The Macon telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 188?-1905, July 05, 1894, Image 1

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HE MACOri TELEGRAF Established 1830. I apliPabltofclBgCo., fnbllihtr. | MACON, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 5. 1894. Copy, 0 (JetiU MUSCLE AGAINST GOLD. Manager Egan Declares His urpose to Submit to No Com* promise With Dobs. bERALBAYONETS BACKCAPITAL While Libor Appe.il So H.llon md ju.t Treatment it Hand. Railed to Strike Them Down—US- mo,tTendon Readied. Chicago, July 4.—General Manager Egan still remulns steadfast In his purpose to fight It out to a finish with the American Railway Union. When asked, this morning, concerning Tho overtures made to President Oof 8 for u settlement, Mr. Egan replied: ■•We have madeno overtures to the American Railway Union, and we hove held no conference with its oflloers. More than that, we shall hold no con ference with him. So for as the rail roads are oonoerned with this light, they are not In It. It has now become ■ O fight between the United States gov- ernmet and the Amerioan Railway Union, and we shall leave them to fight it out.” Lake Shore trains are running, with alight delays, as usual. It required something of an ccort to transport the troops from Fort Sheridan, hut early la the morning the Infantry was taken south and divided up to Slue Island, signal of a civil war. I believe this as firmly as I believe In the ultimate success of our course. Bloodshed will follow arid 90 per cent, of the people of the United States will be arrayed against the other 10 per cent. I would not care to he arrayed against the la boring pcope In the. contest or jmyself out of the ranks of labor when the struggle ended. I do not say this as an alarmist, but calmly and thought fully. “It la unfortunate that the conditions have become as to force the laboring people into active resistance to the en croachments upon their personal rights, but it is corporation greed and avarice alone that has brought us to the verge of tine revolution. If blood Is shed in this struggle, it will be the fault of the managers and the officials who wero misled by those who are to blame Matters have been working to this climax, and unless something is speed ily done. I look to see the • country lunged Into a desperate struggle from whtoh labor will rise victorious and the American laborer will be once more placed upon his just and rightful throne as a free man. "Yes. I certainly feel the responsibil ity resting upon ime In this struggle, and It Is but natural that I should have an anxiety as to What may pre cede the final result whldh cannot but be In our favor. But we cannot re cede. A reoonc03slon on* our part would mean the absolute enslavement of the American working men and his complete and utter degredatlon forw.ll time to come. And I would rather be dead 'than alive to see or experience such fate. "No, it Is Impossible to think of re- r eding. Yes. I do believe there Is a hnnee to bring about a settlement be- fora the final struggle is on. I think e dro Is a probability Mint the trouble ay be averted. It resta solely with others, not us, to bring It about, how ever. One thing Is certain, the Gen eral Managers Association must and shall succumb. A million of men stand ready to quit work and unite in the struggle fo» Justice and liberty when ever called uocn to do so. I do nut believe that It will bo necessary to call upon them, as I um_lncllned to believe that settlesnent will be effected within a few days. We stand ready to meet the managers and want to meet them.’ President Tabs said further that in company wttil Vice President Howard . ... t, iu — b A ,,a Lean ah- souui ana ama-ea up 10 uuue unaai compuny nnu r“ ' ' Grand Crossing and the Block yards. and DIreclwBurns.j call' Th^ Northwestern, so far na Its local ur^iFtna <>♦ letter's re- Tlte Northwestern, so far as Its local traffic Is concerned, is In very good shape. All trains on the Milwaukee and Wisconsin divisions arc running on tlme,and only two trains on the Gaivna division failed to arrive on time. , The train carrying half of the Becond battalion of the Fifteenth infantry to the sock yards left the Lake Shore de pot -early this morning, but at 8 o’clock tonight was still side-tracked, not -whore the managers intended it to be, but close enough- for the boys in blue to'duToad their horses, four Hotchkiss rifle.