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1? The Bamberg Herald. j _ jT-rf jSULi.j ! * _. ? - \ " * ?m~mammn^SSSEE^^^^2\ ? . ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C . THURSDAY. OCTOBER 16.1902. * ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. ' -4%"A ' ?- l/^in ifr?ki i Arr AilV - a "ARBITRATE!" CRY BARONS; Coal Operators Come Down From Pedestals. | STRIKE MAY SOON END! Magnate Morgan Brings About a Conference at Washington at Which Operators Accept Proposition cf Miners for Arbitration. A Washington special says: The operators have agreed to the appointment of a commission to be appointed by the president of the United States to whom shall be referred all questions at issue between the companies and their own employees, whether they belong to a union or not, and the decision of the commmision snail be accepted " by the operators. The commision is to consist of an army or navy officer, an expert mining PS- r v engineer not connected with coal mining properties, one of the judges of the United States courts of the eastern district of Pennsylvania, a man of prominence, eminent as a sociologist, and a man who, by active participation in* mining and selling coal, is familiar with the physical and commercial features of the business. The operators also make as part of their proposition that the miners shall return to work as soon as the commission is constituted, and cease all interference with non-union men. The commission is to name a date when its findings shall be effective, and to govern conditions of eployment between the companies and their own '. * employees for at least three years. The statement was read to the presi aeni as an act 01 courtesy Deiore Demg given to the press. SUPREME COURT RECONVENES. New Members Admitted and President Called Upon. A Washington special says: After the usual summer recess, the United States supreme court re-convened at noon Monday for the October term. No business beyond the admission of new members of the bar was transacted. This was in accordance with the custom of devoting the first day's sitting to a call on the president. The court was not in session to exceed five minutes and immediately af ter the adjournment the justices doffed their official robes and. taking carriages. proceeded to the temporary white house, where they were presented formally to President Roosevelt. The presentation was made in the order of the seniority of the members. 1 The call was purely social and formal, 1 consuming only a few minutes of time. The justices were accompanied, as usual, by Solicitor General Richards, Clark, McKenna. Marshal Wright and Court Crier Faust. ' s | .-CASTRO FORCES REPULSED. Meet Heavy Defeat in Hot Engage, ment With Rebels. I Advices from Willemstadt, Curacoa, state that the troops of the Venezzulean government have been repoised while reattempting to occupy oanHol of tha stntp of "R'alrnH Wiv, v?y>vUI v,_ ? and sustained heavy losses. A schooner, with sixty men on board, was sunk. 1 An engagement ?*as fought at Govabo, three hours from Caracas, Sat- < urday. The government force was de- i feated, losing 112 men. The revolu- < tionists have almost completely en. circled Caracas. 1 The British cruiser Indefatigable 1 arrived at LaGuaira Sunday. Other British vessels are to follow. j The United States gunboat Marietta , has returned to LaGuaira from Cura- | coa. AFTER ALLEGED SWINDLERS. I Valdosta Fruit Growers to Prosecute Pittsburg Broker. The fruit and melon growers in the , vicinity of Valdosta. Ga., who lost so heavily the past summer by the swindling operations of some north- ( era buyers, are preparing to even up ' things if possible. Sheriff Passmore went to Pittsburg, Pa., last week with a warrant for the arrest of James D. ^ Lrobor nf + Vi P t pifv V> Dnru, ?. null l/iunvi v?. * ?? A telegram from the sheriff Monday night stated that he had secured his man ana was en route to Georgia with him. PENALTY FOR USUAL CRIME. Henry Jones, Colored, Hanged Public- < ly at Elbsrton, Ga. Henry Jones, colored, was executed at Elberton, Ga., Friday afternoon in , the presence of thousands of men and women for an assault upon a white woman. The drop fell at 1:07 o'clock. Death was caused by strangulation, the body having caught on the trap door, from where it was released by the officers. GROCERS' TRUST PROPOSED. Report that Wholesalers of United States Will Combine Interests. The Inter-state Grocer, of St. Louis, states that a combine, to include every wholesaler of groceries in the T'nited States, is in the course of formation. "It is proposed," says that paper, "to take over the business of the entir^ line of wholesale grocers in the > Umted States. One great corporation win be formed, which will buy outright the business and good will of all the firms." r ~ |+W44WW4KH,+++l'+'i,++i+i,i| I Cream of News.