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Relief Rapidly Extended the Homeless
Unfortunates.
Graphic Details of the Catastrophe—
Train After Train Leaving:-Heavily
Loaded for the Stricken District
and Returning; With Vast Numbers
of the Homeless—Burial of the Dead
—Careful Work in Estimating- the
Number and in Identification of
Bodies.
Duluth, Minn., Sept. 3.—A special cor
respondent. investigating the result of the
fire in the towns burnedori the St. Paul
and Duluth road, counted 312 dead bodies.
There are 217 dead at Hinckley, 17 at
Sandstone, 22 at Pine City and 56 between
Sandstone and Miller, with the; interior
yet to hear from.
So far as iheard from the forest fires
which have shut Duluth outof communi
cation with the outside world for over
twenty-four hours both by wire and rail,
have almost completely wiped out six
towns. Hinckley, Minn., at the Junction
of the St. Paul and Duluth and Eastern
Minnesota railways, population 1,200 or
1,500; Sandstone, fifteen miles north on the
Eastern road, a quarry town, population
1,000; Partridge and Mansfield, small
stations farther north near the Wiscon
sin border, population 800 each; Shell
I<ake and Baronette, Wis., on the Omaha
road south of Spooner, population 2,000
each, both lumber towns. Besides these
Bayfield and Washburn, Wis., on Lake
Superior, from which nothing can be
heard, have probably suffered consider
ably, and numerous little settlements all
through thd northern parts of Wisconsin
and Minnesota. No names can be obtained
on account of interrupted transportation
and telegraphic facilities.
* THE SEARCH 808 THE DEAD.
A relief train returned at 10:80 o’clock
this morning from a run down the St.
Paul and Duluth road, bringing about 250
destitute and blistered people from points
•long the line. At Sandstone fifty bodies,
most of which have been identified, were
found. The work of searching for the
dead still continues. Another train is
being made up here to carry supplies,
clothing and doctors, and will leave for
the burned districts early this afternoon,
A PLACE or MOURNING.
Hinckley, Minn., September 3.—A gent
tie rain is falling to-day and quenching
the burning embers of the immense for
est fires, that did so much damage in this
city Saturday afternoon and night. The
blackened ruins of two or three brick
buildings is all that remains standing of
the once prosperous town of Hinclfey.
with its 1,700 jieople and its busy railroad
and lumbering interests. This is to-day
a place of mourning, and the burial of the
charred and unrecognizable bodies of the
hundreds of victims has saddened the sur?
vivors even more than the disaster itself.
The fire was so overwhelming in its im
mensity that none could, in the first terror
of the moment, realize how great was their
loss. Each was so intent on saving
his own life that little thought
was given tc the disaster in general by
most people, although many cases of hero
ism have been reported. The bodies
thus far recovered have been placed in
rough pine boxes for burial and the ma
jority of them have been buried without
there being any knowledge of their.inden
titv.
NUMBER OF THE DEAD.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 3.—A correspon
dent of the Pioneer Press at Hinckle#
says: “The latest verified reports of the
number of dead do not materially alter
the former estimates. In fact, that esti
mate is proving remarkably exact, con
sidering the confusion of the first day.
One element that makes close figuring
very diflicut, is the fact that bodies seen
in the woods and along the track are
not infrequently reported to two
points ana sent out from each as
among its dead. Then, too, the tendency
of the occasion, bad as it is,ds to exagger
ation. However, eliminating these doubt
ful elements as far as possible, from its
approximation, the Pioneer Press is con
vinced that the total is Lu nearly exact as
possible. The Pioneer Press correspond
ent has actually counted 194 of these, and
the margin allowed about all that
is necessary. The figures are as
follows: Hinckley, 200; Sandstone, 62;
Miller, 12; between Skunk Lake and
Miller, 12; Pokegama, 28; in lumber
camps and scattering (estimate) 50. Total
364.
Yardmaster David Williamson of Du
luth received a message from Miller last
night which said: “There are 150 people
at Sandstone without food or shelter.
For God’s sake get them out of there.”
Within an incredibly short time an en
gine in charge of Yardmaster Williams
was on the way to Sandstone. The en
tire road, after the burned district was
reported, was patrolled and the engine
kept up a continual whistling so that any
persons who were near bj r would come at
at once to the track. When the train ar
rived at Sandstone Junction, or Miller, as
it is generally called, it was met by nearly
the entire population of Sandstone
and Miller. The depot platform at Mil
ler had been burned and there was not
a house left standing anywhere in view.
About 170 people were taken aboard, and
a messenger was sent to Sandstone, who
informed the people of the arrival of the
relief. Very few remained but those
with loved ones lying dead. Them was
no attempt to care for the dead, who lay
scattered with irregularity through the
streets of the town. Everything inflam
mable at Sandstone was destroyed, and
to-day’s investigations brought the num
ber of dead at that place up to sixty-two
with twenty-one missing.
