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, TfjE morning NEWS, I
(riBU3HED 1360. INCORPORATED 1888. f
j SIA J. H. EKi’ILL, President. I
ALABAMA IN WILD ALARM.
lobs of Armed Miners on the March
in an Ugly Mood.
_
Sheriff Morrow Notifies the Governor
0 f His Inability to Preserve the
p cace Except by Bloodshed—The
governor Thanks the Sheriff for His
Pluck and Orders Out Troops.
Birmingham, Ala., May 25.—The Ago-
Heraid to-morrow will publish the fol- :
lowing correspondence, which explains
itself:
Birmingham. Ala., May 25, 1894.—T0 the
Gove-nor: Since my return from Moatgom
trv'l have thoroughly considered the situa
tion from every standpoint, consulted with
„ e test citizens of our city and community
c 0 ve no especial interest in the matter.
Eternise than in the preservation of the
' aft , and have decided that it would be wi:,e
K, nave more troops than at present in this
county, Stationed atF.nsley City, where they
Mn te more readily used to prevent out
ireahsand lawlessness, which now seems
inevitable. You have already been informed
of the narrow escape from serions riot and
loss of life at Pratt City when I went there to
rreveni the mobbing of a negro on trial be
fore the mayor of that city. You are also
aware that one of the men who had been at
orl; had been assassinated, and that in
jpite of my efforts, and your pro
htoitive proclamation, armed hands,
wli .h it has been impossi le
for 'S to locate and capture be
fore they disperse, have t eeu roam
ing in parts of the country, and
there is the greatest apprehension among
those at work that the constant threats made
against them will result in an attack upon
I them in a body, and destruction of
I property and Individual acts of violence. You
I arealsoawareth.it in some Instances shots
I have been exchanged between strikers and
I guards, and that dynamite has been exploded
I in some places to terrify workmen; and that
in a neighboring county a mob, composed
partly ot men from Jefferson county, used
a;nainlte and destroyed property. The feel
tog is very bitter against the officers
of the law. and constant threats
are made against their lives and
ai; who are encaged in the enforcement of the
law ike strikers regard the state troops as
more directly representing the authority of
state, while they look upon deputies as vol
unteers. who lake the part of these men who
an- opposed to the strikers. Personal an
t.g ..mu to 'he deputies Is very bitter, and in
u measure coine of them return it. While
the .urge u.a.ority of the strikers are doing
their test to keep down lawlessness, they
frankly admit. as their commit
tees do to you, that there are a num
ier oi them whom their commit
tees cannot control, an admission which
is a: ..nduntly proven by the acts of lawless
ness heretofore recited, iam satistled that I
cannot with the civil power control the situ
at,on, unless by very serious bloodshed and
loss of life, and 1 deemed it my duty to iay
the situation thus plainly before you, that
you may determine what is best to be done.
While resolved to execute the law at any
cost, iam exceedingly anxious, as I know
you are. that it shall be done without the
Shedding ot blood. Yours very truly,
George M. Morrow,
Sheriff Jefferson county.
THE GOVERNOR'S REPLY.
Gov. .Tones replied as follows:
Montgomery. Ala.. May 25, 1891.—T0 George
M Morrow, sheriff of Jefferson County, Bir
mingham. Ala.: The honor of the state, the
saving of oioodshed, and the supremacy ot
the law, all require the action you suggest,
ami your views are heartily approved. Ap
propriate orders for the movement of troops
will he issued at once. 1 thank you for the
c .r-L'p. p.Hence and firmness with which
you have acted,
Thomas G. Jones, Governor.
TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
Montgomery, Ala., May 25.—The sheriff
of Jefti-rsoa county writes the governor
that it is impossible for him to preserve
the peace with his deputies and citizens
without serious loss of life and perhaps
property, in consequence of the request,
ami other independent information,
Gov. Jones, as a matter of precau
t:on. has ordered the Second regiment of
■Alabama troops into a camp of instruc
ts,:; at Birmingham, as they go into camp
about this t.me every year at some point
ib tlit state. When their term expires
they will he replaced by another regi
#¥ r,t - He proposes to keep the peace and
■P have force enough to prevent and pun
armed hands roaming around and
fawing peaceable citizens who may
g., ft to engage in their regular occupa-
Rf march of the mors.
Washington, May 25.—A special from
Birmingham. Ala., says: “Last night it
'? as reported to Sheriff Morrow that two
nt, 1 aids of striking miners, about
Pi'each, was passing the Pratt mines
Lpinc in the direction of the Dolomite
pices and tlie Woodward furnace. The
Vi ntrs , at i ’°lomite have been at work
! the strike began. Sheriff Morrow
> it.t forty armed deputiesns scouts to
avv I ', ~t or tlle marauding miners and
•t them at all hazards, as they are
• '"•irngdov. Jones’ proclamation prohi
j ,' i-'tnegathering, or moving from place
m uiiv. ot armed bodies, except when led
hr..,',.; 11 f' Ihe miners at Dolomite, on
- that a mob was headed that way,
~ 1H ‘ a larmed and left there in great
M.-rVif, 18 '. <;ov - -Jones wired Sheriff
ienh l" i to lu ' rest the members of the
■ ami use tho military if nocessary.”
thf. mob scatters.
