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CTHE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, Q&« TUESDAY APRIL UfW'"
LABOR TROUBLES.
{WRESTLE BBTWEKD 3AY CJOULD
AND POWDWLV.
tnlwrama ud UtUn In Relation to tbs Bltnsuon-
__ i in T.XM-Otrlkm Armed
With wiubntm Oo«r tko oarers oc
Ue Saw ud leiml Ku Killed.
Tbo etrlkei havo at last retailed In cqlllfton
between the striker* and the troops. At Fort
Worth, Texas, there lias been some bloody
work and tbo end i« not yet There if
no algn of settlement though the railroads
seem to be reestablishing their business by got
ting new men. The story of labors' troubles
for the week Is below.
Sr. Louis, March 20.—News of the agree
ment between Gould and Fowderly to submit
to arbitration, and Powder)y*s notice was re
reired with considerable Incredulity by tho
Knights of Labor here. J. J. McOary
justice advocate of the Knights of Labor was
asked this morning: «...
“Will the men go back on Powderly's or-
**“No, sir. Not until other matters are arbi
trated upon, and then no matter how this ar*
filtration results, all men must be taken back
without any discrimination being shown
against any for being loaders or for any other
C> “Bnl will not the refusal to oboy Powder-
jy'a orders be a violation of tho laws of Knights
Of Labor?"
“It will not. You seo ho might be mil-
— * ..... -~t before we go
taken. Wo want arbitration first
to work. All the men are the same way of
thinking. 1 met them at Marshall, Toxas, and
I know their aentlmenta."
"What aro the questions you want arbitra
tion npon?"
“We have asked that tho track men and un
skilled laborers on the (ioubl southwest sys
tem receive $I.G0foJ ten hours work. Here
tofore they have received $1.1 fi, but have
made only nine hours time, getting actually
only $.131. Next we havo asked that ap
prentice boys who havo been continued as
such since 1884. but aro really Journeymen,
aball havo their wages raised and
1)6 recognized as Journeymen. Some of
them are receiving only $2, and they do
aa mncli work aa others who receivo $2.85. Tho
bridge-building matter waa and Is the most
aerious. The men ongagod in that branch of
tho business might set out on Monday and not
reach their destination until Wednesday, yet
that time was not allowed them.
three days allowed him. We asked that
time l>e allowed, whether in tho shop or on tho
road, but no tiino waa asked for night
travel."
“Then yon wnnt those questions settled by
your demands being granted in the whole, or
™!
i part, before you will return to work?"
"Yes. Arbitration first, and tnen a written
. agreement that all men shall be takon back
Without discrimination."
8t. Louis, April 1.—The following address
atUve board, wo this day sent a commlttoo to the
managers of tho several railroads, ottering to return
the men to work, and In no instanco would they be
received or treated with,each official in turn either
refusing them a hearing or evading them with spe
cious subterfuges for direct answers, or refusing
them employment. Mr. Jloxle baa agreodto re-
wive a committee of employes to adjust any griev
ances which may exist, lie refuses personally,
and through his subordinates, to recognise any of
im as employes, and refines to reoolvo any-hut
such as he calls employed. In short, after himself
and Uould have conveyed the impression to the
world that they are willing to
settle, they rcftuo to utile, Now we appeal to the
— *‘d ana suflertug public, on whom Is falling all
be mo
makes
perioui
> be more
not lie expected of us to
rItircn to confer with other citizens with whom
he may have business connections, when snch re
fusal begets a great business and social revolution,
Is net only a mistake but a crime against the pub
lic. Gould is Invoking the law against the little
t» are made doperato by his policy o
oppression. And yet the terrorized
ainst the arch
_ Jmtnsl of the land, ir we cannot bo allowod to
return to work, the strike muni go on.
(8igncd) 1)y onnen ok tuk Exacimv* Dozan.
J). A. lul, 99 A (7,
Notwithstanding the failure of tho kuights
on the Missouri Pacific road to return to work,
freight traffic on that road has assumed very
nearly its normal condition. Tho different
freight depots throughout tho city presout an
animated appearance. Transfer wagons and
trucks are arriving iu great number, deposit
ing their loads for shiptnontto all points on
the Clould system, and others aro departing
heavy laden. lu tho railroad yard
the usual activity prevailed In marked
contrast to the dullnoss which has existed
dnrlug the strike. The freight trains are bo-
ing made up preparatory to starting, and are
placed in position to receive their loads with
out any attempt at interference from tho stri
kers.