-. and supplies and go into camp, it wvaried and Jaded lot of men, not hav ing slept and for twenty-four hours and-without food, with the exception of a single hastily-snatched meal, du ring that. time. The day was & trying one for the troops and the police, and one of intense excitement from day break until dark. (Besides the 150 men composing com panies C and D of the Fifteenth infan try, there was a company of cavalry and a battery of artillery and a squad of policeman. On the latter fell the brunt of keeping in control a crowd wild with excitement, inflamed by pas sion and frequent draughts from the neighboring saloons, which did the most iprofltalble business they evor be fore know, and ready to do almostImy- thing. The military train pullod into the park at the head of Halstead street at 2 o’clock. There it continued to switch up and down until twilight, when the attempt to move it further was abandoned. Six times it was un coupled by the strikers, or-their sympa thizers, in spite of the fact that on .--ve ry oar sat th^ bronzed atnd seasoned nrtny men, who had seen servioo and knew how to shoot, and who declared they would do so If any one attempted to interfere with, the train. This they would have done, but the strikers were too agile for them. Before the rifles could be aimed the offenders would hack into the midst of the crowd.where it would have been worse than folly to shoot, hooting and Jeering the soldiers. Only once did the soldiers look calm ly on at two persons uncouple the train, and, although they had plenty of time to shoot, they failed to do so. In tills case the persons wore women. The scene was noteworthy when En gineer Wrenn and Fireman Culp, both employes of the Lake Shore road, who had been running the engines pulling the military train all day cormluded to quit. With wild cheers the crowd rushed at the two men and despite their re sistance picked them up and bore them aloft fbr a distance of three or four blocks. Of course thi« settled the question of moving further. The sol- J’«rc put up in the stock yards and horses stabled. Some trouble occurred at Root and Thirtieth streets. A Lake Shlire passenger train which left the ,T* Wand depot at 3:04 o’clock waa detained by the strikers, who clam bered upon the engine and tried to in duce Engineer Weber to quit J. C. Ilarrls an etnplbye of the railroad, Btarted to pull a revolver. American Railway Union delegates demanded of the police that they disarm the man, out the officers refused to do so and the men took it in tli&lr own hands and threw him benath a freight car and Would have killed him had the police not interfered. A young man named a reporter for a morning paper, Would have suffered a similar fate but xor similar interference. The young man did net choose his criticism of the mbb and this added to the fact that the in question has taken a partisan view of the strike with the company was more than the crowd could bear. Aney seized hdm and struck nlm sev eral times and he Was rescued with dlf- flculty. There were about 6,000 persons m the mob. While the military train moving it was guarded part ol the time ca both aide* by squads of armed men in addittbn to those who rode cn w». Nothing was done nt the stride yards execept the moving of Swift & Co.s train of meat. After the troops h»d abandoned thrfr train and gone mto camp the crowd derailed the two £»»r cars of the train and then, satisfied -Ha tli-ir day's work and finding no mure soldiers or police tc hi mu, they aulftly dispersed. Lake s.iore train, No. SO was de tained by a mob at Forty-third street ■nd the Rock Island yards tonight. It wts a passenger bound for Elkhart, Ind. The engineer and fireman was rorved to leave the train, the engineer being hit by a bottle being thrown from the crowd and the train waa side tracked. The paajengera came down town on a tree l ears. Fifteen Pan Handle freight cars were Burned at Forty-seventh street by a cr„ V.| Strikers and their friends to night. PP.F.SIDENT TIBBS TALKS. Presldsat Debs of the American Rail- woy Union la quoted as saying: "Toe first shot Arid by the regular w.diers at the mob here will be the eating than a Fourth of July procession would have produced. All the deputy sheriffs have been withdrawn from the Rock Island end a large number of them have gone to Rlverdale on the Il linois Central, where trouble Is expected. Several men who were known to bo strikers or sympathizers were arrested by depuy marshals during the day. GOVERNMENT AIDS PULLMAN. Washington, July 4.