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6 THE GREAT CONFLICT. Brisk Inauguration oh the Expected Mill Operatives’ Strike. ♦ The Notices of Reduction st Which ths Workers Rebel—Eleven Thou sand Operatives Leave Their Posi tions—Machinery Idle A “Vaca tion Taken by Many—Schedule of the Wages Affected—A Desperate Struggle of Six Months in Pros pect. New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 20.—This morning the cotton operators inaugurated their general strike and nearly 11,000 are idle. The machinery of but five of the twenty-seven mills in the city is in mo tion, and it is thought these mills will soon be shut down with the others. The manufacturers have nothing to say, but the notices of reduction against which the help rebel are still posted. Secretary Ross of the spinners union stated this morning that the members of his union have lined up for a long strug gle, and confidently expect that it will be of six months’ duration. Fall River, Mass., Aug. 20.—The manu facturing situation to-day is in a very much disturbed condition. Only about one-third of the looms in the mills are running, the rest of them being idle on account of a voluntary vacation taken by the weavers. The iron works, American linen, Cornell, King Philip, Metacomet, Kerr Thread mills, Globe Yarn, and Sand ford Spinning mills are running as fully as they were last week. In the other mills the looms running vary from not any to 1,400. There are not any manufac turers who dare to say that the vacation will end in one, two/or four weeks. In two or three churches the leaders of the vacation were denounced vigorously. At St. Patrick’s church, where Rev. Michael Cook is pastor, the people were fui vised to remain at work and not be led l?y would-b® labor leaders whose glib tongues raise them to dizzy heights. The actions of these men have impoverished the people, and they arc little better than anarchists.” Much importance is attached to this dlergyman’s words, from the fact thatjhis church is in the center of a thriving mill center of the city, and he is very popular and most beloved in a congregation of aoout :j,voo people. ’ The carders, spinners, fixers and slasher tenders started at work in all the mills as thej'promised to do at the meeting held lust week. • mviOBXnS DECREASE. The quarterly dividends paid the stock holders in the mills in this city did not average quite 1 per cent, the last three months. Returns show a decrease of S4O, <so in the last quarter. Seven corpora t’ons have passed dividends and between seven and eleven paid dividends from surplus accounts rather than from the •arnings of of the past nine months. Many of the mills are taking advantage of the easy money market to renew the machinery and motive plants. The quoted prices of shares have reachedfrock-bottom figures, and few offerings of choice stocks are noted by the brokers. The total capi tal stock reported is $20,918,000, but the invested capital is not far from $40,000,000. The per centage of earnings is 1.24. • MOST IMPORTANT EVER OCCURRING. New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 20. The Strike promises to bo the most important that ever occurred in the textile industry in Massachusetts. The manufacturers igust fight perfectly organized unions, some of which are fairly wealthy. Nota bly in this particular is the spinners’ union, which has a fund in its treasury aggregating at least $30,0C(). The spinners have voted, however, not to touch any of this money for a month. The situation in New Bedford is quite different from that in Fall River. In the latter city print cloths are manufactured for the most part, and there is a larger stock of goods on hand. Here, however, the mills manufacture a finer grade of goods, and some of them have orders which would keep the mills busy for sev eral months. A conference yesterday developed a new feature, which tbe operatives says reveals the plan of the manufacturers in relation to the impending struggle. It had hitherto been supposed that, in asmuch as' the spinners’ union was much stronger than the weavers’organization, the manufacturers would cater to the spinners in the reduction and conciliate them if possible. Every mill posted its reduction sched ule Saturday, and they were compared by the labor leaders yesterday. While the schedules are dissimilar, it was found that the manufacturers had cut down the spinners more than 10 per cent, in many instances, while the weavers were not cut at all. or very little. r This ratio is preserved systematically throughout the mills, and the operatives believe that the manufacturers hope to get the weavers back before many weeks. As long as tbe weavers are not backed by a strong treasury the manufacturers think they will not hold out very long, particularly as their wages will not be changed and they will only be com pelled to stay out through sympathy. The manufacturers think by the time they are ready to start up, the weavers will be ready to come in, and that yarn can be bought from other mills till the •pinners are ready to succumb. But there is no trepidation on the