About noon todsy several representative
members of the morclmuta’ exchange, headed
bjyMr. I). B. Francis of this city, called on
Governor Oglesby, at tho Msrtoll houso, in
Kast St, Louis. Speeches were made
eetting forth tho situation, the delay to com
merro, tho injury to the city, tho lawless acts
of tho strikers, etc., and urging upon him the
he militia nt once to
necessity for calling out tho
restore order and effect a resumption of the
freight traffic. Tho governor replied that
while he knew tho authorities of Fast 8L
Louis were unable to cope with tho situation,
the comity of Nt. Clair was large and populous,
and that the powers of tho sheriff* were very
greet. Those had not been exhausted, ana
until they were he could uot, under the law,
call on tho military for aid. llo greatly
regretted tho nituation of aff'aln, but
did not feel authorised to Uko more forcible
meaauree at present. If, however, ho should
bo obliged to bring soldiers here, they would
oorno for active service and reeoluto work.
There would bo no nonoseuio or ohild’s play
about it.
In Fowderly’sreply to this interview he says
among other things:
company then that the impresslxu should go firth
not only to the members of our organization, but
the community at large, whose Interact* are suffer
ing a* the result of tho preccut condition of affairs,
that a break has occurred between the interests
jrou represent and which I represent, by reason of
Fowderly tonight telegraphed to the chlefr
of district organizations at St, Lot
and Fort Worth as follows:
Donpllcatlonahave arisen st
e method of arbitration. Another
Uboheldtr
St, Louis, Sedalla
will bo held tomorrow.
Nnr York, March SO.—In an interview title
morning, Mr. Uould laid hie telrgnun to Mr.
Hoxl. wne prepared before hie ooaforenee with
daily ru*t<u
Mr. I-owderljr yesterday, end wu not tbo re*
■alt of Anythin* Fuwdcrly itid. In It If ex.
Pressed Uio stand which tho Missouri lVffflc
.u taken from the beginning—4hat is,
that the company b always reedy to
ubltnteanydiffereacaaitmay hr
tho requirements contained in the tetter from the I ordered the Umvief op of hand*. Tho com-
secrrtaiy of your order,dated Fnlladelphl*, lurch I mln d .
1 wu obeyed, but ee the hand! came up
27, I860, which lu my tetter to you of the ..me I broneht Wincheeter rifle*. Tbs officer.
*** tci.™, v-.n .111 remember 1 iraedirith only revolver*. They de-
that In our conference of Sunday I aaiato you i
that the position of this company was unchanged I mand
in this respect and that tho whole I Both
matter .. wka ^ left to _ the I simultaneously, there being not more
SraSlons I than a lapse of twosecondc between the time
lf,f. - - _
tnanded the surrender of the strikers,
•idee opened fire almost
manager, with Ue instructions
I to my telegram to him, which was writ*
i my Interview with you and read to yon
at the time. This telegram rtaied: “Wezee no ob*
which they poured a murderous fire into the
posso.
THE CASTTLTIES.
The casualties among the poese were found
to be these:
Police Officer Fal/ord was shot through both
thighs.
Special'officer Dick Townsend, was shot
twice through the left breast near tho nipple.
employes and the company, past or ftttare.” wntle
I feel confident that your undemanding or this
matter Is the same as my own, I write you thi* in
order that there may be no ground* for mliunder-
standing hercaltcr. Very respoctfully^yourfc^
President Mlsaonri Pacific Railway.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 29.-AMII pused
both houses of tho legislature to day which
makes twolvo hours a dsy’s work for all em
ployes of the street railways. The penslty nt-
taehed to a violation of tho tew b a flno of $100 w ulruu| „ „
and costs for employers, ond forfoltnro or I H# djed lt B;30 0 . c)0C k.
charter for the company. - - - — -
Kansas City. Mo., March 30.—As s freight
train of twenty cars waa leaving Grand Avo-
nne depot this morning, with a policeman on
board, two men turned the switch and twelve
cere and the caboose were dltcbod and badly
wrecked. Tho officer, arrested ono of the
oflhnders named Martfn Scow, but the other,
John Norman, of Sedalla, refused to halt, and
waa ahot in the hip by a police officer. The
shooting has caused great excitement among
the strikers.
bpntnariEP, Ills., March 30.--Governor
the fliat and aecend abote were fired. Aa to
which side fired first eye witnesses dlffor. Af
ter the first fire, the posse advsneed and eon-
tinned firing. The strikers retreated behind
ng. The strikers retreated Deninc
some piles of ties which formed a most exes!
lent breastworks and from the aecnrlty or
ing with the laborer do so as an organised
body, and why should they deny the same right
to the labor interest*.’'
In era to proceed to East St. Lents
FA BOONS, Kao*. March DO.—Passenger train
No. 154, northbound, was ditched five miles
south of here, and tha engine, mall car and
baggage ear were thrown down an embank
ment. The mail car struck against a telegraph
lly one seriously
Special Officer Charles Snead was shot
through the throat and Jaw. Hia wounds are
fatal.