—The attorney general this morning telegraped to United States District Attorney MU- Christ at Chicago to have the grand Jury convene ac soon ns possible In or der that Indictments may be found against President Debs and ether offi cials of the American Railway Union In conformity with tfifi omnibus Injunc tion Issued by the United States district court at Chicago. Commenting on this action, the attorney general sold: "We have been brought to the ragged edge of Anarchy, end It Is time to see If the law Is sufficiently strong to prevent this condition of affairs. If nQt, the sooner we know It the better, that It may be changed." Attorney General Olnoy has also in structed United States District Attor neys Perry 61 Kansas, Lyons of Michi gan, Burke of Indiana, Cleveland of' Cincinnati. Gardner of San Frnneleeo, Denny of Los Angeles and Shutt of Springfield, III., to apply to the United States district court for nn omnibus In junction a gainst the strikers In their vi cinity similar to the Chicago Injunction granted by Judge Grosacup. The attorney general today appointed H. F. Ferguson of Albuquerque, N. M., assistant district attorney to proceed In the eburts there agulnst the strikers. STRIKING IN CINCINNATI. Cincinnati. July 4.—A majority of the freight conductors of the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Louisville and Nash ville roads w<vu out on a strike this morning, refusing to haul freight by nonunion men. The yard misters of the Chesapeake and Ohio at Cov ington quit work this morning arid the situation on that road Is decidedly bad. Fifty United Stakes deputy martSiala o.\:me down from Columbus this morn ing and were distributed among the va rious railroad yards. upon I layer Hopkins at the latter s. re quest at 11 o’clock tomorrow, when it is expected to meet with the council com mittee and In all probability with reje resentatlves of the General Managers Association. As yet the union officials are not looking upon the meeting «e anything Important, and not until the managers are present will any bther view be taken. The railroad situation today Is dls- tlnatly better tlinn yesterday. The Northwestern railroad has resumed its regular schedules for both through and suburban trains and It has got out sev eral of Us (tailed freight trains. Its overland passenger carried Pullman cars. The passenger trains of the roads centering In the Union depot hero wore moved In IMr time. The Illinois Cen tral took out Us trains and created Joy tn the hearts of the tons of thousands of suburbanites by announcing subur ban traffle would be resumed, it possi ble, tomorrow. The Rock Island and Lake Shore roads and others of the Dearborn street station suffered most. Reports late tonight are to the effect that two Lakq Shore trains and n Rock Island passenger are stalled near the city limits and that a crowd detached the Pullman Bleepers from nn oaatuound express train at Hammond, Ind. . •At Blue Island the appearanoe of the regulars completely overawed the mob and the Rock Island was enabled to partially lift tho passenger blockade. At Grand Crossing, on the Illinois Central, the crowd of strikers and tbelr sympathizers changed the base f ope rations to Hammond. Ind., where It ha's renewed the work of harrasslng the railroads in their efforts to run passenger trains with Pullman cars. If the regulars are ordered to Ham mond, the loader® f the mob propose to execute another flank movement. The Baltimore and Ohio is the first road to take the load In Importing labor from the East, and n hundred r more were brought in today and marched to tile government 'building, awom In ns special deputies and furnished depu ties. They did good work in the yards In the afternoon and enc entered no Interference from the strikers. AT UNION STOCK YARDS.' Union Stock YaTds. III., July 4,-Holf of the Second battalion of ynlted States troops from Fort Sheridan arrived here this morning at 6 o’clock and are now encamped In Dexter park, Juat inBlde the yards. The battalion Includes com panies JJ and D. In nil about 100 men, under command of Copt. Chapman. At 8 o’clock Swift & Co. succeeded In get ting out the stalled train of beef which lmd been on the track at Halstead and Fortieth streets since Monday after- MILITIA IN SYMPATHY. San Francisco, July 4.—The strikers acted In a high handed 1 manner 4n Oak land all day today.* They held up local trains and pulled off the firemen and 'brakemcn. The militia Is getting ready to take the field. - At Sacramento the state troops refused to disperse the stri kers, arid finally marched back to their armories without accomplishing any thing. ,. ATLANTA AFFECTED. Atlanta, July 4.