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MACON, GA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 18. ISM.
is ARRAIGNED
: 0R CONSPIRACY
lited States Court Desirous of
Jessing the Cases Against
the Strike Leaders,
PREFERS GOING TO JAIL
ftThttn A«k UU Oomliracn *o GIv
ptlonfll Security For Ills Ap-
earonce—Th# Status of tho
Strike at Varlona Point*
»icago, July 17.—The report that ad
ditional proceedings were likely to oe
taken :Dy the federal authorities against
President Debs a&d his associate oracer«
hi the American Railway Union had the
effect of bringing a big- crowd to the
United States circuit court room In the
government building this morning.
Judge Seaman of Milwaukee presided r
m the absence of Judge Grosscup. Debs M OtaoOjL He fixed the^addStlonal baU
{ present at the opening of court, ac
<achmen-ts againrft 'Messrs. Dc*bs, How
ard, Ke.uher and Rogers, but instructed
be United Suites marshal to -waive
ervlce on the understanding that the
defendan'cs would voluntarily surrender
at the -bar of the court at 2 o'clock
this evening.
Whan the court met at 2 o’t ock How
ard, Keither and Rogers were present,
but Debs was noit on hand. His name
was called and, -there being no re
sponse to It, was decided to stay pro
ceedings until he put in an appearance.
The attorneys were beginning -to get
a trifle Impatient when, ait 2:20 o'clock,
Debs came Into court panting for
breath. Then Attorney Erwin asked
the Indulgence of the court for five
minutes tor consultation, and <the court
e-’uuiesced. After Oils Che presence of
the defendants was announced to the
bench.
Attorney Erwlln exploded a bomb
shell by stating that If the defendants
were compelled to give bail on the
charge of contempt, they must go to
jail, for -the boil already demanded
on the indictment found by the oourt
had exhausted their -ability In that di
rection. Unless the court accepted
their own recognizances, then It was a
matter of fall or nothing else. Erwin
made an Impassioned speech, saying
that at the proper itlme the indictment
would be demurred to and issue would
be raised whether the unchecked ope
rations of capitalists could introduce
t-ne methods of a British monarchy.
These men -had never committed any
acts of violence. The conscience of the
oourt was being whipped to resort to
extreme and unjustifiable methods.
Judge Beaman set ’the trial for the
contempt cases for Monday morning at
companied by W. W, Erwin, the noted
criminal lawyer of St. Paul, with W. A.
1 Shoemaker of St. Paul, Erwin’s law as
sociate, and by S. S. Gregory of this
l city, who was leading counsel for Pren-
1 dergost in the lunacy proceedings that
l followed the assassin’s conviction, who
■had been retained as special counsel for
I the union. As soon as a few minor
cases had been disposed of Gregory
stepped to the bar, announced the pres
ence of Debs and inquired whether the
hearing was to go on today.
Judge SeoJUjpG replied that the case
would JIlUuRd as soon as District At
torney Mllchrist was ready! At 11 a. m.
the district attorney, accompanied by
Erwin Walker, special counsel for the
government, and George R. Peck, epe-
clal counsel for the Santa Fe road, ap
peared In the court room.
Special Counsel Walker opened the
proceedings proper with a brief state
ment. He said he was desirous of pre
senting to the court an information
against the pe'ople on behalf of the
United States government and to-nek
that a writ of attachment be issued for
the persons -named • therein. In addi
tion. other information was offered in
1 ot the Atchison, Topeka and
KaniP- Fe n>ad. this road bel °S In the’
nfori’* ot a United States receiver. “The
m prii *»atlon in behalf of the govern-
2 j” . he said, “set forth that on July
ihiunci®* Wood and Grosscup issued an
RO ,, U |tJl°n restraining Debs and his ns-
I'DmmP from interfering with interstate
i T nit*»i? rce or with the transportation of
terror! Sates malls, or from exercising
irured i» r violence against employes en-
nf tni« work. Personal sendee
fend ints cK>n<‘ t,orl was niade on the de-
Uiey SbntmuVnied. but in spite of it
aertfl MrlUeJi calt an f or :
rhlrxen and/ oa lines within the city ot
wttlita the f ‘he district adjacent to and
This vlolatj jurisdiction of the Court.
It might V* on had continued duty and
rnmcjjt.
at 48.WIO each, and ordered the tour
men to he held In custody ot the United
ates marshal until the sureties had
been approved. At 3:16 p. m., atter a
conference with their attorneys Debs
announced for himself and the three
other dsfcndantsthxt they would go to
Jal’. and refuse to give additional ball,
on the ground that their bondsmen in
the other cases had been so bitterly
attacked by 'the press that they felt a
great deal of hesitancy In asking any
more citizens to go on additional ball
for. them.
THEY SLEEP IN PRISON.