Doctors Valter and Janet, of the Missouri
Pacific hospital aay that Snead and Fnlford
cannot paasibly survive. Only one of the
strikers, Tom Mace, a switchman, was
wounded. Be is said to be shot through the
oln. About fifty shots were fired in all.
'ben the posse taw it was
useless to fight Winchester rlfloa with
revolvers, placed the wounded officers aboard
tbo train and retained to the union depot.
The striker* remained at the scene of the
conflict for some time after the train retnrned
to the city. When they secured the win
chester of their wounded comrade and
started off for Sycamore bottoms, all carrying
their rifles. Nace was left on the prairie. As
soon as the train reached the city a posse wu
‘ “■ “ ‘ id started.
ole and broke it. The only one aerl
farmed, armed with Winchesters am
IN PURSUIT or TUI MURDERERS.
It b estimated that there were twenty men
among the striker*, bat of these only five ar
win no ciesroa sooty. *no wreca w„ , li* ESttlffSSXjfrlhkSw'l!
and'tbc rails zerrad*^ t/ho^ftehnlato wu'thon I » wagon this afternoon, an^Mtoon as thooffl.
and the raila spread. .Tho flabplatowas then | cen Ic&rnedof hia whereabout* ho wu carried
hlf homo at Oaage Mission. The track
will bo cleared today. The wreck wa«
...a * r ,_„ • *v«* av_ __n_ *ij I cor* i cornea oi aia waorcoDouis no was carrion
liked down so that the ”»* P®” 1 ' to Jail where he will be strongly guarded. No
thereby making a I ot her arrests have aa yet bem made. The
lily get to their places,
wreck inevitable.
It is reported that at tha conference yetter
i him the names of the
pany thsy would lie <
of Knlghto of Labor,
>e expelled from the order
Knights of Labor claim that tha first shot wu
1 by the officers, bnt the weight of testi
mony fa against this proposition. Tom Wil
son, who wu on tha engine and within three
feet of Dick Townsend, who wu shot In the
TUX STRIKERS OROWINfl nUNORV,
Fort Worth, Tex., April 1.—Most of the
strikers here are employees of the TSxu
and Pacific road. That road hu a fall com
plomont of men bore, hence the strikers can
not gat beck. Yesterday thsy began to realise
that foot. They are hungry and d ospert to.
About
the
under . . . _
man nsmed Goman, a Knight of Labor, but
book, statu positively that the first fire came
" i strikers and that they were in the
from the
iron a short dbtance from the track. D.
Jtewoit, who wu a witness to tho shooting,
gives it u hu opinion that the strikers first
fired. Sheriff Maddox tbit afternoon organ-
food two companies of cltlsens, which were
armed with Winchester carbines, and marched
to tho depot, tho avowed determination being
MtaSSS'&effl.* to repptST aU =o„ to the 1.w™nS
^h£jhh.syy w nnirhaflSyt fhrthir attempt wiu probably bo made to
2 f ir_iSv L? I move train* before Monday. The pease will
posse i
notastrlker, surrounded the VnJToneTf L^^t^^wUl^l'uufbi
the striker, kttempted tomennt. the engine, | tlTltetelten^
The people are in a
but wu knocked down with tho bntt end of a
six shooter In the hands of * deputy sheriff.
The mob wu told to stand back,
tho officers threatening to shoot the first
striker who approached the train. Tho strlk-
ere were unarmed. Three freight trains sac
ended in making their way to Bodge switch
TEBMBLK (TATE OF EXCITEMENT
and appear completely dumbfounded. The
breach between the law and strikers hu been
widened and the bitterest expressions can be
beard on every side. Thore are hundreds of
Knights of Lahore in the city who do not ap.
reeded in making their way te Hodge si
station, threo milos north of here. They wore i
asap^-ssrArasKSs ...
fired
positively
first. It
sidetracked Jnud tho engines were run an to
. The strikers removed all the.coup- . le^od that the strikers yesterday purchased
ir*hM ton Winchester rifles in this city. Tkonamos
Denton, Tho strikers removed all the coup
ling pins from tho cars an tho side track, and
then returned to tho city. The shorlff hu
summoned one hundred of the leading citi
f—J——freight yards this morn- i proclamation^appointing uventy.
‘"•-SSlvoETU, April 2.—Fort Worth I. In ftS tfSSS’tUftSl M
from that telegram that I havo
■greed totheplanpresanted by the esacntlv*
mud of the Knlgbte of labor Satnrduy, pi
* arbitrate
.Uc, three members of which are to be
■ppeiuted by myself and thru by tha Knights
nr labor, and these to jointly ahoew the nr.
anth member—now I most emphatically deny
that there wu any thing in my telegram to
Mr. lloxle that there wu
anything said at the con-
Terence yesterday to warrant any one in be
lieving that 1 fora moment assented to any
■neb plan. I will appoint no member* of any
arbitration committee.
