Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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amiT EACH OTHER snnnc iiheis n nliiabi ran IIHE iDAIN HAKTIAL LAW DECLARES Calls Oat State Troops to Restore Peace -Mine Guards Use Machine Cans and Hlfh Power Rifles on Strikers Be* (Ore the Arrival of Troops. State troops have been ordered in to the ooal fields of Colorado to put an end to the brutal fighting between vine guards in the employ of the Col orado Fuel and Iron company and SAOO striking miners. Got. Ammons has declared martial law In the re gion, has ordered all mine guards and strikers disarmed and all saloons closed during the continuance of the strike. At the same time he has served an ultimatum on the operators that no strike breakers may be im ported, but that the troops may be used to protect strikers wishing to return to work. The presence of the troops It Is be- Hsved will put an end to the bloody fighting that has characterised the latter stages of the strike and may bring about an early settlement. Three troops of cavalry, two bat teries of artillery and a troop of In fantry from Denver were Joined by fire companies of Infantry from Southern Colorado and 600 men from other sections of the state In the min ing district, where flerce fighting was la progress for >4 hours previous to the arrival of the troops. la battles at Ludlow. Berwlnd and Tabasco two miners were killed and a number wounded. The men and dep utise fought tn a driving snow. In a pitched battle at Walseehurg two miners were killed, four wound ed and a number eartoesly bruised In a fight with mine guards The guards ejecting a miner from a com when the fight started rifles were used st close mgs la driving back the mob One sard was lejared. la aaotber fight I and e aeora woeaded. tecledtag trea mtsa geaida. At Ledlew ana mtae guard wea and one etrthsr reported kill ed la a fight that lasted II boars, durtag which ballets fairly raised oa the tents ta whieh the wires sad chil dren of mtmere were sheltered from the weather The miners of the re- gtae have all left the oompasy hoaeea and are living tn tsals ■inhere captured eevea guards et Junction and. after half aa of hard flfbllag. took a machlaw from the steal ears la which mtae guards ware being harried to the trouble son*. The train was forced la herb down eat of the rag too De- fmmsdlatsly put on of ths gas fur faar ths minors weald turn ft oa the mtae guards Misers declare that oa several oc- auofloas at Ledlow tad other trouble neuters guards have tamed machine gens os defeurelcM taels They as sart also that an ft noaa or dum-dum bullets am being earnl In the guns Tbs type Is not permitted In Interaa- ttocal warfare. While the ordering of troops to the eoel fields followed the failure of Gov. Ammons' efforts to arrange a settlement, an additional reason for tbs action was found tn the list of casualties and property damage that have marked the S5 days of the ■trike. Theee etrlke Incidents were summarised as follows: Bsttles and skirmishes, 18; killed, 28; wounded 41; personal assaults, 6; buildings and bridges wrecked or damaged by dynamite, 11; property loss estimat ed, $50,000; loss In wages estimated, $1,600,000. CHOKBS TO DEATH. Meat In Throat C Death of Little Gaffney Girl. Emma Hughes, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes of Gaffney, choked to death Sunday night about nine o’clock, pre sumably on a piece of meat. The little girl had been sick throughout the day, but It was not known what the trouble was. When the family retired she was given a dose of castor ell, but at nine o’clock the family was awakened by her cries and It was found that site was rapidly chok fug to death. A physician was sum moned ahd the meat extracted, bqt nut before life was extinct Members uf the family say that the child had had no meat since breakfast and it is therefore presumed that the meat had been In her throat since morn ing conclusively that the substance moat stated that there wap no evi- dsnee of dlfoetlon haring sot I'n. prov- flsg ooneluslvelyy that the substance •f Illinois versus one Sol Butcher, of Chicago. The discovery of the birds tho log Wig due to ths eagle itchar had fre- POLITICIANS ON JOB COLUMBIA THEIR MECCA DUR ING FAIR Candidates Are There to Meet Their Friends and Plan Efflective Cam paign Work. Fair week Is field day time with politicians and the gather log of men in public life now and those with the