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WAR OF THE MINERS.
THOUSANDS ARE IDLE AND THE OUT
PUT OF COAL IS LIMITED.
FACTORIES AND RAILROADS SUFFER.
Their Grievance Is Low Wages—ln Half a
Dozen States They Are Armed mid
Thretening—Railroads Out of Fuel.
Peoria, 111., June 6.—One dead body, sev
eral men on the verge of the grave, a num
ber of others seriously injured, $30,000 worth
of property absolutely destroyed, and many
homes made desolate was the result of an
attempt made today by the miners of the
Peoria district to close the mine operated
by Little Bros., in Tazewell county, a mile
or more back of Wesley City.
Edward Blower, of Bartonville, married,
was shot in the side of the neck and killed
instantly.
James Little, shot twice in the body and
thought to be fatally injured.
Peter Little, secretary, shot in the left
eye and in the right arm; seriously in
jured.
Peter Little, Jr., shot in the left side.
William Dixon, colored, shot in the right
arm and through the left shoulder; may
die.
Several miners were shot, but they were
taken away and no one could secure any
information from them about anything.
The tragedy was tiie sequel of the meet
al Bartonville the other day, about
which there was so much secrecy. No one
got the faintest inkling of what was done
at the meeting. Now everybody knows.
It was decided at that time that the Little
must cl '■ . There could be no
equivi cation, no quibbling, no half-way
I : close and remain closed.
In eon • qucn. e of the conclusion arrived
at that meeting about 4<K) miners started
out of Bartonville at 1 o’clock this after
rcon. They came from nearly all the mines
In the district. Without anything having
been previously said on the subject, except
in the utmost secrecy, every man apparent
ly c;.me armed. They were desperate and
We - , r ly to u e desperate means to ac
ct-1 ".lirin iheir desperate ends.
rick, Pekin, Tax twell
count. I .', ii- ■ • n advised of the trouble,
went to the mines with a posse. The strik
ers crossed the Illinois on boats and were
met on t:. -ide ly the sheriff, who com
manded tiie peace and reasoned with them
in vain. Led by a stalwart miner, with a
revolvfr m e;ch hand, crying, “Eollovv
m 1 ” they charged on the mine.
tv. i Utti s a..4 their two sons and a
color I i . u ritica.c-l into the tower over
i pened fire on the I>esi«gers,
tie i v.l. in fell. The fire was returned
; . 1 ti.e n. n in the tower hoisted a white
1..;u . ir iider. The firing was hotly
c mtiliUed a . i th. tower riddled. The shaft
w the air shaft cl< >s< d.
Ti ,v.«i- 1! ’d in dismay, as it was feared
tl? . ." d r h i: w-mld be ignited.
that ei' the party
b< .In-a a negro was killed,
ar i rid Little was shot ia the breast and
may die.
Tii'.-r. were eight or ten miners in the
I ■ - ed all were suffocated.
Au: tin are Gas and Fred Moritz and
John Iloi-key.
E. .r, one of the attacking party,
w... 1. : ami half a dez u other strikers
wer" won; .ued. It is believed two more
cl ti.-- strik. .a v. ill die. The sheriff and
1 I to Pekin. They were
ui. ■. i!e t Jr .. the mob. The wildest ex
citement exists.
Burned by the Mob.
I’eori i, iil.. June 7.—After their work of
<l< tr . ti nat the Little Brothers’ mini- yes
terday th- n; 'b t. ided one of the miner’s
hour. s. There w; s no one inside, so the
and ; veral gaHi as of
k a tank, were taki n to
' i ■ i. c :■■■ •! in: " n all over the shaft and
, . . . . . . . I-.- | s
tl - builidii ; •.'. ent up in smoke the strikers
ounce.; mound. They allowed the half doz
en miner- a >. >rk in the mine to be brought i
out. The buildings were burned to the
ground.
After completing their work of destruc
tion, the mob dispen- d, crossing the river
in ski:., to pre, nt an armed force from
intercepting them. Tiie riv r bank was |
lim 1 with st ikers all nfght and numerous '
bonfires are burning. The Little Brothers
say they asked for protection which they
it get, and hat as soon as the sher
-111 s posse met the strikers they fled, seek
ush of tiie sur
rounding hills.
