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EMPLOYERS’ DAY IN COURT
The Testimony Before the National
Strike Commission.
The Witnesses for the Strikers Nearly
All Examined and Employers to Be
Heard Now—“ Pullman Is Such a
Moral Town” Reporters Testify
Favorably to the Strikers Had
Never Heard Violence Counseled by
Leaders or Laborers.
Chicago, Aug. 22.—At the opening of
this morning’s session of the national
labor commission, Chairman Wright an
nounced that the majority of the wit
nesses for labor had been heard and that
the railroads and the Pullman company
will.now be allowed to present their side
of the case. "We have still,” continued
Mr. Wright, "a number of labor leaders
to hear who live outside of Chicago, but
who have not been able to get here. They
will be heard at the proper time. In the
mean time, we have been furnished by
the Pullman company and by the rail
roads with a large number of names of
witnesses. These will now be called in
the order in which they appear on the
list.”
The first witness was Frank W. T.
Glover, a Chicago real estate agent. Mr.
Giover deals in property at Kensington,
a suburb adjoining the town of Pullman.
He said from an outside inspection of the
Pullman houses—he had never been in
side of them—they were much more in
viting than the ones rented by him at
Kensington for sl2 a month. He said
there was no sewerage at Kensington and
no repairing there, as there is at Pullman.
He declared the rent had not been re
duced at Kensington. “If I were a poor
man,” said Glover, “and had a family, I
should prefer very much to live in Pull
man rather than in Kensington. The sur
soundings are so beautiful in Pullman and
the place so moral, I would rather pay <2
or S 3 a month more for the same accom
modations in Pullman.”
Paul Hermes, an ex-employe of the
Pullman company, now a news agent
there, testified that he thought his resi
dence of nine rooms in Pullman was cheap
at $35 a month. He would not live in
Kensington under any circumstances, on
account of the offensive sewers. He
thought that if the Pullman employes had
Jet whisky and beer alone they would not
have had nearly so much distress. On
cross examination Hermes could not esti
mate how large a proportion of the Pull
man nonulatlon used liquor to excess.
L. H. Johnson testified as to the com
parative value of property in Pullman,
Kensington and Roseland. He could get
houses for less money in Roseland or
Kensington, he said, but he did not get
as good a house for the money as in Pull
man. The Pullman employes werertem
perate for the most part and of economi
cal habits. He testified that rents had
remained stationary in the suburbs of
Pullman, and that a house which rented
for sl7 in Pullman would cost but sl2 out
side.
William K. McKay, a reporter for the
Chicago Mail, testified that he had been
present at many labor meetings, and had
never heard the strike leaders counsel
violence.
"How were you impressed with these
speeches’” asked Judge Worthington.
“Did you think they were sincere, or
were they simply so much buncombe?”
“I thought the speakers were sincere.”
Benjamin Atwell, another rsporter, fol
lowed. He had seen no real violence done
by railroad employes. He had heard, he
said, strikers counsel their companions
during the trouble at Blue Island not to
commit overt acts.
Alexander Lunggruen, a Pullman em
ploye, was the first witness to testify at
- afternoon session. He thought he
had been treated fairly by the Pullman
company. Employes, he said, were not
afforded an opportunity to tell their
grievances—that was the main difficulty.
He returned to work at Pullman after
the strike and was obliged to sign an
agreement to have nothing further to do
with the American Railway Union in or
der to get his position back.
John Fitzgerald, assistant fire marshal
of Chicago, read a long list of cars, tow
ers and other railroad property burned,
showing great loss to the railroads. The
oldest persons he ever saw setting fire to
cars were 19 years of are. All the rest
were mere boys. He had seen no rail
road employes doing incendiary work.
Once railroad men helped him
to extenguish a blaze. He had
seen a man cut the fire hose, but did not
recognize him. The crowds had never
obstructed the work of the deparment
that he knew of. He did not know if the
incendiary boys had been instigated by
the strikers One hundred and forty
seven cars, five switch handles, six depots
and eight towers were burned in his dis
trict from July 5 to July 8, inclusive, this
being the period of greatest violence and
incendiarism.
Dr. John McLean of Pullman told of
the attitude of the company toward the
men injured while at work. His duty
was to care for all such men until they
recovered. He did not think a hospital
necessary’ at Pullman. He said the com
pany paid the expenses at a hospital
down town of all the men hurt while in
its employ. In the case of a man whose
hand had been hurt, the witness said the
man had employed another doctor,
. and thereby ignored the company
in the matter. Payment of his expenses
at the hospital had been refused by the
company on that account. Dr. McLean
asserted that the trouble at Pullman was,
in a measure, due to the use of liquor by
the employes. In 4,000 cases of injury the
witness had never seen the company re
fuse to pay all the expenses connected
therewith, besides drug store bills,
amounting to $1,700 annually.
