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GOLDEN READY
TO TELL ALL
Will Bring to Light Real
Assassin of Goebel.
WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR
Yonng Seargeant Will Divulge Inform¬
ation In His Possession When the
Natter Is Brought Up.
A special from Lexington, Ky.,
says: Sergeant F. Wharton Golden,
the man alleged to have made incrimi¬
nating statements ip the Goebel mur¬
der case, arrived iu the city Tuesday
night in company with his attorney,
Smith Hayes. They came from Win¬
chester.
Their movements have been kept in
the dark and their presence was not
known until several hours after their
arrival. They did not register at the
Phoenix hotel, but it is stated Golden
went through the rear door of thePhoe
nix and subsequently to his room in
the hotel.
Another story is that they wer.e met
by a carriage aud driven to the home
of a Goebel Democrat. As the hotel
clerk knew nothing of their arrival ef¬
forts to find Golden proved futile.
Many rumors are in circulation.
One is that Golden is trying to get
away from Goebel influences, but he
is clofely watched. It is improbable
that he has given them the slip.
Another rumor is that he was in tba
city for further conference with Goe¬
bel attorneys.
^ The stories growing out of the con¬
ference between Sergeant F. Wharton
Golden, of the Barbourville company
of state militia, and the attorneys who
are managing the investigation of the
assassination of Governor Goebel have
caused a sensation throughout the
state. Golden will be placed on the
stand by the prosecution in the trial
of persons already arrested for alleged
complicity in the assassination, but in¬
formation as to the exact nature of the
testimony he is expected to give i«
lacking.
"I will do all I can for my friends
all the time,” Golden is reported as
saying, “but I must first l*e true to
myself. When the time comes I will
tell all I know. Whatever else may
be said about me I do not think I oan
be accused of being a liar, a coward
or a Democrat, and I want it distinct¬
ly understood that I am not here un¬
der guard.”
The story is published that Golden
has divulged to the attorneys the
name of the man who fired the shots
that killed Goebel. The person men¬
tioned is a mulatto, who formerly
lived nt Winchester, was prominent in
the French-Eversole feud aud is
known as a dead shot. This man is
now supposed to be in the wilds of
one of the mountain counties.
Evidence that he was in Frankfort
at the time of the assassination was
found among papers taken from W.
. H. Culton, a clerk in the auditor’s of¬
fice, wheu tli9 latter was arrested a
week or so ago on a warrant charging
him with being an accessory to the
murder.
Among these papers were receipts
for board bills amounting to about
$300, incurred by eighteen men who
were in Frankfort for some time be¬
fore and at the time Goebel was shot.
In one of those receipts the name of
the mulatto mentioned is given. The
receipt in this case is for money re¬
ceived from John Perkins by Bettina
Pittman for the board of three men.
Perkins is a porter about the state-
house.
NEW YORK’S ENORMOUS DEBT.
Statement Shows That It Has Reached
a Hundred Millions.
Comptroller Coler has made pubiio
a statement of the New York city debt
on February 3d. The total gross
funded debt was $364,195,859; the net
$258,312,484 and the net bonded debt
$258,340,084. There were then besides
outstanding bonds of various corpora¬
tions now wholly or partly inoluded in
the oity of New York amounting to
$4,385,391.
WHEELER SEES ROOT.
Ueneral Formally Notifies War Sec¬
retary of His Return Home.
General Joe Wheeler called at the
war departmiut Wednesday and offi¬
cially reported his return from the
Philippines.to Secretary Root. It was
expected that the question of General
Wheeler’s future military status would
bo determined at the meeting. Sec¬
retary Root was so busy, however,
with other important questions which
had accumulated during his absence
that it was concluded best lo defer the
consideration of General Wheeler’s
case to a more opportune time.
OATES QUITS RACE.
General Announces His Withdrawal
To People of Alabama.