political bee in their bonnets has never been greater than this year. The advance guard of the politicians arrived in Columbia Monday night, and they have been pouring In on every train, according to a dispatch to The News and Cornier from its Columbia correspondent. Almost every man who has his eye on a State office, or la holding one at present, and many members of the General Assembly will be in Columbia ming ling with the people and patching their fence preparatory for the race next year. Chief In point of Importance Is the conference of the Blease leaders in the Jefferson Hotel. Political sup porters of the governor are In Co lombia In large numbers, and his of fice In the Capitol has been crowded since Mon r y,. jsuunlag with Blease men from the different counties who called by to shako handa and diacuss the outlook for the Senatorial race with him. The conferenre of the Administration leaders Wednesday night Is attracting interest In politi cal circles. Benstor John L. McLaurln, of Ben nettsvllle. was one of the first of those expected to make the rsce for governor next year to arrive Ac companied by Mrs Md^urln he came In Monday night and registered at the Jefferson Hotel Hts friends have not yet made a definite state ment. It Is generally believed that he will he In tbs race for governor Major John Q Richards, chairman of tho railroad commission and s randldats for govornor. reached ths city Tuesday night and will remain throoghoat ths week. His friends from almost every county In ths Btats eallsd and brought favorable reports to hls candidacy Mr Richards ap pears sscoaraged and was wearing n broad smlla whea asked how he felt Congreeetnan (.ever Is sipected to maks deflalta aanouncemsnt this week as to whsthsr or not ha will eatsr tha race for ths I’alted Stalae ■easts against Governor ft lease and Senator T. D Smith Hls sttituds Is unknown beyond ths fact that It Is understood that he has been sound lag out aeatiment throughout ih* State la making up hls mind aa to whethsr or not bs would satsr ths race l alted fltntss Senator E I) Smith ts ei pec ted to bs on band, hs having statsd when ta Columbia two week* ago that he would be bark for the Pair It Is understood that a con ferwnc# of Smith leedsra will t>« ksld in Columbia noma ttma this week if the Senator arrive#, and go ovrr hls plaas for re-election The Senator a friends are confident that he ran win over any one who enters ths ra^e and they do not seem to be a wbit leee confident than the governor's friends The Senatorial racs la hold lag the Intereat in political circle# to the exclusion of the race for gov emor and many Impromptu confer S ices will be held by leaders on both dee this weak. It la expected Lieutenant Governor C A Smith. Messrs R L. Manning. R A Cooper John O Cllnkacales. Speaker M !. Smith, Mr Charles Carroll Sima are all expected In Columbia this week making frlenda with votera Mr H Frank Kelly, no far the only announc ed candidate for lieutenant-governor, la In Columbia. Many other pros pective candidates for other State of fices are In the city and the gathering of political leaders this year Is ex pected to exceed that of any previous Fair. On Thursday night at 8 o’clock In the Y. M. C. A. one wing of the Pro hibition party will meet in confer ence for the avowed purpose of draw ing up a petition of State-wide prohi bition to the voters at a special elec tion to be held next spring. ADVISES M’LAURIN * i SEIATIIT1LLNAN TEELS III Tl MIT ILEAU SAYS BE WOULD HELP DIM The Senior Senator Does Not Under stand How Col. C. C. Simms Can Be a Bleasite After Having Been Such an Ardent Haskell!te Buck in the Nineties. Discussing the announcement made a day or two ago by Former Senator John L. McLaurln that he would not become a candidate for governor of South Carolina In the primary of next year, and denominating this statement as the “swan song" of a very brilliant man who failed to be a very great man, and declaring fur ther than he disowns being the fath er of BJeaseism, Senator B. R. Till man Sunday gave the press an inter esting story concerning these mat ters. "I read in the South Carolina pa pers this morning,’’ aald Senator Till man, “McLaurtn’s farewell address or statement withdrawing from the gov ernor’s race and bidding adieu to politics forever. It Is a pathetic ut terance apthetlc because It is the swan song of a very brlllltnt man. who failed to be a very great man because he lacked the