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Tlio Lexington Dispatch. VOL. XXIV. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 2, 1894. NO. 24. CONFEDERATE REUNION.J I WINNIE DAVIS'S WIGWAM CROWDED WITH VETERANS. I The Fourth Annual Reunion Formally ! Opened?Governor Jones' Address of ^ "Welcome?Over 500 Camps Represented ! ^^ ^1 at the Roll Call. Birmimingham, Ala., April 25.?The fourth annual reunion of Confederate j Vatorona mas formally ODenei this! T VUVi ? MM ? # v morning by Gen. Fred S. Ferguson of ! this the first Alabama brigade In Winnie Davis wigwam at 9 o'clock. There i were fully 10,000 in the building and i many who could not gain access to the ,! immense hall. Governor. T. G. Jones of Alabama made a brief but eloquent welcoming address in behalf of the State and was followed by Hon. David J. j Fox, mayor, on behalf of Birmingham. [ Gen. John B. Gordon, commander-la*, chief, on behalf cf the United Confed-: erate Veterans responded in an able and eloquent manner. Tomorrow, decoration day, will beob-1 served in a gorgeously appropriate man- j ner. The corner-stone of a Confederate j monument to be erected by Camp Clay- j ton Sons of Veterans will be laid and ! Gen. Stephen D: Lee of Mississippi will j make the address. The graves will j then be decorated in Oak Hill Cemetery, j Aaoiotont Oianlaln fJATK J. Wilson i A3oxouaub v . . Jones, in the absence of the Chaplain | General in calling blessings upon the 1 fourth annual reunion of United Con-; federate Veterans and upon whom are j left, said in a fervent manner: "Heavenly Father we ask that Thy blessings be upon us today as we are gathered together in this reunion. "We thank Thee that Thy blessings were over us in battle, and we thank Thee that Thy blessings are over us here today. We thank Thee that while maDy have fallen out of our ranks, so many of us remain to bless Thy name today. We thank Thee that in the days that tried men's souls, we had men of courage to tight for our cause. We thank Thee that there still remains the principles of justice and truth that we fought for. We thank Thee that those principles have been preserved and that the sons of veterans today maintain the principles of their fathers. Hear us and answer us, and be with us in our reunion and grant that the God of Abraham and Isaac and of Jacob and the God of Jackson and Johnson and of Lee be with us in the days that are to come. We ask this all in Jesus name. Amen. After prayer General Ferguson introduced to the vast audience his excellency, Gen. Tnomas G. Jones, who for Alabama extended the visiting Confederate Veterans a cordial welcome to the confines of Alabama and assured them that during their stay they would be met with hospitality characteristic of true Soldiers. He said: GentlemeD, citizens and countrymen: The proud honor has fallen to my lot in hehaif of Alabama to welcome you to her soil, but what is the power of words compared to the deep feeling that swells up in our hearts as we contemplate the grandeur and significance of this meeting ? There never was a ti me when the soil of Alabama did not throb when the feet of a soldier pressed it. God bless the soldier in his old age. Some asked if it would not have been better if these veterans who survived had fallen in the paths of bravery while fighting for justice and right and avoided the temptations and trials of a later; time; but if the career of the Confeder* j ate soldiers was grand in war it has not j surpassed his career in times of peace. But the soldier in peace has been equal to the soldier in war. We have not met here today in a spirit of apoleay or in a spirit of condemnation. Every j man who went into battle with a clean ; hand and came out with a clean hand | went in as a brave man and came out as a brave man is our countryman. It j seems but a dream those thirty years; when the shadow of Appommatox fell I like a pall upon this land. We look in- j to the eyes today of men who followed j every great commander who fell in j Shiioh. We look into the eyes of men j who heard the immortal words: "See j Jackson standing like a stone wall,'1 aBd as countrymen we meet here today ! in memory of a lost cause. Your exer- i cises are to be crowded and I will not j detain you longer. I know I endorse i the true sentiment of every man in j Birmingman and in Alabama when I j say welcome, thrice welcome, God bless the