The scene at Sandstone was heart rend
ing. The streets of the town were only a
line of sand between heaps of ashes.
Within these lines lay forty bodies scat
tered at random, and twenty-two more
were found dead in the outskirts of the
town and in the hollows and marshes to
ward the river bank. The bodies were
lying exposed to sun and rain alike, and
were readily becoming decomposed. They
were identified as ftn; as possible and will
be burled to-morrow. Duluth people are
looking after the care and relief of the
people on the line north of Hinckley.
They are doing their work well, and will
see that none of the living is allowed to
suffer for food or clothing. One of the
marvelous circumstances of the affair is
the escape of so many cattle and horses.
Many were absolutely unscathed, though
no one can tell how they escaped the
ordeal of fire.
OVER 400 AT PINE CITY.
Minneapolis, Sept. 3.—A private dis
patch just received from Pine City, savs:
“The number of victims in and near that
place, from forest fires, will reach at
least 425.
RESCUED BY A TRAIN..
Pine City, Mi£h., Sept. 3.—When the
forest fire reached Hinckley an Eastern
Minnesota train from the south had just
come in. and the people, panic-striken,
flocked to it for safety. A number of box
cars were coupled on and filled and cov
ered with men, women and children. In
all there was a motley crowd of about 400
or more. The train pulled out just ahead
of the tire, and succeeded in ultimately
reaching Duluth. This circumstance
while fortunate in a degree that cannot
be estimated, has made the confusion
greater, for it is not known who escaped
in this way. and many people are reported
dead who may be in safety. Had not this
number of people—largely women and
children—left the doomed city when they
did the loss of life would have vastly in
creased .
*rne h.aUtr With death.
Probably 200 people left town on foot
1 or Ju vehicles, plunging into the woods to
the north, across the Gladstone river,
i whiou skirts the town on the north.
1 They were literally fleeing before the
pursuing demon of fire. Over the hill
that rises behind the Gladstone is a
swamp, and to this most of the people
with teams headed, but it proved no pro
tection. The fire gave them no
opportunity to go farther. Some
abandoned their teams and ran into the
lower portion, of the morass, but the fire
sought them out. Not one was left to tell
the tale, and there yesterday morning in
a spate of little more than four or five
acres, were counted over 130. corpses.
There were families of five, six and seven,
and there they lay, the men generally a
little! in advance, the mother surrounded
by her little ones, cut off by
the most horrible of deaths. Nearly
all the bodies were nude, the fire having
burned every vestige of their clothing
and blackened and charred many of the
corpses beyond recognition, and whole
families were wiped out as they were, and
some of the bodies completely inciner
ated. Identification is absolutely out of
the question.
HAD THEY BUT THOUGHT.
The most sorrowful feature of the ter
rible fatality at Hinckley is the thought
that had the situation been realized in
time not a single life among the residents
of the town need have been lost. The
Great Northern graven pit, in which only
a hundred sought safety, is about ten
acres in extent and broad and long enough
and deep enough to have sheltered every
soul in Hinckley, with all their domestic
animals. There is a pool of water
of considerable depth. The banks are
bare of grass or shrubbery, and
there was no imflammable material
near the brink on the side from which
the fire came. Those who did seek this
have passed the hours of their enforced
imprisonment in comparative comfort.
This morning a detail of regulars from
Fort Snelling, under command of Capt.
Hale and Lieut. McCoy and an army sur
geon came in from St. Paul. They brought
some tents, abut finding that Adjutant
General Muehlberg had sent up 100 state
tents, the regulars turned in and put up
fifty of them for the refugees, with reg
ular army expedition. The local physi
cians were about played out, and there
was an abundance of work for the army
surgeon.
There is little probability of Hinckley
ever being rebuilt to its former prosper
ous proportions. The Brennan Lumber
Company is not expected to rebuild its
plant. Work had been crowded this sea
son in the hope of clearing up all the tim
ber, and another season would have been
the last.
SITUATION GROWING WORSE.
Ishpeming. Mich., Sept. 3.—-The grav
ity of the situation from the forest fires
continues to increase every hour. The
long continued drought displays no signs
of abatement, while every morass adjacent
to the city is aglow with flame. A dense
cloud of smoke envelopes the country for
many miles, ' obstructing business and
offering constant menace to travel.
Dust and ashes are falling in showers.
The volunteer fire brigade is divided into
convenient squads which are doing effec
tive work. The district lying between the
Bradford farm and the Dead river to the
north is a vast fen filled with underbrush,
and* is now a lake of fire. The same is
true of the course of the Caro river. Con
sternation prevails at the Salisbury. The
force on special duty there is offering a
stubborn resistance, and may yet save
part of the suburb from total destruction.
