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f THE MORNING NEWS, I
, established ifso Incorporated 1888 •
| J. H. EAi'ILL, President. )
Bill DM.
Compers Hesitates to Order
a Strike.
RAIL TRAFFIC RESUMED.
Egan Says There Is No Shortage of
Men.
SLOPE STRIKERS SEIZED
Teu of Sacramento’s Riot Lead
ers in Cells.
The Federation of Labor Officials Urge
President Cleveland to Go to Chi
cago—Gen. Coxey in the City— A Sen
try on the Pan Handle Tracks Fired
On—The Strikers Returning to Work
at Many Points Outside of Chicago.
A List of the Trades Union Men on
Strike.
Chicago, July 12.—The managers of the
Western Union Telegraph, the Postal
Telegraph and Cable Company and the
North American Telegraph Company
have been subpoenaed at Chicago, Mil
waukee and various other cities to appear
and produce the telegraphic correspon
dence of President Debs and other par
ties connected with the Pullman boycott
and strike.
DEFENSE OF DEBS.
The most important movement made
to-day by the American Railway Union,
was the conference between the execu
tive board and W. W. Irwin, the attorney
who successfully defended the Home
stead strikers. The plan of the execu
tive body of the union is to en
deavor to bring about the indict
ment of the general managers for
conspiracy and being equally respon
sible for the obstruction of the mails on
the ground that the general managers
met and organized for the purpose of de
feating the strikers before the boycott
and strike was declared. Mr. Erwin was
to have given a decision this afternoon,
but afterward notified the board that he
would not be able to give a definite opin
ion before to-morrow. It is possible that
when President Debs is actually on trial
Col. R. G. Jngersoll wilt be the principal
counsel. When asked to-day whether the
famous lawyer would be retained, Mr.
Debs gave an evasive answer.
MEETING OF THE FEDERATION.
The union officials placed great weight
to-day on the meeting of the American
Federation of Labor. The first move
ment unfriendly to the strike was the re
fusal to admit General Master Workman
Sovereign to the meeting. President
Debs and the union leaders have been
greatly worried all day about the action
of the federation, and as per agreement,
adjourned their meeting early in order
to be at the call of the federated
orders. The call did not come in time,
and Vice-President Howard was sent to
the Briggs house to ascertain the diffi
culty. Mr. Howard returned with an un
certain report and the matter is yet in
doubt. A meeting was finally arranged
for 8 o’clock to-night.
Unfriendly action by the federation
will mean a great reduction in the local
force of trades strikers, unless the
unions conclude to act within themselves.
TIIE UNION STRIKERS.
Up to 4 o'clock p. m., the following
unions and numbers were reported at the
headquarters of the American Railway
Union as being on strike:
Iron workers - 1.700
Painters 3 500
Bakers 1,000
Machinists 50J
Planing men Biiq
Decorators 300
Silvergllders - 310
Cabinetmakers (500
Cigurmakers 4,000
carriage and wagon makers 700
Teamsters 1.500
Cloak makers 1,400
Lake seamen . 3,(AK)
Moulders 500
Tinners 1,000
Glassworkers .. 70
Beer pump workers 200
Total of trades unions 21.8(55
In addition to this there are about 10,-
000 Knights of Labor, of which 6.000 were
thrown out of work by the closing down
of packing houses and factories.
MEETINQ OF THE FEDERATION.
The executive committee of the fed
eration of labor, five members of which
" ere in secret session all the morning, at
11 o'clock convened with a large number
of officials and representatives of labor
unions, at the Briggs house. Among tho
national labor organizations repre
sented were: Printers, cigarmak
ers, painters decorators, carpen
ters, brewers trainmen, minors,
firemen, building and trades council,
bakers, tailors, iron and steel workers,
musicians, machine, wood workers, and
seamen, said to represent in all about
(KM,OOO men. The meeting was presided
over b.v President Goinpers, and the
Sll ike situation from tho time ol its in
ception was fully investigated. Particu
lar attention was paid to the Pullman
strike and reports were hoard from vari
ous local organizations which had
already decided to strike. Neither Pres
ident Debs nor General Master Workman
Sovereign was present at the morning
session, but it was announced that Presi
dent Debs would be called into the confer
ence before it closed. There seemed to
be a desire on the part of many of those
present to give Mr. Sovereign no invita
lll>n to attend the conference, although It
"as stated by a number of tho federation
executive council that lie might be called
tm some time during tho meeting. It was
spl'aient that the knights of Labor were
eot looked upon with laxor, and the indl
-1 Minns were that a ruction hetwoeg that
oriinr and the federation might be Ucvel
tll|eii at the conference.
fp)£ Moininq
THE NIGHT SESSION.