A Montgomery dispatch says. “The
withdrawal of ex-Governor Oates from
the senatorial race in this state in
a published card to the people Thurs¬
day has been much commented on by
the friends of the governor as well as
by the friends of Senator Morgan and
Governor Johnston. His withdrawal
leaves now a clear field for the two
candidates, and the contest will be a
bitter one.”
KELLY BRINSFIELD
PREFERRED DEATH
To Inevitable Disgrace Which Hung
Over His Head.
MISSING THREE MONTHS
Young Man Was Defaulter To a
Large Amount.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The
thick fog of mystery which has en¬
veloped the wliereabonts of Kelly
Brinsfielil since December 29th laBt,
when he suddenly disappeared, several
ind U , 1 ri "troubled
whi ch has Hie da of
the police of the entire community
since that time, was dissipated Thurs-
day morning by the finding of his life-
less body lying under the front veranda
of the house at 45 West Cain street,
where he resided with his wife previ-
ous to his disappearance, and from
every indication it was judged that
the body had been there since the day
he left his office for the last time.
lt is presumed that Brinsfield,
knowing lull well th exposuree which
threatened him, went to his home,
drank a narcotic poison in liis room
and then let himself down through
_ a trap door in a closet under the stair-
way in tl*6 hall. Once through the
trap, he crawled under the beams sup-
porting the floor of the house until
he reached the brick wall near the
street. Then, overcome with drowi-
ness brought on by the deadly drug,
he lay down for sleep. In his pocket
he carried a pistol, presumably for
use should the drug fail in its work.
The body was discovered by a little
negro boy who was hired by the cook
in the house to go under tlie floor in
search of the ^source of odors which
had been annoying the residents of
the _________________________________ household for some time. He went
down through the trap door and on the
supposition that he would find a rat
or dog, he began a careful search of
the space under the house and soon
came upon the body.
At the time of the disappearance of
Kelly Brinsfield, his father, a highly
respected Methodist minister of Toc-
coa, Ga., said that his son had been
driven crazy by smoking cigarettes.
Strangely coincident with this declar¬
ation is a circumstance connected with
the discovery of the body. By the
aide of the body lay a box of matches;
clutched in his fingers was a half
smoked cigarette, and in his pocket
there was a box containing fifteen of
the tiny ,. rol ,, of . tobacco, , , each , with ... •
bright tip of gold paper on the end.
Kelly H. Brinsfield was the book¬
keeper for the Manhattan Life Insur¬
ance Company in Atlanta for more than
a year before his disappearance. On
Friday morniDg, the 29th of last De¬
cember, Brinsfield left the company’s
office in the Prudential building, and
mysteriously disappeared.
It was not known that he was short
in his accounts, but the mysterious
manner of his disappearance excited
the suspicion of Mr. Prince, the south¬
ern manager, of the company. It was
also found that before leaving the of¬
fice Brinsfield had changed the com¬
bination of the safe, and it was neces¬
sary to bore a hole through the lock
before tbe door could be opened.
The amount of Brinsfleld’s shortage
was not know until only a montn or so
ago. Mr. Prince had an expert to
work on the books for several weeks,
and as a result of the work it was an¬
nounced that Brinsfield’* total short¬
age whould foot up to about $7,000.
Brinsfield was bonded in the Fidelity
and Deposit company for $5,000.
Brinsfield was counted as a young
man of exemplary habits, his only
fault being his great fondness for
cigarettes. He had only been married
a short time, the ceremony which
made one of the city’s most lovable
young women his bride having been
performed by the groom’s father at
Payne’s Memorial church in Atlanta
on September 6, last year.
The couple bad many friends in the
city, and they had started ent in life
under the most promising auspices.
Fatal Cotodlum Explosion.
One person was killed and four aeri-
ously injurod by a terrible explosion
of collodium in the photograph supply
establishment of Thomas M. McCollin
& Co., on South Elaventh streets,
Piladehlphia Thursday.
OSMAN PASHA DEAD.
Was the Greatest Turkish Soldier cf
Modern Times.
