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V * ' . ' VOL.2. ABBEVILLE, S.C.,TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1886. NO. 52. The Wheels Did Turn. The Chroniclewns reliably informed and so published in yesterday's edition that the wheels of the Augusta Factory would turn. Most of our readers were astonished at the announcement. The Chronicle endeavors at all times to givo its readers news as quickly and reliably as It can be obtained, and with that object we obtained and published the facts in yesterdays' issue. Two members of the staff' were detailed to be present at 5 o'clock, and arrived almost before the first paper announcing the fact that the wheels of the mill would turn had left tne press. Arriving on the grounds at daybreak yesterday morning the scene presented was striking indbed. Matrons and maidens leaned from the windows of the factory quearters around the Augusta, with anxiety depicted on each face ; strong men stood abou? in' groups talking the matter over?quietly yet excitedly ; 3'ouths and boys moved hither and thither, listening to the advice of sires and eargerly drinking in every word uttered ; and groups of police officers were seen at the principal entrances to the mill and at adjacent street corners? about twenty in all,. Each new comer was taken for one of the non-union men. Three telegraph operators, who, moved by curiosity, had gone thither to witness the opening up of the factoiy. were taken'for, pointed out, and jecre<l at as sepbs. The factory oporntivfw thtunselves at differ ent corners and stopped each stranger, who came towards the mill to know if they were going to work. The crowd gathered close around the police, and while no violence was offered, still thoy bore a menacing appearance, and used language which might tend to drive away any intending to go work. This was done by the young and indiscreet, the older heads bting calm and advising non-incerfevence. , Cries of "There he is !*' "We've got him spotted !" were heard, as a lean lank, long figure, which was recognized as "Mink Fleming," was seen to enter the Superintendent's oliie. Three more followed amidst jeers in his wake. The crowd now watched eagerly to catch a glimpse of the next to come. Hut presently the four men, instead of going to work, came out, and were received with cheers. It was thought that the matter had ended ; but the reporters had hardly nitnii Krcil-fnet unil rofumod til tlm nf. fine when they learned of a crowd collected around the office, of tho Augusta Factory, in a state of feverish excitement. The officers were incensed by the false statements of the operatives, that trie police had not given them protection, and one of their number had advised them not to go to work. In a conference between Maj. Gumming and the President, Mr. Phinizy, it was decided that if the hands wanted to go to workthey should be protected und consequently it was decided that the hands would go to work at two o'clock and the wheels of the Augusta Factory would tarn again. K8C0KTHD TO THE MILL. As a matter of protection to the operatives, Lieut. Ilood with a squad of ten policcctnnn escorted them to the factory, where they entered upon the nrrrn nf tln? ixrnrlr lnff Kv efviLr ing pickers. Quite a large crowd, possibly four hundred, were assembled about and around the Augusta Factory, but made no boisterous demonstrations. Mij. Gumming and Col. Phinizy were upon the grounds. The crowd had dispersed itself into small knots and were discussing the situation with great vig" or. Arrival ok mayor may. A fVin oamn ? ?? ?? aftuvuw V?IV oaiiiv. l>l*uv/ AUUjr Ml 111 IIJ UI" rived in his buggy und Master vVorkman Meynardie on foot. Immediately they were strroundedby the crowd, eager for some word. Mayor May and Mr. Meynardie moved on to where Major Cumming stood in the door of the Superintendent's office, when pleasant courtesies were exchanged hctwen Major Gumming and Mr. Meynardie. Major Cum* ^ niing went into the office while Mr. Meynardie went through the crowd and commenced to gather the clans. FOLI.OWINO THEIR LEADER. Mr. Meynardie started, and almost to a man the entirn prnwrl rnllmra>1 the assembly hall, where a meeting was held. A few of the more obstinate oner. 1 i ^ V*' ? . i . ' . * WMtimaa&em remained behind. Quiet being restored, Lieutenant Hood, with most of his force, departed, leaving only a small detachment in charge of Sergant Mike Kelly, who, with his detachment, remained round and about the factory the rest of of the afternoon. RETURNING FROM THE MEETING. The operatives returned from the meeting of the Assembly and remained in orowds on the corner of Fen wick and Marbury streets, watching without demonstration, for the outcoming of the men who had taken the places of the former inciters. QUITTING WORK. At six o'clock, a half hour earlier than the accustomed time, the mill shut down and the operatives left unmolested save from the jeers of the boys, who followed them hallowing "scabs," but Sergt. Kelley soon put a stop to it, thus ending a day of excitement