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THE ORGANIZATION SENDS STRONG
LETTER TO BANK OF ENGLAND.
SILVER RESERVE THE CAUSE.
A Probability That the English Govern¬
ment May Be Coerced la
the Matter.
Advices from London state that the
protest which the bankers of that city
drew np at their meeting in the clear¬
ing house "Wednesday against the pol¬
icy of the governor of the bank of En¬
gland in announcing its willingness to
maintain one-fifth of its bullion reserve
in silver was presented to the bank
Thursday. The resolution was ac-.
■companied by a formal letter, aud the
resolution itself is in the name of the
Clearing House association, as,although
the members were not represented at
the meeting, a majority of the mem¬
bership was represented and unani¬
mously adopted the resolution, which
is as follows:
“That this meeting entirely disap¬
proves of the Bank of England agree¬
ing to exercise the option, permitted
by the act of 1884, of holding one
fifth or any other portion whatever of
silver as a reserve against the circula¬
tion of the Bank of England notes.
“That a copy of this resolution be
cent to the Bank of England, the
prime minister, the first lord of the
treasury and the chancellor of the ex¬
chequer.” had 4
An organized movement begun
to induce other commercial bodies to
protest against the announcement of
the governor of the Bank of England.
A high official who was a participant
in the negotiations between the United
8tatea bimetallic commissioners and
the British cabinet said to the repre
eeutative of the Associated*Press:
“I fear the bankers will frighten the
government into receding from their
etand for bimetallism. They have for¬
gotten that parliament unanimously
resolved measures to secure a stable
ratio of exchange between gold and
silver, and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach,
the chancellor of the exchequer,
pledged himself to do all iu his power
to carry the resolution into effect.
“The English public have forgotten
•Iso that ten of the fourteen members
of the agricultural commission signed
a report recommending bimetallism as
• palliative for the agricultural de¬
pression in India. The public and
newspapers seem to think the govern¬
ment is influenced merely by a desire
to secure the good will of the United
States, when it is attempting to carry
oat the declared policy of its parlia¬
ment,.”
HAZELTON INQUEST ON.
Coroner's Jury Investigates the Killing of
Miners at I.attlmer.
At Hazelton, Pa., Thursday after¬
noon, Coroner McKee began the in¬
quest into the deaths of the score of
striking miners, Avho were shot by a
posse of the sheriff’s deputies at Latti
timer.
Nearly all the testimony adduced at
the first day’s session was a repetition
of that brought out at the hearing of
the deputies at Wilkesbarre. Most of
the witnesses were foreign strikers,
who were in the march halted by the
deputies’ deadly fusilade.
They gave the details of the affray
«g already published aud all declared
that none of the strikers were armed;
that Sheriff Martin pulled a revolver
on them, but no one attempted to take
it from him; that no violence had been
offered that official, and that the miners
Kad no intention of making au unlaw¬
ful demonstration.
WILL FINISH NEW ROAD.
Springfield,Ohio River and South Atlantic
Railway to Be Completed.
A company of capitalists was or¬
ganized Thursday at Paoli, Ind., by
the election of a board of thirteen
•directors to push to completion the
building of the Springfield, Ohio River
*nd South Atlantic railway.
To this road a subsidy of $1,000,000
was voted by Knoxville, Teun. It is a
branch of the Great Black Diamond
•ystem. William Kirby, of Toledo, was
elected president of the board.
Articles of incorporation will be filed
•t Indianapolis.
RAILROAD SUPERINTENDENTS.
Officers Elected By the American Society
At Meeting In Nashville.
The American Society of Railroad
Superintendents elected the following
officers at their meeting in Nashville,
Thursday: Price of Pittsburg,
President, C. B.
Pa.; first vice president, Seely Dunn,
Russellville, Ky.; second vice presi¬
dent, G. B. Brown, Coaning, N. Y.;
secretary, C. A. Hammond, Asbury
Park, N. J.; treasurer, R. M. Sully,
Petersburg, Va.; executive committee,
<3. H. Ketchum, Syracuse, N. Y., and
A. H. Smith, Youngstown, O. Yarious
topics were discussed aud the associa¬
tion adjourned until the next annual
^peeling.