The commission will bear Superintend
ent of Police Brennan to-morrow morning.
The commissioners decline to say
?hether they will summon George M
ullman or Vice President Wickes. ' Com
missioner Wright said that in dealing
with the railroad side only the Illinois
Central and Rock Island roads would be
considered, these being the roads desig
nated by President Cleveland.
"We have no power to compel the gen
eral managers of other roads to attend,”
said Mr. Wright, "except as they are
able to give testimony bearing on these
two roads.”
PLANS OF RELIEF.
Work of Gov. Altgeld and Mayor Hop
kina to Aid Starving Pullmanites.
Chicago, Aug. 22.—Gov. Altgeld and
Mayor Hopkins this morning decided on
a plan of relief for the starving Pullman
strikers. The scheme is to secure the
aid of the railroads by their furnishing
free transportation to all those of the
town who desire to seek work in other
cities and towns of the country.
The relief appeal issued by Gov. Alt
geld was received by the destitute people
of Pullman to-day with general expres
sions of joy and gratitude for the interest
taken by the governor in their behalf.
The relief committee received some sup
plies in the morning, and the head
quarters were opened again with the ex
pectation of getting much money and pro
visions in response to the proclamation.
Wheu the doors of the supply station
wore opened 400 men were assembled in
double rows, waiting to have their
baskets filled. One thousand loaves of
bread, made from tlour sent by the citi
zens of Allegan, Mich., were distributed.
Cash contributions were received, which
went to make up SIOO in the treasury for
the purchase of meat, to be used in ex
treme cases.
An evening paper is authority for the
statement that the Pullman company has
recognized, the brick makers union of
Pullman and Roseland and the strike in
that branch of the big concern will soon
be over. Vice President Wickes refused
to discuss the matter for publication.
OCALA HAIPENINGS.
The Barbecue and Political Meeting
at Newberry.
Ocala, Fla., Aug. 22.—Edward L. Wort
mann of Citra has withdrawn as a candi
date for the legislature, for the reason
'that his father, who is running for tax
collector, may have full swing. He says
his large and growing business will not
permit him to make the sacrifice. To hear
the talk on the street it is difficult to say
whether C. M. Brown, the defeated can
didate for state senator, or his friends,
insist on running him for the state legis
lature.
The People’s party of the Second con
gressional district will meet in Ocala to
morrow to nominate a congressman.
Timber is plenty and all are waiting for
the lightning to strike.
The Ocala Rifles returned this after-.
noon from St. Augustine, tired but de
lighted with their camp experience.
The tall and towering pine of Lady
Lane and Ocala, Samuel Washington
Teague, who led the solid Ocala demo
cratic delegation to’ Newberry, Alachua
county, to-day to inaugurate and cele
brate the official birth of the spnghtliest
of Alachua county villages, is free to ad
mit, as will every one present, that Sena
tor Call took the pole of speech and held
it to a finish at that meeting.
It was Call’s day in West Alachua, and
anywhere from 100 to 1,000 people testi
fied to it by as royal a welcome as ever
political sovereigns tendered their leader.
It was the largest meeting ever held in
West Alachua. They all came to see and
hear Call. He made the best speech his
frends ever heard him make. It cemented
old friends; it made new ones. The ar
rangements were of the best. The
barbecue was an achievement. John R.
Williams called the meeting to order, in
troduced C. L. Bittinger of the Ocala
Banner, who proffered Marion’s congrat
ulations in behalf of Teague, who,
with J. M. Slater, an Alachua pioneer,
and Messrs. Hodge and Knight,
are proprietors of the place. Newberry
is not yet six mouths old, yet it has three
of the leading stores in the county, two
hotels, and a dozen and more phosphate
mines near by, which mine and ship more
rock than any in Florida. Its prospects
are so bright that its people speak of
making it the county seat of the county.
After Senator Call’s speech had been
delivered, Capt. F. H. Williard took
the chair, and made a regular
democratic address and ended by
proving himself the poetic genius of the
day. Dropping into poetry, as
natural as Silas Wegg, recit
ing off several leagues in prophecy
of Newberry’s glorious future. Charles
Fildes, an aspirant for county solicitor,
was the wit and humorist of the eighteen
candidates who stood waiting, ready to
burst with eloquence. Every body
laughed until their sides ached. Fildes
can rest easy of election. The candidates,
having taken on wood and water, were at
it again. To enable Call and Sanchez to'
catch their second wind, Capt. Bill Ken
drick captured the crowd by
his brilliant and poetic ad
dress on Florida. Sanchez talked
smilingly on issues of the day. but his op
ponent, Maj. Thomas detected weak
points on his oratorical armor, and poured
hot shot into him.
A raging storm broke up the meeting,
and the candidates who had not uncorked
the vials of their eloquence were m the
dumps. Young folks were preparing for
an all night dance on the depot platform.
