Concessions?Situation is Left Un. changed. A Washington special says: The great coal conference between the president and representatives of the operators and miners came to an end at the temporary white house facing Lafayette square at 4:55 o'clock Friday afternoon, with a failure to reach an agreement. Apparently the rock upon which the conference split was recognition of j the miners' union. The president had urged the contending parties to cease i strife in the interest of the public 1 welfare; the miners, through the pres-. ident of their union, had expressed a : willingness to submit differences to j arbitration of a tribunal to be named | by the president and to enter into an ! > - agreement to abide by terms fixed by j the arbitration for a period of from | one to five years, and the employers. j through the presidents of the railroad j and coal companies and leading inde j pendent mine operators had squarely refused arbitration, had denounced the I miners' labor organization as a law- j less and anarchistic body with which ; they could and would have no dealings, had demanded federal troops to insure complete protection to workers and their families in the mining re-N gion and court proceedings against! miners' union and had offered, if the ! men returned to work, to submit griev-1 ances at individual collieries to the de* - 'i-- * ; cislon of tne judges oi me wmt ui common pleas for the district of Pennsylvania in which the colliery was lo- ; cated. There the matter closed. Remarkable Chapter Written. It was a remarkable chapter in the economic history of the country that! was written during the day. For the ; first time the president of the republic i had intervened directly between the great forces of capital and labor in an effort to avert what he himself regarded as a great national calamity, j The result was to bring the principals in the great controversy face to face with the whole country, eaLerly intent upon and watchful of their doings. Technically the issues beetween the two great forces stand as they did before the president summoned the representatives of the contending forces to the national capital, and i forgetting his own acute suffering, be-, sought them for love of the great j counary wherein they dwelt and out of pity for the countless throng of suffer mg poor, to adjust tneir ainertna'b and work together in peace for the j commonwealth. What, if anything, j will result from the conference is for the' indefinite future. The views of the contenders in the great industrial struggle were so extreme and wide apart that there was no middle ground possible, and so the conference came to an end without any agreement for its continuation. The conference had lasted six hours, including a recess of three hears between the morning and afternoon sessions, taken to enable the miners and operators to prepare written responses to the president's appeal. The immediate : arties to the strike say they will continue as heretofore. What course the administration will take next no one is prepared to say. One of the operators, as he left the white house, with closely set jaw, was asked regarding this, and replied: "IT any one knows what the presi- i dent will do next, that is more than I know." | Fourteen Men Present, Fourteen men. including the presi- ! dent, were in the second story front J room at the temporary white house j = > == . LAUGHTER TURNS TO GLOOM. -z : I- :... T...? UDIIdp^e Ul Uli tub otais IIIJUI C5 t wv Hundred People. At Maryville, Mo., 1,500 people were thrown several feet to the ground by j the collapse of the seats in a tent ; where a show was in progress. Two t hundred were injured, some seriously, j J. C. Donnelly, ex-maqor of Maryville, was badly injured. Miss Rose Montgomery received injuries in the back which will probably prove fatal. The coilapse occurred while the people were roaring at the jokes of the ; clowns. j WILL SWELL THE RANKS. More Miners in Alabama District Get Orders to Stop Work. President Fiynn. of the United Mine j Workers of America, dist'.ict of Ala- i bama, stated Friday that he had issued orders for all the miners of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railway Company, at Blue creek and Bloeton j mines to suspend work, on Monday. : About 1.600 men are involved, which. | added to fhose alreadv out in the i Pratt mines' division, will make the to- i tal number of strikers over 4,000. da\/ e-i-AT-rr DCDI1DI IPANS on i o i n i k. nur v v^. w. Name Ticket With John L. Bates at j Its Head. Massachusetts republicans, at their j state convention in Boston Friday, ; named the following ticket: Governor?John L. Bates. Boston. Lieutenant Governor?General Curtis Guild. Jr. Secretary of State?William Clin. Treasurer? Edward S. Bradford. Attorney General?Herbert Parker. r* 1 LAT FAILURE! i j s Refuse to Accept I he President. j t i . f during the momentous conference. President Mitchell and three of his