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THE MORNING NEWS.
J. H. ESTILL, President.
Established 1850. - - Incorporated 1888.
LET DEMOCRACY UNITE
Hill and Cleveland Sound Clarion
Call to Party.
THE TILDEN CLUB OPENING.
Grand Words From Great Men Heard by
True Democrats.
Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill Set the Example of Meeting In Har
mony and lrgln Similar Action Upon 'I heir Party—Both Made
Grand Addresses, Shovrinpr That the Democratic Party Has an
Abandonee of Real Issues Upon W hich to Make the Com
ic* and Future Campaigns—Mr. Hill Was Particular
ly Virile ansi Incisive In His Presentation of
the Issues and His Arraignment of the
Party in Power, Both in General
and in Detail.
New York, June 19.—Democratic
united was the keynote to-night of a
great gathering of representative
Democrats who , had come to attend
the opening of the handsome new
quarters of the Tilden Club. Ad
dresses were made by prominent Dem
ocrats, and afterward a collation was
served in the banquet hall to the dis
tinguished guests of the evening and
a buffet supper was served in the
basement for the rank and file.
To Democrats the event was one of
the most memorable for many a day,
as Grover Cleveland and David B.
Hill met in harmony, seeking to draw
the factions of their party together. It
was the first public political appear
ance of the ex-President in five years.
He spoke first. Ex-Senator Hill spoke
after him, and then Gov. A. J. Monta
gue of Virginia and Col. W. A. Gaston
of Boston delivered addresses.
William J. Bryan had been invited
to attend, though not to speak, but
no reply was received from him.
Mr. Cleveland arrived at the club
house, accompanied by H. D. Hotch
kiss, Dr. Joseph E. Bryant and John
C. Calhoun. He had scarcely got into
the building when ex-Senator David
B. Hill, accompanied by L. Eaflin Kel
logg, came in. Mr. Hill’s eye caught
Mr. Cleveland as soon as he had en
tered the club foyer and a moment
later they were cordially shaking each
other’s hand.
Loud and prolonged applaufce greet
ed the two men as they entered the
assembly room. President Dowling of
the club soon began to speak, and in
introducing Mr. Cleveland, said:
We have tounded this club to pro
mote the best interests of the Demo
cratic party. For that reason we
have invited Democrats from all parts
of the country to listen to the words of
those prominent in their party. We
have named this club after that gr*at
statesman, Samuel J. Tilden, and this
club stands for the political and gov
ernmental honesty for which the name
of Tilden stands.
Greatest I Living Democrats.
“We have with us here to-night the
greatest of living Democrats. The
first speaker I have the honor of in
troducing to you is the successful can
didate of two nominations, ex-President
Grover Cleveland.”
There was tremendous applause as
Mr. Cleveland ascended the small plat
form. This applause wound up with
three cheers and a “tiger." When
quiet was restored Mr. Cleveland be
gan speaking.
Mr. Cleveland's Address.
Mr. Cleveland said:
“I have been urged to participate in
this occasion by those who have as
sured me that this handsome structure
is to be dedicated to-night to the re
habilitation and consolidation of the
Democratic party, under the inspira
tion of a name which during the days
of Democratic strength and achieve
ment was honored in every Demo
cratic household. Such an assurance
made to one who followed with hearty
devotion the leadership of Samuel J.
Tilden when living, and who has since
found in his career and fame the
highest incentive to Democratic
steadfastness, could hardly fall to
overcome the temptations of my con
tented retirement from political activ
ity. Perhaps there are those who
could define my position as one of
banishment, instead of retirement.
Against this I shall not enter a pro
fist. It is sufficient for me in either
case, that I have followed in matters
of difference within our party, the
teachings and counsel of the great
Democrat in whose name party peace
and harmony are to-night invoked.
No confession of party sin should,
iheiefore, be expected of me. I have
hone to make; nor do I crave political
absolution. I am here to take coun
sel with others professing the same
Party faith, concerning the Democratic
situation. I suppose we all are con
vinced that this situation might be
improved; and some of us may think
it is perilously undermined. What
ever the measure of its impairment
may he, our condition as an organiza
tion cannot be improved by calling
each other harsh names, nor by in
augurating a system of arbitrary pro
s lption arid banishment. The mem
bers of a business firm in financial
embarrassment should not sit down
and look in each other's faces In mute
despair; neither will they regain flnan
’ 1 soundness or the confidence of the
business community by recrimination
and quarrel; nor will any members
,f the flrm aid in its restoration to
clvent strength by an angry Instst
' rue upon a continuation of the busl
1’ s- methods which have invited Its
' nibs rrassment.
Plain Talk llr rlevland.
