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' 11 i * Bin i I It J IrMHl THLl .aii.ri PEoH Eg. r8L._ ■ V' - fHE . New* Cates and Additional Heaths at Ocean Springs/Wtwarda and N#vt ,«iari5W«;s' I ll. ” The announcement of eleven new cases of yellow fever at Mobile, Ala , Sunday, foll owing so cl osebr on a sim ilar number Saturday, and the fact «••»**. w* one victim, combined to bring the panic which commenced in the -middle of last week to its zenith depopulated, Monday ,, . found , , the ,, cpy.practically closed, ,. and ,, many stores Jdpilesale retailer8 bwaAtm«»taY«l apprehensive of ™ are to remember them. The out ook now is gloomy in the extreme nothecause of the present fever aspect Jmt because of he entire suspension of Comme.cv, and partial stoppage of business xuvery one who can atiorcl it, with ‘ .. - , ,, U ^) 6 01 10 ^ 5 1 le ' a p- " ' People in , the city now do not fear the fever, but ibey tremble tor it# 600 seiptfhe^s, * * <y »: Major left t!i» Town. Even the government bead has refn gaed, aud if a meeting of tbe general council were to be called no quorum would be found tp/espond. ’There is one courageous band, of which Judge - I’nee Williams is the leader, city in Tier vyhieii^emains hour of trial. with the They stricken have fought epidemics before. Some of them went into tlie front ranks against the sontnern scourge in 1853 and are lifekiy headed now, and the constancy and heroism which they have former ly e xhibited is still to bf .witaefsed These spdi tan# are en couragingkby all means in their power, those who* consider themselves unfort ‘unate in not haying the means to de sert their homes There Were two deaths from yellpw feypr at J^dwamls, Mi^s., ; tBntur4«y ju|toiit inbrniiSg, one qf them 1 icing, siUe of town. A total of thirty-nine cases are pro nonneed yellow fever by the doctors, The rapid spread of tho disease is re markable, and it is now well dig tribuL ed through the town. Four new enses were reported Sunday. Siw ; The fever situation at Of leans underwent little change Sunday.,J The record liOok in the board Of health office showed a total of six new cases and one death. m a » C, A special from Cairo, Ill., states that Dr. Giiiteras, tbe yellow fever expert. arrived there from Mobile at noon Sunday, and announced two suspmious cases at the marine kospi al to lie yellow fever p f a mild form, but oWnigtk the proffiTW measure taken there is no danger of. the pest spread P “ tU ° r0Ughly guarded ROAD CONGRESS ADJOtTtNS. * Tlie Parliament Will Meet In Omaha Next Year. At the national . , road^ , parliament .. in . session, at Knoxville Friday, convict labor in building roads and govern meut aid were discussed. Lxperuueu tal road bedding u as advocated. Reso lutions recommending state aid an< aid l>y tbe general govenment and a restricted i^^eonvict labor jrere adopted. re-elected * General Roy Stone was president; E. Rosewater, Omaha, vice president, and the following state presidents: Alabama—W. Geiwciat-Gfor*#’*'. J. Kernocban. Harrison. Kirftueky -M. JL,Cramp. Michigan —Sk Campbell. . > Minnesota—William M. Hayes. Indiana—Governor James A. Mount, Nebraska—G. U. Turner. ."Hduth "Carolina—W.'C. Cain. ’ Virginia—B. Wisconsin—Thomas Chambers.