A dispatch from Constantinople an¬
nounces the death of Osman Pasha,
the hero of Plevna, and the greatest
Turkish soldier of recent times. He
was 68 years old. His defense of
Plevna against an overwhelming Rus¬
sian force in 1876 gave him enormous
prestige.
By the intrenchments he eaused to
be thrown up he resisted the Russians.
In three pitched battles he overcame
the fiercest troops of the czar’s armies.
A MAMMOTH COAL ORDER.
Two millons Tons of Alabama Article
Bought By Englishmen.
An8y ? di< f' J d6 f e 7
• said to have closed deal bv which
is a
2,000,000 tons of Alabama coal are to
be delivered at tbe port of New Or-
leans for exportation within two years’
time.
The purchase price agreed upon in
the contract is said to be 75 cents a
ton at the month of the coal pits,
Fifty oents a ton is to be allowed for
transportation to New Orleans, where
the coal will be reloaded and shipped,
THE ROYAL VISIT
WILL NOT AYAIL
“Irish Hatred For Britons Cannot Ba
Eliminated.**
THUS SAITH MR. REDMOND
-
Tlie Leader of Irish Nationalists
Speak3 At London Banquet.
At a national banquet at the Hotel
Cecil, in London Tuesday evening,
,Tohn Redmond, leader of the nation-
aliat party in the house of com-
mons, who presided, said he regarded
the last nine years of public life in
Ire!ftnd « 11 nightmare.
“Our reunion ia sincere,” he con-
tinned, “and there ia nothing, hu-
inanely speaking, which the eighty-
Irish members of parliament can
n °t obtain from the exigencies of the
British parties. It is incredible that
British statesmen can be so blind to
the teaching of history as to imagine
that serious practical grievances can
mitigated by a royal visit to Ireland
or ^7 fl British celebration of St. Pat-
rick’s day.”
^ r * Bedmond denounced the war as
the “most damning of which there is
any record in history;” but he evoked
tremendous enthusiasm when referring
to the gallantry of the Irish soldiers,
Edward Blake, member of parlia-
ment for South Longford, who pro-
posed the toast, “Ireland, a Nation,”
was greeted with hostile cries.
A. disturbance ensued and the police
were called in to restore order.
Amid the uproar, stewards were
sent for to secure quiet. A scrimmage
followed and blows were exchanged,
After a sharp tusslo quietude was ob-
tained.
Later, while Edward McHugh,mem-
ber of parliament for South Armagh,
was speaking, a small coterie renewed
interruptions, which developed
into a free fight. Many ladies were
present and became greatly alarmed.
Ultimately the police overpowered
the disturbers and ejected them.
BAILEY DIES OF WOUNDS.
Death Completes Work of the Cobb
County Lynchers.
John Bailey, the negro who was tak-
en from the Cobb county jail at Mari-
etta, Ga., by a mob Saturday night last
and ri(ldled wjth bnlletg becanse of hls
assault upon a young lady a few days
before, died iu the jail Tuesday morn-
ing, aud his body was turned over to
his famiI {or buria i,
The exhibition of vitality shown by
Bailey was simply marvelous, and the
fact that he remained conscious from
the time of shooting until an hour or
so prior to his death is still more won¬
derful.
Baily had one ball in his head back
of the ear, two in his left arm, ona in
his left leg below the knee, three in
his l ight lung, one iu his loin and one
near his spine iu the small of his back
and in addition to this had a large
deep cut in the top of his head caused
by a blow with a piece of iron in the
hands of some one of the mob. In
this^condition he lived full for CG hours.
Bailey made a confession to
Sheriff Bishop aud Bailey’s father
Sunday, but Mr. Bishop hail promised
that he would not divulge the confes¬
sion until after his death.
Bailey told Deputy Sheriff Anderson
and several others that he passed
along and frightened the girl, but did
not make a full confession to them as
he did to Sheriff Bishop and his fa¬
ther. To them he confessed the crime
as had been told by the young lady
and fully corroborated her in every
particular.
