The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 18, 1900, Image 7
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A SMALL BATTLE
Occurs at a Mine in the Striking
District.
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' A Policeman Falls Dead at the First
Volley--One Striker Fatally Wounded
and Several Hurt.
Hazleton, Pa., Special.?A special
policeman was instantly killed, another
was wounded in the head, a strik
er was probably fatally shot and tea
non-union men mere more or less
seriously wounded at the Oneida colliery.
of Ccxe Brothers, in a clash between
the officers and 500 strikers
Wednesday. The victims are: Killed,
Kalph Mills, aged 50 yea:s, of-Beaver
Meadow, one of the officers conveyed
in a special train early this morning
from that place to Oneida. He vus
shot through the back. Wounded,
George Keiner, aged 38, of Beaver
Meadow, also a special officer, shot
wuuuus in ilie neau, uui win recjvci,
Jos. Lesko, aged 38, of Sheppton, a
striker, shot in the groin, and will
probably die.
The non-union men were stoned, but
only two of them were seriously injured.
They were: John VanBlargin
and James Tosn, of Sheppton, The
former sustained scalp wounds and the
latter had four ribs broken.
The Oneida colliery, having bryrn In
operation since the inauguration of
the strike, the union men at Oneida
and Sheppton, where many of the employes
of the Oneida and Derringer
collieries of Coxe Brothers and Company
live, decided to close down the
mine. They gathered in groups on the
streets as early as 3 o'clock. As the
non-union men went to work they
were asked by the strikers to remain
at home. Some turned back; others
did not. Those who went to the colliery
were stoned. Van Blargin, one of
the non-union employes, attempted to
puli a revolver, but the weapon was
taken from him and in the beating he
received had several ribs broken. This
occurred just before starting time at
the mine.
The strikers remained at the colliery
all morning. As the small mine loco
motive used in hauling coal from the
No. 2 and No. 3 collieries to the Oneida
breaker, pullerl up on the road near
the latter colliery, a crowd of wom*n
blocked the track. The women were
told by General Superintendent Kudlick
to go home. He assured them
that their husbands would get an injKeaso
in wages and that their other
^gypdevances would be properly adjusted.
The women refused to listen and
* stoned the superintendent.' who was
wounded in the head. Then the striking
men and women rushed toward the
No. 2 colliery. A force of about TO
special policemen, who had been
brought down from Beaver Meadow to
prevent trouble, attempted to intercept
the mob. but they were powerles? to
do anything and retired to the engine
house.
no nffipors <rot tn fin pi -
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ter a shot wa3 fired. This was followed
bv another and in a few seconds many
shots rang through the air. Policeman
Mills was the first to fall. Then J03.
Lesko, a striker, staggered to the
ground. No one knows who shot first,
but it is believed that both the strikers
and the officers used their weapons. A
gunshot wound killed Mills and email
shot struck Policeman ICellner. Lesko,
the striker, was struck by a ball from
wAfAli'Ar with Tvhi/h all thfk nffirprv*
a 10?unci, WJltA TVIA.VU V... VMV
were armed.
After the shooting the strikers dispersed.
Sheriff Toole, of Schuylkill
rounty, in whose territory the clash
occurred, was in Philadelphia nml
could render no assistance. His chief
deputy, James O'Donnell, arrived here
In the afternoon, and went to the
scene with a force of men. Rev. Carl
Houser. a Lithunlan minister from
Freeland, who baptised a child at
Oneida just at the time the shooting
? was in progress, was mistaken by ".he
fnv CiirvarintoTldpnt Kudlick
smacio iwt UM1/V....W ?
and narrowly escaped being stoned.
He was soon recognized by a friend and
escorted safely to the station.
flitchell Tells the Miners They H:tve
Not Got Enough.
Scranton, Pa., 'Special.?Thousands
of striking miners marched in review
through the crowded streets of this
city, and showed their loyalty to the
cause for which they have been battling
for three weeks. They were ad
dressed by President Mitcnen, wno
said the proposition for a 10 per cent,
increase was *-*t <*nougli.
News Notes.
W. C. Moore, president of the Houston
Company, which recently purchased
a 15,000-acre pasture in Texas,
says the company is preparing to plant
/8.0C0 acres in rice next spring and that
their development will require Mie ex/
penditure of $250,000. Two more important
rice daals have been mad a for
pumping plants and rice farms above
Bay City. Victor Le Tulle, a planter,
secured COO. acres for rice planting, and
J. W. Warren & Son have added 2.000
acres to their plants. The Matagorda
Rice Company, owning 600 acres, expect
to water from 1.0C0 to 2.000 acre3
more next year. All of these are awaiting
the arrival of the Cane Belt Railroad
and there will bo from 10,000 to
2,000 acres of rice plantod. (
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HANDSOME INCREASE.
