Newspaper Page Text
MORGAN IN EFFIGY
Is Burned by Angry Miners at
Wiikesbarre, I J a.
RANKS OF STRIKERS SWELLED
Wit'll Virginia Coal Diggers Out the
Total Army of Idle Men is In
j creased to Approximately
170,000.
A special from Wiikesbarre, Pa.,
says: The hanging in effigy of J.
Fierpont Morgan in one of the streets
of'South Wiikesbarre by a crowd of
.
until and Boys was the only incident
to u.av the stibness of the Wyoming
Valley Saturday morning. After the
efligy had been hanged the crowd
cheered and pelted the object with
stones until the police came along and
dispersed the throng.
All the mining towns surrounding
title city are very quiet. The news
Brob Washington that President
itoosevelt souid not find his way clear
ro effecting peace between the miners
land operators was received with gen
uine disappointment. It had been
been strongly that the president
would be able to find some means of
opening up a way to peace.
Saturday marked the end of the
•fourth week of the total suspension of
j c.ial mining and the miners and their
I employers are farther apart than e ver.
■ Virginia Miners Out.
The soft coal miners of the two Vir
ginias, 20,000 strong, struck Saturday
is enforce their demands against the
operators. All business in the mine
region is tied up, and in a few days the
stagnation will be complete.
With approximately 150,000 men out
in the a- thracite region, the strike in
the two Virginias makes an army of
170,000 miners battling for better con
ditions.
Roosevelt Confer* With Hanna.
A ''Washington special says: Sat
urday the president had a long confer- j
ence at the white house with Sena- i
Hanna on the coal strike. The presi- i
dent conveyed to Mr. Hanna the idea
tWft he would very much like to do j
something toward settling t-he coal
strike. Nothing definite, however, was
decided upon. The president also sent
for Carroll D. Wright, the commission
er of labor, to get his views on the sit
uation, and also as to what might prop
erly be done by the government look
ing to a settlement of the controversy.
It is probable that other conferences
will be held and the president kept ad
vised cf the situation. He will be in
ri.•<’.: r <ss at any time to extend aid if
it is found that he can be of service in
sett ling the differences that exist be
tween the operators and the mine-ys.
REVOLVERS, KNfVES AND CLUBS.
Wielded Promiscuously in West Vir
ginia Republican Convention.*
Telegrams from West Virginia tell
of bloodshed and desperate fighting
between the factions of the republican
party of that state over the senatorial
contest. Senator Scott, who is vice
chairman of he republican rational
committee, is being bitterly opposed
for re-election by Colonel J. L. Cald
well, a millionaire republican of Hunt
ington. There have been many clashes
between supporters of the two men,
the worst of all occurring at the sixth
district senatorial convention at Welch
Saturday. Revolvers, knives, clubs and
other weapons were used during the
progress of the convention’s delibera
tions, and as a result Colonel J. M.
Fuller, one of the wealthiest and most
influential citizens of Wayne county
lies at a hotel probably fatally injured,
and a dozen more persons have black
eyes and sore heads.
The trouble came alsout over the se
lection of a chairman of the conven
tion.
Beers Anxious to Return Homo.
The twenty-seven Boer refugees in
Denver, Col., have formulated an ap
peal to the British ambassador at
Washington relative to their return
to South Africa.
CHURCH SHOWED RESENTMENT.
Arkansas Governor Taken Into the
Fold by His Homs People.
Governor Jefferson Davis, of Arkan
sas, accepted the invitation of the
Baptist church of Russellville, his
home, and joined that church Sunday.
The governor’s friends claim that this
is a vindication of him by his home
people against the action of the Sec
ond Baptist church of I-ittle Rock, in
withdrawing fellowship from him. It
is alleged by the governor's friends
that th eaction taken by the Little
Roc-k church was the result of resent
ment for the part he took in the race
for United States senator.
NELSON APPEALS TO ALMIGHTY.
Exciaims in Senate: "God Deliver
Us From Trusts.’’
After transacting some routin-ir bltsi-.
ness and discussing for a time the bill
to relieve shippers from the Lor.-lon
dock charges, during which Mr. Nel
son. of Minnesota, exclaimed. “God
deliver us from trusts.” the senate.
Saturday, resumed considers' ion of
the itsthmian canal project.