Chicago, July 13. 2 a. m.— A night ses
sion of the executive board of the federa
tion was held to-night at the Briggs
house, for the purpose of con
sidering the question of adding
the strength of the federation to
to Pullman boycott by ordering
a sympathetic strike of all the members
of the federation. President Gompers
invited President Debs and Vice Presi
dent Howard af the American Railway
Union to the meeting to confer
with and ask their counsel in regard
to the strike situation. The exec
utive officers of both unions remained in
se ret session until long after midnight,
and then no agreement had been reached
as to the main question of ordering a
strike. In fact there is a division among
the members of the executive board of the
federation in regard to the question, nnd
it is not likely to be settled until to-mor
row, even it is settled then. Tho
failure of the American Federation of
Labor to give support to the railroad
strike of the American Railway Union
would, in the opinion of union leaders,
work greatly to the detriment of the Pull
man boycott and seriously atfoct the situ
tian in so far as it relates to the strike on
the railroads.
STOCK YARDS STRIKE.
The stock yards striko spread during
the morning to about 800 men. They
were employed as meat cutters, roust
abouts and general laborers. The move
ment is not concerted. ami in
many departments the strike is not felt,
while in others no one was at work.
Swift, Armour, and Morris are all at
work. They are buying all of the live
stock offered, and are killing and ship
ping it as fast as possible. For every one
of the 800 men on strike two stand asking
for employment. There is no trouble
whatever, and the men at work say there
will be none.
The General Managers' Association has
decided to discontinue its information
bureau to-morrow, alleging that the strike
troubles are now practically over. The
general managers say the railroads are
now practically in their usual operation
and have no further need of the assist
ance which the bureau has been giving
them.
A CALL ON CLEVELAND.
Labor Leaders Urge Him to Go to
Chicago to Confer.
Chicago, July 12.—The following tele
gram was sent to President Cleveland
this afternoon by the American Federa
tion of Labor conference:
The gravity ot the industrial situation of
the country demands extraordinary and ex
ceptional action of a conciliatory character
at the hands of all men. Recognizing the
fact the executive council of the American
Federation of Labor and the undersigned
executive officers of national and international
trades unions and the brotherhoods of rail
way organizations of America are in
conference in this city, we ask you.
In the name of the working people and
the entire citizenship of our country, to
lend your Influence and give us your aid, so
that the present industrial crisis may be
brought to an end, alike to the advantage of
the people of our country and the institutions
under which we live. We therefore ask you
to come to C’hieago and meet tills conference,
or If the state of pubjic business does not
warrant such a course, that you will deputize
someone as your representative.''
Exf-cutive Counch, American Federa
tion of Labor.
Sk Mitel Gompers. President.
C. P. McGuire, Ist V. P.
C. L. Dkummon, 2d V. P.
Jas. Brktelle, 3d V. P.
Wm. Marden, 4th V. P.
J. H. Lennon, Treasurer.
Chris. Evans, Secretary,
and representatives of organizations present.
The telegram was addressed simply:
“To the President of the United States.”
The strike situation throughout the
country to-day was in general one of
quietness.
THE MEETING OF THE LEADERS.
The central point of interest has been
the meetiug of the labor leaders with
President Gompers of the American Fed
eration of Labor at their head in this city.
Tt is admitted that the action of that
body, if taken unanimously, will have a
marked effect on the situation, and people
well informed as to the position of the
persons composing it express the opinion
that unanimous action by it except in the
direction of quieting the present agitation
or turning it into other channels is un
likely. It is known that several sug
gestions are being considered b.v these
leaders. Among them are the following:
1. That the striking Pullman employes, on
high patriotic grounds, appeal to President
Dels to declare the strike off. because of the
infinite damage which is being done to the
business of the conntry.
2. That the leaders unite in an appeal to
the public to quit patronizing Pullman
sleepers, drawing room and dining cars.
3. That President Cleveland be requested
to appoint a commission to investigate the
strike and the causes which led up to it. in
the expectation that the report of sueh com
mission would justify the action taken by the
strikers and free them from charges of riot
ing and disorder.
4. That immediate efTorts he made tosecure
the impeachment of Attorney GeneralOlney.
5. That an elTort be made to secure passage
of a compulsory arbitration law by congress.
6. That complaints he lodged looking to the
indictment of the railway mtnagers for con
spiracy to obstruct the movement of the
United States mails by refusing to ruu mail
cars except in connection with Pullman cars.
COXEY ON THE SCENE.
W. W. Erwin, who has‘been secured
to defend President Debs and the direc
tors of the American Railway Union, ar
rived in the city to-day from St. Paul, in
company with “Gen.” J. S. Coxey of
Massillon, O. Mr. Erwin said he had not
sufficient knowledge of the situation to
talk about it. JohnF. Getting, Mr. Debs’
old attorney, will act as Mr. Erwin's co
adjutor in the courts.
A sentry stationed one block south of
Forty-ninth street ou the Pan Handle
tracks, was fired at to-da.v by someone in
ambush. Tho shot went wide of its mark,
but the gentry tired in return. Later
John Stephaniszki was located with a bul
let hole in his hand. He is supposed to
have fired the shot at the sentry. He
was not arrested.