Nearly Three Millions In Railroad
Property.
The State of South Carolina is going
to show up handsomely this year in
the matter of its taxable property. The
increase over last year is to l>e noteworthy.
Thus far it has been impossible
to get at the figures for the personal
property of the State, but those
for the real estate and the railroad
property have been obtained. These
figures show a most marked increase
for this year as compared to last year.
In railroad property alone there has
been an increase of neariy three million
dollars?$2,891,589. ar.d Darlington
has more of it than any other single
county. Orangeburg and RieblamJ
come next. So far as real estate is con
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v.i t lixr\A, tucic noo uvcii ii'i
$1,067,636.
The total increase in lhe?e two
classes of property amounts to the
handsome figures of $3 059,-31.
The following is the .-"Utoment of the
valuation of railroad property by counties
for this year, ia.-t year's, valuation
being $24.8S0.3?"j:
Abbeville S 732 213
Aiken 1,02*. <30
Anderson 54) 950
Bamberg fiSn.445
Barnwell 1,139.235
Beaufort -1
Berkeley 944,060
Charleston 710.685
Cherokee .. ! 512.320
Phpcfpr __ . .. __ .. 637.018
Chesterfield 977,040
Clarendon 355,410
Colleton 710.000
Darlington 1,745,86)
Dorchester 557,005
Edgefield 414.550
Fairfield 774.0'ij
Florence 976,850
Georgetown 47,450
Greenville 572,145
Greenwood 720.050
Hampton 725,050
Horry 181,430
Kershaw 338.920
Lancaster 233.350
Laurens 7b?,'jzo
Lexington 955.975
Marion 633.80')
Marlboro 277,325
Newberry 600,600
Oconee 485.735
Orangeburg 1,489,415
Pickens 444,19)
Richland 1,265.933
Saluda 191.4S0
Spartanburg 976,515
Sumter 1,134,10
Union 463.005
Williamsburg 734,8S>
York 671,612
Total $27,771,073
The statement by counties of the real
estate is as given again $101,070,141 for
last year:
Abbeville $ 2.C93.5S3
Aiken 4,062,500
Anderson 4,163,713
Batnberg 1,132,632
Barnwell 2.571,373
Beaufort 1,934.415
Berkeley 1,148,375
Charleston 14,057,145
Cherokee 1,705,934
Chester 2,208,025
Chesterfield 852,100
Clarendon 1,442,835
Colleton 1,471,14".
Darlington 2,271.535
Dorchester 1,151.566
Edgefield 2.290.14'>
Fairfield .1 1,934.0*1
Florence 2,244,830
Georgetown 1,402,856
Greenville 4,245.615
Greenwood 2,412 15"
Hampton l.usu.zau
Horry 793,006
Kershaw 1,871,205
Lancaster 1.200,037
Laurens 2,917,753
Lexingtoon 1,793,595
Marion 2.471,0S3
Marlboro . 1,795,125
Newberry 2.8S0.930
Oconee 1.550,430
Oraneebure 3.612 23.1
MINERS REASONABLE
Evidence Their Desire to Bring
Hostilities to a Close.
WILL ACCEPT ADVANCE OFFERED
ii ii is uraniea to ncua i ill April Next,
and if Sliding Scale is Abolished
Now.
Seranton, Pa., Special.?The anthracite
coal miners now on strike, after a
two days' convention, late Saturday afternoon
decided to accept the 10 pe:
cent, net increase in wages offered b>
the mine owners, providing they wil.'
continue the payment of advance unt.i.
next April and will abolish the sliding
scale. If the operators consider thy
proposition unacceptable, the inlncvi
are willing to arbitrate the question a;
issue. They also decided to continu i
the convention's preposition. The resolutions
are as follows:
"We, your committee, respcctfullj
submit the following preamable an i
resolutions for your consideration:
"Whereas, the anthricite ucul opera,
tors have posted notices offering a j
advance of 10 per cent, over wages for.
rcerly paid, and have signified iheii
willingness to adjust ether grievances
with their own employes; and
"Wheroas, they have failed to specify
the length of time this advance wouiq
remain in force, and have also faileq
to abolish the sliding scale method oj
determining wages; we would recom.
mend
"That this convention accept an advance
of 10 per cent, providing the op-i
erators will continue its payment until
April 1st., 1901; and will abolish the
sliding scale in the Lehigh and Schuylkill
regions; the scale of wages in the
two last namc-d districts to remain stationary
at 10 per cent, above the present
basis price; and that the companies
will agree to adjust other griev
ances complained of with committeea
of their own employes.
