The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, October 19, 1898, Image 1
^ VOL LIII WINNSBORO, S. C WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19, 1898. ^ NO^ 11.
A BLOODY BATTLE |
pfe
F- Between White Strikers and Cc!- }
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ored Coal Miners.
LABOR TROUBLE'S CLIMAX. !
Railroad Fireman's Presence of.
Mind Saved Many Lives. A .
Superintendent's Desperate
Fight. Complete
T Story.
The long expected clash between the
union miners and imported negroes at
Yirden, 111., took place last Wednesday.
Wednesday afternoon a Chicago
and Alton special train, bearing 200
Triinprs frwm flip cnnth j?rrivpf3
at the stockade around the Chicago??.
Alton Coal company's mines, and immediately
the firing began. At 12:40
the special train passed the station and
signal shots were fired from the south
end of the train announcing its arrival.
. THE BATTLE OX.
I). H. Kiley, a Chicago and Alton
detective, stood guard at a switch at
^ the south end of the station platform
B to see that it was not tampered with.
Immediately shots were fired from the
TO At*! n cr in/i A a
auviiu^ uaiu auu vunoiu^ auu ucvv
tie -was on. A few moments after the
train bad passed the switch where
Xiley was stationed, and while he was
talking with two citizens, he threw up
ids arms and dropped dead with a bullet
through his brain. He was the first ,
man killed. The train continued to
r? the stockade, the miners firing into it
-1 it." 2.. -_J 1.1
*11 aiuug tae route anu me negro pas- j
secgers returning the fire. The moment
the train reached the stockade the mi- '
aers opened a desperate fire with Winchesters,
revolvers and firearms of all"
descriptions. The negroes on the train
answered with a steady fire. The minand
the train were inveloped in a
cloud of smoke and the shooting sound- i
ed like a continuous volley.
Engineer Tigar received a bullet in .
the arm and dropped from his seat !
His fireman seized the throttle, pulled J
it open and with a jerk, the train was
tinder speed carrying a load of wound- (
ed negro passengers to Springfield. ,
How many were wounded is not known. .
The t raia-sfcrppe<r afl:he~ s toctad e but
h ^-^Wo'minutes. Its departure did not ,
cause the firing to cease. The tower ]
of the stockade was filled with sharp- ,
hooters armed with Winchesters and >
they kept up a steady fire into the <
crowd of union miners. Eye witnesses ;
"v say the miners were killed after the ,
train had departed. It is not known ,
how many men are stationed behind ,
the walls of the stockade, but an esti- ,
mate places them between 25 and 40.
- It iff claimed that six within the stock- .
ade* were wounded, but those inside re- J
? J j.- i- .1,1 : .
J.U9CU LU iiuiu auy cuiuiu<uw?uiw mui |
fcb# outside and nothing authentic can ^
be learned. Word was, however, sent |
from the stockade to physicians in j
f town that their services were needed.
. _The following is a list of the dead; j
jjpj wounded: ,
Jfefc DEAD.
Pvednesday's shooting has resulted in (
?4 deaths so far as follows: ' 4
Ed. Welsh. Sorinefield. L
Frank Bilyeu, Springfield. }
Albert Smith, Mt. Olive.
Joe Kitterly, Mt. Olive. ,
Ernest Keutner, Mt. Olive. j
A. H. Breneman, Girard. - . ,
Ernest Kettler, miner, Mount Olive, j
Ellis Smith, miner, Mount Olive.
"William R!n? minpr Rrvrinirfiftif?
Ernest Kemler, miner, Mount Olive. (
Ed. Green, miner, Mount Olive, died .
ia hospital at Springfield Wednesday. \
Ernest Long, miner, Mount Olive, <
died in hospital at Springfield Thurs- ]
- ' ^ay -. i
William Harmon, miner, of Girard, j
did at Springfield Thursday night
Eli E. Kelly, a detective, Chicago. ^
"W. A. Carroll, guard on train, died ]
in hospital at Springfield Thursday. .
Thomas Preston, guard, Chicago, t
killed at stockade Thursday night.
TK? r>nmK^r r\f i-ninvc^ will rvnf. mnp.li
exceed Thursday night's estimate of 20. j
Of these a few are in a critical condi- l
tion. I
THE WOUNDED. ^
Ansk Ankel, Mfc. Olive. (
Gustav Wevsiep, Mt. Olive. 3
Ed. Upton, Springfield. ^ i
Thomas Upton, Springfield. ^
Thomas Jennings, Springfield. (
Joe Haines, Girard, shot in the leg. r
Joe Runk, Girard, shot in the arm. i
George Kunk, Girard, shot in the '{
Kl stomach.
|L : "William Herman, Girard, shot in the :
v-fcand* j
Joe Baston, Mt Olive, shot in the j
* stomach. I
Joe Sprim, Mt. Olive, shot in arm.
Bart Tigar, engineer C. & A., shot i
in ana. ? j
J. F. Eyster, superintendent Climax ^
Trading company, shot and beaten.
The list of the dead and wounded in^
, side the stockade follows:
THE DEAD. j
. - A. tV. Morgan, Chicago.
THE WOUNDED.
H. Gritgezell. shot in shoulder. (
U. J. Snyder, shot in the face and .
Ufs.
~ 1 + /~1J 7 ". 1 <- J
James sycsies, unicago, sno: in leg. (
Frank Wilder, Chicago, shot in arm. <
^Thomas McEntee, Chicago, shot in j
,^F. W. Moonan, St. Louis, slightly j
mjurcd.
l P. J. Hannan, slightly injured. J
" J. H. Smith, Chicago, slightly in- J
jured. (
There are about 35 strong men sta- ,
tioned inside the stockyard tonight, f
each keeping watch through a loophole. :
manager Jensens remamea at nis aess
I.- in the office all night issuing orders to
RT his men.
A CALL FOR TROOPS.
Last Wednesday night a telegram
was received by the war department at
"Washington from Gov. Tinner of Illinois,
requesting that the Fifth Illinois,
now on furlough, be placed at his dis^
posal to quell the rietous demonstra.
tions at Virden, 111. The situation at
k Yirden is represented as critical, and
Gov. Tanner is embarrassed because of 1
the fact that all the Illinois State '
troops practically, are in the service of 1
the United States. He is unable to
order to the s<^ene of the mineis' troubles
an y of the Illinois troops,
in the service of the government
"without the authority of the secretary.
of war.
