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SE ff YORK'S BIG STRIKE.
engineers and firemen
apt to go out in a body.
. few Members of Each Order Out
Already— P° BBeE,rer Tralnß Moving
\Vitb Great Uncertainty and Some
of Them Deserted by the Locomo
tive Hands— Police and Detectives
on Duty.
W. w York, Aug. 10.—The complete
mra lv,is of all traliic on the Now York
Katrsl road, cause.! by the Knights of
t lbor when they struck their first blow
Friday night, led them to believe that they
could maintain the stoppage of bus.ness on
the roads of the company. This they have
„ ot succeeded in doing, and it is evident
that a general feeling of disappointment
crevails 'among the strikers, though they
will not admit this. They placed strong
relianoe upon the assistance of the Brother
hood of Engineers, who, according
t manv were to have taken a hand in the
ficht iir Holland himself told a reporter
vteVdav afternoon that tnere was au un
derstanding to that effect, but to-day he
bad heard nothing further about the mat
ter, and could not tell what the brotherhood
would do.
SOT TO BE IN IT.
A prominent member of the brotherhood
said to-dav that the engineers were not to
be in this' strike. It was not their fight,
but, of course, should they bo ordered out
they would have to go. He did not think
tueh an order would be given. The brother
hood sail several others, remembers the
Chicag , Burlington and tjuincy strike, in
which their idaces were taken by Knights
of Labor, and are not over anxious to help
the Knights now.
THE PASSENGER SERVICE.
To-day the regular schedule service of the
Hudson River, and New York Central and
Harlem roads was resumed,the only change
being the consolidation of certain outgoing
western trains, ihe Southwestern limited
and the Chicago limited were consolidated
and left on the Southwestern’s time at 1:30
o'clock this morniug. The North Shore
vestibule limited, which was to have
left at 4:50 o’clock ttiis afternoon, was con
solidated with the western express and left
at 0 o’clock. Tuo other trains left on time,
aid local trains took passengers up the road
as usual.
THE WEST SHORE TIE-UP.
The tie-uo on the West Shore, which was
inguratni last night, did not affect passen
ger traffic. The freight business was
brought to a standstill, t ut passenger trains
ran a- usual. The through Boston trains ou
toe New Haven road left as usual. The
3 o'clock train this afternoon carried out
Farragut Post of Portsmouth, Va., War
den Post of Norfolk, Ya., and Devin Post
of New York to the Grand Army of the
Republic celebration in Boston.
ALL QUIET AT THE DEPOT .
Police Capt. Moll vain, who is on duty at
_ the Grand Central depot, reported every
thing exceedingly ijuiet. No arrests had
leen made and none of the strik
ers had been seo-i around the depot
or along the line of the road.
“All necessary precautions are taken to
nip ativ demonstrations in the bud,” he
said. “I do not anticipate any trouble. It
looks very much to me as if the whole thing
will te over by Tuesday morning. lam
not, of course, .-.[leaking officially, but from
general hearsay. 1 have seldom seen a
more orderly crowd of strikers. There are
no loungers around and no gatherings any
where. Tiie men confer at their headquar
ters, but do so quietly.”
HOLLAND UNCOMMUNICATIVE.
Mr. Holland to-day said that ho had
nothing to impart, and he was very uncom
municative during the afternoon.
General Manager John M. Tousey, Assist
ant Manager Tueodore Voorhees, John H.
Hfe, li. A. Loouus, J. J. Loeftus, Henry
Douglass and John L. Greene, the
A, whom are promi ent freight
officials of tlie New York Central road,
held a e nference in the office of Third Vice
rreswcnt Hebb. At its conclusion it
**!. announced that it had bee.i decided
dispatch to-morrow all freight trains to
their various destinations.
A NOTICE TO PLACE HUNTERS.
notice was posted in a
d<m?. CU M ,) ‘ ace , tho vicinity of the
ihL ' ~‘ erscmß seeking employment on
aVn e V York central “” d
Hudson River road will please
** Wtatlon at the office
_ " . ap'or I alace Car Company.” It
res„i- £ ne< L b 7 i ll ”°Horo Voorhees, The
bviu WaS t ' lut applications were received
adtLTvi y 0,18 of the officials. It was
aki hIi 1 l0 j n ? e:i had been taken on. He
eirericnr 1 ' 1 ! 1 tkat all the lnen engaged were
2fM ralir ’ ad . men - Mr Voorhees
cations fr l recß ! ved “ number of appli-
N e , v ? rai ‘road men living around
emnlove"?’ amon R whom were some
m' i,' , ” *' he elevated road and from
eva2 th Erla yar(l8 ' Soma
T E | ' ::., - ! n .. a,i far west as Chicago,
f. ÜBd J , s ., had not engaged them,as they
obt ' un ail thpy
la‘ ATTITLDE 0r TF!E COMPANY.
Third' Vie, a * tern ” oa a oircular signed by
® u ltofalon^ r 1 3 J dent . Wefa b wa9 the re
bv g 'deliberation of a conference
" r "'' T.sinn oadS / ,raC,aK h sa YS:
ts this: iVe VmMii f , the company
we ,io aU select our own men, and
l )V o r °'v W - , that th y will bo
commit ee 'ws! Ka,gbt3 nf Labr <>r its
stiall rid oursel J.^ 11 f m . 6a ar9 d is missed wo
vicious andii f * th ° inefflGlen t, most
1 derusts u- ( ,. 8 Diast in accord with our
*•' Will not I are to be made,
proniulggtedhv l be seniority rules
consideratmii win® nlgllts of Labor. Due
service, but thffi . g i ven to length iff
will b„ tin llstaud .most important
tl our ;;j. • qualification of the men.
