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ESTABLISHED 1887.
■DEFIANCE '
OF PEBS
Declares He Wii Ignore
Jackson’s Order.
•f
INJUNCTION GRANTED
1 k
Restrains the Agitator From Walking on
Public Highway.
DOES IT PREVEST FREE SPEECH
Claimed by Debs That it
in Its Sweeping Demand.
AT POINT OF DEPUTIES’ PISTOLS
• Miners, It Is Said, Are Forced to Work—Lat-
est News on the Strike bitnation
Given Ont. I
Pittsburg, Aug. 6. Eugene V. Debs,
who addressed a large miners’ meeting
on the Duquesne wharf Thursday night,
has left for Turtle Greek. Before leav
ing the city Mr. Debs denounced Judge
Jackson of West Virginia for issuing
the injunction restraining him from
interfering in any way with the Mo
nongah company or its employes. Mr.
Debs said:
“This injunction restrains mo from
walking on auy of the public highways
leading to the mines of the Monongah
, Coal and Coke company. It is most
’ sweeping and no other can be found to
compare with it. This injunction anni
hilates the right of peaceable assem
blages and effectually suppresses free
speech. If it is sustained, and I have
no doubt it will be, it sweeps away ah
constitutional safeguards pud delivers
us, bound hand and foot, Ito corporate
capital.
“I hold the injunction and the judge
who issued it in supreme contempt If
I have occasion to raise my voice in be-'
hab of the famishing miners in Jack
sou’s jurisdiction I propose to do.so, or
at least make the attempt, totally re
gardless of this infamous {injunction.
“The farce of the proceeding is that
* an injunction is issued by a judge. It
• ought to come direct from the coal
operators and at least hypocrisy would .
not intensify the infamy of the pro- .
•eeding.”
* Men Forced to Work T
In reference to the charge that the
deputies now on guard at DaArmitt’s
mines were forcing the miners to work
at the point of revolvers. President Do
lan stated that the matter had been
placed in the hands of their attorney
and it was probable that the miners’
- officials would go into court and sue for
an injunction restraining these depu
ties. Said he:
“They have no right to compel any
man to go to work, and we will not
stand it. I have in my pocket the
names of many men who were treated
in this manner, but prefer not to give
them now, for fear the men will suffer.”
The coal company has discovered a
new sort of missionary work among its
■ employes. Wives of many of the camp
ers are in the field now. They have
been arriving for several 3 days, until
now there are about 20 of them scat
tered about through the Plum, Sandy
•and Turtle Greek settlement. The
women are from McDonald, Carnegie
and Wheeling divivisions regions, and
. wljile the men are at work, do mission
r * r y work among the miners’ wives.
[ "They have access to the workmen’s
I houses, but the 'men are denied this.
L Deputies are stationed all along the
Lproperty line with instructions not to
■Row a solitary man to pats into the
Miouses. The campers claim that the
■effect of the missionary work will be
r apparent in a day or so. Many of the
| Flam Creek men are expected ito join
■ the movement after pay-day, Monday.
■ Fl urn Cr«ek a Fussier.
i Whether or not the strikers will be
■ able to get the Plum Creek men to stop
I the mine, there is getting to be a more
I serious question than strike leaders at
’ first thought. Unlike the other digging
settlements, about all of the Plum Creek
men live in company houses right about
the pits and right on the company's
land. The workmen do not have to
leave the DqArmitt property to gS» into
kthe mines, and the strikers gUt no
■phance to stop then, on the road The
■leputies do not allow any one to get
■ near the houses, and the wot kern and
■strikers are entirely without cominuni
■cation, except by the'women, it now
the, Plum Creek siege will be
m'och longer and a much harder battle
than nt any other of the mines.
The price for coal has moved tap 10
«enrg a ton. the assigned reason being
that the proepects that the area olf tne
strike will emend and embrace nprtn
•rn and central atgti jets
THE ROTE TRIBUNE.
HIS NEGRO DEPUTIES
Rucker Appointed Two On
Yesterday,
He Has Taken Hold of Things and
Made Seven Appointments Dur
Ing the Day.