HISTORY OF THE TROUBLE.
The difficult? at the Yirden mine
?!8?k~'
originated on April 1, 1898, when the
miners of the Fourth district of Illinois
vent oat oq a strike instituted by the
United Mine workers. Trouble followed
at once at Pana, but the Yirden miners
remained quiet thorough the summer.
The strikers had asked for 40 cents a
ton and were offered 28 cents. Actual
disturbances at Yirden began September
25, when the Chicago-Virden company,
the principal mine owner at that point,
imparted 100 negroes frem Birmingham,
Ala. When the train arrived with
them on board, it was met by a large
body of armed union miners, who
threatened to shoot the first negro that
stepped from the cars. The negroes
were finally prevailed upon to return to
the south and the mines were not
operated.
President T. C- Loucks of the Chicago-Yirden
company then proceeded
to make preparation to get other miners.
On October 9 Sheriff Davenport
notified Governor Tanner that there
would certainly be trouble and that
State troops were needed to preserve the
peace. Governor Tanner advised, the
mine officials against importing miners
?that he was opposed to the system?
that while there was no law to keep
them out of Illinois he did not feel it to
be his duty as governor to use the arm of
the State to give protection to mine
owners in'operating their mines with
this class of employes.
Superintendent Lukens. according to
Governor Tanner, replied that the
mines would be run at all hazards; tfiat
the company would employ such labor
as they saw fit; that they would import
this labor and operate the mines with it,
even if they had to do at the point of
the bayonet and the muzzle of the
Winchester. No troops were sent
The next day Mr. Loucks notified the
governor that his mines would be operated,
and demanded the protection of
the State. The matter had been
Qfofa /vP <1 r.
Vil/UgJUU UCiVlC bu^ kjvav*> mvaiu v* w
bitration and that board decided in favor
of the miners, but held that an injustice
had been done the Chicago-Virien
company.
From this point the trouble has been
a dispute between Governor Tanner
and the mine operators, carried on by
telegraph and other communications.
The governor steadily refused to call
aut the State troops, and charged the
aperators with importing ex-convicts
md an undesirable class of workmen.
Fhe operators declared that the men
they deired to bring to their mines
had been chosen for their ability?and
their capacity to become good citizens,
rhey aJsc- said they were willing to
take back the strikers at the scale of
28 cents a ton, bat that they could not
spen their mines at the exhorbitant demand
of 40 cents. The mines, it is
* ? ' ? i
claimed, are all opera tea in accordance
with, the State law.
Sheriff Davenport has been in sympathy
with the governor, and says he
ioes not w?nt to enforce laws that will
t)ring Iabox into the State, and offered
jo resign rather than undertake the task.
3ne hundred Springfield miners reinforced
the Virden strikers on October
10, armed and determined to prevent
' - - i 1_ A u - Z
me negroes irom going 10 wyr&. .ormeu
nee have since been practically in possession
of the town. Manager Lukens
>f the Chicago-Yirden company swore
>ut a write of injunction against 34 of
;he leading strikers, These men had
hq out of town four ex-policemen, who
iad been hired by the operators. The
strikers had not displayed violence
igainst others until they began te suspect
that more negroes were to be
jrougnt 111.
EYSTER IN TROUBLE.
The supply and provision store of the
2hieago-Virden Coal company is known
is the Climax Trading company, with
5upt. J. F. Eyster in charge. At 2
)'clocfc after the firing at the stockade
lad subsided an attack without a parillel
in the history of the trouble was
nade on Eyster in his store on Main
street, one block from the depot,
vhich will probably cost him his life.
3e was sittiDg in Ms store when his telephone
rang and he was instructed from
;he stockade to secure physicians and
lurry them to the place. Eyster jump;d
into his delivery wagon and securng
two doctors rushed with them to the
nines. He returned to his store clim>ed
out of his wagon and was just en:ering
his door when the cry was rais}d
that Manager Fred Lukens of the
niners was with him. . With a rush a
:hrong of infuriated miners pressed toward
the store. Eyster ran benind.a
:ounter with a revolver in each hand.
Che miners pressed hard after, and as
Eyster sprang up stairs lie and the min;rs
began shooting simultaneously.
Efe ran to the top of his building and
jumped behind a chimney while the
niners ran into the street and opened
ire on him again: Chips flew from the
wick chimney and Eyster ran from
;over across the roof of another store,
lring into the street below as he ran.
Via /?w\oc?a/1 +A T*AA^ rtf
L'lViU 11V UUW^-U uv vuv *vv* VA
;he bank of Virden where he reloaded
lis revolvers.
' PLUCKY.
Blood was flowing from a wound in
lis side, but with dogged determination
igainst terrible odds he continued his
light. Jumping to the roof of the Rae
& Gish drug store he halted behind a
projection from the roof of the buildirifr
ka Vio/3 inot l/vpfr. hr>t,h
)f six-champered revolvers. Then
springing from cover, Eyster dashed
lhead amid a rain of bnllets, to the
roof of the Steed bnilding, the upper
story of which is known as Miners' hall.
He either fell or jumped through the
1 1? V x _ 2 1 J - J *_ ^
sKyngni anu lanaea in me arms ui a
:rowd of miners who seized him and
carried him down stairs to the street.
Other hands seized the almost unconscious
man and he was dragged into the
middle of the street.
CROWD DRIVEN BACK.
Local policemen drove back the
:rowd and carried Eyster to the city
square, across the street. Eyster was
motionless and supposedly dead. The
police left him lying and attempted to
disperse the crowd. In a few minutes
Eyster was seen to raise his hand and
wipe the blood from his face. Two
men sprang at him and with the ferojity
of tigers began jumping on his
body and striking him on the head
Kith stones. With a yell the angry
srowd charged into the square to kill'
JUJ aici*
POLICE TO THE RESCUE.