Tlse Situation In Ohio.
Marti is Kerry, 0., June 6.—About SOO
miners r. . : imped along the Wheeling and
Ferry and Sten
in and Adena to stop
coal trains. One hundred miners crossed
the river today to lie up coal trains on the
l‘;:ts’iurg, McKeesport and Youghiogheny
railroad.
1 " rir-y 0., June 6. —This evening at 8
o’. -k live hundred coal miners from the
mi, along the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road stopp. i ti e second section of a coal
train and will not allow it to go west. This
, he coal tr die on all the
1 running through east< rn Ohio. The
railroa 1 ol . lais have Sherifi Sc >tt arc I dep
ut i the groun i but < annot do aaj thing,
; , .... quiet and peaceal de.
Trains war. blocked through here io Ben-
WOO 1, VN . t ...
it. i ' , ;ne 6. —Three companies of
the E ghth mi nt, Ohio National Guards,
: c, awaiting the arrival
o' < ■ ui.-I ' and Company K from
AI !i;iand 'he Akron company. They
rt and lea ve
eiul Clev land, Canton and
< • ].;. :bu-. * 0., June C. —Governor
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Blessed by Hood’s
The Manager of a Lumber
Co., Teiis His Story.
« A y- r ago last spring I was taken with sore
throat and could not swallow or sleep. Later
Bi- lu •:.! ami face broke out with little pimples.
I felt dull and had no ambition to do anything.
I did not c:tro to eat, and what little I did eat
did me no good. I am six feet, one inch tall
lind only weighed 157 pounds. The first Lottie
T ’Cures
©f Hoc Sarsaparilla made such a change in
me, f was surprised at myself. I have a num
ber of rn< n working here and I got them to taka
jt, mid now I <!•» not go to town but wir'd some
one v mts n ■ ' > bring back a supply of Hood’s
f-arsap: rille.. Well. now : s to myself, I am on
the fourth bottle. !■ lay I can get out and do
any kind of work and feelgood. I weigh 178
poim Is and am gaining ti-sh every day. What
i eat tastes good and 1 am
Enjoying the Best c7 Health,
better than I have been for years. I recom
mend flood’s Sarsaparilla to all for it was a
blessing to me.” L.iioky I’.. Chichester,
Manager of Tuscaloosa Lumber Co., Hull, Ala.
Wood’s Pills cure liver ills, constipation,
biliousness, jaundice, sick headache, indigestion.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; ATLANTA GA, MONDAY. JUNE 11.1894.
McKinley ordered out 1,200 state
troops tonight to prevent the
interference with the operation of railroad
trains in eastern Ohio by striking ccal min
es, which has been going on for several
days. The troops called out comprise the
Eighth, Fourteenth, and seven companies
of the Seventeenth regiment of infantry and
battery H, of the First Artillery rigiment.
The order was given very quietly and the
movement of the local troops put in action,
carefully made under the cover of dark
ness. The Fourteenth regiment and the bat
tery, which belong here, will leave for the
east at midnight, going by the Baltimore
and Ohio on a special train.
An Engineer Killed.
Terre Haute, Ind., June G. —William Barr,
of this city, one of the oldest and best
known of Vandalia engineers, was instantly
killed this afternoon about 2 o’clock between
Knightsville and Harmony by striking
coal miners. Barr, with William Auster
miller, Fireman, was bringing west a spe
cial train of sixteen coal cars. Since the
strike trainmen have been compelled to
dodge rocks thrown at them by miners on
almost every run. When the train was be
tween Harmony and Knightsville the en
gineer and fireman were made the target
for a number of rocks thrown by a group of
strikers. Barr had just dodged one ;ock
and was in the act of rising when he was
struck back of the ear and instantly killed.
Governor Wnite mid tiie Sheriff.
Denver,, Col., June G.—The Cripple Creek
demonstrations are now conceded to be at
an end without further loss of life, though
the property loss has been very heavy.
For a time today excitement was intense
over the inability of the local papers to
obtain news. When it was learned that
the deputies had cut the wires and then
had made an advance upon the strikers
entrenched on the hills, the excitement in
creased and crowds gathered about the bul
letin boards.
The long-predicted battle seemed imminent.