A score or more of friends clustered
aroumd them and urged them to recon-
said hourly, and tile gov-
desired such action and such
-jTifsliment ns Ihe court might see fit.”
: hv-he lengthy Information was then read
Vi District Attornev Mllchrist. It sets
fSrth the facts already stated nnd
quoted scores of telegrams sent by Debs
after the Injunction hart been iBsucd.
These have never been published and
had evidently come Into possession of
the government within n few hours un
der circumstances that counsel could or
would not explain. Some were address
ed to Phelan, the Cincinnati orgsAlxer,
just sentenced by Judge Taft for con
tent; others to C. -MoiAullffe nt Milwau
kee; others tt> Livingston In Montana;
others to employes of the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy. Chicago and East
ern nitflols, Big Four nnd Santa Fo
. railroads- All urged the men to go out
and Slav out. One dispatch rend; “It
will t.ikA more than Injunctions to more
train*. Get tho men out” This was ad
dressed (-0 W. F. Smith, Grand Junc
tion, Co5- Many other dispatches were
t-f the Sums character. One dispatch
said: "ri-o not be frightened by troops,
fe injunctions or the subsidized press. Call
H out youli- men. This is a contest of plu-
■ tooraeji against the masses and wo will
■ win yZ.i protect our supporters."
■ T . mrt interfered at thh point
H with ug-testlon that ft did not want
M to in - any more dispatches; -enough
Bind t*?en rood to Indicate a persistent
HI it a Ion of the Injunction.
IHIt ,-i dMu-tot attorney proceeded to
| resume of the loss of property
» ■ isiooed by the mob during the past
two weeks, of asaults upon engineers,
ir-men anU other* who continued at
vork, and of InterrUttona of traffic that
tad oocurrod since the Injunction had
tone into effect. ,
utr. Debs. listened with ctose atten-
ion At kh* conclusion of the reading
:n» district attorney contended that
Lhe defendants -were clearly In con
tempt and should be attached and pun
ished.
■riu-n General Council Peck of-the
tuna, Fe road stepped to the bar and
v.id another long information, charg
ing the defendants with Interference
the operations of that road and
Ilk-: wise asking for a contempt attach-
The court asked the defendants If
they were represented by counsel and
Mr. Gregory responded. He saM that
Mr. Debs was In court voluntarily, ul-
though U was understood there would
he an ox partite aprtlcxtlon. The gov
ernment did not deem ft best to charge
ei: her of the four defendant* with per-
sooiiiy participating In violence, nor
had a case been mated that was cog-
-1c In a court of equtty.
With constderalble heat, Mr. Gregory
FM that he did not understand that
•he government’s information was for
be protection of the railroads, or that
h* movement sras fo be used as tan
genoy to vindicate the property rights
f ■ dreads. That seemed to be what
Peck wanted, but It would be very
firfunate if any aotion of the court
ve color to -chat claim. The entire
entry was concerned Jn this moitter,
'I n must be kept free of bias.
Ur. Walker responded that-the gov-
mneni did not propose to protect
llroi.1 property except so far as In-,
•'■-at* commerce and malls were con-
> this the judge added: "We are
here for any ocher purpose,
iWmei; Kr. Walker said that the
kvernment represented ail the people.
H?defendants included, and it wrSuld
It lend tta authority to tho protection
yjUJroad. property within the tinea
P " > rhe court cot the discussion
for-, py ordering the Izsngnci of *t-
K
slder their’ determination. One of- oho
number said he was worth halt a mill
ion dollars anil would go ball for the
entire quartette. Others offered to be
come Individual surety for -the several
defend* re*. Debs, howev’er, was ob
durate and In his determination he was
supported by his aBsooiates.
Iln the meantime, the orders of tho
commtitmenl were made out by tho
clerk of -the oourt. Marshal Arnold
had been summoned and with him ho
brought Deputies J. W. Ftorsyth and
G. H. Jones. A final effort was made
to Induce the defendants to accept the
proffers of their friends, but without
result. At 4:30 p. m., Marshal Arnold
and deputies csconted -them to an open
oarrlage In which they were driven to
liie county Jalt, on north side. On their
arrival at the Jail, the prisoners were
courteously received by Jailor Morris
and Jail Clerk Whitman. The marshal
did the introductory honors and the
prisoners shook hands cordilaly with
their new custtodlans. No feature of
Jail methods uvas, howpvcr. relaxed in
their behalf. ’ At the demand of the
turnkeys they held up thetr hands and
submitted to a search. They were
deprived, of all valuables and then led
to spacious and roomy cells In the
debtors department. President Debs
and Vice President Howard were- as
signed to No. 5 and Rogers and Kell-
fier ft No. 6. It was arranged with 'tho
Jail officers that meals should be served
from a neighboring restaurant and the
prisoners were then left alone for the
night.