°®c*rs win bn Jfm grlevaacos the proper
Bn< l see that conniH to g raut hearings
will n,t allow n?f ra , tlon is B iveD < but we
fot-rfere |,, Uv B , Utald “ rs to intervene or
Jot this r.oL. ?, employer and employe.
*?, r - Holland At 8 ref use d .to allow
a ‘legeti to exist i. , CUBB any differences
men, aiffiV 8 com P a “- v and
we f° r the reason
ift ? membew 1 of 1 *’ i v° Ur employes
‘lOl.B. These are at) ' ,r organiza
hat they tlr , my Vlo ws, and lam satis
'J foe coiu,^ uv a PP r oved by every official
t!; a nd s byth e gentliLn , J )ard of directors
“kd m iis s?c -Itoll 7 ho are most inter-
V,!™ A ho Rtrike is >U ad-
ouT^fc, WIU P ut
Mat* r [Vor? f E ° F ™ E STRIK ®BA
arrived' from^VIh ° f the dist rict
* "“d'-d a n, e „ ti * r °? t ; U bny at nooiJ , and
] 8 M TO, thHu - /' ,e a, “ hts this otter.
I Wat d' ooo were present. Mr
oi Ve ‘ 1 - Hep'rtl w enthusiastically re-
Z . va riou* r o ,.^° r 8 received from
I uit'*' ' the ro’, along
a’lolr‘earned , VV llat they were
for tl .tbaiikiu,, th,.'. resolution wa
G,atd u‘ r ,'uamr STZh
,jr W. nr >a Lt - they hal
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mala body of police
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will be stationed in the vicinity
of Spuyten Duyvil, which Is considered the
key to the situation. Trouble is not an
ticipated, but Supt Byrnes considers that
precautionary measures should be taken.
At the West Shore decot and about the
yards at Weehawken everything during tho
day was quiet.
THE FIREMEN ORDERED OUT.
New York, Aug. 10, 10 p. m. — Mr.
Holland and Secretary Hayes of the
executive board of the Kuights of Labor
loft to-night for Detroit. Before their de
parture, they ordered all the firemen ou all
the Vanderbilt roads to quit work. At this
hour the engines are deserted at the Grand
Central depot.
The Chicago and North Shore limited
train, due at the Grand Central depot at 4
o’clock this afternoon, was tied up by the
strikers at Dewitt, N. Y., and is not ex
pected to arrive until 7 o’clock to-morrow
morning. There Is great trouble at Dewitt,
and militia have been called out. The em
ployes on the train that was stopped there
took out and destroyed the coup
ling pins and threatened violence
to any men who might go to
work. The St. Louis express, due tie eat
7 o'clock this morning, did not arrive until
7 o’clock to-night. The train from Buffalo
and Syracuse, due at the Grand Central
depot at 10:25 o’clock this morning, was
stopped and deserted this side of Syracuse.
MAKING UP A FREIGHT.
The superintendent of the Sixth street
freight yard was vory busy this afternoon
making up a train of forty-four cars, which
he expects to get under way at 8 o’clock to
morrow morning.
Crowds of strikers stood on tho embank
ment around the yards and watched the
operations of the green men in making up
the train,but made no hostile demonstration.
It is said that they will not allow the
the train to go out. The green men
succeeded in getting five cars loaded with
flour, lard and general merchandise on a
barge to be delivered to oc-an steamers.
The following order was issued at the Six
tieth street yard this afternoon: “The om
pl >yes in the yard and freight service in
West Albany, Black Rock, Dewitt and New
\ ork will report for duty at 8 o'clock to
morrow morning. All men here are re
quired to report to Sir. Loftus.
[Signedl “C. M. Bissell,
“Superintendent Mohawk and Hudson Di
vision.”
HAYS CALLS ON WEBB.
Secretary Hayes, of the Knights called
on Vice President Webb this evening and
left a letter from Father Deucov favoring
arbitration. Mr. Webb declined to treat
with Mr. Hayes and said there was nothing
to arbitrate, and the company would not
take back the discharged men under any
circumstances. District Workman E. J.
Lee said he had arrived from Albany for the
purpose f taking charge of affairs and will
make his headquarters at the Graud IJ nion
hotel. He was questioned about the
rumored strike on the New Jersey roads
and said that ho had not o'dared it, as the
men over there could go out without orders
from him. He would neither affirm nor
deny anything relative to the rumor.
At 10 o’clock Mr. Holland and Secretary
Hayes announced that affairs had taken
such shape that they would not start for
Detroit at present.
During tho Btriko at the Grand Central
depot business is being done at One Hun
dred and Thirty-eighth street.
WORK OF THE TRANSFER COMPANY.
Manger Draper of the New York Trans
fer Company had his hands full. The big
mail wagons and little ones were sent up to
Harlem liver, and the mail was also re
ceived from there and hauled down
town. Not a train was missed, however,
either mail or baggage. The baggage from
the New Haven road was broug.it to tiie
Forty-second street station, and all baggavje
for European s earners arriving up to 1
o’clock Saturday morning was delivered
aboard the various steamers before 10
o’clock. Baggage was collected Saturday
morning in Brooklyn and delivered at One
Hundred and Thirty-eighth street before 9
o’clock.
RUMORS ABOUT THE FIREMEN.
New York, Aug. 10,11:30 p.m.— At 11
o’clock to-night at tho Grand Union hotel
it was reported that an order was given out
for the firemou to go out at midnight.
Several hai already left their engines. Mr.
Webb denied all knowledge of such an
order.