When Governor Waite heard of the advance
of the deputies, he denounced Sheriff Bow
ers's action as mean, cowardly and con
temptuous and a flagrant violation of the
agreement. He took some comfort, how
ever. in the reflection that if the deputies
should attempt to force a fight they would
get the worst of it, as, in the governor’s
opinion, the strikers are game fighters.
NJ.OOP, Men Sent to the Front.
Columbus, 0., June 7. —Governor McKin
ley tonight sent the Second regiment of
state troops, which rendezvoused here, tc
Belmont county to reinforce Adjutant Gen
eral Howe, who with two lull regiments of
infantry and a battery of artillery is ir
camp at Barnesville. There the Second
regiment will join him in the morning apt
the whole force of about two thousand
men will go to St Clairv.'.lle Junction
There trouble is expected, as the strikers
number thousands and the feeling against
soldiers is intense.
A JtiittJ.i Imminent.
Columbus, 0., June B.—Governor McKin
ley tlii-; morning received a telegram from
Sheriff Scott, of Belmont county, again and
laore urgently appealing for troops at
I.ridgeport. The sheriff says that the
bridge on the Cleveland, Lorraine,
and V\ heeling railway, near there,
is now being burned by the miners,
and tnat great loss of life and destruction
of property is threatened unless military aid
is furnished at once. This telegram was
forwarded to General Howe, a t Barnes
ville. by the governor. Governor .McKinley
says that he will order the Fifth regiment
of Cleveland under arms if Adjutant Gen
eial Howe tainks the force now m Belmont
county is inadequate.
Ihe governor issued an order to the Six
teenth regiment of infantry and Battery D,
of artillery, all of Toledo, to report here at
once. Trouble is feared along the Norfolk
and Western railway at any time, and
troops are desired io be held in reserve.
The .-Situation Critical.
Columbus, 0., June 9, 1:30 a. m.—At mid
night Governor McKinley received a tele
gram from General Howe in camp at
Wheeling Creek, saying that in conference
with his oilier rs tonight it was decided that,
ov, ni.tr to tne xrec . uuni’ii ’ ■ ,
rounding them, their defiant altitude and
threats, more troops were needed at once.
Governor McKinley immediately ordered
Colonel IL S. Bunker to proceed east with
the Sixteenth regiment, the Toledo Cadets
and Battery D, of the First light artillery,
which arrived this evening from Toledo
to report to General Howe at Wheeling
Creek, lie also ordered a part of the Third
regiment at Dayton to report here at i
once to form a reserve force to lie held I
here. Speaking of the situation at Wheeling i
Creek, Governor 2'lcKinley said he regarded i
it as very critical. Twenty-four hundred :
troops are now in tiie field. The Sixte ntli ;
regiment left here on a special Baltimore
and Ohio train at 1 o’clock a. m.
Ordered Into Camp.
Baltimore, June B.—Governor Brown has
ordered the Maryland troops at Frost
burg to go into camp for an indeljnite
period. This will break the backbone of I
the strike. Those willing to work were I
afraid to resume because of threats of |
harm to them as soon as the troops were I
withdrawn.
Strike at Cripple Creek Ends.
Cripple Creek, Col., June B.—The long I
strike in Cripple Creek is ended and the j
settlement has been effected without blood
shed.
At 10 o’clock this morning such a consum
suramation seemed among the most improb
able things that were liable to happen.
About 9 o’clock the deputies began leaving
camp in squads of a hundred or more,
ostensibly for the purpose of scouting, but |
reailv to make a concerted attack unknown ■
to tiie militia on Bull Hill. Fully two- ;
thirds of the entire force had thus got out .
of camp before tiie suspicions of General ;
Brooks were aroused. Then he gave or
ders for the militia to fall in and within
a few minutes the latter was in hot pur
suit. The deputies had arranged to make
the north side of tiie mountain their main
point of attack and with this in view had
drawn up the bulk of their force on tiie
Colorado Springs road at its base. The
movement against this point, however, was
to be supported by sorties from three other
sides and the balance of the force was dis
tributed accordingly. Preparations were
about complete to make the attack when
the miiitia came down upon the main body
of deputies, who were ordered by General
Brooks back to camp. The deputies were
not inclined to obey the order, but. being
assured that the governor’s instructions to
tiie general were to turn his cannon upon
them if necessary to protect the miners
from attack, they withdrew and ordered
in their auxiliary detachment. They are
now all, in camp at Gillette. Meanwhile
General Brooks continued the march to
Bull H 11, where he found the miners drawn
up to receive him. He made them a speech,
in which he assured them of trie protection
of the militia and asked them io submit
to tiie service of warrants by tiie sheriff.