part of the operatives. All are buoyant and confi dent of ultimate success. Some of the mills, no doubt, are preparing for a long •hut down. “The meeting of manufacturers Thurs day was an adjourned session,” said a gentleman who was present, "and was not called because of the action of tbe spinners, as supposed; in fact, the de termination of the spinners was but briefly touched upon. The meeting was held to decide on some plan of reduction whereby the best paid help in the mills might be reduced and those who are classed a* small paid help, either but •lightly cut down or not touched at all.” This matter was fully discussed, and finally it was decided that each corpora tion should regulate its own adjustment of the cut down, which is from per cent, to 10 per cent. In a great many in stances there will be no cut down what ever, it is said, while, as a rule, all of the •pinners, who are the best paid men in the different mills, outside of the officials, will be affected by the new order of things. That the spinners would resent such action wae the unanimous opinion of those present, but the plan adopted is considered the only one which will insure the running of the mills without loss, un der the present conditions of business. Whether or not the operatives are suc cessful, they will be more contented to remain idle'in the summr months than later in the seacon. manufactcrebs weaken. The developments in the great textile •trike to-day are many and quite compli cated. During the early part of the day the streets presented a holiday ap pearance, as the thousands of neatly at tired operatives wandered to andefro, brimful of hilarity and confident of vic tory. With the exception of a slight dis turbance at the Bristol mill, where a dozen operatives, who were at work, were attacked by the strikers at noon, without any serious result, the behavior of the strikers was peaceful and or derly. As the day advanced signs of a weak ening of the manufacturers were mani fest. William D. Howland, treasurer of the Howland and New Bedford Manu facturing Company, took the intiative in walking away from the manufacturers. From the start he was opposed to the strike, and his manly action to-day in making concessions to his operatives be fore the strike was inaugurated in his mills has won for him the universal ad miration of the public. Mr. Howland said he had simply waived the cut down till he can decide what action he will adopt. Mr. Howland's action will restore to work about 1,700 hands, and most of them represent families. Late this afternoon Andrew C. Pierce, treasurer of the Wamsutta mills, was asked, in view of the action taken by Mr. Howland, what would be the course of the other corporation. He replied: "The mills will lock up to-night for an indefinite time.” His statement, ho said, not only Applied to the Wamsutta corporation, but to every mill in the city, outside of the Brills controlled by Mr. Howland. NATIONAL SPINNERS’ UNION. Boston, Mass., Aug. 20.—The executive committee of the National Spinners’ Union met yesterday. It was the senti ment of the meeting that the action of the New Bedford spinnersrin striking was “just, as was also that of the Fall River spinners in voting to accept a reduction. It was voted to assess the spinners in the country 50 cents a week for three weeks, and at the end of that time if a settlement was not reached to call a convention of mule spinners in Boston. THE FIRE FIEND. A Destructive Conflagration Started bv Incendiaries. Bergen Point, N. Y., Aug. 20.—The in cendiaries who resumed operations iu Bayonne about a month ago, kindled, just before I o’clock this morning, a fire that destroyed about $250,000 worth of prop erty. The blaze started in the former gigantic plant of the defunct Carr & Hob son (Limited) Company’s agricultural works, extending from tbe juncture of Avenue A and West First street, Bergen Point, to the Kill von Kull shore and terminus of the new Hudson county bou levard. z Those who first saw the fire say the flames burst out simultaneously in several sections of the works. When the Bayonne firemen arrived at the works they found that the hydrants in the immediate vicinity had been tampered with, and it required almost an hour s labor to open the valves and get water on the flames. By this time the drying shed, a long frame building, and its contents were burned to the ground. Then the flames ruined the old machine shop, carpenter shop and foundry, three large brick buildings running parallel with a large brick building about 500 feet long and about 60 wide. This latter building was also badly damaged before the firemen got the blaze under control. The works were occupied by the Makite Fire Proof Construction Company, successors to the Eastern Plaster Board Company and by the Otis Glass Manufacturing Company. The latter corporatien loses $50,000 on machinery, material and stocks. The Makite company’s loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO on the drying sheds, machinery, about 200 tons of cocoanut fiber, cork, reeds and sedga, comprising raw material and a large quantity of finished stock. On the other buildings the loss is placed at about SIOO,OOO. The property belongs to the American National Bank under the provisions of a mortgage given by the former owners. About SIIXI,OOO of the loss is covered by Insurance, several policies having lapsed last week. SWAMPED IN THE SURF. A Whale Boat of a United States Coast Survey Steamer Loses Five Men. Olympia, Wash., Aug. 20.