. Birmingham. Ala., May 25.-The sher
0f "'J 10 went in search of a mob
Df,l„n 1 liU "'ere marching to tho
the-, U -ri IIUn ‘ s lasl niftht failed to find
, ’!’• In °b took to the woods, -and
' dispersed before reaching lloio-
All quiot.
MILITARY AT LASALLE.
ite Miners Decide Not to Resort to
I Violenoe.
U '" May 25.—Mayor Matthls
■sul* (i at a mass mooting of miners
, , ' r ' lfn °dn and addressed them, coun
thi- l "' a ' L \ antl order. He advised that
lib':-!- ,U '' S ins tead of using violence to
j l0!r ‘ . 0 tlu> imprisoned miners, appoint a
take
arvntif!:!. 1 SU ;! IS t 0 suture the release, as
r, 1 "dtew attempted in the pres
as; s tate militia must result dis
ißwti’wii°i r l l'° llliuel ' s - The advice was
knit,, 1111 ' heers, and a eommltte was
rri V ,,i‘„, tir, * e M itavid Hoss. The militia
ko.kw„h 11,10 o’clock and are now at
the ti,-,,';!" 81 ? 8 * of the city limits, in
Audit,, r i l , I . ty . th° LaSalle coal shaft,
tt..;g. r l '?\ ld tiore.of Springfield, is in
Ke-ti,,;," 110 attended tho miners'mass
thissem fompany with Mayor ivlat-
I f. AI! auiet at Stickle Hollow.
I M “y 2B —SMckle Hol-
I P°.ng,,, us .morning and work is
I Myes'o 10e mines as usual. Not one
I turn m..,' j‘. y s fioters lias ventured to re-
Il* Uioii .n, ,! 0 s<, : no of the defeat and It
I tu -ts;ua' lus I'* l * lll will not he again
DIXIE’S PRESBYTERIANS.
Great Success Reported in the Foreign
Missionary Work.
Nashville, Tenn., May 25. —The general
assembly of the Southern Presbyterian
church met in adjourned session to-day.
Lh6 committee on foreign missions re
ported that work had gone forward with
its usual success. The contributions had
been larger, an,t there was a surplus in
the treasury of nearly SIO,OOO. There
were 130 missionaries in the held and 165
native helpers, and 600 communicants had
been added to the church. It was recom
mended that no action be taken as to co
operation in missionary work.
The committee recommended that the
following persons be appointed as mem
bers of the executive committee on for
eign missions;
Alissioners-S. H. Chester, E. A. Mc-
Niel, J. \\ . Lupton, J. H. Brvson, J. W.
Bachman, I{. W. Deed, Angus McDonald,
G. W. Patterson and P. B. Webb.
Ruling Elders—C. A. Thompson, R. C.
Gordon, Z. W. Ewing and W. 11. Ray
mond.
the ad interim report.
Concerning the report of the ad interim
committee, it was recommended that
missionaries have closer relations with
the brethren at home; that the power of
Presbyteries in ordaining and recalling
men for work should be recognized ; that
physicians and teachers should bo
re, ognized as missionaries, and .not
as assistants. It was also reommonded
that the assembly elect S. H. Chester as
secretary of foreign missions one
year; that the executive committee reduce
the expense of missionaries and furnish
a church magazine for 25 cents a year;
that the executive committee bo empow
ered to employ a man to visit the
churches in the interest of the work at a
cost not exceeding $1,500 per annum.
THE MEANS CASE.
The Means case was then taken up and
Dr. Blackburn, representing the Charles
ton Presbytery, concluded his argument.
He was followed by Rev. Dr. Flynn,
representing the synod of South Caro
lina, which reversed the Presbytery and
ordered that she might be admitted else
where. Dr. Flynn defended the synod in
a powerful argument, in which the intri
cate points involved in the question of the
regularity of the case were entered into
and discussed at great length.
Acting Moderator Lapsley called tho
assembly to order at 2 o’clock p. ni. Dr.
Moore introduced a resolution affecting
irresponsible evangelists and unlicensed
persons, which was docketed.
Dr. Flynn then continued his speech
on the judiciary committee report on tiie
Means case, discussed the facts in tho
case and claimed that an unfair distinc
tion had been made in the case of Miss
Means, for other people in the church
were as guilty as she, with the church’s
knowledge. He claimed that the session
had honestly confounded the facts.
USE or THE TELEPHONE.
He argued that that the use of tele
phones on Sunday was a necessity and
the result of Its use was to lessen Sunday
labor. His speech was a strong presenta
tion of the synod's position. Ur. Tupper
followed and spoke in favor of enforcing
the law as it stood, and not construe laws
to fit every case. This was not a ques
tion of what the law should be, but what
it was. If Miss Means’ work was a ne
cessity, she should not be disciplined, if
it was not she should be. Tho question
was, did the synod do right. He argued
that the session and Presbytery did right.
Then the vote was taken, and each
member had two minutes to explain his
vote, end express his views. The roll call
began at 4:20 o’clock, and closed at 5:40.
The result was: Not to sustain the ap
peal from the synod, 77; to sustain 78; to
sustain in part 8.
The following committee was appointed
to state the judgment: Dr. Daniel Me-
Pheter and J. W. Waldon.
A recess was then taken until 8 p. m.
TORE DOWN OUR FRAG.
Drunken Soldiers at St. Thomas, Ont.,
Insult the American Consul.