It was agreed that the sheriff and two depu
ties should go upon the hill tomorrow un
armed and arrest the parties for whom tiie
former has warrants. A great number of
these left last night for parts unknown
and all others, who consider themselves
seriously criminated, have made prepara
tions complete for leaving tonight. The
militia is camped tonight in Allman. Tiie
miners have all laid (town their arms and
the labor trouble is considered practically at
an ei d.
Ohio Strikers llnrn si Bridge.
Bridgeport, 0., June 9.—A mob of strik
| ing miners was driven from bridge No. 3
I on the Cleveland, Lorraine and Wheeling
railroad by the Ohio militia last night and
retreated to bridge No. 4. At 4 o’clock this
morning the bridge was discovered to be
on lire. It was completely destroyed. The
burning of the bridge will delay the ad
vance of the Ohio state miiitia to Flushing,
where another mob of strikers is congre
gated.
Destroying Railrosul Property.
Charleston, W. Va., June 4. —The strik
ing Kanawha valley miners have again re
sorted to violence. The drum house at the
Morris Creek mines has been burned, the
trestle over Man’s creek destoyed by lire,
and coal traiiic stopped on the Sewell and
Gilkeson branch of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad. Dynamite was also used at
Morris creek bridge, partially destroying it.
Sheriff Sillman has been called upon to pro
tect property, 'ine Kanawha and Michigan
« MURRAY
VEHICLES and HARNESS
Time Tried and Tested and Endorsed the world
over as the Bent and Cheapest a» iEasrt&i.
Single Baggy Silamewj, . >
Dcuhlc Boggy Harues<i, • 15.70
Single Farm Mamesi*, • • 17.07
Double Farm Ifaruesa, • 29.04
Top Meggies, - - - ■ > 5.1.515
SKoml 4'ja»-ts, .... J.-S.WO
lUaul W.'igoiss. • 35.75
Spring VVngortn, .... 43.50
ff'as-an Wagcisis 12 horse) - . 30.50
Fine IGO page Catalogue, free.
Wilber IK. Marray JSifg. Co., Cinei miati, O.
Mention The Constitution.
road lias given up the light and will haul
no more coal at present.
Two Were Wounded.
Charleston, W. Va., June s.—Reports that
four non-union miners were from am
bush last night at Powelltotj ' exag
gerated. Two men, Engineer * ■ and
John Brandon, were badly w» and
the latter may die. Marshall left
for the scene of the troublK and
three companies of militia aS to
move at any moment should nore
trouble occur.
GOVERNOR WAITE HIDFj N.
Officers Were Looking for Hit ;e an
Arrest but Failedf’
Denver, Col., June 3. Assisted-
Sheriff Bowers today in a sea.® ~pr John
Calderwood, president of the Miners’
Union, who came up from Coloil Springs
with Governor Waite at an earl ; ., our this
morning. When the party arrived Calder
wood was taken into a carriage with the
governor and conveyed, to some secluded
place where no one but the governor’s
party knows.
Sheriff Bowers arrived about daylight
with a warrant for Calderwood’s arrc::t
upon the charge of inciting to riot. He had
not been arrested in Colorado Springs be
cause then he was the governor’s guest.
Detectives shadowed Governor Waite all
day in tiie hope that they might find their
man, but at night Sheriff Bowers had to
return, without the head ollicial of tiie
miners, in a belligerent attitude.
About the governor’s office the populists
there declared that the arrest of Calderwood
would only add fuel to the hatred of the
miners and would make the contest all the
mon- blood-thrlsty. Calderwood came under
a Hag of truce, they declare, and should
not be subjected to arrest. But the civil
authorities took, upon the man not as a bel
ligerent, but as an accomplice in a con
spiracy that has already resulted in high
way robbery, arson, destruction of prop
erty and in murder.