PRINTERS WORRY JOHNSTON.
Typographical Union Puts Another
Campaign Paper Under the Ban.
The Daily Democrat, a new after¬
noon paper issued in the interest of
Governor Johnston’s senatorial candi¬
dacy and published in Birmingham,
Ala., has been put under the ban by
the Typographical Union of that city.
The new paper oarried the label of
the Knights of Labor, which or¬
ganization is not affiliated with the
American Federation of L»bor, as the
printers’ union. The Knights of La¬
bor are, therefore, inimicable to the
printers’ union,henoe the action taken.
BOERS CLAIM VICTORV.
Report, However, Is Not Believed At
London War Office.
A report from Kroonstadt, Orange
Free State,via Pretoria, that the Boers
under the coinmand of General Oliver,
had defeated the British troops under
General Gataore, in the vicinity of
Bethulie, is not believed iu London.
A dispatch to the Daily News from
Springfontein, dated Tuesday, March
20th, says General Gatacre was “all
well” and adds that he and General
Brabant had not lost a dozen men in a
fortnight. The last advices also
placed General Gatacre about thirty
miles north of Bethulie, where the
Boer reports say the defeat was in¬
flicted.
TESTi-TONY FOR DEFENSE
I" Wardner Investigation Is Given By
Governor ^ Steunenbsrg of . Iowa,
A- Washington special says: Unusual
interest attached to the Cour d’Alene
investigation Thursday, as the prose-
cution, after presenting testimony al-
most uninterraptedly for five weeks,
gave way to the defense. Governor
Qteunenberg, of Idaho, was the first
witness called to rebut the charges
which have been made.
CQ CT> ■9 > — C3CJ
HAVE THEIR MILITIA
Frankfort Well Supplied With Troops
of Each Faction.
BECKHAM ISSUES ADDRESS
------
Tells the People That He Will
Protect the Courts.
A Frankfort special says. State
troops recognizing Democratic Gov-
ernor Beckham are iu possession of
the county court house and jail, and
will do military duty nnita* order from
Governor Beckham during the exam-
ining trials of Republican Secretary of
State Caleb I owers, Captain John W.
Davis and \V. H. Gulton. Ihemili*
t&ry is also re-enfoftced by seventy-five
deputy sheriffs who were sworn in by
the civil authorities Thursday.
County Judge Moore issued an or-
der to Sheriff buter directing him to
exclude everybody from courthouse
during examination of prisoners ex-
cept, attorneys, witnesses and members
°^ r There i^ e P r ® has SB * been no confirmation of
rumors that armed bodies of citizens
moun * ain 8ec ^ on wou ^ ke
in Frankfurt. ^
Democratic Governor Beckham is- .
sued the following address Ihnrsnay
night, explaining his situation in call-
ing out the troops:
A0 tb e 1 eople of Kentucky in
the present, crisis which exists in onr
state, I feel it my duty to explain to
yon my position and to outline the
policy which I intend to pursue in the
earnest effort to restore peace, quiet
and order to our comraonweath. It
was the policy of my distinguished
an ~ lamented predecessor to conduct
this contest, which has so much agi-
^cdour mend his course people, to in all ^ a law-abiding and
conservative people of^ the That
policy I have, to tlie best of my abil-
>ty, also pursued and intend to cou-
tinue m the same line. In calling out
the militia to protect the courts in
Frankfort I wish to say that no one is
more averse to military rule than I am.