| fiitninimmmiitini Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each "Day. ?Judge Speer refuses to confirm sale of Millen and Tennille, Ga., cotton j mills, holding that the price is too small. ?A strong effort Is being made by Americus, Ga., to secure location of the Presbyterian college, and site and $3,000 in cash has been promised as an inducement. ?The street car strike in New Orleans ended Sunday. The men agreed to accept company's terms. ?Senator Quay had a conference with the president Sunday on the situation oT the coal strike. ?The crown prince of Siam arrived at Washington Saturday. ?The hunt for the men who held up a Burlington railroad train near Lincoln, Neb., and robbed it, so far proves unsuccessful. ?South Dakota reports several inches of snow. ?Farmers' National congress declines to indorse ship subsidy bill and after session of four days at Macon, Ga., and adjourn meeting. ?Ben Nussbaum, representativeelect from Decatur c#unty, Ga., died suddenly at Bainbridge, Op ?Cotton mill men agree on plan of big merger at meeting in Greensboro, N C ?Miners and operators of SlossSheffield Company, in Blue Creek district, Alabama, reach agreement and strike is averted ?Stranded ship Apache, which collided with the Iroquois near Charleston, will soon be floated. ?The strike in the anthracite region is no nearer a settlement. Governor Odell denounced the attitude of the operators at a conference in New York. ?The next encampment of the G. A. R. will be held in San Francisco. Before adjournment a resolution urging fraternal attitude toward confedrrate veterans was adopted. ?Crazed by pondering over an appliance for an airbrake, young Charles Cawley, of Pi tsburg. brained mother, sisters and brothers with an ax. ?The Merrimac Manufacturing Company, of Massachusetts, will invest $1,600,000 in a cotton factory at Huntsville, Ala. ?Admiral Casey will act as mediator between the Colombian government and the rebels on the isthmus of Panama. ?Three hundred chidren from the Georgia Orphans' Home sang patriotic airs to Farmers' congress in Macon, ThurcHnv nnrl northern hurrallS mingled with rebel yells. ?Negro prisoner attacks Constable Paulk, near Irw>.ville, Ga., and af:ei beating him robs officer and makes good his escape. ?Steamships Iroquois and Apache, of the Clyde line, collided near Charleston Thursday and both were badly damaged. ?Coal supply is exhausted at Raleigh, N. C., and mines in state are urged to increase output. ?Issue of bonds will be necessary to meet half million doTlar debt in Mississippi. ?President Roosevelt shakes politics in appointment of Alabama officials. ?President Mitchell, of tile mino workers, in his reply to suggestion of President Roosevelt, that the strike be declared off. refuses to do so and says responsibility of strike rests on the operators. ?Three men were killed and another one mortally wounded ir. a ~ A T7MJ A ~ A wl, T,V>,.^c. Street iigiii ai liiuuiau^, iv., iiiuioclay afternoon. ?Delay on the part of Cubans in not approving the treaty submitted to them causes great concern at Washington, as this indifference shows that the Cubans are not desirous of cultivating friendly commercial relations with America. ?A general strike of workmen has been ordered in Switzerland. ?The Grand Army of the Republic elected General Stewart, of Massachusetts, as commander in chief. ?Ambassador White has a degree conferred on him by the Germans. ?President Diaz, of Mexico, has sent troops to the scene of the strike on the National railroad. ?Southern lumbermen unite in call for meeting at St. Louis in December, the object of which is to form a national association of lumber manufacturers. ?Interstate fair at Atlanta opened to the public under most favorable auspices, and with large crowds pres ent. ?Dr. C. M. Beckwith, of Galveston, Texas, is elected bishop by the Episcopal see of Alabama. ?Warden of Mississippi penitentiary is charged with failure to turn over to state msney received for cotton seed. ?Negroes of Alabama thank Presi dent Roosevelt for appointing demo crat district attorney instead of "lily vrtiite" republican. ?Consul Bragg has been transferred from Havana to China because he wrote a letter to his wife reflecting on the Cubans. ?Seaboard Air Line has effected arrangement with the Frisco, giving one entry to the west and the other outlet to the sea. ?Grand jury at Columbus, N. C., indicts Ponder brothers for arson, charging that they set fire to store in order to get insurance. I ?Sharp discussion was precipitated i Wednesday at meeting of National Farmers' Congress in Macon. Ga.. by ; speech asking for tariff cn certain j products of United States. ROBBERS GET GOLD Three Bold Masked Men Hold Up Train in Nebraska. SECURED $50,000 BY DYNAMITE I I ~ " One Robber Kept Passengers Quiet While Two Broke Into Express Car, Covered Messenger and Wrecked Safe. Three masked men held up the Pacific coast express train of the Burlington road four miles from Lincoln, Nebraska, shortly before 2 o'clock Saturday morning. They used explosives in