Governor Waite said today that he had
taken no official action and it is not be
lieved that he will declare martial law. a
point which is declared to be illegal. Strong
pressure has steadily been brought to bear
upon him to get him to agree to back up
Sheriff Bowers witli the miiitia, a move he
is loath to make.
When Governor Waite reached Palmer
Lake he sent the following telegram to
Adjutant General Tarsney thinking that
Sheriff Bowers had made the above request
fur troops:
“Palmer Lake, June 2. —To General Tars
ney or Officer in Command at Armory: No
national guards must be called out by Hogle
or Kincaid.
"DAVID H. WAITE, Governor.”
At Cripple Creek.
Cripple Creek, Colo., June 9.—During the
past twenty-four hours the strike settle
ment seems to have progressed backwards.
Quite unexpectedly about 10 o’clock this
morning a full force of the deputy army
marched into Cripple Creek. About 3 o’clock
this afternoon General Brooks learned, that
they were on their way to Victor. G< ral
Brooks went out to meet the force ar ,e
--manded that they turn back, whie. s
refused. General Brooks returned ini e
to Altman and brought out the ;
He tlu-n >tel graphed to Governor,
Weak stomach strengthened by
ant’s Pills.
TSObl’S E'NiiEii AiIMS.
Three Hundred Sohiie.-s < n Guaid 8 lie
/Mabiitri io;.! jUioes. ‘
Birmingham, Ala., June B.—At 2 o’clock
a. m. the following special was received by
Tiie Age-Herald:
“Camp Forney, 2 o’clock a. m_, Jme B.
The soldiers have just left for Blip Creek
on a special train of three cars C.’or the
Birmingham Mineral railroad. Colonel
Price Williams is in command aJii Gov
ernor Ji.nos and all the regimentaloliicers
accompany them.
“Tiie men were awakened just if ter 12
o'clock and ordered to prepare fol march
ing. At 1 o’clock they were sens! with
luncheon and directly thereafter njrched to
the special train, which was standjg at the
Birmirgliam Mini ral depot await g them.
Tiie Gatling guns and several ol ae artii
-1 men wer taken along. Ju| enough
m . to guard Camj F< rney wei letl be
hm 1, nearly 200 haviiig gone to B.e Creek. I
"The cause of tiie soldiers tiein ordered j
i , ihue ('■ ■k is the n p irtt d pr|nci of a
body of jeU striking miners near .ere, and
the fear that they would eitlii destroy
property of tiie Tennessee Coajmd Iron
Railroad Company or kill some c the min
ers employed in the mines at th place.
“Alt 12 o’clock Governor Jones ■ -eived a
telegram from Mr. H. l i '. Dardeleben
that ■"') striking miners, supped to be
armed, w<-r.' in the vicinity Othe Blue I
i Creek mini s and asked that 1 soldiers
i be sent there nt once. The syial train
I started from Birmingham at 12 lock and
came byway of Boyles, arri2r here at
| 1 o’clock, with Mr. Debardelej, his gon
and others on board, tn.oi'e icing ctimp
Got rnor Jon s mad ■ a short S h to the
boys a wn’ a he paid a high t ite to tiie
Alabama citizen soldiery aatl ged them
to the full di: charge of their c .
“At 2:15 o'clock a sentinel h just fired i
on a body of armed men whatne near I
his post and refused to halt lien com- ’
manded to do so. The men rzff, no one 1
being hurt, and at tiiis momeuverytiling <
is quiet. j
“Tin si ntinels r< port the pl tee of sev- 1
eral suspicious looking charafe and bod
ies of men near the picket li This has !
been noticed since about liclock, but \
none came within hailing diice until a
few minutes ago. a
“Blue Creek is about twe-five miles t
southwest of Birmingham, oe Binning- “
ham Mineral railroad, and c are three a
mines within two or three. v of each g
other operated by the TennidCoal and p
Ii R Company. Tllwe Johns, j?
Acig-rs and Sumter. The niil’it these a .
places all went out on the strilrril 14th, st
and their places were tilleiA. negro si
miners who have since bXyorking 1h
there.”
To Employ Negro .11 .
Birmingham, Ala., June A. ivania
mine operators have dec-id- 'mpioy
neyi o labor in their light aga ; > f iiners.