in the factory circles. The pickers will return to work today, and Superintendent Crotnb announces that any others of the hands who desire to go to work can do so, and that all who go to work in the factory will be protected. The leaders of the Knights of Labor disciaitn any intention of allowing any injury or hinderance to those who desire to go to work, and thus the matter stands. Wonders or the West. About two and a half miles from Cimarron Station, Cebolia creek enters the Cimarron from the east, says the Denver Tribune-Republican. North of this creek the crests of the mountains are composed of eruptive rocks. South of the creek the formation is entirely differ int. The mountains here terminate in eroded, stratified rocks and table lands, Hanked by foothills of water-worn gravel and boulders often cemented into huge masses of conglomerate. These foot-hills are arranged into several distinct steps and terraces, and furrowed by valleys opening to the river. These hills are culled hogbacks, and valleys extend from the mountain or table land northwest. The valleys are crossed by j transverse lulls, forming a great number i ber of siuall pcndsand lakes, which vary in height according to the terraces upon which they are located. The scene of the present convulsion was at the.upper end of these valleys. A small lake, situated under the first bench or terrace at the loot of the TriJ) dent me?a, seems to have been the centre of the upheaving force. This lake, which had a depth of water of about 20 feet was uplifted so that its bottom now forms a rounded knoll of considerable j elevation. The hogback or hill on the j northwest is split in twain through the 1 Ami * .? ? ? l? 1* * vi >..-.1, ?? IVI <1 puuiuil tu It HlMgll I, of twenty five feet above its original level ; another portion is depressed several feet below. Both sides of this valley for half a mile are seamed and furrowed by cracks running in every possible direction, varying in width from a few inches to several feet, and of considerable depth. Through the valley trickled a little rivulet, bordered by willows and other shrubs. The bed of this stream has been thrown up several feet, the shrubbery uprooted ami the whole surf&co of the valley thrown into inexorable confusion. In places the pressure from below has thrust up great columns of black, moist earth, the perpendicular sides of which arc smooth, as if turned up with a huge plowshare. Columns of dry, gravely earth :\ow stand several feet high with the sage bush undisturbed. The aspens growing in the vicinity of the lake are thrown into such u tangled mass that it is with the greatest difficulty that one can pick his way through them. The force was not confined to this one valley, but extended over an urea of about two square miles, it being much more marked in the valleys and the sides of hills than on their summits. ?r ~ ?c ?i.... _ i.: 11_ .: ? i lit- siuco ui mmiiu ui nil to uris milbored bj* a growth of spruce and other green trees. Those now stand at different angles, leaning in different directions, interlacing their tops in great confusion. Scrub oaks and other shrubs Btanding upon ttho disrupted land are now withering. Several hundred acres of land which were the favorite pastures for cattle are nov so completely shattered as to make it difficult for a man to pick his way over the surface. Several head of Mr. j Shield's cattle were imprisoned by the upheaval, and were rescued with great difficulty. Before the upheaval the dead trunks of aspen trees of considerable size stood in the lake. This indicates that the lake itself was of modern origin. These trees must have grown upon comparatively dry land. This land must have sunk at a time so recent as to leave the wood in a condition of comparative soundness. The Mail mid the Hour [News ami Courier] City of Ciiaiileston, ) Executive Department Sept 7,1886.J To my J^ellow-Cittizens of Charleston. I have this day returned to my loved city, amid its widespread desolation, its homes shaken to their foundations, many of them utterly wrecked and few without serious injuries, and 1 find maii}r of you, my fellow citizens with your dear and tender families, living and sleeping still under frail shelters, and some under the sky, with the recent terrible calamity and its awful suspense still lingering in your minds. Amid the ruins of this far-reaching and terrible calamity, I am profoundly thankful that so much of life and property has been spared, and 1 rejoice that the same fortitude and heroic patience that in the trust of God and His providence, has always characterized this people, is now their stay in this time of dire trouble, and I am thankful to add that, in this past week oi disaster, the good order and helpful cooperation of all classes of our citizens has conduced to the maintenance of the public weal ! It is inspiring to behold amid these grave difficulties the resumption of the business life of our city and quenchless faith of our people in the future. The open exchanges, banks and leading houses in all departments