moral fibre to always b»* true to himself and hts conviction of right rather than allow ambition aud selfishness to warp him Hit life, in a way. is a sermon which young men everywhere ought to take to heart Nothing tn the State s his tory la more lamejUable If he had only been true to the Tillmanlsm to which be says he was converted tn 1*10. he would be In the United State# senate now and would he an ornament to tt ’ Mrl^urtn ears. ’It la the Irony of fa*e that I who suffer*! moet Injua Hr* from Ttllaisn personally should now be the sols defendsr of Tillman- tsm ’ Ther* are two things about this • 'atemont upon which I deelra to comment I D*»#r did have any per aonat til will towards John 1. Mrt.au rtn and ha«* non* now | denounr •d him in tha fUnat* beraua* 1 be llevwd h* was a traitor to tha people of tha Htat* who hat *#nt him there Tha people were convinced that my charge was I'u* and ha»* aua’.a ne! It whenever they had an opportunity W han he aavi h* ta t? a a» a la 'enter of ■p.lln.anivm h# tr.ran* among tho*# |ti*a**lt*e to ehom ha a aa •i-eahlnx Ha of ro jra# know* tkare are tana of thouaenda of T 11 man He* aome of whom v<>t*d for and aoro* against <;<>? Illeaee laat year who ha«* never eavarad 'n I hair ad herenra t > Tillman vm aa they under • land It Mr Charles Uarroll Simms out hero.led Herod in this Hleaaeiam pro claiming that It Is higher than TUI- maoism Ha Illustrate# Byron t couplet ADRIFT IN MID-OCEAN WOMAN AND CHILD ENDURES HARDSHIP WITH CREW. BACK TO OLD SHIP »■ ■ Orgon Men Want to Servo on Canal Voyage of the Vessel Fifty former members of the crew of the famous old battleship Oregon have petitioned the secretary of the navy for permission to enlist for a pe riod of- 60 or 90 days when the ship Is sent through the Panama canal in 1915. These men live In and around San Francisco and all are deslrious of again treading the decks of the war ship on which they made the forced run from the Pacific to the Atlantic 1q 1898 and arrived off Cuba In time to play an important part In the de struction of th4 Spanish fleet. Inas much as Urn volunteers are now men of -famllleg some means will have to be worked, out to raise the funds for the suppfiM of their dependants in the event of flMkXmited enlistment being m. » The Horn. J. G. Richards did not attend the Sleeee banquet at Colnm- Mr la ramateff aa a Ha atnod s fi>* elth a!! th* i*e! Which young and fiery converts feel ‘ He Is no doubt aa sincere In hts Hleaaalam now as ha waa tn hla Mae kalism In 1*10 He never under stood Tillmanlsm at all Inheriting a grand name, he thought he was an aristocrat and has ended by becom ing an anarchist and wanta to run Into the governor's office on dema gogy Truly, 'politics does make strange bedfellows.’ and If the Ttll- manites who deserted me last year on account of Blease vote for Blmma for governor it will be a remarkable transformation. It will only show how little wisdom or reason governs their actions. “There are some things about Mc- Laurin's statement that are very ad mirable, and I say now that I for the first time since I denounced him on the floor of the Senate believe he has at last become a patriot and wants to do the State all the service he can during the balance of hls life. Of couse he has played politics so long and used diplomacy so much that even now he can not drop the role all at once. I have felt heretofore that he was trying to ‘come back’ Into pol itics. I have been hoping that Gov. Bloase would indorse him as a suc cessor In the governor’s office, feeling that that would be enough to damn both of them in the eyes of the peo ple. But Blease had too much politi cal sense to make such a blunder as that, and McLaurln Is wise In with drawing once for all into private life.” Senator Tillman here goes Into some detail In denying that Bleaselsm Is the honest child of Tillmanlsm and goes on to say that the governor has stolen much of the old time Tillman thunder. “What McLanrln says a'aout ‘fac tionalism making South Carolina a little Mexico* Is all too true,’’ the sen ator continues, “and I agree fully with what he says about the neces sity for the good and true men of both factions getting together and electing s governor who will be gov ernor of all tho people, sad not the governor of *hls friends’ only. Sailors Refuse to Drink Water for Fear it Would Give Out—Reach Safety After Thirteen Days. Eleven members of the crew of the barkentlne Amaranth, together with