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?r- /' . * * ? "* ' * fe' V x\M O F -A Iv* The County Mutual Bene now organizing the Union I)i\ membership fee is $5, which c assessment. One Dollar for with Mr. 1). T. Duncan, the s< Union Division, and is held in lh. ,xf o u u ; v. v v v? uiv- v/ i u v. ? v/ i J the Unfon Division, to pay tlit ciatior.. THE POLICY IS CL Agrraiug to pay the sum of one dot la upn i the surrender of the policy and t meiriber in pood standing. It is a lioi able, hirdi-nrndod business men, for people. It reduces life insurance prot the average of human life will allow, to p*y, and tnere are no big annual pr into some rieh Northern insurance cor right tf home, and when it is paid oi wh "je benefit it goes in time of troubl are secured applicants will be received member will be admitted over 110 yon gents in every township in Union coi be c >rnt? members will write to County flutual Be of America, STRIKERS AWED BY SOLDIERS' PRESENCE Troops Sent Through Panther Creek Valley. ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN. 6tiikcrs Spike Fish Piate Id flail, tu: Fortunately Train Kept Track?6it uat!:n at Flar.t of American Steel and Iron Company. Tumaqna. Pa., S?yt. 30.?After a lapse of sovt ni? days troops were s? lit 1 through the Pantner Creek valley thhi me.rning. The ;u tion was v-.tken he- j causf* the turbulent element has been! acting in a boisterous manner in the:, effort to intimidate nonunion men en I their way to wo: k. The pr< s.-nee of the soldiers had a ' quieting effect and although s triker . | pickets were out in force, there \va no <n?iurb?r.c?>. It Is r.ssi rttel th.it | the striken-- in this vicinity are s'tow I Ins Iiflle ir.lt-rett in their union a*; ?Ot?*m*ctl wHQi u few months ago. and! hi* t)?e rfietjibutioji of relief funds -h far two small to inrtt the tltMr.oy.'d mnie flawing the pact few days. Twer, ty-erven hynheriK-n i a-ve hn n hired for the Sha-mofrm division of the Philadelphia nrui fUrtHir.K railroad. fitrikw elotw Ihdtl Teafctn the co*i. I>ai# h tit) frwijfe ?en iff ft *> dev ? Mbto# 5? tM*T Mswte rd Ihett ereWf* e in TftlffdFe hard coal. RaTI/oad officials say tin- extra for- ? is ?>eing hired because the company experts the coal traffic to gradually Increase. TROOPS SENT TO MT. CARMEL. Two Thoixord Strikers Assembled, bul Made No Demonstration. Mount Carmel, Pa., Sept. 30.-?Si-? companies of the Pnurth regiment commanded by Captain O'Neill, of Atlcv town, arrived here this morning from Reading. Allentown. Lebanon and Har. rlsburg. When they alighted in the Reading yard, northeast of here. 2,001 strikers arsemblc.l, but made no de monstration. The soldiers fire now distributed along the Reading road nntil Oener.il <?obin. who arrived hr:e on a special train from Shenandoah, selects a per- ! mnn/nt (amp site. The soldiers w< re ordered C'.it last j night to suppress rioting. Everything is fiuiei in this vicinity. | fitlike leaders are doing all they can! to p event the rein from committing' "disorderly acts, and are urging large numbers of strikers from the Shenandoah region to return home. All las; night f>d deputies at Richard's colliery were surrounded by a big mob. At , daybreak the strikers dispersed. " i TROOPS STILL ON GUARD. Situation at Plant of American Iron ! and Steel Company. liCbanon. fa., Sept. 20.?Today tb" equation at tire plant of the American Iron and Ste? I company is unchanged. The troops are still here, and the iron workers brought from the south are helnir.g to run fhe mills. It is said that President Sternher;t will not consent to forcing the negroes out. Their departure depends entire ly upon themselves and many sa> thev will elflv ->C Inn" *>" - ! ? - . --- un nil / Jin imn;ir. I I ast nigH the strikers voted to rejv-t I the eoiv.pany'.s proposition to grant thr> pit drill rs fin increase of wages and r: ! fuse tiie slight advance asked by tho finishers. :NO HARD COAL AT ANY PRICE. People of Rochester, N. Y., Tearinj Up Plank Walks For Fuel. ;New York. Sept. 30.?Not a ton o! anthracite coal can lie had hero at a>y price, says a Rochester, N. Y., dispatch to The Times. .'Bidewalk inspeetors report that in > the outlying districts residents aiv I tearing uj> the sidewalks and usinfl ' fh'em f&p fuel. Altogether ^eVeril I miles of walk$ hftvo been cried ud wlrb 1 iUlCA :it Association of America is ision of 1,000 members. The overs the first advance death every member is deposited scretary and treasurer of the The Peoples Bank of Union, J. M. Greer, the President of ; first death loss