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READY TO RUSH INTO RIOT.
SERIOUS SITUATION REPORTED
FROM HAZLETON.
Muttering; Thunder* That Portend a.
Storm—A Conflict Between ihc
Military and the Enraged Miner*
In Expected To-day—The Situation
Is» Extremely Electrical—Hazleton
Under Martini Law—Arrest of Sher
iff and Deputies Forbidden—Mi
ner* Guilty of Serious Breaches
of the Peace.
Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 12.—The situation
here to-night is graver than it has been
at any time since the bloody affray of
Friday afternoon. There is strong reason
to fear a conflict between the strikers and
the military to-morrow, and there is an
indication that from five to seven thousand
more miners will Join the malcontents.
Feeling continues high against Sheriff
Martin and his deputies, and the intensity
of the situation is such that a sudden
turn of the head or a word spoken above
the ordinary tone brings a running crowd.
The soldiers are watchful and ready for
any emergency, and the people of the
town are In a state which may easily be
come a panic.
An Incident of ugly omen occurred dur
ing the funeral of three of the victims
this afternoon. While services were being
held inside St. Joseph’s church about 2,000
of the foreigners were congregated about
the doors. A number of them raised their
voices, and it is declared by eye witnesses
that a policeman stationed near the door
became unduly officious. Instantly an
ominous muttering followed, mingled
with scowling looks and clenched fists.
Word was immediately carried indoors to
Rev. Father Aust. He hurried out to the
door and bundled the men who seemed
most quarrelsome into the church. A few
words of counsel to the others prevented
further demonstrations.
The striking miners have made elabor
ate preparations for a demonstration at
the funeral of ten of the victims, which is
fixed for half past ten o'clock tomorrow
morning. The military authorities are de
termined that nothing of the kind shall be
permitted and that from this time on there
shall be no marching of any character
whatsoever, whether during funerals or
otherwise. This resolution is not generally
known and the miners are going on with
their arrangements. Gen. Gobin talked
over the ‘phone to Gov. Hastings for nn
hour or more this afternoon.' He said he
had merely made a formal report, to the
of the situation, it is apparent,
t h by the i nm<*di'tl<
says he thinks there will bcWio furl her
turbulence. He would not say when the
troops are likely to be withdrawn, and he
has resolved to act with the utmost rigor.
Furthermore, he made a revelation
which put a startling aspect on the situa
tion. This was that tha house of the en
gineer of No. 3 colliery had bfen broken
into late last night by six masked men
and the engineer, who is a cripple, un
mercifully beaten. There is no clue to the
Identity of the assailqntw. The only work
the man has been doing lately is the
pumping necessary to free the mine from
water. The general has also received a
formal report of the Audcnrlcd outrage of
last Thursday night, when strikers broke
into the house of Gomer Jones, superin
tendent of Lehigh and Wilk, .barre Coal
Company. Jones, whose unpopularity with
the miners was one of the first causes of
the strike, was not there, but the men
wrecked the interior of the house and then
attacked a mine power house near-by and
stole therefrom a quantity of dynamite.
As soon as he heard of this Gen. Gobin
assigned a guard of the Thirteenth Regi
ment to remain at Audenrled.
The addition to the strikers ranks, If
made, will be the mon at Coxe’s mines and
should they go out the last Mg anthracite
company In the region will be Idle. it
was not known until to-day that the 2,000
men employed at colliery No. 7 hud a
meeting at Stockton last night and drew
up • petition to the operators demand
ing in Increase tn wages of 10 per cent.
This will be presented to-morrow, and
the action in the event of refusal is
“strike.” It Is accepted as a fact that
it these men go out all the others employ
ed by the company will Join them, mak
ing the total number something between
ODO and 7,(XX) from these mines alone.
To all and purposes, liasleton is
under martial law. Gen. Gobln declared
to-night that in spite of the warrants is
sued, no constables nor any civil author
ity will be permitted to arrest the depu
ties. He said that the sheriff is an exec
utive officer whose duly Is to preserve the
peace, and that he (Gobln) and the troops
are really sultordlnate to the sheriff at
this time, being engaged in helping him
to perform that duty. Under these cir
cumstances. he will not permit interfer
ence with the sheriff's officials so long as
the militia Is here. Tn spite of this tine
distinction, the commander’s declaim on
this point is accepted as superceding the
civil authorities by the military power.
The exents of to-day were the death of
anoih<r of the wounded. Jacob Tvmushan
tos, the 12-ycar-old boy who was shot
through the h. ad. th announcement this
afternoon by the hospha, doctors that six
more wdl died, vex eraU per’ ups, be
fore morning, and the funeral of four of
the victims. Then* were Andrew Turcke,
Rtevo Urich, John Kutn and Mike Cheslok*
Ten more will be huHed to-morrow and
hero the trouble is l.kely to occur. It
has been arranged that tb c t«n coffins
shall be carried on tae shoulders of the
sir Kers from the undertakers’ shop to
the front of 3t. Jo*sph'» church. In front
of th« church, a platform Is to be erected,
upvtn which it is the purport to place the
ten c-tfins *x» that they can bo viewed by
the crowd
Then addresses la Polish. Lithuanian
and En;;.l-h are to be made by prl> sts and
Others. The bodice will be carrhd thside
After the ren tes, the uro >‘X.Vn' win ’X
”» the Polish cemetery, where eight of the
coffins, thes* containing Pules wifi be
plare < Ui owe large gtaxe.