The police charged in a] body and
fought their way to the centre of the
mob, ^here they took a stand over the
prostrate man. A carrier was pro?*n/3
VvefAr iria fol-n fn fl>0
UUV^U auu JUiJ? OLVi. TT 4*0 VV V*6V
Buckle's hotel. He had been shot
through the groin and is terribly battered
about the head. The physicians
state that he has barely a chance of recovery.
The dead miners were removed
from the vicinity of the stockade to
hotels and livery stables, and the wounded
miners were taken ou litters to the
station house and taken to Springfield
tonight.
HOT SHOT FROM GOV. TANNER.
Springfield; Ills., Oct. 12.?Governor
Tanner this evening, regarding the
Virden riot, said:
"Mr. T. C. Louck, president, and
Mr. Lutken, superintendent of the Virden
Coal company, at 12.30 today made
good their threats to land a trainload
of imported laborers from the south
and attempted to put them to work in
the mines at the point of the bayonet
and tire muzzle of the Winchester (such
laborers being drawn largely if not entirely.
from the criminal class, ex-convicts,
who learnea .jieir trade while
doing terms in the penitentiary of Alabama),
after having been fully advised
and having full* knowledge that the
landing of such imported laborers would
precipitate a riot. I had wired them
that if they brought these imported laborers
they did so at their own peri],
and und^r the circumstances, would be
morally responsible and criminally
liable for anything that might happen.
"The killed and wounded are largely
idle miners who were on'the outside.
The others were the hired guards who
were Drougnt along Dy tne coai company.
Most, if not all of them, were
Don-residents of Illinois. There is no
means of learning their names or where :
abouts, f-or the reason that they declined
to give them out, knowiDg, perhaps,
that they are criminally liable
, for murder, as they had no permission I
I <? rt* _ T"ii* ?_ _
irom any omeer m imnois auLiiurxziug
or deputizing them to act as deputy <
marshals or deputy sheriffs.
':These avaricious mine owners have (
20 far forgotten their duty to society as
to bring this blot upon-the fair name of 1
our State, they have had fair warning
from me, by wire and telephone, that (
the importation of labor which orings
to our State an undesirable class of cit- (
izens bad to stop, and I say now tosuch,
and all others, that this is a thing 1
of the past, that it shall not be tolerated
in Illinois while I am governor.
These men, the president and officers
of the company, precipitated this riot J
by the bringing in of this ^imported labors-are
guilty oi' murder, and should
be, and I believe will be?indicted by 1
the grand jury and tried and convicted
for this heinous offense." 1
WILL NOT LEX XEGROES_LAND.
A telegram was received Jb'riday from <
Virden, saying tliat in all probability
Operator Lukens of the Chicago-Yirden i
Coal company would attempt to land at
Pana the imported Negroes who, after a 1
bloody riot, were shut out at Virden.
A conference was immediately held by e
telephone between Capt. Harris, commanding
the militia here, and Adj. (
<Jen. Reece and Governor Tanner, of
Springfield. The conference resulted (
in the governor ordering Capt Harris
t) immediately put on a guard at each \
nft.lia Anal mines and at the annroaches
of each railroad into Pana, and tinder t
no circumstances to permit any imported
Negroes to land in Pana. Capt. (
Harris, after a conference with "the
miners' president, Craven, ordered the e
miners to get their guns and he in readiness
to assist him in preventing the t
Negroes from landing. The miners
readily complied with his request. (
Steps will be taken by the Alton to
secure legal redress for the alleged lawless
spiznrp Vvf ffhe -rmdbv the governor. (
Tae officials of the Alton make no attempt
to conceal their anger, and cast r
the blame upon the governor for interfering
with a common carrier which ha? c
authority to act as snch under the State
laws. The colored miners taken from t
the train here Wednesday are still herded
at the city hall and fed by public (
charity. Proceedings are expected in
the United States court by mine opera- 1:
tors to restrain Gov. Tanner and the
/?a! i "
LLLUlWa IIULU 1U0C11CI ill5 nitu V.U1V1VU
men who want to work. t
While over 2,000 miners at Springfield
were lined up in the street near (
the Church of the Immaculate Conception
ready to follow the remains of their I
deceased companion. Edward "Welsh,
who was killed in the riot at Virden ^
Wednesday, to the cemetery, the 106
imported Negroes from Alabama were e
* * ? , n xi j
quietly smuggled out 01 tne cuy auu
sent to St. Louis. A subscription was 3
taken up among the business men this
afternoon and the money hurriedly (
raised to get the Negroes out of town.
Col. Tillman Released. ^
The war department has ordered t
Lieut, Col. Tillman released from ar- t
rest. Capt. Fuller received a telegram
to that effect Friday morning and Col. i
Tillman received one from Senator 1
Tillman conveying the same informa- ?
tion. Secretary Alger has instructed c
Capt. Fuller to investigate the whole
matter and report to the war depart- I
ment, and it will then be 'decided i
whether there is any necessity for a.
courtmartial. This latest phase of the 1
situation is taken to mean that ohere
will be no courtmartial. At any rate i
all negotiations looking to a compromise ?
are off since Secretary Alger has taken
a hand in the affair. Lieut. Col. Till- ^
man is naturally delighted at the out- 1
come, but he declines to say anything ]
further just yet. His friends in camp
are rejoiced also and believe that the 1
colonel has been or-will be fully vindi- ]
cated.?Columbia Record. (
They are Good Democrats. t
In 1896 Irwin county, Georgia, gave t
the Democratic ticket a major" *y of 654 1
votes. Last week Irwin county gave (
the Democratic ticket a majority of <
2,560. This is the county in which the <
colony city of Fitzgerald is situated. 1
The colonists came from the northwest <
and the north. How they voted before <
they came south does not make any
difference; the returns show how they 1
are voting now. The south' wants more '
inat fTiom- fTirmaanrlc nf I
them.
]
Where He Belongs.
Mr. W. D. Bynum, recently manager :
of the gold faction of thu Democratic
party, has taken the stump for the Re- "
publican party in Iowa. Mr. Bynum '
declares tnat tne attitude 01 tne democratic
party in respect to silver has !
driven him into the Republican party.