“I believe that it should be the last
re sort that any official should use,
and I lament the necessity that re-
quires it at this time. As your chief
executive it is my desire and intention
always to rely more upon the law than
upon the bayonet, and I prefer to be
supported by the strong, common
sense and patriotism of our law-abid¬
ing people than by any military pow¬
er whatever. Every honest citizen
should submit without hesitation to
the control of the constituted authori-
ties and to the courts, the great safe-
guard of our liberties. authori-
“According to law the civil
ties of Franklin county have presented
to me a statement of facts which shown
that a condition of lawlessness L
threatened here with which they are
unable to deal, and they have callad
upon me for assistance. I have, in
compliance with their call ordered here
certain state troops to place themselves
completely under the authority of the
sheriff of the county, with instructions
tl*at they shall assist him in protecting
the court of this county from threat¬
ened intimidation as well as to protect
the prisoners who ure tried by that
court on tomorrow.
“These troops shall be strictly un¬
der the control of the civil authorities
in preserving order and protecting the
dignity of the court, that justice may
be done to all parties.
“Such is the situation here now,
and I intend so far as I have the power
to protect the courts. In my earnest
efforts to uphold the law and protect
the constituted tribunals, I call upon
the good and law-abiding people of
onr commonwealth to aid and assist
me not by physical force, but by
moral support. We have placed our
cause in the hands of the law and we
must continue to rely upon the law.
Let no act of violence or lawlessness
be committed anywhere and let onr
people who have shown such patience
aud conservatism heretofore, continue
to show it. My great trust and reliance
is in the strong common sense and
integrity of the people of onr state,
and trnsting in that I believe that out
of our present difficulty there will
soon come peace, order and restora¬
tion of the law.
“J. C. W. Beckham,
"Governor of Kentueky.”
DEWEY IN MACON.
Thirty Thousand People Welcoms Ad¬
miral In Centra! City.
Admiral Dewey arrived in Macon,
Gft., Thursday afternoon from Savan¬
nah. The train was in charge of Mr.
L. S. Brown, general agent of the
Southern Railway, and consisted of
twocoaohe* belonging to tbe Southern,
and was pulled by “Nancy Hanks,”
engine 1594, of the Central.
Ten thousand people were at the
depot to greet the admiral on his ar¬
rival. Twenty thousand more were
on the streets to see him as he passed
by. He was given a most enthusiastic
reception by the people there.
WILL INVEillciATE CHARGES.
Macrum Will Be Given Opportunity
To Tell About Mall Episode.
The house committee on foreign af¬
fairs has decided to investigate the
allegations made by Charles F.
Macrum, ex-consul to Pretoria, South
Africa, relative to the opening of his
official mail by the British authorities.
Representative Wheeler, Democrat, of
Keutucky, introduced a resolution to
this end which was referred to the
committee on rules.
PLEA OF GUILTY
Entered By Ten Members of the
Notorious D. A. Tyson Gang
of Conspirators.
In tbe United States district court
nt Savannah, On., Wednesday D. A.
Tvaon anil others pica led guilty to
the charge of conspiracy to defraud
through the use of the mails. Thus
collapsed a case that has engaged the
court for the better part of two weeks,
and which Judge Speer characterizes
as “one of the most notable cases ever
tried in the federal court in this coun¬
try.”
The conspiracy had ramifications
through half a dozen of the country
counties of Georgia, most of them pro-
hibition counties. The conspirators
would send orders by mail to whole¬
sale merchants out of the state for all
<)f goods> principally beer anfl
liquors, which they would dispense in
\>1 incl tigers, and the shippers would
never hear of their money,
But while liquors for sale in “dry”
counties were a specialty, many other
kinds of goods were embraced in the
orders of the gang. Indeed, the con-
f esae d leader of conspirators, I). A.
Tyson, built and equipped a long dis-
tance telephone line connecting Sa¬
vannah with a dozen neighboring
towns with materials fraudulently or-
dered on elegantly engraved letter
paper of fictitious firms,
Tyson made use of a number of
pmall collnt ry merchants, whom he
persuaded to permit the use of their
names for the fraudulent ordering of
goods. Many pianos, organs, reapers,
cases 0 f wine and other articles were
found in depots in the territory of the
gang, consigned to the various mem-
^ )erg 0 * The gang victimized whoie-
8a ] e merchants in Montgomeiv, Chat-
tanooga, Richmond, Charleston, Bal-
timore, Cincinnati and elsewhere. The
triftl ha(1 gon0 on near i y two weeks
an( j near ]y jqO witnesses had been
examined when it was suddenly ter-
by the plea of guilty,
Judge ^be ^ Speer stated that sentence
wou i passed upon the men later.