•* ** tb<* purp<>«*' to .loqutrv l y subscrip.
ikmi ettlwetent fund* to ereet over this
a monunxenr hearing the name* of the vic
tims and a brief history of the event. Bev
e«iU'n S'vcl.'tiea. all bat one made up of
Poke. Hungarians and others of <m> 3‘av
race and one of Irish, are to march in the
funeral procession. If Gen. Gobin executes
the intention he announced to-night, this
whole programme will be upset and it is
feared that the men will resent any inter
ference with the disposition of their dead.
Dr. H. P. Lewandoski of New York,
representing the Polish societies of that
city, arrived here to-day. He is empow
ered to assist the strikers in every possible
way; to help them gain their demands
from the operators, and to arrange for the
prosecution of the sheriff and deputies.
Later in the day he said he had received
word that a check for SI,OOO from the Na
tional Polish Alliance, which recently met
in Philadelphia, has been sent on for aid
of the miners, and that he has promises
of additional large subscriptions from New
York and other cities. There are 12,000
Poles in the United States. A number of
Polish priests from New York, Buffalo
and other places are also expected to
arrive to-morrow.
Dr. Thodorovitch, secretary of the Aus
trian consulate at Philadelphia, is partici
pating in a meeting to-night, considering
methods of prosecuting the deputies. He
obtained affidavits from a number of the
miners, who were in Friday afternoon’s
affair, which threw some new light on the
shooting. They declare, in substance,
that on the, morning of that day a mes
senger arrived from Harwood and asked
the forelgnersi to come to Latimer, as the
employes of Colliery No. 1, at that place,
were about to strike. Later a second mes
sage to the same effect arrived, and then
men started over to Latimer.
At Haxel colliery, so the affidavits con
tinue, Sheriff Martin met them and warn
ed them not to go through Hazleton, but
to go around the other way. They did so,
but, arriving at the fatal bend in the
road near Latimer, they agairi found them
selves confronted by the sheriff, this time
backed by the army of deputies. As soon
as they reached the spot, it is
Sheriff Martin stepped out and roughly
grabbed the foremost man by his coat col
lar. With his other hand he thrust a re
volver into his face and used abusive lan
guage. The miner knocked the sheriff's
revolver arm from in front of him and
tried to wrench himself from the official’s
grasp. Almost Instantly, the affidavit
says, the order to fire was given. The
deputies were lined up in a hollow square,
the fourth side of which was formed by
the body of strikers. This would possibly
account for the fact that so many were
shot in the back and side.
The funerals to-day made a spectacle of
the tragedy that, humble as were the ac
cessories, had in it something that was
almost sublime. Euta and Urich had lived
in Harwood and Yureck in Humboldt, but
when the procession was started latter
party joined the others, and the cortege
wound Its way through the mountain
passes, over the dusty lanes into Hazleton
and then into St. Joseph’s church, on the
outskirts, where Father Aust and Rev.
Dr. Hauser held brief services. At the
head of the line there was a brass band
playing the dead march and a muffled
drum. A heavy mist had crept over the
hills; a chill, drizzle of rain was falling
and the scene, backed by the line of hills
and looming coal breakers, was weird and
glqomy. There were but a few carriages,
r l£, one time
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Stories of violence on the part of the
strikers long before the outbreak of Fri
day are coming to light. It is said that in
their marches from mine to mine, they
used brute force to ihake individual work
ers Join their ranks. Rev. Dr. David H.
Shields, nn unassigned appointee of Presi
dent McKinley to a chaplainship in the
army, said that as early as Tuesday of
last week this had gone so far that the
people became frightened. By Thursday
terror was in the air and many persons
were buylhg lire’arms and hiding ammuni
tion in their houses. Dr. Shields himself,
one of the most conspicuous advocates of
l>eaceful measures, in the emergency, said
he advised asking for state troops in the
early part of the week. He spoke in a big
tent at Hazel Park, where some of the
militia were stationed this afternoon. He
took no issue, but declared that the trag
edy has been approaching four years. Both
sides were to blame, in his opinion, he af
torxvard remarked.
In the office of the Lehigh Traction Com
pany Is a brown cutaway coat, which one
of the men, now dead, xvore on Friday
lasi. There are three bullet holes in it,
oh through the front, one through an arm
and the third through the tails. In an in.
side pocket was found a cheap nickel 32-
callbre bulldog revolver. This had not
been used in the riot, because the cham
bers contained neither empty nor loaded
shells and it could not have been fired be
fore the man was shot because he would
have had no time to unload it. It estab
lished that this is the only weapon con
tained in the whole mob of miners, and
the conditions Indicate that the first shot
could not have come from their side.