It will not be forgotten, meantime,
that Mr. Bynum did not change his po- ]
litical affiliation until his salary as r,
manager of the "gold Democracy" had
been discontinued. <
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Ninety-Six Bran New Members
in the Two Houses.
EIGHTY IN THE LOWER.
Re-elections Seem to Have Been
rev* auu rai ucmcoiit
Pcstoffice Addresses
Also Given.
Below is given the complete list of
the members of the general assembly
that wi" begin its sessions in 'January
next. It was prepared for the State by
Mr. N. 0. Pyles and gives the postoffice
addresses of the members. As will be
seen from an examination of the list
there- will be 96 bran new men in the
two houses. The following shows the
composition of the two houses:
OXu*.A.J.X?.
New members elected 16
Members holding over 19
Members reelected 5
Final election not yet held 1
Total 41
HOUSE.
New members elected 80
Members reelected 44
Total 124
PERSONNEL OP THE SENATE.
The following is the personnel of the
3enate:
Abbeville?W. N. Graydon, Abbeville.
Aiken?D. S. Henderson, Aiken
^hold over.)
Anderson?J. M. Sullivan, Anderson.
Bamberg?S. G. Mayfield, Denmark,
^hold over).
Barnwell?Robert Aldrich, Barnwell,
(hold over.)
Beaufort?Thomas Talbird, Beaufort
^hold over).
Berkeley?E. J. Dennis, Sr. McBeth
reelected).
Charleston?Jos. W. Barnwell Chareston.
Cherokee?R. C. Sarratt, Gaffney.
Chester?J. Lyles Glenn, Chester.
Chesterfield?W. S. Blakeney,
Plains.
Clarendon?Loiils Appelt, Manning.
Colleton?W. B. Gruber, Walter>oro,
Darlington?George W. Brown, Darington.
Dorchester?T. 0. McAlhaney, St.
George's (hold-over).
Edgefield?John C. Sheppard, Edgeield.
Fairfield?G. W. Ragsdale, "Winns
>oro, (hold over.) *
Florence?William Ilderton, Florsnce.
Georgetown?LeGrand G. "Walker,
xeorgetown, (hold over.)
Greenville?A. H. Dean, Greenville,
hold over).
fi-rpp-nwnnr??C! A. f!_ Waller. Green
food, (hold-over).
Hampton?W. H. Mauldin, Hamp- ,
on, reelected.
Horry?R. B. Scarborough, Conway, ,
hold over). ,
Kershaw?X T. Hay, Camden, re- i
lected.
t i.~_ n7 n it v t
_uaiii;aacci??r . VJ. iwuww
er.
Laurens?C. R. Wallace, Young's,
hold-over).
Lee?R. E. Carnes, Bishopville.
Lexington?D. J. Griffith, Lewiedale *
hold over).
Marlboro'?Xnox Livingston, Benlettsville.
Marion?W. A. Brown, Marion (hold
>ver).
Newberry?George S. Mower, Newjerry
(hold-over).
Oconee?J. C. Alexander. Seneca, <
hold-over).
Orangeburg?L. S. Connor, Orange>urg,
(hold over). - :
Pickens?W. T. Bowen. Pickens.
Richland?J. Q. Marshal}, Colum>ia.
Saluda?J. B. Suddath, Merchant, :
hold over).
Spartanburg?E. L. Archer, Spartan- i
>urg, (hold over). _ <
Sumter Tlifihard L. Mannimr.
ffledgefield.
Union?J. T. Douglass, Union, (rejected).
Williamsburg?A. H. Williams,
l?ake City, (reelected).
York?W. B. Love, McConnelsville, ;
hold over).
THE HOUSE.
Abbeville-?Frank B. G-ary, Abbeille,
(reelected), M. P. DeBruhl, Ab>eville.
(reelected), W. D. Mann. An
reville.
Aiken?R. H. Timmerman. Timmeraan's,
(reelected), John M. Bell, Ai:en.
M. B. "Woodward, Aiken.
Anderson?George E. Prince, Anlerson;
R. B. A. Robinson, Annie, (rejected),
Joshua W. Ashley, Honea
5ath, (reelected), J. L. Jackson, Jva,
r. B. Leverett, Moscow.
Bamberg?J. J. Black, Denmark, H.
A. Urum. JJenmarfc, (reelected.;
Barnwell?J. 0. Patterson, Barnveil,
W. D. Black, Ellenton, E. L.
Sanders, Ulmers.
Beaufort?J. C. Bailey, Pritchard ille,
(reelected, C. J. Colcock, Ridgeand,
(reelected), "W. H. Lockwood,
Beaufort, J. G. Verdier, Beaufort.
Berkeley?S. J. McCoy, Bowyers,
3awkins K. Jenkins, Pinopolis, T. S.
3rowning, Jedburg, W. K. Cross,
>oss.
Charleston?P. H. Gadsden, Charles:on,
(reelected), T. "W. Bacot, Charleston,
(reelected), J. C. Mehrtens, Char
eston, (reelected), Huger Smkler,
Charleston, (reelected), R. M. Lofton,
Charleston, (reelected),?W. H. Thomas,
Charleston, (reelected), E. M. Seajrook,
Edisto Island, (reelected,) Jas.
Cosgrove. Charleston, Julian Mitchell,
Jr.. Charleston, (reelected).
(Cherokee?C. W. "Whisonant, "Wilrinsville,
(reelected). J. Y. L. McCraw
jaffney.
Chester?J. H. Marion, Chester, J.
Wilbnr Means, Chester, Peter T. Hollis,
Hollis, (reelected).
rn f* TTT m n i m
unesterneia? w. x. otevenson, tjne:aw,
Dr. T. Threatt, Plains.
Clarendon?Henry B. Richardson.
Fulton, I. M. Woods, Sardinia, Geo.
R. Jones, Davis.
Colleton?J. W. Miley, Walterboro,
D. M. Yarn, Walterboro, J. W. Hill,
Walterboro.
Darlington?W. F. Darlington, Dariinsrton.
W. A. Dowlinz, Darlington,
John Floyd, Darlington.
Dorchester?John S. Wimberly,
Georges.
