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THE MINERS IN BATTLE.
gTRJKERS EAT IN AMBUSH AND
SHOOT DOWN NEGROES.
THE GUARDS RETURN THE DEADLY FIRE.
Each Side Kills Some Which Causes Gov
ernor Jones to Order the Soldiers Hack
Indefinitely—Situation is Ugly.
Birmingham, Ala., July 16.—(Special)—
*ikbout 5 o’clock this afternoon a large body
of men, armed with Winchesters, were dis
covered near slope No 3 of Pratt mines, of
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway
Company, seven miles from Birmingham.
It was the hour when the men at wot'K
in the mines came out. The men at work
were negroes who had taken the places of
striking miners, and the attacking par
ty were strikers and their sympathizers.
As the negroes came out the strikers, who
were squatting around behind bushes and
fences, opened lire. The people who heard
it supposed it was a Gatling gun in the
hands of the troops. Several hundred shots
here tired before the strikers scattered.
Guards stationed around the mines return
ed the lire, but they were few in numbers.
. The casualties are:
B. W. Tierce, white guard, killed.
A negro miner, name unknown, killed.
One of the strikers, a Frenchman, named
Racquet, was badly wounded and will die.
Several on both sides were wounded. One
of the wounded strikers was dragged off by
his friends.
It was a deliberate attack by the strikers
on the miners put to work in their places,
find they shot to kill.
Two local military companies were hur
yled to the scene and are in the neighbor
hood tonight. All companies, some ten in
number, which had been here from other
cities for a week, on account of the rail
road strike, had been ordered home last
night. This afternoon the Montgomery
companies were stopped cn route and turned
back, and all the others will be here in
the morning for duty at the mining camps.
The mining strike has been on since the
middle of April, and the feeling is growing
bitter, being accentuated by the railroad
tstrike.
Governor Jones saw the miners’ com
mittee this afternoon and begged them to
accept the compromise lately offered, but
they declined.
The proprietors are proceeding to open
all mines with such labor as they can get,
and Governor Jones is of the opinion that
troops will be needed here indefinitely.
The attack this afternoon followed in less
than two hours after the departtire of the
troops. The bitterness of the strikers is
illustrated by the captured Frenchman. He
was kneeling behind a cowpen fence, fir
ing his Winchester, when a bullet from a
guard knocked him over. He raised up and
emptied his gun. He cannot speak a word
of English.
The negroes scattered in all directions
when tired on. Only a few had got out of
the mines when the tiring began, which ac
counts for the small loss of lite.
A Fight «t Pratt Mines.
A second battle was fought at slope No,
4, of the Pratt mines, simultaneously with
that at No. 3, and the total dead reaches
bix, with at least a score wounded.
Anotiier mob of strikers had ambushed
themselves near the mouth of No. 4,
v. .• ic< negroes came in box cars. The
train had proceeded but a short dis
tame from the mine, when the party in
ambush opened tire. The first shot went
through the window of the engine cab,
lliek-d some hair from the head of Mine
Superintendent J. J. Moore and nearly
k’ led the engineer. The deputies returned
the volley with vigor and in a short time
the mob began its retreat toward the
Center point.
Six Dead Bodiea Found.
Posses of scouts were hastily formed in
the vicinity of the mines and the work of
Bi arching for the dead and wounded was
entered upon. The miners made their es
cape, except those unable to walk for their
wounds. Ten bodies were picked up, of
which six were lifeless. Many wounded
W' help' d away by their comrades. The
Hanns of the negroes dead are unknown.
George Gampbell, one of the negro la
borers. had his leg broken and a bullet
passed through his chin. He says the
strike: s came on him after he was shot
down, bat and kicked him and then tired
the bullet through his face.
The remains of the dead were all brought
to Birmingham. Great excitement prevails
here, the streets being crowded with ter
ror-stricken people. Every precaution has
m.ii taken to guard the mines against
further depredation.
The Third regiment of the state guard
has hecti ordered into camp here, and al
together there will be 500 soldiers in this
Vicinity by morning.
1 lie Rioters Condemned.
Birmingham, Ala., July 17. —(Special.)—
Two hundred warrants have been sworn out
for men who, it is known, attended the
meeting by the creek yesterday at Pratt
mines. I'p to 2 o’clock today fifty-four ot
tin warrants were served. Men and boys,
Poth white and colored, are now locked
6 . yint he county jail.
Th. '•■ui.. jail is crowded. Around the
pl:. tor almost a block, eager people are
crowding to - t a view of the men. Ihe
has pl id deputies at the mouth of
ttu alley leading up to the jail to keep the
crowd back.