Atlanta, Aug. 6,— Henry Rucker,
the new collector of international rev
enues has saken hold of his office iu
earnest.
He made two appointments of depu
ties today, and both were negroes.
One of them gJes to North Georgia.
Rucker made seven appointments in
all during the day.
Capt. Edward W. Rembert has been
apointed to a place in Calhoun’s office
which will pay him quite well.
MAKE NO REDUCTION.
Ballroad CommliHon Refuse to Grant Cut
in Cotton Rates,
Atlanta, Aug. 6.—The railroad com
mission, by a vote of two to one, today
declined to grant the petition for a25
per cent, reduction in cotton rates.
Chairman Trammell and Commissioner
Crenshaw voted to decline and Judge
Allen Fort favored a reduction and filed
a dissenting opinion.
This is the second time Judge Fort
has dissented from the opinioi.s of the
others. The other time was when the
railroads were . relieved of the joint rate
reduction of 10 per cent, on fertilizer
shipments passing over two lines of road.
GEORGIA POSTMASTERS.
Thomas Shipley Gets the Office at LI vl agston
in This County.
Washington, Aug. 6.—The follow-,
ing postmasters were appointed in Geor
gia today:
Livingston, Floyd county, Thomas
Shipley.
Miss E. G. Martinwas appointed post
master at East Point. She defeated
Judge Phillips, who was very popular
and had made a splendid postmaster,
Dental Agsociatidun Unite. ,
Newport News, Va., Aug. ft—The
American Association of Dentists and
the Southern Deutal association, which
organizations have been iu .convention
at Old Point Comfort since last Monday
morning, nave united into one body,
with Dr. Thomas Fillbrown of Boston
as president. Dr. George H. Cushing
of Chicago was elected secretary.
Chicago Great Western’s Cat.
Chicago, Aug. ft—The Chicago Great
Western road announces that it will
make an $18.50 rate from Minneapolis
and St Paul to Buffalo and return for
the Grand Army encampment This is
on the basis of 1 cent per mile and is a
cut of $8.50 on the agreed rate.
Steel Altil For Blrmiughaim.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 6.—The Gate
City Land company, owners of consid
erable valuable property 6 miles from
the city, are in receipt of an offer for
an exchange of 20 acres of laud adja
cent to the railroads at Gate City: The
parties will erect a $1,000,000 steel mill.
The parties making the offer promise,
as a sign of good faith, to take 10 per
cent of the capital stock of the new
company themselves and will push the
completion of the mill. The Gate Oiiy
company is now considering the propo-.
sition and may accept.
Five Hundred Miner. Strike.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 6. One hun
dred and fifty coal miners employed by
the Jefferson Coal and Railway com
pany at Mary Lee mines have struck be
cause of a proposed wage reduction
from 85 cents to 32 cents per ton. Three
hundred and fifty miners working for
the Bessemer Laud aud Improvement
company at Belle Ellen have also quit
because of a disagreement relative to
assessing the miners to pay the com
pany’s physician. An early adjustment
at both places is expected.
Leeds Mar Get a New Factory.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. ft—H. Y.
Porter of Manchester, England, has just
completed a visit to Alabama looking
for a site on which tb erect a cotton mill
with a bleaching department. He yis
ited Atlanta and Birmingham and was
not -favorably impressed with either
place. He paid a visit to Leeds, Ala., a
small place about 20 miles east of here,
aud spoke of locating there. He has re
turned to his home to make a report of
his investigations to the concern he
represented.
Ohio Doui<>or»tt« to Meet.
Columbus, 0.. Aug. 6.—At the meet
ing of the state central committee of
the national Democrats it was decided
to ctall a state convention in this city
Sept. 8 aud 9 to nominate a state ticket.
The temporary organization for the
convention and other details will be
looked after by the state executive com
mittee. .
North Carolinlwn Nam«dl.
Washington. Aug. 6 —The president
has appointed Alfred E Holton to be
United States attorney for the western
district of North Carolina.
ROME. GA., SA iUH DAY. AUGUST 7. 1897.
THE STRIKE
IN ATLANTA
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Agreemnent Not Made
as Was Thought.