Newberry, Alachua county, her people,
with Call a close second, are on top. Col.
Adam Eichelberger, the pioneer orange
grower, was presept. ■ ■
IMPROVEMENTS AT BRUNSWICK,
The Southern Railway Intends to do
a Big Business There.
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 22.—A1l Bruns
wickians are watching the movements of
the Southern railway officials with a
great deal of interest. When the an
nouncement was made that the East
Tennessee road entering Brunswick,
would remain a part of the Western
system, this interest was increased, as it
was regarded as a sure sign that .Bruns
wick would get her share of improve
ments at the hands of the new owners,
this port being the deep water terminus
of the Western system. Present indica
tions point to early commencement of
work by the Southern people’on some of
their large dock properties in
the heart of the business portion
of the city At the foot of Monk
street, extending the length of oue block
on Bay street, the road owns one of the
finest water fronts in the state, having
purchased it some years ago at a cost of
$90,000. This property has been idle for
a long time, its only occupant being a
firm of wholesale grocers. Shortly after
the change of owners ip the road notice
was given the grocery firm to vacate their
building, which they did at once. It is
now stated on good authority that the
road intends tearing down the building
and erecting across the entire water front
substantial docks and cotton sheds.
Coupled with ..this announcement
is one that property owners
along Bay street will endeavor to secure
permission foom the city council to make
Bay street a railroad thoroughfare, and
change the present frontage of their
buildings to Oglethorpe street, the next
one to Bay. This change can be easily
made if council will grant permission,
and the traffic facilities of both the South
ern and Brunswick and Western rail
roads will be greatly increased thereby.
Three miles from Brunswick the South
ern has a spur track running to large
dock and compress properties, and,
during the cottou season, all cotton and
phosphate from this port is loaded there,
the phosphate in summer being shipped
from the Brunswick and Western docks.
In view of the recent movements and or
ders of the Southern people, Brunswick
xans are hopeful of good results.
A FEARFUL STROKE.
A Twelve-yaar-old Boy at Anthony
Fatally Struck by Lightning.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 22.—A special
to the Times-Union from Anthony, Fla.,
says: "To-day Willie Stranathaum, aged
12 years, was killed by lightning just as
he was entering the door of his home. The
bolt struck the boy just above the right
ear and ran down his right side and leg,
passing out at the foot and tearing a hole
Ik *■ v e b ?v Ul the ri * ht ear to
the little toe of his right foot there was a
deep blue streak. His clothing on the
right side was split as though cut with a
sharp knife and his right shoe was torn
to pieces.”
BARBEQUE IN WARE.
The Speakers to Be Present—New Oot
ton and Crop Prospects.
Waresboro, Ga., Aug. 22—The first
bale of new sea island cotton was shipped
from here to-day by the Waresboro Trad
ing Company to Butler & Stevens, Savan
nah. Most of it was grown by H. F Jef
fords. near this place.
The excessive rains have greatly dam
aged the cotton crop of this section and
there will probably be but two-thirds of
a crop made.
Hon. W. G. Brantley. Col. L. A. Wilson
and others, will address the people of
W are and adjoining counties here on Sat
urday, Aug. 25. Preparations are being
made for a public barbecue.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1894.
THE STRIKERS’ STRUGGLE.'
A Long and Bitter One Now Thought
to Be in Prospect
«
Long List of Mills That Are Now Idle.
Small Hopes That Any Number of
the Mills Will Follow the Example
of the Howland Company—Call of
the Mayer of New Bedford for a Con
ference to Avert the Evils of the Con
test Now Raging—He Will Endeavor
to Secure Arbitration of the Differ
ences.
New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 22.—The
great strike of the Textile operatives has
developed into a period of dogged and de
termined activity on both sides and there
are no new developments of interest. To
day the feeling is that the other yarn
mills of the city are not likely to follow
the lead of the Howland corporations as
soon as was predicted yesterday. What
ever their decision may be, there is likely
to be a continuation of the strike on at
present far beyond the time set by many
at the beginning of the trouble. All of
the arrangements made by operativesand
their employers are in anticipation of a
long battle.
MAYOR BROWNELL’S CALL.
Mayor Brownell has issued the follow
ing call:
Ihe fact that 10,000 operatives,, in our city
are unemployed is a public calamity of so
much importance to all classes of citizens
that 1 feel justified in making an attempt io
relieve the city of this unhappy and embar
rassing situation so fatal to New Bedford s
interests/
I feel that if the citizens representing the
management of mill interests, and also those
representing the operatives, will come to
gether and confer and consider the situation
in the spirit of the greatest good to the great
est number some course may be determined
on which will be of benefit to all concerned.
A tire is much more easily extinguished at its
commencement than after the structure is in
flames, while the saving of property is vastly
greater.