I district leaders represented the minj crs. and five railrcad nun and one in1 dependent mine operator the employj ers. With the president were AttorI ney General Knox, Commissioner of ! Labor Wright and Secretary Cortelyou. All the cabinet save the attor; ! ney general kept aloof during the cou| ference, but between the two meetj ings and afterwards several of the I president's advisers called upon him to talk over the situation. What took j place at the meeting is set out in am; pie statements made by each side and given out to the press by themselves | j and also officially at the white house. During the conference the president listened to both sides with the greatest eagerness. Immediately after its adjournment his physicans. Surgeon General Rixey and Dr. Lung, insisted on making an examination of his wound and redressing it. Apparently no ill-effecis had resulted from the excitement of the day. and after a later call at S o'clock Dr. Lung announced that the president's condition was satisfactory. President Roosevelt's Plea. At the opening of the conference. President Roosevelt made the following statement: "I wish to call your attention to the fact that there are three parties affected by the situation in the anthra- I cite trade?the operators, the miners and the general public. I speak for neither the operators nor the miners, but for the general public. The questions at issue which led to the situation affect immediately the parties concerned, the operators and the miners; but the situation itself vitally affects the public. "As long as there seemed to be a reasonable hope that these matters could be adjusted between the parties it did not seem proper to me to intervene any way. I disclaim any right c-r duty to intervene in this way upon legal grounds or upon any official relation that I bear to the situation; but the urgency and the terrible nature of the catastrophe impending over a large portion of our people in the shape of a winter fuel famine impel - * s i i U t 4 me. alter mucn anxious muugm, iu believe that my duty requires me to use whatever influence I personally can bring to an end a situation which has become literally intolerable. "I wish to emphasize the character cf the situation and to say that its gravity is such that I am constrained urgently to insist that each one cf you realize the heavy burden of responsibility upon him. We are upon the threshold of winter, with an already existing coal famine, the future terrors of which we can hardly yet appreciate. The evil possibilities are so far-reaching, so appalling, that it seems to me that you are not only justified in sinking, but required to sink, for the time being, any tenacity as to your respective claims in the matter at issue between you. "In my judgment, the situation imperatively requires that you meet upon the common plane of the neces sities of the public. With all the earnestness there is in me. I ask that there be an immediately resumption of operations in the coal mines in some such way as will, without a day's unnecessary delay, meet the crying needs of the peDpIe. "I do not invito a discussion of vnnr respective claims and positions. I appeal to your patriotism, to the right spirit that sinks personal considerations and makes individual sacrifices fcr the general good." Train Plunges Into Washout. The Southern Pacific through California passenger train due in San Antonio. Texas. Friday morning .plunged into a washout near Harwood at 5 a. m. The engine, mail car. baggage car and ?wo passenger coaches were turned over, but no one was injured. FATAL ELEVATR ACCIDENT. Cable Breaks Causing Death of Two Occupants and Injury of Others. In an elevator accident at the shoe factory of A. E. Little & Co.. at Lynn, Mass.. Friday two persons were killed and eleven others rcor or less serious Iy injured. A cable parted and not only did the car, which contained thirteen persons, fall four stories, but a GcO-pound weight descended with great force on the top of it, breaking through and crushing two of the occupante. TERRORIZED OKLAHOMA TOWN. Four Brothers Engage in Fierce Battle With Authorities. At Crescent City an inland town IS miles northwest of Guthrie. Oklahoma. a fierce battle was fought between the officers of the town and four Brown brothers. Mai. Don Bill and j .John, prominent farmers and ranch ers of that vicinity. Friday night. As a result Mel Burgess, another farmer. is reported dead. Mai Brown seriously wounded and several others injured. COUNTERACT TOBACCO TRUST. Independent Cigar Manufacturers Effect an Organization. To prevent the alleged tobacco trust from monopolizing the raw material, the independent cigar manufacturers ?f the country have organized a $k.OOO.OOO stock company to fight the combination. The new concern is bei ing underwritten by the Union Trust I Company of Chicago. UNION VEIEKANS AbiEMBLE. | The Thirty-Sixth Encampment of j Grand Army cf the Republic