A Law nml Order Meeting.
Er -.veil s hall was packed to its utmost
Capacity by o’clock this morning with
the citizens of Birmingham, called together
. .■'ivrs upon the massacre
at Pratt Mims vesterday. There were truly
seven hum!:..l ‘or eight hundred people in
the hail, and more crowded at the doors
"Who were uteible to get in.
tn Here Aid for Strikers.
After other speeches a resolution was
adopted agreeing to refuse further support
to th< striking miners, and all others every
where wise asked to decline to give any
... the support of the strikers.
'J h' attack of the strikers on the miners at
Pratt mines yesterday was denounced. Ihe
loibiwiti committee of safety was ap
p..lilt'd: 1). J. McCord. Samuel I Iman,
‘William A. Walker. .1. A. Van Hoose, W.
J. Milner. J. W. Bush. \V. H. Graves, N.
)•’. Thompson, Rufus N. Rhodes, .I. h. llut
ton, It. I>. Johnston. B. I Boden, b .
Shepherd W. H. Stanley, Charles T. Har
man. W. Ward. John Towers H. I.
Burrus, Henry Johnston, H. M. Laid-
Well. Ed Wat rm. W. C. Shackelford Vi .
JU. Nalls. G. W. Ratcliff and William Sny
fcer.
Soldiers Control.
Birmingham, Ala., July IS.—(Special.)—The
military is still on duty at Pratt mines,
and all men who desire to work are protect
ed.
It now seems certain that five men were
killed in Monday’s riot at Slope 3. They
were Deputy B. W. Tierce, Andrew Gam
bell, color' d. Jim Hannabel. colored, :m un
known negro who was found dead in the
woods yesterday and an unknown French
man. who is reported to have died at one
of the striker’s houses v est rday.
i our of the Molt Wounded.
It is believed now that at least lour or
five ot the mob were wounded. One was
the unknown negro, who was found yester
day, and the other was the unknown
Frenchman, who died at one of the striker’s
bouses. There is an air of mystery about
the death of the last man. No on has been
able positively to ascertain what became
of his body. It is supposed to have been
secretly buried by strikers.
MINERS ON THE RIOT.
Miners Meet and Condemn the Attack on
the Negroes.
Birmingham, Ala., July 18.—(Special.)—
About 200 miners and citizens met in the
City hall at Pratt mines this morning.
Several of the executive committee of the
miners, including Chairman Frank Four
nier. were in attendance. A few citizens
of Birmingham were also present.
William Grady called the meeting to
order, stating that its object was to de
nounce the outrage of Monday.
Mr. Joe Going, one of the aidermen of
Pratts, was elected chairman.
Mr. Going t ok the chair and said he
did not know that he would be called on.
lie denounced the outrage of last Mon
day. He said that many times in the last
f w weeks he had been approached in
Birmingham and asked if he was not afraid
to live among the miners at. Pratt, and the
answer was no! the miners were good
Citizens, and he feared them not. The
meeting was for the purpose of denouncing
such affairs as that of Monday.
Mr. William Grady was elected secre
tary. , _
Mr. William Farley, who was one of the
committee who went to New Orleans to
seek financial aid tor the striking miners,
asked that an article which appeared in
The Times-Democrat in that city be read.
The chairman red the article.
On motion of Mr. Grady, a committee
of five was appointed to draw up a set ol
resolutions. , .
J. C. Watson was called on, and he ad
dressed the crowd. He spoke of the de
plorable condition of the mining district,
and said he was sorry for it. He said the
conservative people of Pratt mines were
not responsible for the tragedy of Monday.
He also said the executive committee was
not responsible tor it. The executive com
mittee has no right to call off the strike,
and if they would do it their order would
be ignored" He said that if he could gain
a victory for the men he would allow him
self to be filled full of holes, but he felt
sure the men were beaten.
Mr Pat Hannigan rose and said that the
gentleman was out of order, and had no
right to speak about being beaten.
Mr. Watson was told that he was out of
order.
Motions were made right and left to ad
journ.
Mr. William Farley took the stand. He
asked the men to become cool. He de
nounced the acts of the mob on Monday,
saying they were an outrage on the con
servative miners of Pratt. He spoke of his
trip to New Orleans.
Mr. William Grady made a few remarks.
He said that he attended the meeting in
Birmingham on Tuesday. The fever was
more than 110 degrees, and after being in
ten minutes he wished that he was out.
If the executive committee had been there
they would probably have been hanged. The
executive board had nothing to do with
the affray, and they cannot be held respon- -
sible for it.