There were three companies of deputies,
and one of these made up of men who
have served as mine police in the past,
xvho had had much trouble with the strik
ers on previous occasions anti xvere said to
bo In revengeful mood against them.
Rumors flew thick and fast to-day.
There was one in the morning that a dep
uty’s body had been found in (he woods,
and another in the afternoon that a soldier
had been shot. It was also whispered
that Gov. Hastings had arrived by special
train, and was closeted with Gen. Gobin.
All proved baseless, the Jatter arising
from the arrival of Col. Wilbur of the Le
high Valley railroad, who conferred with
the brigade commander, but to what ef
fect could not be learned.
All was quiet in the camp throughout
the day, several of the companies includ
ing the City Troop of Philadelphia and
the Governor's Troop, taking practice
drills.
During the day rumors were current that
the deputes hail left town, a reporter,
in an effort to learn the truth of this,
made a search and located Deputies A. E
Hess, E. Zeardel, Walter Douglas. Rule
Warrincr, C. A. B. Houck. Q. P. Barthol
omew, A. P. Plate, A. W. Eby. Calvin
Pardee, Jr.. Thomas Hall and H. Houck.
One of these who, for obx’ious reasons,
declined to have his name used, said:
“The affair of Friday could not be avoid
ed, For txxo weeks the community has
suffend from the lawless acts of men
who had no respect for law and order,
and who seemingly had no respect for
human Ute. Scarcely a day passed
in xxhlch some one was not assaulted, and
one died on Thursday as a result of a
beating.
"Her fat this condition would have
gone I cannot any. had It not been sud
denly stopped by the action of Sheriff
Martin and his deputies at Latimer. It
r<*ub, d only after we felt that our lives
were in danger. The strikers were far in
excess of us in numbers, and came toward
w* iiv un uni.y, threfticuinis’ Sher-
iff Martin met them and he was assaulted.
A »i.ot then came from their renin ar.d
c-nc of us wa.< h‘t. I did not hear Sheriff
Martin give the OTCer to fire, but it was
and xxe tired, but only because our
Ihi' Polish citiaecy to-night heM a meet
ing. at which it was decided to begin pros
ecutlons to-njorroxx.
YELLOW FLAG UNFURLED.
NEW ORLEANS NOW HAS SEVEN
CASES OF FEVER.
Tlte Worst Is Realized in One Half
of the Suspected Cases—A New
Case Develops—Tire Fever Is Nut
Epidemic in the City A'et and the
Board of Health Will Try to Pre
vent Its Gaining a Foothold—All
the Present Cases Classed as Im
portations—Situation Yesterday in
the Infected Disti-ict.
New (Orleans, Sept. 12.—Shortly before
noon to-day the board of health officially
declared six of the suspicious cases of
fever on St. Claude street to be yellow
fever.
A couple of hours subsequently the board
announced another pronounced case of
yellow fever at Miro and Esplanade
streets, also in the lower part of the city,
but a mile or more away from the infect
ed square.
The announcement of the first six cases
as yellow fever was not unexpected, al
though It was hoped from the delay on
the part of the experts that these cases
were simply billions malaria. No general
alarm has resulted here, although the
news rapidly spread through the city. The
authorities do not believe that the situa
tion is materially worse than it was four
or five days ago, and they are still con
fident of their ability, with modern sani
tary appliances to successfully quarantine
the infected districts.
The official bulletin of the board of ex
perts declaring the St. Claude street cases
to be yellow fever was received by Pres
ident Oliphant soon after 11 o’clock. Dr.
Oliphant immediately sent for members
of the press and gave out the report which
was signed by Drs. Lemonier, Touatre,
Bick, Petit and Parham of the board of
experts, and Dr. Devron, the attending
physician.
Os the original twelve cases, all of which
had their origin from a case that had
come from Ocean Springs, the six other
than those reported to-day as yellow fever
were announced this afternoon to be prac
tically well, up and walking about their
homes. Os the six pronounced yellow
fever, four are convalescent and two
were declared to be critically ill, one of
these having suffered a relapse since yes
terday.
Among the suspicious cases reported yes
terday was that of a boy«named Roy; liv
ing at Miro and Esplanade streets. Drs.
Leraonnier, Touatre and, Matras were
seni io mt kc an observation of Uie case.
AW.ik Ai' ’nWl be
unquestionably yellow fever, and as hav
ing apparently had its origin in Scranton,
Miss., or in the vicinity of that town. As
soon as the report was Received the board
of health took charge of the house, quar
antined the inmates, placed guards so that
no one might conle within close proximity
to the premises, and set to work to thor
oughly disinfect the neighborhood. A
brother of the patient, who had left the
premises some time before the official an
nouncement, was given a permit to return,
but orders were issued that under no cir
cumstances to let him or any member of
the household again leave the premises.