Opens at Washington. The men who fought for the union in the great conflict that raged from 1861 to 1SG5 met in annual reunion in 1 Washington Monday morning. They came, thousands strong, to participate in the 36th encampment of the Grand Army cf the Republic. The opening ceremonies were greeted by bright skies, a beautifully decorated city and hospitable people. A noticeable feature was the presence of a great many young folks among the out-of-town people. The streets had been specially cleaned in preparation for the event, and everything was in applepie order for the Veterans. The program for the day included an auto parade, a regatta on the Potomac, the dedication of Camp Roosevelt, a monster camp fire at convention hall and a grand display of fireworks at night. One of the interesting events of the J day was the automobile parade in | which many nanasomeiy uecuiuuru i vehicles participated. The start was made at 10 o'clock from Scott Circle, and lines extended for many blocks. Headed by a large automobile containing a band, the procession slowly moved down the Street, and those in the more attractively decorated machines were applauded by the throngs which had got along the sidewalks. After passing through the principal streets the parade was reviewed by several cabinet officers and invited guests on judges' stands erected near the white house. The following statement was made at the white house: "The president has expressed to Commander-in-Chief Torrance and to Chairman Warner of the local committee. his keen regret at his inability to review the parade of the G. A. R. on Wednesday. His friends feel that he should not subject himself to the great strain that this would involve. He has, however, thought in some way he might be able to greet the members of the G. A. R. in Washington and their families and friends who accompany them. His physicians today stated that if nothing unforeseen occurred in his condition and if the weather was favorable, he could safely be driven along the line of the parade on Wednesday and it is hoped this arrangement can be carried out." NEW APPELLATE COURT Convenes for First Session in Atlanta, Ga., With Justice Pardee Presiding. The United States circuit court of appeals for the fifth judicial district, comprising the states of Texas. Louisiana. Mississippi, Florida. Alabama, and Georgia, convened Monday morning at 11 o'clock in the circuit court, room on the third floor of the govern ment building in Atlanta. All three of the judges were present, the court: being composed of Senior Presiding Justice Don A. faraee. 01 Aiiania, Associate Justice A. P. McCormick, of Dallas. Texas, and Associate Justice David D. Shelby, of Huntsville, Ala. The clerk of the court is Charles H. Dednum, of New Orleans. Promptly at the hour for the opening of the court the judges entered the court room attired in the long black gowns which they wear while on the bench. Some- twenty-five or thirty attorneys who occupied seats in the room arose when the judges entered. After the judges reached the bench Chief Justice Pardee requested them to resume their seats. Court was opened by J. J. Martin of East Point, acting as crier, who was appointed to act in that capacity by United States Marshal Walter Johnson. He was followed by Clerk Charles H. Lednum, who read the act which called for the sitting of the court in Atlanta. The act is entitled: "An act providing that the circuit court of appeals of the fifth judicial district of the United States shall hold at least one term of said court annually in the city of Atlanta, in the state of Georgia, on the first Monday in October in each year." WEALTHY COMPANY IN TROUBLE Temporary Receiver Appointed for Concern in Cherokee County, Ga. Upon the petition of John M. Patterson. of Pittsburg. Pa., who holds $175,000 of the stock, the Creighton Mining and Milling company, with a paid in capital stock of half million dollars, was Thursday morning placed in the hands of a temporary receiver by Judge William T. Newman, of the federal court in Atlanta. The property of the mining company is situated in Cherokee county. It embraces several gold mines, a stamping mill, a number of stores and is thought to be very valuable. BRYAN'S STRIKE REMEDY. Commends Roosevelt's Action, But Suggests Extra Session of Congress. In a statement made at Lincoln Monday evening W. J. Bryan says President Roosevelt should be commended lor ms snores seme me miners strike. He suggests, however, that since the operators decline to arbi trate. the president's nands are tied, and urges him to call an extra session of congress. ' MARCUS AND TOMMIE. Agree to Debate Tariff from an Economic Standpoint. In his speech at Steubenville. O.. Monday. Senator Hanna challenged Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, to a debate on the tariff, subject to be discussed from a strictly economic standpoint and with no reference to monopolies. Senator