The railroads centering in Chicago
ciaim they are able to hire ali the help
they need. At tho office of the general
managers the estimate is made that 18.-
000 or 20,000 men identified with Chicago
railroads in the Chicago territory went on
strike. The employment agency created
by the association has hired 2,500 or 3,000
men and distributed them among the roads,
and the companies acting ou their own
responsibility have hired probably double
that number, making about 7,500 or 8,000
in all. The association bureau has as
signed the largest number of men to the
Atchison. Next in order is the Wabash,
and then the Great Western, Chicago and
Northern Pacific and Illinois Central in
the order named.
EGAN ON THE SITUATION.
General Manager Egan said to-day:
“The roads at this juncture ure lh uiueh
the iKisitiou of a merchant whose place of
business bus been burned down. He re
builds at once, hut the reconstruction
takes time, and when he is ready to begin
business again, it, will take some little
time additional for the public, to become
accustomed to the new order of
SAVANNAH, GA„ FRIDAY. JULY 13,18114.
j things, and feel a full sense
of restored confidence as of
yore. The railroads have plenty
of help to take care of the traffic now
offering. As this traffic enlarges they
will need more men. That they will be
able to get all the men they will require,
: is a proposition that does not admit of a
shadow of a doubt. They could double
their force in forty-eight hours if there
should be occasion for such a rapid in
crease. We consider the strike over,
though it would be folly to assume that
the effects of the trouble can be effaced
at once.
SACRAMENTO’S STRIKERS.
Ten Under Arrest in Connection With
the Lawlessness.
Sacramento, Cal., July 12. Officers
have found the concealed tools with
which the rails were loosened from the
track of the Southern Pacific railway,
near Washington, Yolo county, causing
the wrecking last evening of a train from
this city to San Francisco and the killing
of the engineer and three privates of the
regular army. The officers know the per
sons to whom the tools belong. The loco
motive lay this morning on its hack
in the slough, by the side of
the broken bridge, with three of
the cars of the train. Under the
wreck in the stagnant water are tho
bodies of the engineer who held the throt
tle aud the three privates. Of the four
men who were injured, one, Wesley Du
gan, a private in battery L, Fifth United
States artillery, died to-day, suffering
terribly. He was on the tender of the en
gine and was thrown to the shore of the
slough. One of his arms was torn from
the socket and broken in three places, and
his jaw was also broken. One soldier
crawled out of the water from beneath
the submerged tender unhurt. The en
gineer. Clarke, evidently stayed at his
post to the last.
THE TWO MEN ARRESTED.
The two men arrested near the scene of
the disaster are named H. E. Bodmer and
William Burt. Roth are prominent mem
bers of the railway union. An engineer
who was on the train saw these men just
before the train left the track aud pointed
them out to the marshals. Both were
heavily armed.
Two other men were arrested in the
city last night. One was A. W. Green
law, a machinist, who was conspicuous in
the recent violence of the strikers toward
Marshal Baldwin and his men. The
fourth was A. P. Warden, who was a
delegate to the national conven
tion of the American Railway
Union at Chicago just before the
strike was ordered. He is the most
important prisoner of the four. He is
charged with murder in addition to the
charges of obstructing the mails and con
spiracy, that were entered agaiust the
others. All four prisoners wore taken to
the county jail. Justice Nevins fixed the
bail of Bodmer, Burt and Greenlaw at
$2,000 each. Warden," howoTer. was not
admitted to bail. The state will probably
charge him with train wrecking, which
is punishable by death.
MANY FIREARMS FOUND.
In the search for arms thirty-seven
rifles were found at the strikers’ head
quarters. and large quantities of ammu
nition, some shotguns, sabers and seven
jute sacks containing as many hundred
pounds of slugs, each an inch long and
half an inch in diameter. These are sup
posed to have been intended for use as
canister shot in cannon. A bakery known
as a hotbed of anarchy was searched
and several revolvers were picked
up around the floors, having ap
parently been discarded by the
owners from fear of personal search.
There is a small dynamite scare in town.
Previous to the arrival of tho regulars
the strikers threatened to mine the depot
building witli dynamite, and search is
being made for it,. There was some talk of
putting the city under martial law at 10
o’clock last night, but it was not done,
and Assistant District Attorney Knights
said it probably would not bo unless the
strikers continue to oppose the govern
ment and commit acts of violence.
TESTIMONY AGAINST WARDEN.
The evidence connecting Warden, one
of the men arrested in connection with the
tragedy yesterday, is becoming very
definite. John Shelburn. a young man,
has reported that he drove several of the
strikers in a carriage from Sacramento ro
tho scene of the wreck shortly before the
accident. They got out of thecarriage at
the bridge. They had tools and dyna
mite with them. They then ordered him
to drive on. Shortly after the train came
along and he saw it ditched. He posi
tively identified Warden as one of the
men.