Two hundred colored' mine: ?e yes-
terday in special cars f | sonburg,
Du. More are to follow.
Resuming Work at C’reek.
Knoxville, Tenn., June special.)—All
the coal miners in the C 'reek valley
will be at work tomomlTie 300 who
went out because of the ts of the Jel
lico miners, return to v.onorrow morn
ing. The Jellico people trouble of
their own now. The Cation’s corre
spondent has trustwortlormation to
night that the miners iJi’s-eye mine,
Jeilico, will return to 'in a day or
two. The effect of then must have
been very unfavorable c Norfolk ami
NVestern road as today engineers and
four conductors of the Tennessee sys
tem were sent there ti move trains.
Quite a number of loco's of the East
Tennessee have also teased for the
same purpose.
IntliNpv.
Why spend 81 for lie of medicine
for a complaint when c< of Beecham’s
pills, costing only 25 c. ill cure nearly
all known diseases? s because con
stipation is the cause rly all ailments
and Beecham’s pills onstipation. A
valuable book of fare mailed free
on request by B. eu & Co., 365
Canal street, New Y<
SARGE PLUNKET.
VISITING AROUND ON THE FARMS
AND TALKING WITH FARMEIIS.
All Praise to the Old Red Kills—ln the Man
Lies the Secret of Sucsess Upon the
Farms of the South.
For The Constitution.
Instead of going to the X-roads to listen
to candidates, Brown and 1 devoted the
week seeking out the good things of rural
life.
The lawyer, the doctor, the preacher, the
merchant, the banker, as well as the me
chanic—every one who has ever tasted of
country life is proud to own that they were
born in the country, and that their father
was a farmer. Childhood can never be com
plete without a romp in the wildwoods, a
stroll in the fields, a rest in the shades
and a mingling with the good country
people. I pity the man or the woman who
has missed the sweets of living in the
country. But there is a very great differ
ence in country homes.
Brown has raised a large family of chil
dren, and it is from him that 1 have drawn
the most of my conclusions of child life
on the farm. It won’t do to take one old
rough fellow like Brown and size up the
perplexities and pleasures as pictured by
him, but for all the fact that this old
friend of mine rises from his bed with a
loud voice and a hurrying mood, there is
net a child of all iiis thirteen but what
is proud of its daddy, and all of the
148 grandchildren with the multiplied num
ber of great-grandchildren think he is just
as smart as I am, if not a nttie smarter.
1 know Brown’s home life, and sometimes
1 think to . myself that it is a wonder his
children are so badly “stuck” on him and
arc, withall, such nice folks, for it has
been the first thing in the morning and
the last thing at nigfit for them to hear
some complaint or some dark forebodings
of haid times ahead. De has always
hustled them out of bed with the unpleas
ant reminders that grass was whooping
itself and that they dident half work on
the day before; that his family eat more
and worked less, and “here the sun will
be rising before we get to the field.” Such
as this, and mere, is the music that his
children have grown up under, and yet
they are happy and brignt, and sometimes
1 think that it is only the beauties of
nature, the cheer of the birds, the ripple
of the waters—such as this, and a contact
with it, that makes them capable of being
so pleasant and cheerful as they are.
Brown sees his mistake. It impressed us
both as we visited round lust week. At
one place Brown could see himself —a howl
after the children in the morning, a hurry
ing through the day—a fret and fume at
everything. At another place we could see
the v orkings of an even temper—a house
in accord. The children took time to be
neat, took time to exhibit nice courtesies,
took time to be affectionate, and these
worked together to have the lanors per
formed in a smooth but solid way which
fills the home with comforts as substantial
as life, with joys as sweet as the laugh
of childhood. Brown jsays now that if he
had his life to live over that he would
never seal - tiie heart of a child and ntvei
wrong an innocent wife by a fume and
fury which brings no more of prosperity
and much less of the joys of a country
life. But he adds in the wind up that
there is a great Dig difference in visiting
round and in coming right down to the
real thing of keeping the sifter going at
your own home when a poor devil has
been “.blessed” with twelve daughters and
one boy—and the boy born witli the notion
that he should ornament some one of the
professions, and all tiie daughters and the
old ’oman stick up to him on it.