The Democratic party is very far
"'tf* political Insolvency, but no one
t "* should be offended by the sug
* tion that Ita capital and prospects
b ; ' v * suffered serious injury since Mr
,de n was elected President Then
“ad afterwards Northern Democratic
't. e were not rsra eurlosltlas, North
*'f 'emocrstlc sens tore, now prar
' icby estinct, wera quits susieroui,
Jlatamab Ifltaftiin#
and Northern Democratic governors,
now almost never seen, were frequently
encountered. -
“If this state of impairment exists,
an instant duty presses upon the man
agers of the Democratic establishment;
and one which they cannot evade with
honor. Those of us less prominent in
the party—the rank and file —are long
ing to be led through old Democratic
ways to old Democratic victories. We
were never more ready to do enthu
siastic battle than now, if we can only
be marshalled outside the shadow of
predestined defeat. Is it too much to
ask our leaders to avoid paths that are
known to lead to disaster? Is it too
much to ask that proven errors be
abandoned, and that we be delivered
from a body of death, and relieved
from the burden of issues which have
been killed by the decrees of the Amer
ican people? Ought we not to be fed
upon something better than the husks
of defeat? If these questions are met
in an honest, manly fashion, I believe
it will be productive of the best kind
of Democratic harmony.
Uemocralic Standard.
“In dealing with new issues we of
the Democratic faith are extremely
fortunate in the simplicity of Demo
cratic standards and the ease with
which, new- questions can be measured
by those standards. A party based up
on care for the interests of all the peo
ple as their aggregate condition de
mands, with no unjust favoritism for
any particular class; a party devoted
to the plan of popular government as
our fathers ordained it and for the
purposes which they sought to estab
lish; a party whose conservatism op
poses dangerous and un-American ex
periments and yet puts no barrier in
the way of genuine and safe progress,
ought to be able to deal with new
questions in a manner quite consistent
with Democratic doctrine, and .stimu
lating to Democratic impulses and in
stincts.
“Let us not forget, however, that it is
not in the search of new and gaudy
issi.es, nor in the interpretation of
strange visions that a strong and
healthy Democracy displays its treat
ment of the ever-shifting moods of
popular restlessness, or by an insin
cere play upon unreasoning prejudice
and selfish anticipation—but the Dem
ocratic party never. Democracy has al
ready in store the doctrines for which it
fights its successful battles: and it
will have them in store as long as the
people are kept from their own, and
just as long as their rights and inter
ests are sacrificed, by favoritism in
government care—by inequality in gov
ernment burdens, by the encouragement
of huge industrial aggregations that
throttle individual enterprise—by the
reckless waste of public money—and
by the greatest of all injuries as it
underlies nearly all others, a system
of tariff taxation whqse robbing exac
tions are far beyond the needs of
economical and legitimate government
expenditure, which purchases support
by appeals to sordidness and greed and
which continually corrupts the public
conscience.
"What but infatuation with the vis
age of defeat can explain the subor
dination of these things by Democrats
when they prepare for battle?
Must Be No Double Dealing;.
“If we are to have a rehabilitation
and re-alignment of our party in the
sense suggested, it is important that
it be done openly and with no mystery
or double meaning. Our people are too
much on the alert to accept political
deliverances they do not understand;
and the enthusiasm of the Democratic
rank and file does not thrive on mys
tery. „ ~ .
“The Democratic harmony of which
we hear so much, cannot he effectively
constructed by mathematical rule nor
by a formal agreement on the cart cf
those who have been divided, that there
shall be harmony. It grows up nat
urally when true Democratic princi
ples are plainly announced, when Dem
ocratic purposes are honestly declared,
and, w'hen as a result of *hese. cor,li
cence and enthusiasm stir the
Democratic blood. It was such
harmony as this, growing out
of such conditions which with
the battle cry of “Tilden and Re
form" gave us the Democratic victory
of 1876. against odds great enough to
discourage any but a harmonious De
mocracy, and against an opposing force
brazen and desperate enough to take
from us by downright robbery what
the voters of the land gave to us.
I believe the times point to another
Democratic opportunity as near at
hand: but I believe we shall reap the
fruits of it only by following the line
of conduct 1 have indicated. In any
event I have a comforting and abiding
faith In the Indestructibility of the
party which has so many times shown
its right to live and its power for good;
and I am sure the reserve of patriotic
Democratic wisdom will at some time
declare Itself in the rescue of our coun
try and'our party.
Ilia One Aspiration.