St. Thomas, Ont., May 25.—The Ameri
can flag in front of the United States con
sul's office in this city was torn down and
destroyed last night, by some of the
“Queen's Own” Rifles of Toronto, while
under the influence of liquor. Some of
the members of the regiment who were in
the crowd protested against the
outrage, but were unable to
prevent their excited companions
from carrying out their intentions. Lieut.
Col. Smith, D. G. A., apologized to the
United States consul, George J. Willis,
for the act, but Mr. Willis would not ac
cept the apology and notified the heads of
his department at Washington and Ot
tawa. The incident is looked upon here
us merely a result of too much whisky,
and while generally regretted by the cit
izens, it is hoped that no serious compli
cations will result.
A RAVI3HER IN A CELL.
An 8-Year-Old Girl His Victim—He
Attempts Suicide.
Roanoke, Va., May 25.—Fred Hairston,
a colored man, about 25 years old, was
arrested to-day for outraging Blanche,
the 8-year-old daughter of Henry
W. Lit'trcU, on Wednesday, May id.
The child and her family
had been threatened with death
if she informed on the negro and her con
dition was only discovered Sunday, when
she was placed in charge of a physician.
To-day she was prevailed upon to tell
who assaulted her. Hairston suspicioned
that his crime had become
known and went to Mrs. Littrell
begged not to be arrested and
threatened to kill himself before
submitting to it. Seeing a policeman
cuter the yard, ho dashed into the kitchen
and slashed his throat with a razor.
After a- terrible strue>rlehe was disarmed,
and his wound wasdressed. He was sent
to Lynchburg ori the noon train to pre
vent the people from taking the law into
their own hands.”
Pullman Employes in Doubt.
c. Txmis May 25.—A meeting of Pull
man employes was hold behind closed
doors last night, at which the men voted
themselves into the loeal branch o. the
American Railway l nion. A grievance
committee of nitio was elected, and it w as
decided to stand by any action it might
take The question of a strike is still m
abeyance, but it will be decided at a
meeting next Sunday.
Evans Carries Wilkes.
Atlanta, Ha.. May 25. -The information
here is that Evans carries Wilkes county.
In seven precincts out of ten, including
Washington, his majority is In. I he
three reinaiu.ng precincts will not change
the result.
SAVANNAH, GA„ SATURDAY. MAY 26,1894.
BLITZ A DEALER IN BRIBES
The Senate Committee Reports the
Charge Proven.
Senators Hunton and Kyle Exone
rated From All Blame in the Matter.
Judgs Dittenhoefer Disputes the
Committee’s Power to Compel the
Newspaper Correspondents to Di
vulge the Names of the Men Who
Gave Them Their Information.
Washington, May 25. The special
committee appointed to investigate the
charges of attempted senatorial bribery
on the part of Charles W. Buttz to-day
submitted their report to tho Senate.
The report of the committee consists of
two printed pages, and the testimony
given before the committee seventy-six
pages. Among other things the report
says; “It appears from the testimony sub
mitted that a certain Charles W. Buttz, of
North Dakota, hut domiciled in Wash
ington since December last, where he has
been engaged as a lobbyist and claim agent,
did, on or about April 1 of this year, at the
house of Senator Hunton, in Warrenton,
Va., during the absence of the senator,
say to his son, Eppa Hunton, Jr., that he
would pay him a contingent fee of 925,000
if he would, by presenting arguments as
to the pending tariff bill, induco his
father, Senator Hunton, to vote against it.
“This offer was declined at once and
peremptorily by Eppa Hunton, Jr., as set
forth in his testimony, and the whole
matter was communicated by him to his
father. Senator Hunton availed himself
of the first opportunity to disclose the
matter to certain of his friends in the
Senate, as appears in the testimony, and
was in uo other way connected with the
transaction.
THE OFFER TO KYLE.
“It is also established by the testimony
that the same Charles W. Buttz, during
the month of March last past, approached
Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, with a
proposition that $14,000 would be paid to
him (Senator Kyle) if he would vote
against ttie pending tariff bill. The said
Buttz, when making this proposition, also
stated to Senator Kyle that the money
uas in tho hands or control of an agent
of certain bankers and capitalists of New
York city, and that the money was in
Washington. Senator Kyle's testimony
is confirmed by that of Mr. Duncan Mc-
Farland, clerk to the committee on educa
tion and labor.
“Senator Kyle is shown by the testi
mony to have communicated this inter
view with Buttz and the offer made to
him to several senators shortly after the
said interview took place.
“Your committee are abundantly
justified in stating that the facts above
recited have been established by the evi
dence, notwithstanding tho denial on the
part of Charles W. Buttz, and they refer
tho Senate to the testimony in detail in
support of this finding.
THE SENATORS EXONERATED.
"Your committee find nothing from
their investigation to impeach, in the
least degree, the honor or character of
Senators Hunton and Kyle. There is no
evidence to show tho truth of Buttz’s
statements to Senator Kyle, or to Eppa
Hunton, Jr., that a syndicate of bankers
and capitalists had raised a sum of money
to be used for the purpose of defeating
the pending tariff bill, or that
there was an agent of such a
syndicate in Washington, or that any
money was in Washington for that pur
pose.* Buttz. denied that he made any
such statement, or that he had or has any
knowledge of the existence of such a syn
dicate. or that he was the agent or repre
sentative of any one. He further donies
that he had any money himself. If. dur
ing the further prosecution of the in
vestigation with which your com
mittee is charged, any evidence
be discovered or suggested tend
ing to support the statements
made to Senator Kyle or to Mr. McFar
land or to Mr. Eppa Hunton, Jr., by
Charles W. Buttz, it will be promptly
laid before the Senate. Until then, your
committee are compelled, upon all the
evidence submitted to them, to reach the
conclusion that the statements of Charles
W. Buttz are wholly untrustworthy.”
CONTINUATION OF THE INQUIRY.