the express car, shattering it badly, and after wrecking the sale rifled it of its contents, securing $50,000 in gold coin. The train was a few minutes late and was in charge of Conductor C. A. Lyman and Engineer A L?. Claybuq*. On the crest of a hill midway between the city and the town of Woodlawn the engineer saw a red light waved across the track and brought the train to a standstill. Two men sprang quickly into the cab, covering Clayburg and his fireman with revolvers. They lest no time in giving their orders and were just as quickly obeyed. The express car was cut from the 1 balance of the train and sent a head a short distance. The robbers found ' the door locked, and after commanding Messenger William Lupton to open it and getting no response, fired two or three shots into the car. The dcor was then opened. A heavy charge of dynamite tore the safe to pieces. The two men who were in the car politely ' bade the trainmen good morning, jumped from the car and disappeared In the darkness. The passengers were ( not molested, nor were the train men asked for their personal property. While the robbery in the express 1 car was going on, a third robber walked alongside the track by the passen- l ger coarches firing his revolver occa- | sionally to keep inquisitive passengers quiet. Brakeman Moore, who alighted : from the reaT coach to go ahead, found ] a rer/olver pushed in his face with a ] warning to go back where he belonged. He ran the four miles back to the Lin- ] coin yards, where he gave the alarm, ] and pursuit was immediately begun. j The booty of the robbers consisted i principally of gold coin. A reward of ] $1,000 has been offered by the Burlington for the capture of the gang. ] 1 COTTON GROWERS TAKE ACTION. ] Important Resolutions are Passed at ' Meeting Held in Macon, Georgia. j Six hundred cotton growers, repre- < senting all but three ol the cotton J growing states of the United States, 1 met in Macon, Ga., the past week and 1 adopted a resolution asking the gov- 1 ernment not to transfer the work of ! the government's division of statistics 1 to any other department, or to do any other thing that might impair the use. '< fulness of the division. The resolu- 1 tion recited that this is a critical time ^ with the cotton growing industry, as 1 the Mexican boll weevil has spread to t every part of Texas, and has decreas- 1 ed the yield of the plant this seasor. 500.000 bales, and is rapidly making 1 its way into the states east of Texas. The resolution deprecated any attempt ^ to minimize the influence of the de- * partment. * The resolution was introduced by E. S. Peters, president of the Cotton Growers of Texas. Resolutions were also adopted de- 'I manding that only twenty-two pounds of cotton be deducted from eacn Daie as tare, instead of the thirty demand- i ed on export cotton. It was agreed I that if the cotton buyers refuse this I demand, the Cotton Growers' Associa- 1 tion in each township or county shall t select some suitable person and sell J direct to the spinners. All papers ] were requested to publish these resolu- t Hons . s Another resolution by F. D. Wimberly, of Georgia, called upon the cotton c growers of the south .o raise th'?ir J own hog and hominy, so they will be ^ in a position to hold their cotton. I DEATH CLAIMED DELEGATE. Member of Farmers' Congress frcm Nebraska Dies in Valdosta. C J. R. Cantland, a delegate to the National Farmers' congress from Blair, Nebr., was stricken with apoplexy and j died in a few minutes at Valdosta, Ga., . Saturday. Three hundred members of the con- 1 gress, which had been in session at 1 Macon, reached Valdosta on a special j train and were entertained at dinner ( at the Valdes hotel, after which they j were tendered an elaborate reception , - . T+ . at the parlors of tne jmks u;uo. i?. i was (luring the exercises that Mr. i Cantland was stricken. ] BIG STRIKE IN SWITZERLAND. All Workmen Ordered Out in Sym- I pathy with Street Car Men. A dispatch to a London news agency , from Geneva. Switzerland, announces ( that the workmen's national committee has decreed a general strike throughout Switzerland, in sympathy with the strike of the street tar employes there. Troops are held in rea- ' diness to deal with any disorder. St. Louis Boodiers Arraigned. Delegates Ernil Hartmann, Louis Decker and John Sheridan were arraigned in court at St. Louis Wednesday on charges of bribery, and pleaded not guilty. They were remanded to jail. Bad Fire in Birmingham. An explosion in the warehouse of the Moore &. Handler Hardware Company. in Birmingham. Ala., Wednesday morning caused t\ fire which desiroyed property valued at $200.u0o before it wjis checked* ONUS ON THE OPERATORS. Mitchell's Reply to President Roose. velt's Urgent Appeal to End Strike is Made Public. As predicted, Mitchell's answer to President Roosevelt's proposition that the strike be declared off pending an investigation, is an uncompromising refusal. In part