—A special to the Ledger from Oeosta says that on Sat urday morning, while making a landing through the surf at Joe Creek, fifteen miles north of Grays Harbor, a whale boat and crew of nine men. in command of Lieut. Frotnan H. Crosby, United States navy, of tbe United States coast survey steamer McArthur, was capsized and five meq are missing, named Lieut. Crosby, John Frever. John Guamuniz, William Mehm, Alexander Smith. At present full particulars cannot be ascer tained, owing to the difficulty of getting news from that locality. THE ACCIDENT CONFIRMED. Washington, Aug. 20.—The coast sur vey has received from Ensign Eaton, now in charge of the coast survey steamer McArthur, confirmation of the reported drowning of Lieut. Crosby and four men off the coast of Oregon. Lieut. Crosby was a naval academy graduate and a man of fine scientific attainments. ARE NOW LAW. One Bill With ths President’s Ap proval and One Without It. Washington, Aug. 20.—The river and hartidr bill, officially known as “an act making appropriation for the construc tion, repair and preservation of certain public rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” was received at the department of state this morning, with notice that having been presented to the President on Aug. 7 and not having been returned by him to the House of congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the constitution of the United States, has become law without his approval. The formal announcement is made that the sundry civil bill was approved by the President Saturday. 00XEYITE8 IN STRIPES. A New Uniform Adopted by the Com monweal Army. Massillon, 0., Aug. 20. Coxey an nounces that the proposed labor day com ; monweal demonstration in Washington has been abandoned and the next attack on the capitol will be made in December, when congress reassembles. Prison striped uniforms have been adopted for the army, and Browne is now wearing it. The referendum has been added to the basic principles of the movement and the whole enterprise has been reorganized with a constitution and by-laws. The word “Christ” has been dropped from the title “put Os deference to a feeling of misunderstanding.” FATAL CASUALTY. Freight Train Derailed by a Horse With Fatal Results. St. Louis. Mo., Aug. 20. —About mid night last night freight train No. 97, on the Wabash railroad, struck a horse two miles west of Jonesboro, which resulted in the ditching of the locomotive and nineteen cars, and the killing of Engineer C Welton of Moberly, Mo., and three tramps named Birch Miller, William I Andler and J. Thompson. A brakeman, > fireman and six tramps were more or less ■ injured; fireman and one tramp probably j fatally. Charges Against Police. j New York. Aug. 20.—Supt. Byrnes to i day preferred charges against Police Capt. John T. Stephenson of the Mul berry street station. Capt. Stephenson is charged with having received bribes while in command of the Ixonard street station. He will be tried before the com missioners next Tuesday. THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1894. THE DOINGS OF DEBS. The Put Taken by the A. R. U.'s President in tbe Great Strike. Testimony Taken Before the Strike Commission—Systematic Reduction of Wages Claimed to Have Been In augurated by the Railroad Managers. Charge that Gen. Miles Was in League With the Corporations to Suppress the Strike Debs’ Stric tures on the Press. Chicago, Aug. 20.—Eugene V. Debs of the American Railway Union occupied the stand for nearly four hours to-day be fore the national strike commission. He advocated a co-operative common wealth, the abolition of the wage system, and the government ownership of rail roads. He told his side of the strike as a connected narrative, which was fre quently interrupted by applause from the laboring element present. T H. Morrisey, first grand master of the order of Railway Trainmen, and Grand Chief Clarke of the order of Rail way Conductors, also testified. Debs was the first to take the stand at the opening of the day’s session. He said, in answer to a question, that he was 38 years old. and in addition to being at.the head of the American Railwa.v Union, was editor of the Locomotive Fireman’s Magazine. Hg testified that from the be ginning he was opposed to a strike and so told V. P. Howard. He then continued: “I twice went to George M. Pullman aud tb the town of Pullman to thoroughly in vestigate the conditions arising at the car shops. I found the employes were not only notrgetting wages enough to live but were daily getting deeper in the debt of the Pullman company. “No matter how offensive the] condi tions there, the men were obliged to sub mit to -them. When I found out all these things, I immediately