REPORTS OF THE STRIKE,
Chicago, July 17.—A Jargety attended
meeting of railroad strikers were held
in Uhrlch's hall today to hear the re
ports Of ’the committees attested to re
port 'the condition of the strike on the
rdads they formerly worked for. Some
of the reports were noit as indicative of
success as 'the leaders expected. A
former Ntckle Plate employe rented
that more 'than half the strikers are
now switchmen, trainmen and shop-
workers. A committee of the Illinois
Central strikers from Harvey askdd
for an order .to return to work, but per
mission was refused.
Vico President Howard made a
speech, in -which he claimed that four-
fifths of the swlcohmen, tratamen and
shopmen wore stilt out, 40 per cent,
of the engineers and 25 -per cent, of the
firemen. He declared that the roads
were operating 80 per cent, of passen
ger trains end 25 per cent, of freight.
He closed -by saying ’’Mr. Rogers, I
have got to go Into court now, and it
is possible we have got to go to Jail.
We may even be kept there until a
writ of habeas corpus may liberate us.
The way to end this thing 4s for every
workingman In Chtcago to drop bis
tools, complying with the law, how
ever.” '
ARRESTED FOR CONTEMPT,
Rawllnh, VVyo., July 17.-E. T, Burke
clerk of the court of Carbon county;
Jarase Egan, editor of the Carton coun
ty Journal: Daniel Haley, city marshal;
Edward Mat km, machinist, and James
McDonM. boiler maker, were arrested
by Deputy United States Marshal Ala-
son yesterday on warrants, charging
them with contempt of oourt In con
nection with the railway strike. They
were taken to Laramie.
THE COURT WEAKENS.
New Orleans. July 17.—The labor agi
tator*. Hurley, Harrison and Sperry,
were today committed for trial before
the United States circuit court by
United Staten CUmlilaSloner Wright.
The accused were released under 4500
bond each and released on their own
personal recognizance. The commission
er said: “I have no doubt aa to the
connection of the accused with the «m-
splrac'y. Hurley has said that If he had
had twenty minutes more he would
have tied uo every road In the city, but,
tlon was discovered by Sheriff Clancey,
who was on horseback. He urged his
animal In a breakneck pace toward the
approaching tram and succeeded In stop
ping It within a few feet ot the ob
struction.
NORTHERN PACIFIC IS OPEN.
St. Paul. July 17.—The first Northern
Pacific train from the coast In eighteen
days arrived today. It left Portland on
June 25. Besides 300 passengers It
brought back the two Companies of reg
ulars from Flirt Snelllng wlio went out
on the first westbound train ten days
ago. The Northern Faciflc line i/as de
clared In operation today throughout Its
entire length for all passenger traffic.
The freight business of the road has to
a great extent been resumed.
TO RENOUNCE UNIONISM.
San Francisco. July 17.—A cast Iran
pledge is required by the Southern Pa
cific Railway Company from oVcry
striker who desires to re-enter Its ser
vices. Each applicant for reengage
ment !s required to sign a promise that
he trill sever Ills conueetjou With the
Amenuaa Railway Union, that he will
not join any labor organization during
Ids employment by the company, tmd
thalt he will not become tv lnemihc*’ of
a-ay brotherhood or union for live
years.
T1IE STATUS AT SACRAMENTO.
Sacrttnieuto, July 17.—'"The strike is
not over,” said G. W. OuUatfivu,
strike loader, this morning. "We aye
firmer alum at any time since the be
ginning of the strike.”
The railroad company Is* moving
trains, however, with murUnl suedcss,
and the general opiiulon Is that the
strikers -arc beaten. A Portland ex
press passed throng to San Francisco
this inumtos with no Pullmans, the
passengers being principally BOldlctu
All the switchmen -who went back yes
terday morning have again ceased to
work. The chairman of the boycott
committee wired Debs lust night- ask
ing WlHltilier a settlement could he ar
rived at regarding the freight trains.
Debs answtred this morning as fol
lows:
“Let the fruit growers apply to the
general managers for hejp. They are
responsible for the-^onit! nuance of the
fight. The situation Is bright pit most
The Senate Bill to Amend the Inter-
stale Commerce Act ol 1887
*
Has Passed.
The Senate Inserted tn the AgrlruMurnl
Appropriation Bill tl.OUO.UOO to
Help (i«t lUd ot TUlUlct In
lnfeilad State*.
points.
CHARGED TO STRIKERS.
. Corona. Ala., July 17.—The loekhart
coal mines, near hero, were partly de
molished yeriterduy by dynamite
plotted simultaneously at two points.
John Kelly, a miner, aid a number of
mules were killed. The mines ware
badly wrecked. The deed is charged
to strikers.
CAUGHT TEARING UP RAILS.