of business? the uninterrupted commerce, railoads, steamships and sailing fleet, and the ready wharves, the busy workshop and the usual routine of all the avocations and employments of our city proclaim that we are already going forward to a new future. That future is based on work, not idleness, and I call upon every one to seek work in any and every way possible. Although the situation is critical, it i3 not insurmountable, it demands from every citizen in our midst calm judgment?the broadest charity?a resoluto determination, in work and act, an unfaltering trust in God, to tide over the unparalleled calamity that has so unepectedly come upon us. This diasster, that reoaches every home and every part of our city, can only be met and overcome by the moral courage and the united effort of the whole people. Tho iuimcdiato and serious duty before us is the protection and succor of the house less, the Kick and the indigent, the unfortunates and the helpless, that crowd around us. As the Executive of the city it is my duty to create an organization, looking to dealing with the different problems before us and have to act at once. I have therefore initiated this work, by asking service of some of my fellow-citizens, in a worthy attempt to organize such plans as will mittigate the suffering and distress, so universrlly around us. and which threatens such serious consequences to many of our people. These plans will bo expanded if found in any way wanting in completeness as the- work progresses. In this effort it is a source of great gratitude to us know that we are not grappling with this unspeakable disaster alone. The sympathy of this whole Union of States has touched us deeply and the spontaneous giving of practical and speedy aid in this our struggle shows that the large and truo heart of the people of this great Country beats with un now as it will hereafter. In this hope, and chocrcd with this promising future as part of a great people, whoso helping hands are outstretched to us, let uk turn manfully to our heritage, and, as many times in the past on this very spot work out under the bles'ing of God, a new tuture for our now shattered but dearly loved city. Under the authority of a resolution of the City Council of Charleston, the following "Committee on finance" has been created, who will receive all money contributions The Mayor, P. T. Itodges, j a rn_ iv - ' a. vv. j. an. Mr. W. L. Camyyell has been appointed treasurer of the committee. Contributions can be sent to either of the committee or the treasurer. I propose to organizo to-morrew such other committees as will systematise the work to be done : it has been impossible to do this properly to-day. Wm. A. Couktenay, Mayor. x ?r V V- W . F?'&, \t. 'j :'.vfv.SW + >' Yonng Bhett's Revenge. Years before the war, while sectiona feeling was boiling toward fever heat one of the young lthetts of South Caro lina, says a Washington correspondent was sent to Harvard University. At tha time the students were sharply dividet by Mason and Dixou's line. The Nor thorn boys were led by a big bully froir a iNcw Hampshire farm, who tlirashcc every body in both parties, but dispaly ud his partiality by thrashing the South ern bovs twice to the Northern boy! once. The university has changet wonderfully since then, of course, but a that time it was more like a great Kng lish public school in some respects thai like a great English university. Youii{ Mr. lihett had not been there long be fore he was knocked down by young Mr New Hampshire. It was a novel ex perience far the Carolinian and he coult only think of one remedy : he promptly sent the bully a challenge. New Ilamp shire made no immediate reply. This naturally increased the curiosity of th< other fellows as to what the outcomi would be. One morning New Ilamp shire waited at chapel door for Khett and quite a crowd gathered when In arrived. vnil flinf ?olr/wl Vnv Hampshire boy savagely, holding tin challenge before Khett's face. "Yes, I did," said Rhett, pale of fac< but defiant of heart. New Hampshire said nothing more but deliberately tore the challenge int snips and bits and threw them in Khett' face, when he and the other boys wen into the chapel, leaving the dazed Ilhet alone. Mechanically he stopped an< picked up the pieces of paper lying a his feet, then he went over to Bostor playing with the bits of paper in hi po-ket as he walked. In tho afternoo ho reappeared, but said nothing to hi nearest friepd about his visit to Bostor nor did he disclose his plans for gettin even with his enemy. Every day fo weeks he visited Boston, nnd dmn nn away on these trips occupied himse] with his text-books. One day. when number of his follows were standing 01 the campus, among them the bull,) young Rhett made his appearence for th first time in many days. "Come here," he said, calling the bnl ly by name. "Come here yourself," was the repl\ uir jl t_ i# *? * -meet ine nan way," said Jltiett, ant the bully consented. As soon as New Hampshire got with in striking distance Rhett, quickl; knocked him