DENOUNCED LATTIMER SHOOTING.
Executive Council of Federation of tabor
Pass Resolutions.
The fourth day’s session of the ex¬
ecutive council of the American Fed¬
eration of Labor, in session at "Wash¬
ington, convened Thursday morning
at 9 o’clock, all members being pres¬
ent. Regarding the shooting at Latti¬
mer, Po,, on September 1, the follow¬
ing resolution was adopted:
“Resolved, That we declare the act
af Sheriff Martin and his deputies at
Lattimer in shooting on the marching
miners then on strike, was a brutal
and unprovoked massacre, inspired by
the coal operators of that section to
defeat the demands of the men for
better conditions.
“Resolved, That ever ready use in
late years in court injunctions, armed
force and state militia in times of labor
troubles, is only part of the insidious
program to entirely subjugate the
workers of America for the most de¬
basing degradation.
“Resolved, That we condemn most
severely the wanton killing and wound¬
ing of poor miners at Lattimer and
will give our fullest help through the
trade unions and American Federation
of Labor to realize moneys for the legal
prosecution and conviction of Sheriff
Martin and his murderous minions,
that through the courts of our land
even-handed justice may be done to
atone for these revolting murders. ”
Frank J. Walser, one of the federa¬
tion national organizers, was directed
to proceed immediately to the Luzerne
district, Pennsylvania, for the purpose
of helping in more thoroughly organ¬
izing miners and to endeavor to effect
an adjustment of the miners strike in
that
It was determined that measures in
the interest of labor should be formu¬
lated and presented to President Mc¬
Kinley with the view of his incorpor¬
ating them in his next message to con¬
gress. It was resolved that with the
revival of industry, every effort would
be made to organize the workers in
their trades unions and the organizers
directed to work along this line.
The members of the council were
appointed to investigate certain differ¬
ences existing between their organiza¬
tions and some of the employers of
members of their unions with a view
of making report and adjustment.
The council adjourned in the after¬
noon subject to the call of President
Gompers, having completed the busi¬
ness for which it was convened.
NO WAR IMMINENT.
Uncle Sam Has Not Threatened Hostilities
Against Spain.
A special to the New York Herald
from London says:
In reference to the sensational tele¬
grams from Madi’id about the alleged
ultimatum and inevitability of war be¬
tween the United States and Spain, the
correspondent had a conversation
with a distinguished American diplo¬
mat who, though not personally con¬
cerned in the Ameriean-Spanish ne¬
gotiations, is in a position to know the
exact state of affairs, but who for ob¬
vious reasons would not allow his
name to be mentioned. He said:
“I cannot, of course, pledge in ad¬
vance the government of the United
States, but so far as the present is
concerned, such a step is not in con¬
templation. The United States has
probably intimated through Minister
Woodford that the present state of
affairs is most deplorable and that if
we could be of any assistance in bring¬
ing such a condition of things to an
end we should be glad to offer our
services.
""But you may state absolutely that
no ultimatum has been sent to Spain
by the United States.”
BIG BREWERY IN ASHES.
Over 8300,000 ILost by Fire In LaCrosse,
Wisconsin.
The brew house of the John Gund
Brewing Company’s plant at LaCrosse,
Wis., was destroyed by fire Thursday
morning. The malt house contained
several car loads of malt and about
5,000 bushels of barley, which were
totally destroyed. contained about
The cold storage
12,000 barrels of beer, which was also
destroyed. The total loss will exceed
$300,000, about half of which is cov¬
ered by insurance in various old-line
companies.
The plant will be rebuilt as soon as
the debris can be cleared away. The
output of the brewery was 100,000 bar
rels a year, and it employed about 150
men. It was founded in 1858 and has
been one of the leading institutions of
the city since that time.
INDIANS HAVE GOLD .MINE.
Chickassvwrs Claim To Have Veins That
Beat Klondike.
The Chickasaw legislature, now in
session at Tishomingo,I.T .has passed
sn act placing a royalty on all gold
that is hereafter mined in the Chieka
saw nation.