Salt Lake. July 17.—The strikers were
caught this morning Just before day
light In the act of removing rails -.in
tho Unl’on Pacific railroad track, two
miles out of Ogden. Tho overland dyer
was due a few minutes later and a ter
rible catastrophe could not have been
averted had not the dastardly act been
detected. Deputy marshals guarding
the tracks lay In concealment while the
strikers tore up the rails and qb : oon
as they had finished the work they wore
cover ('ll with winchesters and ordered
tp throw up their hands. All compll -(1
though they were heavily arme.l. The
meh were taken to Ogden nnd Jailed
They were Identified ns Frank Decamp,
Bill King nnd Sam.McConnell, who are
employes of the Union Pacific road nml
strikers. Two bf them had Just been
released under bonds on tile charge of
heating a scab fireman. Indignation
runs high In Ogden.
SLASHED WITH A KNIFE.
Mill SupMtnltendent and His Son
Stabbed By a Discharged Employe.
Dallas, Tex., July 17.—TMs morning,
a few ratnutes adtor the cudfian factory
In SouiJi Dalian tad stunted up for the
day, II. I’. Barnm, the boss weaver of
the mills, entered the olllee of Superior
tv-udi-rpt A. H. Nleklie*) on the south
of the blinding, ami with a long blartod
knlfo assaulted the supcrtlitevdeut, In-
ttlcttng deep wounds under and over
tho left nrm, In tho left side, In the
loft groin, nnd then driving the blade
Into live snveririrumlemt’H In-art, sever
ing the lower lobe of Unit organ. Air.
Nlckloss staggei.id to the door, fell on
the steps urnd died In n few minutes
without speaking. About tho time
Barnes got through with the superin-
tender* Joint W. Nickless, son of the
superintendent nnd engineer of the
mills, entered the olllee, whim Barnes
nssauHbd him with the same murder
ous Weapon, ImHoMng u number
deep wounds, two of which reached
the lungs. Hnnies came out of the
fight tartly used up lilmself. Ho wits
arrested and looked up.
Superintendent Nlckh’ss discharged
Barnes this morning nnd the latter 1m-
medtately assaulted atm. N legless
was originally from Hot ton hut lived
n number of years In Atkvnta. Haines
cams from Columbus, Ga. t where his
father and brothers rcsidu.
SUICIDED TOO SOON.
A Man Thought He Had Killed An
other nud Then Sbbt Hiru*1f.
Columbus. On., July 17.—Near
Knight’s station, on the Alabama side
of the Clmttnlmoclieo river, opposite
this city, a tragedy occurred tills after
noon. Charles Isom, whose property
lmd been uhtnohed by Robert F. Out
ler, a grocer, for debt, went to Ontlcr’s
store lit grriit anger. Aft-r some
abusive words, Ixm drew a pistol nnd
tired nt Outlcr three times. Under tho
ImprcwMm that he bad killed (Hitler,
he tied from the store, pursued by po
lice. On reaching Ills home, he turned
on the policeman, with this remark
“I’ve killed Outler. now hero goo*. 1
. j He (hen placed die mtuczle of the pistol
thank God. he had not the twenty mtn-1 i n his mouth nnd fired, blowing the top
utes. and. Instead of the roads being 1 {/ f Hive brad off. Ontler was unhurt.
tied up, he Is tied up himself."
STONING THE SCABS.
Fort Wayne, Ind., July 17.—The new
men employed on the Fort Wayne rail
roads In the viriouB yards as train
men are hourly submitted to the roost
brutal assaults from discharged men.
Laet night Arthur Baldwin, a Nlckle
Plate switchman, was found In the
yards Insensible. Three other switch
men and a call boy were violently
stoned. This morning Conductor Mul-
cahy of the Pennsylvania railroad was
knocked down by a large rock and then
kicked tn the face. Three switchmen
In the Pennsylvania ysrds were clubbed’
and relieved of .lantenrs. Both Ntckle
Plate and Wabash passenger trains
were stoned. Christian Hess, the only
rioter arrested, fired two shots at Capt.
BOrgman of the city police before he
surrendered.
TRIED TO DITCH A TRAIN.
Bonham. Tex.. Jutv 17.—Train wreck
ers yeeterjay attempted to ditch the
westbound pass-nger train two miles
cast of Dodge City by stretching a targe
steel chain across the rxtL- The obstruc
tive pistol was not discharged, only
the raps MLippid. Isoui Is about ZI
yours old and married.
CHOLERA IN ST. PETERSBURG.
St. Petersburg, July 17.—Ouo hun
dred and ninety six fresh rases of
Cholera are roi-irted today ami more
have been recorded.
London. July 17— A dtspitch to the
Times from fit. Pctehsburg says: The
cholera epidemic Is saturnine alarming
proportions. The present vWrallon I*
of a much more Interns • and more falsi
character titan werj, the outbreaks of
the two . previous year*. The drierse
Ins even penetrated Into FlulamL which
has hitherto been nbrolutely free from
cholera. The hospitals ape full and a
kprison ls being converted into a ho*.