determined that the American Railway Union should go to the assistance of these unfortunate people. We believed that any fair board of arbi tration would have decided in favor of the employes, and all we asked was arbi tration. This the Pullman company ar bitrarily refused. Not only this, but when we asked them to examine into the question to see whether or not there was anything to arbitrate, they also refused this. “Very much has been said about an alleged conspiracy against the railroads and against hauling the mails. I want to call the attention of this commission to the fact that every meeting of the Ameri can Railway Union was held with open doors and that representatives of the press were allowed to be present. "If there had been any conspiracy con templated. we certainly would have been more secret about it.” Mr. Debs then told of the several fail ures of the American Railway Union to secure arbitration from the Pullman company and the subsequent inaugura tion o* the strike. “Not orly did the employes of the va rious railroads strike because of the in justice being done to the . Pullman em ployes, but because the various roads had grievances of their own, which I shall proceed in time to show. We used our in fluence to prevent strikes during the world’s fair, as we did not believe it just to the public to inaugurate a strike at such at time. It was all that could be done by the leaders of the labor unions to prevent a strike. In view of the men working throughout th' fair the railway managers on many of the roads promised an increase of wages after the fair was over. Instead of doing this, they began, immediately after it cloaqd, to begin a systematic reduction of wages throughout the country. No two compa nies reduced wages at the same time. This, to me, was a very significant ac tion. It shows me that there was concept of action among the various roads, and that they did not wish to arouse the an tagonism of too many railroad employes at the same time. President Debs said, moreover, no rail road reduced the wages of all its men at th&same time- but reduced them by sec tions. He declared the American Rail way Union viewed these reductions with the greatest apprehension. The organiza tion felt that the time had come to act. He continued: “When the American Railway Union met in convention in Chicago on June 21, it was confronted by these conditions as well as the state of af fairs at Pullman.’* “Was this convention called to consider the reduction of wages or the Pullman matter ?” asked Commissioner Wright. “The convention was called for no specific purpose. It was the regular quadrennial convention, provided for by the constitution.” The witness then enumerated the fail ures of the old labor organizations togain redress for the grievances of the em ployes. and they felt their only hope lay in the American Railway Union, to which they finally turned for help. When asked what the outcome of the convention which declared the boycott against Pull man cars would have been had it not been for the grievances of the Pullman employes, Debs said there would have been no strike but for the Pullman trouble,- as the American Railway Union, owing to the depressed condition of the country, deemed it an inauspicious time to strike. "I would like to state,” said Mr. Debs, “that the railroad companies have never raised wages of their own accord. Every increase in wages has been wrung from them by organized labor.” "I had no voice in ordering this strike myself,” said the witness. “But if I had had a voice in it, I would have ordered it. I have no desire to shirk any responsi bility. My record will show also that I have always counseled against violence. The telegram attributed to me which read, ‘Save your money and buy a gun,’ though sent over my signature, I never saw. It was sent by our stenographer to his superior in Montana, and was not in tended literally. It was merely a playful expression current in Montana.” The witness claimed that the men would have wbn the strike had not the courts interferred. “It was not the soldiers.” he said, “nor the old labor organizations, but the fed eral, courts that kept us from winning. By the arrest of tbe leaders the ranks of the strikers were demoralized. He charged Gen. Miles with being in league with the railroad managers to suppress the strike, and relates instances where, as he alleges, men were made to work at the point of the bayonet. The refusal of the general managers tb accept the American Railway Union's proposi tion to effd tbe strike was then recited. Mr. Debs denied that the American Rail way Union had any antipathy for the old organizations. “Within the next three days,” said the wit ness, “we are going to take steps to unify all labor organizations. We are willing to give up our positions and sacrifice the American Railway Union to accomplish the result and agree not to ac cept an official Dosition at the head of the new organization.” When the commis sion took its noon recess President Debs was still on the stand. At I:3U Debs resumed the stand. He testified that from the beginning the American Railway Union and the strike leaders had been badly treated by the Chicago press. Interviews bad been dis torted and many lies told. President Debs said if there had been a revolution it would have been directly chargeably to the press of Chicago rather than to the American Railway Union. “Do you charge the general managers with being responsible for the strike?” asked Commissioner Wright. medical KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. 