Confederate Veterans.' Mayor Fox was then introduced by i General Ferguson to extend to the vis-! itiDg people a hearty, cordial and warm j welcome to Birmingnam, a city now,! but unknown wnentheold soldiers who ! are now assembled here were fighting t V*Antr% nn riohf iur wuao cue/ mvu^uu i? w In response to these welcomes which had beer tendered vlsitiDg Confederates and their wives and children, Gen John B. Gordon thanked in behalf of the United Confederate Veterans the speakers and asserted that, coming as "they did they were true and simple welcomes of cherished persons who fought for a cherished cause. His response was eloquent, terse and received commendation: He said: My Confederate Brothers and Sisters: It is my pleasure to respond to the hearty welcome just given us by this grand old State. I wish to assure the Governor of Alabama that the follow ers of thos* icnmortai men to wuum ue * has referred ffb ready to meet with him in his cordial memory of those immortal dead. Yes, here are the men who followed Lee and Jackson and Johnson and all the leaders who have made the pages of American history what they are. In one sense, my brethren, I am not the man to respond to a welcome from Alabama, for in that sense I am am an Alabamaian myself and feel that it would be more proper for me to stand with ber Governor and extend to the brave men of other States her welcome rather than to receive it. and on the other hand I am perhaps of all living men the proper one to make this response, because no living man is more indebted to her than I am. It was among the mountains of Alabama that 1 first heard the voices that called us to battle. It was an Alabama regiment which I led, or rather which led me, in-1 to that bloody fray and made principles I when it swept over the frowning breast j works and left death upon the fields, j We all have a right to feel thankful' and be proud of all Alabama today. We! can lay our tributes at her feet for her! welcome. Alabama's name is enough ( to endear her to your nearts. In the first place she is composed of seven let-! ters which is a lucky number, three of! the letters are first letters of the alpha- j bet. You may look at her from the ; front or behind and she ct ill stands at j the head of the list, and if Alabama ' should have any trouble in selecting a Governor, we will furnish ber all the candidates she wants. (Laughter.) The j iron of her mountains, the rich soil of her black belt, and the timber of her i sunny coast places her in the front i ranks of our Southland. Since our last - meeting, many or our uomrauca uavc fallen from the ranks Into that sleep 01 rest. Kirby Smith has gone and that | sturdy Roman Early has followed him. I Vance and Colquit, soldiers and states- j meD, have joined the Confederate rank ! beyond the grave. In conclusion I wish to return the thanks of all these brave i men and of this great State whose hos-j pitality is as limitless as the air around us. There were over 500 camps represent-1 ed at the roll call." A subscription to- ; wards the Chicago Confederate monument was then taken up and $1,500 was handed in in a very few minutes. Routine business then followed. The local military gave an exhibition battalion drill in the afternoon, witnessed by thousands. second day's proceedings. Birmingham, Ala., April 26?Just; as yesterday, the wigwam was crowded long before the convention began. ; There was the same eager interestj marked on every face. Chaplain John W.Jones led. in prayer. Gen. John C. Underwood announced that $1,827 had been raised for the Con-1 federate cemetery at Chicago' by yes- j terday's contributions, for which he j thanked the old soldiers. The reading ! clerk read out the list of contributions j * 1 I made yesterday, .aaaiuuuai tmnuu-j tions were handed in. Rosters of the i dead at Johnson's Islands and Chicago; were distributed by Gen. Underwood. A one-legged Confederate stated that his life had been saved on the battlefield by a Federal solider, and asked that that soldier be escorted to the stand. It was so done by a committee ' of two. The Federal soldier was Maj. Milsted. Gen. William Cabel submitted his report as chairman of the Jefferson Davis monument fund, stating that $12333 had been received. This monument is to be erected at Richmond, a. Gen. Cabel made a brilliant and forceful talk in the interest of the monu-, ment. Maj. C. Milsted