“My days of political activity are
past and I shall not hereafter assume
to participate In party councils. I am
absolutely content wlih retirement; hut
I still have one burning, anxious po
litical aaplratlon I want to see before
I th# to ration to ptfftct h##Jth
and supremacy of that Demo* racy
whoa* ml salon II Is to bleaa the people
-■ a Demo* racy ira* <o Hself -un
tContinue* ee Fifth ***** I
CONFERRED WITH MITCHELL
Illinois Leaders Posted Him on Sit
nation in Their Territory—Soft
tool Miners of West .Not Anxious
for Strike.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 19.—The ar
rival of President W. R. Russell and
Secretary and Treasurer W. D. Ryan
of the Illinois miners’ organization for
a conference with National President
Mitchell, was the only event of any im
portance around strike headquarters
to-day. The two Illinois leaders ar
rived at 3 o’clock, and went imme
diately into a conference with their
chief, which lasted two hours.
President Mitchell after the meeting
said the Illinois men came to see him
for the purpose of "discussing West
ern mining matters." Neither Mr. Rus
sell aor Mi. Ryan had anything to say
beyond the statement that they felt
well satisfied with the situation, both
East and West.
There is not the slightest doubt that
the Illinois officials brought informa
tion to Mr. Mitchell which will be of
use to him in connection with the
Minneapolis meeting. Information
lias reached here through
different sources that the soft
coal miners in the West are not unan
imous for a general strike, and some
of them, it is said, are against a par-'
tial suspension. Those men who op
pose a strike are willing to give finan
cial aid to the anthracite strikers, but
some of the leaders are not ready to
accept this sort of aid. There is now
a strike tax of 10 cents a month for
each member in force, but as far as
can'be learned, this is not being paid
in full by all the districts in the coun
try. For this reason the leaders would
rather have the bituminous miners
either strike or partially suspend op
erations. President Mitchell has been
in close communication with the lead
ers of the various districts and what
ever plan they decide upon will, no
doubt, be adopted by the convention.
No radical action, such as a total sus
pension of work by the entire mem
bership of the organization, is looked
for.
President Mitchell received informa
tion to-day from West Virginia which
indicates that the strike there is pro
gressing most favorably. He said
more men are now out in that terri
tory than at any other time since the
strike in the Virginias began. Large
gains have been made, Mr. Mitchell
said, along the line of the Norfolk
and Western Railroad.
FIVE KILLED ByTtRIKERS.
Dynamite Thrown in West Virginia
Mine With Fearful Results.
Roanoke, Va„ June 19.—The bodies
of Henry Harston and Pete Harston,
two miners, reached here to-day from
Williamston, W. Va., where they were
killed by an explosion of dynamite in
a mine yesterday evening. A miner
who accompanied the remains said
that about twenty-five miners were at
work in a mine near Williamston yes
terday evening, when a crowd of strik
ers armed with rifles demanded that
they should come out. Upon the min
ers’ refusal to obey their commands,
the strikers threw a quantity of dy
namite into the shaft, which exploded,
killing five of the men. As soon as
the survivors came out of the shaft
the strikers fired upon them, injuring
several, but none was thought to be
fatally shot.
A number of miners arrjved here to
day from the Chesapeake and Ohio
fields in West Virginia. They say
that the trouble is not settled by any
means, and that a great jriany men
are leaving and none are flking their
places.
Railroad Officials Hopeful.
Roanoke, Va., June 19.—Norfolk and
Western Railway officials assert to-day
that the situation in the Pocahontas
coal fields shows some Improvement.
Three hundred and seventy-five cars
of coal were loaded yesterday, which
is a gain of forty cars over the pre
vious day. A number of the mines
are working more men than on any day
since the strike began. The Tug river
field is still practically closed tight. A
large band of marchers left Goodwill
operation to-day for Crance Creek dis
trict. They expect to camp at Ash
land to-night and cover the North Fork
territory to-morrow. These marchers
are not committing violence. The only
trouble anticipated is from armed min
ers in the vicinity of Pocahontas. The
military companies of Roanoke are be
ing held subjeqt to call.
AN OFFICIAL GONE WRONG.
Disbursing Officer of Department of
Jnstice Arrested.
Washington, June 19.—Henry Rech
t.in, disbursing officer of the Depart
ment of Justice, was to-day arrested on
the charge of misappropriating $7,600
of government funds. He confessed
to the shortage. Information received
by Attorney General Knox some time
ago led to a suspicion that something
was wrong with Rechtin’s books, and
the arrest followed on examination of
the books under the direction of Con
troller of the Treasury Tracewell. He
had concealed the shortage six years
by means of temporary loans.
Rechtin attributes his trouble to fast
living and speculation. The shortage
is fully covered by his bond of $30,000.
Rechtin came here with Attorney
General Harmon and was formerly
clerk in one of the Cincinnati courts.
He is a bachelor, about 45 years old,
and had an income of about $2,300 an
nually.
COTTON BROKER A SIICIDE.