To a correspondent of the' Associated
Press,.President Oliphant said this after
noon:
“Os course I have made this announce
ment of the existence of seven cases of
yellow fever in New Orleans, with sincere
regret, but there xx’as no alternative left
me, under my pledge to keep faith with the
public here, and elsewhere, I do not think,
however, there is occasion here for serious
alarm unless conditions shall grow mater
ially worse. We shall hax’e to wait devel
opments.
“Personally, I am unable to say whether
or not these cases are of a mild or severe
type. The absence of mortality would seem
to indicate that they are in the former
class. That there has been no spread
xvould seem to strengthen that view. I
have no reason to doubt, however, that
the complete sanitation of the neighbor
hood instituted by the board and the rigid
quarantine enforced has gone a long way
toward restricting the disease to the St.
Claude street square in xvhich the cases
originated, and I take hope from this fact
that we shall still be able to confine the
fever within its present limits. The situa
tion is certainly no worse than It was
four or fix’e days ago. For tXe disease be
ing yellow fever now, must h&ve been the
same then.
“Wc have now had a total of eight
cases and one death, the origin of all
of which may be traced to the infected
towns on the Mississippi coast. They may
all be classed as importations.
"I see no occasion for any panic in New
Orleans. The general health of the city
is good, and it is rapidly bein" put in
fine sanitary condition. There is no pres
ent apprehension of an epidemic, and I
have reason to hope that we shall con
tinue to be masters of the situation.”
A number of additional suspicious cases
xvere again reported to the board of
health to-day. In each instance physi
cians were at once dispatched to Investi
gate. Their reports have been uniformly
that the suspicions were groundless. The
force of physicians attached to the board
of health has been largely increased, and
the board is in communication with ev
ery section of the city.
Acting Mayor Britton and the members
of the conference committee* met the
board of health to-day and discussed the
question of sanitation. It was reported
that arrangements had been made with
the water works company and with the
large plants on the river front to furnish
an ample supply of water. Many of the
gutters were being flushed to-day, and it
was said that practically every one in the
city xxould have running water in it to
morrow. A heavy rain storm visited New
Orleans this morning and assisted in clean
ing the streets. Commissioner of Public
Works McGary said that he would add
materially to his force to-morrow, and
that in a few days the city would be in a
cleaner condition than It has been for
years. Assurances were given that the
money required would be forthcoming to
do all the work contemplated.
President Oiiphant. soon after he re
ceived the report of the experts to-day,
wired Gov. Foster, who had requested to
be kept fully informed as to the situation
and who is cooperating w th the board.
Dr. Oliphant also notified the railroad
companies and others who had a special
interest in the situation. The news was
generally spread through Louisiana and
•he southern states, and it is probable
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1897.
that most of the towns that have not
quarantined New Orleans will now refuse
to havg any communication with this city.
The situation in this respect, however,
will not be much aggravated, for the Cres
cent City has already been bottled up for
several days. Dr. Oliphant says this aft
ernoon that dispatches were being pre
pared to be sent to the various boards of
health of the country officially acquainting
them of the situation.
Acting Mayor Britton has been on duty
throughout the day. He fears some busi
ness injury of a temporary nature will
result from the announcement of the ex
istence of the seven ca£es, but he does not
think that the harm will be permanent or
that anything has happened to justify an
exodus from the city.
Dr. Lehman, who has been at Ocean
Springs for several days, and who is a
yellow fever expert, has returned. Dr.
Lehman participated with the medical ex
perts of the coast In the diagnosis of sev
eral cases of fever there. He says:
“I went over to Ocean Springs to at
tend the poor, who might be suffering
with yellow fever. After a most diligent
search for any suffering with that disease,
answering a number of calls, investigating
the condition of convalescents,'and seeing
a few cases by courtesy of the attending
physician, I concluded that as no yellow
fever existed my duties xvere over.”
Dr. Lehman came direct from Ocean
Springs here, having, however, to under
go a thorough fumigation of his clothes
and effects. As there has since been con
siderable inquiry as to the right of a phy
sician to come from an infected district
without detention when the lay public is
refused permission, Secretary Patton of
the board of health, was asked for a state
ment. He said:
“It is the invariable rule in yellow fever
epidemics to give the widest possible lat
itude to physicians traveling. They are
presumed to understand thoroughly the
scientific means usually employed to de
stroy germs about their persons, in their
clothes and among their effects. Gener
ally they are successful in accomplishing
this. Hence physicians rarely carry the
infection from one point to another. But,
aside from this, somebody with scientific!
knowledge must attend the sick, and if
we are going to isolate the physicians sim
ply because they have been in infected
towns or in contact with yellow fever
patients, we might just as well sit down,
fold our hands, and let the plague have
full swing.”
NO FEVER IN MOBILE.