Those who pleaded guilty were: D.
A. Tyson, ^ __________ J. H. Hutchinson, W. E.
Hutchinson, Morrir W. Hutchinson,
j M Harrell, J. T. Hammond, T. L.
Eiukg> c j p hill i pa , J. S. Wheeler,
Jr., and H. B. Watts, alias C. J.
Watts. The man who was declared
, 10 (. g U in,y > { be evidence not connect-
j D g b j m w j^ b bbe conspiracy, was F.
p. Wilkes.
CHEERS FOR DEWEY.
Admiral Was Abie To Take Part In
Savannah’s Big Parade.
Fifty thousand persons on the
streets of Savannah Wednesday gave
Admiral George Dewey as enthusiastic
a welcome as was ever accorded to any
public man by the Forest City. The
admiral had recovered from his indis-
position of Tuesday sufficiently for
him take part in the military parade
and review arranged in his honor, and
as he rode through the streets with
Mrs. Dewey a* his side, ringing cheers
rent the air anti waving colors made
the scene one long to be remembered.
There were present in the parade
five military companies from Charles¬
ton, one or more companies of naval
reserves from Charleston, Mount
Pleasant, and Beaufort, S. C., and
Brunswick, Ga , anil military organi¬
zations from Columbia, I’elzer and
Timmonsville, S. C., aud Augusta,
Brunswick and Thomasville, Ga.
There were in all seventeen out-of-
town organizations.
Adding the local militia, there were
nearly 4,000 men in line. The review
took place in the park extension,
where an admiral’s salute was fired l y
the Chatham Artillery from brass
pieces presented to the organization
by President George Washington.
Business, public- and private, was
suspended from noon in honor of Ad¬
miral Dewey.
The day’s program ended with a
banquet at the DeSoto hotel. After
the elaborate menu had been served,
the ladies joined the gentlemen in the
main dining room aud the speaking
began. Following came the presenta¬
tion of the elegant silver vase, the gift
of the city of Savannah to Admiral
Dewey, by Hon. P. G. duBiguon.
• Proposes Free Silver.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has
introduced an amendment to the Porto
Rico bill providing for the free coinage
of silver. It is limited to the Ameri¬
can product.
UNION OF REPUBLICS
Is Proposed, According To Latest Ad¬
vices Received From Pretoria.
It is reported from Pretoria that a
schema has beeu arranged for the
amalgamation of the Transvaal aud
the Free State. Kruger will become
president of the federated states and
Steyn commandant general of the Boer
army. The flag will be the same as that
of the Traansvaal, with an additional
orange color.
HachinUts On Strike.
The machinists of Cleveland, O.,
decided to go on a strike Thursday
morning. Between 1,500 and 2,000
men are affected.
FILIPINOS ROUT AMERICANS?
Paris Paper Receives Apparently Au¬
thentic Report To That Effect.
The Intrausigfant (Paris newspaper)
has a telegram received by Agoncillo,
Aguinaldo’s envoy, announcing that
tbe Filippino general, Pavia, has rout¬
ed the Americans near Cubat and tak¬
en the town.
Although this story is not confirmed,
it is not improbable.
ROOT IS ASKED
ABOUT CHARGE
As To Alleged Concessions
For Gold Mining.
ALASKA GOVERNOR KICKS
Ssnalor Turner, of the Stale of Wash¬
ington, Introduces Resolution of in¬
quiry and the Same is Adopted.
Upon the authority of the governor
of Alaska, Mr. Turner, senator from
the state of Washington, made the
statement in the senate Wednesday
that concessions for gold mining in
the bed of the sea near Cape Nome,
Alnska, had beeu granted by the sec¬
retary of war, and upon that statement
he based a resolution of inquiry.