Hanna's challenge was telegraphed Mayor Johnson at Wooster, ( and he immediately replied that he wauld accept the challenge. \ SOUTH CAROLINA I % STATE NE WS ITEMS, JcxJC^J'rvjrNjr^jc^ a South Carolina Wins in Gotham. A special from Albany, N. Y.. says: The democrats of the twenty-third congressional district have nominated B. Cleveland, of Schenectady, formerly of Columbia, S. C. * ? * South Carolina College. There will be interest throughout the state in the attendance at the South Carolina College. A roster of students now in attendance shows 190 students, which is a record-breaker. During :he session new students matriculate. and the large opening shows the healthy condition of the college, j *% Branch Line In Prospect. The prospect for a branch trolley line from the North Augusta and Aiken Electric road to Edgefield and thence to Saluda is bright indeed. It is said the terms upon which President Jackson will build the line are /->on Im or>c?lir mpf Thp au 1/11 mat cn^j vctii ? j matter will be taken up by the business men at once and a strong pull will be made to make the project a reality. * * * Young Lady Burned to Death. Miss Katherine Barnwell, a popular young society lady of Charleston, died the past week from the effects of burns. She was preparing a dish at the stove at her home. No. 5 Atlantic street, when her clothes became ignited and she was severely burned before the fire could be extinguished. Medical assistance was summoned immediately and everything possible done to relieve her suffering, but without avail. Mist: Barnwell was well known and very popular, and her untimely death has cast a gloom over a wide circle of friends. * * * Death of G. M. Walker. Gustavus Mills Walker, the wellknown teller of the Carolina national bank of Columbia, died at his heme in that city a few days ago. Mr. Walker was one of Columbia's staunchest citi- j zens and won the esteem of the entire community, coming in contact with most of Columbia's people in his daily ^cation. Mr. Walker was born in Charleston on April 23, 1842. When but a young man he went to the front with the first southern troops at the outbreak of the war. He was assigned to duty in the quartermaster's department, serving until the close of the war. * * Photo of State Officers. There is a very interesting study in the group photograph of the new state officers which has iusf been issued bv W. A. Reckling & Sons. The group picture gives all of the state officers and railroad commissioners. First of all it shows a set of young and handsome men. Four out of the eleven are clean shaven, without any sign of moustache, Ave have .moustaches and only two have more than a moustache ?Messrs. Caughman and Wharton. The baldest officer in the picture is one of the youngest. Superintendent of Education 0. B. Martin. It. is the youngest set o:: state officers, ail in all. ever selected in South Carolina for similar positions. * * * Convict Shoots Officer. Amos Singletpn, a negro who escaped from the Florence county chaingang, shot and seriously wounded Policeman A. D. Owens, at Sumter. The Sumter police had been notified of Singleton's escape and a description of him had been furnished. Officer Owens met Singleton face to face on the street. He recognized him at once ar.d attempted to arrest him. Single ton ran and Owens pursued him. He dodged around the corner of a house and as Owens turned the corner in pursuit Singleton fired at the officer the ball taking effect in the groin. Singleton then made his escape through a field. Ag soon as the bloodhounds could be brought in from the chaingang camp they were taken to the place where Singleton crossed the field, but they could not pick up the trail, as a number of people had been looking at the tracks and trampling the ground. Singleton is said to be a desperate and dangerous man. * Chief Justice Mclver. The Sunday News, of Charleston, prints from Anderson a story about the reported resignation of Chief Justice Mclver and of the desire to have the Hon. J. P. Cary, of Pickens, elevated to a place on the supreme court bench. The desperate physical condition of the eminent chief justice has been known here for some time, but. nothing has been said about his resignation. Some time ago a daily paper suggested a successor to Chief Justice Mclver and the press generally jumped all over the paper for taking up such a subject. The information is that Chief Justice Mclver will not resign, and that if the dread disease claims its victim it will be as chief justice and tilling an office in which he has done so faithful and so able jnH cntisfarfnrv work. There has been much speculating on the changes that will in time take place on the supreme court bench, ami very many suggestions have been made. * * * A New Railroad to Anderson. The secretary of state of Georgia has issued a charter to the Tennessee. Georgia and South Carolina railroad. This is the new road which is project