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!■"»' 1 11 M*mmm** iip ****££«• €m | special Saturday npTTT> \ /T\T A tvt/tA 4 T - 4 SPECIAL SATURDAY j night edition. 1HE ATLANTA LrEORGIAN. NIGHT EDITION. VOL. I. NO. 86. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1906 PRICE: RUSS RAIL WAY EMPLOYEES STRIKE; MUTINY MENACES BLACK SEA FLEET; MORE FIGHTING AT CRONSTADT Red Guard At Hels ingfors Arrested for Riots. rebels reported IN FULL CHARGE OF FOUR WARSHIPS Many of the Workmen Fear to Answer Call for a General Strike. Br Privets Lessed Wire. St. Petersburg, Aug. 4.—The first contingent of railway em ployees joined the general strike movement this evening when workmen on the Baltic line quit work. Br Private lessed Wire. St. Peterabure, Aug. 4.—The report la made here that there has been re nerved fl fitting at Cronstadt today. All means of communication by wire have been discontinued, however, which makes'll Impossible to obtain the facts. Another report says that the squad ron of warships arrived at the fort ress before today and are anchored under tho guns of Cronstadt. Itperlat fable—Copyright. Odessa, Aug. 4.—General Kaulbars, nf this place, Is on his way to Sebas topol to consult with Admiral Skryd- lolt. The situation has become so se rious that it has been necessary to re move from the guns of all the warships of the Black Sea fleet their breeches blocks. Special Cable—Copyright. Warsaw, Aug. 4.—A proclamation was Issued today by Jewish socialists calling upon all Jews In this district to prepare to light. A signal has been arranged and when this Is given the Jews are requested to appear In the streets armed. The authorities, however, have been Informed of the proclamation and every precaution Is being taken to pre vent disorders. Polish socialists have published the confession that they hnve been re sponsible for recent train robberies and the murder of twenty policemen during the past week. By Private t.eased Wire. Helsingfors, Aug. 4.—The arrest of 75 members of the Red Guard today brought to an end a general strike which was declared during the mutiny at fiveaborg. Preceding the arrests there was a break between the Moder ates and the Red Guard. The Moderates condemned the action of the Reda. who had been taking an active part In the troubles recently. There will be a meeting of the Finn ish senate tonight for the purpose of considering measures for the disposal of the Red Guard. EIGHT POLICeTTeTTSLAIN IN ST. PETERSBURG FIGHT. Special Cable—Copyright. St. Petersburg, Aug. 4.—Noon.—Eight policemen were killed this morning In s clash between the striking workmen of this city. The conflict was at the railway station. It waa the moat se rious of several fights that have oc- cu £yed during the night and morning. The government la greatly worried today over the report that four mu tinous warships are cruising In the vicinity of Cronstadt, ready at a mo ment’s notice to attack the fortifica tions and the city. So serious Is the situation at Cronstadt today that he ■ sd In the een post- Situatlon la Critical. The rank and file of Bailor* and sol dlere at the fort are extremely ugly, unit are conatantly threatening to re new the .riots. There Is no denying that the local altuatlon grows more critical hourly. The city was In dark ness during the night, because of the strike of the electrlb light workers. Some sailors of the technical corpa were placed In charge of the electric lightning ayatem this morning, but they "ere not able to get the machinery wo.klns before daylight. Workmen Are Afraid. As this dispatch Is being sent, the •r.nouncement I* being made that the Voisa shipping Interests are to be lied up during the afternoon. The tele graph operators and telephone em ployees are still at work, but each of- n-’e Is under a heavy guard of soldiers and the employe** have been threaten 'd with arrest should they quit their P'area. As a matter of fact the government >' practicing a system of Intimidation 'verywhere, and while the present •trike la the moet serious of any In stituted to date and seems to be better org&nlaed. It Is noticeable that many "orklngman are afraid to Join the niovement It la the hope of the strike leaders >o get out the steam railway employees today, but the