STEPHENS IN HARD LICK.
Cotton Mill Boss Severely Chastised
by a Mob—Wife Makes More
Trouble for Him.
At Selma, Ala., early Saturday morn- j
ing Robert Stephens, one of the bosses
it: the Cawlhom cotton mills, was r -
turning In me in company with -,\\n
I men i amed Carlisle and Diekbisori.
When the three were near Stephens'
house they were held up.
A mob of about twenty men. who
v ere disguised, ordered Carlisle and
Dickii -on to run home as fast as they
: could. When the two men hit ’nit
’ the cowd of men seized Stephens and
gave him a severe whipping, a number
or them using heavy buggy whips.
When the crowd had finished wt.ip-
I ping Stephens, they to'd him that if he
| stayed in Selma forty-e'ght hours ioug
| er they would catch him and give hnn
j a -.v’lse whipping than the one he i.xd
| jus;, received.
Some few weeks ago Stephens went
; to Columbus, Ga., and brought a large
I number of mill hands back with him.
I Ever since then the old mill hands
have been threatening Stephans with
a'i kinds of punishment.
On Friday considerable excitement
was created among the operatives of
the Cawthorn mills when the report
was put in circulation that Stephens
was defaming the character of the wo
men operatives of the mill.
Saturday evening Stephens started
to obey the command that he had re
ceived from the mob to leave Selma.
' He went to the depot and was on the
train, bound for Meridian, when his
wife had him arrested on the charge of
desertion, claiming that her husband
was taking two women away with him.
Stephens was searched at the police
station and upon his person were
found three tickets to Meri ,ian and
checks for two trunks.
LIGHTNING’S DEADLY WORK.
Two Men Killed During Thunder
Storm at Columbus, Ga.
Two persons were killed and a num
ber were badly shocked in an electri
cal storm which visited Columbus, Ga., j
a few minutes after 4 o’clock Sunday
afternoon.
The dead are: John J. Willis, of
Columbus, and Louis McLane, of Phe- j
nix City.
Mr. Williams was about 55 years '
old and was formerly watchman at the
upper foot bridge. He was standing
in front of his residence on the side- i
walk, talking to a friend, when sud
denly there was a loud peal of thun
der and almost simultaneously Mr.
Willis was struck by a bolt of light
ning.
The noise was almost deafening,
sounding to those on the front porch
like the report of a cannon, and a
man who was looking at Mr. Willis
when he was killed said that he saw
no flash, but something like smoke in
the wake of the lightning bolt.
Simultaneously, in Phenix City, a
few blocks away, lightning killed
Louis Lane, a young man about 20
years old, who had been married only
a few' months. He was in the back
yard of his residence, resting his hand
on a clothes wire, whan lightning
struck the wire. Ho was killed in
stantly, but was not mangled in any
way.
FARMS IN GEORGIA.
Their Number is 224,691; Their Total
Value, $183,370,120.
The 224,691 farms enumerated in
Georgia on June 1, 1900, according to
the census report were valued at $183,-
370,120. Of this value 25 per cent was
in buildings. The value of farm imple
ments and machinery was $9,804,010,
and live stocks, $35,200,507, making
the total value of farm property $228,-
374.637.
The total value of farm products of
the state for 1899 was $104,304,476. of
which 17 per cent was in animal pro
ducts and 83 per cent in crops, includ
ing forest products cut or produced on
j farms.
The total value of farm products ex
! ceeded that for 1889 by 25 per cent.
| The gross farm income for 1899 was
$92,145,676 and the gross income upon
investment 40 per cent.
POSTMASTER UNDER CHARGES.
David Baldwin Resigns New Orleans
Office by Request.
David G. Baldwin, postmaster of
New Orleans, has tendered his resig
nation as a result of a serious disa
| greement with the pbstoffice depart
ment at Washington.
The letter carriers filed charges
against the postmaster alleging that
he had demoralized the working force
of the office, and had shown favofit
ism in making promotions.
It was also alleged that Mr. Baldwin
has been loaning money to letter oar-
I riers through his brother at usurious
! rates of interest.
KRUGER REFUSES OFFER.
England Tendered Use of Vessel to
Transport Oom Paul to Africa.
A fippfial f.rr.wi Amsterdam. Holland,
says: It is reported" here that Mr.