The senatorial bribery committee con
tinued its inquiry to-day into the allega
tions concerning the sugar trust and its
connection with the tariff bill. Messrs.
• Schriver and Edwards, two of the news
paper correspondents who were on the
stand yesterday, were recalled, and re
peated their refusal to give the committee
any informat ion as to the identity of the
men with whom their stories of corrupt
influences originated. Mr. Edwards
had brought Judge Dittenhoefer from
New York with him as coun
sel. To-day Judge Dittenhoefer
was announced as counsel for Mr.
Schriver also. Judge Dittenhoefer ap
peared before the committee and argued
that the committee bad no authority to
compel his clients to answer. He gave
the committee some advice as to the
method of conducting the examination,
stating that it had already enough names
in its possession to begin the important
part of its investigation and that it
was wasting time and accomplish
ing nothing by summoning newspaper
men. He cited the case of Hallett
Kilbourno in support of his contention
that the committee had no right to com
pel a witness to answer by jeopardizing
bis liberty. Tho Kilbourne case was
that of an attempt by a Senate commit
tee to make Mr. Kilbourne answer ques
tions and produce private'books. Tho
recalcitrant witness was sent to jail and
kept there six months. He sued for false
imprisonment and obtained heavy dam
ages.
Harry Walker, tho third correspondent
witness of yesterday, was also recalled,
but ho was given a respite until Monday
on his explanation that he desired to be
represented by counsel, as tho other wit
nesses had been. He has retained ex-
Speaker Sultzer, of the New York state
assembly, as his attorney.
BOt’RKE COCKHAN’S STORY.
There was an error in the report of the
testimony given the committee yesterday
by Mr. Walker about what Congressman
Bourke Cockran had told him with refer
ence to the sugar trust and the Demo
cratic partv. What Mr. Cockran did
say, according to Mr. Walker, was, that
ha was in favor of putting a duly on
sugar, not because of any legal con
nection with the trust, hut because
certain persons “high in authority in the
administration” had told him that tho
Democratic party was under obligations
to the trust for contributions to cam
paign expenses. Walker was not told the
names of these authoritative persons, but
he presumed that the President and Sec
retary Carlisle were meant.
the committee in a quandary.
The early part of the afternoon session
of the committee was devoted to a consid
eration of the question as to what means
should be taken to compel witnesses to
answer questions. Tho Kilbourne case
proved a snag, and there was considera
ble diversity of opinion as to what could
bo done in view of the decision sustaining
Mr. Kilbourne in refusing to answer ques
tions put to him by a Senate committee.
It was finally agreed to iet the matter go
over until to-morrow, when the commit
tee will endeavor to reach a conclusion.
Two witnesses were examined at the af
ternoon session.
Ex-Congressman Ben LeFevre of Ohio,
appeared to testify with reference to a
statement in the Philadelphia Press ar
ticle that Mr. Ilavemeyer, H. L. Terrell,
C- Meyer and Mr. LeFevre represented
the sugar trust at an alleged meeting at
the capitol when the sugar schedule was
rearranged at the instigation of the
trust. The name of Mr. LeFevre was
also suggested yesterday by Correspon
dent Edwards, of tho Philadelphia
Press, as one of those who could throw
light on his allegations. Mr. LeFevre
denied that he was present on the alleged
occasion and also that he had anything
whatever to do with rearranging the
sugar schedule as a representative of the
sugar trust. He even denied that ho
knew the gentlemen named in conneetk*
with himself in the Press article.
SENATOR CAFFERY A WITNESS.
Senator Caffery. of Louisiana, was the
other witness. He was called with ref
erence to a statement in the Philadelphia
Press, that after a conference between
the sugar trust representatives and cer
tain senators, “Senator Caffery drafted a
schedule, Mr. Ilavemeyer looking over
his shoulder and the other members of
the sugar trust watching the senator
with eyes that fairly glistened,” and the
additional statement that the original
draft of the schedule in Senator Caffery s
handwriting was still in the possession of
the finance committee, “with tho approv
ing remarks of the sugar trust on it.”
Senator Ca lery denied these allegations
in toto He said he had not participated
in any conference with tho sugar trust,
and that he did not write any sugar
schedule. He denied, absolutely, every
statement made by Mr. Edwards with
reference to his alleged connection with
the matter.
No witnesses will be examined by the
committee to-morrow, hut the whole day
will be given ud to an attempt to reach
an agreement on the question of com
pelling witnesses to answer. The ex
amination of witnesses will be resumed
Mouday.
WORK OF THE HOUSE.
The Brawley Bill to Be Called Up To
day- An Omnibus Resolution.