Capt. Charles W. Nelson, hls wife and son, the latter less than a year old, are recovering in San Francisco from the effects of one of the most dis tressing wrecks in the Pacific ocean In recent years. For thirteen days twelve mariners and the fearless wo man, clinging to her yonng son, brav ed the dangers of the South Pacific while drifting 1,441 miles In two small boats after their craft had been wrecked upon the coral reefs off Jer vis Island. Members of the crew with which Mrs. Nielson and her son, Charles, drifted, proved themselves real he roes when they refused to drink of the fresh water when the supply be came low. They wished to make sure that the woman and the boy should have plenty, even If they per ished. The barkentlne Amaranth was en route from Australia to San Fran cisco when she struck a coral reef near Port Jervis. Three hours after the wreck every person on board had reached shore, but the Island was so barren that It became apparent all would perish If they rema net there Risking being caught sharks, the men made frequeii* trips to the ship and carried off canned goods and water to supply the two lifeboats, which were patched with canvas • The charts showed that Christmas and Fanning Islands were only a few hundred mile# away, but ths contrary winds and currents made It Improba ble that the shorter distance could ever he scf-ompltehed First officer A M Johnson took charge of on* craft with six men < n board snd left the Island <”ap< V- son his wife son and four other man mtnnad lha other craft t'apt Malson replenished h's su; plr of »tier st I*enger Island Again when It bees me low s keg full w ss caught during a equal! Finally the supply became to low that only a pints • sr* '.eft Tb s the members of tbs ersw rsfused to touch anting •1 'or M't Nteleon snd hsr son TVr teen data and ten hours a'ler thev started they landed at Tutaiai. >0 m'’es east of kpts All sr# now r‘**.f.l ant hap; » 'n Han Fran<-t# •hat the loud rooutled sh. j’e's st (he Please banquet sr* uffics **«a*rs an t nothing more The statement them ther d■ >n t su : ust as well be a man than being governor adm rab.e Hut ! w WILSON^ FIRM VILL lEFOIIATE C0I1ENCT BILL If IT IS VEAItREI MUST DE LEFT ALONE DEATH OR INBANITT. Philadelphia Policeman Has te Make Choice. i del^ I don t suit l me I had Tha* • better Is very very oul 1 have liked t t-ette- in this form I do not suit them They do not su t r.s #o I will be a man hereafter and mv own raae ter not a slave to ambition That it better than being governor Mcl.surtn hat such great ability that It Is a pity his brains can be of no service to the people la a public career now that hs has come to hts sense# I agree with him that hls political career Is ended, but he Is still a cltlxen of South Carolina and there are many avenues open to him for doing the people service He should seek out the one which he likes best and work for the better ment of the State and Its citizens He has no equal In the State as a stump speaker. I know, because I trained him, as he himself will acknowledge. “If McLaurln will run for the Uni ted States senate In order to be per mitted to apeak at the meetings—the rules of the party would bar him if he were not a candidate—he can analyze and thus destroy Rieaseism far better than any other man I know of. He can do what my health will no longer permit me to do, and make amends for his past sins and blunders. “If I had been able to make even three speeches in South Carolina last year, I do not believe Blease would ever have been elected governor, and if I were able now or dared to make speeches he could not be elected to the senate. Because I have faith in my own honesty of purpose and pa triotism and thing I could show be yond possibility of doubt that he Is unfit to come to Washington as a senator from South Carolina and is do more to be trusted than was Me. Laurin. I would undertake to do this anyway had not the physicians, all of them, warned me that it would result in my death while speaking. I am willing to die for the State if neces sary, but I realize only too sadly that my strength now is not equal to the task and I can no longer play the role of the gladiator on the hustings. It may be that the good God will re store my strength so that I will be able to take the riak. But If McLan- rin, as a pen ace, will undertake the work, tbers will be no need what ever for ne to apeak a word. Ail the moral force I poeeeea andj