George Anelimofy of New Orleans
Kills Himself in Office.
New Orleans, June 19.—George H.
Auchmuty, a prominent cotton broker,
committed suicide this afternoon in his
up-town office by shooting himself with
a revolver.
Mr. Auchmuty Is reported to have
lost considerable money in speculation.
He was a native of Scotland, and is
said to be-well known in New York
and Liverpool.
THE TAFT I'HOPOAITIOIM.
Ills Holiness K peeled to Accept
l imn To-morrow.
Rome, June It.—The Pope Has not
definitely accepted the propositions of
Gov. TAft for the settlement of the
questions regarding ths friers’ lands
In lhe Philippine Islands, bul It la
.onfldcnily believed that ths Pontiff
will <f o'tu la writing on Friday mora
ine
SAVANNAH. GA.. FRIDAY. JUNE 20. 1002.
PANAMA ROUTE WINS
SPOONER SLBSTITITE 19 ADOPTED
BV THE SEA \TE.
MR. BACON'S AMENDMENT.
CANAL COMMISSION TO BE NAMED
BY PRESIDENT.
Senate A'oted to Substitnte Spooner
Bill for Hepburn Mcnrngua Canal
Hill by 42 to 114 and Then Adopted
Spooner Bill by Vote of <l7 to <l.
This Gfves President I,urge Power,
nnd Makes Mr. Baeon's Amendment
oi Importance—An Issue of $130,.
000,000 in Gold Bonds at 2 Fer
Cent, to Be Made to Defray Cost
of Constrnetion.
Washington, June 19.—8 y a majority
of eight votes the Senate this after
noon adopted the Spooner amendment
for a Panama canal over the House
bill which favored the Nicaragua route.
After this amendment had been adopt
ed, the Senate passed the canal bill by
a vote of 67 to 6. Before the Spooner
amendment was adopted it was per
fected by the adoption of an important
amendment submitted by Senator Ba
con, which provides that the construc
tion of the canal shall be under the
direction of a commission of experts
which shall report to the President and
to Congress. Without this provisiort,
the bill would have carried no restric
tions, or limitations upon the Secre
tary of War in whose hands the
Spooner amendment placed the sole
control of construction.
On the test vote between the two
routes, Senators Bacon and Clay voted
for Nicaragua; when by a decisive ma
jority of the Senate the Panama route
had been decided upon, both Georgians
voted for the bill when placed upon
final passage.
Now that the Senate has acted, the
canal question goes back to the House
and upon the action of that body the
fate of an isthmian canal depends.
Senators Morgan, Hanna and Kitt
redge have been named by the Senate
as Its conferees. The bill will first go
to conference. The next step will be a
report of Inability to reach an agree
ment, since the house conferees v/ill
decline to accept the Senate amend
ments to the House bill. Then the
House will be called upon to decide
whether it will accept the Spooner bill
or defeat isthmian canal legislation at
this session. The indications are that
when put to the test the House will
agree to the Senate bill, and the Pres
ident will be authorized to take the
necessary steps toward the construc
tion of a canal by the Panama route.
The House has had no opportunity
to pass upon the problem since the
last report of the Walker commission.
There is very strong advocacy of the
Nicaragua route in the House, es
pecially on the part of members of
the Commerce Committee, which re
ported the Hepburn bill, but the be
lief is general that in the light of
the commission’s report and of the
Senate's action, there will be a ma
jority vote for the Panama bill. •
Morgan for Pnnainn Now.
A*good many people in Washington
seem strongly of the opinion that the
Panama bill has beefi pushed forwaixi
by Senator Hanna and some of the
men who have supported it merely
for the purpose of defeating all canal
legislation. There are undoubtedly
some people who would be glad to see
no canal bill and some of these doubt
less voted for the Spooner amendment
in preference in the House bill, but
the belief that there will be no final
action is not shared by Senator Mor
gan, who has led the fight for the
Nicaragua route. He is for a canal
by the Panama route, if he cannot
get it by the route he considered
the better. , After the vote to-day he
said he confidently expected to see in
agreement between the houses and
some bill signed by the President be
fore adjournment. This means the
Panama bill, for there is no chance
of the Senate receding from the posi
tion it took to-day. Senator Platt of
New York, a strong advocate of the.
Nicaragua route, expressed the same
opinion as Senator Morgan, and so did
Senator Klttredge, a leading support
er of the Panama route, who is one
of the Senate conferees. Senator Har
ris of Kansas is not so sanguine; be
fears that there will be a tangle and
no legislation.
Hon tlie Senator* Voted.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 19. —An isthmian
canal, while not yet absolutely as
sured, is nearer to construction than
it has ever been. The Senate to-day
by a majority of eight votes, adopted
the Spooner substitute for the Hep
burn Nicaragua canal bill, the vote
on the substitute being 42 to 34.