Sagota and Floodwood, cn the Milwaukee
and' Northern, are being hourly threat
ened, also Ewen and neighboring towns
on the Duluth extension of the Duluth,
South Shore and Atlantic Railroad Com
pany*
Much credit is due to the railroad for
its service to the suffering. Box cars are
furnished, and into them the househould
goods of the homeless are being taken.
No one is yet reported missing from Ish
peming, but the rapid approach of the de
structive element and the inflammable
condition of vegetation covering the im
mediate surroundings, together with a
vitiated atmosphere and a temperature
registering at blood heat, caused the most
profound solicitude.
SAY THE WORST IS OVER.
Marquette, Mich., Sept. 3.—Railroad
officials here say the worst is over along
the line of the Duluth South Shore and
Atlantic. They are already pushing the
work Os reconstruction. The passenger
train, for which so much anxiety was felt
yesterday, arrived this morning twenty
seven hours late. The wires beyond
Nestoria are again broken and no definite
news of the actual state of affairs this
morning can be obtained.
TOWNS SURROUNDED BY FLAMES.
Ironwood, Mich., Sept. 3.—Tremendous
forest fires are prevailing throughout the
upper peninsular of Michigin and north
ern Wisconsin. The district between
Watersmet and Bessemer, over fifty
miles, is a mass of seething flames, and
homesteaders are making desperate ef
forts to escape. Gogebic has been
destroyed and it expected that Wake
field will experience a similar fate. Iron
wood, Bessemer, Hurley and Saxon are
surrounded by fires. There is very little
water and thousands of men are out with
picks and shovels, and succeed in keeping
the flames back only by throwing dirt
upon the burning stumps and brush.
Very Amateur Singer (at evening party,
sings)—Oh, let me like a soldier fall!”
Agonized Guest—You certainly should if I
had a gun anywhere handy.—Half Holiday.
1
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly,
adapting the world’s best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax- j
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
ana permanently curing constipation.
It has pven satisfaction to millions and
met with,the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts or, the Kid-,
neya, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and fl bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
WDcept tmj substitute it olfewd.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1894.
PEARLINE.
Her Appearance
speaks louder than words. She doesn’t
S u ] use £ >ear li ne - She’s worn out with
hard work. Household drudgery, you
\kj it/ can see, has told upon her. Possibly
\ y° u are a woman who is going the,
same wa y- Now, these are days
/AsX when such things needn’t be, for
most women. Labor savers are all
- o around you, and, for woman’s work,
Pearline heads the list. Take advantage of the hints
of science. They Are broad enough to the bright, and
they help the lowest kind of work as well as the highest.
In every sortof washing and cleaning, let Pearline help you.
Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you “ this is as good
Odlvl as ” or *• the same as Pearline.” IT’S FALSE—Pearline is never
it peddled, and if your grocer sends you something in place of
1L IjcXjL Xx Pearline, be honest— send it back. 428 JAMES PYLE, N. Y.
LABOR DAY CELEBRATED.
Grand Turnouts of the Toilers Every
where in Its Honor,
The Goddess of Liberty at the Top
most Pinnacle of the Dome of the
National Capital Crowned With a
Gigantic Wreath—A Realistic Spec
tacle.
Washington, Sept. 3.—The first cele
bration of Labor day as a national holi
day was beflttingly observed in the na
tional capital. Also for the first time in
their history,all the local labor organiza
tions united for a common purpose with
out squabbles or jealousies and did hopor
to the occasion. This was only befitting,
inasmuch as Washington • organizations
were instrumental in establishing the
holiday as a national institution. Plas
terers’ assembly No. 1,644, Excelsior as
sembly No. 2,672, of the Knights of Labor,
in this city, claim the credit of initiating
the movement to pass a bill through con
gress declaring the first Monday in Sep
tember a national holiday under the name
’pf “Labor Day.” Many states had pre
viously authorized a similar celebration,
but this was the first attempt at national
recognition. The bill was championed
by Senator Kyle of South Dakota and
was passed without difficulty, becoming a
law by the Presiden|’s signature June 28
last.
Local labor organizations paraded to
day in fofir great divisions, each averag
ing about 2,000 men in line. They as
sembled in the vicinity of the city hall
shortly after 10 o’clock a. m. Nearly
every organization was headed by its own
band, and the din of conflicting strains of ;
music was deafening.
Weather conditions were most favor- !
able. The haze which softened the sun’s
rays was welcome in itself, though its
presence was painfully suggestive of the
calamitous fires devastating the north
west. In the line of the procession were
numerous floats representing the various
industrial processes of the labor orgauj- ,
zations in different stages of progress.