I, therefore, invite representatives of the
mill corporations and of the operatives to
meet in Room 4, Library building, to-morrow
(Thursday) evening at 8 o’clock. Let us
meet as citizens imbued with a spirit of re
conciliation and a desire to accomplish what
is for the best interests of our city.
Stephen A. Brownell. Mayor.
Mayor Brownell states that he hopes
that the board of arbitration committee,
of which he is chairman, will decide to
act with him in the matter. He thought
it well, however, to issue the call to-day
in his official capacity of mayor of the
city in order to save time.
There was a mass meeting of the
weavers’ committee this morning. An
immense throng was in attendance and
the enthusiasm was unbounded. Speeches
were made by Secretary Hart and three
other members of the weavers’ union. The
gist of the remarks made by the speaKers
was in refutation of the statements yes
terday by Andrew G. Pierce that the
cuts have been lengthened or unfair ad
vantage has been taken of the help is
untrue.
An attache of the Bennett mills, who is
in close touch with the management,
stated to-day that the mills have a large
number of orders on hand, which are
made for delivery in the near future. If
a determined stand is taken against the
demands of the operatives they will of
necessity be cancelled.
OUTLOOK AT FALL RIVER.
Fall River, Mass., Aug. 22.—The execu
tive committee of the Spinners Associa
tion met again to-day to consider the, sit
uation of the strike. It was reported
that the Lerr Thread mill had made sat
isfactory terms with the spinners em
ployed, but the members declined to say
what they were. It is believed that the
Kerr mijl will continue paying the ojd
wages until the mixed cdnditiOn of things
in ot r oncerns is cleared up. A dele
gation o. spinners from the Sanford
Spinning Company was present to pro
test against allowing any reduction of
wages in that mill. Members said they
would strike rather than work for lower
wages than they are now receiving. The
Globe yarn mill spinners were also pres
ent and were very much worked up on ac
count of the alleged breaking of faith
with them on the part of Agent Arnold B.
Sanford, also president of the Sanford
Spinning Company. The spinners be
lieve the mills can well afford to pay the
old wages on account of" the
prosperous condition ot the
yarn business as compared
with the inactivity with the cloth man
ufacturers. The executive committee
voted to send Acting Secretary O’Donnell
to the mill to interview the agent, and
there is every likelihood of a strike un
less concessions are made. The condi
tions at Hargraves, Granite and Shove
mills are unchanged. The action of the
weavers in remaining away from work is
causing a great deal of annoyance to the
spinners’ officers, inasmuch as the locked
out spinners will have a claim on the
treasury just the same as though they
were on strike.
SMALL WAGES FOR SPINNERS.
The spinners at the Sanford S pinning
Company went out on strike to-day, re
fusing to work under a further reduc
tion. They have been working at lower
wages than are usually paid in mills
where colored hosiery yarns are made.
The back boys in the Globe yarn mills
have left their work and the spinners
there are idle. Supt. O’Donnell of the
union went to the mill to-day to effect a
settlement, but no agreement had been
arrived at up to 1 o’clock.
The following corporations have shut
down for an indefinite period: Ana wan
mills, Barnard, Cornell, Durfees Nos. 1
and 2; Flint. Hargraves No. 1, Granite
No. 3, Laurel Lake, Robeson, Sagamore,
Border City, one mill: Stafford, two
mills; Tecumsecb. one mill; Wampanoag,
two mills, and Weetamoe. The above
mills will close to-morrow night, and the
American linen mills will close Saturday
night. The number of looms running in
the other mills varies from .50 to 1,600.
About 326 spinners and 4.500 weavers are
out of work, and as the yarn continues to
accumulate, the carding room and other
employes will be thrown out of work.
Print cloths are very firm, and offers to
buy at 2% cents have been refused.
LONG LOCKOUT ORDERED.
Fall River, Mass., Aug. 22.—1 t has been
learned beyond question that the execu
tive committee of the Manufacturers As
sociation this afternoon met and voted to
order all mills under their control to
close to-morrow night for an indefinite
period.
The order will cause the throwing of
2,500 people out of work and the stoppage
of plants, variously estimated at $40,000,000
to $50,000,000 in value. No one seems'able to
predict how long the lockout will con
tinue, but it is generally expected it will
go on till the market shows some im
provement.
ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 22.—T0-day Secre
tary Supplee of the board of arbitration
and conciliation notified the manufac
turers and strikers of Fall River and New
Bedford of the existence of the board and
its objects. The notification calls the
attention of manufacturers, corporations
and other employers of la'oor, and of all
employes and labor organizations
throughout the commonwealth to the
provisions of the law for the
settlement of differences between
I employes and employers. This is the
! first step taken by the board in matters
! of this kind. Commissioner Barry states
that the committee is closely watching
the state of affairs in Fall River and New
Bedford. "We have sent word to the
parties of our existence," he said, "but
the law’ requires us to do more. If the
troubles still retain their present serious
aspect, we will visit the cities in question
either to-morrow or next day.”
six weeks’ pay due.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 22.—1 t came
out to-day that the 200 employes of the
Portsmouth Manufacturing Company,
South Berwick, Mainb, had not been paid
salaries for six weeks when the mills
closed last week.