plan may fall, as tb* tnvn are only half-hearted. The street car* hava stopped run- mng. but this does not make much dif ference, as nobody wants to ride. Moet °t 'he shops are closed and business ■* at a standstill, mostly owing to the •trike, but partly because of the Sat urday holiday. Whole Battalion Revolted. There was a riot In the Nljlnl Nov gorod district today. A couple of sol diers had been locked up for Insubordi nation. Their comrades took exception to the action and a whole battalion revolted. Threats were made to kill ■"* officers, and the two prisoners were released, when quiet waa restored. BEAUTIFUL TENNESSEEAN WHO REFUSED TO PLAY IN “UNCLE TOM'S CABIN' MISS AGNES LEE. CK»OGOO<HKHJ0001>OOOOCH>00000 0 0 0 TAGGED LIKE BUNDLES, 0 0 GIRLS CROSS ATLANTIC. 0 S By Private Leased Wire. 0 Boston, Aug. 4.—Three little 0 0 girls, the eldest not more than 12 0 0 years nf age, each of them wear- O 0 Ing a tag marked "Portland. Ore., 0 0 United States of America,” arrived 0 0 here unaccompanied yesterday on O 0 the Cunard line steamer Ivernla o O from Helsingfors, Finland. The 0 0 girls were given over to the rail- 0 0 road officers for their long Jour- 0 0 ney across the continent. They O 0 go to their father, Peter West- O gard, of Portland, Ore. 0 —”-“““““-“ J ;00000000 MissAgnes Lee Creates Attention By Display of Southern Spirit. The above Is an excellent likeness, from her latest photograph of Miss Agnes Lee, the pretty Nashville actress who was discharged from the Fre mont Stock Company at Nashville be cause she refused to play a part the production of ‘TJncle Tom's Cab In" at the Casino Theater there. The Incident has created much at tentlon throughout the South and has brought the accomplished young ac tress hundreds of letters of commen datlon, numerous checks for neat sums of money and several offers of en gagements with other companies. Among the companies offering her place was the Graves Stock Com pany In Atlanta. Miss Lee Is a genuine Southern girl and in refusing to take part In the play said she could not smother her sentiments sufficient l> well to be .1 party to presenting the play which she had been taught to believe, was the real cause of the civil war. She Is a descendant of General Robert E. Lee and a member of one of the most high ly respected families In Tennessee. While only a young girl 20 years of age, nnd having had but a few years' experience on the stage, she has be come quite a favorite wherever she has been seen professionally. When the Incident became knewn the Frank Cheatham Bivouac, U. C. V., at Nashville, and many other Con federate organizations In Tennessee adopted resolutions, commending her action. She Is one of the prettiest girls In Nashville and quite a favorite pro fesslonally and socially there. Mr. and Mrs. Longworth Cheered As They Leave En Route For Home By Private Leaaed Wire. Cherbourg, Aug. 4.—Congressman Nicholas Longwe-lh and his wife, who waa Alice Roosevelt, are liassengcrs on the AotTc.i It liner St. Paul today homeward bound. The couple was given a grfc-ji farewell at the railroad station In Parle. Among those present were the Marquis and Count De Chambrun, their wives and the officials of the American embas sy. An enormous basket of fruit, sent to the depot by Ambassodar and Mre. McCormick, was only oneof the many .gifts of fruit and flowere. TWO HIGHWAYMEN HOB AND ASSAULT GIRLmOM TEXAS Posse Captures Men Who Are Identified By- Victim. By Private Leased Wire. El Reno, Okls., Aug. 4.—Mlse .Cor rlnne Jones, of Dallas, Texas, who was robbed and assaulted, and Samuel Ro land, who was robbed, have Identified two men captured by a posse as the highwaymen who held them up at a railroad station near El Reno yester day. Roland and Miss Jones; who are young people, were walling for a train at the elation when two men with pis tole robbed them of money and valu ables, assaulted Miss Jones and fled. Roland sent word to El Reno, and a posse started after the robbers. After the train, on which the two men attempted to escape, was sur rounded and during the search, a stranger started to run. On refusing to heed a call to stop, he waa- ahot down. 4 'QUAKE SHOCKS By Private Leased Wire. Fort de France, Martinique, Aug. 4.