Edgefield?W. A. Strom, Self, Nathan
G. Evans, Edgefield, J. L. Smith,
Trenton..
Fairfield?John G. Mobley. Winnsboro,
Edward B. Ragsdale, Yfinnsboro,
W. J. Johnson, Ridgeway, (reelected).
Florence?Gustave Hoffmeyer, Florence,
J. W. Ragsdale. Timmonsville,
W. B. Ganse, Lynch's.
Georgetown?M. W. Pyatt, Georgex
/ T _ T T> _ 1i._ /"I .
vOWQj ^reeiectea;, donn uoits, ureurgetown.
Greenville?W. L. Mauldin. Greenville,
George W. Richardson, Greenville,
Joseph A. McCullough, Greenville,
J. 0. Wingo, Campobello, (reelected),
A. Blythe, Greenville; (re- |
elected).
Greenwood?R. H. Henderson, Coro- '
n&ca. D. H. Magill, Greenwood, (re- ,
elected).
Hampton?"W. J. Thomas, Hampton, '
B. H. Thens, Lnray.
Horry?Jeremiah South, ton way, Jd. ^
H. Woodward, Conway. (
Kershaw?C. L. "Winkler, Camden, j
(reelected), John Gr. Richards, Jr.,
Liberty Hill. (
Lancaster?T. Y. Williams, Lancaster,
(reelected), J. N. Estridge, White "
Bluff. (
Laraens?John H. Wharton, Waterloo,
Lewis W. Simpkins, Laurens, G.
P. Smith, Brewerton. '*
Lee?D. E. Keels, Lynchburg.
Lexington?D. F. Efird, Lexington, j
(reelected), W. H. Sharpe, Lexington. ,
Marion?T. F. Stackhouse, Dillon, ^
W. J. Montgomery, Marion, S. W. 5
Davis, Eulonia.
Marlboro'?Frank Manning, Covington,
Thomas t Rogers, Bennettsville,
(reelected), John F. McLaurin, McColl,
reelected). 7
Newberry?Cole L. Blease, New- j
berry, C. T. Wyche, Prosperity, (re- i
elected), H. H. Evans, Newberry. ^
Oconee?Ebenezer E. Verner, Richland,
(reelected), S. P. Dendy, Wal- ,
hall*. V J
Orangeburg1?B. H. Moss; Orangeburg.
L. K. Sttrkie, Springfield, (reelected),
A. F. H. Dukes, Branchville, ^
(reelected), G-eorge W. Fairey, Fort .
Motte, (reelected), J. Bernard Mc- v
Lauchlin, St. Matthews.
Pickens?C. E. Robinson, Pickens,
Laban Mauldin, Easley. *
Richland?Charles W. Subcr. Colum- j.
bia, James R. Hopkins, Hopkins,
Francis H. Weston, Columbia, H. Cow- ^
per Patton, Columbia, (reelected).
Spartanburg?C. P. Sanders, Spar- ^
tanburg, R. J. Grantt, Spartanburg, A.
H. Dean, Duncan's, F. 0. West, West l
Springs, (reelected), D. E. Hydrick^ ^
Spartanburg, (reelected).
Saluda?B. L. Caugh'man, Mt. Will- t
ing, (reelected), D. B. Peurifoy, Hav
uuoTmg.
Sumter?E. D. Smith, Lynchburg,
(reelected), W. A. Nettles, Ramsey, 0
(reelected), JV Harvey "Wilson, Mayes- 8
viller (reelected), D. M. Young.. Sum- 1
ter. . t
Union?J. A. Sawyer, Union, A. *
Cole Lyles, ^Carlisle. S
Williamsburg?Charles W. Wolf, ^
Kingstree, S- Wayne G-amble, Gour- j3
dins, John S. Graham, Rhems, (reelected).
^
York?S. H. Epps, Fort Mills, (reelected),
H. E. Johnson, Bethel, (re
elected), Thomas F. McDow, Yorkville, M
t t> ? n a
JL. ? . I'XKsXsIlly JLLJLV^UIJ \jriuvc.
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Wants the Fight Renewed n
W. H. Harvey, general manager of h
the ways and means committee, No. P
1004 University building, Chicago, is e
in receipt of the following letter from h
Col. "Wm. J. Bryan, dated Jacksonville, b
Fla.: a
My Dear Sir: I enclose a pledge for e
monthly contributions to the cause of
bimetallism until October, 1900, to- tl
aether with the instalment for this tl
month. I most cordially endorse the e
plan adopted by the committee and am &
confident that it will result in the col? I
lection of a large fund for the circula- e
feion of bimetallic literature. Since your g
fight is in the interest of the 'plain peo- o
pie'?to use Lincoln's phrase?or the c
'common people,' to borrow a Bible y
term, we must appeal to tbem for the ti
means of carrying on the contest. d
The financiers can contribute large
sums to support tne gold standard do- p
cause the monopoly of money gives '1
them great pecuniary profit. Surely, t;
you can appeal with confidence to the a
millions who suffer from a rising dollar c
and falling prices. c
Having brought freedom to Cuba, the m
American people can renew the strug- s
gle for the financial independence of the e
United States. c
Yours truly. t
William j. Bryan. s
. .
Can't Sell a Graveyard. u
Some time ago Col. J. G-. Gibbes r
found a tract of land between AnderoAn
ArtAnAA rtAnnfiiic nnnn 4-'
ouu auu vwuvo vuuuvi&o u^vu n juiuu ^
the taxes had not been paid for years, o
It was known as the Maverick burial t
ground and several Van Wyck's are ii
buried there. The mother of Mayor v
Van Wyek, of New York, who was a g
Maverick, is buried there. The plot is }
no longer used as a burial ground, and h
Col. G-ibbes proceeded to advertise the t
land for sale. Protests were made i
against this, and the matter having 1;
been referred to the attorney general, 2
Judge Townsend decided today that the p
State had no right to sell the land be- s
cause it was a burial ground and such c
property is not taxable.?Columbia g
Record. 1
f
A Sad Story. e
The Riser boys, of Newberry county, o
who were convicted of * series of rob- I
beries about Pomaria, were brought to o
Columbia Wednesday and placed in the t
penitentiary, where they will serve five c
years unless sooner pardoned. Both d
are young men, one hardly being more c
than eighteen years old, and both bore v
good reputations in the community be- d
fore their conviction. They were well I
dressed, and no one seeing them alight i:
from the train would have imagined a
that they were en route to the feniten- s
tiary. After their conviction an appeal
was taken to the Supreme court o
on some ground, but it was withdrawn v
last week and the young men came d
down to serve out their terms.?Colnm a
bia Record. ?