This act was brought about by In¬
dian citizens who live near Purcell, in
the Chickasaw nation, taking out sam
ples of ore. Some of the Chieka
saws who have investigated the mat
ter are under the belief that Klondike
is a small, insignificant gold field com
pared with the one just discovered
u «* ar Purcell.
MOTHER AND SIX CHILDREN VIC¬
TIMS OF BLOODTHIRSTY FIEND.
COMPLETED THE JOB BY SUICIDING.
Slayer First Used a Shotgun and Wound
Up His Bloody Work W»th
a Revolver.
Particulars have been received of
the slaughter of a mother and her six
children which occurred at the home
of John Boecker, a farmer living eight
miles northwest of Carroll, Iowa, Sun¬
day night.
After accomplishing the awful deed,
the fiendish or demented husband and
father, at whose hands they died,
completed his bloody work by sending
a bullet into his own head, inflicting a
fatal wound.
The family was prosperous, and as
far as known lived happily. No mo¬
tive for the tragedy has been disclosed.
Boecker’s victims are his wife and
these children: Caroline, aged four¬
teen; Christine, aged nine; Henry,
aged eight; Lizzie, aged six; John,
aged three, and an infant.
All are dead but Henry, and he can
not recover from his wounds.
Boecker had an engagement to help
a neighbor thresh wheat Monday
morning, and on his not putting in an
appearance, his brother, Henry, who
lives about twenty rods away, went
abent 9 o’clock to see why he did not
come.
The doors of the Boecker house
were locked and there were no signs
of life about. Henry tried to get in
the house, but met no response, and
finally be kicked in the door and came
upon a horrible scene. Boecker, with
his wife and baby, slept in a back
room, and the three corpses lay on a
bed.
The wife had been shot in the neck
with a shotgun which stood in the
corner. The baby had been shot and
its head crushed with the butt of a re¬
volver.
The man, still breathing, had a bul¬
let hole in the forehead, and by his
side was a Smith & Wesson six-shooter
with two chambers empty.
The Boecker home is a story-and-a
half frame house, and upstairs Henry
and Lizzie l*v on a bed with bullet
holes in the forehead, the latter dead,
the boy still breathing.
In the opposite corner of the same
room Caroline, Christine and John
were dead, each with a bullet hole in
the forehead.
The tragedy was undoubtedly a case
of murder and suicide. The indica¬
tions are that Boecker first dispatch¬
ed his wife with a shotgun, then used
the revolver on the baby, first shoot¬
ing it aud then knocking out its brains
with the butt.
Boecker then went upstairs where
the five children were sleeping and
killed them. He must have used a
light, for his aim was effective, each
victim being shot in the forehead.
Boecker had reloaded the weapon
while upstairs and evidently sent the
second bullet into the eldest girl’s
brain just before leaving the room.
Going downstairs he stretched him¬
self beside the corpse of his wife and
shot himself. His right hand was
burnt by the powder, showing the
rapid use of the revolver.
FOUGHT THREE BROTHERS.
Murdock Stabs One, Whips a Second and
Is Killed By Third.
A few days ago James M. Summers
and James W. Murdock, substantial
farmers of Union county, S. C., had a
difficulty in which Summers was se¬
verely beaten.
Just then a brother, J. S. Summers,
arrived and took his brother’s part.
He was seriously stabbed by Murdock.
A day afterwards C. C. Summers, a
third brother, went to see Murdock.
A quarrel ensued and Murdock was
shot, dying in a short time from the
wounds.
SALISBURY DID NOT WITHDRAW
And England Will Take Part In Behring
Sea Conference.
The announcement was made at
London Monday afternoon confirming
the dispatches of the Associated Press
of Saturday last, that the Marquis of
Salisbury has not withdrawn irom the
Behring Sea conference.
PENNANT MELTING AWAY
From the Erstwhile Indomitable Cham¬
pions of the Diamond.
There was no joy in Baltimore
n jght. Boston took the rub
ber iu tbe crucial baseball series, put
ting j ier a h ea d j n the fight for the
pennant, and there seems to be but
probability that the Champions
can sa ve it.