—Four earthquake shocka have been felt here. No aerioua damage has been reported. BUILDING FALLS, THREE ARE KILLED By Private Leased Wire. Washington, D. C, August 4.—At 1:10 o’clock this afternoon an 'old building at 414 Seventh street, N. W.. occupied as a drug store, collapsed and the wall and roof of an adjoining building fell In upon the ruins. One woman, passing on the sidewalk, waa y-te,' T-i * orkmen have been taken out of thf’ ruins, which are sunoesed lu cover other men. CHEATHAM SILENT AS TO RESIGNING EHOM HIS OFEICE “i Have. Nothing to Say On the Subject,” He Says. Secretary Richard Cheatham, of the Southern Cotton Association, was In hie office Saturday morning. ‘T have nothing to say on th* sub Ject,” he said; when aekod by a Oeor glan reporter If he had resigned or In tended to resign. Secretary Cheatham further stated that there wss nothing of Interest that he cared to give out for publication. When asked when President Harvle Jordan would return to Atlanta, he said: "I cannot say when Mr. Jordan will return. He has gone to New York via Savannah: whether on a pleasure trip or.on business, I do not know. He Is accompanied by his wife.” SUCCESS la the constant applIcaUon of IntclIigenUy directed en ergy. Unless you are con stant In your efforts you might as well not be Intel ligent Unless yonr energies are Intelligently directed you might as well not be ener getic. We cannot endow you with energy, but we can ad vise you how to Intelligently direct your energies. Our experience has been that the most Intelligent thing to do Is to use the Want Columns of Tho Georgian. This Is not only a sure sign of intelli gence and energy, but the most positive evidence of constantly being after the business. These little want ads do not cost much, but They Do The Work PICTURES IN THE NEWS 52 MADE EFFORT TO CCT W One Shot Dead by Guard Oliver Jones. ONLY ONE NEGRO MADE HIS ESCAPE Quick Work by Employees of Palmer Brick Co. Pre vented Big Delivery. 00000000000000000000000000 WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT HOME AND ABROAD THE PAST WEEK A8 8EEN BY OUR CARTOONIST. NEW MEAT-ORDINANCE AN EPOCH MAKING MOVE Will home-raised mast eventually supplant Western meat In Atlanta? Is an Important question being pondered over by those who have Interested themselves In the Investigation of local conditions started by The Georgian. The belief Is that to a great extent It will when the people of Atlanta and the surrounding country secure com plete confidence In the cleanliness of the handling of meats In this city after January 1 of next year. Over half the battle for pure, whole some meqt has already been won, aa the rigid ordinance, drawn up by City Attorney Mayaon after a thorough In vestigation by the special committee, was approved by the’ committee and the members of the board of health at eetlng Friday afternoon. Thera seems to be no doubt that It will be passed by the city council. The effect of the ordinance will be to Insure for the cHlsens of Atlanta good meats, slaughtered and handled throughout In the moet sanitary and up-to-date methods now known.- The ordinance will also greatly help the' cattle buelneaa In the state of Georgia. When people of the city are nasured that domestic meats are handled In manner superior to that or the Western product, they will buy It preference to the shipped commodity. ?hlef Jentzen slid Saturday: ’The finest cattle 1 have ever seen were some we ran across In our In- enaction trip Thursday afternoon. These were raised In Georgia and Ten nessee. There was not a blemish on them and there la no reason why there should be any Western meats sold In this city when such animals can be raised In this section of the country. May Cause Home- Raised Meat to Sup plant Shipped. 00000O000OO0OO0000O00000Og 0 “FOUR HAVE DIED 6 O FROM BAD MILK.” 0 O At the meeting of the apeclal 0 0 committee In charge of the meat 0 0 Investigation, Dr. t\ F. Benson, 0 president of the board nf health, 0 stated that to his personal knowl- O edge four people had been killed 0 In Atlanta because of alack food £ laws. a Dr. Benson was Illustrating the 0 0 Importance of having strict laws 0 and the necessity for Vhe recorder 0 to Impose heavy fines on . those O found disregarding the health or- 0 O dlnaqces -when he said: , 0 0 "Many deaths can be traced dl- 0 S redly to Impure food. To my O personal knowladge four people 0 0 have died during the last two 0 O years from contaminated milk. O 0 Of course there have been many 0 0 other*.’’ 