"Should the proposition be unaccep*
table to the operators we recommend
that the convention propose that all
questions at issue be submitted to a
fair and impartial board of arbitration.
"We would further recommend that
under no circumstances whatever
should there be a resumption of work
at any of the colleries until the operators
signify their acceptance of this
proposition, and you are notified offl? )
daily that the strike is ended, and all
return to work in a tody on the same
day."
Judging by the unanimity of the
minors in passing the above resolution
and the determined stand taken by the |
operators, it is generally believed that
a long contest between the strikers and
the mine operators is not unlikely
There was great enthusiasm in the
convention when the counter proposition
to the operators was carried, and
three cheers were given for President
Mitchell. The resolutions were drafted
by a committee of thirteen, appointed
at the morning session, of which the
national president vas chairman.
Mr. Mitchell, in an interview with a !
representative of the Associated Pres3
on the outcome of the convention,
said:
"ine acuou or me delegates m convention
in accepting an advance of 10
per cent, providing they are given assurances
the advance will continue in
force until April 1st, next yec.r, demonstrates
that the miners are considerate
of the public interest in ,-olved
and are disposed to be conciliatory.
"I cannot understand any good'reason
why the operators would not accept
the conditions named in the resolutions.
I, of course, hope that tnere
will be a epoedy termination of this
contest, andl I believe that in the future
the operators will be disposed to
uritVi m/>po pnnsMoration their
employes than they have in the past." j
The statement by the press commit- 1
tee as to the proceedings of the convention
says:
"While the motion was pending President
Mitchell addressed the convention
and took occasion to deny, positively,
the statements made by some
of the metropolitan papers charging
that political influence were dominating
the convention, and the representatives
of New York political papers
fco/i hocn in /r.nfprcnce with him.
Stevenson In Delaware.
Wilmington, Del., Special.?A large
and enthusiastic crowd greeted Adlai
Stevenson, the Democratic cane.date
for vice president, at the opera house !
in this city. Prior to his speech he j
made one in the afternoon at Laurel,
which was practically on the some lints
as the one delivered to-night, which
was mainly devoted to the problem ouj
r t Inanlsh war.
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Washington Jottings.
Albert R. Green, of the General Land
office, has been selected as chief of the
r.ew division of forestry of the Interior
Department.
Secretary Long is going to Colorado
to visit his daughters before election
day, and on the way is expected to
make some political speeches, making
the third Cabinet officer on the stump.
A statement given out at the Poet
Cufflce Department to-day shows that
the po&al receipts at Philadelphia aggregate
|i96,098 in September
against $290,652 in the corresponding
period of last year, an increase of 1.8
per cent H
Pickens 1,137.358
Richland 4.982,020
Saluda 1,434.630
Spartanburg 5.267,703
Sumter 3.52C.C00
Union 1.786,10)
Williamsburg 1.282.748
York 3,296,283
Total $102,137,777
The Blanks Sent Out.
Chief Clerk Grant, of the office of
the secretary of State, was busy all day
Friday sending out all the blank returns.
etc., to be used by the com mis
sioners and managers in the coning
general elections in each county of the
State. These blanks are to be sent in
one package to each of the clerks of
nf the several counties, and <om
missicners. State and federal, may get
them by railing upon those officials.
Gold /lining Company.
The Secretary of State Saturday
morning issued a commission to a concern
which seems to be a pioneer ir the
matter of the development of the south.
It is to be known as the Palmetto Gold
Mining Company and is to have a capital
stock of $1,000,000. The headquarters
of the company are to be Spartanburg.
and it is the i urpose to mine
gold, silver, copper, etc. The corporators
are L. C. Cannon of Spartanburg,
and Henry Kurtz and Lucius C. Embree
of Princeton, Indiana. This company
is to develop and operate the West
Springs gold mine near West Spring?
in the northwestern corner of Union
county, about four miles from Glenn
. Springs, in Spartanburg county.
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A PrRllf. <sf.Hftftl MAP.
A Good 'dca That Will be Developed
at Once.
