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