SIX ARRESTS AT A BRIDGE.
An engine and one ear was sent to the
American river bridge shortly before noon
with about fifty regulars who expected to
be stationed there to do guard duty. The
party returned at 1 o’clock this after
noon with six prisoners captured
on the bridge. The deputy mar
shals who accompanied tho soldiers
say that thero was nothing suspicious in
the condvJct of the men. The track was
clear to the bridge, a distance of four
miles, but just before they readied the
trestle a torpedo exploded beneath the
wheels. It did no damage. During the
trip to the bridge soldiers were stationed
at the windows on both sides of the car,
with their rifles cocked and ready for
action.
A SURRENDER AT LOS ANGELES.
All the Railway Mon Decide to Return
to Work.
Ixts Angeles, July 12. —The engineers of
both the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
railroads decided last night to return to
work in a body. This action will be fol
lowed by the conductors, switchmen,
brakeinen and firemen. The meeting was
a long one and much hard feeling was
engendered among the men, but the final
action was practically unanimous, and,
unless reconsidered, will end the strike
here. The firemen wore the last to come
in. The officers of both roads say the
men will have to present applications and
take their cnances with the new men.
One of the Santa Fe officials was heard
to remark that he would like to see all
the qld men bark as fust as possible.
Engineer McNeill of the Santa Fe, who
was tlie first engineer to take out a traiu
throe days ago, was waylaid on the street
last night and horribly beaten by un
known persons.
THE STHIKK ENDED.
So far us Ixtst Angeles is concerned
the strike is over. Evcny many of the
strikers udmit that the strike is a thing
of the past. The Santa Fe strikers are
hastening to make applications for places.
Trains are running all over Southern
California, pusengor and freight, and
with few exceptions are running as no
fore the strike. The Santa Fe is regu-
larly sending out its overlands with a
a complement of troops and deputies
aboard each train. The greatest event of
the day was the departure of a Southern
Pacific passenger train for San Francisco.
Shortly before noon the train pulled out
of the Arcade depot for the north. It was
the first train sent north in twelve days.
All local trains are running on the South
ern Pacific on schedule time.
OLNEY OFFEKS REWARDS.
Washington, July 12.- Attorney General
Olney has sent the following telegram to
Marshal Baldwin:
Department of Justice. Washington. D. C.,
July 12, 1894. -Baldwin.United States Marshal,
San Francisco. Cal.: Offer immediately a re
ward of $5OO for the arrest and conviction of
each person KUilty of wrecking an engine on
the Southern Pacific railroad on the 11th in
stunt, resulting in the death of the engineer
and three private soldiers of the I nited
States. Olney. Attorney General.
STTIKERB RAID A nOUND HOUSE.
West Oakland. Cal., July 12.—A num
ber of strikers made a raid on the round
house hero at 2 o’clock this morniug. Be
ing unable to offoct an entrance they
ditched two engines and several cars,
thereby flustratiug any attempt to run
trains to Santa Cruz, to-day.
The steameY*A!emeda arrived at 4 p. m.
with marines from Mare Island. They
were at once landed at tho pier and the
railroad company commenced their work
of removing the derailed ears from the
tracks. There was a great crowd of
strikers at the scene, but no serious oppo
sition was offered.
ALL RIGHT AT KANSAS CITY.
The Passenger Service of the Roads
Nearly Fully Restored
Kansas City, Mo.. July 10.—Pnssenper
service on the Kansas City railroads is
fully restored to-day with the exception
of the fast night train to and from Mem
phis on the Kansas City, Fort Scott and
Memphis road, the night train toandifrom
Denver on tho Union Pacific rail
way, a 4 p. m. train to Chicago and
the 9:25 o’clock local morning train from
Chicago on the Rock Island road. Trains
are running ou lime as usual, aud none of
the effects of the strike remain as far as
the operation of trains is concerned. The
freight service has been generally re
sumed on all lines. The Kook Island has
reinstated the employes laid off and
opened all of its offices for business as
usual.
DEBS AGAIN RESTRAINED.
An Omnibus Bill Issued Against Him
at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, 0., July 12.—Another omni
bus bill and restraining order was issued
against E. V. Debs and others by Judge
Taft of the United States circuit court
to-day similar to that filed here
on July 4. It covers the Pitts
burg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Ixiuis,
the Columbus, Hocking Valley and
Toledo, tho Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago and St. I aiuis; the Columbus,
Akron and Cleveland; the New York,
Lake Erie and Wtslerh: the New York,
Pennsylvahla and OttTo; the Norfolk and
Western, the Baltimore and Ohio, the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, the
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railways.
NEW ORLEANS CALMS DOWN.
The Northeastern Road's Strikers Re
sume Work.
New Orleans, July 12.—The striking
switchmen and firemen on the North
eastern railroad have been replaced, and
all trains are moving without interrup
tion.