Washington, May 25.—1n the House
this morning Mr. Springer stated that he
had expected to call up to-day the Braw
ley bill to suspend the operations of the
10 per cent, tax as to the certificates of
clearing houses and other forms of in
debtedness issued in lieu of money last
summer, but in view of the general de
mand for a private hill day, he would not
antagonize the motion, but would give no
tice that to-morrow he would call it up
immediately after the committees had
been called for reports.
One private bill ran the gauntlet and
was laid aside with a favorable recom
mendation.
Then a long discussion on parliament
ary procedure was precipitated by a
point of order made by Mr. Burrows.
THE OMINIBUS RESOLUTION.
What is known as the “ominibus resolu
tion” was read by the clerk. This was a
resolution coming from the commit
tee on war claims bunching thirty
seven bills in one resolution, and referring
them to the court of claims for adjudica
tion. Mr. Burrows' jioint was that such
a proceeding was unauthorized by the
rules; that each bill must bo acted upon
separately; and that the committee had
no power to initiate such a resolution.
The chair overruled the point of order,
citing precedents in support of his posi
tion.
Mr. Burrows read the bills by titlo,
showing that thev aggregated 91,040,000,
and that they originited in a single local
ity in South Carolina. The House ought
to make a stand against these claims.
BAYERS AOAINST IT.
Mr. Sayers, of Texas, thought it most
remarkable that the war claims commit
tee should have selected these thirty
seven claims introduced by one man and
hunched them that way. He did not
know a single member of the court of
claims, but, acting upon his own Judg
ment, formed from twenty years’ expe
rience iu congress—eight of them on the
committee of appropriations—if the court
found in favor of the legality and full
amount of the claims set up by the claim
ants, he would not vote to pay one of the
judgments, because he would have no
confidence in their conclusions.
Mr. Stockdale, dem., of Mississippi—
But if the claims were just and the loy
alty of the claimants proved.
Mr. Sa.vers —Oh. well, now; I will tell
my friend Franklin what I think upon the
question of loyalty. In the cotton states
which were in rebellion against tho fed
eral government, there were not, on the
average, five men in any community who
were loyal to that government throughout
the war. It is thirty years since that war
ended, and evidence of loyalty is very
easy to procure.
At 5 o’clock, under the rule, the com
mittee rose without coming to any con
clusion on the pending resolution, and tho
House took a recess until 8 o'clock.
The evening session of tho House lasted
an hour and fifty minutes, but no busi
ness was transacted.
JENKINS’ INJUNCTION.
The House Judiciary Committee
Against the Judge.
Washington, May 25.—The results of
the investigation into the action of Judge
Jenkins in tho now celebrated Northern
Pacific! case by tho subcommittee of ttio
llouso judiciary committee have reaehod
the stage of a resolution and two bills
drawn by tho subcominitoee. They
were reported to the full committee to
day.
Representative Terry, * of Arkansas,
drew the resolution, which if indorsed
by tho committtee, will be offered to the
House as an expression of its findings in
the case, and practically amounts to a rep
rimand for the Judgo. The bills prepared
by Representative Boatner, of Louisiana,
are designated to limit the powers of
United States Judges to punish for con
tempt of court and to prohibit them from
enforcing tho performance of contracts
for personal services by .writs of injunc
tion.
Michigan's Democrats.
Detroit, Mich., May 25.—The demo
cratic central committee has decided to
call a state convention at Grand Rapids
on Juno 28. The convention will nomi
nate two United States senators, as well
as slate officers.
MINERS IN BATTLE ARRAY.
They Open the War by Blowing Up a
Shaft House With Dynamite.
Forty-three Deputy Sheriffs Sent to
Guard the Mine Taken Prisoners and
Disarmed—Another Force of 125
Deputies Encamped Behind a Barri
cade of Orossties—Three Hundred
Miners Armed With Winchesters
and 500 Armed With Pistols in Posi
tion to Attack Them at a Moment's
Notice.
Cripple Creek, Col., May 25. -The
striking miners to-day destroyed much
property near this thriving little mining
town, but notwithstanding that many
conflicts seemed inevitable all were
luckily averted, and no lives were lost.
All is quiet to-night, but hostilities are
likely to ho resumed in the morning. Last
February the miners here struck against
the inauguration of the nine-hour. day.
They asked $3 for eight hours work
or pay accordingly for a nine-hour
day. This tho ownors refused and
the mines were closed. The owners
waited some time for a break in the
strikers' ranks, but this failiug to mater
ialize, they requested tile state to send
deputies for the protection of non-union
men with which they proposed to open one
mine, tho Independence, as a test. If those
working the mitie were interfered
with, the deputies were to
arrest the trouble-makers and thus
have a basis for action in the courts.
Last night about 10 o'clock heavily armed
deputies left here to do guard duty at
Victor. Twenty of them were surrounded
there and their arms and ammunition
taken away. Twenty-three managed to
reach the Independence mine, where they
remained until 11 o’clock to-day.
SURROUNDED BY A MOD.
At that hours tiie shaft house was sur
rounded by 300 armed men, and the al
ternative submitted to the deputies to
stack their arms and surrender or be
blown up with giant powder, which had
been placed in beer kegs and
fuses attached and ready for busi
ness on an adjoining hill. The
guards agreed to leave, and were
escorted about a mile by a heavy guard,
and then permitted to return to the city.
'1 he balance of tho force returned here by
a circuitous route, and were not mo
lested.
THE SHAFT HOUSE BLOWN DP.