by the Asso EAR AND SIMPLE r for every member in the Divlsi -n ipproval of the prjofi of death o! * in organization, managed by honor the benefit) and protection of hour cetion to the miuimnin of cost- that There ore no big salaried officer.4 etniums I? be sent out of the county npary's pocket. All the money stnyr it, every member knows exactly to e. Until the fir^t thousard member* [ up to i>o years of age, thrreiftcr no rs of age. Wo want good reliabb anty at once. Persons desirir g to jnefit Association Union, S, C. ffiiwbiis aii l carrieit off. Tn kahu sections mnal bridges have been strip po.l of planking. Piles of now lum! her left on streets for repairs alsi have disappeared. Secretary Shaw Visits New York. New York. Sept. 30?Secretary Shaw was an early visitor at the sub-trraswry today. Mr. Shaw came to the financial district for the purpose of dis cussing the situation with bankers. His early callers included President George F. Paker, of the First National l ar.k: Frar.cis T,. Mine. vice president, n< that bank, and Vice Piesident Vanfferlip. of the National City liank. The secretary ejects to remain down town the greater part of the day. He expressed himself as being much grat! Tied at the improvement shown by the monetary outlook. Black Diamond Stick Pins. j Chicago. Sept. 30.?"Genuine blael: I diamond stick pins" have been placed I en sale in Chicago at 15 cents each. I The "black diamonds" arc lumps ol anthracite coal fastened to gold-wasn ctl pins and thry find a ready sale o:i i the streets and in some of the stores. Reund Mountain Furnace. | I.erstmrc, Ala., Sept. 39.?The Wll Mtbb J. Gordon Chemical rompftny, ri Cincinnati. have purchased the Round Mountain furnace, near here, and wjIi put same in blast at onre. The furnace lias been idle several years. SWP REACHES P&ai . WITH STRICKEN CREW I i Scurvy and "Moon Blindness" Attacked Sailors. ROUGH . VOYAGE OF MONTHS. Buffetid by Wir.ds; Impeded by Calms. Lack of Fresh Meat and Vegetables Cause of Pitiable Condition of the Seamen. 1 New York, Sept. 30.?Seven of aer rrew were lying ill wtth scurry in its worst form and others were suffering with "moon blink ' when the British ship Kent mere trailed in from the sea yesterday, after a voyage of 197 days from Iliogo, Japan. Her sidea were rusty, her yards cock, billed, her canvas untidy, while barnacles and vegetabble growths covered the vessel's ur.dorbody. It had been a voyage of misery for t'he crew of 2.r>. Indeed, it is said that the men will make a bitter complaint to the Hritish consul against Captain iiurch, the skipper, for keeping them on salted meats for months at a time . white the Kentmere doubled on her course, in contrary winds, or drifted in calms that lasted for weeks. It was declared on hoard that tho ship had traveled a course that, straightened out, would ciicle tho earth, in her long voyage fVom tho ?ast. TJie nick men were in tho forward house, in bunk's, covered with blankets. Four of them were absolutely helpless. Their limbs wore swollen and covered with boils, due to the diet of salted provisions. Their , teeth were loose and rattling In their mouths. They were pitiable objects. T.? .1 in I. Tumi nit y niici an neen stalwart Swedes. Out on dock three other invalids sat on the main hatch a3 the vessel's port anchor splashed overboard off the Upper Quarantine station. Six others of the crew were suffering from moon blindness or "moon blink,'' as the sailors call it, caused by the moon's rays shining in thoir faces as they slept. Ten of the crew were able to work at the mast, but even they sho.we'1 incipient evidences of scurvy. Down " in the vessel's hold wore tubs of camphor. camphor oils, curios, porcelains, bamboos in bundles, manganese ores, vegetable wax and straw braids?not a single thing that could have been eaten in place of the "salt horse" that tha cflett had to subset upon. "The voyage seemed r.ov;criing." I vr*j. "For throe * .id nr. get even decent linn; jo!co. It w.;s 'salt horse' all th? tkne. Pea son;- v.as served part of the time, but that was salted. It was either calt pork or bee for the mo$t part. "The ship chipped and rolled even In a mode:'ate breeze. She had cMQch vegetables pi owing to her bottom planks to have planted u lurni. It waa cxn&j>e;a'.iii'B to see the way that vov ei>v uirtjifij. ii mo oru nying Dutch, man couldn't make better time, then I don't know." The vessel stopped at St. Helena to kind a man who had an iron splinter In his eye. for surgical treatment. Tlierc some t otatoes were taken on. dud these were the