of the Fifth West! Virginia, who saved the one-legged Confederate on the field at Lynchburg, was introduced, and made a few remaks, with ringing cheers to greet him. Gen. W. H. Jackson of Tennessee took the stand at this moment, and introduced Gen. Miller of the Federal aim?, commander of the Alabama G. A. R. Gen. Miller made a shot speech complimentary to Gen John B. GorJ don for his chivalry in saving the life! nffiar, Pranms f! Harlow of the Fed-] eral army, July 1863, at Gettysburg. He presented to Gen. Gordon a cane, cut on Barlow's Hill, at Gettysburg, as a memento of his kindness to Gen. Barlow. Gen. Miller's SDeech was most felicitous. He characterized Gen. Gordon as the typical American soldier, and ringing cheers shook the air. Gen. Gordon responded with the eloquence and the taste marking everything he does. He dwelt particularly upon the re-united Confederate and Fedeial soldiers. "As a former foe, uow friend. I stand before you, Gen. Miller, and pledge to you as noble and partriotic a people in the South as the sun shines on. I bid you a hearty welcome."! tOVtQaro I3y motion of Gen. Underwood a ris- { ingvoteof thanks aDd the rebel yell1 was accorded Maj. Milsted for bis eal- j lantry in bearing a Conftderate soldier I from the battlefield at Lynchburg. After further discussion a resolution ' to send a committee of three to bear j greetings to the Grand Army of tbe ; Republic and to urge it to accept At-; la;.ta's invitation to hold the grand en- ! campment there in 1895, was unani-j mously adopted. The kindest senti-! ments were expressed on this resolution : and the Confederates promised to give ! the Grand Array veterans a hearty wel- j come and a good time if they came J A - 4 UnfflAAAl/^O Qr?QTn U.OWH lO cue UIU uaiucuciuo agaiu. A fitting ending to the fourth reun-! ion of the United Confederate Veterans and bv far the greatest feature was the parade and review, followed by the lay* ing of the corner stone of a monument to the memory of the dead of the Confederacy, to be erected in Capitol Park, at the head of Twentieth street. At 4 o'clock tbe column was formed on Avenue E. and Twenty-llrst street j and headed by a band of music from Mobile marched steadily up Twenty-1 first street and across the beautiful i bridge to Park Avenue, where it passed j in review before General John B. Gori don, Commander-in-chief, United Con-: : federate Veterans. \ here were camps from all the South ; era ^,ates in line and all the surveying: | generais w^th their staffs together with j the three local military companies vis- i j itiag from other towns, the A. and M. j College cadets from Auburn, Unlversi*; j ty of Alabama (Tuskaloosa) cadets and ; Howard College (East Lake) cadets, ! and a lair estimate of the number of j men in the ranks, places it at 4,000 ! There were innumerable carriages and i the procession was viewed by fully 35,! 000 people. The column was a mile! long, the veterans and sons of veterans I marching in fours. Enthusiastic out-1 bursts greeted the old batUe-scarred veterans and the many flagl^relics of the "Lost Cause," were recipient of lovI ing tributes. The bands played martial ! airs, the rebel yell wa3 heard, flags and j handkerchiefs were waved and it was I altogether a sight never to be forgotteD { At Taris Avenue, the column passed : between two long rows of beautiful ' schoolgirls, dressed in white each with a basket of llowers, which were handed ! to the battle-scarred veterans and sons j of the Confederacy. Passing in from i of the reviewing stxnd, whereupon was i Gen. John B. Gordon, the Governors ot j the States,the representative stars and j the sponsor of Camp Hardee together with their maids, they greeted them with cheer after cheer, "which together with the booming of cannon, playing of the bands and cheers ?f the multitude made the welkin ring. It was a grand and inspiring spectacle. After the review, the ceremonies attendant upon the laying'*0 the corner stone was gone through, h in an imposing manner. Gen. Stephen D.Lee of Mississippi delivered the address which was a master-piece of oratory. Other distinguished speakers were present and the corner stone was placed in posi:ion in an appropriately solemn i manner by the Grand Master of Masons ' Hon. Frank L. Fettus. Thus ended the ; greatest reunion of ex-Confederates! ever known. The Confederate Veteran, published j at Nashville by