H
An Old Citizen. t
Mrs. Catherine Watts of Sellersville, c
Pa., gave a birthday party to celebrate ?
her 108th anniversary. She was in the c
best of spirits and danced with four c
generations. The old lady gets around s
lively with her housework, reads with- I
out glasses, and walks several miles to c
church on Sundays. Her baby is 70
years old. c
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HANNA IS SCARED. :
He Regards the Outlook Doubtful J
and Wants More Money. 1
1
BLEEDING THE OFFICIALS. \
wi bi > I It Iini
ine Next Mouse in uoudi witn
Chances Favoring the Bemo- j
crats Controlling It. 1
The Washington correspondent of the (
Atlanta Constitution says the Hepubli- 1
cans have a real case of scare, on and
the campaign managers in Washington j
are moving heaven and earth to stop '
the tide which they feel has set against j
them. From Mark Hanna down they |
are crying for money, and they are rais- (
tng the cry because they are genuinely c
afraid they are going to lose the next ?
congress. J.iieir owu puns suuw uie j
outlook to be decidedly dubious. They
have had a lot of money to spend, but j
they are crying aloud for more, seeing t
that the only hope left them is whole- j.
sale corruption of the ballot, such as jr
larried the election of 1896 for them. r
Emissaries are here from the differint
close States touching the Republj- a
;an office holders for a rake-off on their j
salaries. It is the old method against v
T-V?TCIIAVI n?wafc oo
n iiiou ouv/JJi vif ju jk/ixAAtjvo xuv- ?
Kinley and Roosevelt have long railed, Q
jut we hear nothing from these gentle- s
nen now. R. L. Holland of Ohio has j
:ent his cards to all Ohio Republicans
n the departments telling of his pres- c
ince at the hotel Cochran and suggest- s
ng the desirability of a visit from the D
ecipients at their earliest convenience, rj
torn Piatt has had a man over here
i xr v 1
lUJLU X1CTY 1UU Ull CL 31111110.1 UllbdlUU, ^
rat his identity is not quite so certain, tor
he has eluded the vigilance of the f(
lewspapers, while the Ohio emissary ri
lad the bad luck to get some of' his j,
etters in print. Z
These are but two, however. They c
.re here from 2,11 the close States bleed- c
ng the employes for all they can. But e
his is the petty side of the bleeding
rasiness. Mark Hanna is himself in ?
charge- of the wholesale and more im- n
ortaot end, and the indications that
;ome from New York are that he has
een highly successful. - S1
Hanna does things wholesale. "He
telieves in the use of money and a lot ^
f it. He has been more eloquent in ^
lis insistence that it must be had this n
rcar than ever before?if that is possi- g
>le. lie does not attempt to conceal w
tis belief in the imminence of defeat a;
nd according to his code of ethics _
here is but one possible way to avert
b. ii
The story which comes from all sides E
I apathy in Republican rants has J5
cared Hanna, because he know? better b
han anybody else the dangers which g;
uch a state of affairs indicate. 'He k
:nows better than anybody else how y<
Teat a proportion of the enormous p
ote counted for McKinley was secured if
y open purchase, and he sees thatun- ii
ess some similar effort is made this <?]
ear there can be but one end of it all. ej
Eliminate from the sum total count- d
d for McKinley. all those votes which B
rere secured through open purchase
nd by coercion under the stress of tl
hat remarkable campaign, and there is "V
o margin left. Hanna knows, this and c]
as not hesitated to say it to .the cam- X)
aign committee here and. to the men- pyed
men in New York whose legs he e<
as Deen pulling, i am torn xnat to
oth of these dements he. has made tl
isclosures $hat have opened even .their ai
yes. . 4;
Unless there can be a repetition of c<
be success in purchase and coercion c<
tat prevailed in 1886 the Republican
hances are small indeed. Hanna has si
aid tins in just about so many words: 0]
le has not stopped at the saying, how- ii
ver, but with characteristic vigor has oi
one to work. He is "frying the fat" ai
f the manufacturers and the money
hangers of the east as he did two si
ears ago, and already the wheels of p
be Republican machinery give evi- b;
ence of being smoothly greased. ?(
But can they win even with the ex- m
enditure Of a vast amount or money / tJ
'he present indications are against oi
hem. The Washington Post publishes c<
poll of the country made through its P
orrespondents at the different State v
apitals. It is evident that this poll ii
ras made with the idea of getting a n:
tatement as favorable to the Republi- ii
ans as possible and an analysis of the ir
orrespondence shows this; but even at a:
hat the ontlook from a Democratic c;
tandpoint, as revealed 211 these reports
3 most encouraging. The Post sums d
>p the situation as revealed by its cor- tl
espondents in this way: d
"The reports show conclusively that
he Democratic expectations of numer e:
us gains in almost every section of d
he country are founded on fact. There si
s scarcely a State in the union which t<
rill return as many Republican con- d
ieaajLueu ao uuw uwupj cco.ua. iu xi
England, of course, the Kepublicans h
iave a clear field; but even in that secion
they are likely to lose one district c<
a Massachusetts. In the middle At- ir
antic States the losses will be heavier, ir
sew York will not again return 28 Re- ci
ublicaD conzressmen, while in Penn- tl
_i - ?i i oa T> vi: i.
yivama, which liow seats u
ans and 2 Democrats, the latter will
;ain several districts, owiDg to Repub- E
icau divisions and other causes. Re- c<
mViU/??r>a will nrnhahltr 1 arp j-.wrt or \i
aore districts in New Jersey, but gain w
ne in Delaware. In the south the :c;
)emocrats will very largely secure their w
>ld representatives, this being notably 1<
he case in Kentucky, while the Demo p
rats will recover two and possibly four a;
iistricts in Virginia. They are also E
redited with one district in Maryland, | a
rhich now sends a solid Republican E
ielegation. A strenuous fight is also tl
teing made in the Texas district which Ti
s now represented by a Republican, is
,nd it is possible that the Republican tl
eat in Alabama will be lost.