4 A FIGHT ON GLASS NOW FEARED.
Anderson, Ind., Aug. 22.—The window
glass manufacturers of Indiana met here
this afternoon to consider the wage scale
for the next year. There were repre
sentatives from thirty glass manufactur
ing towns, where over 8.000 men are em
ployed. The manufacturers named F. B.
Catlin of the United States Glass Com
pany at Orestes. B. F. Burke of the
Anderson Glass Company, J. E. Vande
venter of the Anderson and O. F. Frazee
of the Depauw factories, co meet the wage
committee at Pittsburg to-morrow and
announce that the Indiana manufacturers
must have a3O per cent, reduction? The
local glass workers say it will never be
agreed to. They are demanding a2O per
cent, advance in some branches. The
fight promises to be a long one, and it is
not known when the factories will start.
TALKING OF TRADES.
Political Schemes That Are Alleged to
Be Brewing at the Capital.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22.—There is a lively
row on in city politics over a movement
to hold the city primary on the same day
that the state election is held, Oct. 3.
The city executive committee, in fixing
the date .of the city primary, after a
warm discussion, named Sept. 28. At
the time of this action the issue was di
rectly made that it would be unwise to
mix city and state politics, and it was
thought that the point was settled. It
appears, however, that one of the factions
—the ticket put out by the committee of
fifty, it is asserted, has been quietly at
work all along to get the date of the pri
mary changed, and to-day Chairman Ellis
was approached on the subject.
The sensational feature of the situation
is the charge made that those who want
the change of date are in a scheme to
trade with the followers of Judge Hines
if they can get the city primary on the
day the state election is held. At the
same time the argument is being used
that Mr. Atkinson would get a better ma
jority if the two elections are held to
gether. This argument is a little queer
to the disinterested onlooker, as it is ap
parent that the friends of Judge
Hines will make ,a strong fight,
for him in this, his home county.
He will tie voted for by some other
wise good democrats as well as his legiti
mate followers of the populist faith. Un
der these circumstances, it can be readily
seen that the opportunities for trading
with the horde of candidates for city
officers would be extremely attractive,
more especially as many good democrats
could readily get the consent of ther con
sciences to vote for Hines on the ground
of his being a home candidate with the
further weight of city politics in the bal
ance.'
To-day the disclosure of the effort to
change the date of the primary has been
the all talk. It has aroused a great deal of
warm feeling of condmnation on account
of the rumors of trading on the guberna
torial situation. Although what is usually
recognized as the municipal ring is in
favor of the change, the general disap
proval manifested during the day
has given the scheme a backset
which is more likely to prove fatal to it.
It would be a disgrace to the Democratic
party if Atlanta should fail to give Mr.
AtKinson the usual democratic majority,
not to mention any possibility that the
county would go for Hines the populist,
and to-day’s developments made a lively
stir among the loyal members of the old
party. > V
THE SIXTH’S OFFIOEfiS.
An Indictment for ’ Political Effect in
Glascock County.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 22.—Chris J.
Rooney, who was formerly a member of
the city council, some time ago had his
liquor license revoked for selling liquor
on Sunday. To-day he was again before
the recorder for selling liquor last Sunday
in an outhouse in his yard and was fined
S2OO for selling without a license. It is
probable that ne may be prosecuted in the
United States court.
News was received here to-day that the
grand jury of Glascock county had in
dicted Hon. Bryan Cumming ana Salem
Dutcher, Esq., candidates for the Senate
in this district, for a slight disturbance
there on Moflday. Mr. Cumming re
ferred to Mr. Dutcher as a traitor to the
democracy. Mr. putcher started to
ward the platform and Mr. Cumming ad
vanced to the edge of the platform to
meet him, but they could not reach each
other before friends interfered.
Glascock is a third party county, and
the indictments are said to have been
instigated by the populists as a reflection
upon the democratic standard bearer.
The affair is more likely to reflect upon
the good judgment of the grand jury.
Officers of the recently organized
Sixth Georgia Volun
teers, were elected to-night. Col. Wm.
E. Jones of Waynesboro was elected
colonel, Capt. Caloway of the Irvin
Guards of Washington was chosen
lieutenant colonel, Adjt. Burke Shew
make of Augusta was elected senior
major, and Capt. N. A. Teague of the
Oglethorpe infantry of this city, junior
major.
The Atlantic Coast Line has fixed a
quick and convenient passenger schedule
for a train that will start running into
Augusta Sept. 2. It will leave Florence
at 3:20 a. m.; arrive at Augusta 8:30 a.
m. Leave Augusta 2p. m., and arrive
Florence at 7:15. At Florence trains will
connect with trains going north and
south. Trains will be run solid all the
way through to New York with the ex
ception of the engine and crew, which
will stop at Denmark.