About 9 o’clock this morning when the
train od the Florence and Cripple Creek
railroad came in sight of Victor, carrying
125 deputies from Denver, the shaft house
of the Strong mine was blown up with
giant powder, the machinery ruined and
the shaft house subsequently burned.
When the explosion occurred, tho train
stopped and the deputies disembarked
and went into camp near the railroad
tracks, where they fortified their
positions with ties and other timber to
resist a night attack if one is made.
There are about 400 miners armed with
Winchester rifles and not less than 800
whose arms are pistols of improved pat
torn with an abundance of ammunition.
NO PITCHED BATTLE YET. •
Stories of pitched battles having been
fought between the miners and the depu
ties are untrue. There is, however, dan
ger that the miners will make battle at
any time on the deputies that came in
from Denver. The latter are not, strong
enough in numbers to resist the force of
miners that can be sont against them at a
moment's notice. Tfie miners have all
the roads heavily guarded, and no one is
allowed to pass the guards without stat
ing his business and destination.
COAL CREEK’S STRIKE ENDED.
The Men Go Back on the Terms in
Force When They Struck.
Washington, May 25.—A special to the
Post from Knoxville, Tenn., says: “The
4,000 miners of the Coal Creek district
who went out on a strike April 21
all returned to work today. Tho
men have been hi utterly destitute
circumstances since the strike went
into effect and were compelled to return
to work or starvo. The terms at which
they go back are exactly the same as
were effective when they went out. The
operators refused to accede to any of
their demands, and are now monarchs of
the situation. Everything is perfectly
harmonious, and the strike is broken, so
far as this district is concerned.
“At Jellico the miners are still out, but
the action of their Coal Creek brethren
iu returning to work has had its effect
upon them, and it is believed they will go
to work the first of the week.
“The men at Oliver Springs have
signified their intention to go back to
morrow.”
PANA READY FOR A FIGHT.
A Mob of Strikers to Maroh on the
Town and the Citizens Under Aritts.
Pana, 111., May 25. -There Is consider
able excitement hero to-night over tho
reported approach of a body of foreign
strikers, estimated from 100 to 1,000 in
number, said to be coming hero
for the purpose of forcing tho
working miners to go out. A mass
meeting of citizens was held to-night at
which nearly 1,500 men volunteered to act
as special deputies to guard the mines.
Eight hundred stands of arms arrived
from Springfield and St. Louis this after
noon and to-night the deputies are armed
and guarding the mines.
THE MARCH DETERMINED ON.
Coal Bluff, Ind., May 25.—Five thou
sand miners had a meeting here this af
ternoon and decided to march en masse to
Pana, 111. <and force the miners there to
quit work. The hour of departure is kept
secret. The situation iu tills district is
becoming serious.
TYNAN WRITES A BOOK.
The Author Telle the Story of the
Phoenix Park Murders.
London, May 25.—Tho St. James Ga
zette announced this afternoon the ap
proaching publication of a book written
by James Tynan, the notorious “Xo. 1,”
who was so long sought after in connec
tion with tho Burke and Cavendish mur
ders iu Phoenix Park, Dublin, in 1882.
'1 he book, it is announced, will give the
full story of the murders, and
deal exhaustively with the move
ments of the Irish revolutionary
and parliamentary parties since
1861. 'i he St. James Gazette, in com
menting on the hook, says: “It is not
generally realized in England how tired
ttie American revolutionists have become
of the constitutional homo rule move
ment. These disclosures are a symptom
of the increased unrest of the physical
force party, and are not unlikely to hasten
the breaking up of the Irish party.”
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
Tho Proceedings Open With a Little
Humor, but Soon Become Dry.
\\ ashingten, May 25. There was more
time sjKint in the Senate to-duv
in voting than in talking, consequently
there was a fair amount of business
transacted. Still, there were some
speeches of more than average interest.
Mr. Blanchard, dem., of I,ouisiana.
talked against the republican senator
from Delaware, Mr. Higgins, and accused
him of phariseeiam in thanking God the
other day, that he did not get his ideas
from the south. He also tried his lance
upon the rules of the Senate, which
ho characterized as a legisla
tive uuuch. But the main point
of his speech was in defense of the sugar
schedule in the bill. On that point he
was met by Mr. Aldrich with the re
minder that he had voted recently in the
House to put sugar on the free list and to
abolish the sugar bounty, and It was in
sinuated by the Rhode Island seuator
that the two Louisiana senators would,
under party exigencies, vote again for a
bill that would do theso things.
THE AMENDE HONORABLE.
The amendo honorablo was made by
Mr. Hoar to Mr. Harris for having dis
respectfully referred to him the day be
fore as a “drum major,” not a general.
An earnest and impassioned speech
was made by Mr. Teller, rep., of Colo
rado, who took the position that tho tar
iff hill would neither benefit nor injure
tho country to the extent that its friends
or enemies predict, and that tho only
remedy for the present depression was a
return to the double standard, with the
mints open to gold and silver at a ratio of
Hi to 1. The aetual progress made in th#
consideration of the tariff bill was
greater than on any previous day, some
thirty-five paragraphs having been dis
posed of.
Till: METAL SCHEDULE CONCLUDED.
The metal schedule (C) was concluded
with a reservation till to-morrow, of the
paragraph as to load, zinc, and watches,
and the wood schedule (D) was reached.
