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I . 1 VOLUME XV. ALBANY, GA, 8ATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 31, 1906. NUMBER 137. N ORGANIZED LABOR ’ ’ ENTERS POLITICS. New York Caqman Slays Sweethears and Her Em? ployer, Then Turns Pis tol on Himself. a President Gompers Sending Out Circu lars to Local Organizations. New York, March 31.—In Jealous fury, James Ahearn, a cabman, shot and instantly killed Jamei dfiaok, an upholsterer, todfiy, probably fatally wounded Mary Woodj, Black’s house keeper, and shot himself, dying two hours later. Mary Woods was formerly Ahearn’s sweetheart, and left Ahearn some time ago to become housekeeper for Black. RATTLESNAKES IN ATLANTA. A Woman Slays Three of the Danger ous Reptiles In Heart of Residence Portion of the City. 8pee!a! to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., March 31.—Three big rattlesnakes, each about three feet In length, were killed at the home of Probation Officer Gloer, 129 Windsor ijtreet, by MrB. Gloer. The appearance of the dangerous reptiles In a densely settled residence section of the city caused considerable excitement, the neighborhood being greatly wrought up. The anal crawled out of a hole almost directly beneath the fence in the front yard of the Gloer'home. Mrs. Gloer .was alone at home with her two small children. She saw the first, snake come from Its hiding place. The woman, accd panted by her children, ran into the yard. Mrs. Gloer got a hoe and soon dispatched the reptile. No sooner had it been slain than Its companion made its appearance. Then a third came forth and was put to death in the manner meted out to the others. Albany Machinery Co. Mak e a specia ialty • • OX • • 1 H eavy M ackinery Southern Engine and Boiler Works. V H i g k Grade Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, - Wood Working Machinery, Shingles and Lath Mills. Marsh {Jteam Pumps. Workers Will Leave Mines Tonight Not to Return Until Demands Are Met. Special to This Herald. SAVANNAH, Ga., March 31.—The members of the various labor or ganizations in Savannah have been very much interested this week in the receipt of circulars fron^ Samuel W. Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, advising that in future all labor organizations af filiated with the Federation would be expected to enter actively into poli tics in the cities and states in which they are Bltuated. Heretofore the advice of the leaders has been to let politics severely alone. This new front is taken to mean that GomperB has decided that the big machine of which he is at the head can be more effective in the whirl of politics than out of it As there is an animated political fight on In Savannah now which the laboring men have been entering as individuals, it is expected that they will at once get into it as an organization. If this is done and their example is followed throughout the state, there may be a new political factor to be reckoned with in Georgia. T. P. A. Delegation from Post A Will Not Fail to Let Fact of Its Arrival Become Known. . -/ Savannah, Ga 1 ., March 31.—Post A, , Travelers’ Protective Association, held a very enthusiastic meeting this after noon at the Chamber of Commerce. The occasion was the annual smoker of the Post, at which delegates were announced to the annual meeting of the Georgia T. P. A.’s at Albany in May, and plans were made for the May week carnival which it is pro posed to have in Savannah under the auspices of the drummers. President Vinsons’ intention is to go to the annual meeting backed by a strong delegation. Such Well-known drummers as Max Kraus, Edwin Frank and Sam Brown will be in the dele gation, and when Savannah gets to Albany the town will know that she has arrived. , The spring festival the latter part of May In Savannah, it is anticipated, will bring a large number of Gebrglans to this city. L STORES IS The $e^son Which Closes Today a Most Remark able One—The Outlook Equally. Bright. Special to The Herald. Savannah, Ga., March 31.—The na val stores year, which ended today, was li^j every way a successful one, and in some respects .was unique.^ Prices ruled high all the season for both spirits of turpentine and rosin. The receipts of both spirits and rosin have been away beyond the receipts for the year before, and the same is true of exports. The stock of both commodities is smaller now than at the close of business on March 31, 1905. The outlook 'for the coming year Is equally’as bright. FULTON BOUNTY LEGISLATORS. MOROCCAN CONFERENCE REACHES AGREEMENT. Algeciras, March 31.—The Commit tee Of Conference on Moroccan Re forms has reached an agreement on all points. This agreement will be sanctioned at a plenary, session of the All Three of the Present Representa tives of Fulton In the House Will Stand for Re-election. conference this afternoon! Complete accord resulted from a long conference this morning between M. Revoll, head of the French mission, and Count Von Tattenbach, of the German mission. The agrement reached approves a division of the policing, which gives France four Atlantic ports. The dura tion of the policing arangement is five years. The settlement of the question of the State Bank of Morocco gives France three shares. Each other na tion is Ho have one Bhare. Four bank supervisors will be named by the Bank of England, the Bank of France, the Imperial Bank of Germany, and the Bank of Spain. Special to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., March 31.—The three members of the House of Representa tives of the Georgia General Assembly from Fulton county will be candidates to succeed themselves at the coming county primary. Hon. John M. Sla ton, speaker of the House, and Hon. R. B. Blackburn both announced their candidacy yesterday. Hon. Madison Bell has paid his assessment fee, so that puts him squarely in the race, al though he has _not made any formal announcement. In this instance, "money talks,” and says he’ll be in the field. Judge John C. Reed,«a former member of the Atlanta city council, and Attorney Walter A. Sims have announced aB candidates for the legislature from thiB cdunty. This in dicates that the contest will be a spir ited one. CINCINNATI FEARS A SERIOUS FLOOD Cincinnati, Ohio, March 31. — Busi ness, men located along the river front have been warned today to move out of basements and first floors, as the danger of a- serious flood is in creasing. », The river is expected to reach the danger point by tomorrow. BISHOP DOANE IS IN ATLANTA. 8peclal to-the Herald, Atlanta, Ga., March 31.