The detailed vote follows:
Yeas—Aldrich, Allison, Bard, Bever
idge, Burnham, Burrows, Burton,
Clark of Wyoming. Cullom, Deboe,
Dietrich, Dryden, Fairbanks, Foraker,
Foster of Washington, Frye, Gallinger,
Gamble, Hale, , Hanna, Hansbrough,
Hoar, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of
Nevada, Kean, Klttredge, Lodge, Mc-
Comas, McCumber, McMillan, Mason,
Millard, Platt of Connecticut, Pritch
ard, Proctor, Quarles, Scott, Spooner,
Teller, Warren, Wellington, Wetmore
—42.
Nays—Bacon, Bailey, Bate, Berry.
Blackburn, earmark, Clapp. Clark of
Montana, Clay, Cockrell, Culberson,
Daniel, Dußois, Foeter of Louisiana,
Harris, Hawley, Heitfeld, McLaurln
of Mississippi, Mallory, Martin, Mitch
ell, Morgan. Nelson, Patterson. Pen
rose, Perkins, Pettus, Platt of New
York, Quay, Simmons, Stewart, Talia
ferro, Turner, Vest—34.
The following pairs were announced,
the first named In each case being fa
vorable to the Panama route and the
second against It: Depew with McEn
ery. Dillingham with Tillman. Dolllver
with Money, Kearns with Gibson, Me.
Laurin of Smith Carolina with Bimon.
Elkins and Rawlins were absent and
unpaired.
Tlie Spooner Bill Adopted.
After two amendments to th meas
ure had been adopted, one providing
for a commission io supervise the con
struction of the canal and the other
providing for the lesusnee of bonds to
construct the waterway, It was passed
by a vote of $7 to (, the votes in the
negative being Rate of Tennessee,
Corkretl of Missouri, lam I*l of Vir
ginia. irallell of Idaho, Pettus of Ala-
bama and Vest of Missouri.
It has been evident for sev
eral days that the Spooner
substitute would command the votes of
a majority of the Senate. The Panama
route was considered more desirable by
the Senate than the Nicaragua route.
The only question left open Is the title
to the property and that the Presi
dent will determine. If the House
adopts the Senate amendments to its
bill.
Mr. Morgan of Alabama closed to
day's debate with an appeal for the
adoption of the Nicaragua route. He
had been preceded by Mr. Clark of
Montana in support of the Nicaragua
route and Mr. Allison of lowa In sup
port of the Spooner proposition. Only
minor amendments, except those indi
cated, were adopted, all others being
voted down.
Mr. Huron's Amendment.
Mr. Bacon of Georgia offered to the
Spooner substitute the amendment pro
viding for the appointment of an isth
mian canal commission to direct con
struction of the canal, and providing
that seven members of the commission
shall receive such compensation as the
President shall prescribe until it is
otherwise fixed by the Congress. Mr.
Spooner accepted the amendment and
it was agreed to, 52 to 22.
Mr. Mallory of Florida offered an
amendment to the Spooner amendment
providing that If the President could
not within six months get a clear title
to the Panama Canal Company's rights
and cessions he should proceed with
the Nicaragua canal. Mr. Spooner
moved to lay the amendment on the
table, and the motion was agreed to,
44 to 31.
A like amendment offered by Mr.
Mallory, limiting the time of the Pres
ident’s decision as to the Panama
route to twelve months was rejected,
35 to 39.
Mr. Mitchell offered an amendment
to the Spooner substitute, providing
that even though' the President is sat
isfied he can obtain a clear title to the
Panama Canal Company's property, if
he shall be convinced for any reason
that it is not for the best interests of
the United States to purchase the Pan
ama property, or if he shall think the
canal ought to he constructed by the
Nicaragua route, he shall proceed to
the construction of the canal hv the
Nicaragua route. Mr. Spooner's mo
tion to lay the amendment on the ta
ble was agreed to, 42 to 32.
A direct vote was then obtained on
the Spooner substitute, which was
adopted, by the vote already given.
The vote upon the Spooner substi
tute disposed of the pending question,
and the substitute, as adopted, was
reported from the Committee of the
Whole of the Senate. Mr. Hoar offer
ed a substitute for the Spooner propo
sition, making it the duty of the Pres
ident to decide by which route the
canal should be constructed. It was
rejected, 13 to 62.
To Issue ft.'MMHIO.OOO Gold Bonds.
Mr. Fairbanks offered an amendment
providing for the issue of $130,000,000
of gold bonds, bearing 2 per cent, in
terest, to pay for the construction of
the canal. Mr. Culberson moved to
lay the amendment on the table, and
the motion was defeated, 36 to 39.