—As a result of the railroad tie-up, the Shipments of mel ons have congested In Atlanta to such an extent that they are being sold here cheaper Ilian ever known. Hundreds of car loads of melons destined for tho North have been sidetracked and the railroads are almodti giving them away. In many Instances they are Bailing them at less than tho uctunl cost of bringing them as far as At lanta. The fruSt stands nro literally overflowing tvllh pineapples and bn- uantiastopped hereon their way V'e»t. Bananas are bolng liberally disposed of at 23 cents a bunch and pineapples are going at fr&m 8 to 3 cents apiece. Prices are getting oh nap or every day and If the tie-up corrHnuos the conges tion of fruit shipment will bo so great as to make It nopessary cither to give It nvray or have It rot' without being disposed of. MUTINY OF MILITIA, Sacramento, July 4.—Three companies of militia mutinied nnd refused to act against the strikers. Men with arms are reported flocking to Sacramento to assist tho mob. Tho situation thers la growing mole serious hourly. Tho strikers at Oakland stopped all the trains coming or going, beat and mnl- treated the engineers and firemen and killed the engines on the main track. dl»rn -™- noon. Thirty men from oompany B, ° l . ,h .e way-. Tentf under command of Capt. Chapin, to gether with 100 policemen, took up n position alongside of tho train and marched with It to the Michigan Cera tral track. The crowd of hangera-on did not number more than COO and they remained at a distance. The train went Ehst at 8:45 a. m. When the soldiers marched back to camp they were fol lowed by a crowd of about 800 men nnd boys, who cursed and yelled at the men until Capt Chapman ordered a charge with bayonets on Halstead street switch which had the effect of scattering this crowd. QUIET IN ST. LOUIK St. Louis. July 4.—The railroads tre nbt muklng much of nn effort to over come the strike difficulty today. Tho majority of them have given their em ployes until tomorrow to return to work and If liy that time the men do not resume wbrk their places will be filled by non-union men. The Chicago and Alton train for Chicago and the Wabash passenger trains for Che East were abandoned last night. The morn ing passenger mdn* were started with out delay, but Tt la feared they will be (topped at some pbtnt along the lines. The different rallrouds have dismissed nearly two-thlrda of their clerical force on account of the strike. The Missouri Pacific switchmen announce their In tention of returning to work tomorrow morplng. They my they are not mem bers cf the American Railway Union nnd only went out through sympathy. A petition Is being circulated through out the business community declaring the (trike unjustifiable and calling tm the government to take the matter In charge. If the strike contlnuea until Monday a food famine Is feared. . BLOCKADE RELEASED. Blue Island. III.. July 4.—The great blockade on the Rock Island waa entire ly released at 1:15 this afternoon and train* that had been tied up for live days began to mbve. The drat of the tratna that were (tailed at Joliet came up the track guarded by soldiers. The ten cars, half of them Pullmans, made up the train, which was followed In a very few minutes by six others of equal length, each guarded at the point of bayonet*. The spectacle presented by the procession W empty trains on the same track was more novel und Inter- TIED UP IN MICHIGAN. Port Huron, Midi, July 4.—Tho Grand Trunk Is tied up hero. The em ployvs both here and In Ramin, on tho Canada Hide, struck. Soon ns a train roadies bore It Is killed. The ntrlkera permit all trains to enter tho Clyde, but none to temve it. METHODISTS IN SESSION. The North Macon Conference Convenes In East Macon Today. The North jlacon District Conference convenes In the East Macon Methodist church this morning. Dr. J. O. A. Clark will preside, and the first session will be held at 9 o’clock, The delegates have already begun ar riving, and those who did not come yea. terday and laat night will arrive this morning. • Following la a list of those who are now In attendance: Louisville.—Rev. G. I. Johnston. Wadley.—Rev. II. C. Brew ton, Rev. J. W. Foy, T. J. Allred. Sandcrsvllle.—W. O. Furse, C. A. Dur. loo, G. A. Veal, H. A. Hall, J. T. Cham bliss. Tennllle.—S. O. Elkins, J. T. Smith, Oconee,—T. P. Rhodes. Irwlnton—Rev. C. V. Morgan, J. T. Lingo, J. H. Wyutt. Warthsn—Rev. C. E. Boland, J. H. Hathaway. Mitchell—W. J. Clark. > Gordon—Rev. J. it. Boland, J. W. Powell, J. H. Johnson, J. A. Stokes. Jeffersonville—Rev. C. T. Blckley, J, T. Williams. Bartow—J. K. Klnman. The Macon churches will be repre sented by the following delegatee: Mulberry tSreet—Rev. A. Monk, Kev. D. O. Abbott. Rev. R. F. Ml’Icr, Isaac Hardeman, George T. Becland, G. Glenn. W. B. Hill. Elmo Clay, TT Rogers, Jr. Manchester—Rev. H. C. Jones, T. F. Britt, J. C. Simmons, U. H. Houser. East Macon—Rev. J. tv. Weston. M. H. Cutter, Lamar WUIIums, W. tt. Jones, J. C. Olendenlng, J. W, Hancock, DetVil