JUDGE SIMONTON’S DECISION.
In the matter of the petition of Receiv
ers Comer and Hayes of the Central rail
road. setting up claims against the Port
Royal and Western Carolina railroad for
balances due on operating expenses of
SIBO,OOO, for new rails $40,000. and for in
terest on Augusta and Knoville bonds for
$22,000, and praying that receivers’ cer
tificates be issued for the total amount
thus due, Judge Simonton has filed an
oninion refusing the petition and only
allowing certain Sums for new rails. The
opinion is quite long.
TEST OF PNEUMATIC GUNS.
Satisfactory Outcome of the Explo*
sive Charge Firing at Sandy Hook.
Sandy Hook, N. J., Aug. 22.—1 n con
tinuation of the trial of the pneumatic
dynamite guns, the test to-day was for
accuracy. Three dummies were first
fired to obtain the range. Afterward
eight loaded ten-inch projectiles, each
containing 200 pounds of nitro-gelatine,
were fired from the fifteen-inch gun, and
all struck the water apparently in the
same spot. The range was 3,500 yards.
Two seconds time fuses were used. They
acted perfectly, exploding every shell.
United States ordnance officers and
others who witnessed the exhibition
were entirely satisfied but amazed. Sev
eral full charges of 500 pounds gelatine
shells will be fired Saturday.
Notice.
I want every man and woman in the
United States interested in the opium and
whisky habits to have one of my books on
these diseases. Address B. M. Woolley,
Atlanta. Ga., Box 380, and one will be
sent you free.—ad.
THE BILL IS OF THE BEST
So Says the Treasury Department of
the Gorman Tariff.
Notwithstanding" Which, However. It
is Not Believed the President Will
Sign It—A Republican ex-Treasury
Official of High Grade Adds His In
dorsement to «the New Tariff—lt is
Not a Prohibitive Measure Bike the
McKinley Law.
Washington, Aug. 22.—President Cleve
land has returned, but bis intentions in re
gard to the tariff bill are as much sur
rounded in mystery as if he were still on
board the “Ruth” in Buzzards Bay.
The opinion has been that he would
sign the bill and accompany its return
with a characteristic message, urging the
passage of the “popgun” bills. Opinion,
however, has shifted, and it is now
thought he will permit the bill to become
a law without his signature.
The constitutional term of ten days
will expire on Monday next. Those
who think he will permit it to become a
law without his signature, believe he
will send in a message urging the pas
sagejof the “popgun” bills on Monday, pre
facing it with a statement to the effect
that while he cannot approve the bill by
affixing his signature to it, nevertheless,
he cannot feel justified in disapproving it,
and, therefore, permit it to become a
law in this negative manner.
Be these things as they may, it
is believed at the treasury department
that the new tariff bill will prove to be
one of the best revenue measures ever en
acted. A republican who formerly held
a high position in the revenue service,
said this afternoon that this act would
soon fill the treasury to overflowing and
wipe out the deficit. This ex-official said
the great defect of the McKinley bill was
that it was prohibitive, and admitted
that in this respect the present bill vyas
superior to the one it displaces.
TO RECEIVE THE DELEGATES.
A large number of southerners, resident
in Washington, assembled at Willard’s
hotel to-night to arrange for the recep
tion of tbe delegations expected here to
the convention on Aug. 30.
Col. Blackwell of Alabama, third
auditor of the treasury, was made perma
nent chairman and Dr. Walter C. Murphy
of North Carolina permanent secretary of
tbe reception committee.
Over 800 notifications from prominent
business men, Boards of trade and com
mercial organizations have been received
announcing their intention to be present
or represented at the convention.
THE PRESIDENT RETURNS.
President Cleveland returned to Wash
ington to-night from his outing at Gray
Gables. Mr. Cleveland seemed in the
best of health. His train reached here
at 8:25. Private Secretary Thurber
awaited him with a carriage, and he was
driven at once to the white house.
SEALING QUESTION REOPENED.
The state department has initiated the
next phrase of the sealing question by
addressing an identical note to all of
the maritime powers, inviting them
to adhere to the agreement reached by
the United States and Great Britain re
lative to the protection of the seal fish
eries. This was made necessary by the
.award of the Paris arbitration board,
which found that the United States had
no exclusive jurisdiction over the seal
waters, and that these could be protected
only by mutual agreement.