REFUSED TO SIGN
President Elsas, of the Cotton Mills Sill
Not Agree to Conditions,
WILLING TO DISCHARGE NEGROES
But Not to Take Back Ring
leaders of the Strike.
SETTLEMENT MAY BE HELD OFF
Big Boycott is Threatened Against the Mills
If They D) Not Agree to
the Terms.
•
Atlanta, Aug. 6. The strike of the
1,400 operatives employed iu the Fulton
Bag and Cotton mills against the em
ployment of negro labor, which was
supposed to have been settled Thursday
afternoon, is ou again. A verbal agree
ment was reacned between the strikers
and President Jacob Elsas of the com
pany, and it was given out by both
sides that the trouble had been settled.
President Elsas declared his willing
ness to discharge the negro wemeu to
whom objection had been made and it
was not supposed that any difficulty
would be encountered in agreeing to a
written contract. When the contract
drawn up by the strikers’ committee
was presented to Mr. Elsas, however,
he declined to sigu it aud the settlement
was declared off.
The cause of the now disagreement is
the demand of the strikers that the mill
not only withdraw the negro women
who were the cause of the strike, but
that all other negroes employed in
the mill except firemen aud scrubwomen
be removed aud that the mill obligate
itself not to discharge any of the wnite
operatives on account of the strike. To
those conditions the mill management
objected, claiming that they were not
in the verbal understanding reached
Thursday afternoon.
It is stated that the 3,000.000 mem
bers of the Federation of Trades have
AetermiaeA in case the trouble is not
speedily settled, to boycott the company,
aud it is claimed that the wholesale
merchants of Atlanta have agreed not to
handle their goods.
TO SOAR FROM HIGH PEAK.
Aeroaaat Felt. Wilt M*k. a Thirteen-
Mlle Flight Next -nnday.
Colorado Springs, Aug. 6.—William
B Felts, the aeronant whose announce-'
ment that he would sail from the top of
Pike’s Peak was heralded over the
country a fortnight ago, trill attempt 1
to carry out his plan next Sunday. |
Preparatory to his great feat Mr. Felts
will on Saturday make a leap from the
lofty pinnacle iu the gateway to the
Garden of the Gods. This, he says, he
will do to show the people what they
may expect of him on Sunday.
Felts tested his aeroplanes last Sun
day by jumping from a building near
the signal station ou Pike’s Peak. He
succeeded in holding himself in the air
for a moment and then came quickly to
the rocks below, but without damage.
The aeroplanes, or wings, contained 125
square feet of canvass, and Felts says
that he learned by the test just what he
wanted to know—that is, the additional
amount of canvas required for that high
altitude. Tests were made at different
points down the mountain, with the re
sult that the lower the altitude the more
i success! ully the apparatus worked.
Negro Lynched Near Eufaula.
Eufaula, Ala., Aug. B. At Spring
hill, on the Montgomery aud Eufaula
railway, 20 miles north of here. Turner
Clark, a negro, entered the bedroom of (
Coon Roberson's daughter. The young |
lady’s screams. aroused her father and
the negro was frightened away. The
father, with neighbors, followed and
soon captured Clark. He was brought
to Springhill, the nearest village, and
placed in a vacant store. The building
was soon surrounded by au infuriated
mob, and the negro was taken to a
neighboring grove and swung to a limb
Horse. l'<un a Dead Heat. ,
London, Aug. 6.—At the third day's
racing of the Brighton August meeting,
Richard Croker’s brown colt Leather
Stocking rau a dead heat with the ,
Daisy Wreith filly in the race fpr the
Kempton plate, This event is for 2- I
year-olfle. There were tejj starters, the '
course being about 5 furlongs. 11
LEAGUE.
Boston Brats' Baltimore in
Her Came.
The Race is Close and Exciting,
With Three Clubs Well
Bunched.
Washington. Aug. 6.—The race in
the National League grows absorbing
in interest. The Bostons downed Bal
timore today in a desperate struggle.