McCreary. Vlnevllle—Rev. J. E. Wray, Rev. J. B. Culpepper. Rev. J. L. Kilgore, Rev. G. H. Walker. W. W. DeHaven, Ilolmea Johnston, R. V. Hardsmin, J. C. Hin ton. A. L. Culpspper. Rev. E. 7. Morgan of Irwlnton preached last night to a lame congrega tion. His subject was the “New Birth." It was one of those old time gospel sc: mons which am too rsrgy heir.1 now aday*. and woo heartily enjoyed by all who were present. ' At the conclusion of this sermon Dr. Clark made a few feeling remoras ap propriate to the conference to go Into session today. He said he had greatly enjov-l the evening's sermon. He had been much Impressed by the preacher's subject—a matter, be thought, which Is too little dwelt upon In te pulpit today. He urged the Methodists to elevate the standard of their religion and to live up to It. The doctor’s remarks lent an Inspiration to thg delegates for tho work before them. After the morning’s business session, the Rev. Mr. Johnston of the Louisville and Davteboro circuit will preach at 11 o'clock. There will also be preaching tonight. FOURTH OF JULY ’ NORTH AND SOUTH The Grandest Demonstration Was By the Society of Tsmmany Hall in New York. PAT WALSH ONE OF THE ORATORS Carl Brown# Impersonated the Ooddm of Liberty in Washington and Harangued the Coxs/ltes* The Day In Georgia* New York, July 4.—Tho Society of Yamiiianjp, celebrated- the aJSEi umil- -versury hi American JmlopCU.leUoe lit Tammany Hull today, with Mio-cus tomary * taoconipanlments. Tho biff Wigwam ton Fourteenth .statist' was decorutodlnslde mod outside, with lings and’ stvitibiors. The ifinlu hall, Where tho oratory took place] ,vai iptp'ieifilly resplendent to colors.- Floral) wrenths set off tho front platform. Around the from of me galleries wore tho Hugs of tire diffetVut states iu the Union and between ouch Hug was a streamer of red, white aud blue. Tho doors of tho wigwam were opoa as early a* o’clock, when the crowds began Dock In. Quite a number of Indies were present in tho boxes on each side of the hall. Turamuuy members were out lu full force, all of their regulation unform of -high silk hats and frock calls. To this was added profuse per spiration, for the day was ouo of the hottest ou record, and the throng lu the hall was great. Mayor Gilroy, grand strcliciu, was among tho first to arrive, u WhJMWhe sadirons wero making ar rangements down stairs Bayne’s Slxiy- itluth regiment baud enroriained tho Wigwam nuahrnce up slab's. It was nearly 10JJU when the speakers and sachems arrived. Tuey murched up the hall hauled by Coroner Dobbs, aud took sears on tiio platform. It was observed that ex-Mayor Hugh J. Grant aud Bourko Cockrau wero ab sent. Mayor GUroy opened the proceedings by culling upon the Tatuunmy Glee Club to slug "The Old Bonner Wuv- ,tag." After this song Mayor Gilroy made a short address. After the Ulce Club wing again, tho Declaration of Independence was rend by Maurice Holohan. Then Miss firnesttoo D, Denies rendered a song. The "long talks" were mado by Sen ator Patrick Walsh of Georgia nnd Representative Bailey of. Texas, 'flic "short talks” were many. While Sell- ator Wuhfh was apeak tag Richard Oro- ker, who arrived from Europe this burning, came iu and was wurrnly received. Among tiho numerous letters of tegret was the following: LETTER FROM CLEVELAND. “Ex.octlu.vo Mansion, Washington, June 29^-IIon. Thomas F. Gilroy, Grand Sut-bem, etc.—Dear Mir: I re gret that It Is impossible fur mo to accept rhe kind Invitation 1 huvo re ceived to attend the celebration of tho llfiiih nnniwrHiiry of American inde pendence by the Tammany Society. There never was u time to jour tui tion's history when the eelolmulou of an Independence day so Impressively reminded us of tlhc meaning and sig nificance of Its commemoration. Tho day Is celebrated not because on the fourth day of July, 118 years ugo, err tain iJngllsh colonies In America se cured their freedom nnd Independence, but booauso on that duy tho first step was taken ou this continent to wield the trusting huimnf government to the control umd management of the. people to bo governed. Thin reflection lends to the further thought that such u pro ject could never huvo bee.l entertained except In tho fnllli nnd expectation that those entrusted with self-govern ment would guard With self-suerillcc their sclterae of goranmeut, which Is absolutely essential to Its purity and Rifely. Inasmuch ns this oentiment Is the life of our Institutions and be cause they ore threatened with tho stifling atmosphere of selrtslmes* aid cupidity, wo should so. commemor&to Independence day as to stimulate aud Intensify a patriotic lovo of our gov ernment for Its own nuke, while our repotting should ho measured by tho extent to wbftilt wc nrd all our coun trymen are Imbued with this feeling. Yours truly, Grover Cleveland." FROM SENATOR HILL. New York, July 4.