At midnight 1,000 police wero started
from the various precincts to take possession
of the railroad property. At 10 o’clock to
morrow morniug it is proposed to start the
first freight train.
DOLIN IN CHARGE AT ALBANY.
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 10.—Master Work*
man Doliu of this city, after the meeting,
said he had been designated as the leader of
tho strike on this section during the absence
of Master Workman Lee. With Commis
sioner Donovan, Lee indends to call ui on
the Central officials to-in rrow morning and
submit an offer for arbitrating the ques
tions in dispu.e. Mr. Dolin said the Dela
ware and Hudson road had been accepting
New York Central tickets and transport
ing their freight, and the officials of the
road had been notified that uuless they
ceased lending assistance to the Central
their road would be tied up to-morrow.
AN ARMY OF DETECTIVES ON DUTY.
Throe hundred detectives are picketed in
and about the Broad stroet station, and
form a double line east and west of the
station, and in the vicinity of
the West Albany yards, guardiug
railroad property and protecting the
non-union switchmen who are
working. Two hundred more detectives
are expected to-nljht. The strikers are bit
ter in their denunciation of the railroad
companies for briugiug out these thugs, as
the}- term them, but they do not molest the
road’s property or its guardians.
THE ENGINEERS TO GO OUT.
A prominent knight said to-night that
word had been received that the engineers
from New York to Buffalo had agreed to
support the men who are
out, and have telegraphed Chief
Arthur for permission to strike,
lie added that if Chief Arthur does not
give his consent the engineers will go out
any-way. This knight also said that the
firemen from Now York to Dewitt had been
ordered to go out at any moment.
A committee from District Assembly No.
—46 will to-morrow wait upon the attorney
general, and solicit bis opiuion as to
whether the Central road has a right to
bring armed detectives into a peaceable
city for patrol duty.
A formal conference of the striking rail
road men was held to night. Instructions
were given to the men to keep off tho
streets, and especially to keep away from
the company’s property, so as not to give
the detectives a ohance to pick a fight with
them.
A conference was held to-day by mem
bers of Division No, 46 of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, and tiie
firemen of Division No. Zi of tins
city and division Nj. 21 of East Albany.
I hey refused to say anything ns 1 1 tho
matter discussed, but it was learned that
the question of supporting the men who
are out was seriously entertained by the
men One knight argued that if
the Central road succeeded In breaking up
tho organization of the Knigh’aof Labor
they would then in their strength try to do
tho same with tiie Brotherhood of Looo
mottvo Engineers.
USING THE WEST SHORE TRACKS.
Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 1(X —Arraign-
ment* were made about 5 o’clock this after
noon to transfer all New York Central
passenger trains over the West Shore road
at the Oswego junction. Three trains held
up at the Central sation since noon were
sent east over the West Shore road. All
other trains from the west after 5 o’clock
were sent over the West Shore.
MILITARY OS DUTY.
The Twenty-sixth separate company of
Elmira and the Twenty-ninth and Thirty
eighth companies of Oswego arrived here
to-day and are held in command at the
armory. Sixty Pinkerton men arrived
here from Chicago at 5 o’clook this after
noon and were sworn in as depul y sheriffs
to-night. The artillery has been gotten out,
aid everything is in re ldiness for buttle.
It is said upon good authority that an effort
will be made to open traffic at East Syra
cuse in the morning early, and that the
militia will be on hand to open fire should
there bo any interference on the part of the
strikers.
FRIGHTENED BY A THREAT.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 10.—A dozen
men were seut here from Peekskill to-day
to take the places of the strikers who left
the coal shutes at the depot yesterday. The
Peekskill men had been at work but a short
time when tney suddenly knocked off. One
said a man wearing a straw hat came
among them and told them if they con
tinued work they would be shot.
The man with the straw hat was fully de
scribed and his arrest is expected.
The strikers have been very quiet and
trains have passed nearly on time. Freight
trains have been passing north and soutu
on the West Shore road ail day.
C. C. Clark, acting president of the New
York Central, has sent an official letter to
the mayors and sheriffs of the cities and
counties along the road, calling their atten
tion to the law regarding riots and compen
sation for property destroyed by mobs.
THE MEN OUT AT LOCKPORT.
Lockport, N. Y., Aug. 10.—The Knights
of Labor in the employ of the Central rail
road at this point evidently received orders
to-day to strike, and about thirty-five men,
including the assistant baggage master,
engineers, brakemen, switchmen, yardmen
and watchmen went out. Two freight trains
were delayed about two hours this after
noon for want of switchmen at a certain
point, but were let out by the station agent.
He thinks he can command help enough to
avoid any delay, but there is likely to be
some interruption to local business.
BARGE ANT DECLINES TO INTERFERE.
Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 10.—Grand
Master Sargeant of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen received many tele
grams from the New York Central strike
to-day asking him to come east, but ho
declines to take any official action in regard
to this strike, saying that tho brotherhood
was not consulted in its conception and was
not called upon to use its usual moans of
settling grievances with the railroad com
pauy.
ALL THE MEN OUT AT HUDBON.
Hudson Depot, N. Y., Aug. 10. —All tho
employes of the New York Central here
have struck. The signal men in the tower
set signals at “danger,” gave notice to the
station agent and turned over tho keys.
Their places have not been filled. This
order affects all the engineers, firemen,
baggagemen, trainmen, signal men, brake
men, flagmen, trackmen and freight
handlers connected with the Knights of
Labor.
NO CHANGE AT ROCHESTER.
Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 10. —There is
no change in tho situation of the strike
here. The firemen have not yet received
orders to join the strike. Trains are all
late. Freight trains are running west from
the East Rochester yard.
THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS,
Absence of Members at Boston to De
lay Business in the House.
Washington, Aug. 10. —Owing to t’e
faot that many members have gone to Bos
ton to attend the G. A. R. encampment, it
is probable that little or no business will be
transacted in the House before the latter
part of the week, it was the intention of
the leaders to assign the week to the
agricultural committee, which seeks action
on the compound lard and meat
inspection bills, and to the oommitteo on
education, which is ready to call up the
bill to extend aid to agricultural counties,
but it is feared that no quorum will be
present, or if there is that it will include a
majority of democrats who might by their
action derange the plans of the committee.
The proceedings, therefore, will probabiy
be confined to the action upon the con
ference reports upon the fortification and
sundry civil appropriation bills, possibly in
terspersed with a recess for a day or more.
IN THE SENATE.
In the Senate the tariff biM will be dis
cussed until Friday, when it is expected
that the river and harbor bill will bo taken
up, but this is not altogether certain, as
several senators are opposed to the tariff
hill being displaced by any bill. The dis
cussion of the tariff bill will probably bo
interrupted by the presentation of the con
ference reports on the sundry civil appro
priation bill and laud grant forfeiture bill.
SOCIALISTS ON PARADE.
40,000 Turn Out In Behalf of Uni
versal Suffrage.
Brussels, Aug. 10. Forty thousand
persons took part in to-day’s socialistic
demonstration in behalf of universal suf
frage. A large number of people came
from the provinces to participate. There
were many women in the line. The troops
were confined to their barracks all day.
The police patrolled the streets, but every
thing was orderly. The route was th ronged
with sympathetic onlookers.
dispersed bt a storm.
A terrific storm, which came up at 1
o’clook, caused the procession to disperse,
but when the rain ceased the paradors
reformed their ranks and marched to St.
GilleB park, where they were addressed by
tbe leaders of tbe movement. Another
shower finally dispersed the crowd.
a dispatch to the king.
Delegates from the labor and progressive
parties met in the evening and Bent the fol
lowing dispatch to King Leopold: “You
have asked what is tbe in untry’s watch
word. It is‘Universal Suffrage.’” Violent
revolutionary speeches were made by sev
eral delegates. It was resolved to summon
a congress to sit from Sept. 10 to Sept. 15 to
consider the subject of a general strike.
A CONGRESSMAN'S WINDFALL.
C'Donnell of Michigan Left a Legacy
of $2,000,000 in Spain.
Washington, Aug. 10.—Congressman
James O’Donnell of Michigan has received
a cablegram informing him that he has
fallen heir to about $1,000,010 in Spain, and
that $700,000 had boa i placed at his immedi
ate disposal, in order that he might goto
Spam and take the necessary legal steps to
secure control of hia heritage. Mr. O’Dun
nelt due* uot know who left turn tbe money.
H*lay* that one ct his relatives went to
Spain and settled there, but had been lost
light of.
SAVANNAH, GA„ MONDAY, AIKiCST 11, IS'.io.
LODGE'S lUI.L IV A HOLE,
IT CAN’T BE REACHED BEFORE
THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER.
A Change in the Rules the Only Way
in Which it Can be Brought to tho
Surface—The Western Senators Still
Firmly Opposed to It.
Washington, Aug. 10. —Chairman Alli
son of the appropriations committea said
to-night that he expected to see most of the
time of the Senate for the next two weeks
taken up with appropriation bills, including
the river and harbor bill, which would, he
thought, be passed. The tariff would have
to wait, aud it would be the middle of
September before the federal election bill
could be taken up.
Senator Washburn of Minnesota, who is
just back from a business trip through the
northwest, took pains to talk with business
men in Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and
elsewhere about the force bill. He heard
from them what all republican senators are
hearing from business men, and as a result
said: “I find no demand for the urgout
consideration of the federal election bill,
and think it may very well wait until next
session. The business men do not seem to
care to have it passed at this session, aud I
think it had lietter wait.”
“But would you vote against taking it up
at this session?”
“I would vote to take it up next session.”
The western republican senators, who are
business men, are the great obstacle in the
way of Senators Hoar and Spooner,
who aro pressing the force bill
“like lawyers," as one of it* opponents
said. Until the westerners shall be con
verted the force bill cannot bo passed.
Senators Hoar and Spooner think, however,
that if they could get the caucus to order
the Hoar previous question rule adopted
aud the force bill taken up, that these re
luctant republicans would be brought into
hue.
rkyburn’s views.
In an interview on the force bill to-day
ReDreseutative Reyburn, IVilliam D.
Kelley’s successor, is quoted as saying: “I
would not have introduced the bill at this
time. The negro question in the south is
gradually working itself out without
the aid of such a law. The negroes
are taking up land and becoming
prosperous, and aro taking care of them
selves and are making themselves felt. I
have spent a good deal of time tho last few
year* hunting in Missouri, Arkansas and
Texas. I see all kinds of people and I kuow
how things are going in that section. The
conditions of the country generally aro
improving and tho negroes are getting left
very far behind by the whites.”
CENTRAL AMERICA’S CONFLICT.
Minister Mlzner Trying to Arrange for
Arbitration.
Washington, Aug. 10.—No news was re
ceived by the state department to-day from
Central America. The situation there is
not altogether clear, and until matters are
straightened out it is thought best not to
make public the dispatches which have
been received. The means of communica
tion between the department and Minister
Mizner have been vory unsatisfactory.
There can hardly be any doubt that censor
ship has been exercised over dispatches to
and from the American minister, and the
location of Minister Miznor at San Jose,
Guatemala, has been peculiarly unfortu
nate, as all dispatches bad to pass over tele
graph lines in each of the warring coun
tries, thus making telegraphic interference
not only easy, but difficult to trace.