0 00000000000000000000000000 Many people prefer home-grown meat and only buy the Western meats be cause they are somewhat tenderer, having been kapt In cold storage end because It Is now easier to secure Western meats." Meat Inspector A. Waaeer stated that on an average two hundred animals were slaughtered dally In Atlanta. This Is only a small proportion nf the meat consumed In the city, so that then. Is plenty of room foi business. chairman Walter A. Taylor, Free! dent C. F. Benson, of the board of health, nnd Chief Jentzen. all stated that In their opinions the present movement Is the greatest and the moat beneficial that has over been taken u L by the city council and the board of health. Chlaf Jentzen enld: "Ths enthusl asm over the strict meat laws have haa spread like wildfire. Every one In the city Is anxious to see the ordl nance passed nnd In effect At the meeting nf the committee FrI day It was derided not to discuss what had been seen by the Investigating party as all present but Dr. Benson nad made tho tour and he had visited the slaughter house on Severn! occas ions. Whan Chairman Taylor asked the members of the rommlttee wheth er they would like to desrrlbo what the] ey had seen, those present held up elr hands In horror, so to speak, and declared that they had about aa much as they could stand on the previous ‘ ty. Councilman MoEarhern asked what effect the ordinance would have on tho farmers, and whether or not It would work a hardship. It was the general opinion that Instead of It Injuring them rohlbltlng animals to be sin on the farms It would help them In the long run, aa the price of slaugh tering at th# licensed houses would be lated by law at a nominal figure, was decided to have the ordinance printed and to hold a Joint meeting of the special commits* and the board of health prior to the adoption. Tere Are Some Unusual Stories of a Day, and All Contain a Little Human Interest BABE IS RESCUED FROM DEEP MINE By Private Leattd Win. ■ Mount Carmel, Pa., Aug. 4.VTh* abandoned Graber Colliery opened to day In the heart of Locust Gap, and year-old Irene Schrader fell Into IL John Madison tied a rope about hlsj w-alst and was lowered ISO feet ana rescued the child. GRAPE VINE BEARS FRUIT LIKE APPLES By Prime Leased Wire. Bethlehem, P*-, Aug. 4.—William J. Fink has a freak growth that has aroused the wonder ol all who hava •een It. A low, slender branch of a grape vine has put forth two cluster* three each, of a fruit resembling an apple. The apple* are already aa large as small crab apples. They lack a well defined stem, growing close to the vine. There is an apple tree near tb* grape vine. GUN IN SUIT CASE WOUNDS “SMASHER” By Private Leased Wire. HI. Louis, Mo., Aug. 4.—Retributive Justice overtook Henry Wrack, a bag gage smasher, when he handled a lock ed suit case so roughly that a revolver contained therein was discharged, th* bullet passing through his leg, cut ting an artery. Before medical attend ance could be secured the man nearly bled to death. EVERY BONE BROKEN IN SUICIDE’S BODY By Private leased Wire. Philadelphia, Aug. 4.—After slowly climbing Jo the fifth floor landing of a hanging stairway, William Stott, an elderly resident of West Philadelphia, yesterday threw himself over th* rail ing and plunged 111 Jeet to th* first floor. Nearly every bone In his body waa broken. No cause Is known for the suicide. SEN. TELLER’S NIECE ELOPES WITH TUTOR By Private Leased Wire. Morrison, III., Aug. 4.—Mies Ruth Teller, niece of Senator Teller, of Col orado, eloped early today with Emer son Krants, a county school teacher. Mis* Teller came to Morrison from the home of her uncle three weeks ago and first met Krants here. They became engaged, but th* girl's relatlvts forbade the marriage. Despairing of overcom ing the opposition to the marriage, the couple look a train for Iowa to be married. LIVE WIRE KILLS A BOY AT PLAY By Prlfilf ItMMl Wire. Nsw York, Aug. 4.