Kruger has declined thd facilities of
fered by Great Britain for s return
to South Africa, biit has
Queen Wiihelmina’s proffer
i vessel to convey him to South a
'■ when he decides to return there.
POLICE FAGGED (JUT
i '■ .;
Slriksrs Givi Chicago
kit hinik of Trouble.
MANY RIOTS; MUCH BLOODSHED
Murderous Attack is Made on Negroes
Imported to Take Place of Strik
ers —Part of Demands
Acceded.
A Chicago special says: Driven by
men covered with dust and blood,
many of them barely able from ex
haustion to hold the reins in their
hands, thirty-six meat wagons entered
the main gate of the Union stock yards
Thursday night amid a shower of
stones, bricks, bottles and sticks. The
W'agons, guarded by five police wag
ons, filled with biueeoats, and two om
nibuses crow'ded to the fullest capacity
with policemen, were on the return of
a delivery of supplies to down-town
provision houses, after one of the fierc
est days in the strike of the beef pack
ers' teamsters. Many of the drivers,
who are officials at the packing houses,
were cut and bruised from head to
foot. The police were in even worse
condition.
At the very entrance of the stock
yards Wednesday night, after all seem
ing danger had passed, George June,
an employe of the Anglo-American
Packing Company, was struck by a
baseball bat and knocked from his
wagon seat. He was picked up in an
unconscious condition and it is believ
ed he may die. Many others were
struck at the same time by a shower
of stones, but the police were too worn
out to offer resistance.
More than a dozen battles were
fought during the day between the
rioters and the police and the hospit
als are overcrowded with the injured.
Attack on Imported Negroes.
A pitched battle occurred between
a crowd of negroes imported from St.
Louis to take the place of the strikiug
stockyard teamsters and the strikers
at Forty-fifth street and Center avenue
early in the day, in which six negroes
were badly inpured, two mortally. The
subs were driving wagons W'hen they
were assaulted. Many of their assail
ants were armed with ice pike poles
they had seized from ice wagons, and
in the fight the negroes were badly
lacerated by these weapons. One man
had his thigh broken and another was
injured internally. The imported ne
groes number about fifty.
May Effect Compromise.
After four hours of consultation
early Thursday, in which the question
of recognition of the union was thor
oughly discussed, an agreement re
garding wages and hours v.as decided
on. The representatives of the pack
ers conceded the demands of the strik
ers on these two questions, but were
obdurate in their refusal to recognize
the strikers’ union. It is believed that
a compromise may be struck on the
question of wages and hours.
DISGRACEFUL CHURCH SCENE.
Howling Mob of Women Attempt to
Break Up Wedding Ceremony.
One of the most sensational scenes
ever witnessed in a church in Worces
ter, Mass., was enacted at St. John
Roman Catholic church there Wednes
day when Mary Donaher, a teacher in
the public schools of Worcester, was
married to Maurice Quinn, a dentist,
of Brocton. As the wedding party en-
I tered the church it was met by hisses
from one thousand women, who had
apparently gathered for that purpose.
A detail of police was present to pro
! tect the bride and groom, but they
were entirely powerless to maintain
| order. The women rushed by and
around them close to the wedding par-
I ty and gave vent to their feelings in no
| uncertain manner. The demonstration
grew out of the attempted shooting of
Quinn several days ago by Miss Ber
tha Condon, who asserted Quinn had
betrayed her under promise of mar-
I riage.
NAMED BY PRESIDENT.
List of Civil Nominations Sent to the
Senate for Ratification.
The president Wednesday sent the
following nominations to the senate:
Collector of internal revenue, dis
| trict of Maryland, Phillips Lee Golds
! borough.
Appraiser merchandise, district of
Baltimore, Md., C. Ross Mace.
Surveyor of customs, Knoxville,
Tenn., James C. Ford.
Postmasters—North Carolina, Geo.
W. Depriest. Shelby.
Confirmations by the Senate—Post
master, Florida, J. A. Simpson, Kissim
mee.
WHELMED BY CLOUDBURST.
Greater Part of Small Town of Cort
land, Nebraska, Is Destroyed.
A cloudburst Thursday night de
stroyed the greater part of Cortland,
Neb., a small town near Beatrice. Sev
en inches of water fell. Several build
ings were wrecked by the storm and
it is feared a number of persons have
i been killed.