GONE TO SAN SALVADOR.
Mr. W harton, Assistant Secretary of
State, said to-night that Mr. Mizner had
left San Jose for La Libertad In order that
he might be on Salvadorian soil and use his
good offices with San Salvador to bring
about an amicable settlement between th *
two nations. At the beginning of hostili
ties Mr. Mizner was instructed to offer the
mediation of the United States in bringing
about an adjustment of the matters in
dispute. Neither country has asked
the United States to aot as
peacemaker, but this country has, in pursu
ance of its settled policy, to prevent if possi.
ble, any serious disturbances between the
American republics, endeavored by its good
offices to bring about an amicable under
statidng between Guatemala and San Salva
dor. Its instructions to Mr. Mizuer have
been framed in accordance with this policy.
THE SITUATION UNDKFINABLE.
The situation at present is rather unde
flnable. Mr. Mizner, has from his position
in Guatemala, been unable to communicate
with Sau Salvador, and bis removal from
San J so to La Libertad was made in order
that he might be where he could offer to
San Salvador the mediation of the United
States, and also improve communication
between himself and the state department.
HIGH HOPES IN ILLINOIS.
The Democrata to Win the Legislature
and Four More Congressmen.
Washington, Aug. 10.—Says Represen
tative Springer: “We have every reason to
believe that we will elect a democratic leg
islature in Illinois, and perhaps four more
representatives in congress. Gen. Palmer
is making a splendid canvass and will be
the next senator from Illinois. I believe
our candidate for state superintendent of
schools is a very popular man. Ho was
elected to that office once be fore, being the
only candidate on our ticket then elected.
He is sure of success this time.”
HOUNDED BY THE LOTTERY,
Detectives Sneaking After a Couple
of Correspondents.
Washington, Aug. 10.—The lottery
agents who have Infested Washington ever
since the I’reddent gent in his anti-lottery
message, and the House was asked to con
sider the Wananiaker bill, have become so
aggressive as to put detectives to watch the
movements of two correspondents who
have been urging the reasons for the pas
sage of the Wauamaker bill in their dis
patches, apparently with a view to getting
them into trouble.
SLASHED WITH A KNIFE.
A Nlght'a Gambling Ends In an Affray
That May Cost a Life.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 10.— Charles
Hunter, an employe of the Clyde lino, who
was formerly connected as freight clerk
with the Florida Central and Peninsular
railroad, was severely cut in the throat and
abdomen ny C. Chambers, a steamboat
engineer, this morniug. A number of
young men had been playing poker all
night over the West End saloon,
and Chambers had lost considerable
money to Hunter, arid at H o’clock
this morning Hunter was joking him about
it. Chambers, who was drinking, got mad,
and suddenly drew a knife, with the ub >ve
result. After stabbing Hunter Chainbois
find, aud was captured in a disreputable
house on Ward street. The police heard tho
row and arrested all the men who were
gambling, Tne affair created considerable
etciteine it, as Hunter is popular. JU is in
a critical oondi'ton.
SAM SMALL A RELIGIOUS WAIF.
Ho Is Now Neither a Methodist Nor
an Episcopalian.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 10,-Rev. Sam
Small, although he is a preacher of national
reputation aud president of the new univer
sity in Utah, is a religious waif. He is not
n member of any church. This unpleasant
situation has beeu|brought abuut in a round
about way. Ten j ears ago Mr. Small con
neettsi himself with the Methodist church
in Atlanta. Ho had been very
dissipated, and his reform was
hailed with delight by hi* friends.
He lived up to the requirements of the
church for some time, aud thou he fell
again into his old habits. He was never
expelled from tho church for some reason,
but his name was left on the books. When
he professed conversion at tho meeting of
Sam Jones in Cartersvillo he was still a
member of the Methodist church, and no
new connection was made. Recently, when
ho was examined by the Episcopal churbh
aud applied for admission to the pulpit, the
Methodists considered him a member no
longer.
a flop.
When tho flattering offer of the presidency
of the university was offered him, at the
time the Episcopalians wore down on him
for announcing himself a candidate for the
legislature. The reverend gentleman
flopped and entered the Methodist church
again. This excluded him from fellowship
with the Episcopalians. Now ha has writ
ten a letter to the Methodist church in
Atlanta asking for bis church letter.
A reply has been *ent informing him that
his natno was stricken from the books when
be joined the Episcopal church. It is not
known what course Mr. Bmail wifi now
pursue.
JOHN BOYLE O’REILLY DEAD.
His Demise Caused by Chloral Taken
for Insomnia.
Boston, Aug. 10.—John Boyle O’Railty,
poet, and editor of tho Boston I'ilot, died
this afternoon at his summer residence at
Hull. His death is supposed to have been
caused by an over dose of chloral taken for
insomnia,
John Boyle O’Reilly was born at Dowth
Castle, C mnty Meath, Ireland, June 28,
1844. At the ago of 14 he learned typo
setting, and afterword became a reporter
for various English journals. He became
a Fenian, and entered tho English army for
the purpose of spreading femanism among
the Irish soldiers. Hia purpose was discov
ered in 1866 and lie was sentenced to be
shot. The sentence was commuted,
and he wins confined in several
Irish prisons, and was finally
sent to Australia, from which country he
ofcapod and landed in Philadelphia iu 1869.
In 1870 he became connected with tho Bos
ton I'ilot and eventually became its editor
and principal owner. He made quite an
enviable reputaiiou as a poet and writer of
fletiou.