Old style Columbian hand printing presses
were contrasted with modern printing i
machinery. Horseshoers, brickmakers, |
bookbinders, bakers, cigar makers, plate
printers and numerous other mecnanics
exhibited their handiwork in motion, va
rious grotesque features were added for
the amusement of t]be crowds, which
were very large, as all the public depart
ments were closed.
ON THE PINNACLE OF THE DOME.
The most novel feature of the day oc
curred at the top of the capital building.
The chief participants were Albert Ports
and James Grace, riggers employed by
the architect of the capital. Last week
Ports distinguished himself by climbing
up the gigantic figure of the Goddess of
Liberty, surmounting the dome,, and
placing there a circle of electric lights,
which were used for illuminating the
dome during the encampment of the
Knights of Pythias.
It was the first time a man had stood '
there since the Goddess was put in posi
tion. This morning Ports started in to
remove the lights and connecting wires,
with the assistance of Grace. They
mounted the Goddess by means of a lad
der held by capital employes from the
topmost window of the dome. It was 5
o’clock a. m. when they began and the
risky work was completed three hours
later. By that time a big crowd had col
lected in the capital grounds watching
the two riggers, who looked like flies
crawling aoout the great bronze figure. i
LAURELS FOR LIBERTY.
At 8:30 o’clock Grace sat astride the
broad shoulders of the goadess and with
the help of Ports placed a gigantic ;
wreath on her brow. The wreath was
nearly four feet in diameter and was com
posed of palm florist’® asparagus,
roses and carnations. Then Grace read
an invocation to freedom, written by a
WasffTngton woman, Mrs. Louise Bailey. .
The people, nearly 500 feet below, could
not hear him, of course, but they under
stood what he was doing. They saw him
fold the manuscript and then, to the '
horror of man y. Ports began
climbing to the top of liberty’s
cap. When he reached the pinnacle,
he hesitated a moment and then slowly
and carefully raised himself to an erect
position. For a minute he stood therein
the presence of t the crowd below with
Grace still astraddle of liberty’s neck.
Ports made the descent as slowly and
carefully as he had made the ascent, and
both he and Grace reached the landing in
safety. The wreath was allowed to re- I
main about the brow of the goddess until ‘
just before 10 o'clock, when Ports and
Grace repeated their dangerous journey
and removed it.
A REALISTIC SPECTACLE.
Another quite notable feature of the
day was the first production of Innes’ new
cantata, “War and Peace,” a spectacular
musical production, at the National Base
Ball park, in the hearing of an appreci
ative audience of nearly 10,000 persons.
The catchy use made of the war sones of
north and south and the realistic effect
of artillery and military movements
' under the direction of Capt. Domer, who
commanded the crack prize drill company
in the District of Columbia National
Guard, supplemented by Innes' great
band and drum corps, made the presenta
tion a marked success.
' OUT IN FULL FORCE.
New York, Sept. 3.—Labor’s great
army made a grand triumphant march
through our city streets to-day. The
workingmen were out in full force.
Every preparation had been made to
make to day's celebration one of the larg
est and finest ever seen in this city. The
Central Labor Union had the matter in
charge, and it turned out a grand
success. Over 30,000 men were in
■j line when Grand Marshal William J.
■ I O’Brien gave the order of march. The
phalanxes formed in Astor place and in
Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets and on both sides of
Fourth avenue. The march began a little
■ after 10 o'clock. The streets through !
> which the procession passed were lined
- with people, who greeted the moving col
umn with enthusiastic cheers and waving
' of handkerchiefs. It was a triumphal
’ march from the beginning to the end.
The day was a general holiday through- '
out the city. All the exchanges were
closed, as were the banks and other
places of business. The custom house
ana postqffice were opened 3 short time
this morning. All the courts were closed,
and so. too, the various branches
of the city government. Suburban ■
places of summer resort had a
great rush of visitors. The ’ race
tracks and ball grounds Were well pat
ronized. The clerk of the weather did
his best to make the weather suitable to
the occasion. The insufferably murky
weather of the previous day gave way to
a cooler atmosphere, making it easy
marching for those in the Labor proces
sion, and a delightfully cool and enjoya
ble day to everbbody.
Though the majority of Brooklyn’s
wage earners either held quiet celebra
tions of their own, or went to neighbor
ing cities to help their fellows there to
make the occasion a glorious one, enough
remained behind and took, part in the
parades to remind the public it was labor
day; The chief parade was given under
the auspices of the Knights of Labor.
About 6,000 persons formed the parade.
celebrated at st. louis.
St. Louis. Mo., Sept. B—Labor8 —Labor day was
celebrated here by a' parade and picnic
of all the local labor bodies, except the
typographical union. The printers re
fused to particitate in the parade. The
weather was cloudy and cool with oc
casional showers. Nearly all the public
I buildings were closed. Notwithstanding
the fact that to-day is a legal holiday,
the public schools opened for the fall
term this morning.
beaneaters Celebrate.