They increased lost ground somewhat,
by the victory. Baltimore leads Cin
cinnati only by a fraction for second
place. New York went up a peg by de
feating the Phillies. The scores:
Philadffiphia 2, New York 9.
Brooklyn 15, Washington 5.
Boston 6, Baltimore 5.
Chicago 7, Cleveland 5.
St; Louis 4, Pittsburg 5.
MINERS MAY'LYNCH A MAN.
Michigander* Utter Ugly Threat. Against
a Fiend In Human Form.
Iron Mountain, Mich., Aug. 6 The
appeals of leading citizens prevented a
lynching at Crystal Falls. The miners
employed in the surrounding locations
are now making threats aud a well de
j fined report is current to the effect that
they have formed an organization and
will invade the village for the purpose
of lynching Bonds. z
Iu the meantime it is expected that
Sheriff Waite will take the precaution
to remove the prisoner to another
county. ; '
i Bonds’ confession was made a sec
i ond time in the presence of Attorney
Henderson of Norway.
There is a feeling that the man is in
-1 sane or acting the part to perfection.
This is not the first crime of this nat
ure with which he has been identified.
He has been identified by a young girl
of Norway as the man who committed
an assault upon her.
Miner. Oat at Monongahela.
Monongahela, Pa., Aug. 6.—Be
tween 300 and 400 striking miners
. 1 marched ou the Bunola mine, headed
by the G. A baud of this place. The
, body was composed of miners from
Oatsburg, Black Diamond, Webster and
i other points in The Bu
nola miners were brought out aud the
i strikers established a camp to see that
work is not resumed. The strikers are
i quiet and orderly.
Hlg Kentucky Dlntlllery Assigns.
Louisville, Aug. 6. Fibble & Crabb,
| the big Eminence. Ky., distillers, have
, i filed a deed of assignment in the supe
, rior court. W. L. Crabb also filed an
, individual assignment. The assets of
the concern are held at $183,000, while
! the liabilities will foot up SIOO,OOO. The
distillery is one of the biggest in Ken
tucky, and Crabbs’ Blue Ribbon whisky
is known all over the United Statea
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Chicago Ha, filg Conflagration.
Chicago, Aug. B.—Charles M., Con
way has died from injuries received
while at work at the Northwestern ele
vator fire. Conway was at work in the
narrow rear way of the elevator when
an explosion occurred and he was
thrown with great force against the
shed. He received a severe concussion
’ from which he died. The report that
i an unknown man who was watching
the fire had been blown into the river
I and drowned was not confirmed. The
, firemen dragged the river all night, but
. As yet have round nothing which indi-
I cates further fatalities. The injured
firemen are progressing favorably, but
! several of them are not expected to re
cover. _
Freight War I t at an Bad.
Tacoma, Aug. 6.—The withdrawal of
the Kruse steamers, Lake and Cleve
land, from the San Francisco-Puget
sound, to run for the Alaskan trade,
leaves the San Francisco sound field to
the Pacific Coast Steamship company
and ends the freight war which was in •
augurated by the establishment of the
Kruse line last spring. The Kruse
steamers carried freight from the Golden
Gate to the sound Tor $1 a toa. The
Pacific Coast company out its rates to
the same figure every time a steamer of
the Kruse line sailed from San Fran
cisco. With the absence of the Kruse
vessels the rate of $3 a ton again pre
vails.
Shot Wifaond Killed Self.
Grand Rapids, Aug. ft —H. A
Dailey, u well-to io Jenison man, shot
| his wife. He took poison and died while
in charge of the < ffijeru. The woman
may pussiliiy recover.
Treasure Heeßars Huy o Hrlg.
Oakland, Oul., Aug. 6 The brig
Pitcairn, which was built and used as a
missionary cruft iu the South seas, has
been purchased from the Seventh Day
Adventists by a syndicate of treasure
seekers,, who will at once tit her up for
the voyage to Alaska. "
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Tyler Scott Dead.
\?ahrenton, Vo..' Aug. B.—Major H.
Taylor Scott, attorney general of Vir
ginia, died here shortly after midnight.
The deceased had beeu ill with typhoid ■
i fever for some weeks..