A PRIEST REPEATEDLY HISSED,
Excitement at the Catholic Total Ab
stinence Convention.
Pittsburg, Aug. 10. — There were several
sensations at yesterday’s session of the con
vention of tho Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of America. The Rev. Father
Hln-edy, vice president, made a report, in
which he recommended that paid organ -
izers be employed in the several states.
“The priests,” Father Hheedy said, “had no
time to organize unions.”
The Rev. Father James McTighe, who is
the best known priest of the Pittsburg dio
cese, considered this a reflection on tho
clergy, and excitedly protested against it.
He also protested vehemently against a mo
tion that the executive committee be di
rected to communicate with the publishers
of Catholic school books, asking that at
least five lessons on the evil effects of alco
hol be print and in the sobo >1 books.
'*l don’t approve of that course,” said bo.
“You know it is useless to try and force
t tal abstinence. It will never be and can
not be area ization. Tho church never
sanctioned the movement, and to teach the
ohildren that which yoi desire w uld in!
j are the onuse. A glass of wine, beer or ale
will injure no one.”
Loud groans and hisses here filled the air
at this statement. Tho lay delegates became
br isterous, and for a few minutes every
thing was topsy turvy. Father McTighe
remained cal m, notwithstanding that ho had
been repeatedly hissed.
Mr, McCarthy of Hcranton arose and told
how the clergy and hierarchy were with the
union in the fight for total abstinence. He
said: “We are awakening and gathering
ourselves for this battle. Heretofore the
olergy have stood idly by witnout assisting
us, aud ■”
“I say, sir, that is a slander and an insult
to the Catholic clergy of the United States,”
chimed in Father McTighe.
By this time at loast ten deiogatos were
upon their feet trying to gain attention.
Order finally prevailed, and then Father
McTighe arose and began to talk about the
German Catholics, their school book system,
manners, eta Tho chair called him to
order by saying that the convention was
not discussing the German Catholic question.
HBLIGOLAND’3 ROYAL GUEBT.
The Kaiser and Hia Brother Bpond a
Few Hours on the Island.
Berlin, Aug. 10.—Tho German imperial
yacht Hohenzollern and tho accompanying
squadron anchored off Heligoland at 10
o’clock this morning. Emperor William
and Prince Henry landed at noon and were
mot by Herr von Boetticher. The islanders
gave tho emperor aud his brother a
hearty reception. The imperial party
proceeded at once to Overland, where
an opeu air service was hold. The emperor
delivered a short address and the German
flag was then hoisted, the Land battery
firing a salute. Two thousand marines
were received by tho emperor, who after
ward reoeived an address presented by the
inhabitants of the island. After luncheon
in tho casino tbe emperor departed at 3:30
o’clock amid tbe cheers of the populace.
A LETTER FROM THE OCEAN.
Tho British Bark Edmont Represented
as Sinking.
Portland, Ore., Aug. 10.— A boy row
ing in the harbor this morning picked up a
carefully sealed bottle, which, upon being
opened, contained the following letter
written upou a cartridge paper in a dis
tinctively Eugllsb hand, and signed John
Davis, first mate: “English bark ship Ed
tnont, June 23, 1890. -We are sinking very
fast. Our latitude and longitude is
unknown. No compass, no rudder, no
hope. If this reaches a human
hand please notify Bailey & Cos., Hull,
Knglaud. We aro thirteen men abonrd and
all In starving condition. My mother! oh,
my motlierl Hhe lives on Heigeson street,
Leavitt Terrace, Hull, England. Good-by,
If we are not saved."
Out Three Times.
Eahtman, Ga., Aug. 10.— Anthony
Whitehead cut Charles W eeloy (both ool
uredj with a knife in the back aud head
three tiuise this afternoon. The wound*
are not dangerous, A “blind tiger” was
tbe cause.
PICKING OUT THE TICKET.
Echoes of the Etate Convention at
Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 10.—Convention
matters continue to be talked hb ul here.
Most of the delegates remaine 1 over until
Friday, and life about the hotels was nearly
as animated as on Thursday. CoL Living
ston met his friends at the Kimball Friday,
and it is said that a great jtibiio > was on in
his rooms for awhile. The colonel is a tall
gentleman, rather easy in his manners, aud
very kind in bis speech. He wears a chin
beard, but no must icho. His costume now
is a long alpaca coat and brown cashmere
trousers. He carries a fau all the time and
lie never minds the weathor—he’ll make the
wind I low. The report which gained
credence hero Thursday night that Livings
ton’s strength among the farmers, as shown
in the convention, is altogether insufficient
to guarantee him a good chance for the
senatorship, appears t > be more and moro
believed. Although Col. Livingston denied
the truthfulness of It, his conduct since hus
savored of tho sting of defeat. CoL Northen
rode into power gallantly, aud proudly
will ho yield Ids scepter for good,
said an enthusiastic alliaucoman yesterday.
AN AMUSING INCIDENT.
Col. Northen has made a good impression
upon everybody and all are ready to admit
that he will ma >e a good governor. Speak
ing of CoL Northen while in the state Sen
ate, a warm friend of his recalled to me to
day an amusing incident which took plaoo
between him and Judge Robert Falligant.
It was during the time when tho temper
ance movement was at its higbt
in the state. CoL Northen ardently
supported all temperance move
ments, and he was telling tho younger
members how temperate he had been, lie
said that ho had never been intoxicated,
aud had uot drank beverages that w ould
produce intoxication. The colonel's nose Is
naturally flushed, and when ho made that
statement a ripple of laughter ran tbroug.i
the assembly.
Judge Falligant, in a very dignified man
ner, remarked, so that CoL Northen might
hoar: “I’d take in my sign then, colonel.”