Air. George Harrison, of Birmingham, was
called on. He denounced the affair of Mon
day.
Mr. Chris Ellis followed with a severe
arraignment of the tragedy. He said the
soldiers were brought here not to create
a war, but to keep the peace.
The following resolutions were brought in
by the committee:
“Your committee on resolutions beg leave
to submit the following report:
“Whereas, The public mind has been
greatly agitated lately by repeated acts of
violence and lawnessness; and,
“Whereas, The quiet and peace of our
community were shocked by the unlawful
and horrible destruction of human life on
Monday, July 16th; and,
“Whereas, We desire to see the laws
of the land upheld and to put ourselves on
record as law abiding; therefore, be it
•Resolved, 1. That we, the citizens of Pratt
City and vicinity do most heartily an sin
cerely condemn the riotous action of the
mob in shooting peaceable citizens In this
community on Monday, July 16th.
“2 That we recommend all good and loy
al citizens of Pratt City and vicinity to ten
der their services to state and county au
thorities for the purpose of putting down
all lawlessness and rioting and in bring
ing the guilty to justice, and to do all in our
po.ver to prevent further lawlessness.
1 "FRANK FOURNER,
“ADAM POW,
“L. M. LACEY,
“W. G. I'OWELL,
“AT. M. WOOI>.”
The resolutions were adopted, about one
half of the assemblage voting.
Arrested by Wholesale.
Birmingham. Ala., July 19.—(Special.)—
Yesterday afternoon and evening the
number of prisoners in the county jail
charged with participating in the Pratt
mines massacre was increased by the addi
tion of eight white men and eight negroes,
as follows: „ ,
Whites—N. Benoit, W. J. Kelso, Ernest
Mott. Will Harden, Emile Gouthe, Alfred
Mott, Jim Nelson and John Cicerone.
Blacks—Morris Harrison, Fred Chandler,
General Henderson. Will Cox. Dave Harri
son. Tom Allies, Charles Cain and Dewis
Al This s swelled the list of men in jail
charged with the massacre to eightv
eight. That was the figure at 9 o clock
this morning. , . .
Subsequently Silas Brook was entered,
making the total of prisoners eighty
-11 So far as can be judged from the outside,
seeing and listening to the prisoners, they
seem to be in the best sort of spirts.
Many of them have already retained law
yers in their defense.
Cannot Declare It Off.
Birmingham, Ala.. July 20.—(Special.)
The miners’ executive board has issued the
following card this morning:
“Committee Room Executive Board of
the Miners of Alabama, Birmingham, Ala..
July 20. To the Public: We, the members
of the executive board of the miners of
Alabama, want, the public in general to
understand that there is no power vested
in us to declare th" strike off, nor to make
a settlement under 15 cents a ton, unless
ordered so by the miners of Alabama.
“FRANK FORTNIER, President.
“JOHN STICK, Secretary Pro Tern.”
.,
EXPLOSION OF A CUSSON.
Three Soldiers Killed and Half a
Di ren Badly Wounded.
Chicago, July 16.—This afternoon a cais
son belonging to a Hotchkiss gun of the
Second regular artillery exploded at Forti
eth street and Grand Boulevard, a fine res
idence district. Following are the casual
ties:
JOSEPH GABBER, farrier Troop B, Sev
enth calvary, head blown off.
CANNONEER DONOVAN, Battery F,
Second artillery, Fort Riley, Kan,, killed.
JEREMIAH DYKE, cannoneer. Battery
F, Second artillery, Fort Riley, Kan., killed.
HERBERT ANDRES, trumpeter, Troop
B, Seventh cavalry, fatally wounded; taken
to Mercy hospital.
Injured—Sergeant King, Sergeant Diner,
Private O'Donnell, Private Stolz, Private
Enke, Private Urquhart, all of Battery F,
Second artillery, Fort Riley, Kan.
Several other soldiers were made deaf by
tlie explosion.
A lady in the house of Frank Devil, at the
corner of Grand Boulevard and Fortieth
street, was struck with a projectile and
badly wounded. She was taken to a hopital.
Seven horses were killed and three wound
ed.
The battery was making a practice march
down Grand boulevard when the explosion
occurred.
There is no explanation of the explosion
except conjectural. The caisson had just
rattled across the Bake Shore railroad track
on Fortieth street when the explosion oc
curred, sending prejectiles in every direc
tion. Every pain of glass within two blocks
was broken. It is conjectured that the
jolting over the railroad tracks ignited a
fuse or some loose powder, setting oft all the
shells in the box.