But 1 did not start out to drift into
Brown’s family affairs. NVherever we heard
| Y/eTuTCtiViv. nS'i’tblliii.tirffii'i',_it was there
| that we could, and tnus kept out of poli
t;cs. Only once did we pass a store —that
was Panthersville. I can remember the
time when a fellow would have hud to pass
this place in u run to keep from having a
light there, but there is nothing of that
kind now—polities has took the place of
fighting, and no horse is fleet enough to
get by without hearing the voice of Mr.
•• NVhite, backed up by a stalwart black
smith whom they cal! “Big Bile.” Brown
and I had heard of these two Panther
viliians, and had also heard that they had
talked a venerable friend of ours—Dr.
Hitchcock—pretty nigh to death on the sil
ver question, and that Dr. Goss feigned the
deaf and dumb racket w h :nev< r he v. as
compelled to meet them ami listen to their
tariif talk. We discussed tnis as we rode
along studying how io avoid the contact.
NVe knew that it was somewhat of a job
to prostrate our vencrahh- fr-.enii Hitch
cock in a silver discussion, but when we
thought of any calamity that would silence
Dr. Goss on tariff we felt it a duty to our
I lumilies to escape it. To make the story
short, we did not escape—no one can
escape—but the good Dr. Brantley from At
lanta happened to be present, and gave it
as his professional opinion that Brown
would be a dead man in live minutes if a
turn was not given to the conversation.
“Big Rile” was generous enough to clap
bis hand over White’s mouth ami hold him
till we got away. But for this, we should
never have arrived at tne pretty country
home of one .Mr. Keller.
'lhis .Nir. Keller is a littie sawed-off
Swilzt rlander v» ho has settled in Georgia
to honor the cld state ami to reprove
Georgians who would seek f >r l-ctter lands
or happier homes in ether climes, it suits
my purpose to praise ibis brainy and clev >r
Switzerlander as showing what Georgia can
do, ami. besides, he deserves ali praise for
< haract r as a gentli man and his fi iend
ship as a neighbor. His farm is a thing
of beauty, lie is just now ready to harvest
a field of oats that every one estimates
will yield fifty bushels to the acre. All
the iarm of 400 acres is in keeping with
his oat field. He studies every device to
save labor in making the crops, and then
turns them to tiie best advantage in mar
keting. lie makes but little cotton, but
instead turns his crops into butter, colts,
cows and hogs. He, too, says that the
“unknown pci" is to the south what clover
is to the north. Peas and pigs have caught
his attention.
In returning from the home of Mr. Keller,
in order to avoid politics, we were com
pelled to go some live miles out of our wav,
which we thought a hardship at first, but
which proved to be a pleasant ami profit
able journey for our purpose. Night over
took us as we arrived at the “dairy home”
of Mr. Dorn, and there we spent the night
ami a good part of next day. If there be
a thing needed to stimulate young Geor
gians to action and to soothe them to rest
on the hills of the south, it can be found
in the cheerful home and prosperous farm
of this young New Yorker. Only five years
ago this young man left “York” state and
settled where he is. He lacked a great
sight of being an “eastern goldbug,” but
he knew a good thing when he saw it, till
now all his neighbors are willing that he
should be dubbed a “southern gentleman,”
and his circumstances are such that he can
well sustain the honor—though he still
prides on being a considerable of a, yankee.
Mr. Dorn has terraced his place ami cut it
into twenty-acre fields. On every twenty
acre lot he began three years ago to plan
for a wooded place. The most suitable
place for building was where he set aside
four acres of each twenty to raise a clump
of trees. At first he thought he would
have to set trees, but now he knows that
it is easy to have any old hill grow up
into nines and other growth if you will
only leave it alone. I don’t guess there is
any other country that will reclaim itself
in so short a time as will the old fields of
the south if let alone. Mr. Dorn has now
over a hundred fine cows, and he says
that it is only a matter of a short time fill
every twenty-acre lot that ho has set aside
oast, anil that it Is his ambition to manu
facture enough cheese right here to supply
jll < Georgia. He is much enthusi d on
the idea of turning his place into a cheese
will bo settled bv some friends from the
Manufactory, as he knew much cf cheese
making at his old home in the east. For
the present, ho devotes his attention to
milk, butter, peas and pigs. He is rich
anil growing richer, and so will many grow
if they will let so much cotton alone and
turn to peas and pigs.