S. A. Cunningham, was j made the official organ of the United i Vererans. Soldiers at Spartanburg. Spartanburg, S. C., April 25.?Preparations are well under way for the national encampment which will be held here under the auspices of the j Hampton Guards, beginning July 2 and I closing Julyl2. Veterans, singly and in organiza-1 tions, from Main to Texas, will be in | the city during the encampment. Five ex-Confedeiate generals, General Wade \ Hampton, (General James Lougstreet, General Fit z-Hugh Lee, General John ii. Gordon and General M- C. Cutler have been invited to be the guest of the Hampton Guards on that occasion. During the encampment there will be [ daily combats between baseballists and I tennis players of national reputation, interpersed with football and other sports;and the evenings will be enlivened by operas, dancing and two grand military balls. Numerous brass bands and drum r?nrr><* will he Present. and the evening entertainments will be enlivened by the sweet strains of Bearden's Band. Frequent excursions will be run from this city to the -heart of the mountains, thus allowing those who have never had the pleasure of such a trip to secure the same at a nominal cost. Cash prizes aggregating from 8600 to 81,000 will be awarded to the successful competitors in prize drills, into which all visiting companies are invited to enter. Gold medals will be awarded to the best individual drilled member of any company present, and also one to the best shot. Three United States army officers will act as judges, thus insuring utmost fairness to all parties. Companies from both Xorth and South have already signilied their intention of being here at that time, and your attendance is desired to increase the enjoyment of ail present The Reporter Wins. Cheraw, April 25.?The libel case of C. H- F;nch against A. G. Kollock, editor of the Cheraw Reporter, for $100 damages, came ell in Trial Justice J. T. Hurst's court at Chesterfieled on the 14:b. Mr. Finch was represented by W. P. Pollock, and Mr. Koilock by Edward Mclver and W. F. Stevenson. Finch evidently did not thinK he had been damaged; at any rate he left the county before the day of trial. His at-, toney, therefore, had to act both as witness and lawyer in the case. Messrs. Mclver and Sterenson argued for a nonsuit, aDd completely routed Mr. Pollock who did not seetn to have any case, failed to make but a very poor showing. Tbc trial justice granted a nonsuit on the ground that the attorney for the plaintift lailed to prove any special damages. The attorneys fur the defense made other points for a nonsuit, but the justice considered the one mentioned as suiftcient to grant the nonsuit. The cause of the action was the publication in the llepor- ! ter of an article in which Mr, Finch was called a spy. An explanation, was made in a subsequent issue which should have been sullic.ent to drop the suit, This is the lirst esse of the kind, so far as I know, ever brought in this county Guarding: the Gold. Washington, April 24.?Treasury officials while disclaiming any fears of trouble on account of trie prescence ot the crowds incident to the coming of Coxey's army, have taken the precaution of adding lifty-live carbines and twenty revolvers to the Treasury's supply af arm3. The normal strength of the watch force of the Treasujv is seventy men, devided into two reliefs and in addition to two or three dozen revolvers, there has always been thirtyfive carbines in the racks in the office of the captain of the watch, sufficient to supply one to each watchman on duty. It has been though: best, however, to increase the supply in view of the crowds of hangers-on ot the Coxey army that are expected to arrive in the city during the coming week. The captain of the treasury Guard, a local military organization, composed entirely of clerks in the Treasury Department, today informed the captain of the watch force that in case of trouble at any hour of the day or night, he / nnlrt huvp evpru msn in nnmrnand at the Treasury building inside of forty minutes. He stated that his men were well drilled in the use of arms and hence could do much more oifective work than civilians. He asked to be notified if there was at any time any apprehension of trouble. A C arlous Case. Raleigh, April 24.?A curious case came up in the superior court here. W. II. Worchington sues the ltaleigh and Augusta railway for 35,000 