The amendment was adopted, 38 to
36.
Mr. Mason offered an amendment to
Mr. Fairhank’e amendment, providing
that all the people of the United States
should have opportunity to subscribe
to the proposed loan. The amend
ment was agreed to without division.
Mr. Morgan then offered the Nica
ragua canal bil! as a substitute for the
Spooner proposition, thus raising the
question previously passed upon.
Mr. Spooner moved to lay the Nic
aragua bill on the table, and the motion
was agreed to, 41 to 33.
The bill was then passed, 67 to 6.
On motion of Mr. Morgan the Sen
ate then asked a conference with the
House upon the bills passed by the two
branches on Congress, and Senators
Morgan, Hanna and Klttredge were
named as conferees.
The Senate had some debate over the
trouble into which it has gotten with
the House over amendments to the
army appropriation bill, and finally
asked for a conference with the House,
ignoring the offending message which
caused the trouble.
THE SPOONER AMENDMENT.
President Mint Decide as to Pana
ma Company's Title.
Washington. June 19.—The Spooner
amendment, as amended and adopted
by the Senate to-day, provides that the
President, through the law officers of
the government, shall determine
whether, a clear title can be obtained
of the Panama company’s property,
rights and concessions. If he shall be
satisfied that such title can be obtain
ed, he shall purchase the property,
rights and concessions for $40,000,000.
If, in his opinion, a clear title cannot
be obtained, he shall proceed to con
struct an isthmian canal by the Nica
ragua route.
The bill provides that a commission
of seven shall be appointed by the
President to supervise the work and
to make arrangements for all the de
tails of it. It also provides that gold
bonds in the sum of $130,000,000 at 2
per cent, interest, shall be issued to
raise money with which to construct
the canal.
NO LYNCHING AT VINCENNES.
Rapist Eill*o£ Now Folly Guarded
by Troops and Deputies, hut "Om
inons Silence" Prevails.
Vincennes, Ind., June 19. —A mob
made another unsuccessful effort early
this morning to take William Edison,
charged with assaulting a 4-year-old
girl, from the Knox county jail and
lynch him. The Mayor to-day issued
a proclamation requesting all citizens
to keep off the street.
To-night ominous silence prevails and
serious results will follow any attempt
of a mob to lynch Edison. Company
A, local militia, is resting on arms,
and Is prepared to move Instantly.
Three hundred armed guards com
prising all classes of citizens were
sworn in to-day, and allow no one on
the public square. Edison will be tried
to-morrow.
FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Alabama Negro. Who Took $17.50
From White Mun Must Hang.
Montgomery, Ala., June 19 —The Su
preme Court to-day affirmed the deci
sion of the criminal court of Jefferson
county In the esse of Will Dorsey, col
ored, convicted of highwsy robbery and
sentenced to death, and fixed the date
for hla execution at Aug t.
Dorsey was Indicted for holding up
Georg* McNamara, a white man at
gtn> ktor> Jeffereon county. In Jan, lAM.
and robbing him of |7.M.
A POWDER MILL EXPLOSION.
Four Dealt ami Tn* Other* Expect
ed to Die—Powder Adhered to
Clothing and Burned Into Flesh ot
Y ietlniM.
Johnstown. Fa., June 19.—The coining
mill of the Cambria Powder Company
plant at Seward, 19 miles from Johns
town, blew up this afternoon, killing
three men and injuring five others, one
of whom has since died. Two others
are fatallv hurt. The dead are:
J. B. SMITH of Seward, aged 40
years, married and leaves a large fam
ily.
JOHN RHODES of Seward, aged 38
years, married and leaves a large fam
ily.
CHARLES DROVER, of Wapwall
open, Luzerne county, aged 35 years
and unmarried.
W. F. BRACKEN, of Seward, mar
ried, and has three children.
The explosion occurred as the men
were loading a pot of powder on a
wagon driven h£_ Rhodes. Suddenly
there was an explosion and the flames
flew in every direction. The powder,
adhering to the clothing of the men,
ignited, burning into the flesh the vic
tims.
A strange feature of the accident
was the fact that Drover was tibole to
walk 300 yards from the scene of the
explosion before he fell dead from his
terrible burns. His flesh, like that of
the other victims, was burned to a
crisp. The shanty In which the coin
ing mill is located was ignited by the
explosion of the powder and was burn
ed to the ground, but the financial
loss is slight.
AGED MAN CUT^HIsThROAT.
.1. M. Monk of Phoenix City, Mental
ly Unbalanced, I see Knife In Pres
ence of Grnntleliilfl.