Boston, Mass.y Sept. 3.—The observance
of La.bor day ta-daj* was mere elaborate in
the list of sports than in previous years
and the big procession in the forenoon
was the largest of the kind ever seen
here. There was a general cessation of
business, including the publication of the
evening papers, and all the
i theaters gave special matinees.
A prominent sporting event was
the sixth annual fall regatta of the New
England Amateur Rowing Association on
the Charles river, in which many known
oarsmen participated. Among the other
sports there were two league ball games
between the Boston’s and Chicago’s, one
in the forenoon and one in the afternoon;
a sailing regatta, trotting races, bicycle
races, polo and shooting contests.
The weather was cool and pleasant.
A DAY OF PLEASURE-SEEKING.
I Baltimore, Sept. 3.—Labor day was
generally observed here to-day. Ten
thousand workmen participator! in a
grand street parade and attended a pic
nic at Barley park, wnere the remainder
of the was spent in festivities and
listening to addresses by labor leaders.
Business was generally suspended; many
business houses and dwellings along the
route of the procession were handsomely
decorated, and the day was, in a great
measure, given up to pleasure-seeking.
WORKINGMEN AND SOLDIERS PARADE.
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 3.—the stock
and other exchanges were closed to-day,
but business houses which observed Sat
urday as Labor day were open for busi
ness as usual. The Pennsylvania legis
lature fixed on the first day of Septem
ber as the day for labor’s outing, instead
i of the first Monday as in ocher states.
About 500 workingmen, the ma
jority wearing the red badge
of the socialistic labor party,
left the labor lyceum, the head
quarters of the United German
trades, this morning and proceeded to
Washington, Park, where a monster pic
nic and Labor day demonstration was
held. The demonstration was under the
auspices of the united German trades,
Philadelphia's teutonic central labor
body. Outside of the demonstration of
the united Germafi trades, the veterans
I of the regular army held a celebration at
l Rising Sun parx, at which drills were
' given as well as racing, dancing and ath
letic sports. Before going to the park a
street parade was made.
most enthusiastically.
I Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 3.—Labor
day was celebrated here in a most enthu
siastic manner. The festivities began at
10 o’clock with 'a monster parade of all
the trade unions of the city, headed by
carriages, containing Gov. Turney, the
city officials, the speakers and most of
the prominept citizens.
I At the conclusion of the parade there
was amass meeting of the workingmen of
Chattanooga at Eilectric lake, where an
audience of 5,000 was addressed by Mayor
George Ochs, Gov. Peter Turney, Presi
dent J. W. Thomas of the Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, J. B.
Osborne of Atlanta, H. M. Wiltse and. J.
B. Hawkins of Chattaqpoga.
The afternoon was spent in the enjoy
ment off a barbecue and in games, races
and dancing.
TEXTILE OPERATIVES PARADE.
New Bedford Mass.. Sept. 3.—The chief
feature in the observance of Labor day
in New Bedford was the parade of the
various labor organizations, the greater
part of whom were tex tile operatives, and
it was superior to anything heretofore at
tempted in that direction in this vicin
ity, and, coming as it did| at the time of
the greatest strike ever experienced here,
created a great deal of interest, and
thousands of people lined the route of the j
parade. There were about 4,000 toilers in
line, representing the typographical, ■
glassblowers, painters, bricklayers and
masons’ unions, and the various branches
of the textile trade. Noticeable features
of the procession were 200 female opera
tives ana a brigade of back boys carry
ing brooms. A number of transparencies
were displayed in line, bearing on the
present strike troubles.
After parading over a long route, the
paraders took boats for Palmer’s Island,
just off the mainland, where a gigantic
clambake was partaken of.
All strike matters were lost sight of in
the observance of the day.
ALL INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED.
Nashville. Tenn., Sept. 3. —Labor day
was celebrated in Nashville to-day by a
practical suspension of work and busi
ness. There was a procession 3 miles
long, in which all the industries of the
city were represented. There was a large
assembly dinner and speeches at West
side park.
STREET PARADE AND PICNIC.
Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 3.—Labor day was
celebrated here by a street parade and
picnic in which the unions allied with the
building trade council took part. Al
though the assemblies affiliating with
i the Central Labor Union did not partic
! ipate as organizations, many of their
| members joined in the procession and de
voted the day to merry making.
ON THE BANKS OF LAKE- COMO.
E Birmingham. Ala., Sept. 3.-About
5,000 : people met on the banks of Lake
C omo, at East Lake, one of Birminprhani’s
most beautiful suburbs, to-day, to cele
brate Labor day. It was the most orderly
gathering ever witnessed in the Magic
City, and did great credit to the laboring
element of Jefferson county. The recent
stringency owing to two great strikes
prevented a parade, and it was decided to
a grand rally and. picnic.