The troops left Brighton park for a long
march around the city. They were in com
mand of Captain Dodd, of troop F, Third
cavalry, aim consisted of Troop F, Third
cavalry, forty men; Troop E, Sixth cavalry
Lieutenant Tate, forty men; platoon of
battery F, Second artillery, two guns, lieu
tenant Getlong and twenty-three men;
tioop B. Seventh cavalry, Cat Varntim and
forty men. The men marched in this
order.
Everything went smoothly and there were
no incidents until the column marching
south, on Grand Boulevard, was just
crossing Oakwood boulevard.
Blown to Pleven.
The men on the caisson, supposed to be
Donnovan and Doyle, were lit; rally blown
to pieces and others were thrown many
feet by the violence of concussion. Four
of the horses drawing the caisson fell in
their tracks, shot through ami through,
horribly mangled, while three others were
blown fifty feet ahead against the Boule
vard. The caisson was biown to atoms,
not a piece of it larger than a man’s hand
being found. The boulevard looked like a
battlefield.
There was a quick series of explosions
after the first report, and Shrapnel shot
rained like hall among the troops on the
boulevard and pierced the surrounding
buildings.
The concussion broke every window in
the houses for blocks around. The walls
and roofs of the dwellings showed the
terrific effect of the missies. Unexploded
shells of the rear chests of the caisson are
strewn over the ground.
With the explosion came a great con
fusion of troops, and for a moment the num
and officers seemed powerless to move. To
this was added the fright of the occupants
of the susround’ng houses who ran scream
ing from their dwellings only to be sicken
ed by the sight in the street.
A still alarm of (ire had been turned,
and with the fire department came the
stock yards police patrol wagon. The wa
gon was sent back to the station and it
returned with twenty-five men under com
mand of Lieutenant Morrisey. He then
telephoned to Hyde park for reinforce
ments, and soon after Captain Dillard ar
rived with twenty-five more men. Later,
Inspectors Hunt and Fitzpatrick and Dieu
tenant Bonfield arrived.
It was no little«time before the two dead
, artillerymen could be found. One of them.
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dlsmangled beyond recognition but supposed
to be Doyle, had been blown over a board
sign, twenty-five feet high, and was found
in a vacant lot behind it. One leg and an
arm was gone. The other man; supposed
to be Donnovan, had been thrown about
thirty feet diagonally to the right, and was
found in a vacant lot near the Dake Shore
track.
Joseph Gaylor was found where he was
struck.
Great damage was wrought by the ex
plosion to neighboring property. Windows
in most of Ihe surrounding houses were
blown out, and the damage to residence
and park property in the neighborhood is
estimated at about $10,090.
FULLMAN SHOPS ARE OPEN.
Hundreds of Men Busy in Cleaning
the Machinery, Etc.
Chicago, July 19.—The Pullman shops, at
Fullman, will probably reopen early next
week, Vive President Wickes stated this
morning that he had received 325 applica
tions from workmen desiring to return to
work ;.nl that he anticipated no trouble in
securinga sufficient number of operatives to
work all the shifts. Three hundred men are
engaged in oiling the machinery, cleaning
ai d doing other preliminary wotk.
While one hundred of these men were on
their way to Fullman this morning they
w< re stopped a short distance West ot Full
man by the strikers and an all-round f ght
ensued, which terminated in the new men
agreeing to go home. Later, however, these
men returned by a circuitous route to Pull
man and went to work. Alost of the Hol
landers are iron founders, but all • ere
pressed into service at cleaning up.
The grand jury adjourned today. Just,
before doing so it handed to judge Seaman
a pile of manuscript two feet high, said to
contain twenty-nine indictments against
forty-nine individuals. The papers were at
once stacked in the district attorney’s of
fice. No warrants were issued upon them.
That will be done tomorrow, when the in
dictments are recorded. The court, in the
the indictments at SIO,OOO against each of
the indictments in SIO,OOO against each and
every individual concerned.
It is stated on good authority that not
only were there cumulative indictments
against President Debs, Vice President
Howard, Secretary Keliher and Editor
Rogers, of The Railway. Journal, but that
every othei member of the board of direc
tors had been scooped and would be put on
trial. It was also hinted that Organizer
Phelan, who on Alonday was committed by
Judge Taft, at Cincinnati, for contempt
of court, was among those against whom
indictments had been found.
Struck. Their Tents.
Quietly and wth military precision the
main body' of federal soldiers who have
been stationed in and about Chicago for
sixteen days or less evacuated Camp Miles,
Camp llesing and the railroad station to
day. There is still a lair size camp of reg
ulars on the lake front at Brighton park.