Tr? ilio Stilus
JLJU UUV LU1\A\A>V U VIAWVl/, UV It V Vat wMV
mtlook for the Republicans is better,
rith a probability that they will gain t<
iistricts in Ohio and Michigan. Indi- tl
,na, however, presents a very doubtful E
iela, with the Democrats certain to n
aake decided gains, while in Illinois ft
he present delegation of 17 Republi- t<
ans is liable to be reduced to 13. c:
south Dakota will send two Republi- s<
ans instead ol two Populists ana c<
Ganges in Kansas, Nebraska and Mis- V
ouri will favor the Republican side, a
n California the Republicans seem tl
ertain to lose at least one seat.'7 g>
The present house has 206 Republi- ii
ans, 122 Democaats, 23 Populist and 5 f<
silver Republicans. The opposition t<
the Republican majority foots up. i
will be seen, 150, leaving a clear Re
publican majority over all of 56.
The Post's estimate, compiled fron
the figure* of its correspoedents, gives
the Republicans 166 certain, the Dem
Dcrats 130 certain; the Populists 13cer
tain, the silver Republicans 4 and puts
t3 districts in the doubtful list.
This is as liberal from the Republican
standpoint as could possibly 1x
Sgured out. It is certainly true thai
;he fairest and "best estimates that car
je made will put in the Democratic
column a majority of the districts
ffhich are figured out as doubtful.
Running down the list: In New Engand
there will be little, if any, change.
Che Republicans hold every district
jut one mthat section, and the chances
:avor their holding their own, although
:ompetant judges state that two of the
listricts in Connecticut are doubtful
md there is a chance to gain one in
Massachusetts.
The Post figures indicate six doubtful
n New York. These are taken from
;he Republican column, the Democrats
>eing given in this estimate * only the
ive districts they now hold. Of course
nuch will depend in New York uDon tke
;overnorship race, which is going to be
. hard fought and exciting contest. I
tave lost none of my faith in Tan Wyck
rinning. If he does it is almost eerain
that the Democrats will carry not
mly these six doubtful districts, but
everal others which are now put in the
lepublican column.
The Democrats are almost certain to
arry only the six districts of Penn
yivania put 111 tte aouDtiul column,
liking a gain iu all of at least nine.
?i?is may in the end be even larger.
In New Jersey the Democrats will
ertainly carry the two districts which
he Post gives them with a good chance
or two more. In Delaware the new
egistration law makes everything highy
uncertain. There is but one conressman
to be elected. The present
ongressman is a Democrat and the
hances of his reelection are about
ven.
In Virginia the Democrats will reain
two if not all four of the 'districts
ow held by the Republicans; and the
wo districts of Texes put in thedoubtil
column ean be counted upon as
orely Democratic.
The Republicans have three' memers
from California inQthe present
ouse. The chances are they will have
one in the next, although the Post
gures give them two. The opposition
ill be divided between the Democrats
ad the Populists, with the Democrats
redominating.
The only States which seems to give
idication of Republican gains are
Kansas, Wyoming, South Dakota and
iebrasica. In. isansas there is a possiility
of one or more of the fusion conressmen
getting away; in South Daota
the indications are regarded fxorable
to the Republicans and are so
ut down in the Post's table; in Wyomlg
there is but one seat involved, and
1 Nebraska things are in'a, somewhat
haotic state with chances that the?eK
Ration will take one more^r&m the
oubtful column and placed*with the
:epublicans.
ODe district in Wisconsin is put in
le doubtful column and one in "West
lrgima," bat in these Kepublican
lances^e best. In Maryland the
'empeiats will gain one district and
ratably, also that which is now regard1
doubtful ?
Democrat advises warrant the belief
lat almost all o? ths districts which
re put in the Post's doubtful column?
Sin all?will, when the votfcs are
' - J 1 ? J iA T\ _
mnxea, oe iouoa an me j^einocrauc
)lumn.
I have said nothing of three States,
iving them to the last, because, in my
pinion, they will prove of the. greatest
nportance in determining the control
1 the house. These are Ohio, Indiana
ad Illinois. - '
The Post thinks the Republicans are
ire to hold their own in OKio with the
ossibility of the six districts now held
y Democrats. The Democrats of Ohio:el
certain of holding their own and to
take some gains. How well grounded
iow firms atp wa 1ia.va Tin mpms
? knowing here in Washington, It is
jrtain that Lthe Republicans of the
'resident's own State are scared. Grosenor,
who was scheduled for speeches
1 New York, has called bis engagetents
off that he may get into the fight
i Ohio, where he is needed, and the
toney appeals-made the Ohions here
re based on the possibility of Republim
losses.
ent of their ability, of gaining at least
iree seats. Two of these are in the
oubtful column of the Post's table.
In Illinois Democratic chances are
scellent The Republicans have 17
istriuts in the present house, the oppoition
five. Th$ Post concedes seven
) the Democrats, putting one in the
oubtful column. Democratic advices
idicate the probabilityof considerably
trgergains.
It is right here that the decision consrning
control of the house may be
lade. If the Democrats do succeed in
laking the gains in Illinois, with the
jllateral gains in Indiana and Ohio
aat are scheduled, 'there will be no
ope for the Republicans.
As in the campaign of 1896 it is the
^publican plan of campaign to consntrate
all of their enegy, and particuirly
their money, in these States. It
a? in these that the' vast Republican
impaign fund' was responsible for 'th$
onderfully heavy vote polled, or at
?ast, counted; and unless there is a reetition
of the success in that line then
ttained the Republicans have no chance
[anna knows this better than anybody,
ad it is on this line that he is working,
[e has been replenishing his barrel
irough the aid of the favored classes
i whose interests the Republican party
i run. and in a few days he will -pull
ie bung out.
Ordered to Charleston.