The yardmen at Meridian have also
been replaced by men brought from Cin
cinnati. None of the strikers will be
taken back.
There are two fiozen locomotive en
gineeis here who were ready to take
situations if the engineers had gone out,,
but so far they have nothing to do. All
trains are moving on time.
A BOYCOTT ON THE A. R. U.
The Louisville and Nashville Won’t
Employ Members.
Louisville, Ky., July 12.—Division
Superintendent Pike of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad has issued an order re
quiring all members of the American
Railway Union in tho employ of the road
to withdraw from the order. No man
known to be a member will be permitted
to go out with a train without showing a
certificate of withdrawal from the organi
zation. Applications for reinstatement by
strikers have been refused and tho men
were informed that their places had been
filled.
No Trouble at Buffalo.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 12.—There is less
likelihood of striko here now than at any
time since the Pullman trouble began.
Railroad men outside of the American
Railway Union look upon the strike in
the west as practically broken. Trains
are now running on schedule time on all
roads.
Still Out at Toledo.
Toledo, 0.. July 12.—Everything was
quiet this morning. Tho men were still
out on ten roads, although on tho Ohio
Central and Pennsylvania they would go
to work any time if not in fear of violence
at the hands of the strikers.
Ended at Cleveland.
Cleveland, July 12.—As far as Cleve
land is concerned the great striko is at an
end.
All Over at Detroit.
Detroit, Mich . .July 12.—A1l roads are
handling freight and the striko is over.
CLEVELAND’S COMMISSION.
The Government to Investigate the
Great Strike.
Washington, July 12.—President Cleve
land informed a committee representing
organized labor this afternoon that he
would in the near future appoint a com
mission of three members, of whom the
United States commissioner of labor shall
beth 6 chairman. under chapter 1,066 of;
the laws of 1888, to inquire into and in •
vestigate thoroughly tho causes leading
up to tho present labor disturbance j
of the country. This announcement was
made at the executivo mansion at 5
o'clock to.l. W. Hayes, general se rotary
of the Knights of Labor, T. B. McGuire
and C. A. French. These gentlemen
called by an appointment arranged earlier
in the day. They were shown into tho
President's working room, where they i
presented their credentials and made a
formal application to the President to j
appoint a hoard of arbitration under tho |
law of 1888.
THE mSSIDIgT’S KEILY.
The President listened to tho lsl>or men
present their views and then told them j
that as a condition precedent to luakiag 1
such an appointment, all tho strikes must
be called off by organized labor, and all
violence and mob rule cease. He in
formed them that law and order must he
restored before lie would take any steps
looking iu the direction of ascertaining
the causes that produced the
condition of affairs. United States troops
would still be retained in the disturbed
sections to see that the orders of tho
United Slates courts were enforced, in
. terstate traffic must he resumed and
peace restored throughout the country
The labor committee was giveu
to understand that this commis
sion w’ould be appointed apart from any
demands made by the strikers for arbi
tration. In fact, the commission would
have, under the law. no power to arbi
trate, but simply to investigate and re
port its conclusions to the President and
to congress.
Private Secretary Thurber late to-night
authorized this statement iu regard to
the President's intended appointment of
a commission.
AN APPLICATION FOR A COMMISSION.
Senator Kyle introduced to the Presi
dent, by appointment, this afternoon, a
committee representing various labor or
ganization. who applied to him for the
appointment of a commission to investi
gate the causes of tho late strike contro
versies between certain railroads which
xvere affected thereby and their em
ployes. The law passed on Oct. 1,
1888, especially authorizes the ap
pointment of such a commission
and defines its duties. It pro
vides that the commissioner of labor
shall be the chairman and that two other
commissioners shall be appointed b.v the
President. It appearing to the President
that the parties were entitled to such a
commission, he determined to organize it
for the purpose of investigation. The
commissioners to be appointed by him
have not been selected and it will proba
bly be a number of days before the ap
pointments are announced.
HENRY GEORGE HOWLS.
A Mesting at Cooper Union Rod Hot
Against President Cleveland.
New York, July 12. —The labor demon
stration at Cooper Union to-night wuis
one of the most extraordinary outpour
ings of people ever seen in this
city. The meeting was called
to express sympathy with the
strikers in Chicago and elsewhere in
tho west, aud as an expression of sympa
thy, it was a derided suceoss. It was a
meeting which expressed its convictions
in the loudest ways hissing and hooting
the name of President Cleveland so vehe
mently that Henry George, who was
speaking, had to cry. "What's the use”’
Daniel Harris, who presided, in a brief
speech introduced Mr. George, who proved
the star speaker of the evening. He was
more than usually vehement in denuncia
tion of the use of the federal troops to
put down the strikers. In the stand
they took, he said, Gov. Altgeld and Gov.