—Ths following lot-tor come Crosn Mr. Hill: "United States 8-nur.e, Washington. June 80, 1894.—Dow Sir: While dunk ing the Tammany Society for It* court esy, I find It to Impossible to accept lu luvttutlon to uttend Its celebration on July 4. The country is now passiug through a period of financial and Indus trial depression the like of which has not bren experienced In years. It may be attributed In part to natural causes, in part :•> unwise legislation in the past and in part to sensitiveness toward contemplated changes In our govern ment policies. Political uneasiness, distrust of pri vate and offlclal rectitude, public scan dal with or without some foundation, fickleness of popular opinion and tile sugg- stion of fatoe or foolish remedies are ulw.iye Incident to such a crisis. It Is a time for level heads nnd genuine courage. The country demands the exhibition of true statesmanship at this hour on -the part of those sdmlnist-’r- tag rhe government: It d,>mind» ihelr adhesion to well established constitu tional principles; It derftjnds tlielr mJlntroianoe of an -honest and vigorous hut patriotic partisanship, ndt in -f- forts to build up person il or political factions by the distribution or official patronage for the sake of punishing ndvi n.irio* and rewarding sycophants, but by the broad and liberal policy of atrengthening party organlzitlona ove- ry-wh--re. and encouraging devotion to correct prindplea of government; It de mands the adoption of *. definite fiscal policy to prevent the government trem longer drifting toward the rocks of financial chaos, and, finally. It demand* « foreign policy which extends the American aynvpothlee of free republics, m'fher than to monarchies. "The evils which now temporarily afflict us cannot be cured by tile adop tion of every passing ’Ism.’ of the hour. They citonot he remedied by the In dorsement of Populistic or Boclulletlo doctrine*. Class legislation attacks the vested rights of property, the centrsll- xo-tlon of power In the general govern ment, unequal and unjust taxation, the usurpation of the reserved privileges and prerogatives of the Mates, unholy coalitions with third parties, n compro mise or abandonment' of essential prin ciples, nnd a change merely for the sake of change wll>\enly aggravate, rather than alleviate, the difficulties. It Is a fit tlmo for old-fashioned Jeffer sonian principles to come to the front, end timid, apologetic and Incompetent counsels to go to the rear. 'A faithful and economical adminis tration of public affairs In the nation, state and municipality: . 'the reduction of publto burdens; a tariff for revenue; the preservation of Anv'ilofln Indus tries; honest labor for hones', working- men; the restoration of the currency of the constltntlon—gold and silver—as the standard nioney of the eountry.ivUh out discriminating against either metal; stale sovereignty; local self-govern ment: ‘homo rule for cities;, honest elections and fair primaries; opposltlbn to fraud and oorrupllon: the speedy ptihlshmint of crime duly proven,, whether against. those In .our own r ipks or In the ranks of our adversa ries; the suppression of nlHdfnl blnck- ireilllug, nnd the enforcement of a high standard of personal and official Integ rity. This, In brief, to our crec.i; and, If woe are true 'to ourselves nnd pursue that duty ns outlined, neither diverted nor dismayed by the premature boasts and clamor of our opponents, we shall deserve to win as glorious victories tn the future as wc have iwou in tho past. "I remain your fellow statesman, “DAVID B. HILL.” Senator Walsh, In his speech bore testimony to the loyalty of Tasnmsny to the party nominee, however much It may have protested In convention and expressed the gratitude of the Smith to Tammany for tho sympathy it extended In the dark daya that fol lowed ithe war. He spoke of the re united North and South and of the duy we celebrate, the returning pros perity of the South and then touched upon the -political Issues of the day. IN WASHINGTON. LON LIVINGSTON u, FIGHTING MAD In His Speech in Atlanta Last Night He Attacked the Journal With Vigor, . , A REPORTER OF THE JOURNAL Carl Brown, the Coxeylte, Impersonnlctl the Goddess of Liberty. Washington, July 4.