damages. He was walking by the side of the track when a train which was approachingstruck a cow which had attempted to cross the track. The cow was thrown in the air and struck Worthington and knocked him into a pool of | water. When the engineer ran back he I found Worthington had crawiea out 01 ! the water and was lying on a log. The | issue hinges upon the question of neglii gence. BATTLE WITH COXEYITES. ; < THE TRAIN STEALERS HAVE A FIGHT j WITH DEPUTY MARSHALS. , Bloodshed lu Montana Between Some of * the Industrial Army Follower# and Df p- { uty Marshals?The Marshals Overpower- * ed?Unftrd States ^Troops OrderedljOat. J Hillings,Mont., April26?The first bloodshed resulting from the clashes of the law und the industrial army move- j; ment, which is now sweeping over the! J country in a wave of monster propor- j ? rions was witnessed here today. About | ^ 11 o'clock this" morning this little city }; was thrown into wild excitement by * the announcement that the train-steal- : ing contingent of the Coxey army was 5 rushing into the city on a Xoithem J Pacific train from the West at a high ? rate of speed closely followed by a train ^ load of United States deputy marshals. *; The truth of the statement was veri-;, fied a few minutes before noon when i the train of box cars ran into town. |, The Coxeyites were overtaken by the ! J special train of the marshals just as i S they entered the limits of the city. | After their arrival it was learned:, that the marshal's train overtook the ; ^ Kogan contingent just as they were,, pulling away from Columbus, and at-.1 j tempted to arrest the progress of the i ? train bearing the 500 unemployed who j; are in possession of the train. The J leaders would not yield to the demands ;; of the marshals to give up the train IJ and Instructed their men to go ahead,! * which was done. The two trains came f on during the forenoon hours until this j city was reached, when a stop was ordered, the conflict between the two J bodies resulting. J As near as can be learned Marshal * McDermott ordered the leaders of the captured train to surrender, and when : they refused to do so a few of the mar- F shals, before receiving a command to . do so, fired upon the crowd of men on the cars. The shots were quickly re- , turned by the industrials. A number ? of shots were exchanged between the : parties before Marshal McDermott ? could regain control of his men. Dur- J ing the firing one of tte deputies was ~! seriously wounded and one of the men ; on the rear platform car was shot in ' the groin. McDermott decided that his men were not equal to tho odds 7 against them and ordered his men to 5; desist firing, which they did. The cap- , tured train soon after pulled out from 1 the depot and McDermott notified the authorities that his force was inadequate to capture the 500 men who were a determined to retain possession of the train. At the latest advices of the train the captured train is pursuing its way to Miles City, where it is expected the national troops will arrest them and recover the train. Washington, April 25.?In addition to the request of the Judge of the United States Court, the United States District Attorney and the United States Marshal for the District of Montana for Federal aid in arresting the Ilogan contingent of the army of the unemployed ror seizing a train at Butte, Montana, against the mandate ] of the United States Court, President i Cleveland has received the following from the Governor of Montana which , was given to the press tonight: ? "To the President of the United I, States: It formation reaches me by ] wire that a band of Coxeyites fleeing | the State with stolen train were over- ( taken at Billings by United States dep uty marshals who were trying to serve j a writ emanating from the United States Court. A fight ensued. One J ~ tTTAa rrr AnnH Cxf\ QnH Q uepui}' Luaisuoi woo ty uuuutu uuva u leader of the Coxeyites wounded. The j deputy marshals were overpowered and driven off with revolvers and other weapons. The mob then surrounded the deputies and now hold them prisoners. The train of Coxeyites is within j a few hours run of Fort Keoh. It is j impossible for the State militia to over- j j take them. As Governor of Montana I i I hereby request you to have the Federal j I troops at Fort Keog intercept, take in- i to custody, arrest and hold these Coxeyites subject to the orders of the