“pltaL
LESTER RENOMINATED.
Savannah. July 17.—Hon. Rufus E.
Letter was uniinlmouely renominated
today for his fourth term In congress
from the First Georgia dletrict.
N THE SENATE
AND THE HOUSE
TO DESTROY RUSSIAN CACTUS
Washington July 17.—The senate blit
to amend the Interstate commerce act
Fobruary 4, 1SS7, was pissed. It
adds t»-section 1# of that act these
clauses: ft
Whenever any, common carrier sub
ject to tile provisions of this act is a
corporation, such corporation may he
prosecuted ns far as misilemeuur may
occur under any foregoing provisions
of this .section, and upon conviction
stall be ^subject, for each offense, to n
line not ^exceeding 45,000.
"Wlveiijiver an Indictment shall b
found uikier the provisions of tilts act
ugui-n*t' ii corporation, the service of
any writ or other process thereupon,
or tor life prosecution thereof, still bo
aufiU-lenv If a copy Of such writ or pro-
cees bo delivered to and left with any
officer .or agent of such corporation
■Ksident In tho Judicial district wherein
such luiflctfmeut may be found.”
It also'repeals so much of oration 10
of the liut as provides for punishment
by implied norm t.
The consideration of the agricultural
appropi-lfltlou bill was resumed, unit
Mr. lliiuabrougili of North Dakota of-
icrcd tar amendment to insert an item
appropriating 4i.i'to),ooo for tho destruc
tion of the Husman thistle. Thu
amendment caused a four hours' de
bate. In the course of It 'Mr. Cockrell
moved tlkit .ihe cocklebur and Canadi
an thistle be lnclud-d tn tho extirpa
tion measure, nud Mr. MoLaurlll ol
Mlsslsslpl moved to Include cocoa
grass. These were rejected, and Mr.
Hansbrourfh’a amendment agreed to—
yeas, 27; liays, 24. it Is 111 these words:
"For the' destruction of tile Russian
caotus, 41,030.008, or so much thereof ns
may bo m-cesairy. to he npportloned
by the secretary of agriculture flniong
the several stane Infested by Russian
cactus; wild apportionment to he made
In accordance with the nwssUlcs nt
tile casc.-tu bo nscertalned by the see-
rotary, and to he paid the governor of
each of raid stales upon his executing
an obligation In behalf of his state that
the sum to paid shall bo faithfully ap
plied, til connection with onv sum
which may bo raised by his state for
that purpose, for the destruction of
said caotus."
The following Is the vote In detail;
Yeas—Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Call,
Gary. Dolph, George, Hale, Hans-
brougli, Higgins, Kyle, MCMIllen, Man-
derson, Martin, 'Alttcihell of Oregon,
Patton, Peffer, Perlns, Platt, rower,
Proctor, Quay, Shmip, flu I re, Stewart,
Washhurn—27.
NltyH-Efittv Blackburn, nian-clinrd,
Brice. Cntfery, Cockrell, Coke, Daniel,
Faulkner, Gllwon, Gray, -Harris, Hun-
ton, Jarvis, Jones of Arkansas, Lind,
say, McLoiiri, Pntmer, IMsoo. Pugh,
Rniisom, Vest, Vilas, White—24.
The Indian appropriation bill was
then taken up nnd went over till to
morrow.
A conference was ordered on the Dls
trietdf Columbia hill, and Messrs. Gor
man, Cockrell nnd Allison were ap
pointed conferees on the port of the
sennto
The senate, after n short executive
session, at 0:20 adjourned until tomor
row.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, July 17—The senate
amendments to she river and harbor
t pproprlatton bIH werenon-concvtrred tn
und a conference agreed to.
The bankruptcy bill, coming over
from yesterday, was passed—yeas, 127
nays, SI.
Under the call of committees three
public building bills were reported and
placed on the calendar.
The rest of the day's session was de
voted to the considOKWlon of blits to be
colled up liy -the committee on Judlcli-
ry. Th / first named was the senate
hill authorizing the appointment of an
.additional circuit Judge In the Eighth
ludlclol clrculr. It passed—yens, 112;
nays. 16.
The sernte amendment* U> the exec
utive, lcglsluitlvo nnd Judicial appropri
ations hill were non-coneurred 111 end
ordered printed nnd referred to the
committee on appointments.
The house bill declaring that for the
purpose Of Jurisdiction all tile railroad
corporations shall be deemed cltlwhs
of uny stake Into which tlielr lines ex
tend or in which they shall do any
business, wi« then tak'ai up. It was
amended by adding after tta wont
“builnefs" the following: “as to alt
os uses which may arise In raid slates
nnd territories against raid corpora
tions."
'ending roll call on the passage of
' Mil. the District of Columbia bill
. ref-rred, with the senate amond-
.,'.s. to tho committee on npproprta-
TL mid ordered printed. Tile railroad
. "lien passed without division, after
VrtCP jnl folding lud boon ord-red, by
«t,of 157 to 12.