real- tie I have a great deal of It among my fellow dttsana—will be exerted ta President Is Determined That Senate Conpntltee Must Not Alter Bill to Suit In teres te—Wanta Senate to Paas It in the Same Form Funda mentally Passed in the House. The second stage in the fight for, an honest revision of the banking and currency laws has been reached. The Senate committee has been consider ing the Administration Banking and Currency bill in secret. Two changes have been tentatively agreed upon through a coalition of Republicans and Democrats. Many other changes are scheduled. The changes that have been agreed upon and the changes that are proposed will not be acceptable ti the Administration. Here is the way the lines are drawn: President Wilson and four Democratic Senators are on one side. Senator O’Gorman of New York, Sen ator Reed of Missouri, and Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, all Demo crats, have gone over to the Republi can camp The Senate committee has a nomi nal Democratic majority of two. There are seven Democrats and five Republicans on the committee. The test votes that have been taken In the laat week have shown that the Democratic defection has resulted In strengthening the position of the Re publicans to such an extent that the bill may be rewritten completely President Wilson is determined that the Admlnlstrs*ion bi.l shall go through the Senate In the sanx- form that It ps»»*d the Hons* «o f»r as fundaments’* are roti<-erne<1 Me •« determined that no bill which was Delated In w hole or n part from all Street shall g > through ('on greee under thl* \ dm nlstratw n He !• determined I ‘ at the Mil when passed shall wrench another prop from oader the old form of capita is tic government He has b*-en •* tramely anxious to hsve the bd! dts poaed of at this session but he « 11 not accept compromise# ’hat » • a’e the Mil If the Herat# com mil lee >n* • at the pace It ha* aet a*s' «' - called In the const leratlon of !•«• ' and the I>enx»- ra's of the Senate » *e asked to r» I * c»jrj« * r d c ho. .. t-e ' a ee n 'he !ead e ra h I p Of the I'- e - teflt gfjt the esters h p o' the tl. -r. Democrats »►<, •-*»* g r.e o»er ’n •• r RepuMcgn ranks Tt.e Ireatdeut has e I p 'e-seed him**- ' ss ‘elr.g el trerr.e y sni ous to h. *»e ’he t l.l pass ed ss a n >n partisan tr.essur- ' as a ei;reaeet himself ss ‘eing w'Mtng to shoulder 'he cons *<) i#o< e< of s MU that is ; asse i as s n .e.i measure provide 1 :t merit* uis *n * t u re If the bill ts passed as a no) >a"' tan measure. It mnst t.* pa«* ■ 1 th out f tndamentsl changes The Praa 1 lent will not accept a non partisan measure which has been changed for the purpoee of attracting ..epubllcan vote# that have heretofore been syn onymous with the Mg Interests The President has been surprlaed greatly bv the movements of Senator Reed and Senator O'Gormsn Asaurances had been received that they proposed to follow the party's lead Little at tention Is being given to Senator Hitchcock, because he Is expected to re.’oln hls party colleagues when It becomes evident that hls antl-Admln- Is tration fight Is useless. The changes that have been made Inthe bill thus far and those that are proposed, with the evident acquiesen- ce of those Democrats, will not be acceptable at the White House, be cause they are considered as weaking the measure . The Secretary of Agricculture and the Comptroller of the Currency were placed on the board of insure strong governmental representation. Their presence upon the board is consider ed high desirable by the Administra tion leaders. They were removed from the board yesterday. The presi dent will not accept the measure un til they are returned to the board. The committee spent several hours discussing the number of reserve hanks that should be Established in the system. After considerable con troversy Chairman Owen offered to reduce the number from twelve to ten. Senator Nelson, the ranking Re publican proposed three. Senator O’Gorman proposed five. A compro mise was reached at four. The comm ittee did not vote upon the number. fen reserve banks is the lowest number that the President will'ac cept. He looks upon this as a funda mental fea ture of the bill, and rather than compromise he will repudiate the entire measure. To scatter four or five reserve banks in several of the great centree, cuch as Ney York, Chi cago, St. Louie and San Frandeco, Bartholomew Regan, a Philad phla policeman, has