Senator Turner said if such a grant
had been made it was “a shame, a re¬
proach and a scandal.”
Mr. Turner’s resolution directed the
secretary of war to inform the senate
whether any concessions to excavate
the gold-bearing bed of the sea in tbe
vicinity of Cape Nome, Alaska, or in
other Alaskan waters have been made
to any individual or corporation or as¬
sociation by the secretary of war or
any other war department official, and
if so, upon what theory such grant was
made.
“The secretary of war,” said Mr.
Turner, “has jurisdiction over the
navigable waters in the rivers and
harbors of the United States and at
various times has given to private in¬
dividuals authority to excavate the
bed of such waters for proper pur¬
poses. Now if this authority has been
stretched to cover such a concession
as that mentioned in the resolution it
is a shame, a reproach and a scandal. ”
Mr. Wolcott, of Colorado, said that
in view of this extraordinary state¬
ment the secretary of war would be
anxious to answer any proper inquiry
touching it. If such a concession had
been granted it was clearly a violation
of the law.
Mr. Carter said it certainly could
not be iu contemplation of the secre¬
tary of war to give mining leases
without a semblance of law. "I think
the resolution should be adopted,”
said Mr. Carter, “as I’m satisfied the
response will show the secretary has
not arrogated to himself such power.”
The resolutions were agreed to.
VARIANCE IN TESTIMONY
Given Before the United States Indus- ’
trial Commission In Atlanta.
Conflicting testimony has been given
to the United States industrial com¬
mission as to the condition of the mill
operatives iu Atlanta and the wages
they receive.
Three witnesses representing labor
organizations, told the commissioners
that the condition of the mill opera¬
tives was deplorable. Their evidence
was that the conditions at the Fulton
Bag and Cotton Mills were especially
bad.
Mr. Oscar Elsas, representing the
Fulton mills, denied that his employes
were mistreated or were paid starva¬
tion wages.
The foreman of a Macon newspaper,
L. J. Kilburn; was also a witness be¬
fore the commission. He said that
since he had been at work, labor in
the south had beeu organized. He
believed moral and financial benefits
had been derived from organization.
He discussed the labor unions in Ma¬
con, telling of the wage scales aud the
rules that prevailed.
“Incompetent workmen are not ad¬
mitted to our unions,” he said. “We
have to keep them out because we
want to guarantee to the employer of
union labor that he will get the value
of his money.” the
“Then it is in the power of
union to prevent men from working at
a given trade,” said Mr. Smyth.
“We do not go that far, but we pre¬
vent non-union men from working in
union
Kilburn explained the system of
apprentices, saying that in the Typo¬
graphical union one apprentice was
allowed to every seven printers or
fraction thereof.
“Suppose an employer had a son
whom he wanted to learn the trade
and there were no apprentice places
vacant?” suggested Senator Kyle.
“The employer’s son would be
turned down,” replied Mr. Kilburn,
“just like anybody else. I had a case
a few days ago where an employer
wanted his son to learn to operate a
Mergenthaler machine. There was no
vaoaucy and I had to turn him down.”
Senator Kyle asked if the laborers
were not operating a gigantic frnst.
Mr. Kilburn said they simply had a
large organization. He did not con¬
sider it a trust.
The senator said it occurred to him
that the labor unions were putting
themselves on the same plane with
the big corporations of the country.
A VICTORY FOR BECKHAM.
Judge Fields Sustains a Demurrer In
the Contest Suits.
At Louisville, Tuesday, Judge Field
sustained the demurrer of counsel for
Governor Beckham and granted the
motion to ftrike out certain parts of
the amended reply of the Republicans
in the consolidated contest suits. With
this went a judgment signed by Judge
Field, in conformity with this decision
and the former ohe, sustaining the
demurrer and motion to strike out.