the reply is as follows : "Having in mind our experience wi:h the coal operators in the past, we have no reason to feel any degree of confidence in their willingness to do us Justice in the future, and inasmuch as they have refused to accept the decision of a tribunal created by you and inasmuch as there is no law through which you could enforce the finding of the commission you suggest, wo respectfully decline to advise our people to return to work simply upon the hope that1 the coal operators migh be induced or forced to co- ply witb the recommendations of your commission. "Wo believe that we went more than half way in our proposition at Was'iintrf-rm nnrl vi'n. rtn nr.t fppl that WP should bo asked to make further sacrifice. "We appreciate your solicitude for the people of the country, who are now and will be subjected to great suffering and inconvenience by a prolongation of the coal strike, and we feel that the onus of this terrible state of affairs should be placed upon the side which has refused to refer to a fair and impartial investigation. "I am respectfully, "JOHN MITCHELL, "President U. M. of A." PITCHED BATTLE ON STREETS. Factions Engage in Deadly Combat at Eldorado, Arkansas. Three men were killed, another will lie and two others were wounded in a shooting affray on the streets of Eliorado, Ark., Thursday. The dead are H. L. Dearing, constable; Tom Parnell and Walter Parnell, farmers. The wounded, Guy B. Tucker, city marshal, shot six times and will die; Dr. Hilton, wounds not serious; Jim Parnell, not serious. The shooting is the sequel to the killing in Eldorado on September 18 by Dearing of Robert Mullens, which followed a wedding. The Parnells were friends of Mullens and Thomas tfewton was a friend of Dearing. Thursday afternoon Jim Parnell and \Tew*cnn had some words. It is said :hat ooth factions prepared for trouDle, and it came when they met. It was at 4:30 o'clock that Dearing, Pucker and Newton were walking ilong in front of the Union Grocery Company, on the east side- of- the quare, when they met the Parnell Brothers. Jim Parnell is said to have jred at Newton and in an instant the fusilade began. About seventy-five i.hots were fired and the cracking re,'olvers sounded like a pitched battle. The men were close together and their I lim was deadly. It developed into a nan-to-man affair, Dearing and Tom ?arnell emptying their several pistols it each other at a distance so close hat when they fell, unable to shoot my more, their bodies formed a cross. The others were firing promiscuously md it is supposed that a shot from Marshal Tucker's pistol Killed Walter Parnell. Dr. Hilton, who tried to sepirate the men, was also shot, but not atally. MAY INVOLVE ALL MINES. Complete Tie-Up of Bituminous Collieries Now Under Discussion. Telegrams have passed between the )fficials of the Western Federation of Miners at Denver and President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, ooking to a complete tie-up of all b> uminous coal mines in the United States and Canada. The telegram of ^rpsident. Mover and Secretary Hay vood, of the Western Federation, ;ay: "Exigencies demand that no coal if any kind be mined in the United llates until the anthracite strike is von. The Western Federation of diners will co-operate to this end." WARDEN PONDER EXONERATED. Srand Jury Declares Him Not Responsible for Negro's Death. The Early county grand jury at 31akely, Ga., Wednesday had under nvestigation the charges preferred by ;he state prison commission against Deputy Warden Willis Ponder, in conlection with the sweating to death, )( a negro at the branch cf the state J penitentiary at Jakin three years ago. \fter fully investigating the matter, ;he grand jury decided that Ponder ,vas in no wise responsible for the natter. 1 M'GUIRE ANSWER CHARGES. Former Official of Carpenters' Associa tion Accused of Shortage. I'. J. McGuire, former secretary and treasurer of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America., whose alleged shortage of $10,0du has occupied the attention of the convention for the past two days, arrived in l ' Atlanta Wednesday afternoon to make a personal defense before the convention. WAS PREPARING FOR WAR. Large Lot'of Ammunition "1 r.ken from Italian in Strike Rcyion. One thousand rounds cf ammunition were seizul an J. ecr.flicate.l at the Delaware and Uu:.coi; freieh' s?ation in Olyphant. Pa.. Thursday. The ammunition was oensirned to Bastiano Passano. a h.t.Icr amrnrr N:c j Italians in upprr I. a c Lawn nr. 2. county. | Passano was plareu under rrrcsi as! he was about to receipt lor the mate- ? rial. ODELL SCORES 6AER Lively Tilts Occar at Conference Held in New York City. COAL BARON SHOWS DEFIANCE With Cool Determination Baer Reiterates that Coal Operators Will Never Recognize the Miners' Union. A New York special says: After two days of conference between the anthracite coal mine operators on one i side and the governor and senior