—Touching & wire which carried a current of 3,000 volu while playing on the roof of a bulM- In# adjoining the Edison Company's I building, Brooklyn, Thomas Wallace, a boy, was Instantly killed. » After his bold escape from the O 0 Palmer Brick Company convict O O ramps Friday night, WIIIIh liar- 0 0 rt% the 20-year convict from Cobb O 0 county, gave a remarkable exhibl- 0 0 tlon of daring. 0 0 At the time Jim Hargrove wan 0 0 Attacking Guard Milton Hope and 0 0 waa being shot to death by Gun i d O 0 Oliver Jones, Harris managed to O 0 get past the two guards. Ho fled O O from tlw* prison, nnd, leaping over O 0 the stockade fence, disappeared. O O Tin* negro, It seems, '‘loHsfd the O 0 Marietta street bridge over the O 0 railroad tra< ks, mid went Into tin* O O railroad yards. Mr* then made ;i O 0 detour and came back to the con- O 0 vlrt rump, going to th.- engine O 0 room. Engineer Pittman was out O 0 of the room at the time, having O 0 been attracted to the stockade by O 0 the shots, nnd the escape smashed O 0 a window and climbed inside. O 0 He then stole the engineer's O O overalls, and climbed outside 0 0 again, changing trousers directly 0 0 In front of the engine room. He O 0 donned the overfills nnd left bis 0 0 striped convict trousers lying In 0 0 front of the door, whore they were O 0 found Saturday morning. 0 0 A reward of 150 hns been of- 0 O fererl for the capture of Harris. 0 0 O 00000000000000000000000000 As the result of a daring attempt of state convicts Friday at midnight to escape from the camp of the Palmer Brick Company In Marietta street, near the Explsotlon Cotton Mills, Jim Hargrove, a negro serving rt life term for the murder of Night Watchman Milton Harwell, In tho Western and Atlantic railroad yards more than a year ngo, was shot and almost Instantly killed by Guard Oliver Jones. During the melee, Willis Harris, an other negro, doing a 20-year term, from Cobb county, for nssnult with Intent to murder, ran from the prison build ing. leaped over the stockade fence and mndo good Ills escape. He Is still at large. The timely arrival of reinforcements prevented a wholesale delivery, h* a gang of other excited convicts was surging about the entrance In the act of boltIpg when they were compelled to back Into the prison at the point of pistols. An Organized Attempt. While tho convicts maintain a sullen silence In regard to the attempted break, tho officials of tho brick com pany believe It was the climax to an organized plot. It Is the opinion that tbe gang of convicts had been laying their plans for some time and had only been awaiting a favorablo opportunity to put them Into effect. It was finally derided. It seems, to mnko the hazard ous attempt at the hour of midnight Friday, this time being considered the moat favorable for a wholesale deliv ery. Fifty-two convicts were confined at the camp and at night were quartered In a big brick prison building. There fire ii<» rells In tbH building, but tha convicts nr»* allowed to run loose and mingle, which afforded them splendid opportunity to form their plans for escape and to make a concerted break. One guard Is kept on duty at night Inside ,,f tb** prison, unarmed, while another guard does duty on the out side, armed with a pistol and rifle Mil ton Hope was on duty In the prison Friday night and at midnight went out side to eat his supper with Oliver Jones, the outside guard. After fin ishing the meal, Hope started back Into the prison. Jones accompanying him to the door In order that he might lock It behind Hope. Guard is 8sizsd. Just ns Hope stepped Into the build ing, Hargrove seized him and a des perate ntrutrule ensued. The convicts had evidently not counted on two guards, but had thought Hope would return to the prison alone. With a ulck movement, Jones stepped back a and, leveling his pistol, a 38-callbre Hmlth A Wesson, on the truggllng life-term convict, began to fire. Five times he pulled the trigger and Hargrove rolled over on the floor. Three of the bullets had taken < The convict gasped a few time: m dead. It was at this Juncture that arris In some manner manage.! ds and fled ihr<>ug rknejss to fre Jperlntende brick Bro r of the office building. f *. and. seizing their pint, he stockade without taki Just as the sup* reacheil the prison door t!; onvlets was ready to break Ing already emptied Continued on Pag