By the terms of the treaty submitting
her case to arbitration, Great Britain
was bound to agree to the arrangement
as to the closed seasons and closed zpne
imposed by the arbitration tribunal. This,
oi course, could have no effect upon other
nations and viessels sailing under the flags
of Germany, Russia, Sweden, or even
Hawaii, were left by the award free to
prey upon the seals anywhere outside of
the three-mile limit from the Alaskan
shores and islands. To meet this
the tribunal recommended that
an effort be made to secure the
adhesion of other maritime powers to the
same arrangement that bound Great Bri
tain and the United States. It is true
that the seal herds have not suffered
much as yet from the operations of the
sealers of these nations, but there were
indications that certain enter
prising merchants were making
ready to conduct a raid
on the seals under other flags than our
own and Great Britain, notably the Ha
waiian and German flags, and it was felt
to be the most prudent course to avoid
any disagreeable incidents in the future
by securing the adhesion of the remain
ing maritime nations to the agreement.
The United States already has a modus
vivendi with Russia, by the term of
which the sealers of each country are
prohibited from infringing on the seal,
waters of the other, and as Japan has ex
tensive seal rookeries on her own coast it
is believed these two nations at least,
will accept the invitation, provided the
agreement is mutually protective. * With
Hawaii, anxious as she is to retain the
good will of the United States, no diffi
culty is anticipated, so that the probabili
ties are that the closed zone now hounded
on the west by the 180th degree, will be ex
tended so as to include the entire North
Pacific ocean, north of San Francisco, as
well as Bering sea. The identical note
hears date of Aug. 20. and is couched in
tbe usual courteous diplomatic language.
RUltfOR REVIVED.
Receiver Comer Said tp Be Preparing
a Change in Railway Management.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22.—The rumor that
Receiver Comer’s plan to relieve
*Capt. G. L. Tyler of the management of
the Western Railway of Alabama, and
substitute Maj. W. F. Shellman will be
carried out by Sept. 5, has been revived
here. It is said that the postponed stock
holders’ meeting of the West Point, at
which this change, which has been on the
slate for a year past, is to take place, will
certainly be held at Montgomery by Sept.
5. By reason of tbe Western Railway of
Alabama Receiver Comer is practically
master of the situation. Date after date
has been set for the stockholders' meet
ing, but it has always been postponed.
LIVING ISSUES JO LIVE.
It Will Be Continued as the Alliance
Organ, Says the Committee*
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22.—President Irwin,
the alliance editor of Living Issues, the
official organ of the order, came out the
victor after a four-hours’ wrangle with
the newspaper committee of the alliance
over the proposition to discontinue the
alliance patronage of the paper to-day.
It was decided to continue Living Issues
as the alliance organ, and it was leased to
President Irwin and Mark N. Kimball of
Jonesboro.
AT TEN CENTS A HEAD.
Modest Charge Made by “Gen.” Coxey
for Speeches.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 22 —The popu
lists have renounced affiliation with
“Gen.” J. S. Coxey. Some of the leaders
of the party here have the impression
that Coxey is running a sort of a side
show in connection with the People’s
party. He charged well for his speech at
v’edersburg the other day, and now it is
announced that he will speak to the peo
ple of Dekalb county at 10 cents a head.
Members of the party who have been in
vestigating his methods have recom
mended that he be not employed by the
state committee to make speeches.
A CAPTAIN’S VINDICATION.
The Naniwa Not to Blame in the Kow
Shuns Incident.
Paris, Aug. 22.—The Tokio corres
pondent of the Journal Des Debats tele
graphed to his paper that the court of
inquiry, which has been investigating at
Shanghai the circumstances of the sink
ing of the Chinese transport Kow Shung
by the Japanese warship Naniwa, has
rendered a decision holding that the ac
tion of the Japanese commanderj in firing
up the transport, was justified, and that,
therefore, the Japanese government will
not be called on to make any compensation
for the destruction of the vessel.
. IMPORTANT SKIRMISHES.
London, Aug. 22.—A dispatch to the
Central News from Shanghai states that
advices have been received there from
Chemulpo to the effect that some unim
portant skirmishes have taken place on
the great road north of Pongsan between
the Chinese and Japanese forces. The
positions of the Japanese troops are un
changed, and all the passes are strongly
held by Japanese soldiers.
A JAPANESE PROTEST.
Glasgow, Aug. 22.—The Japanese con
sul here has protested against the deten
tion of the steamer Islam, ordered by the
Earl of Kimberly, secretary of state for
foreign affairs, under the provisions of
the foreign enlistment act. The consul
claims that the Islam, which is a fast
vessel, recentty sold by D. & W. Hender
son to the Japanese government, was not
intended to be used as a cruiser. When
the steamship was sold to Japan her
name was changed to Tosamaruell, but at
the outbreak or the war her name was
again changed to Islam.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
Tokio, Aug. 22.—1 tis officially an
nounced that on June 30 the King of
Corea declared himself independent of
China and appealed to Japan to assist
him in driving the Chinese from Tsang.
This, it is added, was done with the as
sistance of Corean troops. The official
announcement also says that on same
date. June 30, Corea renounced all treaties
with China.
AN APPEAL TO JAPAN.