—Bishop Wil liam Croswell yoane, of New York, arrived in . Atlanta yesterday after noon, accompanied by his wife and an official party. He went at once to apartments which had been engaged in advance at the Piedmont hotel. Bishop Doane is one of the most widely known of American eccleslasts. It is not known how long'he will re main in Atlanta. ARRANGING DETAILS OF MINERS’ STRIKE. Indianapolis, Ind., March 31. — The national executive committee of the United Mine Workers of America met today to take up in detail the man agement of the strike which will be inaugurated in the anthracite and bitu minous coal mining districts of the country at the close of work today. Tonight 509,600 men will leave the mines, not to return until the em ployers sign the wago scalo demanded by the miners in the national conven tion. The board members said that every effort would be made to prevent violence and the destruction of prop erty. LEGISLITIVEC County Democratic Fxecu< tive Committee Calls Leg islative Primary on Same Date of Congressional. Two Ried City, Mich., Mer chants Lose Lives at a Fire-Others May Have Perished-Loss $50,000. The Democratic Executive Commit tee of Dougherty. county met at the cpurt house at noon today and decided to call the primary for the nomination of a candidate for representative in the legislature on May 16, and to be held in connection with the congressional primary which has .been ordered for all the counties of the Second Con gressional District for that day. Today’s meeting of the county com mittee was in response to numerous requests to ^ave the. contest,,for. rep resentative held in connection with the congressional primary so as to bring out a good vote for Congress man Griggs and at the same time have this contest settled upon the merits of the candidates and without any com plications or combinations in connec tion with the gubernatorial contest. One prospective candidate for the legislature wanted the legislative pri mary held In connection with the state primary as heretofore, while another prospective candidate urged through a representative who was present at the meeting that it be held on May 16 In connection with tho congressional pri mary. The committee, after hearing from both sides and giving tho subject due consideration, decided to call the pri mary for the nomination of the rep resentative in the legislature to be held on May 16 in connection with the congressional primary. The same rules and regulations that governed the primary for county of ficers -were adopted' and these will be officially published in Monday’s Her ald. Anthracite Operators Reply to Assertion that Bitum inous Miners Are Better Paid than Anthracite. Reid City, Mich., March 31.—Two men; merchants, were crushed to death under the falling walls of a burning building here today. It la feared that several other persons have been killed, but a search of the ruins is necessary to determine the facta. The loss of property is 350,000. New York, March 81.—The anthra cite operators’ committee today au thorized a statement replying to the assertion that bituminous mine work ers are better paid than anthracite miners. The statement quotes from the olft- clal figures of nineteen hundred and four, showing that the average year’s earnings of men In the anthracite mines were $020.77. The average num ber of days worked wbb 231, making the daily earning $2.71. Correspond ing figures of the bituminous miners makes the average annual income $431, the days worked 188, and the dally average earned $2.29.; The statement says the annual av erage earnings of all classes of labor employed in anthracite mining exceed those of the bituminous workers by thirty per cent. The average earnings of the anthracite miners exceed the earnings of. the bituminous miners nearly sixty-tour per cent STRIKE DISORDERS RENEWED IN FRANCE Rioting In Lens Mining District—One Man Killed, 8everal Injured, STRIKE CAUSES STEEL PLANT TO SHUT DOWN Closing of Republic Will Throw 1,600 Men Out of Employment. East St. Louis, Ill., March ’ll.—The Republic Steel Company suspended operations today with the announce ment that the action Is due to the Im pending coal strike. The plant em ploys 1,500 men. A CLARK HOWELL CLUB ORGANIZEDTN ATLANTA. .) Special to'The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., March 31.—At a mei lng last night In the Kiser Building, in front of - the City Hall, a Clark Howell Club was organized by friends of the candidate for governor. The members of the club are expected to aid in the candidate’s campaign and do what they can to secure his elec- Miners in Western Fields Will Probably Quit Work, But There is No Danger in Non-Union Counties. Nashville, Tenn., March 31.—A spe cial dispatch from Hendersonville, Ky„ says that reports from the west ern coal fields Bay that probably 3,600 union miners will refuse to go to work Monday next should the Joint meeting at Indianapolis fall entirely In the en deavor to settle the wage scale. Tho non-union companies are absolutely. In no danger of a strike, according to the operators. Tho mines of eastern Kentucky are operated under an agree ment which will not expire until next September. If you use any other brand of paint, it is proof conclusive that you do not know all the virtues of KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS IN GEORGIA. What Is 8hown|by the Annual Report of the Grand Keeper of Records, 8peclal to The Herald. Savannah, Ga., March 31.—Mr. H. Leopold, Grand Keeper of Records and Seal of the Knights of Pythias of Georgia, has completed his annual re port is one of which every member of the Supreme headquarters. The re port is one fo which every member of the order in Georgia may feel proud. There are 12,043 Knights of Pythias In the state, a net increase for the year of 1,592. The report shows tijat on the first day of January there were 182 lodges in the state, of which num ber twenty-eight were instituted dur ing 1905. The increase of twenty-eight lodges is the largest for any single year in the history of the order in Georgia. This is also true of the in crease in membership. The only year that at all approaches this banner season was 1904' when twenty-two new. lodges were instituted and 1,169 new members were initiated. The to tal cash on hand on January 1 was $27,870.89. The assets, including cash, were $180,319.08. The next Grand Lodge meeting will be held in Augusta the first Tuesday In May. Lens, France, Maroh 31.—The strike is-beihg renewed thrpughout ’the min ing region. A striker has been killed and three gendarmes have boon wounded nt Honin. 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