United States Court issuing the writ referred to. If the Coxeyites pass Fort Keog before orders can emanate from you for ?heir apprehension, I request that Federal troops be ordered to overi take them. Promptness required. "(Signed) G. E. Ricka*RTS, Governor of Montana." Scholield, commanding the army, last night sent a telegram to General Merrett, commanding the Department of ' Dakota, instructing him by direction I of the President, to have a sufficient | force sent to arrest all persons engaged i in the unlawful seizure of the Northi era PaciQc train at Butte, and to hold I the train and all on board until they ! can be delivered to the United States Marshal for Montana subject to theor! der of the United States District Court. Already one or two trains have been seized and constant threats are being made of seizing others. Attorney General Omey today telegraphed the United States marshal of Washington ! to use every means in his power to I maintain fhp ftnfi fhfi SftCliritV Of I i property. The United States marshals i in Montana, North Dakota and Minne| sota had previously been instructed to I the same effect ana all of them are directed to promptly notify the Departj meat of Justice the moment they are ! unable to control the populace. The order of the President for the troops to intercept the Northern Pacific train and arrest the runaway Hogan contingent was issued solely to command respect for the mandate of ' t-h* United States Court and was not in I any sense a national interference in loI cal affairs. It is explained at the White : House that the Butte miners had ap; plied to the Northern Baciiic officials ! (that road being in the hands of govi ernment receivers) for free transporta| tion to Washington, aad when this was | refused the strikers broke into the i round, house, seized a locomotive, j coupled cars to form a train and when j the United States Court granted an inj junction against this action and issued 1 an order for .the arrest of the marau lers ana me l nitea states marshals at- i tempted to execute t he orders of the ^ourt with as strong a possee as he was j abie to summon to his aid, his forces were overprwered and the stolen train j ?scaped. When these facts were re-1 jorted to the Department of Justice; ihey were brought to the attentihn of j he President, with the recommenda;ion of the Attorney General that the federal authorities be supported by roops, that being the sole alternative j eft to the government. The President at once called the Gen-: >ral Commanding of the Army into :onsultation, and after fully considerng the matter, General Scholield was lirected to call upon the commander if the department of Dakota (in which niiitary department the affair took ilace) to send a sufficient force of ^ A O 11 A?rtOrtflJ 1 T. 1 iuu|;a LU aiicao an pciouuo iu , he unlawful seizure of the Northern : Pacific train at Butte, Mont., and to j lold the train and persons until they i :ould be delivered to tne United States! ( narshal for Montana subject to the I >rder of the United States District" lourt. This dispatch was sent at 11 o'clock ,: ast night to Col. P. T. Swaine, who is sommander of the Department of Dacota, with headquarters at St. Paul. Colonel Swaine's orders were sent to lieutenant Colonel John II. Page,comnanding Fort Keogh, near Miles City, | ffontana, informing him of the Presi- j lent's orders aDd directing him to make j he arrests and under no circumstances 1 ,o permit the train to pass Miles City, j rhis afternoon, when it was learned ! hat the train might be some time in ; eaching Miles City, Colonel Page was j >rdered to make the arrests ffith as : ittle delay as possible and it is not un-; ikely that he may put troops on a train ! ind make the effort to capture the mi-! lers train tonight. There Is some ap- i >rehension that Colonel Page may I neet with resistance when ?he carries ii3 orders into effect as the men in jossession of the train are undoubtedy all armed and have already shown i disposition to lawlessness. Every confidence is felt, however, in Colonel Page being equal to whatever mergency arises. .Reports have been eceived at Police headquarters from mthorities of other places, showing the trength of the various contingents low moving on Washington to be ,000. 1st. Paul, Minn., April 26.