THE QUEEN
ON THE WAR
She Lays Her Message
Before Lawmakers.
PARLIAMENT MEETS
Great Br tain’s Roler Refers to Greeco-
Turklsh War. /
SHE SAYS IT WILL SOON BE ENDED
Other Foreign Complications
and India's Famine.
HEAR IT READ AND THEN ADJOURN
England’s Queen Expresses Her Profotnd
Grits About the Famine in India.
Relief For the People.
London* Aug b.—The house of com
mons met at 10 a. m. and passed to the
third reading of the appropriation bill,
which was then forwarded to the house
of lords, where it passed all stages.
Both houses then suspended business
until 2:30 p. m., when the queen’s
speech proroguing parliament was read.
It was as follows:
“Lords and Gentlemen—At the close
of the session, during which there has
been disturbances and conflicts in Eu
rope, I am glad to be able to inform yon
that the cordiality of my relations with
foreign powers remain unchanged. The,
united influence of the six powers sig-,
natory of the treaty of Paris was earn
estly exerted early iu the year to dis-'
suade the * king of Greece from a war
upon which he unhappily desired to
enter. Although they failed in this
endeavor they' were able to bring about
an early suspension of hostilities be
tween the two belligerents aud open ne
gotiations for peace. Tnese proceed
ings are protracted and a formal treaty
has not yet been signed, but there is
good ground for believing that all the
most important matters in controversy
have been adjusted, aud that iu return
for adequate indemnity, the territory
conquered by Turkey, with a slight
modification of the frontier, will be re
stqred to MAS
“I nave given notice to the king of
the Belgians and to the German empe
ror to terminate the treaties of 1862 aud
186?, whereby I am prevented from
making with ffiy colonies such fiscal ar
rangements within my empire as seem
to me expedient.
"In consequence of the infraction by
the Chinese government of certain stip
ulations of the convention of 1894, a
fresh convention has been concluded,
establishing the frontier of Burmah and
China more advantageously to my em/
pire and openening the West river of
China to European commerce.
"I have concluded a treatv of com
merce and friendship with King Mene
lik.
"The. presence of representatives of
the colonies and India at the ceremo
nies of the celebration of the sixtieth
year of my reign has contributed to the
strength of the bond of union in all
parts of my empire and additional proof
of the attachment of the colonies to the
mother country has been furnished in
the fiscal legislation of Canada and the
contribution that Cape Colony, fol|6w
ing the example of Australasia, has
offered for our navy defense. »
"The famine which, to my profound
grief, has prevailed in large portions of
my Indian dominions since the autumn
of last year has taxed severely the re
sources of that country. I gladly ac
knowledge the energy and self sacrifice
of my officers of all ranks, both Eu
ropeans and natives, and of the many
private persons who. with untiring zeal
and anxious in the desire to avoid of
fense to the native feeling, have labored
to save life and relieve suffering. An
appeal do the sympathy of my subjects
in all parts of my empire was responded
to in the most generous manner, and I
rejoice to learn that owing to the satis
factory rainfall there is every prospect
that the area of distress will be greatly
diminished."
Aoeused of Stealing • 38,000
Reading, Pa, Aug. 6.—Samuel H.
Fulmer, the newly elected treasurer of
Homestpad Building association, Na 4.
has caused the arrest of Joseph P.
Kremp, whose resignation was recently
requested as treasurer, on a charge of
converting to his own use over JBk.OOtt.
Kremp gave <50,000 bail. It is ikmv
that other arrests will lie made.
Or. W|in uin iiiuok Dead.
Raleigh. Aug. Rev. Dr. William
S. Black, a well/known Methodist min
ister and presiding elder of Littleton
district, died there, aged 81.
Taft to Your Trade.
The Tribune has the
largest circulation of any
newspaper in North Georz
gia. It reaches your trade
daily.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BICYCLEISTS MEET.
League of American Wheel
men in Philadelphia.
Hundreds of Cyclists From All f arts
of the Country In the Quaker
City.