ed io run from Charleston. Tenn., to Anderson. It is learned that there j has been a delay in securing the char-! ier in this state. The South Carolina aw pro rider: t.iat no charier shall be | granted to a railroad unless at least ' one of the corporators is a resident of the state. This requirement was overlooked in the application for a i barter recently made to the secre- t iary of state, and the defect will ho lemedied in another application which is soon to be made. Mr. W. 13. Frink, of Chicago, who is one of the promoters of the road, writes that he will be ;ii Anderson during the latter part of rhe month, and that he is anxious to meet Anderson people and explain his scheme fully to them. He declares that the road will be built, and says ihat work will begin on securing rights of way, making surveys, etc., as soon as the charter is secured. So far there has been no intimation in his letters that he expects Anderson people to put up any money and his promised visit is awaited with a great deal of interest. j * it State Fair Will Be Great. The annual State Fair is going to be ( a success this year. The general conditions throughout the state have nev- j cr been more favorable and the people generally like to visit Columbia and have one grand annual reunion. Friends and relatives who have not met all the year will attend the fair. The State Fair Society has increased its premium list, and larger and better exhibits are to be expected. The races are expected to 'be better and snappier, and more stables have promised to be on hand for the racinc events. Dr. Eugene McGregor and Mr. T. J. Cunningham will have charge of the races this year. The South Carolina College and Clemson College will play their annual game of foot ball. Both eoleges now have first-class teams, and the elevens are said to be much more evenly balanced than usual. The Daughters of the Revolution will give a reception at the state house. The annual state ball, which is given under the auspices of the South Carolina Club, will take place as usual I in the state house on Thursday night of fair week, and. of course, it is always the one great social event of the year. Thus far no conventions or gatherings have been called for fair week, and the visitors can devote themselves entirely to pleasure seeking. The Columbia Fair Association will, as heretofore, arrange for special attractions, and see that there will be plenty of illumination and music during the entire week. The Elks, a strong and popular local organization, has undertaken to have a great carnival during the week. It has arranged for a series of varied street amusements, and a great num ber of first-class attractions will give performances on the streets. * Bids Soon to Be Opened. Saturday the bids which have been filed with Admiral Endicott chief of the bureau of docks and yards, for the construction of the dry dock at the navy yard at Charleston will be opened in Washington. The advertise ments for these bids have been running for a month or more and several contractors have visited Charleston to | inspect the site of the navy yard so as to secure data on which to base the propositions which they were to submit to Admiral Endicott. It is probable the contract for constructing the dry dock will be awarded Saturj day, the day fixed for the opening of the bids, unless Admiral Endicott should deem a delay advisable. MAY AMlii. FRANCHISE. Street Car Strike in New Orleans Reaches Interesting Stage?Company Ordered to Get Busy. A New Orleans special says: Monday night at 6 o'clock Mayor Capedeveillp sent Hie following letter to the New Orleans Railway Company: . "Referring to my letter of this date suspending until further notice the demand made upon you in my letter of the 5th instant to run cars 011 all lines owned or operated by your compnay according to the franchises covering said lines. I beg to respectfully say that you must run the cars of your company after 7 o'clock cn Tuesdaymorning, October 7. 1902. PAUL CAPDEVEILLE, jUayor." At 2 o'clock Monday morning the mayor rescinded his previous order to the company to begin running cars by 10 o'clock, for the reason that he saw a settlement of the car strike in sight. Negotiations were then opened on a new tack, a new committee of the union met the officers of the railwaycompany and both sides practicallyagreed on a proposition for the men to return to work at 20 cents an hour and ten hours a day. The company insisted upon the proposition coming up to it in an official form from the union and to be presented through the mayor. The union considered the proposition and rejected it. and further, the press committee issued a statement that the committee was not authorized to act for them. The mayor waited until 6 o'clock p. m.f for the reply cf the union, and not receiving any sent the letter to the company to run its cars. The mayor was asked what would be the outcome if the company