MANY THOUSAND OUT
Miners in the Two Virginias
Obey Mitchell’s Order.
DROP PICKS WITH UNANIMITY
President Roosevelt Refuses to Act a3
Mediator —Fight Will be to a
Finish, Declares
M itchell.
A special from Hazleton, Pa., says:
Riot proclamations were posted lato
Friday afternoon everywhere on tho
property of the I.oering Valley Coal
Company at Yorktown. A special train
with steam up is at Roan junction
ready to carry a car load of officers to
any part of the district.
In Wcyt Virginia.
The strike of the soft coal miners
in West Virginia for higher wages,
which is to be inaugurated wiU be di
rected by President Mitchell, from
Wiikesbarre. He said there are 26.000
men in that field; that 18,000 will stop
work at once and that lie expects
the others will all be put out in the.
course of a few days.
Mr. Mitchell positively and unequiv
ocally denied to the Associated Press
correspondent all knowledge of any
negotiations for peace. So far as he
knows, he said, neither the Civic Fed
eration nor any other organization or
individual is at present negotiating
for a settlement of tlie anthracite
strike. _ •
“Everything is off,” he said.
Will Not Interfere.
A Washington special says: After a
conference with the members of his
cabinet Friday President Roosevelt de
cided that there is no legal ground for
interference by him in the settlement
of tile dispute between tile coal opera
tors and striking miners. The resolu
tions of the New York board of trade
and transportation, requesting the
president to appoint a commissioner
to visit the anthracite regions and in
vestigate the situation, were discussed
at great length, but as the law of 1892,
which conferred authority upon the
president to appoint such officer, lias
been repealed, the president has no
desire to assume the responsibility
which the New York board of trade
suggested.
LUMBER MILLS BURNED.
Large Plant of Bailey & Cos., at Mc-
Donald, Ga., in Ashes.
The little town of McDonald, Ga., on
the Brunswick and Western railway,
twenty miles from Waycross, was al
most completely wiped out and J. S.
Bailey & Co.’s saw mil! destroyed by
fire Friday afternoon. The mill was
probably the largest in south Georgia,
employing 300 men. Fire consumed
the mill, planing plant, dry kiln, shops,
one locomotive, seven cars of lumber,
eight small dwelling houses, and a mil
lion and a half feet of lumber. The
large commissary was saved. The
plant was well equipped with fire flght
' ing apparatus, but the flames 1
over the whole mi l yard, covering JO j
acres, in a few minutes. With one
mad rush of flame the saw mill was
consumed. A low estimate of the loss
is $75,000, insurance SIB,OOO. The lum
ber burned was valued at $20,000.
LYNCH’3 PREDICAMENT.
Fought With Boers and Now Wants
to Take Seat in Parliament.
According to a London news agency,
Colonel Arthur Lynch, who fought
with the Boers in South Africa, was
elected in November last to represent
Galway in the house of commons, and
who, it was announced, in a dispatch
to the Associated Press, had decided
to go to London and attempt to take
his seat in the house, will not be al
lowed to carry out his intention. He
will be arrested, it is said, on the
charge of treason immediately after
landing in England. A sharp watch is
being kept for Colonel Lynch, and if
he reaches Westminster it will be by'
strategem.
DEBATING ANARCHY MEASURE.
Alabama Representative Scores Pres
ident For Memorial Day Utterances.
General debate upon the anti-anar
chy bill closed Friday. The incidint
of the day was a speech by Mr. Rilli
ardson,, an Alabama democrat, con
demning the president in severe tenths
for the references in his Memorial day
oration at Arlington to the-.epithets ap
plied to Lincoln and Grant duAng the
civil war, and to his allusions to lynch
ings. He declared that, the president’s
remarks violated the proprieties of the
occasion.
STOCK TRAIN WRECKED.
Men and Horses are Mangled Togeth
er in a Smash-Up.
A special horse train on the Cleve
land, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis
railroad was wrecked near Mix station,
Ohio, Friday, injuring about twenty
valuable horses out of ninety-ong on
the train. Brakeman James Borden
was killed and Engineer Daniel Kun
kel and Fireman Gc-orge Boyer were
badly injured.