Kau- York. March av—Mr. Posr.lerly to.
night made public UouM’a tetter to him of to*
day a dale. He ray. It is marked “pcrsoualj”
but tbis nothing personal about it.
Trees as follows:
T. V. rowntr.LV. K>o., New York City.—Deer Sir:
STbe paters this mocnlmt mibltshvd tb. followlnx:
“Jsr <^mld has conscited to our proposition tor
Oltitistioa, end so tclrxrmphed vice Prr»l,tent
Ucxte. Urderthe men to ivsiim. work at once.
(Signed) -T. V. pnwnucr. a. M. W."
tSS? pobll
They published an inerview with rau which
the bauds of a mob. A posse of citlsens, sum-
lay .
morning at the Misuari Pacific yards, met,
800
of two or throe of the man who carried the
rifles have been learned. The mayor hu Is-
' five
the
Wodnosday
next. A petition hu bun nut to Governor
strong. Most of the cltlsens were
Aboat 400 strikers, duperste
rendy for bloodshed, were at thi ‘
i and
bumf
tone
armed. „
. lodcono.
well-armed officer* were also on
A freight train wu made
and a Missouri Pacific engino came
along to pnll out tho trains. A rash for the
engine wu made by the striker*. Arms were
presented on both tides. The engine wu not
molested, bnt all tho oars were uncoupled and
even the nuts were taken ont of the draw-
heads. Some of tho knights were arrested.
Tha engine wu sent back to the roundhouse,
Ireland for atate rangers and muitsnr. Trans-
E irtstlan lor troops nu boon applied for from
ecelver Sheldon, . . ’
and all attempts to moro tho trains were
abandoned, The
to dtlscns locked organisation.
They bad no loodore, whilo the
■trlkere were thoroughly organised.
Mayor Smith addressed the mob,
but tha striker* cried "Hate, no more Peter
Smith for mayor again.”
Fort Worth, April 3—What had been pro.
d icted hu como to pass.fr he striking' Knlghtg
of labor and officers of the law havo
met in deadly conflict. Two officers fatally
wounded and a third shot through both t'
ore tho casualties on the side of the|lsw.
the strikers u far u can be heard,'only on*
has been wounded. It wu announced yetter-
the officers of tho Mltuurl Pacific
THE STREETS FILLED WITH
A high wind is bloiring t
riot occnts the whale town
prey to flames. The streets ore fall of armc-
men, and every precaution will ha taken to
prevent such an occurrence. It is thought
that if tonight is tided over, there will be no
frrrtber danger of mob violence, u troops will
be here by tomorrow night.
Nows is received here at midnight that Ad
jutant General King and two companies of
state rangera are on their way to Fort Worth
on a special train.
Fort Worth, Aprils.—Ten companies of
militia and one battery of artillery are here.
id one battery of artillery
The dead body of Frank Pierce, a striker, wu
found, and bujast been brought into town
The tiro others who were wounded have been
located. Trouble is looked for in the moni
tions. Attorney General Tompleton, who Is
is& company that trains would tnovo to
day or that there would be bloodshed ~
The
u settled that no train would bo allowed te
n on the Missouri Pacilla line nntil the
and of the strikors fur arbitration wu
conceded.
last night tho sheriff and his deputlea l
of ini
‘ Since the authority of the atete
invoked, it shall be wielded. The trains must
move if it take, tbo whole military fores of
tho state to do it."
No attempt will bo nude to taka out trains
until tomorrow. A proclamation hu been
luucd closing oil uloous and drinking houses
of every description until (1 o'clock Wednesday
next.
A PITCHED BATTLE PKQBABLK,
The depot and yards are guarded by £00
citizens, called into service by the may
Taunton, Mua, April 2.—On Monday tha
hack boys and doflen of the Whittonton mill*
struck for an odvsnce| from 42i to 50 cents per
day. On Tuesday the advance wu granted)
bnt the boys refused to return to work unless
the girls doffers wsges were Increased five
cents per day. The managers refused and or
dered that the weavers should stop as toon a:
their filling wu used no. Lost night the mills
shut down, and today 1,500 looms and 1,300
basily enraged in serving write or injunction
' the strikers and their eonfaderatea,
against
and by the time this morning dawned the
most of them had received official notice te
keep away from the yards of the Missouri Pa
cific railway, and ware warned against inter
fering with tho servants of tho company in
their effort* to take out trains,
Tb* effect of the writs wuto keeptheyards
clear ud at Da. m. not a nun, gave the em
ployes, could be seen in them.
At ton o'clock, officer* began
to rolled at the union depot, and numbers of
lh.ru were stationed in the yards. At 10:15
o'clock * dozen or more of them went to the
round hunse, and in a flaw minutes engine 64,
loaded down with *rmud officers, pulled out
and steamed up to tho Missouri Psotfic yards.