failed to run its cars. He replied that it would then be up to the city council to consider whether it had forfeited I its franchises. [ In the meantime preparations were j going forward to place the police in a I position to protect the barns from which the cars will be run. TRAGEDY OF THE RAIL. Trains Crash in Montana Killing Three ancJ Injuring Six. A Burlington westbound train and the Northern Pacific eastbound ex press mot in a head-on collision be tween Columbus and Park City. Mont, on a curve 011 the Northern Pacific traci: Saturday. Two men were killed and seven injured, one fatally. The engine and mail caps were wrecked. ON t-DOLLAR STRIKE! ? i I Alabama Miners Cause Trouble i Over Collection of Assessment. ! IflREE THOUSAND QUIT WORK Issue is Refusal of Coal Company to Deduct One Dollar from Wages of Miners to Help Pennsylvania Strikers. A Birmingham, Ala., special says: Twenty-five hundred miners in the employ of the Tenncsseee Coal, Iron and Railway Company went out on strike Thursday. This action is in obedience to the order of the executive board of the United Mine Workers of America, district of Alabama. The board deierm ined that where the operators refused to collect for the union the one dollar per week assessment, made on all union miners for the benefit of the anthracite strikers in Pennsylvania, a suspension of work would be ordered, j It Is thought that all that company's mines will be involved, if an adjustment is not soon reached. About two weeks ago the Tennessee company declined to withhold the assessment money from certain miners at West Pratt, who objected to its payment, and five hundred men at that mine were ordered out. Thursday's suspension makes the total number now out 3,000. The question at issue is the discussion of a $1 assessment from the miners' wages for the benefit of the anthracite strikers, the Tennessee company refusing to make the reduction without a signed warrant from each man. A mass meeting of the Sloss Sheffield Company's men was held Thursday, and addresses were made by National Board Member Farley and District President Flynn. Out of 1,300 miners employed by this company about 900 were present, and It is said a large majority voted in favor of deducting the assessment. A committee was appointed to see the members who have declined to pay the assessment with the object of whipping them into line. As soon as the canvass is made the matter will be laid before President Maben, and if he refuses to deduct the assessment from all the miners' wages a strike at that company will be precipitated. WISE TAKES CARGE. Affairs of Pensacola Navy Yard Turned Over to Rear Admiral. n ? A .ImiKol WilHom Wfso arrivPd rwcai nuiuiiai TTiiuum *< <wV *%*...? at Pensaoola. Fla, and assumed command of the navy yard. The place was turned over to him with great naval formality Thursday. The navy department has ordered the cruiser Wasp to Pensaoola for use by Admiral Wise in visiting fortifications on gulf coast. Assignment of a rear admiral is regarded as a matter of much importance to Pensacola naval station. CUBA IS MAKING MONEY. Flattering Report of Customs Receipts for Month of September. Senor Montes. secretary of the Cuban treasury, reports that the customs receipts for the entire island during the month of September amounted ta $1,307,102. The receipts from the postoffice, money order department, internal revenue and sundries and reimbursements, etc., bring the total receipts for the fonth up to $1,596,401. Cash on hand is now $2,635,648. TWELVE MINERS SUFFOCATED. Explosion of Fire Damp in a Washington Coal Mine Was Fs.ta' An explosion of fire damp occurred Wednesday night between 9 and 9:30 o'clock in the south end of the fourth level of the Lawson mine, at Black Diamond, Wash., badly wrecking the mine and killing twelve miners. Fortunately no fire was started and the bodies were soon recovered. JUDGE CANDLER'S MAJORITY, Consolidated Returns of Georgia Election Gives Him About 1f.,OCO. According to The Atlanta Constitution the consolidated returns received from over the state do not material!} affect the standing of the two contestants in the judgeship race as previously announced. The later reports are about equally favorable to both candidates, and will not change the general result. The majority for Judge Candler will probably amount to 18,000 votei in the state. I CASEY'S STRICT ORDERS. Admiral in Charge of Panama Railroad Ignores Passes of Company. Under recent orders issued by Rear Admiral Casey, who is at Panama, on the battleship Wisconsin, no Colombian military officers or troops or ammunition. will be allowed to be transported across the isthmus by rail unless by special permission This order ignores the passes issued by the railroad company. MOROS TAUGHT A LESSON. Pershing's Column Demolishes Forty Forts and Kill Many Natives. A Manila special says: Captain John J. Pershing's column has completely routed the Maciu Moros in the island of Mindanao, killing or wounding a hundred of them and capturing and destroying forty forts. Two Americans wne wounded. It is believed the moral effect of the defeat will be great. * 1* i ? > | Cream of News.