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I can show in twenty years of writing that I have always been opposed to strikes, but I think that there are times when they are justifiable, no matter how much thepublic is discommoded. , President Debs said he did not think the general managers were always to blame in reducing wages because their orders came from a higher source. He believed the American Railway Union and the spirit of organization among laboring men would always be strong. He predicted that more serious trouble would occur than ever before. “Now,” continued Debs, “you have asked me how I would avert railroad strikes. I believe the government owner ship of railroads would be far better than the railroad ownership of the govern ment. I do not believe any lasting good can come.of and I do pot think the government supervision of the rail roads would answer the purpose. In such a case as that of the Pullman company. I believe that compulsory arbitration would be of benefit! A state court might be of some good tor ordinary labor troubles. . I would, iff such q ease, have a trial of the difference by jury. lam in favor of. some system, however, that will result in mutual good feeling, and neither strikes or compulsory arbitration can result in anything but ill feeling. LI am in favor of licensing rail road employes.: i - ' Mr, Debs,?wasi BKiss-hxaniined Com nrisioner Kernan,, who sought to bring out the point that a state board of arbi tration would be of benefit in Adjusting laboA troubles. He admitted that it would be of temporary benefit, but ad , vocated aboVeall things .tlje government ownership of the railroads, notwithstand ing Mr. Kernan pointed out that such a state of affairs would probably be im practicable. “I believe in abolishing the wage sys tem,” said the witness. “I believe in co operative wealth.” “In other words, you believe in state socialism,” said Chairman Wright. “Well, in the essential points of state socialism. The wage system is nothing more than slavery.” Mr. Morrisey of the order of train men told of tbe conference of labor leaders at the Briggs house, and he was followed by Grana Chief Clark of the order of the conductors. He favored licensing railroad employes, while Mor risey opposed the idea. > George M. Pullman has been asked to appear before the labor commission to give testimony as to the difficulty between himself and his employes. It was said to-day that Chairman Carroll Wright of the commission had a personal interview on Saturday with Mr. Pullman, and in formed him that he would be requested to testify. Whether Mr. Pullman had ac ceded to or declined to comply with the request and what course the commission would pursue in the event of Pullman proving contumacious, would all appear •in proper time in the proceedings of the commission. Mr. Wright said. It was said also that requests similar to that sent to Mr. Pullman were sent to several of the general managers. So far as couffi be learned only one of them has responded thus far. . ‘ TILLMAN TALKS. He Delivers a Caustic Speech to a Few Columbia People. Columbia. S. C., Aug. 20.—8 y request Gov. Tillman delivered to-night an ad dress on Main street to about 300 people, about half of whom were reformers. He was well received, though at times he re ceived many jeers. He spoke of the city of Columbia in a caustic way, apd ridi culed its management' as being under the domination of men who were antagonistic to the whole of the rest of the state. He proposes to criticise President j Cleveland as often as be violates the democratic platform, which he had spit upon; that Cleveland had betrayed his party, and had balked the democratic senators and representatives in Congress in their desire to carry out party pledges: that Cleveland was in league with the money powers of the northeastern section of the country, who were intent upon keeping tbe volume of silver as small as possible. That he thanked God that he would leave Columbia ina few'months, but that his place would be filled by a man who would keep the people down, as he had tried to do. Officers Elected. St. Louis. Mo., Aug. 20.—The grand lodge of the United States order of B'Rith Abraham in session here to-day, elected the following officers: Grand master, Samuel Dorf of Baltimore; first deputy grand master, Jacob Pearl of New York; grand secretary, Leonard Leisersohn of New York; grand treas urer, Moses Luberisky of New York, all re-elected. STARVING AT PULLMAN. Terrible Condition of the Families of Unemployed Strikers. Gov. Altgeld Leaves the Capital to Investigate the Situation and Ex tend Aid—His Visit to the Homes of the Sufferers and What He Saw—The Strikers Have Lived for Ten Months on Outside Aid—Relief Associations’ Funds Well Nigh Exhausted. Chicago, Aug. 20.