Columbus, Ga„ June 19.—1n ill health
and despondent, and it is believed men
tally affected, J. M. Monk, aged about
70 years, one of the oldest and best
known residents of Phenix City, Ala.,
attempted suicide this afternoon by
slashing his throat with a pocket
l.nife and may die from his injuries.
Realizing that he might do some rash
deed Mr. Monk has not been carrying
hlr pocket knife about his person. To
day, however, he borrowed it from his
wife, for the purpose of cutting some
tobacco. His little grandchild, Fannie
May Edwards, was the only person in
the room when he, tried to kill him
self. Leaning over the fire-place so the
blood would not stain the floor, he
caught up the skin of his throat and
deliberately sawed away with the
knife. The little girl’s screams drew
the mother, but she could not stop him.
A neighbor rushed In, hut Mr. Monk,
flourishing the knife, warned him to
stand off. Finally Mrs. V. F. Boon, a
neighbor who has much influence over
him, prevailed him to surrender the
knife. His windpipe was cut and he
may not live through the night.
FELL THROUGH TRESTLE.
One Killed nnd u Ilmen Passengers
Injured, but Mia lit Have Been
Mtieh Worse.
SlVdby, N. C., June 19.—A portion cf
a mixed train on the South Carolina
and Georgia Extension Railroad fell
through an approach to the bridge
over Broad river this afternoon, kill
ing one man and injuring over a dozen
passengers. The dead man is LEROY
GRIGG, Shelby, N. C.
The seriously injured are EDWARD
TURNER, .conducter; D. W. PHIF
FER, trestle master; RILEY WHISE
NANT, a negro. '
A dozen passengers, Including two
ladies, were also injured, but their
names are not known.
About the time the rear coach was
on the span Just above the river En
gineer Albert felt the trestle giving
away, and, opening the throttle, sent
the train across the bridge, saving all
of it except the rear coach and three
box cars. The coach fell precipitately
fifty feet on the brink of the river
swollen by the recent rains and was
caught by the stone pier supporting
the bridge, which saved the passengers
from a watery grave.
MUST WORK OUT ITS DESTINY.
Democratic Report on Bill to Inves
tigate Status of Negro Knee.
Washington, June 19.—The Demo
cratic members of the House Commit
tee on Labor to-day filed a minority
report on the bill creating a commis
sion to inquire into the status of the
negro race. The minority says there
does not seem to be the slightest ne
cessity for the creation of this commis
sion, nor for considering the status of
the negro race apart from other races
"The negro race can never reach its
full development,” says the report
"until it is permitted by the govern
ment to work out its destiny as do the
other races with which it comes in
contact.”
The report further says the real ob
ject of the Inquiry is to secure the in
vestigation proposed by the Crumpack
er resolution. Such inquiries are not
of advantage to the great bulk of the
negroes, and benefit only those who
make merchandise of their politics. If
Is urged also that the progress of the
mass of the negroes in the South is de
pendent upon the co-operation and
good will of the whites among whom
they live.
MONT PELEE EJECTS SLIME.
A’lilnge of Bn*** Point* Covered to
Tl'.lekne** of Five Metre*.
Fort de France, Island of Martin
ique, Wednesday, June 18.—A column
of slime, 100 metres high, has been
ejected from the volcano of M,ont Pe
lee, and has fallen on Basse Polnte,
enveloping the lower portion of the
town and completely razing twenty
two houses. No loss of life has been
reported. Th* volcano continues to
throw forth cinders on the northern
part of the Island, which has been
rendered uninhabitable Previous to
the falling of the mas* of slime, or
mud. on Basse Polnte, that place and
Lorraina had been Inundated by tor
rential rains. The part of Baaae
Point* which Buffered to-day Is now
covered to the thickness of about five
metres with slimy mud Le Preeheur
has also suffered from this latest
eruption of Mona Pelee.
DAIi.Y J 8 A YEAR.
6 CENTB A COPT.
WEEKLY 2-TIME9-A-WEEK, $1 A YEAR
PATERSON IS QUIET
HIT THE DANGER FROM ANARCHY
IS NUT ABATED.
TROOPS ARE NOW ON DUTY.
GOV. MURPHY ISSUED THE ORDERS
, AT MIDMGIIT.
Mayor Hnrclicllffe Has Assumed
< ammaart—Police Arc Instructed
to Shoot nnd shoot Straight—Mc
tlueen, Gulleano mill Grossman,
the Anurehlst Biot Lenders, Are
Lying Loxv—Mills Resume Work
With Armed Employes—Exeeutlve
Committee of Strikers Deplore Vi
olence of Mob.