-2. a.m. -The Coxeyites were arrested at 12.30 >y Colonel Page's troops at Forsythe, don., forty-six miles west of Fort Ceoh. Stole a Train. St. Paul, Minn., April 25.?Shortly ifter midnight 500 men at Butte, comlosiDg the Butte contingent of the loxey army, entered the engine house if the Northern Pacific railroad, apiropriated and prepared for service an mgine, and proceeded to make up a rain composed of five coal cars and >ne box car. This action occurred afar a smuggle of four days between the ocal authorities and the mob, which resterdav assumed such proportions as ;o overawe the officers of the law and ;he departure from Butte was without iny opposition upon their part. The ;rain was manned by members of the nob. It crossed the main range of the Rocky Mountains early this morning, ind reached the main line at Logan, 70 miles from Butte, at about 4 o'clock. They breakfasted at Bozeman and fiew sastwara at the rate of 55 miles an dour, coming to a sudden stop at Timberline at 8 o'clock on account of a save-in. Attorneys for the Northern Pacific have wired the sheriff at Livingston to place the mob under arrest for the larceny of a train. Governor Nelson has been asked to call out the militia to prevent the Coxeyites from entering Minnesota. Later, the mob shoveled itself out, and passed through Livingston eastward at 5 30. Negro Lynched. Pittsburg, Kan., April25.?The bitter feeling engendered last summer by the importation of negro miners from Alabama was rearoused when it was made known that three of them had broken into the house of a white man named Alfred Haman, murdered him ia cold blood and stole ?8U. i^any m the morning armed men were scourlDg the country for the assassins, and one, named Jeff Tuggle, was captured about 9 o'clock, at Weir City. The officers started with him to the county jail at Columbus, but were overtaken at Cherokee by an angry mob of white miners, headed by the wife of the murdered man, and after she bad identified the negro the crowd overpowered the officers, using Constable Malcomb very roughly, took the culprit half a mil e north of toe town and hanged him to a tree. Greatly augmented in numbers, the angry miners then took up the hunt for the other two. It is reported that another has been captured and spirited away to a place of safety, and the news comes that another is surrounded about three miles south of Pittsburg, and ~;ii K/% limnhoH qa Qnnn an nanf.nrftd. Will UC IJUVU^U uo uwu v-w v^r The whole affair has assumed an ugly aspect, as the miners are already excited over the strike situation. The Industrial Arme?, New York April 23.?A special dispatch from Chicago says: From all over the West comes the news that the crusade ot the industrial armies is spreading. Oyer a dozen armies are now in the field". In all large towns companies are rapidly being formed. Armies, de tachments and divisions are now in the field in the West. 'There are: General Kelley 1,000 men, Neola, Iowa; Gen" TT X - . eral Frye, 1UUU men, rerre nauie, xuu.; General Frye's second division, 800 men, McLeansboro, Ills.; General Gray, 100 citn, Plattsville, Col.; General Galvin, 200 men, Loveland, Ohio; Serjeant Kendall, 500 men, Chicago; 100 men at Little Falls, Minn.; 300 men at Butte, Mon.; 100 men at Monmouth, 111.; 100 men at OLtumwa, Iowa; Capt. Sullivan. 1,000 men, Chicago; 150 men at Anaer son, Ind.; and General Aubrey, 700 men, Indianapolis, Ind. Besides these armies large numbers of recruits are pushing forward to various lines oi march with the intention of joining larger bodies. IIS klitiK L1QUUK JNOW. GOVERNOR TILLMAN GIVES HISVIEWS ON THE DECISION. He say* lleln Paralyzed; Hl/i Hands are Tied?lis r-roomi Can lie Put Up at K very Street Corner and Cros? Roads In the State Columbia, S. C., April 24.?No move was made in any direction yesterday In the whiskey-Dispensary law muddle. It was hoped that something would be done to relieve the uncertainty. The longer the problem goes without solution the worse jumbled becomes the ideas ct'tbe public. Men now change opinoion as often as the wind. Each change bring3 no relief. The puzzle grows more perplexing. Lawyers are iknot in it" at this juneture. They are as badly rattled as the man who never saw a law book. The Supreme Court has made worse than a "fifteen puzzle" for this Slate and the disagreeable part is that nobody can work the puzzle. The Supreme Court decision amounts to one of two things?prohibition pure and sirapls or tree whiskey. The latter means