Waite were right and the action of the
President in sending troops was an arro
gant assumption of authority. He would
rather see all tho railroad property of the
country burned —all tho rails torn up—
than to see them preserved by force
of arms. The millionaires had
made their money by robbery and de
bauchery ; by the purchase of frauds aud
legislation ; and now they want to uso tho
bayonets and arms of federal troops, and
for that purpose tho rights of the states
were being encroached upon by the fed
eral authorities.
GOES FOR THE PRESIDENT.
Then Mr. George entered into a lengthy
condemnation of President Cleveland,
who, he said, from tho first had taken tho
part, of the capitalists against tho strik
ers. Every mention of the President’s
name w as greeted with a storm of hisses.
Mr. George further condemned tho
President for his appointment of federal
I officers in the west.
“What are you going to do about it’”
he asked.
“Impeach him!” shouted ono voice.
“Hang him I” shouted another.
Nearly everybody seemed to liavo a
remedy.
Mr. George, however, differed from all
their suggestions. He said the President
would have to he fundamentally changed.
The condition of the laborers could not
be improved by strikes, because
there was not a city, town or hamlet in
the country where there were not men to
take the places of strikers. Trades
unionism, with its weapon, the strike, is.
and always has been, a failure. Then,
getting in a word in favor of his
pet theory, Mr, George said that
the key to the labor question lay in tho
laud question and the destruction of
monopolies lay in the adoption of tho
single tax idea. There were a few hisses
at this, but they were drowned in the
greater volume of cheers.
BATTLE OF THE BOYNE.
Green Ribbon Irishmen Attaok a Pro
cession of Orangemen.
Philadelphia. Pa., July 12.—The battle
of the Boyne was fought over again to
| night in the very heart of the citv, and as a
i result about twenty Irishman are nursing
sore heads and cut faces, and a
dozen- more are in the police sta
tion charged with inciting a riot.
The local societies of Orangemen
had celebrated the day with a
picnic at Rising Sun park, and with ban
ners flying they were parading down
Broad street on the way back to their
lodge rooms. At Cherry streot, under
the shadow of the Academy of the Fine
Arts, a gang of green ribbon men became
enraged at the tune played by the organ
ization's hand and a shower of bricks
Hew into the ranks of the marchers. The
pioneer corps, armed with sabers
and axes, charged on their assail
ants and for a few minutes there
was about as lively a riot as Philadelphia
has seen in recent years. The reserves
were promptly ordered out from the city
hall, only a block away, and the rioters
were clubbed intosubmission. At Hahne
mann hospital, close by, some twenty men
had wounds more or less serious at
tended to.
Daniel Kielt.oneof the attacking party,
had his face split open with a saber and
received several other severe wounds.
Michael Burn, one of his companions, !
was chopped over tlie head with an ax,
and both are in a serious shape.
After the police had dispersed tho mob
nnd lo ked up a score of the rioters, the
local Orangemen resumed their march to
the tune of “Boyne Waters,” which
caused the ruction nil had enjoyed so
mnch
Killed on a Trestle.
Columbia. S. C., July 12. A 10-ycar-old
negro child named Clark was run over ami
killed by an Atlantic Coast Line train
near Oakley, in Berkeley county to-day.
Tlio child was caught ou a trestle.
Carolina’s Tax Assessment.
Columbia, S. t!., July 12.—The state
hoard of equalization adjourned to-day
The assessment of real property in the
slate was raised from (6>5,000,000 to 4!ho.
uou.ooo.
PRENDERGAST’S doomsday.
The Murderer of Mayor Harrison to
Hang To-day.
Chicago, July 12.—Prondergast must
die on the gallows to-morrow, the last
loophole of escape from capital punish
ment having been closed to-day, for the
murder of Mayor Carter Harrison, on
Oct. 28, last.
A more protracted and shrewder effort
to save a murderer from death has never
been made by lawyers for a client In the
history of American jurisprudence. The
attorneys for the condemned man
made their final plea in
court for a stay of execution this
morning before Judge Grosscup in the
United States circuit court, first making
application for a writ of habeas corpus.
Attorney Gregory's main point was that
Prendergast. when being sentenced by
Judge Brentano. was not asked the con
stitutional question if lie had anything to
say why sentence of death should not be
passed upon him. Although the record
shows tho question was not put,
Judge Brentano did ask the
prisoner, who responded with a long and
incoherent speech. The attorneys had no
expectation that tho writ of habeas cor
pus would be issued, and the burden of
their arguments was for a stay of execu
tion pending an appeal to tho United
States supreme court.
THE WRIT DENIED.
Judge Grosscup denied the writ and
telegraphed to Judge Woods at Indianap
olis. asking him to come to Chicago to
night or to-morrow to consult as to grant
ing the stay of execution.
A motion was then made to appeal to
the supreme court of the land from the
decision, and the lawyers argued for a
stay of execution pending tho hearing of
the appeal. Judge Grosscup wrote
a note to Sheriff Gilbert requesting him
to postone othe exoeutlou until
the last moment specified in the warrant.