Newark, N. J., June 20.—Gov. Mur
phy midnight ordered a part of the
First Regiment of Infantry and the
entire First Troop of Cavalry to Pater
son to preserve order. Gen. Campbell,
commanding the First Brigade, has
taken command nnd is assembling
the troop.i and arranging for transpor
tation. The Erie Railroad has been or
dered to send trains here at once. The
members of both commands began to
assemble at 1 a. m.
The troops will be put on guard duty
at the mills before they open at 7
o'clock this morning.
Was tiiilet in Paterson.
Paterson. N. J., June 19.—1n the
main this was a quiet day in this
city. The most important event was
the suspension from duty of Chief of
Police Fred C. Graul by Mayor Htnch
cllffe and the assumption by the may
or of the duties of thut position. Wil
liam McQueen, the Englishman who
was prominent at yesterday’s meet
ing before the rioting began, has left
the city, and is believed to be in New
York. Galleano, the Italian, and
Grossman, the German, who are said
to have been prominent yesterday,
have also kept from public notice.
Mayor Hinehclllfe wishes to interview
ail these men. Lacking a leader and
keeping out of the heavy rain of tha
early day, the rioters of yesterday did
nothing when a majority of the mills
they closed yesterday by their vio
lence resumed work. The employes
of the mills wrere supplied with arms.
'1 he police are under orders to shoot
straight if they should have another
encounter with the rioters and tha
Mayor has had copies of the riot act
distributed.
This week's edition of La Questlone
Social, one of the anarchist papers,
was set up here, but sent to a Passaic
printer to run off the forms. I-|e was
ordered not to handle it and compiled,
Italian Strikers Dispersed.
The police had a slight encounter
with a body of strikers and their sym
pathizers'to-day. About 400 Italian
strikers and others gathered in the
quarter of the city where the larger
part of the Italian colony lives, and,
forming ,n procession, started to march
to Turner Hall. The hall Is only
about a block from police headquar
ters. It Is said that the proposed meet
ing there to-day was arranged for at
a meeting of anarchists last night. The
police had been keeping a sharp watch
on the movements of the strikers, and
the procession had barely got under
way when the reserves charged the
paraders. There was a quick scatter
ing in all directions by the men in line,
and in a remarkably short time there
was not a parader to be seen in the
neighborhood.
wily Mil) or < nlleil for Troop*.
Paterson, N. J., June 20.—A delega
tion representing the mill owners
called on the Mayor last night and de
manded protection. The Mayor re
plied that he was affording it. To this
it was replied that the force was too
small and would be overridden by a
mob of any size; that it was impossi
ble to concentrate any great number
of men at any point and that a large
portion of the deputy sheriffs were
green hands and unreliable. It was
pointed out that the mill hands were
afraid to work, and that to-dav those
who worked were In momentary fear
of attack. This resulted in an appeal
to the Governor, who was in Newark,
for troops and the consequent action
of Gen. Campbell.
Drake I |> Anarchist Meeting.
Paterson, N. J., June 19.—The police
late this afternoon br.oke up an anarch
ist meeting near Sandy Hill in the out
skirts of Paterson and arrested three
women and four men. The leader? of
the anarchists, one of whom was said
to be Gajleano, who is reported to have
led the attacks on the mills yesterday,
escaped after several shots had been
fired at them.
Tlie meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the strikers to-day for which
permission was granted was very tame.
The committee is composed of that
element of the strikers which was head
ed by Chairman McGrath, who lost
control yesterday, and the men to-day
deplored the violence of the mob. A
delegate from the Ribbon Weavers’
Union severely lectured the committee
for allowing any such thing as yes
terday's event to happen.
HUDSON COUNTY MILLS CLOSE.
The Paterson Trouble Throws Out
10,000 Workers There.
New York, June 19.—Ail but three of
the silk mills in Hudson county. New
Jersey, have closed dotvn. About 10,-
000 hands are. In consequence, out of
employment, and within the next 24
hours the number will likely reach 13.-
000. The immedlate'cause of the shut
ting down of the mills was the rtvers’
strike riot in Paterson. The major
ity of the proprietors of the silk man
ufacturing establishments in Hudson,
fearing an outbreak of similar trouble
here, decided, as the result of a con
ference to close down indefinitely.
The expected trouble came late In
the afternoon, when a mob of 500 men
and women gathered at Simon’s Mill,
in Union Hill. The mob formed In
West Hoboken, and with a band at
the head, marched to Union Hill.
Postmaster Armbruster knocked sense
lesi* with his fist one man of the mob,
and immediately stones began to (ty.
Three of the police were slightly hurl.
The rioters made a rush, but Police
Captain Knight and his five men laid
fourteen of them low with their dubs
Then the fire department was called
out and dispersed the mob with
streams from tha hose. Seventeen ar
rests were mad*.