—Gov. Altgeld, in his official capacity, came from the state cap ital to-day to personally investigate the condition of 1,600 destitute ex-employes of the Pullman Palace Car Company, their wives and children. Chairman Heathcote of the striking committee and his colleagues had written a letter to the governor, telling him the former employes of the company who were out of work were in a starving condition, and that their families were also suffer ing for want of the necessities of life. After a thorough investigation, the gov ernor found that this statement of the condition of the people in Pullman and its vicinity who went out on a strike several months ago was not exaggerated. He also found that there was no longer any strike at Pullman; that all the old men had been applying daily for work for the last ten days. All not employed are now suffering*, men and women instead of strikers. ‘ .. The governor learned in a short time that the great strike was off, and that starvation was on to a distressing extent and he proposes to relieve the unfortunate people as quickly as he can get the city and county authorities to act. He said to a reporter after his visit to the suffering community: “I was met by several of the Pullman officials, and also by the chairman of the strike committee and other men who had written to me about the condition of their people there. I asked them to take me to the homes of those in want. I visited a great many houses. I wfint into the kitchens and bedrooms. There is no question about the conditions which exist in Pull man among those who are not at work. All the strikers have been living for the last two and a half months on what has been given them by the labor organiza tions and charity. I spent half a day among them and, although I confined my visit to Pullman. I extended my inqui ries to Kensington and Roseland, where many of the people in distress live. I had a consultation with tbe Pullman officials and I found no difference of opinions as to the conditions nor as to the extent of the distress. The officials agreed that nearly ail the strikers had to subsist on what had been given them by charity and, the relief association for the last ten weeks. The relief committee finds that its support is exhausted, and it is not able to furnish much more. When the works closed, 3,250 were on tbe pay rolls. There are 2,200 employed in the shops, of that number over 600 are new men, and the remaining 1,600 are from the original employes. So there are 1,600 former employes not at work. Os these 500 or 600 liv# in Pullman and have families. The distress is great among all. All have offered to return to work for the last ten days. All have been applying daily for work and cannot get it. The company, tells them it has no work to give them, but would give them work if possi ble. ' 1 expect to see more people in refer ence to some course to pursue in the mat ter to-morrqw, The relief committee’s supply has become so reducted that it was able to give out last .Saturday to each family only two pounds of corn meal and two pounds of oat meal.” A DEAD GAME SPORT. A Devotee of the Jackpot Released by .’“J ... the Governor. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 20.—Fred Cooper, known all over the state as a “sport” of the “dead game” variety, was released from the' county jail to-day after a four months’ residence there on account of his penchant for the festive jackpot. Cooper, who is a brother tb ex-Mayor Cooper, was arrested in Savannah and brought to Atlanta. He was wanted as a witness before the grand jury vfrhich was investigating charges of bribery against city detectives who were said to have guaranteed the local tin horns safety from the law in consideration of so much in hand paid. A little later on Cooper was caught in a game, and sentenced to six months or a fine of $l5O through the unrelenting ef forts of the detectives. He could not pay the fine, but after four months in jail asked the governor to let him out by the payment of one-third of the sentence. Early this morning the jail was set afire by a reckless prisoner, and for a time it looked dangerous for the building and its inmates. During this emergency Cooper rendered valuable services to the jailers, and this morning the governor re warded him by granting his petition. Before going to jail, Cooper took an oatq of reformation. ANOTHER ENTRY. 001. Hansell of Thomasville a Candi date for Col. Harris’ Place- Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 20.—Another entry was made to-day in the contest over the secretaryship of the Senate, made vacant by the death of Col. Bill Harris of Worth county. The latest candidate is Col. C. P. Hansell of Thomasville. . Col- Hansell has for years been assistant clerk of the House under Col. 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Tiy it once and you will use no other. zjnN i Sold Everywhere. N.K. FAIRBANK COMP’Y, Chicago. St. Louis. New York. Boston. Philadelphia. THE COMING CAMPAIGN. Visit of Secretary Smith—Preparing for the Populist Rout. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 20.—Secretary Hoke Smith to-day telegraphed Chairman Clay that he would be in Georgia the first week in September and tendering his services to the campaign committee. • Sec retary Smith will make one speech id Atlanta. He will also speak in one or two other of the larger cities. Speaker Crisp and Senators Walsh and Gordon have also tendered their iser vices. Chairman Clay has also received a letter from Judge Turner notifying him that he will be able to report to the cam paign committee for duty the latter part of this week. He will probably go upon the stump for the state ticket on Satur day. Chairman Clay has wired him for an engagement on that date. Capt. H. H. Carlton of Athens, the latest entry into the senatorial race, has offered his ser vices. Maj. Bacon and Col. Garrard are already doing active service and will con tinue in harness unt|l the day of victory arrives. Congressman Livingston was in the city to-day, on his way home. While here he made a call at democratic head quarters, and personally put his name upon the list. He has opposition in bis district in the person of ex-Senator Rob ert Todd, the populist nominee, but will dispose of him in a few rounds. Col. Tom Cabaniss, although he will not go back to congress this time, has written the state committee that he is ready to answer the call of the party at any time or place. Mr. Atkinson, who was in the city to day, will take the stump next Thursday at Greenville, Meriwether county, and from that time on continue in the thick est of the fight. Next Saturday Gen. Evans will prove his loyalty to demo cracy at Jonesboro, where he will be the centrals figure a in j one oof the biggest events of the campaign. Gen. Evans will have with him on that day Senator Gor don and Hon James Blount. While these are shelling the woods of Clayton county, Mr. Atkinsqn, Col. Bob Berner and' Controller General Wright will hold forth at Canton, Cherokee county. , ■ '' - To-morrow Hon. Du pen Guerry and Col. Bob Berner speak, at Jeiferson county, while Hon. Joseph James speaks at Alpharetta. For Wednesday, Chairman Clay Ims sent Hon. W- R- Rankin to Dallas, while Maj. Bacon is booked for -Spring Place, Aug. 22; LaFayette, Aug. 28; Jones county, Sept. 1; Warrenton, Sept. 4, and Tifton, Sept. 5. Col. Garrard speaks at Dallas to-mor row, Cedartown,; Aug. 22; Monroe, Aug. 23; Covington, Aug. 24; Conyers, Aug. 25; Cumming, Aug. 27;- Clayton, Rabun county, Aug. 28; Hiawaisse, Aug. 29; Dahlonega, Aug. 80; Blairsville, Aug. 31; Dawsonville. Sept. 1; Lawrenceville. Sept. 3; Donelsonville, Sept. 4, and Clarkesville, Sept. 5. Gov. Northen will take the field early in September. Plans are being discussed for a big rally in Atlanta during Secretary Hoke Smith’s visit. If it can be done. Speaker Crisp, Senators Gordon and Walsh and several other of the big guns will be on the programme with special low excur sion rates from all points to bring a big crowd to hear them. Information received at campaign head quarters shows that Watson and his co adjutors are making a desperate bid for the negro vote. Their plan is to work upon the negro preachers and through them pledge the colored brother to vote the populist ticket. This sort of work is being pushed in Taylor county, where a preacher named Lawrence, from the Tenth district, openly announced that he had been sent by Watson to preach the doctrine of populism as he would the re ligion of God. As the populist campaign progresses, it becomes more and more patent that Wat son is manipulating things solely for the advantage of his congressional aspira tions in the Tenth district. He has brought down a good deal of censure on himself already from his brethren, who begin to see through him on account of this, and an open rupture between him and Judge Hines is looked for as a certainty before the cam paign grows much older. Judge Hines, it is understood, does not think as much of the populist apostle from the Tenth as he did a few months ago. He is beginning to Mcognize the fact that he is being used as a manikin, like the balance of his party, by the shrewd Watson, and if inside reports are correct is about ready to rebel openly by denouncing Wat son as a dictator and a populist for reve nue only. AN OPEN SWITCH. A Miscreant’s Act Results in a De railed Train. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 20.—Some mis creant threw a switch at Brennen, on the Cincinnati Southern road, six miles south of here, Saturday night, and when the midnight Florida special came along, going at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, it ran through it, demolishing the engine, derailing five coaches, and seriously injuring the engineer and fire man, Ed and John Bradley of Cincinnati. The passengers escaped injury. The First Florida Sea Island. Alachua, Fla., Aug. 20.