London, Aug. 22.—A dispatch to a news
agency in this city states that the King
of Corea has declared himself Independ
ent of the Chinese government, and has
appealed to Japan for assistance to expel
the Chinese from the country.
ARMS FOR JAPAN.
A British Phosphate Steamer Loads
With War Material.
New York, Aug. 22.—The British
steamship Cain, Capt. Mathias, which ar
rived here from Charleston with phos
phate for Japan, will also carry a large
consignment of arms and ammunition.
The vessel is to sail about Sept. 4. Her
agents in this city refuse to say who were
the shippers of eight tons of cartridges
and fifty tons of rifles, which have been
accepted for shipment to Yokohama. As
the vessel has a capacity of 3,000 tons,
and is only loaded with 1,000 tons of phos
phate, it is expected that the balance of
the cargo will be made up of arms and
ammunitions. The Cain flies the British
flag. It is not expected that she will
have any tro ible in reach’r- her destina
tion.
VIGILANT DOCKED.
An Inspection to Learn the Extent of
the Yacht’s Injuries.
Southampton, Aug. 22.—The yacht Vigi
lant was placed in drydock to-day and
thoroughly inspected. It was found that
the hook supporting the forepart of the
centerboard was carried away and that
the lead about that portion of the keel
was damaged. The centerboard, how
ever, was only chafed and is virtually un
injured. * I
The Cholera.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 22.—The czar has
countermanded the orderstfor the holding
of the army maneuvers at Smolensk,
owing to the prevailance of cholera in that
vicinity.
New Cases in Germany.
Berlin Aug. 22.—The imperial health
commission has been notified of five new
cases of cholera at Danzig. The disease
has made its appearance at Kattowitz. in
Prussian Silesia, and the governor of that
district has ordered that a strict quaran
tine be established along the Russian
frontiers.
TO BLOCK THE FRONTIER.
London, Aug. 23.—The correspondent of
the Standard at Berlin says that the
Prussian government has ordered that
the frontier between Upper Silesia and
Russia be blocked, in order to effectually
exclude cholera. Travelers will be ad
mitted at specified points after medical
examination.
MANY CASES IN GALICIA.
Berlin, Aug. 22.—1 n Galicia on Tuesday
there were 185 new cases of cholera and
113 deaths, and in Bukowina 17 new cases
and 9 deaths.
On Short Time.
Paris, Aug. 22.—Fifty trades unions of
this city have voted that their men shall
work on short time in order that employ
ment may be furnished to workingmen
who are idle. The number of these un
employed workingmen is very large.
THE HENNEPIN CANAL.
Work Begins in Earnest on That
Long-Delayed Enterprise.
Princeton, IL, Aug. 22.—Work has be
gun here on the Illinois apd Mississippi
canal, commonly known as the Hennepin
canal. To-day 180 men were put to work
clearing the trees and undergrowth from
the right-of-way, and in less than three
weeks more than 2,000 men will be at
work constructing the ditches and mak
ing ready for the locks. The men are
taken from the ranks of the unemployed
in this district, and will be given steady
employment.
MEDICAL.
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Potter’s Mills, Pa. an d come j
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more for me than all prescriptions. I have
gradually regained perfect health, am
entirely free from catarrh of the bowels, and
pain in my back. My recovery is simply mar
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A Horse Alarmed at a Trains Whistle
Causes the Death of Five Persons.
Paris, Tenn., Aug. 22.—A terrible acci
dent happened on the Paducah, Tennessee
and Alabama railroad tnis evening. As
the northbound train was nearing Hazel,
Ky., about fifteen miles north of Paris,
in passing a crossing it struck a wagon
loaded with people and five of the occu
pants met their death. The unfortunate
party was crossing the track as the
train came thundering down upon
them and the horse became alarmed at
the whistle which was sounded for the
crossing and ran into the cattle guard.
The killed are Misses Jennie and Lillie
Ray, aged 18 and 20, daughters of J. T.
Ray; his son, Tobe Ray, and two young
ladies, Misses Hannon. A young man
named Ray was badly injured. There is
no blame attached to the railroad. The
company rendered all the relief possible
to the injured persons.
ELECTRICAL AFFAIRS,
Rumors that Sparks Will Fly Soon
Between Some Big Companies.
Baltimore, Aug. 22.—A big deal, which
promises to be the beginning of a very
lively fight in electric matters, is reported
to have been consummated here to-day.
The Wenstrom Electric Company of Balti
more, which has a capital stock of $1,000,-
000, has sold out to the Fort Wayne elec
tric corporation of Fort Wayne, Ind. This
deal puts the Fort Wayne company in
control of patents which, it is said, are
being infringed by other electric manu
facturers, and the Fort Wayne company
will, it is said, immediately begin an
active fight upon all who are reported as
infringing. It is understood that this
means a fight to the death between the
Fort Wayne people and the General Elec
tric Company.