| 2 *J? ! Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each Day. ?John W. Jordan, in his hundredth year, dropped dead in a street ear in Atlanta Sunday while on his way to church. ?Mob batters down door of jail at Lincointon, N. C.. to lynch negro, but desist on plea of judge. Later demonstration is made and militia is called out. ?Freight rate discrimination against Wilmington, X. C., by the railroads will be carried, to court of equity. ?Suits to the amount of $200,000 will be instituted against railroads for back taxes in Mississippi. ?If orders of officials of United Mine Workers are obeyed. 4,200 miners will strike in Alabama. ?Members of the conference held at the white house Sunday over the strike situation are reticent and nothing can be learned about the proceedings. ?The mayor of New Orleans ordered the street railway company to run their cars by 10 o'clock Monday morning. ?The Grand Army of the Republic encampment began at Washington Monday. ?It is said that King Leopold, of Belgium, will abdicate as soon as public works he initiated have a fair start. ?Rear Admiral Casey, who Is at Panama, issues orders that no Colombian soldiers will be allowed to be transported across the isthmus without a special permission. ?Voters cf North Carolina can register, but cannot vote unless poll tax is paid. ?All the governors in the United States will be invited to be present at laying of corner stone of new capitol in Mississippi on June 3, the birthday of Jefferson Davis. ?in the establishment of new industries in the sou-th all records have been broken in past nine months. ?The coal barons and John Mitchell met President Roosevelt in conference Friday, but nothing was ac- I complished toward settling the strike. ?At Maryville, Mo., 1.500 persons were thrown to the ground by the collapse of circus seats Two hundred were injured, some fatally. ?Wall street was thrown into a panic by a rumor that Comptroller Ridgely had declared secretary i Shaw's plan for relieving the stringency illegal. Ridgely denies making any suciii statement. ?Augusta, Ga., railways and electric light plant has been sold to eastern syndicate. ?Eighteen thousand is majority given Judge John S. Candler for associate justice of Georgia supreme court. ?Mississippi has declared war on alleged cotton oil trust. ?Election managers at Dothan, Ala., brand as false statement that ballot box was tampered with. ?United States Senator Dolliver, discussing the "Iowa idea" before the league of Republican Clubs, asserted that there was no need to be alarmed about the trusts, as they would be destroyed by time. ?In the trial of Robert M. Snyder, at St. Louis, on the charge of bribing councilmen, evidence was given to the effect that the accused paid large sums to secure franchises. ?President Castro, of Venezuela, has fallen back before the rebels and taken up a strong position near Caracas, where he expects to give battle. ?General Chaffee and Vice Governor Wright have sailed from Manila j for the United states, ineir uepan,ure was the occasion of a great demonstration at Manila. ?Captain Evan P. Howell Is chosen for mayor of Atlanta by a majority of 537 votes over both his opponents. ?Judge John S. Candler is elected associate justice of the Georgia suprese court by large majority. Very light vote polled for state officers. ?Officers of People's Bank of Barnesville, Ga., give bond for sum involved in litigation and temporary receiver is dismissed. ?Negro defies Savannah, Ga., police and with Winchester rifle holds them at bay until darkness covers his escape. ?Bird S. Coler was nominated for governor by New York democrats and Devery excluded from the convention. The platform demands national ownership of coal mines. ?The Moros are offering little resistance to the column under Captain Pershing. Several forts have been taken without casualties to United States troops. ?The ship combine, promoted by J. Pierpont Morgan, has been incorporotoH unripr thp laws of New Jersey. iUVVU ^ __ The capital is fixed at $120,000,000. I ?James Wilcox, condemned to death for the murder of Nellie Cropsey, at Elizabeth City, N. C.. is given a new trial by the supreme court. ?No cars are run in New Orleans on account of the strike, and a number of officers of the union are arrested, but released on bond. ?Republicans will put out candidates for congress in every district in Alabama. ?Alabama miners employed by the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad I Company have been ordered to strike. ?President Roosevelt has summon! ed the coal magnates and John Mitchell to Washington to confer with reference to a settlement of the strike. ?Burglars dynamite vault at Fort ! Mills. S. C., and get