—F. E. Williams of Alachua has for the past three years shipped the first bale of sea island cotton from Florida. Saturday he shipped to Butler & Stevens the first bale from Florida this season; the weight was 423 pounds, and the quality pronounced bv Mr. Williams to be fine. Passed by Their Lordships. London, Aug. 20.—The House of Lords has passed the equalization of London ates bill. To enjoy sound and vigorous health, purify your blood with Ayer’s Sarsapa rilla.—ad. BUT FEW CONVERTS. Att, mpt of Col. Breckinridge to Storm e Opponents’ Home Town. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 20.—The Breck inridge storming of Hon. W. C. Owen’s home, Georgetown, to-day was a failure so far as converting citizens of Dickin son’s old home to the Breckinridge faith was concerned. Special trains were run from all points in the Ashland con gressional district and probably 2,000 peo ple landed in the city. Upon nearly every house and on the Lancaster hotel, where Col. Breckinridge stopped, placards were thickly tacked up bearing the device “Our Candidate, Hon. W. C. Owens.” The speaking took place in the court house, which held only about 600 people. There were probably 200 women present. Col. Breckinridge was introduced by Dr. John Lewis, who said that he did not con done the adulterous acts of Col. Breckin ridge. but was not willing to desert a friend in need. The colonel was on his metal and did his best to convert some of his Scott county opponents, but his drag ging into the campaign the name of their idol, Rjchard M. Johnson, was too much, and not a man extended the colonel his hand of sympathy. The colonel reached Georgetown before any of the trains arrived, but passed through the streets unnoticed to the hotel, where a few people entertained him till his friends came ip. There was an exciting' incident during the speaking. Prof. J. Poyntz Nelson of this city was shot through the left thigh, and for a while the excitement ran high, but it was soon found that the shooting was accidental, the wound being inflicted by a pistol in the hands of George Glass, a Breckinridge man. who was trying to shoot a negro with whom he was involved in a difficulty. Both Glass and the negro were arrested. RIOTOUS FOREIGNERS. ", ~ I Workingmen at Pullman Repulse Assailants Without Police Aid. Chicago, "Aug. 20.—This morning a mob of 150 unemployed Italians, Poles and Bohemians attacked a party of men who were on their way to work in the brittle yards*. at Pullman. The workmen re pulsed their assailants before the police arrived* -Nobody was seriously injured. At the Pullman works 500 men were re fused employment. Supt. Middleton. said: .‘‘The only chance now for new men is for,,them to take the places of men who quit work. We have all the men we shall need for some time and we are manning all departments with a force sufficiently large to do the work we have on hand.” SCHOOL CASE DECIDED. Catholic Sisters May Teach in the Garb of Their Order. Ebensburg, Pa., Aug. 20.—Judge Barker to-day handed down a decision in the suit brought by W. T. Kerr, state coun cilor of the Junior Order of United American Mechanic, against the board of directors of the Gallitzen school, to pre vent the employment of Catholic sisters wearing their religious garb, as teachers. The judge decides that sisters may te em ployed as teachers; that they may be at tired in the garb of their order, and they may be addressed by pupils by their re ligious names, but refuses to allow the Catholic catechism taught. The costs were divided. HOME-MADE CURRENCY. Seizure of a Lot of Kansas Money for Use in Small Towns. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 20.—United States secret service detectives have received here a box containing 70,000 due-bills, which have been passing as currency in the small towns of Kansas. Detective Murphy seized the bills at Topeka, Kan., on the ground that they were made in imitation of United States currency. The bills are as large as the 10-cent currency notes which were in circulation many years ago, and paid by merchants to farmers for crops, calling for their face value in goods sold by the issuing mer chaat. No arrests were made, but the business was ordered to be stopped. , ANOTHER CHANGE. Thia Time a College Bred Man Will Edit the Athena Banner. Athens, Ga., Aug. 20.—The Athens Banner, sold recently at sheriff’s sale to, Hamilton McWhorter and James M. Smith, has again changed hands. The entire outfit was purchased to-day for $5,000 by Charles Phinizy and Edward Upson of Athens. The new management will assume control Sept. 1. Stephen Upson of the class of ’9O at the University of Georgia has been engaged as editor, and Barrett Phinizy as business manager. Backed as it is now with an abundance of brain and money, the success of the paper Is assured. Q ECU LIAR * n combination, propor tion and preparation of ingredients, Hood’s Sarsaparilla possesses great curative value. You should TRY IT. Work Resumed. Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 20.—A large number of men resumed work here to day. The big Riverside Tube Works went on full time, after months of par tial idleness, and the Wheeling steel plant also resumed operations. 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