Not Even SuMpicioKH Coses Report
ed—Dr. Gniteras Makes a Visit.
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 12.—T0-day upon ap
plication being made, Dr. John Guiteras,
the yellow fever expert, was admitted into
this city and was received by the health
authorities. He came .to examine and re
port upon the health of the people here.
There being no known cases of yellow
fever, the best that could be done to aid
him, was to let him make the rounds with
the physicians. ,He at once and
mule a round with ph
will jA’ohaijly aaa
make a thorough examination. He will
then make a simultaneous report to the
surgeon general and to the state board of
health.
Quarantine restrictions are rigid here
against the infected district to the west.
There are no suspicious cases here.
THE FEVER AT EDWARDS.
Physicians Report Thnt the Trouble
Wns Deng;uc Fever. .
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 12.—At 10:30 o’clock
this morning the following was received
from Edwards, Miss.:
“To the Associated Press: After a
thorough investigation of the fever at
Edwards, we find all symptoms indicative
of dengue fever of mild type.
“A. McCallam.”
“W. A. Ratliff.”
“J. H. Purnell.
NASHVILLE QUARANTINES.
All the Con«t Between Mobile nn<l
New Orleans Under linn.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 12.—The state
board of health to-day issued quarantine
orders ngainst all points along the Gulf
coast, extending from Mobile to New Or
leans.
This was done as a measure of extra
caution. because of the receipt of unfa
vorable reports from Gulf coast.
MEMPHIS QI AR ANTINES.
Com mnnicn tion With All Const
Townw Is Prohibited.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 12.—The board of
health of this city to-day issued a proc
lamation enforcing a strict quarantine
against New Orleans, Ocean Springs, Bil
oxi, Mobile, and all other towns on the
Gulf coast.
HURRICANE ON CHINA SEAS.
Serious Damaerc Done to Shipping in
the Harbor of Vokohnnin.
Yokohama, Sept. 12.—A fierce hurricane
swept over the city and harbor on Thurs
day night, causing severe floods, and doing
much damage to property, and followed by
considerable loss of life.
While the hurricane was at its hight, the
German warship Irene, the British Glen
richt. Capt. Davis, which reached Yoko
hama on July 21, from Port Gamble, and
the British ship Lonsdale, Capt. Frazer,
which reached Yokohama on Aug. 22, from
Antwerp, wcre driven ashore. All three
have since been floated off, with no serious
damage to the Irene.
The Norwegian bark Alette, Capt. Lo
rentzen, from Vancouver, via Port An
geles. fell a victim to the fury of the gale,
and was wrecked off Nichiski. Ten of her
crew were drowned and the six survivors
were seriously injured. There Is a possi
bility of recovering a portion o« her cargo.
The Alette xvas a double-decker, and hail"
ed from Drammen, Norway. She had
tonnage of 1.3U6, and xvas the property of
J. Gullichsen.
BENHAM MIST IM£.
The Batavia Banker Is Not to Be Al
lowed n Naw Trial For Murde**.
Batavia. N.
a new trial in the case of Howard Ben
ham. the banker of this city, convicted of
murder in the first degree in poisoning his
wife, has been denied.
Benham was sentenced yesterday to be
electrocuted at Auburn during the week
commencing Nov. I.
STRICKEN IN HER VITALS.
EFFECTS OF Tl/E RECENT CUBAN
VICTORY ON SPAIN.
The Imparcial Pronounces It n
Catastrophe For Spain—Accord
ing to Weyler’s Report It Was Not
Much After All and Partook of the
Nature of a “Pyrrhic Victory’’ For
the Insurgents—The Carlists Be
lieved to Have Taken Cuba’s Suc
cess as an Opportunity For Press
ing Their Claims.
Madrid, Sept. 12.—The excitement caused
by the capture by the Cuban insurgents of
Victoria de Las. Tunas, province of San
tiago de Cuba, continues here. The Impar
cial describes it as a catastrophe for
Spain.
In official circles, efforts are being made
to minimize the importance of the insur
gent success. It is declared that the place
had only a small garrison, that its fortifi
cations were weak and that, moreover, it
is situated at the eastern end of the is
land, where the Cubans are alone In suf
ficient strength to drag on the campaign,
which is considered ended in the other
provinces, where Capt. Gen. Weyler occu
pied with the work of pacification was
awaiting the end of the rainy season be
fore pushing the campaign in the remain
ing two unsettled eastern provinces.
The Spanish authorities are convinced
that an expedition is about to start with
the object of speedily effecting the recap
ture of Victoria de las Tunas.
The government has begun to adopt and
enforce measures for the suppression of
comments on the condition of affairs in
Cuba.
El Correo Expand, a Carlist Journal, has
been seized the publication of an arti
cle tending to incite an uprising.
Gen. Pando, it is stated, is to be disci
plined for the letter on the Cuban situa
tion, declaring that the time has come to
fix the responsibility for the present pol
icy upon its promoters.