The event of the day were speeches bv
Hon. Frank P. O’Brien, member-elect of
the legislature; Robert Warner, candi
date for mayor of Birmingham; William
\ aughan, representative candidate for
congress; Col. J. J. Alman and D. Doug
lass Wilson, president of the American
Railway Union of this city.
OF HAZE, BUT NO PARADE.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 3.—There was no
Labor day demonstration here to-dav. but
Atlanta has the haze from the forest fires
in the northwest.
It is reported on good authority that a
shower of fire ashes fell this afternoon at
the Cotton States Exposition grounds.
MANY WORKERS OUT.
Brotherhood of Tailors and United
Garment Makers Will Strike.
New York, Sept. 3.—A1l the east side
meeting places of the members of the
United Brotherhood of- Tailors and the
United Garment Workers of America, of
which the tailors are a branch, were
crowded this morning with strikers and
sympathizers. -
The operators held a meeting last night,
and 1,200 men decided to go out on strike.
There are now 12.000 finishers out. which
will result in throwing out 3,000 basters,
pressers, bushelers and tailors dependent
on them.
It is expected that by to-night, or to
morrow, 20.000 workers in the clothing
trades in this vicinity will be out. A
committee has been appointed, which is
conferring with a similar comriiittee
representing Tailors’ Assembly No. 465,
Kuights of Labor, with a view to aiding
in the strike.
About 2,500 members of the United
Brotherhood of Tailors met this after
noon at New Irving; hall to discuss mat
ters relative to tineir strike. It was
stated that 1,200 men went out this morn
ing, making altogether 3,000 in this city
6,000 in Brooklyn now on strike. The ob
ject of the strike is to do away with the
sweating system at present in vogue. The
men affected are operators, basters and
finishers. A number of speeches,
asking the men to reman firm, were
delivered by the strike leaders.
During the meeting a circular was re
ceived from Boston, giving notice of a
general strike in that city.
GLADSTONE’S 100 POUNDS.
Irish Members of Parliament Cor
respond Concerning It.
Dublin, Sept. 3.—The Freeman’s Journal
published a number of letters which
passed between Timothy M. Healy, M.
P., and Bernard C. Molloy, M. P., on the
subject of Gladstone’s recent contribution
of 100 pounds to the Irish parliamentary
fund. Mr. Molloy, in opening the cor
respondence, asks; “Does the acceptance
of Gladstone's subscription endanger our
independence?”
In reply to this question Healy writes:
“Instead of asking Gladstone to subscribe
to the parliamentary fund the Irish party
ought to have voted him a memorial out
of the funds on hand. The ingratitude
with which Mr. Gladstone has been
treated is fitly capped by appealing to
him for support.”
R. D. Sullivan, member of parliament,
writes an open letter denying the asser
tion that the managers are responsible
for the circular which has been sent to
British members of parliament appealing
for contributions to the parliamentary
fund. Sullivan advises the committee of
the party to meet and issue a declaration
explaining the master and disclaiming
any responsibility therefor. He adds:
“There is no necessity for appealing to
the English parties.”
YOUNG FARMER SLAIN.
Took a Girl to Church and Kissed
Her and Was Shot.
Washington, Sept. B.—A special from
Birmingham, Ala., says: “Near New
Site, Tallapoosa county, this morning,
James Ashley and his son Robert went
into a field where Robert Cross, a young
farmer, was harvesting. Robert Ashley
held Cross while his father fired seven
bullets into his body. Ashley fired as
long as Cross breathed, remarking: ‘I
am going to shoot as long as there is
breath in the damned rascal's body.’ ”
Cross went to church with Ashley’s
daughter yesterday, and kissed her. She
reported the matter to her father, and
the murder resulted. A posse is in pur
suit of the Ashleys* and if captured it is
likely they will be lynched.
- TREATY_CANCELLED.
Spain Revokes the Reciprocity Treaty
Concerning Cuba.
Madrid, Sept. 3. —The Gazette to-day
publishes the text of the decree cancel
ling the reciprocity treaty between the
United States and Spain concerning
Cuba, the cancellation to take effect “the
moment the United States applies the
new customs tariff.”
instructions have been sent to the
Spanish colonies that cargoes which
cleared from the United States before
the new tariff went into effect are to pay
the old rate of duty.
Negotiations are in progress here for a
new commercial treaty between the
United States and the Spanish colonies.
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D. W. Caldwell Appointed Vice the
Late John Newell, Deceased.
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the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad Company, held to-day, D. W.