Their tents will disappear tomorrow as
soon as convenient and then Uncle Sun
will be represented by the marshal and his
deputies only. The First anti Third brig
a<as i 1 me iiiii.e.s Naii i..al vi .ai'i. However,
have to assist the police in the case ot
a recurrence of disoruer. The Second biig
ade has been ordered home.
'ihe Order Hud Xo Effect.
The American Railway Union order warn
ing all men at the stock yards to desist
from work seemed to have little effect on
the men to whom it was addressed, this
morning. Railroad employes returned to
their work as usual toda. Switching was
continued and tne packers seemed inclined
to treat the matter as a joke. The stock
yards company will endeavor to solve the
problem of securing protection for its men
outside ot working hours by lodging and
boarding them in its buildings. Cots were
placid in some of the houses this morning.
Xelson, Morris A <»». Burned Out.
The wholesale market, of Nelson, Alorris
&. Co. w:is burned last niglit. Ihe building
was located at the head of Root street and
was wooden from bottom to top. Within
thirty minutes from the time the soldiers
on guard duty iired at some prowlers foe.-
000 worth of meats and other property had
been <!■ stroyd.
STRIKES DIKLAREH OFF.,
Arkansas itailroatl Men Fledge I liem
selves to the People’s Party.
Little Rock, Ark., July 21.—The local
lodges ot the American Railway Union
declared the strike off in this city today,
and adopted a resolution pledging them
selves to support the people’s party ticket.
Heretofore the railroad men in Bittie Rock
have voted the democratic ticket.
bacramento, Cai., July 21.—The strike
was declared off at s:lu o’clock this evening.
St. Loms, July 21.—The Pullman strikers
and sympathy strikers, all members of the
local American Railway Union, held a
meeting tomgnt and alter a stormy ses
sion Listing two Hours, passed resolutions
declaring the strike oft commencing to
mg"t. f ollowing is one of tne resolutions;
■Resolved, 'dnat all parties who nave re
turned to work prior t'o this date have by
that act become disloyal to the order and
traitors to humanity, and are to be classed
with the scum ot society known as
‘scabs.’ ”
When the result was announced there
was a scramble for the doors and a foot
race to the oliice of the company to secure
oiii places.
Missoula, Mont., July 21.—This afternoon
Chairman Shepard, of the Northern Pacific
strikers’ committee, officially declared the
strike off as tar as this city is concerned.
All is quiet here now, tnough tne company
still continues to carry a strong military
guard and maintains a rigid embargo at
the depot and shops.
Strikers Taken Buck to Work.
Butte, Mont., July 21.—At 2 o'clock eleven
compani s from Fort Omaha, under Captain
Ba tes, c,.m • in over the Union Pacific, bring
ing with them two trains of mail and pas
sengers, the first to arrive over that road
since the inauguration of the strike. Four
Hat cars were pushed in ahead of the
troops to guard against dynamite, but no
violence of any kind was met with. All
Northern Pacific strikers have reported for
work and all were taken back. It is ex
pected that all roads will be running full
by Alonday. _
NEGROES FOR THE MIXES.
Numbers of Them Arc Being Hired to
Go to Birm i ngliu nt.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 19.—(Special.)—
The exodus of Chattanooga negroes for
the Birmingham mining district continues.
11. W. Hargreaves, superintendent of labor
for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway
Company, is in the city superintending the
shipment of negroes. Mr. Hargreaves in
an interview with The Constitution repre
sentative stated that the Tennessee Coai,
iron and Railway Company officials have
decided to employ none nut colored labor in
their coal mines and coke ovens, as far as
practicable. He said the negroes give less
trouble than any other class of labor, and
that the laborers and miners who are now
out on a strike are principally Welsh,
Cornish and Frenchmen, all of whom have
been a constant source of annoyance to
the company.
Most of the Chattanooga negroes are
bound for the Pratt mines, near Birming
ham.
HAS GOf-T ILLINOIS ISEAALY.
Ihe War Has Been So Extensive That
the Encampment Is Abandoned.
Springfield, 111., July 15.—Governor Alt
geld sacs there will be no encampment of
the Illinois national guard this year. “I
don’t see how we can have an encamp
ment,'' said the governor yesterday. “The
strikes have cost us enormously and we
have nothing in the treasury to pay for an
encampment. I am sorry, but it cannot be
helped. The present strike is costing us
about $lO.OllO a day for pay for the soldiers
alone and when subsistence and transporta
tion are added it foots up a big sum per
day.”
MI ST SIGN A PLEDGE
Before Re-Entering Ihe Sen ice of
the Southern Pacific.