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Philadelphia, Aug. 6. A more
beautiful day could not have been asked
for than that, which formally inaugu
rated the big race meet of the League
of American Wheelmen here. The
warm sun was tempered by a cool
northwesterly brdeze. Early morning
runs were taken by many of the visit
ing wheelmen, and especially those who
did riot get into the arena. There were
thousands of spectators on every run.
All roads leading to the Willow Grove
track seemed to have been converted
into bicycle paths. The wheelmen
owned the city, and the policemen, who
are usually strict in guarding against
scorching, paid no attention to the vis
itors. who were unconsciously com
mitting a breach of the law by cycling
at a 2:40 gait.
Notwithstanding that thousands were
pushing their way to Willow Grove on
wheels, the street cars and railroads
were also taxed to their utmost.
The Willow Grove track was a reve
lation to the visitors. They had never
I seen such a race course. Especially con
| str acted with wood, lightning fast, as
solid as a rock and entirely surrounded
by seats with a seating capacity of
nearly 25.000.
Flags fluttered from hundreds of staffs
and the L A. W. purple predominated
everywhere. The trial heats were run
in the morning and the finals in the
afternoon. '
NO DECREASE IN OUTPUT.
West Virginia Producing Enough Coal For
the Whole Country.
Wheeling, Aug; 6. Ratchford’s
statement here that a more vigorous
campaign was to be made in West Vir
ginia, is timely, if the United Mine
workers ever expect to shut uff the sup
ply of coal from this state. From day
to day the men on strike have been go
ing back until now, aside from Clarks
burg, there is no field in the state that
shows any diminution in the output.
The miners’ meeting was a failure
from every point of view. The injunc
tion issued by the Marion county court
and by the United States court pre
vented any sort of activity in the Fair
mount field, and the announcement is
made that injunctions will be issued as
the strike agitation reaches the field of
Action.
Whitecaps Get In Their Work.
Nashville, Aug. 6.—An old man,
supposed to be an Italian, aud whose
name has not been ascertained, was
shot aud killed by unknown persons
near Aspen HUI. in Giles county. He
had been affiliating with negroes for
several weeks and teaching them music,
tie received an anonymous letter Tues
day night, signed “Whitecaps,” warn-*
iug him to leave within 24 hours or he
TyQuld be tarred and feathered. He
threatened to prosecute the writers of
tiie communication if they were diecoy,
ered. He refused to leave aud hie death
followed. His body was found in his
cabin riddled with bullets.
Rnckcr Mokes F|ye Appointments, I
Atlanta, Aug. 6.—Georgia’s new
revenue collector, H. A. Rucker, has
made his first appointments, naming
five deputy collectors, one of Whom is a
negro, and a negro messenger. All
of these places come under the
civil service regulations and with the
exception of one deputy, whose name
was taken from the eligible list, tha ap
pointments made Are temporary, await
ing the receipt ot a new eligible list
from Washington.
< holera and Placae Raging.
Bombay, India, Aug. 6.—Considera
ble alarm has been caused by the official
statistics of the public health just pub
lished. They show that there were •
1,971 deaths here during the past week,
of which number 220 were deaths from
cholera and 18 from the plague. This
total death rate is equal to- 65.61 per
1,000, or double the normal rate.
Spirits Hasiness Monopnllssd.
Chicago, Aug. 6. The American
Spirits Manufacturing company has
concluded a contract with the govern
ment of Venezuela for a monopoly of
the spirits manufacturing badness in
that country. For several months past
agents of the Spirits company have been
in Venezuela for the purpose of nego
tiating with that government.
Sherman Off For Washington.
Amagansett, L. 1., Aug. 6.—Secre
tary of ktate John Sherman, accom
panied by his private secretary, has left
this place for Washuigtan. The secre
tary appeared in much better health
than when he camo here a little over a
week i:g >. He has been stopping here
with his daughter, Mrs. McCullotn.
Birmingham, Ala.. Aug. 6.—The first
death from smallpox now prevailing
here, that of a negro patient, has just
occurred at the pest house. All the
other 75 patients are doing welt
A Commissioner Appointed.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. ft—The
governor has appointed O. Y. Culberson
of Volley, Head county, commissioner
of DbKalb county, to succeefl William
Lea, who died last week.