The nftonle of Charleston. S. C.. are
) have an opportunity to see sonfe of
le warships, for at the instance of
Representative Elliott of South Carolia,
Secretary Leng Tuesday gave orders
>r four of the ships to go to Charleston
) participate in the Gala "Week exerises
there on the 24th inst. The vesjls
named have made honorable re*
3rds during the war. They are the
nimington, which was in the fighting
t Cardenas, in which Bagley was killed
le Nashville, which fought at (Jienfue9S,
the Montgomery, which took part
1 the bombardment of the Santiago
)rts. and the Princeton.
| IN A BAD WAY.
What Populism Has Done for
j North Carolina.
?.
FROM BAD TO WORSE.
Ct/Mi+U PtrAlino I* +O
VttJ Vlllia BIIUVMkVM KV ^
Ben Tiiiman for Being Spared
f the Fate of Her Sis!
ter.
How great is South CarolIna'sobliga
tion to Tillman's statesmanship can best
be understood by some- study of politi- ~'y?%
i Ciil conditions in North Carolina, where
i the agrarian movement for relief! which
swept the country in 1890" and 1892,
i was not kept within the Democratic
1 lines. This unwisdom has-been to
North Carolina "the direful spring of
woes unnumbered." The condition of
the Tarheel state is now almost as bad
as prevailed in aJl the Southern states
in reconstruction times.
The North Carolina Populists were
not str jg enough to cariy the state,
neither were the Republicans. Under
such circumstances fusion was
natural. By fusion the Populists and
Republicans overthrew the Democratic government\
The decay of the Populist
party elsewhere, and especially its failure
to make itself an important factor
in national politics, inevitably led to
its disintegration in North Carolina,
from which disintegration the BeDubli
' am party was the chief gainer. Things
have gone from bad to worse in North
Carolina, until now miscegenation is
openly advocated by Negro orators and
Negro papers are sneering at the virtue
of white women. A correspondent of
the Atlanta Constitution,'who has been
carefully studying conditions in North ^
Carolina, thus reports his conclusions:
"The white face and the black. race
in North Carolina, are engaged today in
a momentous straggle for supremacy.
Although it has been conducted in
peace, without loss of life or even the y:
letting of blood,- it is as much a war for . :
oa tva ava* f oil/) WAV! a3*
vsvu\?uc-ow ao nv V/iw 4UU5UV auu nvu vi lost
by armed hosts. The black race,
united, solid, aggressive is marching as
- ene man against the divided whites
with the avowed purpose of over*
throwing what slight vestige of their
power remains and setting up for them-*
selves a sovereign Negro state.
uThen they will repeal the laws.
against intermarriage between the races
and mixed schools, and all other lawB
which in any manner, shape or form '
provide for separate accommodations for
white and black. This may be-denied
for political effect, but there is abundant
evidence to sustain the assertion
l and the evidence is furnished by the
colored people. Their aim is to eo- , _ - - * ^
Ionize and Negroiate North CarofeTa and' ~
to so firmly establish themselves in
possession that the blaeSTrace will flock
here fromjjther southern states.
JlThirr~is the solution of the race
-^estion which the Negroes are attempting
for themselves. . It is no secret that
colored leaders,; ambitious for their
race, have matured in their minds a
plan by which they hope to obtain
absolute control of the legislative machinery
and then to rapidly cany oat a
scheme of colonization by which this
will become a thoroughly Negro soy*
ereign state, with that population in
the majority and furnishing all oScials. *
in the public serviee, from the United
States senators and governor down
through judges, legislators and solicitors,
to the last constable and janitor*
"If their plan succeeds, North Car*
olina is to be the refuge of their people
in America. Their ^brethren from all
the southern states will be invited to
come here, cast their lofe amoi^ thteir
fellows and together to work out their
destiny in whatsoever degree of prosperity
and advancement they may be
able to achieve for themselves. cIf
North Carolina goes Republican
again this year, ire intent
to move over there. The Negro has
more rights there than anywhere .else*'
TMo w?o tlM mWiiTM>p nf thp. talk in
both South Carolina and Virginia
The blacks are very much dissatisfied ^
with the political conditions in the
former states and are anxious to gc?
away.
"If the whites fail to regain super*
macy on November 8th thousands of
them will move away. They say that
they cannot endure the conditions *
which now exist and they know that
if they lose in the co&ing election
their last hope will be gone} The rich
can move away by sacrificing their
property, but the poor white men with
families to support will find it a hard
matter to leave their homes, go into a
rt#?w <v?mmnTiifcv and malrp. their WaV.
"Hence it is that the poorer whites,
the operatives in the mills, the farmers,
the workingmen everywhere, are aroused
and desperate. They are fighting
for their homes in a double sense.
They realize that it is to their pecuniary
interest to drive back this tdvan- gggg''
cingwave of black; supremacy Deiore
it engulfs them in everlasting ruin.
"And theie is the other danger,
greatest of all, the menace to the womanhood
of the state, the constant and
growing peril of each man's wife and
daughter. That is the thought which ij*
is seated in the mind and on the heart
of every mail who loves his family. I
know it to be a facfrthat the operatives
in the cotton mills and the tobacco
factories and the various shops and manufacturing
concerns all through the
. .. ?-v?
SG&I/6 J1YC mor6 2-lWJUUUii W vrno puaoQ
of the sabject than to any other."
Thanks to Tillman; there is political
piece aDd quietude in this state. ,
The Populist movement in this state
"died a-borning" aDd Tillman's per- . ,
sistent fight secured a constitutional
convention which makes Negro nomi- j- - .
Dation in South Carolina an impossi.
bility until the Negroes acquire eda-~
cation and property.?Columbia Re- Still
Sunning.
The sympathies of the country at
large go out to Governor Mcf^urin -x ^
of Mississippi. Since the breaking out^^^
of the fever in his State be Has
known where he "was at", and durilM
much of the time his fellow citizenM
have not known. At last advices hll
had evacuated the State insane asy-^B
lum, where he had taken refuge,^i||S
was in the woods somewhcr^MH
county, miles awa^f^^j
phone or teiegaa
associat^^^
him, j*