senator of New York and the two senators from Pennsylvania on the other, the strike of the United Mine Workers of America is apparently as far from a settlement as the day it was declared. Governor Odell laid before the operators Friday the proposition that if they would concede to the miners an advance of 5 cents a ton in the price paid for mining coal he would resume work. Being told further that the concession would carry with it recognition , of the miners' inion, the operators promptly refused to entertain the proposition and took their leave. Later in the day they and the Pennsylvania senators left the city, the latter going to Harrisburg. John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, took no part in any of the conferences, he be-1 ing in the city, it is understood, in order that lie might be within reach should the negotiation? reach a stage where his decision for the miners would be required. Governor Odell feels that he has done all that is possible for him to do, under existing I0.W3, toward bringing about a termination of the strike. He would not say whether or not it was his intention to call the state legislature in extraordinary session to consider the enactment of a law under which the contention between the coal operators and the miners might be brought to an end. That, the governor said, was something he would not discuss at this time. Governor Odell was not in a talking mood when he left the conference. To one of these the governor said: "The coal operators may postpone this matter until Tuesday, but I don't propose to postpone it. They are not acting fairly toward the people. I believe I shall find some remedy." Friday's conference was begun by a statement made by Senator Penrose, that the situation was becoming so serious that some solution must be found at once. He suggested that the operators should incline to some concessions toward a settlement. "If you mean bv that," said President Baer, "that we are to recognize the existence of a labor union, I tell you right now that the operators will consider no such proposition." Governor Odell was on his feet in an instant. Holding a half-burnt cigar in his hand and white with excitement. he said: "Are we to understand that no kind of conciliatory proposition will receive consideration at the hands of the operators?" "I did not say that," answered Mr. Baer, "but I do say, and I reiterate, that we will not accept political advice or allow the interference of politicians in this, our affair." "What do you mean by politicians ?" retorted Governor Odell. "I want you and all the other operators to understand that I am the governor of New York, the chosen representative of seven million people, and that I am here in this matter solely in that capacity and to relieve if possible an intolerable situation. And what is more, I intend to use every power at my command to do it." President Baer, evidently appreciating that he had gone too far, bowed to Governor Odell and said: "Governor, I beg your pardon. No personal affront was intended, and we will listen to any suggestions you may have to make; but I again repeat that I must refuse to recognize the union as represented by Mr. Mitchell." NO PROTECTION FOR BLACKS. An Illinois Grand Jury Fails to Indict Wh itpranners. ... rl After having examined nearly two j hundred witnesses and consumed more than two weeks, the grand jury of Saline county, Illinois, has failed to find an indictment against any one of the mob that has terrorized the negroes in the county and driven many away from Eldorado. An Over-Married Mayor. James Pendleton, mayor of Gentry, Mo., convicted of bigamy, has been sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, the extreme penalty. GUNS FREELY USED. Rioting Started in New Orleans, Cut No Ona Was Killed. The attempt Wednesday morning of the New Orleans Railways Company to start cars on its lines precipitated a long impending conflict between the strikers and those who attempted to fill their places. All hough a hundred shots were fired, nobclv was killed, but sixteen persons were injured. QUAY VISITS ROOSEVELT. Pennsylvnnian Senator on Secret Mis< sion to Washington. Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, saw the president for an hour Sunday and at the close of the conference the statement was made that there was nothing to say. Of course, it was known that the senator was in Washington to disrusr the strike situation, but what information he conveyed, or what suggestions he received, cannot be stated. tSJCMfsJCsMMCMIMfSSe \ SOUTH CAROLINA I k STATE NEWS ITEMS. Sj V rvJCMfsirMfMCMCMCSI d Licensed to Sell Beer. The state board of control has granted the Spartan inn the privilege of establishing a beer dispensary within its building. The matter, however, will have to come before the county board of control at the next regular meeting. * Installing More Spindles Mr. George Andrews, of Biddeford, Me., is in Spartanburg for the