down. Surprised an maddened, the bully rushed at Rheti when he was again felled, and ever time he got up Rhett skillfully defender himself and offended the other. A length the bully, badly used up, lei helpless at Rhett's feet, who put his foo on his breast. "Let me up," moaned the bully. ' Not just yet," said Rhett,. ""You go a challenge from me once ?" "Yes," groaned the bully. "Instead of replying to it like a gen tlemen, you tore it up and flung th pieces in my face," went on Rhett. "Yes,'' was the reply, with an efforl "Well, I saved the pieces, and you'v got 10 eai mem Deiore you get up/' wa the cool reply. Thereupon he slowly fed the fallei bully the carefully preserved, bits o paper, and they wero all eaten, llhet had utilized bis Boston trips to the bes advantage with the most scientifl sluggers of his day. It was not until h had succeeded in knocking down one o his instructors that he undertook th bully. ' < The Earthquake Commission. Profs McGee and Mendenhall con tin ued their observations yesterday of *h phenomena of the earthquake. Prol Mendenhall very largely increased hi data in respect to the angles of displace ment of monuments and their ornaments Such observations are of the utmos importance from the fact that the oiili process of reasoning now is from th< results to the cause. Prof. Mendenhall has worked wit! great assiduity, and has evidently beei fully impressed with the importance t< the scientific world of the collection o everything that can have any possibli bearing in his spccial line of research oi the all-engrossing subject of the Charles ton earthquake. Proft McGee, whose reasoning ou i ' 5 ' ' . .. I- .--v;' ; ' - ' by analogy the proablo cause of the disturbance was road with so much in- 0 I terest yesterday, is still engaged in mak- t , ing observations. He said to a Reporter ^ - for the JVeirs and Courier yesterday , afternoon at the Charleston Hotel that t ho had been much disappointed in his 1 failure to receive from Washington - certain photographing apparatus which i he had proposed to employ yesterday. 1 In lieu thereof he did th? next best ^ - thing, and made sketches of many ad ditional places with a view of increasing v s the data upon which to base a conclu- n 1 sion ns to the direction and intensity of the motion of the earthquake. d He said that it would be some time f 1 before the result of the calculations made s 5 and to be made would he formulated r " and published. There was, he said, a ( vast amount of data to be collated, and { when that had been concluded a com- c * parison of the results obtained would be c '' necessary with observations of a similar t nature made of other earthquakes in 5 different quarters of the globe. He said r 3 that it was not improbable that both ho a 2 and Prof. Mendenhall would revisit i " Charleston before the publication of ? ? their report in the matter. The report s will be made under the direction of the j Geological Survey. f Prof. Mendenhall returned to Washa ington yesterday, and Prof. McGce will leave the city at noon to-dny. ' e ? Tlie End Predicted. 5 i y o A gentleman from Klemington, Lib- f s erty county, was in the city yesterday, 1 t and reported that the colored people out t there are greatly wrought up over the 1 A peculiar circumstances connected with 1 t a negro woman's death. The woman ' i, had been sick for some lime, and late 1 s one afternoon, about a week ago she ' n died, or at least those who were present 1 s had every reason to believe that she 1 did, and they had her laid out as a bona g fide corpse. ( r The friends of the dead women were ' >t sitting around in the room discussing If the good qualities of the departed ono 1 a with that feeling and solemnity in keepi ing with the occasoin, when suddenly ( r, the supposed corpse was seen to move ' e restlessly a time or two and then assume a sitting posture. The mourners rush- ' - e4 out of the house frightened half out 1 of their wit. r. After remaining out some timd two 1 1 or three of the bravest among them mustered up courage to approach the ' - house. When they had come within y speaking distance the woman called to d them to come in, that she bad something j t, to say to them. With fear and trezn- 1 y bling they entered, and the woman told : d them that she been dead, but that she ! i nau come orck to give ttiem a warning, tl The warning was that the world would >t come to an end on September 29. After making this awful prediction she said ' thatsne would be with them until 9 o'- 1 t c'.ock the next morning, when she would I leave forever. She asked them all to get ready for the final winding upon Sep teraber 29' and to be prepared to meet e her on that day. She was punctual to the minute as to her promise to have 1 t. them at 9 o'clock the following morning e and died precisely at that house. 