San Francisco, Cal.. July 17.—A cast iron
pledge is required by the Southern Pacific
Railw.-> Company from every striker who
desires to re-enter its Each ap
plicant for re-engagement is required to
sign a promise that he will sever his con
nection with the American Railway Un’on;
that he will join no labor organizations
during his employment by the company,
and that he will not become a member of
any brotherhood or union for five years.
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DEBS GOES TO JAIL
AND THREE OF HIS ASSOCIATES ARE
LOCKED UP
ON THE CHARGE OF CONTEMPT.
The Strike Practically Ended—Men are Re
turning to Work and Business is As
suming its Usual Course.
Chicago, July 17.—The reports that addi
tional proceedings were likely to be taken
by the federal authorities against President
Debs and his associate officers of the
American Railway Union had the effect of
bringing a big crowd to the United States
circuit courtroom in the government build
ing this morning.
As soon as a few minor cases had been
disposed of Mr. Gregory stepped to the
bar, announced the presence of Debs and
inquired whether the hearing was to go on
today.
Judge Seaman replied that the case would
proceed as soon as District Attorney Mil
ehrist was ready. At 11 o’clock the district
attorney, accompanied by Edwin Walker,
special counsel for the government, and
George R. Peck, special counsel for the
Santa Fe road, appeared in the courtroom,
and Judge Seaman ordered that the case,
on hearing, be summarily postponed.
Judge Seaman remarked to Air. Walker:
“The situation is such that your matter
should be taken at once.”
Special Counsel Walker then opened the
proceedings proper with a brief statement.
The Question of Contempt.
At the conclusion of the reading the dis
trict attorney contended that the defen
dants were clearly in contempt and should
be attached and punished.
Finally the court cut the discussion short
by ordering the issuance of attachments for
contempt against Debs, Howard, Keliher
and Rogers, but instructed the United
States marshal to waive service on the un
derstanding that the defendants would vol
untarily surrender at the bar of the court
at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Debs Belli nd Time.
When the court met at 2 o’clock Howard,
Keliher and Rogers were present, but DeJ)s
was not on hand. His name was called and
there being no response it was decided to
stay proceedings until he put in an appear
ance.
The attorneys were beginning to get a
trifle impatient, when, at 2:20 o’clock, Debs
came into court, panting for breath.
Then Attorney Erwin asked the indul
gence of five minutes for consultation and
the court acquiesced. After this the pres
ence of the defendants was announced to
the bench.
Attorney Erwin exploded a bombshell by
stating that if the defendants were com
pelled to give bail on the charge of con
tempt they must go to jail, for the ball al
ready demanded on the indictments found in
the district court had exhausted their ability
in that direction. Unless the court accept
ed their own lecognizances, then it was a
matter of jaii or nothing else.
A"1 Four Off to Jail.
Air. Erwin made an impassioned speech,
saying that at the proper time, the indict
ment would be demurred to and the issue
would lie raised whether the unchecked
operations of capitalistic tyranny could in
troduce the methods of a British monarchy.
These men had never committed any act of
violence. The conscience of the court was
being whipped to resort to extreme and un
justifiable methods.
Judge Seaman set the train of the con
tempt eases for Alonday morning at 10
o’clock. He fixed the additional bail at
$3,000 each and ordered the four men to be
held in custody of the United States mar
shal until the sureties had been approved.
At 3:15 o’clock p. m., after a conference
with their attorneys, Debs announced for
himself and the three other defendants that
they would go to Joi! and refuse to give ad
ditional ball on that their bonds
men in the other cases had been so bitterly
attacked by the press that they feel a great
deal of hesitancy in asking any more citi
zens to go additional ball for them.
Delia in Jail.
On their arlval at the jail the prisoners
were courteously received by Jailer Alorris
and Jail Clerk Whitman. The marshal did
the introductory honors and the prisonrs
shook hands cordially with their new cus
todians. No feature of jail methods was,
however, relaxed In their behalf. At the de
mand of the turnkey tiny held up their hands
and submitted to a search. They were
deprived of all valuables and then led to
spacious and roomy cells in the debtors’
department. President Debs and Vice Pres
ident Howard were assigned No. 5 and
Rogers and Keliher to No. 6. It was ar
ranged. with the jail officers that meals
should be served from a neighboring res
taurant and the prisoners were then left
alone for the night.
THE STRIKE IS I’R ACTICALLY ENDED.
In California the Trains Are Moving Again
Al) Right.
Chicago, July 16.—President Debs, of the
American Railway Union, still claims to be
certain of coming out ahead in his fight
witli the railroads.