purpose of superintending the work of installing 15,000 additional spindles in the! Saxon mills. The work is well under way. Saco & Pettee, of Beddeford, Me., have the contract for the work In hand. * a Will Eliminate Negro Labor. f2pnrtrpfn'tt-n ic a nnrphrn?ivf? nvpr the probable outcome of the decision of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company, probably the largest sawmill plant in the south, that negro labor in the mill will be supplanted by Italian laborers to be brought down from New York. This report was received with considerable excitement. * Sawmill and Ginnery Burned. The sawmill and ginnery belonging to J. J. Swain was burned at New Prospect one night the past week. The building and contents were totally destroyed by the flames. The total loss is about $2,000. In addition to the machinery there were several bales of cotton and a large quantity of cotton seed destroyed by the fire. Navy Yard Bids. Bids were opened at the navy department. Washington, last Friday for the construction of concrete and granite drk dock No. 1 at Charleston navy yard. The lowest straight,bid was that of the Virginia Refining and Construction Company, of Richmond, which offered to complete the doii for $1,189,450. * * * Foreman Killed by Dynamite. A premature blast of dynamite at Portman Shoals, nine miles west of Anderson, where the plant of the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company is situated, instantly killed James Tobin. of Norwich, Conn, foreman of the quarry force, and injured three negroes. One will die. Tobin was an employe of the Flynt Building and Construction Co., of Palmer, Mass * Bigamist Adams Convicted. J. H. Adams, a Georgian of family, has been convicted of bigamy in Hampton, where he married a well-to - * 11 i. A I CIO W1QOW or excellent iauin> . nuaiuo fled before trial, but was captured and brought to hear sentence, his attorneys having pleaded guilty in his absence. He was sentenced to two years In the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $500. Adams' lawful wife, hearing of his marriage in Carolina, had him indicted. * * White Man and Negro Killed. Luther Boset, mill operator, was run over and killed Sunday night by a shifting engine at the Air Line depot, in Greenville. The coroner has investigated the circumstaces surrounding Bost's death, and Will DeLoach, with whom Bost was last seen, is suspected of having caused his death. DeLoach has left the country, and all efforts to locate him have failed. Dillara Lambright, an aged colored man, was run over and killed Sunday night near Taylors station by passenger train No. 35 of the Southern The j remains of his body were scattered i from Taylors to Greers. a distance of j four miles. Lambright leaves a widow, who is 106 years old. The supposi-, tion is that Lambright was intoxi cated. j * * * Steamer Not Much Damaged. The Clyde steamship Apache, which was damaged In a collision with the steamship Iroquois, of the same company off Comings Point, was floated a day or two ago and towed to Charleston. The vessel was run up on a sand bank just off Bast Battery, where she will remain while undergoing repairs. As stated in the newspapers, the Apache was not so seriously injured as wast at first supposed. The hole in her side made by the stem of the Iroquois did not extend as far below the water line as was thought at one time. It is believed that the vessel can be | patched up sufficiently within the next j few days to enable her to proceed to j New York for permanent repairs. The Clyde representatives, in com-j pany with an agent of a New York ; underwriters' association, made an in-1 spection of the wrecked ship to get at, the monetary loss sustained and ascer- j tain whether or not the ship can be i floated without the assistance of a - ? ?- ? efoimorc have wrecKing vtssvi. vmci ^ ? . taken the place of the injured ships and no further delays will be occasioned by the recent accident. * I * * ! Fruit from Jamaica. The Norwegian steamship Fulton, 1 i of the De Giorgio Importing and Steamship Company arrived at Charleston a few days ago from Ja-1 maica with a cargo of fruit. This is j the first vessel to be sent to Charles | ton by this company, which has just effected all arrangements to iiUi'ide) the port among its distributing points on the south Atlantic coast. From now on a regular line of steamers will be operated between Charleston :nd the West Indies. The De Gior;:o Importing and Steamship Company cne of the largest concerns of the kind in the country, its volume cf business being, it is said, second only ! <-0 ine unitea states mat. ouiuyiiu^, which recently established a branch terminal at Charleston. The headquarters of the De Giorgio Company are situated at Baltimore. ( President De Giorgio was in the city a few days ago. and he. together with ??I. A. Reach and J. H. Sheckles, conferred with Acting Collector of the Port Withers for the purpose of settling