TV’
room of the senate committee on fi
nance. Prior to their meeting ,it Is
aald that Gorman and one or two other
senators who have ueiil'-’ved promi
nence for llielr "conservative course”
iu the construction of the tariff bill
called the Democratic m»*mbers Into cl
eommlttco loom und warned them
again that under no circumstances
must they rorede from the amendments
the senate h»d made to the house bill,
should tlv*y i do so, and should there
he any clung! tn the complexion of the
sentte bill, those conferees were told
that upon their shoulders must rest the
responsibility for tlio defeat of the bill
in the end. Tile conference, at 8:16,
adjourned until 2 o’clock n. m. tomor
row/ without doing anything bovnud
discussing -tile general situation. There
Is lltilfe likelihood of an agreement, nnd
tho general tropresstn of those who
were tn the committee room Is that tho
report made will he tt disagreement on
all the essential refints In the bill. It
is also said that ‘the house conference
wild were standing out. because the
president Is behind them, are Insisting
mhnt tta house bill, and not the sennto
bill, shall become the tariff law of tbo
fieeretary Carlisle, this afternoon,
took action In the controversy now In
progress between Governor Stone or
.Mississippi and Ohl-f Itazen of the
mvret service -.is to the Illegal action
of Hie shite nf Mississippi In lesulttg
wscrarts for 45. 410 and 420. similar lit
general appearance to United States
myney. He Instruct'd Special Agent
Burns o>t «t. Louis to proceed to Mis
sissippi and confer wth Governor stone,
the object being to tave the obJeo,‘4on-
nifie warrants withdrawn from cimili-
tlon nnd replaced by others that do not
possess tile objeetlonudle ch It met or
iel ics of those now In circulation. In
(the meantime Chief Harrell 'hrt* become
the imanr of -tho plates from which
the warrants were struck.
Kecretolly Carlisle, It Is understood,
will give direction wltjvlii n few days
4o retime to n limited extent the coin
age of stiver daVkirs ait t*he United
■States mint. Since tho repeal of the
Sherman silver purchase law, last No
vember. silver coinage has been virtu
ally suspended, only about 600 silver
dollars taring been struck oft bearing
the date of 18p4.. The oolnuge of silver
for th* balance of tho year will not
probably exceed 42,000,000. and for every
dollar coined n 41 silver oertlficate will
be retired. The coinage, however, will
Increiree tile silver seigniorage now In
the treasury still uncoined. Tills now
amounts to about 455,000,000.
Him. Thomas M. Cooley, ex-chairman
of tho Interstate commerce commis
sion, whose eminent standing ns nn au
thority on constitutional law gives
great value to bis opinion, bus written
to the president as follows:
“Ann Artor, M4cli., July 15.—Presi
dent Grover Cleveland— Dear Sir: Now
that the great strike, In which your
official Intervention became necessnry,
1m« been clearly shown to be a future,
I beg 'to Ire nllowed to express my un
qualified siitlsfacton with every step
you have taken la vindicating the
nntonnl authority and with the restora
tion of low and order which 1ms fol
lowed. or Is now In progre*. The
rauiMon and deliberation with which
you have proceeded arc, I think,worthy
of tho hiriiest praise, and I nm espec
ially gratified thnt n great nnd vslm-
h!e lesson on constitutional construc
tion hns been settled for nil time with
remarkable IM'lle bloodshed. You, Mid
the attorney-general also, have won
gratitude of the country,, not for this
reiteration only but for all tlmo; and
thnt God tany bless you for It Js tho
sincere prayer of your ob-dlervt snr-
vnnt, "THOMAR COOLF.Y, '
house at 4:45 adjourned!
WASHINGTON GOSRJ
N U08BJ’’
RlclfLuck
The Cramp* Strurit ltlclT Luck In the
Speed of the Minneapolis.
■Whshnguni, July 27— 1 The compila
tion of otfiUI dita taken on tie- trial
trip of the cru|scr 5Ilnneipolf« show*
her to be not only the fastest ship ill
the Auv-rk.iu navy, If not In the world,
but- faster -ven ttan supposed. When
the trial was completed Vast Saturday
the rough c-J-leulsUon mtdeof her time
£ laced her speed at 22.0S knots per
our. but the calculation* mode by the
nova! -Xpert* show thut slie accom
plished she wonderful average of 22.072
knots. This will be her official rating,
and on It tho premium for excess of
speed will be allowed. At the rate of
$60,000 for each quarter knot of
spent developed In excess of contract
requirements, her builder*, the Ceiw.ps
of Ptilli'HWda, will secure 4414,400 III
premiums.
The full conference committee on tta
tariff bill- including the BrepubUmn
conferees, met at 2 o’clock p. in. In the
MACON MAY
GET CLEVELAND
The Pretident Receives the Central
City’s Delegates and Indicates a
Disposition to Come.