As it rattled put a crowd collected on either
sldo of the read.
DERISIVE CHEERS VENT IT FROM A HUNDRED
tueoatr
but not R nun attempted to interfere with the
major's
proclamation, and tha street* are patrolled b;
armed men. There is great fur of fire ant
extra precautions are taken. One hundred
fireman are in waiting st the angiae house far
any emergency, and the fires at the pumping
stations are kept up to a high point.
Offers of aid have been aont from
*11 (urroanding point*. Tha strikers
arc arriving from various outside points
aro arriving from various outeldt points
and the statement la made that the Knights of
Labor hu determined that Fort Wort shall he
hazards, and that than they will win their
battle. On ‘ “ * "
movements of the engine or prevent it from
hich wu standing
the other band, lt it it utd that
the cltixeru declare that the Missouri Pacific
trains shall move even though it cotta soon*
of lives to accomplish it
TUR TOINT or DANDER.
The railroad yards are skirted by aline of
saloons and low resorts. Hare hare boon con
gregated all day a number of duperste look
ing man, tome of whom were xeeognludu
Knights of Labor, and a few u ex-railway
employes. There were others . also, who
have frequented the yords,oommlt
coupling on to a caboose wl
ou a side track. Having done this, th* engino
wu run on to tb* main track and booked up
tharoad to Hodge, from where it wu to puQ
the freight train into the city. For Burly i Thls'moralng the fof-
two hours tha crowd awaited the return of I Kri_VrrSir_J; £n_ai
the onslne with the train from Hadra. ends, lowing noUco WU (band posted at th* water-
further trouble is anti cl noted in the
movement of trains from the yard* or through
tho dty, bat rumor* ure
heard of bridge burning
the angina with the train from Hodge, and os
minutes rolled by they amused themselves in
▼uriaus ways. Tho raw weather
could not scatter them and tho
iu the neighborhood
wrapped iu heavy overeoatawere continuously
stamping their feet to hup warm. At 11:30
o’clock the engine left Hodge, und ut 11:35
steamed into the yards. The train eensiMed
of u caboose und canton loaded with eotl
As the train approached fiixteeath street the
crowd railed oat, halted on the line of the
— id out, — .... , , .. .
right of wuy, end remained there. Not a man I Knights of Labor, wu called out and spoke
mad* a move toward the train, bnt at the I briefly. He denied that the present difflealty
... - - of the discharge
bat rather it
If it wen to keep
flee and prominent
°nw!^ii sacrtflcerourHves bj{belng shoved
out on trains bygovorament officers oe Goulds
Aty officers. Last call. Fair warning.,
St. Louie April 2.—Governor Oglesby, of
Illinois, spoke toe crowd of some 2,000 strikers
end others in East BL Louis lost evening and
wu listened te very attentively.
After the governor bad conaladad Martin
chairman of district assembly 101
Irons, i
Knight:
account
the strikers, appeared on the track, one of
them armed with a red flag, which ah* waved
u a signal for tho engineer to atop. No atten
tion nne paid to it, and the train poased on
and by tho union depot and continued on its
Jonrney south.
The suggestive alienee that marked the pass
age of a freight train through the city
wu not without its sequel. When tho train
left the depot It wu under tho protection of
apoeeeof 12 officers, commanded by Jim
Coaitwright, special deputy Ynlted States
marshal. Some of the officers were deputy
marshals and others members of tha regular
police foree. The train proceeded slowly
wu for a grand principle.
Job, it would
1 Hall in
be better far the
knights themeelvee to puy hi* wage* than to
strike. He; took issne with the governor
about this being the beet government on earth,
... uhu .. .
the creasing of the Fort Worth ex New Orleans
railway, about a mile and a half south of
town. The train stopped, u is customary, ba
re re crossing. The snitch wu found open,
and two men stood near the crusstr
and declared that the government wu pre
vented. Jay Gould and Uoxie and hia Ilka
lit. Uasaked if It was Joy Gould, or the
none and sinew of the Und, that mode this
country, and than demanded of the governor
to answer if it was right that on* manlike Jay
Gould should he permitted to run thiseoantry,
and hold the liberties and destiny of the peo
ple in his bauds. It was the thriving of such
men u Joy Uould that enslaved all countries.
Iswe Ho filled the poor heases and houses of
influny by robbing labot of its jut dues.
"I tell yon,” continued the speaker, "if the
and two men stood near the crossing: officers I railroads three ns to violate wkatthey call Uw,
approached the switch sad u they did so thsy the time will soon come when the claw of
discovered five men, 1 . — • ...