the federal business in connection with the establishment of the new line. Mr. Withers stated later that everything had been satisfactorily adjusted. STRIKERS DEFY WHOLE ARMY. Miners Vote on Proposition to Resume Work and Stand First in Determination to Stay Out. A special from Wilkesbarre, Pa., says: Every local union of the miners' organization throughout the hard coal belt held special meetings either Tuesday night or Wednesday and resolved to remain on strike until the mine owners grant them some concessions. And, while the reports of these meetings came pouring into Wilkesbarre, President Mitchell dictated a letter to the president of the United States, in which he gave his answer to the proposition that the strikers return to work and trust to have their condition improved through an investigating commission. What the answer of the miners* chief is he refused to divulge. But it is difficult to conceive that, with the replies of the local unions piled around him, he could So otherwise than respectfully decline the president's proposition. Mr. Mitchell sent his letter to Washington before he ! had heard from all the locals, and at | 3 o'clock in the afternoon, accompanied by three district presidents, left for New York. Wednesday was a br.sy day for the miners' officials about headquarters. From early morning until late at night the returns poured in constantly, the corps of newspaper correspondents were invited to examine the reports, and not one was found that was not couched In firm language. Briefly stated, the resolution in these reports affirm the confidence of the men In the judgment of their president, praise President Roosevelt In his efforts to end the strike, denounce the presidents of the coal carrying railroads for their alleged abuse of the chief executive at the conference in Washington, denounce the employment of the coal and iron police, thank all organizations and citizens throughout the country for financial assistance given, and denounce Governor Stone for sending troops to the strike regions. Nearly all the resolutions contain a I sentence to the effect that they win | remain out. "though all the troops In I the United States were sent here," until they are granted some concessions. WHAT MINERS DEMAND. Mitchell Makes Public Statement in Answer to Inquiries. | In answer to a number of Inquiries ! concerning the demands of the anthracite miners, John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, has made a public statement of the controversy as it appears to the strikers, and summarized their demands as.follows: First?An increase in wages for men employed on piecework. Second?A reduction in the hours of labor for men employed by the day. Third?Payment for a legal ton of coal. Fourth?That the coal we mine shall be honestly weighed and correctly recorded. Fifth?We favor incorporating in the form of an agreement the wages that shall be paid and the conditions I of employment that shall obtain for a j specific period. | LONGSTREET VIEWS VETERANS. Noted Ex-Confederate Cheered by Men Who Wore the Blue. | During the monster parade of the G. A. R. at Washington Wednesday sitI ting in the midst of distinguished exI union soldiers was the ex-Confederate lieutenant general, Longstreet. He was escorted to the front together with General Sickles and when the two appeared side by side they were greeted with hearty cheers. It was said to be the first time that an exConfederate officer had appeared on a Grand Army reviewing stand. Jesse Morrison Out cn Bond. Jessie Morrison was released from : the state penitentiary at Lansing, Kans., on the approval of her $10,000 bqpd pending the appeal of her caa# I to the supreme court. Miss Morriion | was sentenced to ten years for killing ! Mrs. Olin Castle. I "auo.wc r\c cnilTMPRN MILLS. I i/vy m uiiib. v www . i ! Seventy Plants on "the Market," Sub| ject to Committee Action. i A special from Greensboro, N. C.. I says that the much-talked-of "Fries' j cotton mill merger" of certain classes of all southern cotton mills has been at last consummated, to the extent that writings have been signed by seventy mills located in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama and Tennessee. The company formed to acquire these properties wll! be the "Southern Textile Company." The financial parties interested are represented by a prominent NewTork trust company. | KING LUNCHES AMERICANS. i Choate, Corbin, Wood and Young at Buckingham Palace. | A London special says: Ambassador Choate and Generals Corbin, Wood and Young were the guests of King ! Edward at a luncheon at Buckingham palace Monday in honor of Lord Kitch"nor, prior to the latter's departure for India, where he is to take command of the British forces. Lord Roberts was also a guest of the king. IAK iflCfl LUiC b'Ul Strike is New Orleans is Finally Brought to an End. . j COMPANY'S OFFER ACCEPTED :| Mobilization of Military Proved Salutary In Bringing About Cessation of Hostilities?Citizens are Jubilant. The mobilization of troops ii New ' Orleans proved to be quickly effective, as the street car strike was settled at 6 o'clock Sunday night by the union, almost unanimously accepting the gov- " ernor's ultimatum on a secret ballot. Negotiations went on until 7 o'clock Sunday morning, when the executive rgS boards finally decided to submit the ii.? i. - - ?