Baltimore’s prize pitchers all went
down like ripe grain in a hurricane
before the terrific onslaught of Bos
ton > s batters, until what seemed at
flrst a T i c torv for the home team was
tarue d into a rout, the like of which
has been seldom witnessed on the ball
fie p lf and more than 25,0C0 people saw
it dono>
BLOODY BIOT AMONG POLE3.
Thirty-Six Men Were Wounded, Nine o.
Whom. May Die.
At least nine men received fatal
injuries and possibly two score others
were more or less seriously wounded
in a bloody riot at Girardville, Pa.,
late Sunday night and early Monday
morning.
The battle was the outcome of a
quarrel over the Hazelton troubles.
Thirty-six men are known to have
been wounded and about fifty more
are being secreted by their friends,
who fear they will be sent to jail.
Twenty-two of the ringleaders were
carried before justices of the peace.
All were charged with assault with in¬
tent to kill, housebreaking and riot¬
ing and were held in heavy bail for
court. Many more warrants have
been issued.
One physician attended to twenty
two of the wounded, nine of whom he
says will die. Two other doctors at¬
tended to fourteen others and there
are supposed to be other wounded
men not yet accounted for.
Several hundred Polanders board at
William Culaeabbage’s hotel, on Sec¬
ond street. Joseph Cavendish is pro¬
prietor of a hotel at the east end of
town, where several hundred more
Polanders make their headquarters.
Bad blood has existed between them
for a long time and the recent strike
troubles at Hazelton embittered them
still more.
Sunday night matters came to a
crises. Culacabbage, it is charged,
and his followers, to the number of
several hundred, arming themselves
with guns, revolvers, knives, axes and
clubs, marched to Cavendish’s hotel,
where several hundred of their ene¬
mies were celebrating pay day.
The Cavendish men ascertained that
their foes were marching on them, and
arming themselves awaited their ar¬
rival. After a demonstrative march
the Culacabbage contingent arrived
and immediately stormed the saloon.
Then a bloody battle ensued. The
men fought like demons, the shooting
was fast and furious—axes, knives,
clubs and other weapons being used
with deadly effect.
The battle lasted almost an hour,
when the Culacabbage gang was rout¬
ed, leaving their wounded behind.
Everything in-the house was smash¬
ed and the floors were strewn with
wounded men. The walls were be¬
spattered with blood and shreds of
human flesh.
After the routed rioters had re¬
turned to their headquarters the Cav¬
endish gang armed themselves to the
teeth and marched to their enemies’
rendezvous, where a battle still blood¬
ier than the first ensued.
The police force and the constables
of the surrounding region were called
to the scene, but were unable to cope
with the rioting horde, who continued
hostilities until morning.
The townspeople watched the pro¬
gress of the fight during the night,
but made no attempt to interfere.
A DIVIDED VERDICT.
Shooting of Minors Declared Murder By
Majority of Coroner’s Jury.
The coroner’s jury which investiga¬
ted the death of the striking miners at
Lattimer met again Monday evening
in Deputy Coroner Cowan’s office, and
after an hour’s deliberation rendered
the following verdict:
“That from the circumstances of the
case and the evidence offered, the said
Clement Platock and others came to
their deaths by gunshot wounds on
September 10, 1897, at the hands of
Sheriff James Martin and his deputies,
and in this we, the jury, do all ag’ee.
“And we, Phil J. Boyle, Thomas L.
Thomas, Barton Freas and Peter Mc
Kierman, of this jury, do further say
that the said Clement Platock, with
others, were marching peaceably aud
unarmed on the public highway; that
they were intercepted by said Sheriff
Martin and his deputies, and merci¬
lessly shot to death; and we do further
find that the killing was unnecessary,
and could heve been aovoided without
serious injury to either person or prop¬
erty; and we find, finally, that the kill¬
ing was wanton aud unjustifiable, but
in this, we, George Maue and F. J.
McNeal, of this jury, do not concur.
“And we, the jury, do further say,
that there was snch strong suspicion
of unlawful violence at the hands of
person or persons unknown to the jury
as to make this inquest necessary. ”
The residences of many citizens
were damaged and several outsiders
were wounded.
GREEKS STILL BELLIGERENT.
Hold a Mss* Meeting and Call For a
Renewal of Hostilities.