away with about ' $15,000. ?Fairoloth and Smith were hanged at Bronson. Fla., Tuesday for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis. STONE TAKES ACTION More Troops Are Ordered Instaoter to Strike Regions. DEVELOPMENTS ARE AWAITED Entire Division of National Guard of Pennsylvania Must Go on Duty, According to the Order Promulgated. - ^ ' A special from Harrisburg, Pa., says: Monday night Governor Stone ordered out the entire division of the national guard of Pennsylvania to duty in the mine region. The order calling out the guard is as follows: "Headquarters National Guard, Ad jutant General's Office, Harrisburg, Pa., October 6.?In certain portions of the counties of Luzerne, Schuylkill, Carbon, Lackawanna, Susquehanna, " g Northumberland and Columbia tumults and riots frequently occur and mob law reigns, men who desire to work have been beaten and driven away and their families threatened. Railroad trains have been delayed, stoned and tracks torn up. The civil authorities are unable to maintain order and have called upon the governor and commander-in-chief of the nation- 3* al guards for troops. The situation ^ grows more serious daily. The territory involved is so extensive that the troops now on duty are insufficient to prevent all disorders. The presence of the entire division of the national guard of Pennsylvania is necessary in 3 these counties to maintain the public "The major general commanding will place the entire division on duty, distributing them in such localities as < ;'i will render them most effective for preserving the public peace. . ^ "As tumults, riots, mobs and disor- * ders usually occur when men attempt to work in and about the coal mines, -J&R yon will see that all men who desire . to work, and their families, have ampie military protection. He will pro- -M tect all trains and other property from ^ unlawful interference and will arrest %4j all persons engaging in acts of violence and intimidation and hold them under guard until their release will not endanger the public peace; will -y.M see that threats, intimidations, a&- saults and all acts of violence cease / at once. The public peace and good - H order will be preserved upon all occa- MM slons and throughout the several counties and no interference whatever will be permitted with officers and men in the discharge of their duties under . this order. The dignity and authority of the state must be maintained, and her power to supprese all lawlessness within her borders asserted. . rsj "By order of William A. Stone, governor and commander-in-chief. "THOMAS J. STEWART, "Adjutant General." / - i Officers in Conference. The formal order was given out at the executive mansion shortly before 11 o'clock Monday night by Private Secretary Gerwig. Governor Stone called a conference of the general officers of the guard, at which it was decided to place these troops in the COAL FROM NEWCASTLE. Many Thousands of Tons from Euro* pean Markets are Coming. A London dispatch says: According to a telegram from Newcastle, 100,000 tons of coal were sold on the . .y? Newcastle coal exchange Monday for shipment to America. Reports from Cardiff say that twen* v.y ty-five steamers have been secured for early sailing from Wales ports for New York and Boston, and it is said |8 that Ameican purchasers during the last week at Cardiff alone totaled 100,000 tons, of which 80,000 tons was for New York. The purchases at Swansea last week totaled 20,000 tons. It is estimated that Welsn coal for America aggregate 200,000 tons since the rush began. EMILE ZOLA LAID TO REST. 1 Dreyfus Marched in Funeral Procession, But Was Unnoticed by Crowd. The remains of Emile Zola were laid to rest at Paris Sundav with simple but impressive ceremonies. It was such a funeral as Zola himself would have wished, without pomp but with the serried ranks of thousands of workingmen. many accompanied by Jaj their wives, sorrowfully marching behind his coffin. , Former Captain Dreyfus marched in the funeral cortege, according to the authority of the prefect of police, but he passed completely unnoticed by the WILL FIGHT TO A FINISH. I * C*?lts?re R?fllfta All OVAN rxcw uncdng wnin?K .... ? ? tures and Stand Pat. A New Orleans special says: After four days wasted in useless parleying between the street car men and street railway company, through the mayor as intermediary, all negotiations came to a positive end Thursday night and a determined effort will be made to run the cars and the usual cons?' qeunces are expected. ROBBERS BLUFF WHOLE TOWN. is Five Men Loot Bank While Citizens {-l Look on, Powerless to Act. The safe in the bank at Norman, Neb., was blown open by robbers ear- - . ly Thursday morning. The robbers, four in number, secured about $1,000 * ,-: in cash and terrorized the town. Many persons saw them at work, and had to stand by helpless, for the robbers were well armed and threat ened to kill any one who interfered. .