WEYLER’S REPORT OF THE LOSS.
Accortliug to Official Accounts It
Was Not So Much of u Victory.
Madrid, Sept. 12.—The official dispatch
from Havana, giving details of the loss of
Victoria de las Tunas, says:
"The garrison of Victoria de las Tunas
consisted of 350 men, of whom 135 were
sick in the hospital. The place capitulated
after an heroic defense. The commandant
with three officers and seventy-five men
inarched out, taking with them the sick
apd wounded.
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biial, although the flag of the Red Cross
Society was hoisted over it at the time.
Many of the wounded perished in the de
bris. The insurgents lost ICO killed.”
Havana, Sept. 12.—Later official details
of the capture of Victoria de las Tunas
by the insurgents, show that the garrison
stationed there consisted of 350 men, 135
of whom were rendered unfit for duty by
illness.
The town was first attacked on Aug. 14
with a brisk musketry fire, and on the
25th the insurgents laid siege to the place.
On the night of the 27th a heavy fire of
musketry was maintained by the enemy,
and the next day their artillery opened
fire, destroying the barracks, hospital and
a great part of the town. The insurgents
took possession of the ruins of the town
►on the 20th, when the military commander,
three officers and seventy-five soldiers sur
rendered, on condition that they be'allow
ed to retain their arms and horses and be
sent to Holguin. The remainder of the
troops of the garrison, who had previously
laid down their arms, have, It is believed,
been sent to Puerto Principe, while It was
agreed that the soldiers xvho were disabled
by reason of wounds or illness should be
transferred to the nearest hospital.
The heavier guns of the garrison were
rendered unfit for use after fifty shots
had been fired from them, and their Mau
ser rifles and all the ammunition in the
place were made of no use to the insur
gents before the surrender. The official
reports say the insurgents admit the loss
of over a hundred killed, xvhose bodies
xvere cremated. According to the same
authority, the prisoners taken at the time
of the capture of the town, who have
been returned, say the insurgents, despite
their victory, are low-spirited, and do not
talk hopefully of the future, but are 'pre
occupied by their great loss. ,
Rear Admiral Gomez Ymas, captain of
the port of Havana, having completed
his term of office, has returned to Spain.
He is succeeded by Rear Admiral Emilio
Ruiz Azbel.
Nine hundred government troops, who
have been unfitted for duty through
wounds or illness, have also started for
Spain.
THE CARLISTS OPPORTUNITY. ;
Friends of the Pretender* Preparing
to Mnke n Bold Strike.
Madrid, Sept. 12.—The persistence of the
belief that the Carlists are watching for
an opportunity to take advantage of the
.present embarrassment of the government
over Cuba, as soon as this can be done
without a display of unpatriotic motives,
! is continually finding expression in the
more independent and outspoken section
of the Spanish press.
El Imparcial, in an article dealing with
conflicting rumors now in circulation, de
c.ares that it has reliable authority for
the statement that the Carlists are secret
ly, establishing an elaborately military or
ganization.
CRIME AGAINST WEYLER.
The Latest Form of Treason Declar
ed in Spain—Criticism SappreM»«*d.
Madrid. Sept. 12.—The government has
decided to instruct the military authori
ties to take proceedings against officers
criticising the conduct of Captain General
Weyler, unless they are either senators
or deputies.
The decision is due to the numerous out
spoken eensures upon Captain General
Weyler's management of the campaign in
, Cuba.
A FATAL STOLEN RIDE.
Thirteen Men and Boys Caught in
the Wreck of a Machinery Car.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 12.—A special to
the Times from Van Buren, Ark., says:
A most disastrous freight wreck occur
red on the Iron Mountain road at Jian
som, Indian Territory, a small station
twenty miles west of Van Buren, at 2
o’clock, resulting in the death of seven
men and the serious injury of six others,
two of whom w’ill die.
The dead are: William Fame, Charles
Fame, Douglass Anderson, John Johnson,
Bore Henderson, Frank Hamilton, H. A.
Walton.
The injured are: George Coffman, Jack
Jones, James Philips, Robert Eubanks,
Charles Render, George Parker.
None of the trainmen were hurt. The
wrecked train was a local freight from
Coffeyville, Kan., to Van Buren. While
the train was running twenty miles an
hour, the forward trucks of one of the,
cars near the engine broke, wrecking fif
teen cars loaded with walnut logs and
baled hay. In the middle of the train, was
a car loaded with heavy machinery, and
it was in this that thirteen men were
Stealing a ride, and from which seven
dead and six seriously wounded were tak
en by the trainmen shortly afterwards.
It appears that the occupants of the
wrecked car were a party of men and
boys living at Vian, Indian Territory, who
were coming to Van Buren to find employ
ment in the cotton fields. When the ma
chinery car left the rails it fell on its
side, nearly all of the men being caught
by the heavy beams. A car of logs was
piled on top of the one in which the men
were riding, and that any escaped instant
death is little short of a miracle.