I wish that some sweet poet
Would write me out a song
That Brown could sing me slowly
Just as we ride along;
The meter may be long or short,
We wouldent care a. fig—
Just fill it with sweet sentiments
.About the pea and pig.
Peas can't be had for less than $2 per
bushel in our settlement, and pigs can’t
be had at all. SARGE PLUNKETT.
LATEST STRIKE NEWS.
Four Workmen Roughly Treated— One Miner
Killed anil Several Wounded-
Uniontown, Pa., June 10.—A battle be
tween seven armed deputies and a mop or
three hundred strikers occurred this morn
ing at 9 o’clock at Lemont, No. 3 works o£
the McClure Coke Company. One striker,
a Slav, was killed instantly, and two otner
Slav strikers were fatally wounded. Tne
deputies were surrounded and tired upon
by the strikers before they snot.
The incidents leading up to the
battle occurred last evening, when
a mob of several hundred strik
ers, mostly from the Trotter works
of the Frick company, gathered at tiie
Pennsylvania railroad depot at New Haven,
and took prisoners four workmen who are
employed at the valley works of tiie brick
company, and were on their way home at
Leisenring. The names of the workmen
are John Delaney, Oliver Attleby, John
Brittan and John Furlough. When tney
stepped off the train the mob surrounded
them and marched them away. The four
men were covered over with chalk and big
placards with “scab,” “black leg” and other
epithets lettered thereon. The men were
then marched through the streets escorted
by the booling mob ami taken to the '.trot
ter and Leisenring plants, where they were
paraded through the streets between the
company houses. The strikers jeered them
and the women spit upon them and nit.
them with stones and clubs. They were
even marched past their own homes and
their wives and children permitted to view
them in their helpless condition.
The Battle nt Lemont.
Sheriff Wilhelm dispatched Deputy Sher
iff Allen with seven deputies to rescue
tiie workmen. Allen arrived at 6 o’ctocK.
Returning to Lemont, he found two depu
ties retreating before a howling mob of
Slavs. As Allen rode up a Slav fired his
revolver at him. The bullet passed over
his head. Several of the mob then began
tiring at the officers. Alien’s revolver was
defective and only two shots were v.rea
by him. Five of his associates came up
and began firing with their Winchesters.
About fifty shots were exchanged, the mob
slowly advancing, the deputies retreating,
until reinforced by other deputies, when a
stand was made. The mob then began to
disperse. Sheriff Wilhelm was again noti
fied and sent thirteen more deputies. An
'hour later twelve of the mob were arrested
and brought to jail.
The Slav that was killed was found lying
in the road shot through the body by a
Winchester ball. Two others were Icund
in houses near by, both said to be mortally
wounded, having been shot through tne
thigh. The strikers refused to give the
name of the Slav killed, or of those injured.
They wanted the officers to take tne dead
striker witli them when making the anest.
One of the men arrested was shut in the
arm.
At 4 o’clock a special train brought ten
more deputies to Lemont and then took ■
the wounded men to the hospital at oonneis
vilie. Many others are believed to have ;
been wounded. None of the depj'ies were ;
injured.
The posse will rescue the four men at ell i
hazards. Several hundred strikers live in i
the vicinity of Cool Spring and a conflict !
may occur. They have not returned or been |
heard from.
In West Virginia.
Charleston, NV. Va., June 10. —Five compa- I
nets of state miiitia were last night at !
Bogg’s Run and six more arrived this morn- ,
ing. Tiie reports received by the governor ;
indicate that no serious difficulty has been
met with in coping with tiie strikers,
i:t;r :i t N!oh:hlsvsl!c.
Wheeling Creek, NV. Va., June 10.—Pas
sengers on trains passing through here re
port that they heard the tiring of Gatling
guns at Moundsville, NV. Va., where a bat
tle between West Virginia troops and min
ers is reported to be in progress, it is re
bee'n vaiundJT r ’by p ikj‘-bnet“ 'liirusLs '’ a at
Moundsville.
<Vhcn Baby was sick, wo gave her Castor io.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she geo o them Castoria.
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