AFTER OTHER CELEBRITIES.
Judge Hardeman end Mr. Deassn Art
ConUdenc That oilier Statesmen
Will Vleltttie Dixie Inter
state Fair.
NORTH A LAB Air A -MINES.
Troops on Guard at AH 41ie Slopes to
Protect. (Minors.
Birmingham, Ala., July 17.—The sit-
ua'ilon today la noticeable for quietude.
The additional features ot tiho casu
alty at BTope 3 was the finding ‘this
morning of the dead -bodlen of a French
man and a negro—tthe former ono of
the attacking force, the la'tter aenlnor.
No other wounded havo been repontrel.
luitt night companies of Ihe First
und Second regiments were ordered
hero by tho governor and tonlgh't are
tn camps and on special details. Fifty
men at eaoh of the six nlopos and mi
ners of >the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Company, 150 tn reserve in oamp, a-
the slope with goatling guns. All rail
road shops In the ofty ore guarded fo-
night iby detachments of soldiers, os
ls the Union depot, with a heavy re
serve 1n camp.
-Blxty-twOarreats within the past flf.
teen hours have been mode and are
now In Jail. No tiring or other Incen
diary ants have been committed so far
since the att-aok at Slope 3. A tremen
dous Indignation meeting of citizens
was held today, -at -which alt represen
tative citizens were present. A com-
ml-tteo of twenty-five was appointed
on public safety, and tonight Capt. 8,
D. Weakley reported to the governor
ready wi'th 150 men subjeot to his call,
Governor Japes was endorsed foi
promtnen* In placing troop*. The gov
ernor has suggested to Judge B. E.
Greene of tho criminal court Ihe nc-
comity of an early session of the court
and Impanelling of the grand jury on
account of th'e-arrests.
A nORRIULE BXPL08I0N.
Two Hundred Htlcks of Dynamite Ex
ploded, Killing Eight People.
Hazleton, Pa., July 17.—Another horrible
disaster occurred at Stockton No. 8 to
day which, In detail. Is the most shocking
which ever took place In tho Lehigh coal
fields. Two hundred sticks of giant pow
der exploded In the midst of a gang of
miners, and not enough ot their bodies
was leftl ntnet to Identify them.
fitockton colliery is about one mllo cast
of this city and I* operated by Linder
niann A fikerr. On account of Us loca
tion from the main breaker. It has teen
customary to send the dynamite and
other explosive* In boxes to No. i and
distribute them to workmen at the bot
tom of the shaft as they appear In the
morning on thetr way to work. Charles
O’Donnell bad charxo of this district. It
was his duty to distribute to the company
miners and starter* th* dynamite and
capt. Seven miners stood around him
Washington, July 17.—(Bpeehtl.Vi.
President Cleveland may go to Macon
during tilio s.xmlon of the Dixie Inter
slate .Pa ir. A stronger assertion might
bn made, Judging from Wie reception
he accorded the Invitation extended
to Mm try Judge J. L. Iturdeniuu pud
Mr. Wutshtng-tan Dessau today.
Tho two Macon men, neemnitanled
Secretary Hoke Smt-th, Senator rub
rick Walsh niid Itcis'esetvttutlves Lew
ter, Black uudJAitc, went to the Whits
House tills morning and were cordially
received by Mr. Oluvclnud, to whom
they tveru bii'.raluced by Hecretirj
Still t'h.
Senator Walsh, on behalf of Messrs;
Dessau nnd Hardeman, ex-temlud. to
the President t'lie invitation to bo prc» ,
cut at flic fair, nud suld tbe whole peo
ple of Georgia Joined la tlhe invitation,
A general emiverantlcm mi tho subject
ensued, the President evincing much
Interest lu the mutter, malting clone in
quiries tin to tJie date on tvlileli ho win
expeetdd to lie present and (lie rail
road schedule*.
lie suggested In the course of tho
convolve! am thnt perhaps ihe pooplt
of Augusta might feel slighted if lit
neeepted Mlocun's Invitation after buy
ing born irmnblo to accept Augusia’n,
but Senator Walsh and RsfiiresenltvtJvo
Black irolili assured Jilin thuit ho need
feel uo tinouKincss on tlra-t score.
In «1|0 course of tlta oouvonsatlon
Mr. 0 level and f aid ho Mid a great do-
sire to visit Georgia, and indlentod
siro-mgly th-,-it If ho could possibly nr-
range Ids lime no Hurt ho could eomo
he would do so.
Macon’s ilelegntlon feel much on emir-
n-ceil nml are eonlldmt Hint there 10 nl
leant an even Ohiuu-e tlhalt the Presl-
dent will nceept tlielr Invitation.