‘
Comes to
fives
Them Re Miss Tattler!Says:
Two impoi That she iis
matic reprcf hearing dvlpyjjj^on
were announ se *i wave *
and pas •
Ihe Hon. . vdMjpierbert succeeds
the late as British
ambassador allHscnor do Ojeda suc
ceeds the Duljwdo Arcos as Spanish
minister. j
Notice of Mr. Herbert’s appointment
simply confirmed the judgment of offi
cials as to the succession and is wel
comed by them. At present Mr. Her
bert is flrtt secretary of the embassy
at Paris, but with the rank of minister
plenipotentiary. In very few instances
does the British government employ
an official of such high rank in tho of
fice of secretary of embassy.
The change in the Spanish legation
here came as a distinct surprise to all
but the intimaty friends of the Duke
d’Arcos. He qame to the United States
as the first minister after the war and
naturally his position was a very deli
cate one, requiring the exhibition of in
finite tact to avoid unpleasant inci
dents. He was very successful in his
mission, while socially his relations
have been very pleasant.
It is understood the change is attri
butable entirely to the retiring minis
ter’s desire to secure the best possible
treatment for his impaired vision,
which has caused him much and grow
ing concern.
Therefore he has secured a transfer
to the Spanish legation at Brussels.
There he will be as near as lfractieable
to an eye specialist who has already
undertaken his treatment at inconve
nient intervals.
Senor de Ojeda, who succeeds the
Duke d’Arco, comes to Washington
with excellent credentials. He was sec
retary of the Spanish peace commis
sion at Paris and is at present minis
ter to Tangier.
WANTED BRYAN MENTIONED.
Lively Wrangle of Platforn Commit
tee at Meeting of Indiana Ctmocrats.
While the Indiana democratic state
convention, which was held at Indian
apolis Wednesday, was remi.rkable for
its lack of discord, candidites for all
but three of the offices beingchosen by
acclamation, there was royal
in the meeting of on
resolutions. A friends
of William J. Bryan wcJK'ery much
in earnest in favor of in
the platform of a plank ilfT tdng him
and, the Kansas City platnrm. The
majority of the committee Vaa against
any such indorsement, sa. *: that it
considered It out of place i _ he pres
ent time to inject Mr. Brian's name
into the state campaign. It The fight
lasted well into the night,* nd it was
nearly noon before (lie rtport of the
committee was ready for presentation
to the convention. .
|The Philippines plank ano created
j/uch discussion, the committee being
qilied upon to consider sll sorts of
propositions in behalf of tic Filipinos,
iome of them being in fator of Imine-
and complete independence, it
*:fre, only after hours of aigument that
a plank was agreed upon. I
J Tho state ticked nomliated is as
follows: Secretary of Ijfcie, Albert
Schoonover, of Attica; gen
eral, W. E. Stillwell, ol jjrlnceton;
date auditor, Janies It. l£w> of Sul
, ‘van; state treasurer, Jie llerff,
Per "-
JOB PRINTERS GE-JfoMSE.
Vor First Time in Score flll'eara Em
ployers Grant Deriawa.
1 For the first time in jwenty years,
the job printers of Chictgo will have
‘their wages raised simubaneously in
all the job printing shop, ip the city.
Ipver 1,800 men will be benefited by
fhe raise. ■
The printers have bce®|f>tting $lB
‘a week for their work
$19.50. This was given th in. They
have had one apprentice to every ten
men and the employers lave been anx
ions to cut this down to me for every
five. On this point the two parties
could not agree and th< matter will
be left to arbitration.
NOVEL PROVISION OF WILL.
i
Departed Judge Urges ions to Fight 1
For Their Couitry.
The will of the late .udge John D. !