that there is no law against the sale of whiskey, that any man can start in the business at any place and any time, and that there is no restraint on debauchery and the full sway of the liquor king. Many pepole DOw;believe|that the majority of the court saw what would be ii. u il:. c ~c ? me result ui mis icariui state ui auaua and inserted in the decision the few lines which have put everybody to guessing, and which has checked the whiskey element this far. The court was far-sighted enough to see the effect of these lines. The employees still in the service of the State Dispensary were engaged yes terday in taking stock at that institution. The quarterly report must be made the last of this month and the amount of goods on hand must be given. A car load of whiskeys billed just before the decision to County Dispensaries and taken to depots were returned to the State Dispensary yesterday. The shipments were stopped when the decision was rendered. Governor Tillman yesterday publicly expressed an opinion on the decision for the drst time since it was rendered. He was in a particularly good humor when the small regiment of reporters struck him and hporan nlv him with avarietv of questions. Tbe Governor was asked how long before the uncertainty about the decision would be removed and - the ^mystery as to its meaning solved. He said: "I have already solved my part of it. It Is now for the judges to let the people know what they have decided. I don't know whether the decision means prohibition or free liquor or what it means. Who can tell what they mean? I don't see what object they could have had in leaving the matter in doubt at all." "Well, Governor, what about that extra session?" "Who has heard anything of an extra session? All I've heard of it is some talk in the newspapers and of course the papers are always in the wrong." "It is claimed by some that the deci sion leaves the law a prohibition law and that the police regulation feature of the law stands. How about that?" Governor Tillman replied: "All I have to say is that the Legislature gave me authority to enforce the Lispensary law. When the court declares tbe Dispensary law dead why of course my authority to enfore It dies with it. I don't see what right I have to attempt to maintain the constabulary to enforces prohibition law if it is such." "Governor, whose business is it to find out what the court means?" "I don't know. It's not mine." Then laughingly the Governor said. "What j is that Byron said about Wordsworth? ; Ob, ves, \L wisb he'd explain ni3 expianaI tion.'" The Gove-nor was asked what hein| tended to do about having the stocks of j the various County Dispensaries ship* ! ped back here and stored; A the rents j and insurance would not amount to ! more than the expense of doing this. He i said he had no authority whatever to go into the expense of moving the stock and j things would go on just as they are. i Continuing, he said: '-You see I am (paralyzed. I can't Jo a thing. It seems j to me that the court in so many words expressly declares that 'the Dispensary i law is not a prohibitiorv law.' The Court denies emphatically that the. municipalities have the right to issue liceneses. Now if it is not a prohibitory law and the right : to issue licenses does not stand and there j is no other law applying to the liquor I traffic it looks to me like free liquor. It j looks like anybody and everybody can [ go out anywhere in the country, at every ! cross-roads and eyerywhere else, and j start up barrooms and sell liquor. All j Acts applying to the liquor traffic inconi sistent with the Dispensary Act have ! been repealed and there are none on the i statute books." j Govirnor Tillman then made the foli lnwinor imnortant statement: "The j whole situation as I see It now is that I j can onlyjmaintain the statue quo, shut i up shop close up business, do absolutely i nothing and obey the law. The State ! i3 forbidden to sell whiskey. As to who ! else can or may I can't and won't preI tend to say. It is confusion worse con j founded."?Register. Murdered by a Mob. , Tallulah, La., April 21.?Mr. j Boyce, manager of the Banner Place, j was assassinated last night while riding j on the public road. It is believed that thirty or forty Degroes were implicated in the assassination. Filteenof them have been arrested, and one Harris Williams was shot and killed while attempting to escape.