8 All this occurred a few days before ' the earthquake, and the coming of tins n was full and complete proof to the ne- * f groes that the prediction was true. ,t They regard the earthquake as a fore- j' t runner of the eventful September 2'J. i c The gentleman who narrated the ' e story says that the wildest excitement 1 f prevalis among the negroes, and tliut e they are preaching and praying day and night, and that they have constant relays of preachers, and as soon as one is exhpusted another is put in his place. 0 Earthquake Theories. r. s [Augusta Chronicle.} The land-slide tbeorv seems untena- ' i. ble, because the quake must havo beent more localized than it was. A slide tin- ' 7 der the ocean would hardly have effect- 1 b ed Chicago, Toronto, and places furth<*r ^ west. There was no surface slide, as ^ j there must havo been to "crinckle" rail- * 1 road iron into an S shape. Prof. McGco'i ^ $ theory of this ucrinckling" (twist land- 1 f slide) must have first required a surface * 9 move-out, which if it had occurred would l have pushed Charleston, more or loss, 8 .. out to sea. Again, if we have a granito 1 foundation of 3,OCX) .feet thickness dip* * t ping into the ocean and covered by the ** I * -f *>':4 ' >v,. \ ,; i?'' vV '*va-Y " >$1 \ % v> debris of ages which has slided into cean depths. The coast, relieved of his vast weight, must have risen out of lie sea to some extent. Mr. Hammond's theory of cavernous iikes and streams under South Carolina, uiusu arcnes arc iaucn ia, is scarcely orrect. 1st. Because such a cause would lardly effect half a continent. 2nd. No depressions seem to be anyrhere observed, either in South Caroliia or elsewhere. Whatever is the cause, it is evidently leep-seated, as shown by the area afected, while the primal cause is doep eated, it is probable that in certain >laces, notably, Summerville and Charleston, local displacements, commratively near the surface, occurred, :ausing the disturbance of the surface tver thoso places to be more decided han elsewhere. Was the earthquake in any way the esult of electrical disturbance ? The idmonitory sounds were very similar to i:..?? * ii 1? 1 * - - - uniuii l unuiuur, not so xoua and detoniting as lightning, because : 1st. There was less air, so necessary o convey sound under the earth than ibove it. 2n 1. If the air had been at the origin jf the disturbance, there wore miles of solid rock and earth through which the ;ound l.ad to come. In other words, the sound waves were muffled?just as the sound of a drum would be if the drum svas boat in a close subterranean vault. Sir Humphrey Davy's theory of disntogration of water and the consequent production of hydrogen gas, by the water coming in contact with sodium, potassium, etc., or Mr. Mallet's of steam produced by the water percolating through rock, fissures, and coming in contact with the intense heat of the interior of the earth would equally accouut for the deep seated course of the earthquake. The greater severity of the first shock is explainable upon cither of these theories. When the expanding force (hydrogen gas, or steam, as the case may be) seeks an outlet fro.m the confined space in which it is produced, it would not rumble along under the overlying rocks until it reached a weak spot or the end of the cavern, when it would burst forth with great violence. Subsequent formations of gas or steam would naturally travel along the same course, and when they reached the fracture produced by the first explosion, would seek the 'same exit, but, as the fracture was now existing, the expanding force would only have to lift the rocks, which would, more or less, have settled into their original position, in order to escape. Hence the shock would be very much less than the first. Sir Humphrey Davy's theory is illustrated by every mason who pours water upon quick Jiinc?both heat and disintegration of the water is produced. Nescio. v#> 1 Mr. S. W. Melton, Jr., was walking icross King street to a fruit store, near Warren street, when tho crumbling walls in his rear urged him to greater speed, while the man in the fruit store endeavored to warn him away. As he entered the store the building collapsed, burying him amid tho ruins. He recov jrod consciousness in. a few moments to find himself in utter durknesp, arid no jno near him. He struck matches and :ook in (ho situation. Gradually he * .nonaged to crawl to the rear part of tho uins, where lift could hear tho frantic * :ries of an agonized father for his daugh.er in the story above, but fortunately he young lady was not in the houso tvhen it fell. Horror of horrors ! Mr. Melton was penned in the building and .he ruins were on fire ! With an effort jf desperation he drove his fist forward ind loosened the weather boarding. He presently got his head out and yelled 'or help. A negro who had been jloyed by the father in search of his laughter was crying bitterly with fri&ht. t>ut he worked on, and he went to Mr. Melton's assistance. They worked toother and the negro was pulling Mr. VI. from the ruins of the burning build* ng, when he became so terribly frightened that he released his hold on Mr, VIeltcn?but no ; it was a life and death itruggle, and Mr. Melton held on to bin intil he was safelf taken from the pro*wet of routiDg to antb.