~ ?? 1 r\f tho llll_ .'" '"StSi XXIH, LLC I to tk gcuaai mv:tuu5 vi tu? u? . Ion, which began at 4 o'clock and * '-JaB ended at 6 o'clock. ~ The basis of settlement is that the ; :3 men will go back to work at 20 cents J ?M and ten hours, with a minimum of seven and one-half hours a day, no r:?d discrimination to be made against any . of the men under charges and so ffiafiy to be taken back as are needed for the ^^8 operation of the company's lines. The -<J| only temporary hitch was on the taking back of the men under charges, but the company finally conceded this, allowing the courts to decide the guQt of the men. Two other companies of militia or- ^ rived Sunday morning, one from Monroe and another from Mansfield. A' company of cavalry came down from r . ; Mansfield and was mustered into the state service soon after its arrival. It had Just been organized, and volun terred its services. There is widespread rejoicing In the city over the settlement of the strikei . .y||g It was on just two weeks and has been the most efflective tie-up ever attempt* ed in the city. Not a single passenger fijl has been carried on a car since it be-" gan, and not a passenger car has gotten more than five blocks from the i. % barn. Sunday morning the people awoke to find in different parts of the city stuffed figures hanging to telephone and telegraph poles with alt sorts of inscriptions on them. Some" . represented the governor, some the mayor, and there were many representing officials of the railways comThe credit for settlement is largely ;, .... due to W. S. Parkerson. who took up the cause of the strikers, and labored indefatigably, finally convincing them that they could hope for nothing better . ^ and that they could not prevail against wthe militia. Parkerson is the Individ ual who beaded a mob which lynched ?? Tt.nUavta <n Mpw Orleans some cieveu luiuaiu iu < ? years ago. . United States Senator Foster, Gov- , .*^8 ernor Heard and Mayor Capdeville were all Instrumental in some degree in bringing about the final result OUR ROYAL VISITOR. King of Slam and H!a Retinue Arrive / In Washirrgton. His royal highness, Cbowfa Maha Vajiruvudh, crown prince of Siam, ac- . companied by his suite and attended by Assistant Secretary of State Pierce, reached Washington on a special train. at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. They ' -:^j were escorted to the Arlington hotel ' as guests of the nation. After breakfasting in their private -'zjM apartments, the crown prince and his party donned their gorgeous court {Jsl dress and, escorted by a squadron of the Second United States cavalry, were driven to the temporary white house on Jackson place, to pay their . respects to President Roosevelt The president asked the princfe about his itinerary and expressed the ^ hope that he would visit the military and naval academies, and also spend - : '3? some time examining the Industries of which the country was so proud. The ^ audience lasted not more than five ^ minutes. . Alleged Kidnapers Are Pardoned. Governor Nash,, of Ohio, Friday, pardoned Mrs. F. L. Taylor and daughter, the alleged Cincinnati kidnapers. SHIP SUBSIDY DOWNED. -'4 "Farmers' Congress Again Refuses to Indorse the Measure. At the Farmers' conference in Macon a persistent attempt was made to induce the congress to reconsider its , ~ Sig action of 1901 and Indorse the ship " subsidy bill. . % VJaB The delegates from the west, reinforced by those from the south, suatained the adverse report of the committee on resolutions and the resolution of indorsement was laid on the table by an overwhelming majority. Reciprocity where it will enlarge markets for farm products was approved. * WILL BURN WOOD. ! Locomotives Fitted Up to Use Cheaper Fuel in North Carolina. Superintendent Huger, of the Seaboard Air Line, has issued orders to have all coal Durners on iue oaivnua Central division, between Wilmington and Hamlet, changed to >.?X?d burners on account of the coal famine-acmj^the road's embarrassing position in rila-?^ ning short of the supply. OOM PAUL IS SEVENTY-SEVEN. ^ Boer Generals Do Honor to Their . v Former Leader and President. The Boer generals arrived at ^ j Utrecht, Holland, Friday to greet Mr. Kruger on the occasion of his seventyseventh birthday. The whole party . V attended a service in a church, where - Mr. Kruger, assisted by his attend- ^ ants, entered the pulpit and in a brief speech expressed his appreciation foe the generals' services and begged the public to assist in relieving the dis- "jafij tjrefi ftapng J&e Boers. :