Tho first hall hour of the session was de
voted to Mr. Kyle's resolution in relation
to Hawaii, but that subject was cut off
abruptly at 10:30o’clock, when tho tariff
bill became the reguiur order. The duty
on breech-loading shot guns (paragraph
148), remains at iill per cent, al valorem,
as in the House hill.
Paragraphs 140 and 141, which had been
passed over yesterday, were then taken
up and acted upon Table and carving
knives and forks, valued at or more than
$4 per do/eu pieces, razor and razor
blades, scissors and shears, were placed
(paragragh 140) at 45 percent, ad valorem,
and all other tablo knives, forks, etc., at
35 per cen t.
Mies, file blanks, etc. (141), four inches
iu length and under, wore placed at 30
cents per dozen: over four inches in
length and under nine inches, 60 cents per
dozen ; and nine inches in length or over,
$1 per dozen.
In paragraph 144, sheets, plates, wares
or articles of iron, steel or other metal, en
ameled or glazed with vitreous glasses,
were placed at 85 per coot., us in tho
House hill.
Iu paragraph 145 the duty on cut nails
and cut spikes of Iron or steel, was put at
22 1 ,, per cent, as against 25 per cent, in
the House.
On horse shoe nails, etc. (paragraph
146), 80 per cent, ad valorem.
On wire nails made of wrought iron or
steel (paragraph 147), 25 per cent.
On spikes, nuts and washers and horse
shoes, etc. (paragraph 148), 25 percent.
On cut tacks, brad or spikes (para
graph 149), 25 per cent.
On needles for knitting or seating ma
chines, etc. (paragraph 150), 25 per cent.
On steel plates, engraved, sterot.vpe
plates, etc. (paragraph 151), 25 per cent.
On railway fishplates (paragraph 152),
25 per cent.
On rivets of iron or steel (paragraph
153), 25 per cent, instead of 30, as in the
House bill.
On crosscut saws (paragraph 154), 0
cents per linear foot; on mill saws. 10
cents per linear foot; on pit and drag
saws, 8 cents per linear foot; on circular
and other saws, 25 per cent, ad valorem.
On screws, commonly called wood
screws (paragraph 155), more than two
inches in length, Bcents a pound; over an
inch and not more than two inches, 5
cents; half inch and not more than an
inch, 7 cents; and half inch and less, 19
cents. (In the House bill the duty on
screws was 85 per cent, ad valorem.) On
umbrella and parasol ribs and strotoher
frames, tips, runners, handles or parts
thereof, made in whole or chief parts of
iron, steel or any other metal, 50 percent,
ad valorem.
The duty on aluminum was fixed at 10
cents per pound; on argentine and Ger
man silver, unmanufactured, 15 per cent.;
on brass, in bars or pigs, 10 per cent.;
on bronze powder and bronze,4o per rent.:
on copper, in rolled plates, 20 cents; on
bullions and metal threads of gold, silver
and other metals, 25 per cent.; on gold
leaf,Bo per pent.; on silver leaf and silver
powder, 30 per cent., and on type metal
15 percent.
The paragraphs referring to lead went
over till to-morrow, at tho suggestion of
Mr. Jones, also the zinc paragraph and the
two paragraphs as to watches.
Tho duty on metallic pens, except gold
pens, was fixed at Bcents per gross; on
penholder tips and gold |iens,2s percent.;
on metallic pins, not commercially known
as jewelry. 25 per cent., and on manufac
tured articles and wares of xnetal not
specially provided for in the act, at 30 per
cent. This concluded the metal schedule
except as to the paragraphs reserved for
action to-morrow, and led up to the wood
schedule (I)).
Mr. Jones, in charge of the bill, did not
care to begin that schedule so late in the
day, and after a short executive session
the Senate adjourned at 5:10 p. m. until
to morrow morning.
GOLD FOR EUROPE.
Only $875,000 Engaged at New York
for Shiprntnt To-day.
Washington, May 25.—Treasury officials
were much encouraged this afternoon
when the regular dispatch from New
York stated that only $875,000 in gold had
been engaged at the subtreasury for
shipment to Europe to-morrow. This
only reduces the treasury reserve to D9,-
H8o!oO(>. In this light shipment on Satur
day treasure officials profess to see the
end in sight of gold shipments for the
present.
Nominated bv the President.
Washington, May 25.—The President
to-day sent to the Senate the following
nominations:
( ollector of Customs -Wm. Mioklor, at
St. Augustine. Flu.
Postmasters Virginia, W. O. Blakely,
at JordonsviUe, Tennessee, Ella Lewis,
at Gailaiiti.
1 DAILY. *lO A YEAR,
■( 5 i'ENTS A COPY.
I WEEK I. Y. #1 2j A YEAR.
DEATH METttITH DEFIANCE
A Negro Who Had Killed Five Men
Hanged at Macon.
He Denied the Murder for Which He
Was Hanged, but Boasted That He
Was Guilty of Four Others—The Kill
ing of John Braswell the Crime fol
Which He Was Hanged—His Neck
Broken by the Fall.
Macon, Ca.. May 25.—Henry Miller, the
murderer of John Braswell, a well io de
and highly respectable farmer, living
alout ei(-ht miles from Macon, in the
Warrior district, was hanged to-day in
the Bibb county jail at 12:19 o'clock.