A large meeting was held in Athens,
Greece, Sunday, at which a resolution
was adopted calling upon King George
and the cabinet to renew the war with
Turkey rather than accept the terms
of peace offered by the peace confer
ence.
Most of the addresses were bellicose,
one speaker making a violent attack
upon the king and Crown Prince Con
stantine'. The police endeavored to
arrest him, but he escaped with the as
sistnuee of the crowd.
The most influential section of the
press continues peaceful in tone.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
and Everything there i 3 quiet at Jeffor* H
Brooks and are no threats Th/T?^ of C ,
satisfied Reynolds. tak^l
are to let the law «]
course. of'r tt The r A r r general ha,e f,Z.‘J*
Will die upon the same gallows. 1
at Savannah hw rStedto^e 8 ^® j
lue evidence taken before the boari
has not been transcribed. Prom the'
facts it is n oncluded that it will U
some time ^ et before the W-j e
a report to the war department.
*
The long Pm clash between
the striking . . longshoremen and the
men Savannah employed on the wharves at
when the unemployed came Saturday mornin^
to prevent the working men attempted
tending their men from at¬
to duties on the wharf
Things looked squally for awhile, and
but for the arrival of the police mat¬
ters might have turned out differently
Prospects for the erection of the
proposed armory for the Fifth regi
ment at Atlanta look brighter every
day. The military men of the whole
city will hold a mass meeting for the
purpose of considering the plans and
adopting methods of raising funds.
The local companies are enthusiastic
over the move, and there is little doubt
that one of the finest armories in the
country will be looming skyward be¬
fore many moons.
Judge Newnan, of the Federal court
at Atlanta, has issued an order dis¬
missing the case of the Borne Electric
Light Company vs. The American
Security Company, The case lias
been long pending in the courts and
all the property has now been sold,and
the receiver,C. E.Woodruff, dismissed.
The case was heard before a special
master and his report has been accept¬
ed. The case is now entirely out of
the courts.
The people of Vineville, Macon’s
lively suburb, held an important meet¬
ing recently, looking to an independ¬
ent corporation. It was decided by a
vote of 35 to 6 that the suburb would
apply to the next legislature for a char¬
ter, and that Vineville should become
thereafter a separate and independent
town. The action was taken on the
report of the committee previously ap¬
pointed to confer with the committee
from the mayor and council of Macon.
The Equitable Building and Loan
association of Augusta, was awarded a
verdict for .91,945 principal, and $471
interest in the superior court at At¬
lanta against Mrs. Mary E. Cook. The
case had been on trial for four days in
the superior court, and involved a
number of points interesting to build¬
ing and loan men. The association
sued to foreclose a mortgage which
was given by John B. Cook to secure
a loan. Upon the death of Cook lus
wife resisted the payment of the loan
on the ground thatffhe rate of interest
charged by the association was
usurious.
A Washington dispatch states that a
movement is on foot to b**ye the name
of Jefferson Davis restored to the place
it once occupied on the great bridge a
Cabin John. A society, composed oi
young people from Georgia and otuer
southern states, has been organized, it
is said,with this purpose in view, due
building of Cabin John bridge, wlncn
is located near Washington, was an
engineering feat that attracted nine
attention, it having the largest mason¬
ry arch in the world. At the time o.
its completion Jefferson Davis was
secretary of and his name w
war
carved on the tablet which bears
name of the men responsible elec for ™
famous work. Upon his 10
the presidency of the southern
federacy his name was cut out.
Georgia’s public schools will not
uniformity of textbooks, The
have a 1
state school commission, w
had this subject under considerat
several weeks, has deCU J e *
for legisla n0
commend to the nr
change be made in the present syste
This report i» b.iB ? pr,p.r W
State School O 0 . 1 —*
The document is exhaustiveMm quite ca8S ion
entering into an question; and g
of the schoolbook why there w “
ing many reasons the pubiu
uniformity ^ in
need of movement hu ■ on
schools. This P
foot for several mouths. educator*^ ” ho
ters were prominent
thought ol
reduce the price toohttp^
state. The comm iM1 oa
subject, have given it famili with
sideration—becoming ar
undo m in other
the workings of ^ cln
oi
Georgia.