Directors Goodwin and Hogan, of the
American Railway Union, left this morning
to begin the work of organizing the men
in the northwest and the country west of
the Alississippi. There are now eight of
these organizers out.
“Our policy,” said Debs, “is to keep these
organizers with the men, so the strikers
will not weaken. We have everything solid
west of the Mississippi. That is our strong
point. I claim that as long as we have
traffic stopped at any one point we have
not yet lost the fight. It is as if you stop
the How of blood in an artery—you stop the
circulation of the whole system.”
“But everything seems to be running
smoothly on the different roads, does it
not?” Debs was asked.
"Oh, well,” admitted the labor man.” the
passenger business in and out is being
transacted fairly well, but there are no
freights moving at all —and that s where we
have the best of them. That’s where we
expect to cripple the enemies.”
At the depots Debs’s statement that
freight traffic is paralyzed is not by any
means borne out. Alany of the roads are
moving freight without the slightest
trouble.
1 uHinnn Men to Resume.
Eugene V. Debs was informed last night
that it was the intention of the workmen
at Pullman to return to their duties at the
earliest possible opportunity.
Federal Troops Ordered Off.
Chicago, 111., July 18. —[Special.]—Orders
were received this afternoon by
Adjutant General Maus, at the headquar
ters of General Miles, commanding the de
partment of Missouri, for the withdrawal
of the federal troops now on duty in and
about this city.
This settles the question which has been
the subject of much speculation since the
riotous demonstrations of the strikers sub
sided and which had been the cause of a
good deal of talk and correspondence both
formal and through the newspapers be
tween Mayor Hopkins and General Aliles.
The mayor has taken the position that,
having had nothing to do with bringing
the federal troops here, he would not ad
vise or have anything to do with their
withdrawal. The order, he said, must
come from the war department.
General Miles had not had much to say,
but has no doubt kept the federal authori
ties at Washington advised of the situation
here from time to time, with the result
that it is now thought safe to leave the
local situation in the hands of the city
officers, backed by the four regiments of
state troops still on duty in the city.
A.According to the order received by Adju
tant General Maus, however, all of the
regulars except the Ninth regiment of
Sacketts Harbor, which will be sent home,
will he stationed Fort Sheridan, as a
reserve force, within easy call, should
they be needed again. The troops affected
by the order number about 200 men. De
tachments of regulars are now on guard
at the government el Ung and in several
of the railroad yards and on their with
drawal these places will be guarded by the
militia and police. The order was issued
tonight for the regulars to break camp
in the morning.
The First Break.
Chicago, July 18.—The first break in the
ranks of the Pullman strikers has occurred,
150 Hollanders having been put back to
work on the tracks back of the I’uilman
foundry. These men quit work when the
strike was declared, and stayed out until
now. No effort was made by the strikers
to prevent the men from going to work.
The Pullman company today posted the
following notice:
"The works will be opened as soon as the
number ot operatives taken is sufficient to
make a working force in ail departments.
“H. MIDDLETON, General bupt.
The strikers held meetings at Ros"iand
and Kensington tonight and again resolved
to stand firm and refuse to go to work.
Debs has sent out a circular letter and
blank petition to all local unions. The let
ter calls upon members to sign the petition
to be presented to the house of represen
tatives asking for the impeachment or At
torney General Olney. 'I he petitions are to
be sent to each congressman.
IN OHIO AND OTHER STATES.
Fullmau Shops at Ludlow Reopen —Strikers
taken Back to Work.
Cincinnati, 0., July 16.—The Pullman
shops at Ludlow, Ky., re-opened this morn
ing with eighty-five men. They comprise
the employes who refused to go out when
the strike was inaugurated, but who after
wards quit work. The shops usually employ
about one hundred and forty men.
Toledo, O„ July 16.—When the switchmen
went out on the Wheeling and Lake Erie
road, General Alanager A. G. Blair dis
charged the sixteen hundred men on the
line in every capacity and shut down the
road. Today the company issued orders
resuming operations in all branches. All
firemen who have applied for reinstatement
and who were in good standing at the date
of the suspension, will be restored to their
former positions. All former employes who,
in the judgment of the officials, are entitled
to re-employment after careful investiga
tion, may be put to work if needed. The
company announces its sincere appreciation
of the great majority of its employes who
were found worthy and loyal.
All but two of the striking men have gone
back on the Ann Arbor road and all the
roads have plentv of men, oid and new, to
operate in full. Everything is running and
the freight blockade is completely raised.
Withdrew from the Order.