WrrHWINl HDSTZliEirt.K* PARTLY CONCRaiOD
IN TBS WXUUO
a few yards distant. Th* entire neue ad.
voneed toward th* men in atibaeh. They had
renchsd s ditch oloogoide the Inch when they
people that make thi* country and government
will b* overthrown. Th. governor uy» arbi
trate. That ia jut what are ore battling for,
and then should be no militia called eat
•zainsl Uberers for asking what th* govertor
advise* u to demand. Ths railroads, ia traat-
ATcunoN.tKan., April 3.—Mayor Kelsey
has sent to II. M. Hoxle a message stytngtheclty
of Atchison will pay all damages to hlsproperty in
the i
i strike ss may
agreed On by s competent beard of appraisers.
Scranton, Pa„ Aprils.—Grand Muter Workman
Powderly is in a precarious condition, and will b*
nnablc to attend to any work tbr s long time. HU
physicians will not permit him to know what Is
going on In labor matters, and have given strict
orders to allow uo correspondent to see him. He
will not go to St. Louis. J. W. Hsyes, of the cxecu.
tire board or Knights of Labor, left larSL Louis to
day.
OUR KNOWLEDOE.BOX.
tin this department are give brief and pertinent
answers to such questions u our readers may do-
•Ire to ask—provided the questions are of special or
general Interest. Answers may be delayed fin *
Subscriber, GeorgU,: Who is this Powderly,
who seems to bate u much authority uBIamsrckf
| ITerrcnce V. Powderly, the grand master of the
Knights of Labor, wu bom st Carbondtle, Pa., in
1U9. no wu for sometime * mechanical engineer.
He bu been mayor of Scranton, Pa., and hu been
prominent u a labor reformer for some time.
W. H. J., Home, Oa.: In * biographical die-
prodigy—bom 1711, died 1725. In what respect wu
he a prodigy?
Helnecko could speak st the age of ten months,
recite tbe principal events of the Old Testament
two months later, ana at tbe age of two years ho
had mastered ancient history end Latin end
French. At three he wu familiar with nnlreml
history and geography. At tbe age of lour years
andfourmontbshedled. His sole diet all his life
wu the milk of his nurse.
J. C. F„ Huntsville, A1r: When und where
wu tbe first white child bom in America?
On tbe coast of North CsrollnR August 18th,
1587. It wu a girl. She was either killed 1 or capt
ured by the Indian*
Subscriber, G*.: Please give the origin of the
word "dude.”
Ins handbook of the Swahili language u spoken
at Zanzibar, a work written by Edward Steer, mis
sionary bishop of Central Africa, Is found the fol
lowing: "Dndc, plural madudo, * what-ls-it, •
thing of which wo don’t know or have forgotten
the name,”
Subscriber, Coleman Station, Or: Please givo
me a short history of the Dred Scott case.
In 1867 a negro slave named Dred Scott sued for
bis freedom on the ground that his domicile with
hia muter in Illinois for two yens made him free,
u tho constitution of Illinois prohibited slavery.
Wbcn bo brought tbe suit his master had curled
him to Missouri, but the slave contended that hav
ing once lived In Illinois he could not be a slave or
be remanded to slavery. Tho majority of tho court
held that Scott wu a slave, notwithstanding his
residence In Illinois. Only two of the judges ab
sented.
ere now engaged
t It appears from a statistical summary of tho
number of Btrlkiog employes In the United States,
that there are ovor 52,000 persona directly engaged
in strikes and many more thrown ont of employ
ment. The largest portion of these bln ttho bitu
minous mining districts of Pennsylvania. Nearly
8.000 strllisre are estimated to bo connected with
tbe donld railroad lyotem. About tho same nitm-
ber is enlisted In the strike among tbelknUtlng
mlllsofCohoesand Waterford, N. Y. In thoso
places the actnal strikers arc reckoned at no mere
than 226, and theu are spinners who have mod*
their demands for an Increase of wages, but thsy
ore supported bytknlttere, carders, winders, etc.,
which swells tbe total number tto about 6,000,
The strikers In New York reckon In
their list near 11,000 persons, mostly those em
ployed In dress and suit making, who left their
work because of the contract system. The few re
maining strikers made their opposition to a roduo-
tlon of wages, and the employment of non-nnion
men. In New Kogland, the boot and shoe manu
facturers aro suffering more than any of their
manufacturing brethren, and over 4,000 ot their
employes are out against them demandingnonccs-
elonstothelrwanta Among the cotton mills thore
ore 1,775 eblkcra ud among the woolen mills there
are 850 strikers. The large number that Is thus
breed to Idleness, la really tha result of only s few
disaffected ones, but who ere numerous enough to
destroy the harmony In tho system of operations.
Subscriber, Atlanta: Please state the causes
Duuautuur, avii
of the great atorui?
It was one of the usual flourishes of the rental
equinox, hut It would be difficult to account for
the rlolenco of tbe floods and winds. Thoso who
have studied the forestry question aay that the
rapid disappearance of our trees has a tendency to
bring on cloud bunts and fresheta.