The sheriff replied that while he would
act with all due regard to tho prisoner’s
rights, he would also act only under
proper authority on advice of his attor
ney.
At 4:30 o’clock the attorneys for the
state ahd prisoner again appeared In
Judge Grosscup's court. Ho Informed
them that he had decided to overrule the
motion for an appeal toitho United States
supreme court, which carried with it a
refusal to publish an order for a stay
of execution. This was the last
straw which will break l’rendergast’s
neck, as Gov. Altgeld had in the morning
telegraphed to the attorney for the de
fense, refusing to act fnvorably on their
application for a reprieve. The governor
is convinced that every opportunity has
been given to prove the insanity of I’ren
dergast.
LOOTERS OF A STORE JAILED.
Ten Arrests Mado at Spring Valley
and More on the List.
Spring Valley, 111., July 12.—The long
expected wholesale arrests for tho looting
of the Spring Valley Coal Company’s
store in this city commenced to-day, the
sheriff making the arrests, assisted by a
company of militia. Scores of houses
were ransacked from cellar to
garret, and any quantity of dress
goods, shoos, provisions and groceries
were discovered and identified as prop
erty stolen from the store. In no in
stance where goods were identified as be
longing to tho company were they seized .
but instead tho head of the household
'was arrested and thrown into the guard
iiouse at the military camp.
POLICY OF THE OOMPANT.
Tho policy of the coal company is to
hold tlie city responsible for the diunage
sustained from the looting of tho store,
and goods are allowed to remain where
they were found.
Ten arrest were made to-day and tho
prisoners, mostly Lithuanians, were taken
to prison this evening under a heavy
guard. The arrests will be continued to
morrow and thirty or forty more will fol
low. A picket line is drawn around tho
city, and it is impossible for any of the
looters to smuggle goods outside of the
city. The miners, wliilo sullen, offered
no resistance to tho troops while the ar
rests were being made.
JAPAN’S DEMANDS IN COREA.
Neutralization of the Treaty Ports
Proposed.
London, July’ 12.—A dispatch to the
Times from Seoul, the capital of Corea,
says: “A conference of foreign represen
tatives was held to-day and proposed the
neutralization of Corean treaty ports.
The Japanese minister accepted the prin
ciple of the proposition, so far as Che
mulpo was concerned, but reserved his
answer on this question in regard to tlie
other ports pending instructions
from his government in Tokio.
Liter the king yielding, the Japanese
government appointed three commission
ers to discuss tlie internal administration
of the country. The conditions imposed
by the Japaneso government in regard to
the neutralization of tho port ot Che
mulpo virtually nullify the concession, as
Japan still insists upon retaining troops
within the settlement. The foreign rep
resentatives have reminded the Japanese
government that their joint note recently
sent to Japan, requesting tho withdrawal
cf troops, still remains unanswered.”
CHRISTIAN CRUSADERS.
Members of the Endeavor Society
Flocking to Cleveland.
Cleveland, 0., July 12.—The Christian
Endeavor convention managers are filled
with enthusiasm to-night over the unex
fiected success of the meeting in point of
numbers. Evidently the people have re
covered from their panic over tho railway
strike, and ure coming on to Cleveland
as rapidly as tlie railroads can
carry them. .Specials aud regular
trains have followed each other
into tho city all day. loaded to overflow
ing with young people wearing the bndge
of the society. The line, boats also
brought hundreds from theeast and west,
until tlie streets were crowded with
them The numbers now in tho city are
variously estimated at from 25.000 lo 30,-
000. At least 40,000 people attended the
opening meetings this morning, the tent,
hall aud two churches being crowded.
NO INCOME TAX IN FRANCE.
Cavaignac's Proposal Rejected by a
Vote of 267 to 236.
Paris, July 12. -The Chamber of Depu
ties rejected to-dny M. Cavaignac’s pro
posals for an income tax by a vote cf 267
to 260. As the proposals had been stren- ■
uously opposed by tlie government, i
Premier Dupuy and Finance Minister !
Poincare announced that in view of the
narrowness of the ma.ority they must
have a vote ot confidence or resign, l.’ontl- |
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TILLMAN HOWLED DOWN.
Charleston Again Refuses to Hear the
Governor.
The Governor Loses Hia Head and
Lets His Tongue Fly Like an Asp a
Sting—The Crowd Stampedes During
Senator Butler’s Speech—John Gary
Evans Hissed Down—John Gary
Watts Also Greeted With Hissee.
Charleston, S. C., July 12.—The cam
paign meeting here to-night was full of
incidents. It is not a difficult thing to
get up a crowd in Charleston with the aid
of a brass band and Gov. Tillman on the
bills us a star. The hatred of the city,
which he has never hesitated to
uvow whenever he has been called
upon to address a Charleston audi
ence, renders him a drawing attrac
tion, hence when he was introduced
to speak to-night there was something
like 5,000 or (5.000 |>eople packed in the
square at the intersection of Broad and
Meeting streets. The crowd was com
posed almost entirely of white
men, although thero was a fringe
of black faces around on the out
skirts of it glistening under the flashes of
the electric light. It was a good-natured
crowd, and although It took part in the
discussion, Messrs. Whitman, Yeldelland
Timinorman, three of the reform candi
dates who preceded the governor, man*
aged to get a very good hearing.