Vice-President Sh-voiuon hns pnom-
Wed to come If he ran arrange M, mid
Messrs. Dessau nud Ifnrde non Intend
to Invite Tom Iloeil, Congressman Wll.
Ron, Governor McKinley nnd a pumlK-B
of qthsr prominent men of nil partlcH,
__ THE PRESIDENT INVITED. ',
A Formed Invitation to Mr. Cleveland
. to visit tbo Dlxlo Fair nt Mncon.
Wnshln-gton, Jflly 17.->Tlio president
thin morning received miother of thi
oeenslonnl Invitations that havo been
tendered him el nee bis Imiiigiim-tlon
to intend Georgia- fairs. This tlmo ho
w«is uikod to be present nt the opening
of tho Dlxlo Interstale Fair, to he held
wt Mncon on the 26th day or October
25. Senator Walsh, flecretary Smith,
Representative* Blnok nn-1 taster ol
,Sh»t state, and- WnWhlimton Dossaq
and Judge Hnrdemnii of Mneon, cam:
prw'd the eom-mttte of Invitation.
Mr. Clevela-ad sndlliiatv referred to
the wny III which llm people of Georgia
Icopt on inviting him to their stale, nnd
h * sahl ho would try to k-- this tlmi*.
If possible. It was tmpmwlhle for him
to Just now see so far ahead, nnd lia
was afraid that he might) bo writing
Ills message nt tlio lime. Tho commit
tee -was of tbe belief thnt If 0<-orgln
did not necuro the president nobody
else would.
A
this morning receiving their supplies wnen
201) sticks of dynamite exploded. O’Don
nell’s body wo* the only one that could
be recognised, and s large port of tt was
gatacbed from the recognizable part, ’the
Ji/hei* were totally dismembered nnd sent-
leral about th« mine chamber*. The
masses of flesh were gathered up ,n rough
boxes, no attempt being possible to put
them together In human ahape, ami in
that condition they will be bumd. No
body live* t<> tell what caused th* acci
dent.
STRIKERS
Galvmnon,
RIOTING IN ENID.
Scenes of LniwleBsnras Enacted la
Enid and Round Oak,
Guthrie, O. T., July 17.—Rioting nnd
dii-ltruetton wonb on today worwi than
ever on III- Risk Island iuIIi-miI. (mo
bridge was blown up wHb -lyimmlt--,
one burned and n dynamite bomb
thrown under n train carrying sol
diers, telegraph wins cut, train guard*
final upon und aeotikin tnnn driven from
tlielr wo*k nro noino of tho oeeurnmeea
of tile day In Enid nnd Round Pond.
County Attorney Axlu.T nt Bound Pond
was In Die Imnd* of n vigilant cotnmlt-
toe nml roughly treated nnd wn* only
saved from Irmclng lay tho Interposi
tion of several clt|y.ens. A reign or ter-
r*n- prevsills and tfhe local olllelal* nro
afraid to unt. Tho iKimlful of soldiers
a re scarcely nhlo 4o Unlra <uro of thorn-
Helves, let alone preventing any out
lawry, nml the U-uul gn»* rlglit along
pillaging und lairnlag.
Governor lose tonight issued n proc
lamation calling upon nil good citizen*
to aid In putting a stop to Uuw-hrenk-
Ing, nml offering u rwwarel of $900 for
tlio arrest of any of tho parties guilty
of arson.
THE NATIONAL UNION.
Tbo LeglslmUvo Dodyln Annual Session
nt Lookout Mountain.
Chattanooga, July 17.—Th* acnat* os
Sixprcme legtilatlve body of the Nation
al Union, a popular co-operatlvc and
benevolent onler, met in annual eeazlon
boro In Isxikout Jloutuln Inn this morn
ing. There nro over a. hundred dele
gate* present, representing neariy
every stale In the Union.
The opening session ml* morning was
public arid was largely attended.
Mayor Oob* welcomed tbe delegate* to
Chattanooga In a graceful speech.
Tbe chamber nf commerce, through its
president, A. J- GalMgan, also ex
tended a cordial welcome. These
speeoben were responded to by the offi
cers of the senate. The body will be
In session for four days, but after to
day all precendlngs win be secret.
White they are here tbe delegates
will be the recipients of many atten
tions. Tomorrow night tbe society ot
the city will tender them a grand ball.
Thursday aftemo xi -they will be driven
over Missionary Ridge end the near-by
. battlefield*. That night they will lake
wVtii 'swindling’ hi* customer*. Hcroe-1 « moonlight salt on the Tennessee
dw l* in Jail- | river.
INDICTED.
July H-PIvo striker*,
wno were arrested on the charge of In
terfering wth -the Unttd States matin.
Mime before Commleslonvr Dart today.
They were sent before the United
States court tinder bonds ranging
from *5W to 12.540.
The grand Jury returned right Indict
ments against Charles A. 8croed-r, tbe
prominent real estate min, charred