Lawyer Fry After Judge Me Cay*
After a difference In the court room last Thurs
day, Colonel George T. Fry, a well known attorney,
went before Judge Calhoun and swore out a writ of
lunacy against Judge II. K. McCay, of the United
States district court Judge Calhoun had to roceive
the affidavit, but declined for tho present to issuo
the writ, as he la related to T. J. Dabney, who had
beld’a meeting on the following dayi and dlscussod
tho matter, but without taking any Anal action.
The general opinion of the bar seem* to be that
Judge McCay should either resign or tako a vaca
tion, as his physical health is such as to impair his
mental faculties and Injure his usefulness as a
Judge.
In Flare* March Weather.
. —s wares break tether,
And whirled together
At either baud.
Like weeds uplifted.
The tree-trunks rilled
In span are drifted,
Like foam o
rsand.
And r
Th too,h pool *nd absUaw,
Te wind and Ice,
TO.’SMLde
i Charles Swinburne.
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Hot, JEFFERSON DAVIS, first and last
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Thla will to an probability be the last
words Mr. Davis win ever apeak la public
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said the wltncas, “and no man cap look mo in
the taco and aay so. I would cut my hand off
before I would do such a thing.". ,
While speaking of this ■utyect witness
became very earnest in his manner. He took
up tho letter published In the Now sork
World on February Gth, in which be (witness)
called Dr. Beger’s attention to tbe^suggestion
made in an editorial article in
igton
weekly paper, that It there be anything in the
doctrine of transmigration of soul, perks
transmigration of soul, perhaps the
sonl of th* aneient prilosopher Thales had de
scended to Dr. Rogers. The connection in
witness
which that letter had been pablisheJ, w
sold, and the editorial article in the
paper on the 10th of February,
were calculated to convey the ides
that the (witneas) hod bargained
away hist influence as chairman of the appro-
priation committee*
'Tho man who tent that dispatch was either
a fool or a liar," exclaimed tho witness. As
to tbe oditorial article he said:
“I pronounce that, sir, with all ths respect
to the committee, to bo an infamous slander
and a base lie, and I put that brand npontho
brow of Joseph Pulitzer, who said he wu re
sponsible for this, and he shall wear ifc. I havo
been held np before this country for using m; r
official influence when the recoin shows that C
waa nota member of congress, and had no in
fluence to bargain, If this is decent journal
3Ir. Millard remarked -
had spoken of the transmigration of souls, ho
would inquire of him whether he did not be
lieve if thi
ie Boll patents were broken, and the
Pan-Electric extended, ho could connect the
two worlds.
Witness looked down upon his questioner in
a qniaical manner, and replied:
“I don’t know that my abilities are equal to
tbo stretch of your imagination. You had
better write a book on the subject."
The Carrollton Outrage*
Mr. O’Hara, of North Carolina, asked unan
imous consent to offer for immediate consider
ation the following preamble and resolution:
Whereas, it Is a matter of public Information
that on the 18th of March, 1886, In the town
ol Carrollton, countv seat of Carroll county, Missis
sippi, a lawless band of persons rode to tho court
house and then and there indiscriminately mur
dered, by shooting, a number of peaceful citizens
of the United States; and,
Whereas, it Is alleged that th© governor of said
ate of Misaiisippl Has abtolutely refused to take
Tective measures to bring to Justice said murder
ers: and,
the courts to answer for their crimes, and
Whereas, Tho constitution of tho Unit
guarantees to each and every one of its citizens
lull and adequate protection or his life and theon-
Joymcnt of his property; therefore, be it
lived. That a committee of five members be
‘ investigate the facts
and report by bill or
Resolved. That a commute —
appointed by the sneaker to investigate the facts
connected with said murders, * * “ “
otherwise such measures as will check or prevent
in the future the wanton and barbarous destruc
tion of human life.
Mr, Reagan, of Toxao,ot|jectod on tho ground
that the subject waa ono over which congress
had no constitutional power.
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, asked unani
mous consent to offer the following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee of flvo members be
ng, on
tbe 18th of Marcb, 1*84, In Carrollton. Mias, of a
number of colored citizens of sold Mate.
Mr. Boagan, of Texas, objected, on tho
tronnd that congress had no jurisdiction ovor
l ho matter,
Mr, Randall then oskod to have the resolu
tion referred.
there might bo no objection.
Washington Gossip.
The city post office has boon blocked foe
weeks with hundreds of bsgsof seed for distri
bution throughout tho llnltedStates. Th* clerica
in tho offioo could not send oat tho packages is
foot os they came in, and complaints wore com
ing, especially from tbe south, at thla delay.
The postmaster general has loaned an order
that the railway mall clerks shall distribute
tho seeds from the sacks, and thi* will expe
dite the delivery of this specie* of eongroi-
slooal ammunition.