TILLMAN TAKES THE STAND.
It was about 8:80 o’clock when the gov
ernor got up to speak. He was greeted
with cheers and hisses, aliout evenly di
vided, and this lasted for some time.
Then the governor poured a can of ker
osene into tile seething crowd by shout
ing: “This is tlie fifth time I’ve "tried to
piolio some sense into the heads of you
people, but i suppose you don’t want it,
and I think you had better boat your
drum and stampede like a lot of cowards,
as you did the second time I came here.”
This was alluding to the stampedo
which occurred at a meeting he tried to
uddress hero lust after tlie earthquake.
It was a tender subject and It made the
crowd mi\d. The governor was mad
when he For the fifteen min
utes he struggled with the crowdonly dis
gruntled sentences of his speech could be
hoard, but these were but gall and worm
wood to the crowd: "You aro a set of old
fossils,” said he. “and you can go to the
devil in your own way. I don’t want your
votes.”
WANTED HIM TO TALK LIKE A GENTLEMAN.
In reply to a request from the chairman
of the meeting for silence a voice in the
crowd shouted, him talk like a gen
tleman and wo will listen to him,” a sug
gestion which was heartily indorsed by
the crowd.
Finally tho governor said that he .saw
the people did not want to hear him and
he would therefore give the rest of his
tiino to Gen. Butler. At this there was a
tremendous yell. Before retiring, how
ever, the governor, shaking his linger iu
the faces of tho crowd, shouted in a loud
voice: “Hear my parting shot. I’m go
ing to ram tho dispensary down your
throats with the constables and the mil
itia and metropolitan police, and you’ll
have to stand it whether you want to or
not.”
BUTLER WELL RECEIVED.
Gov. Tillman was succeeded by Gen.
Butler, who evidently had the crowd
witli him. Ho began by expressing his
wonder and amazement at tho way in
which Gov Tillman had insulted tho
audience. Just then thero was a flutter
In the jjnidst of the crowd, and without
any premonition another stampedo, such
us the one tho governor hud alluded to.
look place. Men and boys rushed
wildly In every direction, trampling
and clenching over each other In a
mad and senseless scramble. No ono
seemed to know who started It, although
tho conservatives say that it was started
by a handful of reformers brought on
from Berkeley, and who made the effort to
break up the mooting because it refused
to hear Tillman talk. Several hundred
hats were lost in the scramble and a score
or more persons were painfully bruised.
Gen. Butler, who is running for re-eleo
tion to the Senate, finished his speech af
ter quiet was restored and evidently had
thejaudionce with him.
It is evident that tho voters of Charles
ton will not hear the governor.
Tho crowd was noisy generally, and
when John Gary Evans was introduced,
attempted to howl him down. He mado
some very unpalatable remarks, and was
hissed down finally.
Mr. Tindall made a sensible and brief
speech, mostly complimentary to Charles
ton.
John Gary Watts took occasion to in
sult the F'ourth Brigade, and was hissed
for bis pains.
TURKEY’S EARTHQUAKES.
Additional Light Shocks Felt — Over
100 Killed.
Constantinople, July 12.—Slight earth
quake shocks continued from time to time
throughout the night, but this morning
the city is resuming its normal appear
ance. The shops are re-opening and the
inhabitants are returning to their bouses.
Detailed investigations show that the
seismic disturbances extended through
out a wider area, and reports from various
places largely increases the death roll.
The number of victims of the earthquake
up to last evening is officially stated to be
11(5, hut the real number is believed to be
far larger.
CENTER OF THE DISTURBANCE.
The center of tho disturbances seems to
have been the town of Brusa, at the north
foot of Mount Olympus, fifty-seven miles
southeast of Constantinople, one of the
oldest and most important commercial
cities of Turkey.
A shock was felt throughout the penin
sula of Anatola, 366 miles from hero.
Many railway stations have been
damaged, and the town of Jalova, on the
Gulf of lsmidt, is almost totally de
stroyed.
At Stamboul the principal undulation
appears to have followed a straight lino
from the Mosque of Sultun Ahmed to
Edirne Kapon, a distance of two miles.
Great damage was done all along the Hue
and many lives were lost.
At the village of Kan Stenhano the sea
suddenly receded for a distance of 200
yards, then returned as suddenly, hurling
the boats violently over the quays, creat
ing a scene of wild confusion and doing
great damage.
Louisiana's Legislature Adjourns.
Baton llouge, La., July 12.—At mid
night both houses of the general assem
bly finally adjourned, the present session
of the legislature having expired by lim-
Uatlou.