The houso, wliioh was anti-temporance,
hallooed iteolf hoarse and Col. Northen
made no more speeches on that subject.
It is the general Impression thut CoL
Nesbitt will appoint Mr. Hunnicutt as his
assistant. When Mr. Hunnicutt came
out of the rooms of the
nominee for commissioner of agriculture,
Thursday night, his thumbs were clutched
in the armholes of his vest and a most
agroeablo smile played upon his lips. Some
body remarked us Mr. Hunnicutt passed
out of the Kimball, “There’s the next
assistant to the agricultural commissioner,"
but Mr. Hunnicutt did not turn his head.
A GOOD WORD FOR LKSTBII.
Some of the lawyers horo appear to re
gret that a change is to be made in tho
ofllce of attorney general, though they do
not say much about tho matter. On the
other side of the question, however, a dis
tinguished jurist said last night, that it is a
piece of bosh to assort that Col. Lester is
not a oupable man fur the p sition of at
torney general. Ho wont further, and said
that Col. Lester has merited the reward be
has received, and if the people of this grand
old state had failed to honor him at such a
time as this, they would have been un
worthy their good name. The farmers
rally around Col. Lester, and the most of
them have some incident to relate of the
colonel’s empty sleeve. I uskod what Com
missioner Henderson will do since no has
been defeated. Ho was a farmer when ho
was first appointed commissioner.
COL. HENDERSON’S FUTURE OCCUPATION.
Ho has Iteon in oflice long enough, by
economy, to havo saved a snug little sum.
“If he has done this, the chances aro that ho
will return to his first love,” said an alli
anoeinan.
“There were several soared candidates
Thursday,” a delegate said t -night.
Tho worst frightened were those |who had
all along been confi lent of nomination .
They were the ones who hnd not their eyes
sot upon another occupati n if they were
ruthlessly “let go.” I don’t know how true
it, is, but a delegate vouched for the truth
fulness of the statement that Col. Bob Har
deman got fidgety at the last minute, fear
ing lest some unsuspecting follow might
have the treasurersliip thrust upon him.
He is said to have paced the floor impa
tiently and his only remedy was to drown
his feeling of uncertainty In song.
NOT TUB ONLY MAN BEATEN.
Hon. Rogcoe Gorman, one of the alliance
candidates for congress in the Fourth dis
trict, attended the convention. Friday
morning in the hotel, while he was roading
his paper, a party of gentlemou behind
him began to discuss the race in the Fourth.
One of the gentlemen was a warm friend
of Congressman Grimes, who wat defeated,
as Col. Gorman was, and he seemed to be
nettled about it. He asked, loud enough
for Col. Gorman to hear, “who in thunder
ran against Grimes, anyhow?” Col. Gor
man straightened himself up in bis chair as
if he had been addressed, and, facing the
speaker, remarked: “What are you grum
bling about. Was nobody except Grimes
beaten?”
The Chatham county delegation was the
prime mover in nominating Col. Nesbitt
for commissioner of agriculture. The mo
ment the delegation arrived here the work
begun. Col. Peter Reily headed the van.
The first peddler of old leal that many
of the delegates ever saw had the
biggest business Friday and Saturday over
seen around the capital. The peddler was
ragged, but not gray. He was youug, but
not robust, yet ho was quite able to tote
about the capitol fifty good pounds of old
bullets which be claimed he had just dug
out of the Peachtree croek breastworks.
The peddler tackled every farmer that
emerged from the capitol, and he pictured
to them the battle In “real life,” he said.
It is suid that he disposed of that bucket
ful of bullets to those members of tne con
vention who fought iu the war. Z. D. R.
BATTLES WITH BALL AND BAT.
The Results of the Day’s Games All
Over the Country.
WAsniNaTON, Aug. 10.—Ball games were
played to-day as follows:
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At Columbus— H. b. h. e.
Columbus 6 7 3
Rochester 3 6 y
Batteries: Oastrfght and O'Conner, Titcomb
aud McGuire.
At Toledo— r. b. n. e.
Toledo 7 7 4
Atnlertcs 6 7 5
Batteries: Mealy and Welch, Hughes, Seward
and Baldwin.
At St Louis— s. b. n. e.
St. Louis II 13 2
Brooklyn 2 7 9
Batteries: Hart aud Wells, MeCullough, Pits
aud Bower.
At Louisville— H. b. h. e.
Louisville 8 14 B
Syracuse B 11 1
Chattahoochee Chips.
Chattahoochee, Fla., Aug. 10.—H. H.
Hpeer left for Now York Thursday.
Tne farmers iu this section are making
preparations to commeuoo picking outtou.
Harrison Off Nantucket.
Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 10.—The
United States war ship Baltimore arrived
off Nantucket liar early this morning with
i’reskleut UarrUou on board
1 DAILY. HO A YEAR. )
{ S (JESTS A COPY. >
I WEEKLY, *l.*> A YEAR )
THE GAME OF COLORADO.
A STATE THAT WAS ONCE THE
SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE.
How the Buffaloes Were Exterminated.
Killed For Their Tongues and Hides.
Other Big Game of the Silver Pro
ducing State—The Streams Still Full
of Fish—lnteresting Facts About
Small Game.