Crabtree, of the appellatli'miirt of I Hi- j
nois district, has been fil'd for pro- j
bate. After dividing his perjonal prop
erty and real estate,( amiunting to
$200,000, among his cigjiu children, he j
says: i ! <
“Enjoin upon my soil Join, and all f
of my sons, that should tie occasion A
arise (which God forbid) when bu/fc
country requires their swice^^MM
they be a.- Vad v to deu.'-<
to her dcfi-n:-,,. as ! tilt
t lie da:!, and u.. of it'd! at. IjfIHHHB
GRA N D EL UC AT 1
Montgcr ?
i: :i‘
. .
i.'iU' . uc
‘ UNION
abeth Church. Smyrna AstS|
’■the 4th, sth, 6th 19028
MO RG ANST A RTS b THK 4™- M
_2rmon, by Elclß
Consideration of Measuht is hope, Eldeil
Wide Interest Begun I. t
ly After Final Vote ' S <^odl y
Philippine Bill. llnn -
' STH.
a Ministers
At the conclusion of jj e mat j e
tho Philippines bill Tuesday afully carry-
Ser.ator Morgan was recognition to the
formal mo.ion to take up the H. M.
bill as the unfinished business
senate, and his motion was ado a6ls
without dissent. At no prev'j
has legislation on this line r- *
point of having passed on. gave(J
congress and being formal., ,
.. . 'as made;
the other house.
While the Nicaragua bill Is the
immediately under consideration,
strong effort will be made to secui
tho passage of the Spooner substitutes,
which has the indorsement of the mi
ority of the canal committee of
which Senator Morgan is chairman.
Senator Hanna is the leading sponsor
for this substitute, and it has soma
very strong and ardent advocates, but
it is too early to predict what the voto
will be.
Apparenly, a number of senators
care very little as between the two
routes, and the debate which is to fol
low will determine their final action.
Senator Cullom, for Instance, said
he had been inclined to vote for
the Nicaragua route, but the possibili
ties of volcanic disturbances in that
region made him dubious. And there
arc others who take the same position.
Senator Morgan counts on fifty-five
votes for fbe Nicaragua route, but it
is apparent from the talk at some of
the men he counts upon that he has
over estimated his strength. The
Spooner proposition proposes to au
thorize the president to purchase the
property of tile Panama company if a
good title can be obtained and if there
are no diplomatic difficulties; if there
are such obstacles the secretary of
war to begin construction by the Nica
ragua route after all necessary prelim
inaries have been arranged. The pres
ident, it is understood, inclines to the
Panama route, but would prefer con
gress to decide the question of route
rather than place the responsibility;
upon his shoulders.
MORE RIOTING IN CHICAGO.
_____
Measure Passes Senate by Vote of 19
to 38 and Was Carried Through
on Strict Party Lines, —,
Rioting broke out again In tha
streets of Chicago Tuesday as the re
sult of tlie teamsters’ stride, an at
tempt to move 24 wagons under police
protection from the yards flirting the
troubles. The rioting J.<riok place in
South Clark street In, front ofyiigo
stores using meats from the
ing houses. ‘*propet
The wagons were beina£*i n his vn m
a crowd of spectators ani cn( j s i Ve ■
pathlzers began hooting *ther • ' ■
ing with the non-union dr! * ■
The disturbance drew a. J V fl car-
ly 2,000 people. The pc e *- e 2d to
preserve order, but werrf°t success-’'
ful. 3
The two Irwin broih/ *^ le fi rra
of Irwin Brothers, geiz ax handles,
and in compant with- A* ; See, beat
the crowd back. ~ • j
Isaac Bean was thrf 1 down n stair- J
way and had his back 1 " 0^11, A pass
ing street car overtu 'd a patrol wag
on on the way to th^°^ s a,u ' dumped
the police into the i^ets.
In other sections fhe eit yattempts
were made to inov lnf “ at ' but because
of the large gath* ll * B P e °P |>! wag
ons were put ba< warehouses and
unloaded. The at ree t de
partment store*'®* (! seriously handi
capped by tho-rrike of 1.300 drivers
and conducin' <f delivery wagons,
members of O’ National 1 eamsters
Union, the sa/e union that is conduct
ing the meafdrivors’ strike, hollow
ing are the affect' and: i
Marshal Feld & Cos., Carson, Biiie,
Scott & Cos C. A. Stephens and
% vr, Mande. Bros, Schlesinger & MmM
er, Hibrna-’s Boston Store. The
A. M. ttoischllds, A. C. & •* hiifl.
& Cos. 'V
The rCson for the strike is a
cully nr r the wage seal.- of the
anil a a'temp: to reliave^B
." whor.e iu**ii weie a!readj^^v^ A
• ke. by tiding two
<,r lie "t:
Ifac ii.aliag'-r:-: of 1