Miller was biought from his cell at 12:14
o'clock, and placed on the scaffold only a
few feet away
He said he would die innocent of th#
crime with which he was charged, bul
that he was present and went through
Mr. Brasswells pockets after he had oeen
killed. He said lie did not see him
killed, but saw a man with the gun with
which he was killed a few minutes after
the killing.
Here he paused as if he had said all he
intended to say, but Rev. Garner, a
colored preacher, and the only preacher
he would let see him, asked him who had
tho gun. He replied George Troutman.
TROUTMAN DISCHARGED.
George Troutman was arrested for tho
crime at the same time with Miller, but
afterward acquitted, there being no evi
dence against him except Miller's testi
mony, which was to the effect that a sack
of hour covered with blood, and a few
other articles belonging to Mr. Braswell,
found m Miller's possession had been
given him by George Troutman. He pos
itively refused to make any further state
ment, and after sa.t ing that Jailer Bird
song had been kind to him he ex
pressed himself as ready, and Sheriff
Westeott sprung tho trap at 12:19 o’clock.
11l three and three-fourths minutes
Miller's pulse ceased, and in exactly five
minutes he was pronounced dead by three
physicians. His neck was broken by tho
tali of six feet two Inches. About fifty
people saw the execution, and all decided
that it was more neatly executed than
any they had ever seen.
THE DEAD MURDERER.
Miller was 20 years old. Ho lived in
the Warrior district, seven miles from Ma
con, and near where John Braswell was
murdered on the night of Sept. 19, 1898.
The murder was tho most horrible that
lius occurred In Bibb county since the
Woolfolk murder, Mr. Braswell having
been shot in the head with a load of slugs
and buckshot ami his throat cut from ear
to ear while on his way from Macon.
His mules carried his dead body home,
where It was found In an upright position
in the wagon by his family tho next rnoru-
Ing.
FIVE NEGROES ARRESTED.
Five negroes. Henry Miller, Oeorgo
and Edmond Troutman, Nero Bird and
Wash Boston were arrested on the fol
lowing da,y for the murder, but all have
been released except Miller and Boston,
Miller having first been sentenced at the
November term of court to hang on Dec.
15 and Boston sentenced to life imprison
ment. Miller’s ease was appealed to the
supremo court, which affirmed the judg
ment of the court below. He was re
sentenced to hang to-day.
miller’s claim.
The night of Miller’s arrest he told
that he received the goods found in his
possession from George Troutman and
has stuck to it ever since, although all
kinds of Inducements have been offered
him to inako a clean breast of tho affair.
He has been sullen and morose since his
incarceration and retimed to talk with
any one, even his mother being unable to
get him to listen to her. Yesterday he
said he could live in hell as long as any
body, and asked Sheriff Westeott to
throw his body in the river.
Just before the hanging to-day he told
a negro preacher, the only person to
whom lie would talk, that he was inno
cent of killing Mr. Braswell, but he
robbed his pockets after someone else
had killed him.
CONFESSED FOUR OTHER MURDERS.
He also said he had committed enough
crimes to justify his hanging, and ad
mitted to having murdered and robbed
Pink Ryan, a night watchman for the
Metropolitan Street Railroad Compafiy,
a little over a year ago. This murder has
always been a mystery heretofore. Ho
also said he had killed three men at
various points on the Ocmulgee river. He
was defiant to tho last, and never showed
any signs of weakness.
SLOWLY STRANGLED.
A Texas Train Robber and Murderer
Dies on the Gibbet.
New Orleans, May 25. A special to the
Times-Democrat from San Antonio, Tex.,
says: “Joe Guiles, alias John D. May,
the 22-year-old train robber, who killed
Fireman Frank Martin, expiated his
crime on the gallows at Karnes City,
forty miles south of here, this afternoon
at 4:10 o'clock. Ho was strangled to
death, it being twenty-three minutes be
fore life berurne extinct. Tho scone was
a horrible one, several of the spectators
fainting. The prisoner bore up well to
the very last.”
AUGUSTA’S CONVENTION.
Secretary Patrick Arrives With a
Dorps of Assistants.
Augusta, Ga.. May 25.—Secretary John
T. Patrick, of tho Southern Immlg&tlon
Convention, with a corps of assistants, ar
rived in Augusta to-day to prepare for
the Southern Immigration uml Industrial
Congress, which meets in Augusta May
80, 81 and Juno 1. Letters from govern
ors. United States senators, congressmen,
railway officials, editors and delogatos
show tho greatest enthusiasm in tho
movement for southern immigration, and
the prospects arc for a very large attend
ance.
Roanoke's Election.
Roanoke, Va , May 25.—Jones, dem.,
for mayor. Is footed by 10 majority over
Ergliby, rep. The democrats lose tho
common wealth attorney and commis
sioner of revenue. The remainder of
their ticket is elected by 000 to 800. Jones’
vole is onlv 25 behind last fall. Tho city
council stands 13 democrats to 7 republi
cans, a gain of 2 for the republicans. The
full vote of the drys cut Joucs.
A Dynamite Plot at Buenos Ayres.
Buonos Ayres. May 25.—A plot to blow
up the parliament buildings and bourse
by the use of bombs has been discovered
here. The police found several bombs,
and arrested two Austrians and an
Italian charged with complicity iu the
conspiracy.