The following extracts from a circular
Jest sent to the county superintendents
of education indicate the purposes
of the State department of education
to prepare a "Map of the Public
Schools of the State.":
"I wish to include in the annual report
a map of each county, showing
the location of every school house in
the county?without name, however?a
circular indicating a school house for
white children and a cross indicating
d school house for negroes. I send you
an outline map of your county and beg
that you locate upon it, as indicated,
all schools that are to be operated
during the current scholastic year.
Please send this as soon as possible. I
wish to have the 'State Map of Schools'
exhibited at the fair."
The outline county maps which have
been thus distributed were made in
the office of the State superintendent
of education by his talented aids, Mr.
W. Z. McGhee and Miss Isabel H. Divis.
It only remains now for the
county superintendents to be as painstaking
and accurate in locating the
3:hools upon these maps, and from the
joint labors of all these will result in a
most valuable educationa. record.
Should it be ready in time to be exhibited
at the State fair, it will add to
the attractions of the public schoool
exhibit.
The Idea of the map comes from New
York, and in an interesting way. Mr.
Wm. M. Dunlop?an old student of Dr.
.10} 1163 at the Washington ana i>ee
University, by the by?a civil engineer
from Roanoke, Va., while located here
superintending the building of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway bridge over the
Congaree, told Superintendent McMahan
how, when he was employed some
years ago on the New York canal
works, he had seen in the capitol at
Albany a large outline map of the State
of New York covered with dots which
represented all the school housee in
that great State. So numerous are
these dots that the general effect is almost
as if one were looking at a map
of the stars. However, a closer examination,
and a comparison with a political
or a nhvsical map of the State, will
show up significant facts. The supply
of schools for the children of the people
has Its logical and inevitable relation
to other conditions in a State, such
as density of population and general
prosperity, which are themselves in
large part dependent upon the physical
features of the country. For instance,
a map of the schools of South Carolina
will certainly show, by absence of
schools, stretches of swamps, pine
wastes, and sandhills, and will also
show, by sparsity or nearness of
schools, the relative number of the
white and the negro populations on
the coast and toward the mountains.
There is a special reason for wishing
it this time an accurate map of the
schools of the State. This year is the
ast of the century and the 33d of the
existence of the public school system
>f South Carolina?with the century
" u M..U1U
closes tne nrsi generauuu w yuunu
school education In this State. It is
fitting, therefore, that the annual report
of 1900 should review the growth
and development of the public school
system since its establishment In 1868
and show in fullness the results now
reached. Superintendent McMahan
proposes to present, for the different
years, comparative statistics of the
different years, comparative statistics
of the number of pupils, ofteachers,
and of schools, the relative supply of
teachers to pupils and of schools to
square miles, the a-mount of money
expended on the schools, the average
salary paid teacners, anu me a v tn |
length of the school term. He wishes
also to compare the school taxes of
South Carolina with the school taxes
of New York and the New England
States, showing the proportion of such
laxcs to the taxable raluess in the different
States compared.
In connection with thi.s historical
and comparative study, one can wel!
see the value of putting on permanent
record a map of the schools of the
State?which, never attempted here before,
will summarize to the eye the
geographical facts of the school supply
in this State at the time of passing
fmm thp old century to the. new. Such
Ji map will he consulted in the years
to come by students of our educational
department.
Mony Order Clerk Short.
New York, Special.?Richard J. Carroll,
who, for a number of years, has
teen the chief money order clerk in
Ilranch E. of the po-toffice of this city,
has been arrested for forging and raising
money orders. Bail was set at $2,500.
The amount of the alleged forgcrioe
i<; not vet known, but it is be
lieved to be very largo.
The Chesterfield Railroad.
Secretary of State Cooper has grantid
the desired amendment to the Chestarfleld
and Kershaw Railroad. The
i text of the amendment is shown in the
section as it will read as amended,
which is as follow-: That the sa'd
! company be, and is hereby, authorized
! and empowered to construct, maintain
and operate a railroad from some point
on the Cheraw and Darlington, or
Chesterfieid and Kershaw Railroad
within or near the corporate limits of
the town of Caeraw, In Chesterfield
county, to the town of Lanaster, in
Lancaster county, via Chesterfieid
Court House.
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A 1KAU1L MEM.
Voutsey Calls Witnesses Liars in Cpeo
Court.
EXCITEMENT IN KENTUCKY COURT.