Butler Mahons, (on of Senator Mahon*,
wo* tried todsy with assault with intent to
murder John Willis, waiter at Walokar-s
hotel, about a year ago. John S. Wise de
fended him. Several witnesses swore that
Mahono waa drinking, und that liquor always
crazed him. He wo* found guilty of slmplo
ossanlt, und escaped with a fine of ono hun-
assault, und escaped
dred dollars and a moral lecture from tho
judge,
Secretary Manning’s condition remain*
practically unchanged. At boat it will neces
sarily be a long time boforo he will be ablo to
ifficlal duties, Tbo Impression
resume bis off
Fairchild has
his probable sue-
iww, uu, u,. mw» suiuur is that If SocretaiT
Manning should resign, tbo portfolio will
tendered to Congressman W. L.
Scott, of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Scott recently tickled the administration
famous aa tho richest man in the houso
and at owner of ono of tbo finost racing stable*
Washington, April 1.—On the reports of
of the Interior department to
effect that J. C. Calhoun, of Mobile, Ala.,
and James F. Bailey, of Slidell, La., through
a conspiracy with other parties, havo procured
an entry of public lands In Tammany parish,
the pine timber thereon for tho manufacture
of tho (turpontine, aerlminal suit has bson
advised, through tho department of Justice,
on the ground of conspiracy to defraud tbo
government. It la alleged that tho parties
entering these lands have boxed nearly 80,000
pine trees, from which more than 10,000 bar
rels of credo pine gum have been taken, from
which was manufactured somo 02,000 gallons
“ ‘ ' itn. It
of turpentine, and 10,000 barrels of resin, as
Is also alleged that the Uw u to residence and
cultivation luu not been complied with, and
that ss soon ss tbo trees havo boon made to
yield all the gum of which they are citable, In
consequence of which they die, the
tbundonod as worthless.
Senator Edmonds esmo out of the republi
can caucus today red in the face, and thor
oughly disgusted. He had endeavored to bring
tbe caucua to bU conviction of tbe resolutions
recently poised, reUtivo to tho cues of re
moval, where the papers are refused. Ed
munds told the caucus that if their resolutions
meant anything, they meant that the senate
thereby engaged to withhold confirmations In
nil cases where the officiate hid been removed,
and the paper* bid not been furnished on de
mand. On this point his colleague, Senator
Morrill took square Issne with him. Ho said
tho republicans bod mode *11 they could out
of this business. He believed they had proven
In debate that the president tnd the cabinet
bad not stood by their professions of clvll ser
vice reform. *
A sharp colloquy occurred between Ed
munds and Morrill. Logan Joined in and sup-
K rtcd Morrill. Edmunds bad a large major-
- of the caucus with him, but so determined
were hie opponente tbet no attempt was mode
to subject them and the caucus decision which
they might possibly have defied. Tbe eancoe
adjourned sine die. Its failure to tako any ac
tion Insures the prompt consideration of the
nomination to fill tho vacan
cies censed by removals, end there
will benaufficient number of republicans ready
to vote with the democrats to secure confirma
tion In ell ordinary cases on the list.
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the blood--.its diseases—how
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Scientific research bis foiled so tu to produceti
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component ports ore all and favorably known to
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combination of these Ingredients were neyer at-
tempted until the formula of aa B. wu made.
For Scrofula, Blood Poison, Rheumatism, Catarrh
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lous advertisers that It would not he safe to regard
everything sold In an advertisement u true. Some
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Ttw Threw Stck Secretaries.
WASHtNUTON, April 4.—Secretiry Sfannlng
much better to night, ini
Improve as he hu it te expected he will be able
- sit np within * few days.
Secretary Lamer and Attorney-General Gar
land have almost entirely recovered, and are
now able to transect department business u
their homcf, bnt their physicians will not per-
whilo tho present inete-
EelvaHon Oil te a gennlne preparation for the
’ all pain. Nothing like it. Price 25
so he had to pat np at night wherever night caughl
him. Consequently, sometimes he had to stop t
places where the accommodations were not of th
very best. He wu a great layer of coffee, end oof
foe he would here; bat, said he. In every solemi
tone, I hare sometimes to drink a gallon of wot
o get e taste of coflhe. In an ad page there Is l__
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friend’s gallon of hot water. For our part we wool-
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out an oasis. Give ns the acre thitwfllprodaa
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Wo only ask a trial boforo a doubting public
foaling confident that one bottle will establish It
Intrinsic value as a blood-purifier. Wo can otU;
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Wherever this remedy Is known lt takes tho lead.
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CRAwyoxnvtLLx, Oa. Juno 11, lSSA-For ten year
have been suffering with muscular rheumatism
Patent medicines and physicians’ prescription
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