Massillon, 0., July .6. —The resumption
of operations on the Wheeling and Lake
Erie road was accomplished without any
difficulty, the American Railway Union men
being taken back to fill vacancies, upon
agreeing in writing to withdraw from that
order.
Tearing up the Track.
Salt Bako, Utah, July 17.—Three strikers
were caught this morning just before day
light in the act of removing rails on the
Union Pacific railroad track, two miles out
of Ogden. The Overland Flyer was due
a few minutes later, and a terrible catas
trophe could not have been averted had
not the dastardly act been detected. Deputy
marshals, guarding the tracks, lay in con
cealment while the strikers tore up tne
rails and as soon as they had finished their
work they were covered with Winchesters
and ordered t'o throw up their hands. All
complied, though they were heavily armed.
The men were taken to Ogden and jailed.
They were identified as Frank DeUamp.
Bill King and Sam McConnell. All are < m
ployes of the Union Pacific road ami strik
ersi Two of them had just been released
under bonds from the charge of beating a.
scab fireman. Indignation runs high in
Ogden.
Strike Declared Off.
Macon, AIo., July 18.—At a mass meeting
of miners held at Bevier, the coal strike
was formally declared oft, and the men
allowed to return to work on the terms
offered by their employers.
Work will be resumed in all of the
mines, excepting the Kansas and Texas
No. 43. which will not be open for work
until September.
Shot by Strikers.
Jackson. Miss.. July 18.—Last night, near
Newton, Conductor K. Hr McElrod and a
negro “scab” brakeman, both being on
top of a car, were fif' d on by strikers. Mc-
Elrod was struck with sixty or seventy
squirrel shot and is in :t <1'. nger. »- condi
tion. The negro was but slightly hurt.
Want Their Old Places
Memphis, Tenn., July 18. —The switchmen
members of the American Railway Union
who went out on a strike, today adopted
resolutions condemning the local officers
of the American Railway Union for not
trying t- -t their old places back for them.
They declare the strike off in Memphis,
so far as the switchmen are concerned,
and the strikers will try for any position
they can get.
Mayor Pardee’s Order.
Oaklard, Cal., Juli !9. -Al.iyor luirdee has
i;; ued a proclamation in which lie orders
the crowds off the streets, an I requires the
people to keep in-doors, leaving home only
in pursuit <>f their legitimate business. l’'i"
ii-tson for the proclamation is stated by the
mayor to be the condition of the affairs in
Oakland, threatening the destruction of the
property, the disturbance of the peace and
the interference of travel by railroad trains,
and the cessation of commerce,
Rioters Sentenced.
Detroit, Mich., July 19.—1 n the United
States court this morning William Dyer,
charged with violating th • injuneti >n of the
court by entering the Detroit, Grand Haven
and Milwaukee railroad cards and assault
ing Switchman Bruce, was found guilty and
sentenced to six months in the nous.; of cor
rection.
1 Strike Declared Off.
East Liverpool, 0., July 19.—The strike
among the potters at tins place was de
clared off this morning, and work will re
sume at once. The wage scale will be gov
erned by the terms of the Trenton, N. J.,
compromise. 12“> per cent reduction.
Decided to Return.
Hammond, Ind., July 19.—After a stormy
session last night the Hammond branch of
the American Railway Union decided to re
turn to work.
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THE PLAN.
The prospective size of this year’s supply
is the determining factor ot this years
prices. Hence, everybody is interested in
the probable size of the cotton crop of
181)3-9-1—the crop which is already harvest
ed and which is now being marketed. The
official announcement of the size of this
crop will bt? made about September 1, 1894,
and the figures accepted in determining this
contest will be those of the New Orleans
cotton exchange.
The prizes will be awarded and
THE SI,OOO DIVIDED
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as the official announcement of the Now
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There will be SI,OOO in prizes, to bs
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to make an estimate m this contest.
He can make a guess for every sub
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Other Crops.
in order that the guessers may have a
fair insight into the statistics concerning
past cotton crops, we present herewith rtie
total crops from the year 1877 to 1891.
inclusive, as follows:
Year 1 Bales Ivar | B.nes
1877 . . . .. 4,485,1? . ...
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lo.'J .... t 1557 _ ,
1860 .. • •! _ 1 7.U17,707
1881 ... -1 O.vS'J"—> > is>9 .. . .j
1882 .. ..| -to’"’.,j isyo .. . . 7,313.12(1
I.SS3 .. . ,| C>.F'-.-• I | 1891 .. . .| 8.055,518
1884 1 5,714,052 | j 189 Z 1 6,7UU,iWi»
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