—An appropriate observance of Independence day oc curred nt the Washington monument. The Wuehing-ton Light Infantry and Batteries A, D, C, N and G, headed by the United Stotea Marine Band and the Mt. Pleasant Drum Corps, marched to the monument from the Arlington hotel as an escort to tho participants In the programme, which beguh at 10 o'c'loek. There waa a largo attendance. Col. John C. Breckinridge, inspector general of tho army, wus master of ceremonlea, nnd after the battery had fired a salute ho Introduced Rev. Dr. Elliott, who made tho Invocation. E. O. Hay read tho Declaration of Independence and Sena tors Shormnn and Jarvis spoke. Senator Sherman refered to the la bor troubles and said if each order rec ognized tho right of the other, end ap plied the golden rule there would bo mo more strikes and disorder. The "Star Spangled Banner" was played, which completed the ceremony. Secretary Gresham and Secretary-Her bert Occupied scats an the platform. The Coxeyltcs celebrated the day with a street parade and speech muklng nt tho eastern entrance of tho capital grounds. Carl Browne, cloafi shaven and wearing a wig cf long yellow hair, Impersonated the Ooddess of Liberty. He rode a small white horse,' from tho back of which he addressed tho crowd of some 200 or 300. Tho majority of the crowd. Judging from their expressions, expected a repetition- of the former ef fort of the commonweelers' to hold a public meeting nt the capital. In thin they -wore disappointed. As soon as tho head of tho procession reuched the Pcaco monument a bait was made and Browne delivered a fiftcen-mlnuto nd dress. He spoke of tho present depres sion throughout tho country, the need less expense of pnylng Interest on bond Issues and the need t>f good roads. At the conclusion of his address '.ha army, headed by several mounted police, start ed on the return march to thoir head- quartern nt Bladcnsburg, Md. The authorities were determined that Browne and his followers should not enter the capital grounds for the pur pose of bolding their meeting, and the regular capital police were reinforced by some fifty officers of the district force to check any advanco that the rommonwenlers might make In this dl- recllun. There were about 150 men all told In the procession. OEN. GORDON IN KNOXVILLE. Knoxville, July 4.—Independence day has been royally celebrated In Knox ville today by picnics, horse and bicycle races and odd Fourth of July celebra tions. Tho chief event of the day was the address delivered by Senator Gor don. commander-ln-cblef of tho United Confederate Veterans, at tho Grand Army picnic. Ten thousand people heard him deliver nn address notable for Its grandly patriotic sentiments and Intense Americanism. The oration delivered today by Gen. Gordon was In response to «n Invita tion extended him Iry ex-Unlon soldier* of East Tennessee. His subject was "The American Soldlor as American Citizen." The breadth and llbemllly of tlr» entire oration mny bo gathered from one of Ids opening sentences. He said: "What matter* tt to any real lover of bto country, and of Ills whole country, on what side you fought to the great American civil oonfltct, provided, only nnd elwnys, that you fought bravely for your conviction* ns be- coM-a an American soldier In war, and now stand equally brave for the rights of the whole people ** becomes on American citizen In peace.” After speaking of the Fourth of July ns a day full of mnrGal memories and high civic nwocUtlons. to- asked what lessons are meet to lenrn upon such a day a* Ibis, which would’ lend us to n higher national life; to be better and braver soldiers In war; truer and purer citizens In P’-ico. and more consecrated patriots under nil conditions. THE DAY IN GEORGIA. Savannah, Bnramrfck and Augusta Observe the Duy Bellulngly. Savannah, July 4.—Savannah Is cel ebrating the day of independence in an unusually demonstrative style. Nearly nil of the business houses of the city are dosed, nnd tutraeilon* are offered m Tybce. Thunderbolt, Jslc of Hope arid In the dty. At I) o'clock this nim'niug the Georgia Hussars brorati the dsy’s ex-rclses |»y raising a garrison flag In front of their armory on Liberty street. This was quite an ismt. The troops attend’sl the cerenl 0 y In full unltoron. The Chatham .rjBlIery assisted l-> >’• • d- d- kutlon of Pic flagpole and fired a sa- (Cohtlnued on page 8.) Jerked Off His Cost sad Itsihtd To ward tbs Speaker Who Was Will ing to Flgbt—1’ollea Kept Down tbs Row* Atlanta, July 4.—(Special,)—Ooti- greosimiu Livingston won ln» spurs as ii ktrick-down aud drag-out ctunpcUgtkic Motile years ugo, hut there is no coord. of anything quite ns lively us the open-- lug speech of his campaign for icuofft- toa-tton at tho opera bouse hero tonight.’’ For u while too scene closely resem bled a South Onroliutt debate, w»lU its usual accompaniments. lu order to understand tho situation, ns It appeared before the opera house meeting tou'lgiif, It must be known first that. Livingston Inis never received the vote of Fulton county In hla con gressional races, lu tact, until quite recently, It lias been the proper thing to beimle mnl denounce him In At lanta. Bo strong has this feeling ngutndt him been mat he has never even put out a ticket here. Wirein tiho scheme to get a govern ment appropriation for tho exposition was hmuflted uml the citizens' cmut'l- teo went on to Washing tm fir that purpose, Uvlngstone heartily joined hands with tho Atliuitlnus and wotked hunl to secure tho appropriation. This naturally softened rnueu of tbu mil- uies'.'iy inward him, and ou this ac count public semameut bus imued largely lu his lwvor. At hrst It wus thought that he would have ho opi-osJMou tor roaomituMion. Nobody to A-tlautu cared particularly, to ittCrtUco themselves lu view of Ai- hinira'B a-lcudly feeling toward lnm, but it seems that soano of lAviugston'u old political encin.ca would not sub mit and Col. Milton A. Coudlor of De- Kalb county whs suddenly sprung on the situation. Ool. Can tier ,ut ot'cu' .received' the backing ot the 1 Journal 111 its most vigorous style. It was charged Unit he luul been brought out by Hecrrirnry lloko Smith, wl-ili whuui Livt,ng4lou hits old scores that noth ing <tatt smooth over. The journal, lunvuver, em'pha'tlcaUy denies that Its bitter light oil Livingston la inspired from Washington or any where else. This nlUcriuiuh tile Journal came out with a long list of Interviews with cit izen.- who sahl they favored Candler anil opiiosed Livingston, aud oilier pub lications lu tho suino Issue attacked the cougrccrndn to a way that mudo Ids blood hot, i When ho faced nls audience tonight he at once sj'iled to W4th sleeves rolled up to got lmck at fbo Journal. Xlia crowd was with ldm' unanimously ex- eroding members of tho Journal's staff, who were ou baud for business. Liv ingston did not waste uny time, buB begun to roast the Journal people from the Jump, charging that the light on him eamo from Wushltiglon, lie luul hn<l n peep behind the scenes, lie said, nnd knew the true liiwurdncss of Can dler's eaudlducy. He took up the list of Interviews and, singling out names, declared that the list com dued people who bad been dcud for years, besidofi Republicans and poopto who lived m Newton, Rockdule und Clayton enmi ties. He.Mild that Muougir Cuban!** of the Journal had offered Ills re porters a $.1 lint, to be awarded to tho one who should secure tho most miti- Llvlugttton Interviews, .loo Johnson, the polleo reporter, ho said, turned In seventy-eight out of the 2nd printed und was declared llio winner of iho hat, but a prates* wus mudo by other reporters, who claim-sl that Johnson bail Interviewed dead men, Republi cans and members of his own family, as well n* employe* of tho olllee, ond consequently tho hat was not awarded, after all. Turning to tho Journal man on iho singe, Mvlngston said lio’d give two hats If any of tho repovtoni would stop out and soy ho hadn't found ton Liv ingston men to ono Cnndler man in gotttag up 111* interviews. Johnson stepped out und TJvIngston declared that tboro was not n word of truth to bis docUritlon. Immculuiuly three was nn uproar. City Editor Hurtcli of tho Journal sprang acrox Hie footlights to get nf Livingston, While Johnson and several other Jour- nal men followed. Livingston ad vanced to meet Hurtcli with uplifted list, while the newspaper man got Ids coat off and wus rolling up Ills sleeves to vvl|K! up the floor with the congress man, with the help of Ids roporters, when people on llio stage rushed up ,aml dragged the bellignvnt newspaper men awny. ; After the arrival of policemen suffi cient to keep down further trouble^ Livingston went on with his speech, which was mainly a claim for the in dorsement of Atlanta for tho work ho lias done for the exposition. ■ Candler, be said, had told u trlond who occu pied a place on the stage that ho would vote against the appropr.atloE. if ho was in congress. Candler also voted against silver when he wai in con gress before, and. like those who put him out. Is a goldhug. He warned Col. Csndk-r not to misrepresent end ma lign While he I* InliVaslilugion, for ho would bold Him -leor account. The mooting PjEgnt tamed more po litical exettemefiy thnn Atlanta has hud In years. Front now on It will lie t.'nr to the knife brewe-n Living-ton nnd the Journal, It slems now, with Can dler more or le*»; n toe background. THE KANKA8 DEMOCRATS. Topski. July 4.—At * o’clock p. m. the Democratic stale convention sdl-pteit n 16 to 1 ratio silver resolution «nd ad journed sin* die.