A message was sent to Trainmaster
Walsh at this place by the train crew, and
he immediately ordered out a wrecking
crew and, with Divison Roadmaster Mc-
Leod, went to the scene of the wreck, tak
ing with him Dr. Deßrill, the company’s
local surgeon at this place. The first
thing done was to extricate the dead and
wounded. On account of the heavy logs
and machinery under which they were
buried, the task was a laborious one, and
it was several hours before the last of
the bodies was removed from the w r reck.
WORK TO BE RESUMED TO-DAY.
Many of the Pittsburg- Miners Ready
to Dig Coni Aigain.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 12.—The Pittsburg
district coal operators believe that this
week will find many mines in this region
in full operation, and to further this be
lief, the majority of the mine owners have
announced that their pits will be opened
in the morning in readiness for all of their
men who wish to ignore the ten-day pro
viso of the Columbus settlement. It is be
lieved that many of the strikers will take
advantage of the opportunity.
' Secretary Warner of' the kiers’ ’Asso
ciation, howevjer, gays the Columbus
agreement will be strictly adhered to. It
is believed, though, that the officials of the
district will raise their hands to stop the
men from going to work immediately. A
district convention of the miners has
been called for Wednesday morning, at
which ‘'matters of vit'al importance are
to be disbussed.” The conference is pre
sumably called to devise ways and means
for continuing the fight against such firms
as still refuse to pay the district price,
and it is thought the advisability of break
ing the ten days’ provision and returning
to work at once will be acted on.
The settlement at Columbus on the ba
sis that the striking miners return to
work after an idleness of ten days was
ostensibly to give the miners of other
states time to gain the consent of their
operators to the agreement, but the
operators here think it was in realitjA to
steal enough of the trade of Pittsburg op
erators to pay them for the enforced idle
ness through the strike.
The Pittsburg operators are discussing
an offer they intend making to the men to
break away from the national organiza
tion, and form a separate association, tak
ing in only this district, the idea being to
fight the Ohio and western fields.
It is known that the .New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal Company has had
erected close to their Sandy Creek mine,
a temporary boarding house for the pur
pose, it was supposed, of housing import
ed workmen. To-night it is said many
of the old men are sheltered in the new
house and intend to go to work in the
morning.
The district officials are hastily arrang
ing for a special demonstration in the
morning in order to, if possible, prevent
the threatened stampede.
CAMPAIGN OPENS IN OHIO.
Senator Foraker Make* Broad
Claim* For the Republican Admin
istration.
Burton, 0., Sept. 12.—The republican
campaign was opened here to-day. Ex
cursions were run from neighboring towns
and a special train brought several hun
dred republicans from Cleveland. About
B,(XX) people were present.
The speakers were Senators Foraker
and Hanna and ex-Gov. Charles Foster.
Senator Foraker paid a tribute to Mr.
Hanna, and declared that Ohio could not
afford to dispense with his services in the
Senate. Mr. Foraker also appealed to his
hearers to sustain the national adminis
tration by voting the straight republican
ticket from governor down. He said that
in six months the republican administra
tion had restored prosperity to the coun
try, and he praised President McKinley
for the part he had taken in restoring con
fidence to the people.
GUATEMALA'S REVOLUTION.
Trouble Br< aks Ont Afresh Against
Barrios’ Usurpation.
Berlin, Sept. 12.—‘Dispatches from Guate
mala say that the long-smoldering flames
of revolution have broken out against
President Barrios in the western part of
the republic, which has been declared in a
state of siege.
The country is in a w'retched condition
financially and politically. During the
last thirty days failures aggregating 27,-
(XX),(ND, Central American money, have been
reported. The name amount represents
six firms, and many smaller concerns
have gone under for less amounts.
The avowed intention of President Bar
rios to summon the assembly at an early
date to confirm him as dictator adds fuel
to the fire.
( DAILY, $lO A YEAR. > lurrv oo
X 5 CENTS A COPy. I N( ) 83.
I WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEEK ?1 A YEAR f
THE MACON MAID AVENGED.
MISS CHAPMAN’S BRUTAL ASSAIL-
ANT IS LYNCHED.
lie Adds Murder to Ills Other Crimes
and Thus Opens a Wuy to the
Gates That Gaped For Him—The
Sheriff and His Deputies Offer the
Ontraged Citizens an Opportunity
For Expressing Their Feelings
Which They Arc Not Slow to Adopt
and Judge Ly nch Puts a Period to
\ Gibson’s Term of Life.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 12.—A murder was
committed in this city this morning, and
this afternoon the slayer was lynched, not
for murder, however, but for the crime of
rape.
Thia morning about 8 o’clock Charley,
Gibson and Jim Smith, both colored, en
gaged In a quarrel about the latter accus
ing the former with stealing 30 cents.