Continental Divide, Pacific Slope,
Aug. I.—Judging from what remains there
con be little doubt but that Colorado was
once tho sportsman's paradise. Reckless and
wasteful extravagance in dealing with tii
teeming animal life has dopleted her
mountains and plains. First came the long
unknown years in which the red man held
the sovereignty of the country, but as ha
was unfurnished with guns, and h id to con
struct his little bunting tepees (the remains
of which are seen everywhere in the hills),
made out of long poles stretching up against
a living tree and then covered over with
bushes, where he would sit the livelong
day, along the side of soma
elk or deer trail, with his ear attent upon
the slightest sound, and his obsidian arrow
heads ever ready, and furthermore, as h<r
killed 01117 what he needed for food and
clothing, his onslaught up n the animal
kingdom did not greatly reduce its num
bers. Next came the trappers aud fur
huuters, penetrating to every suow stream
from the mountains, aud watching by the
side of every heaver dam, trapping the
oount'.ess minks and lynx; catching the in
dustrious beaver by the thousands, ns this
cunning worker came forth to cut down
the poplar trees for his fishing dam, aud
watching In his hole under the hank for the
imprisoned trout, was himself watched and
Oicught In such numbers that his
bones still whiten theoroek banks where his
dam Is now in ruins.
But next, worst and most wanton of all,
come the buffalo hunters, killing at flrst,
out of mere wantonness, the lordly
rnonarchs of the plains; then killing for
such an incidental thing as the buffalo
tongue, which was the object for which
Buffalo Bill murdered and slaughtered,
slaughtered during the sanguiuary years
from '7O to '74; and finally, during those
years of whole ale murder, you could not.
ride on the plains from Texas to Canada,
without coming, every twenty-five miles,
upon au outfit engaged in killing Buffaloes
for their hides, following the countless
bands of innumerable bulls and cows aud
their young—to the north in summer aud to
tho south in winter. A member of one of
these outfit* hns been our cook on a rocent
hunting trip, and it is hard to
restrain ones patience to hear
him, without any visible compunction,
describe the unending herds and how gayly
the work of destruction wont on! Tho
noble animals ruthlessly shot down, their
tongues cut out, the rest. of the carcass—•
hide and moat enough to furnish forth a
dozen ranches— left to rot ou the prairie,
whitening the very sod for soveral years,
until it was found to be a lucrative business
to gather up their bones, anil finally the
plains which had known the buffalo for
untold years knew him no more, so com
pletely was every vestlgo of his existeucdl
swept away from off the earth.
ONLY A I'EW BUFFALOES LEFT.
Aud now, with tho exception of the 2GO
buffaloes in the government purk at Yel
lowstone, it is believed that not a single
specimen can be found upon the plains of
hiding its diminished head in any corner off
the mountains.
A later authority, which I believe to be
reliable, leads me to qualify the above
statement so far as to say that In 1888 there
were about 300 in the whole of the United
Htates, ou .side of the band upon the govern
ment reservation. Of these there was a
bunch of 100 at the head of Porcupine
creek, Montana; in Wyoming a few strag
glers from tho government park; in the
mountains of Colorado two bunches of
bison, one of 25, and ouo of 11;
27 in Nebraska; about 50 scattered
through the Indian territory; two bunches in
Texas, one of 28 head and one of 8. These
are all that were known to exist of the
many millions that once mode their bomea
on the prairies, and this was in 1888, two
years ago, and even this small number has
been decimated in the lost year or two, so
that about the only chance now remaining;
of killing a buffalo is to hunt on the eastern
border of th Yellowstone park, where ad
occasional straggler makes his way out.
Within the park, protected by stringenO
government regulations, all the big gamd
is multiplying slowly.
THE ELK AND DF.ER SLAYERS.
After the buffalo murderers finally rams
the elk and deer slayers, who in and out ofl
season killed carloads of venison, elk and
untelope meat for snipmeut to the coast. At
one station—Glenwood—2B,ooo pounds of
venison used to be shipped weekly. At ona
time, not over twenty years ago, the elk,
which is the monaroh of all the American
oervidm, was probably the most abundant
game aninal in the west, not oven excepting
the buffalo. Thoy ranged all over
western North America. Their horns,
those large-branohiug, six-pronged antlers,
which are the gl ry of the hunter, are
found over the plains and mountain cran
nies. It was uot an uncommon experience
for tho hunter to come upon a band of S,UOQ
elk at once, and so tame that the band
would stand while the sportsman emptied
his repeating rifle into members of the
group. But now the elk is a doomed ani
mal, and can only be found, as we will see
directly, by following him with hard climb.
Ing through mighty canyons and over stoen
precipices. Into the black timber below
snow, or even sometimes above snow-liud
itself. Well, after many years of
ruthless destruction of her big game, which
with proper care might have furnished food
tea large population for centuries, Colo*
rado passed various laws for their proteo
tion. The law stands In substance now
about this, that no one is allowed to kill
elk, deer or antelope except for his own
use; that no soiling of skins or meat is al
lowed; a heavy fine is placed upon the per
son in whose possession game for sale is
exposed aud upon all public carriers,
railroads, etc., which should be found
transporting it. This much I was
able to make out, before undertaking out
late hunting trip. Therefore, there is very
little destruction of game at present, save
for one’s own personal consumption. It is
the custom of the ranchmen to go out in
the fall and kill thirty to fifty deer, which
they skin and hang up for their winter’!
food. Three years ago a few gormandizing
hunters brought 120 wagon loads of elk oul
of liato’s hole, south of the North Platts
river; but such gr> edinoss is sufficiently
rare to make this single exception to tbf
well ordered preservation of game a note
worthy incident.
A CONTRAST TO A MODERN HUNTING TRIP,
Now, to furnish a contrast to a modern
bunting trip in the 1 Cockles, let us look ai
uno when big game was abundant, a hunt
ing expedition quite famous iu the auual)
of Colorado. Sixteen years ago no on<
could mus finding specimen* of ail the big
game be wanted by a trip to the Rooaies U