Caldwell, president and manager of the
Nickel Plate road, was appointed general
manager in the place of the late John
Newell, who was president and general
manager. There was no president ap
pointed, but D. W. Worcester was elected
as vice president.
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TRADES’-UNION CONGRESS.
Important Legislative Proposals as Af
fecting Labor in Enrope.
Business of the Gathering l Opened by
John Burnq, the Noted Labor Mem
ber of Parliament—Delves Re-elected
President—Forecast of His Speech,
in Which He Advocates Abolition of
the House of Lords and Other Re
forms.
London, Sept. 3.—The twenty-seventh
annual trades’ union congress was opened
at Norwich this morning. Three hundred
and eighty delegates were present from
all parts of the country. John Burns
opened the congress with an' address, in
which he said that, although the number
of delegates in attendance was smaller
than at previous meetings, the congress
was no less a representative one. The
strict enforcement of the standing orders
in regard to delegates’ certificateshad
kept out uncertified members, hence the
reduced attendance. But this very fact,
he said, would make the discussions of
the Congress all the more valuable.
The meeting was then called to
order for business by the presi
dent, Frank J. Delves. The pro
gramme contained 120 separate resolu
tions. Many of these related to mere
amendments of the standing orders, while
others naturally dealt with questions of
union management; but the great majority
embraced legislative proposals, some of
them of unusual importance as affecting
labor representatives.
The resolutions in the exhaustive pro
gramme dealt with one new factory bill,
and called for its extension so far as to
prohibit over time, and make the “giver
out” of work responsible for the sanitary
conditions under wUfb the work is per
formed. . W
One or two resolutions called for an in
crease in the number of both male and
female factory inspectors, while one ex
pressed strong dissatisfaction with the
government for appointing two women as
inspectors who “had no industrial knowl
edge and no practical factory or work
shop experience.” These were passed. I
With regard to technical education the
congress adopted the following resolu
tions: “That this congress, while admit
ting that great and good work has been, j
and is* still being done bylhe establish- I
ment of technical classes'in various local- !
ities throughout the United Kingdom ■
with a view of assisting in the better :
education of our handicraft and artisan
work people, is of opinion that no others
than apprentices and work people who
are working at tho various trades taught •
.should be allowed to attend such classes.” !
Frank J. Delves was re-elected presi
dent, and the congress adjourned. At to- ■
morrow’s session President Delves will
deliver an address, a forecast of which is
here given:
Delves will advocate the total abolition
of the House of Lords on the ground that
as the House of Commons directly repre
sents the people, no second chamber is
necessary. He will also contend that the
hours of women and children employed
in factories must be curtailed whatever
may happen to the question of
eight hours a day for men.
His speech derides ' the no-
tion that English workingmen have !
anything to fear from foreign immigra- j
tion. The sweaters and the capitalists i
, constitute the genuine danger, not the in- <
flux of aliens. The natural consequence
of restricting the flow of foreign work
ingmen will be the restriction of foreign
made goods, and that will imply, protec
tion. What workingman would'dare to
go back on free trade, the ultimate
triumph of which implies prosperity not
only to English workingmen, but to work
ingmen abroad?
Delves’ speech will end with an appeal
for better organizations of trades’ unions, i
with a view of securing ideals upon which j
to base unionism. .
John Burns, in an interview at the close ;
of the day’s session said that the congress
would show that the old unionism no
longer exists, but that socialism is trium
phant. The rapid extension of machinery
and the urgency of the problem involv
ing the unemployed workers, induces the
most hidebqund individualist to adopt
any method to deliver the workingman
from the shackles that bind him. Both
capital and machinery, instead of making |
slaves of the workingman, must become
his servants. The members of the con- :
gress of all shades of opinion now desire
to co-operate to this end.
OABB INDICTED.
The Grand Jury Finds True Bills
Against Capt. King’s Murderers. ,
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 3.—The grand jury
to-day returned indictments against
Alex. Carr for murder, and against John
Carr, his brother, and B. E. Bailey as ’
accessories, the indictments being based
on the killing of Capt. H. O. King, two
weeks ago, by Alex. Carr.
An indictment for murder was also
found against Herschel McDonald for
killing Michael Fontono, the Italian sculp
tor, who came to Atlanta from Augusta.
Mrs. M. E. Hicken, the notorious female
crook of manj' aliases, who has been
working Georgia and Florida, was in
dicted for forgery. She is now the queen
bee of the county jail, with a bright pros
pect of being transplanted to Capt. Jim
Smith's convict farm.
Drowned in the Bay.
London, Sept. 3.—A party of twenty
seven pleasure seekers from Burnley
were overturned into the water of More
cambe bay by the capsizing of a boat they
had hired. Os this number only seven
were saved.* Foul-bodies have been re
covered.
HESTER’S REPORT.