only f:tsh vegetables the rn^n had hud for more than three months. They fell on the pota. toes greedily. Deputy Health OfTleer I/Hommidieu, who boafded the ship, at once ordered l>cr detention He said the men were all suffering from mal nutritions and gave tv.ders for the especial treatment of the four helpless ones. The ship was thoroughly fumigated, and orders given that not a man would be allowed to leave the ship or go 0:1 hoard el her from chore. Captain Lurch said the illn<s6 wn<? due to the running out of fresh provisions. The ship, owing to the growths upon her under body, did not make more than 31 miles in 24 hours. MANNED PUMPS FOR DAYS. Crew Rescued as Ship Was on Verge of Sinking. Hamburg. Sept. 30.?The HamburgAmerican lina steamer Pennsylvania, from New York Sept. > '?, which landed the crew of the Norwegian bark Both* nia at Plymouth last Friday, arrived here today. The captain reported that the crew of the Bothnia were icscued in an exhausted condition Sept. 24, after having worked at the pumps for 17 days and nights. The bark was on the verge of sinking when the Penn. sylvania sighted licr, and Captain Hansen, her commander, decided to set fire to her to avoid the possibility of her interfering with navigation. Rescued Crew Brought to Port. Liverpool, Sept. 30.?The British rteamer Oapella, from New Orleans, Sept 20. which arrived today, had on hoard the crow of the Norwegian ba^fi Winona, which was abandoned at sea after having been set on fire. Charged With Counterfeiting. Ojielika, Ala., Sept. 20.?Phelps Hayes, charged with making and passing counterfeit money, was tried hefore Commissioner Sanjford yesterday awd bound over to the federal grand jury. Tfto molds and some ef tfce money were found at his house, j*0?l some of the money in his possession. He Halms to have lK>ught the mold,.from Ilerry. The affair created considerable interest. Estirr.afcis ef Postmaster &erveral. Washington, ffcpt. 30.?The mate?? of the postmaster general for the appropriations reqnired for all thi postmasters in the United States during the np*t fiscal year aggregate $40.. 025.22O, an increase of $3,014,700 over the appropriations made for the current year. The estimates for the reg. nla-r free delivery postal service, which f? separated from the rural free delivery and whiah constitutes the postal service in the cities and large towns of the United States, aggregate $21,328,500, an increase of $1,802,850. Cruiser Hurried to Haiti. Washington, Sept. 30.?The navy do partment lias received a cablegram from Captain Asa Walker, commanding the cruiser Snn Francisco announcing that vessel's arrival at San lno r. l> t> > J ?! - ......... *. H., jinu-niiij una ner speeoy departure for Ca|>c Haytien, In obedience to the department's orders to take up the duty about to be relinquished by the Montgomery of guarding American interests in Haiti. The biggest building stones ever used are found not hi Egypt, but at Baalliee, In Syria. They measure 'JO feet long and 20 feet square. ? i J/M' FOR INFORMATIO: ifKfeC THE VIRGINIA-CA! Ug- CHARLESTON, E I GAR STRIKE CRIPPLES | GUY OF NEW ORLEANS The Police Take Precautions Against Strikers. MAIN SUPPLY Wli.ES ArVE CUT. Mew Ci loans Street Railway Company Is Having Great Troubble In Operating Its Lines?Public Put to Much Inconvenience. New Orleans. Sept. 30.?Nearly the entire police fcuee of New Orle As was concentrated this morning at the Arabella barn of the New Orleans Street Railways company with the expectation that there would be trouble when the company attempted to rua its cars on this, the third day of too strike of its employes. This precaution was taken because most of the company's cars are kept in this barn and are dispatched from there on their different routes. it was ascertained, "however, that the power connecting all but one of the cireuits in this barn with the outsido lines had been cut off. The railway people believe the supply wire was cut Sunday. The cutting of the powor will not prevent the running of cars in tho lower or business portion of the city, but if any cars?mail or passenger? r.re moved from other sections of Now Orleans today the mule will probably be used cs the power. The electric linemen in the employ of the railway company who went out on a sympathetic strike yesterday refuse to locato the break in the supply wire or repair It. A mail car made a trip down Canal street about 9 o'clock this morning with a quantity of mail matter cviiu luuiiy iu: ners ana policemen aboard. Not a passenger car has moved-since 4 o'clock