been called upon to decide between death and insan ity. He has chosen the latter, and In now In his home in the Quaker City, awaiting the time when the intense pains from which he suffera, and which can not be cured, ahall break, down his reason. - Regan’s trouble, which offers him no choice save either the tomb or a padded cell, began six months age when he was shot In the head by an Italian whom he was trying to arrest. At first the Injured man’s condition was so critical that it was impossible to remove the bullet and it was al lowed to remain, physicians hoping It would work nearer the surface, where it could be removed. But the bullet is traveling the oth er way, and the resulting pressure on the man’s brain causes the most in tense pains. It would seem a simple matter to remove it, but the city'e most prominent men of medicine, called in consultation, agreed that Ik would mean Instant death for Regan were an operation to remove the leaden missile undertaken. On the other hand, the physicians agreed that the intense pain it is causing must eventually drive the man in sane. The nature of his case was explain ed to the sufferer, but the best they could offer him was either death or insanity. The brave policeman heard the verdict with the utmost calm ness Then on the advice of the phy sicians. Regan went to hls home, there to endure the sufferings as best he can until it shall break down hi* reason. Regan suffers the most excruciat ing pains when any one speaks abov» a whisper In bis presence The nols* of the street drive him to distrac tion He declares that at times hl» head feels as If a triphammer waa In artlY* operation there This, the physicians explain. Is the result of the bullet having broken away the ‘•one# of the akull. now press## upon th# brain Itaelf. an that every nerv* vibration no matter how faint, and every beat of a pula# In the tlnlaat of Mood veaaela cauaee th# agony UoMreman Kagan ta a brave man, even If tnaanlty la hla Inevitable end. hut he occasionally laments the fact that he did not chooee death MAIL DRIVERS MRtkK New York Mail* Are TV4 t p For this fight for pott-jafH of tho fworful u4 Moat of the III motor trocks of th* poatal transfer company tied up for nearly four hour# Mon lav nlghl and early Tuesday by a etrlke of chauffeurs aara In Deration Tuesday morning with strikebreakers on tha •eats and (he rongestton of mal! mat ter a-ute for a t.me **• being rap- 11 y cleared up Lost master Mor gan a ho rema ned up all night Mon day *aid tha' ail uialla war# moving on schedule time Secret service men and police ac companied the strikebreakers Offi cers on the transfer service said th» places of th# strikers were nearly all filled and that those who walked out would not be taken back Th# atrtk- would not betken back The strik ers demand a 10-hour day. with on» hour for lunch. $3 76 a day, payable weekly, time and a half for over time, one day off a week and recogni tion of the union. The present »cal» of wages la $100 a month for seven days a week work. BABOON .AMONG BANANAS. Merchant in Chicago Has Deeperat« Fight in Freight Car. Jerome Lima, commission mer chant In Chicago, had a desperate en counter with a baboon In a freight car loaded with bananas a few days ago. He entered the car to Inspect the shipment when a bunch of ban anas, swung clubwise, descended on hls head, and a hairy arm encircled his arm. The commission man fought des perately to free himself, while th® maddened animal clutched at hls neck and face. Finally he flund th® chattering monkey against the wall. There was one despairing wail and the brute was dead. The bananas had been loaded in'New Orleans. Poison Kills Yonng Husband. George P. Klickner, of Wilming ton, Del., a bridegroom of four weeks, died from the effects of poison taken by mistake. He swallowed the liquid thinking It was cough medicine. Had he been taken to the hospital at one® it Is said hls life would probably hav® been saved. The President Is satisfied that a few regional banks would be subject to control through the oprations of} the few great groups who are now In charge of the nation’s buiinen. H® 4oe» not propose to have a hand In the eetablihhment of a vlhlelt that ■hall accelerate further coneerntra- would not meet the demands ef leff- of power and wealth, itlmate commerce as the President seee them. Ho wfll not neeept n MU la which the out lying eeetloae of tho for the heo- Flve Mm dfggtef ■ well I at kin-