Statistics as to the Cotton Crop—New
Southern Spindles.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 3.—Secretary
Hester’s New Orleans Cotton Exchange
report on the cotton crop was issued in
full to-day.
' After stating the crop for 1898-’94 was
7,549,879 bales, an exqess of 849,452 over
last year, he says: The largest part Os
the gain was in the group of Atlantic
, states, consisting of Alabama, Georgia,
Florida and North. Carolina, which ran
ahead. The gulf states, Arkansas, Lou
isiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, in
creased 351,000 bales, while Texas dropped
off 59,000.
Mr. Hester puts the average commer
cial value of the crop at $87.50 per bale,
against $42.50 last year, $37.50 in 1891-’92;
and the total value was $283,118,000,
1 against $284,150,000 last year and $338,-
812,000 the year before, showing the re-
■ markable fact that while the output of
■ the last year has been 849,452 bales in ex
cess of the year before, its commercial
value is $1,6i5,000 less.
1 Mr. Hester says that with an average
of 7% cents per pound, which the crop
brought, planters, as a class, would have
been bankrupt had they adhered to their
old policy of all cotton and little or no.
food crops, and instances the significant
fact that the cotton states produce over
i $148,000,000 of corn, nearly all of which
was consumed where grown.
In reference to acreage he says the pub
! lished estimates are still unsatisfactory,
: and comments on the intention of a change
of the basis of comparison on that subject
by the United States agricultural depart-
I ment being first made known through an
English source.
I From this information the statistician
of the Washington department has writ
ten to a prominent member of the House,
giving as his opinion that the cotton
i acreage of 1893 was 20,000,000 acres, or
more than 8,000,000 acras over the hereto
; fore published estimates.
Mr. Hester announces the result of his
investigations in this movement under a
new system, saying that several hundred
thousand bales have hitherto been cred-"
I ited by the trade to Gulf states, which
! properly belonged to Atlantic states; and
■ that the facts show the seat of cotton
production has not been moving westward
as rapidly' as supposed.
The comtnericial crop in bales is given
as follows: In thousands and bales, for
1893-94: Alabama 985, Arkansas 625,
j Florida 0, Georgia 1,125, Louisiana 400,
I Mississippi 916, North Carolina 455,
■ South Carolina 750, Tennessee, etc., 275.'
Texas and Indian Territory 2.059. Total
crop, 7,650,000 bales.
i In relation to American miles Mr. Hes
! ter says the season has been anything
but favorable, north or south.
On the heels of their largely decreased
• takings for 1892-93, northern mills show a
further reduction for the past season of
86,113 bales. The effects of the financial
stringency and delay as to tariff legisla
; tion also were decidedly depressing influ
ences in this industry, and for the first
time since the war a setback is to be re
corded.
Instead of an increase of 37,000 bales,
which, with anything like last year’s
crop; would have resulted from bringing
into full play the new spindles added in
the south at the close of last year, and
the early part of the present season,
southern consumption has fa! len off 24,-
833 bales. The total takings north, as
shown below were 1,601.178 against 1,687,-
286 last year and 2,190,766 the year before,
while the mills in the south report as
I their consumption (including takings
i from ports) 718,515 against 743,484 in
j 1892-93 and 686,080 in 1891,-92.
j Commenting on the outlook for cotton
j consumption in the south, Mr. Hester
i says, with a return to normal conditions
; there is promise not only/or an increase
| of 62,000 bales per annqm in the products
of mills now in operation, but tables show*
twenty-one new mills not completed with
nearly 100,000 spindles, besides thirty-six
idle mills with 130,000 spindles, a good,
part of which would be brought into
i play-
In other words, the south has 2,000,000
| spindles with a consumptive capacity of
825,000 bales per annum.
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KING CONGRATULATED-
The Korean Monarch Said to Hsvjm*
Achieved Independence. Jr
Shanghai, Sept. 3.—The Japanese/far
quis Saigonje arrived in Chemulpo on.
I Tuesday last and congratulated the king
of Korea upon having achieved his inde
pendence. The provinces of Seoul and
Hwang-Ho and the country adjacent to
the treaty ports is in the possession of the
Japanese, while the rest of the country is
occupied by armed bands of Koreans. It
is asserted that there is a strong and in
creasing feeling of hostility toward the
Japanese throughout Korea and that the
natives are waging guerrilla warfare
against them.
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CAUGHT IN A BUZZSAW.
A Young White Man Meets With ai
Severe Accident.
Waycross, Ga., Sept 3.—Eddie ’Web
ster, a young white man, was at work in
a planing mill this afternoon, and his
hand was caught by a buzz saw. Two
fingers were cut off and his hand waa
badly lacerated.
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Arthur Roteh, the celebrated Heston ar
chitect, who died recently, left more than
?. 100,0 0 to local charities and sehools.