Sunday morning, and although all kinds and conditions of con. veyances are seen on the streets for the accommodation of the public, there is groat inconvenience. PARADISE VALLEY DISCOVERED. Mining Engineer Finds a Beautiful Tract in Newfoundland. Sydney, N. S., Sept. 30.?An American mining eDgineer named Willis has returned here from an exploring trip in Newfoundland, and reports that about 15 miles inland he found a picturesque valley containing numerous lakes and beatitlful forests, with other and there pi retches of pasture lan J, ahrt nlxmnifinig with rich copper ore. Mr. XVfhis Is convinced that the valley h?'d never l>een penetrated by man be. fore. He declares that, the view from orie of the neighboring hills is unsurpassed in beauty, and he named his discovery Paradise Valley. In following: the course of a river Mr. Willis t)i?t ft entered one of the hills throng# * cave, which he iheserlbed ps larger than the i-ommcth cave of Kentucky. 1 PRICE WILL FILE COMPLAINT. Suit Against a North Carolina County to Compel Payment of Bonds. Greensboro, N. C? Sept. 30.?Captain Charh-s Price, of Salisbury, stated today that he would tomorrow, In the federal court here. file a complaint It) a $100,000 bond suit against Henderson county, this 6tate. The 6ult 19 fro compel the payment of bonds issued by Henderson county and bought years ago by Connecticut financiers. Henderson county, along with others, was enjoined from i>aying, by the supreme court of North Carolina, In two of the others, the United States court has already decided in favor ol the bondholders, and it Is believed that they will win in this case also. Her 01i?ervntIon. "Po you believe that monkeys can nil.* Ilbnliiim?n I-"'""''1 I -i?v ..iiiiiiiii arwillfeoi I "No," answered Miss Cayenne, "but I I linve known human beings who could I chatter like iiioukcys." ? Washington Stnr. ^AROLJNAC . MANUF. V V nn \y<j . . N ADORE SS ROLiNA CHEMICAL GO. ow 15 3.0.U.S.A. ' ? V^Pm ivmiAj-m.5i"' *iTir "wp >;^l As we write it rains, a? grow, as your grass and p< McCORMICK MC Try a mower and rake and if it is not satisfactory 1 until you are sitbfLd. tie Coimick. Big lot Rock Ilill Bugg Smoothest best buggy on t wagon until you have 'seen GREEN VEHICLE AND LI UNION CARI Are the people to R E P A High Grade Trimming Get their estimate before ha UNION CARI VV.^F. HUG NEXT TO GREE I. . Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. > ??? D? YOU Glenn Sring* Gingei Soring a M infirt ? JL" fj* on th w Rpponcp all ingredients UCUaUOC it id made from THE OLD RELIABI heen alleviating suffering for made into most delightful ci know that }Tou will say, as ol . Drinkers of Ginger Ale lightful and refreshing drink Water. , Experts pronounce it and you will be convinced. THE GLENN SF Glenn S| Des Moines River Raging. Ottumwa, Iowa, Sept. 30.?The I Moines river has risen to a mark wl In a foot of the high water mark. ? a further rise is expected. Th eands of dollars' worth of prope Ami fmic ? -> . , ....wveii damaged. | mile of sewers has been washed ?n1 DHEMIOAL 0< ACTITRE T rrnTii 1-7 \ LI L . . ' \ ? * " " * (rv ># s . IARTH MOST EGONC ? , ? * - ."I } !<-' * i " ' ;i ^ >" s"^"^'. *? %'* . . > f^-j^r,;J ' jfr :. - " Ij| li|jjaEgfiB i j it rains vour crass and pea vines' o 1 , I ?a vines grow we are setting upi )WERS AND RAKES. > made by the McUormick people Dring it back. No money passt d nnembjr what we sell, the Ale-; ies on band. Cjme and get onej he market today. Pon't buy a our car load of ''Old IIickorys."i ' &. BOYD.1 [VK STQf'K DEALERS. SAGE" WORKS ? see when in need of an) 1R1N Gand Paintincr a Qnorialfy VillV! UlllVlllg U upuviuiljt ving your wark done elscwbeie. ilAGE WORKS, HE S, Manager, N & BOYD'S STABLE. M. ilAIR^7" NTIST., I* Office Bank Building Union, S. O. PRINK ALE? * r Ale, made with Glenn il Water, is the best e market. H Y ? used are the purest and best. l Glenn Springs Mineral Water. iE that, in its natural state, Ins Avar Q linn/lfA/1 wrtnMTi Ir. ? ? viv? ? uuiiuitu jcuia is 11 u W UUIII}^ irbonated drinks. Try it and we thers have said, that it is "the beet." will be delight'd to get this dc, made with Glenn Springs Mineral it the finest on the market. Try . Ask your dealer for it. >R1NGS COMPANY, srings, S. C. Charter for Electric Road. [th Chattanooga, Sept. SO.?Application has hoen made for a charter to buUd r-u electric railroad from Cleyeland, r . Tenn.. via Benton to Ducktown, Tenn. J Estimate? are made that It wil) coqf t *4tK\O00. -ft. FORTY FACT0RE3 <tf|l , )MK MANAGEMENT ~vm? LOWEST PRICES 2lhi) j i; : i. ::rn