The Defendant Becomes histerical and
Acts Like a Madman?Declares That
Goebel is Not Dead.
Georgetown, Ky., Special.?One of the
most remarkable scenes ever enacted
In a Kentucky court occurred in the
trial of Henry E. Youtsey, charged
with being a principal in the shooting
of Governor Goebel, the defendant himself
being the chief participant. The
court room w.s crowded at the timo
and the excitement was intense. D. E.
Armstrong the Ix>uisville detective,
had just told of his talks with Youtsey
before and after his arrest. Then Arthur
Goo'col was put on the stand and
Judge Ben Williams, who for the time
being appeared for the prosecution did
the questioning.
Arthur Goebsl said: "I talked with
Youtsey the ctay he was arrested 'a*o
in the afternoon in the jail in Frankfort
in reference to the murder of my
brother."
Just at this point Youtsey arose behind
his attorneys and in a loud voice
said, "It is untrue; it is a lie; I never
spoke a word to that man in my life,
nor he to me."
Col. Crawford told him to be quiet
and sit down, and others took hold if
him.
"I will net sit down. I never said a
ward to that man?it 13 untrue." Ho
was shouting by this time, and every
one was becoming excited. . Youtsey'3
wife sprang to his side and while endeavoring
to make him sit down, could
be heard saying: "Now you have killed
my husband, I suppose you are satisfled."
Then Youtsey hysterically
shouted again: "I am innocent?there
Is no blood on my hands; these men
are swearing my life away." Two or
three deputy sheriffs went over and
grabbed him. He struggled wildly" and
said: "Let me alone?I will not sit
down." Arthur Goebel meanwhile sat
tphynx-like in the witness chair and
never turned his head. Finally, after
Youtsey was forced into a seat he
shouted again. "Goebel is not dead?
all the demons in hell could not kill
him."
"Mr. Sheriff, if the defendant does
not behave hkceelf, put handcuffs on
him," S3 id Judge Cantrill.
Meanwhile the audience could not bo
forced to keep their seats until the
Judge threatened to fine those who
stood. Youtsey settled back in his
chair, closed his eyes and seemed in a
state of collapse. He waved his handkerchief
above his head in an aimless
sort of way and groaned and cried hysterically.
Finally quiet was restored
and Judge Williams asked Arthur
fioeheil another Question, when Col.
Crawford asked a postponement of the
trial on account of the defendant's con*
dltion. Judge Cantrill said ha could
see no cause or reason for the defendant's
outbreak, but in justice to his
attorneys he would postpone the caseMr.
Franklin said the Commonwealth
had not the slightest objection to adjourning,
and court so adjourned,
Youtsey still occupied hi3 chair with'
his ?ye3 closed, apparently in a half
fainting condition. After the crowd
pacs?d out, Jailer Reed and d^puti-a
carried Youtsey to the jail, as he wa9
unable to walk. Various reasons are
assigned for his outbreak, the first being
that his long confinement and
strain of the trial caused him to become
hysterici 1 and lose control of
himself. Another Is that he is really
demented, as shown by his remark
that Goebel was not dead. He Is being
attended bv physicians and relatives
at the Jail and his condftion ia
deemed critical.
Frankfort, Kv? Special.?The jury in
the Youtsey case was brought here at
noon to view the State capitol building
and other points of evidence in connection
with the Goebel assassination.
The Jurors were first shown the spot
where Goebel fell, the buliet bo'e in
the ha?kberry tree and then taken to
the executive building, where they
were shown Youtsey's desk, in the
Secretary of State's office, from where
the shot is alleged to have been fired,
and other points of Interest. ,
Heavy Compaignlng In New York.
Albany, N. Y.. Special?Over 700
meetings with double that number ot
speeches h^ve been arranged by the
Republican State committee for the
last four week3 of the campaign in
this Sjtite, in addition to the two flying
trips through the State by Governor
Roosevelt and Chauncey M.Dcpew,during
which speeches will be made at
over 150 places.
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Passenger Agents fleet.
Newport News, Va., Special.?The
American Traveling Passenger Agents
Association convened in annual session
at the Hygeia Hotel, Old Point
Comfort Tuesday morning, with 400
members in attendance. President L.
W. Landman addressed the body, viking
as bi3 theme, the aims end objects
of the association and was followed by
John D. Potts, general passenger agent
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway,
who spoke along the same lines. An
address of welcome was made by John
Weymouth, town attorney of Hampton.
An elaborate ball at the Hygle*
I closed the day's programme.
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