Smith, not inclined to fight, turned to go
away, whereupon , Gibson drew a pistol
and shot him in the back and head, kill
ing him instantly. Gibson then fled. Th©
sheriff and posse were soon in pursuit, and
kept up the chase until 4 p. m., occasion
ally exchanging shots with the fugitive.
At 5 p. m., the murderer was run to cov
er and surrounded by the deputies. The
negro, being well armed, gave shot for
shot, until brought down by three bullets
from Winchester rifles and captured. The
negro had been suspected of having out
raged a Miss Chapman a few nights ago,
and this suspicion was confirmed by his
confession. A large crowd soon gathered
at the scene of the shooting, but there
were no threats of violence or intimidation.
The sheriff and deputies returned to the
city to get a vehicle to onnvey the wound
ed man to the city, and while they were
absent the negro again confessed to hav
ing raped Miss Chapman and committing
thefts and burglaries. The crowd secured
a rope and swung the negro from a limb.
Gibson is an ex-convict, having served
several years in the chain-gang. In his
house were found innumerable articles
stolen from residences in this city, many
of which have been identified by owners.
In the room were clothes and shoes stol
en from the house where he outraged Miss
Chapman. There have been two cases of
rape in this city- within two weeks and
three attempts. People are terribly ex
cited over these horrible crimes and this
summary punishment is what (he public
reasonably expected.
At 11 o’clock to-night rumors are current
that Gibson’s body was cut down and car
ried away by parties unknown for the
puxpobc oi burning .1. Not much ereu'ence
is given to the story by the officials.
The scene of the lynching is three
miles from the city.
A negro woman, who lived with Gibson
is under arrest. The house they occupied
contained many stolen articles, and it is
believed the woman will divulge the names
of the gang of criminals, who have in
fested the city for years.
Jirn Smith, who was killed this morning,
was supposed to know something of Gib
son’s having outraged Miss Sallie Chap
man, and that the killing was due more
to that than to the quarrel about 30 cents.
There is considerable excitement in the
city to-night, and black criminals are
put on notice to beware of the avengers
for Nemesis is on their trail.
A burglar entered the residence of Col.
J. A. Thomas on Orange street, to-night,
but was driven away before securing any
thing of value.
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AMERICA’S MERCHANT MARINE.
Some Interesting Figures AuOuf
Maritime Enterprise.
Washington, Sept. 12.—The documented
merchant and marine of the United States
on June 20 last numbered 22,633 vessels of
4,760,020 gross tons, an increase of 65,400
tons over June 30, 1893, and a decrease of
275 vessels.
The tonnage of the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts is 2,647,796, a decrease of 20,000 tons.
The tonnage of the great lakes is 1,410,163
tons, an increase of 36,600 tons. Pacific
coast tonnage was virtually stationary.
American sailing tonnage has exceeded
steam tonnage for the last time in our his
tory, the steam tonnage on June 30,
amounting to 6,559 vessels of 2,358,558 gross
tons, an increase of 51,000 over the pre
vious year. Near.y all of this increase is
on the great lakes where steam vessels
number 1,775 of 977,235 tons.
New York state has the largest mer
chant marine, 4,857 vessels of 1,331,743 gross
tons, an increase of 27,000 tons.
The state exempts from taxation its ton
nage in foreign trade.
Michigan ranks second with 1,132 vessels
of 477,602 tons. Ohio's vessels are the
largest and most modern, 558 of 390,052
tons. 'Maine’s fleet numbers 1,871 vessels
of 209,592 tons. Steel and iron vessels num
ber 1,023 of 1,207,222 tons, an increase of
117.C00 tons. During the year sixty-eight
iron or steel vessels of 124,395 tons were
built and documented.
Vessels registered for foreign trade Qum
ber 1,230 of 805,584 tons.
Os 72,060 shipments of seamen on Ameri
can merchant vessels before United States
shipping commissioners for the last fiscal
year, 22,500 were Americans, 18,090 Scandi
navians, 13,000 British, 8,000 Germans, and
the balance of other nationalities. Ship
ments at New York numbered 23,060, San
Francisco, 12.560, Boston 7,700, Philadelphia
7,(XX), New Orleans 4,700.
CORRUPTION IN HIGH PLACES.
Public - Officers in Pennsylvania
Charged With Attempted Bribery*
Easton, Pa., Sept. 12.—Gen. Frank Reed
er, late secretary of the commonwealth,
who was forced by Gov. Hastings to re
sign this week, and Hon. Webster C.
Weiss, republican member of the legisla
ture from this county, were arrested in
the former’s office in this city yesterday
on very serious charges preferred by th©
adherents of John Wanamaker.
Morris C. Luckenhach, a prominent and
wealthy citizen of Bethlehem, is accused
with Reeder and Weiss. They are charged
with having conspired together to defame
the good name of John Wanamaker by
having him offer a bribe tQ Weiss to se
cure Weiss’ vote in the legislature for
Wanamaker for United States senator.
Reeder and Weiss waived a hearing and
gave 82,000, bail each, for their appearance
in court.