^ B. Blaekstoek. Tennessee—Governor B. L. Taylor. The next meeting will be in Omaha, subject to Hre call of the executive committee. i • “BAD POLICY,” SAYS BACON, Is the Appointment of Colored Men to Office in the South. Senator Bacon, of Georgia, has a signed interrfeV in the New York ' Herald, in which he says in part: “The appointment of colored men to office in the south will certainly lead to rage antagonisms and estrange¬ ments which would otherwise not ex¬ ist. Such appointments are of small .benefit to the few negtoes thus ap¬ pointed) ’and are of very great'fnjiify in the ill to the masses of the negroes feeling engendered between them and the whites, upon whose friendship and good will they are wholly depend ent.” Wayne Z Coa«ty J News - J " '• ' . ' ■ •i ilSUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER ‘24, 1 SOT. gBS PROGRESS. New Industries FstaMished in the South Batlatth; fust Week. Trade conditions, aocording_ to re received the past week, continue Correspondents located at the important industrial centers of the south report a steady increase in all dines of trade-showing activity .than for several years patfe - s.-s*—“~ ‘A practical evidence of improved conditions is the increase in the her or inquiries for machinery received by the Tradesman during the week. Among the most Hlie important tribs reportM are Hollowing - A 300-ton copper furnace at Ducktown, Tenn.; the National Development Co;, capital $50,000, Norfolk, Va.; the Pearl F“dler Mills, capital $100,000, Handle tSX^S. Ky.; the Ennis Light and Water Co., capacity $50,000, Ennis, Texas; an iron foumlr v at Jessup, Ga., and the . Newlin Steam Generating and Smoke Cfjnmmh: Manufacturing Co., capi tal Si> 000,000, Augusta, Ga. The Oak Hili MiningUo: B ’. ■ capital $50,000, has beeu chart ered at Parkersburg, W. c eJnuloid ;ta , $10 (HM) , Harriman, Tenn.; a plant to cost $25,000 at ^ L au,bort’s Point, Va.; the Ennis Oil Manufacturing " Co., ’ capital jf $50, () ^.,7, at EuuiS) Te as; tl le ew South Oil Co., capital .. . 4f SoO,000, , n Helena, Ark., A „. Woodworking plants will be establish ed at DecatU r, Ala.; Pensacola,' Fla.; AlmliieaUr-fiy (Chattanooga, ■ and Athens, Ten a,-* Tradesman Tenn.) SILVER CAUSES EXCITEMENT. The B<u»M auv««,c of Itypc^o in India Causes Heavy Deipaml. The London Standard publishes a financial telegram received Tuesday from Bombay which says tliat.tlie sil V er market there is-very much excited yud iti strong demand, consequent on t) ie up-country bazaar’s anticipating •that’the “Bank of England will bu a probable buyer at an early date, while it i s also believed that a further im port duty is imminent'and that possi b ly the Indian mints will be reopened, The telegram further 'hays’that the pr j C c has risen in Bombay 7.14 rupees per 100 tolos within a few days. The Commenting,rnpon this intelligence, Btandgrd says; “All ;thi# serves to iiglinftbe.what incaloujalile mischief comes by exhibits of humor in British affairs, when the directors of clearing house* could be relied upon to draw up a strong and emphatic protest to the government asking that steps be taken to end these amateur efforts to desfroy confidence in the wfoifch stability is slen- of qxu* monetary system, derly enough supported by gold, as it jg." X TARIFF SECTION VOID. jm„ Discriminating Duty on Good* Im ported rirougn Canada, Washington dispatch says: Attor jJ _o,neral McKenna has announced iukm iu the matter of section^* t be new tariff law. He.holds intf go „d» coming directly, co^ the United States from foreign tries through Canadian ports are dot subject to the discriminating duty 'of ten per cent, and also holds that- for¬ eign . goods shipped from countries other than British possessions* “in ]} rd j s h vessels are not subject to such a discriminating duty. .. •*' . Two questions were asked the .attor npV .g pn p Tal> the first of wtrtvh -fffts e g ec j, whether the discriminating duty r provided for in section <&ollld bg Assessed against yh}c%.l»ad an in voite tea - from China, arrived from Vancouver in British yegi . elg anJ then shipped ‘ thriohgh Cauada to Cb i cag0 . The second ques tion wft „ whe ther the discriminating duty should be assessed against a cargo of manganese ore from Chile, wfeich recently arrived in British ship Bjoth these question^ the attorney-general answers in the negative. - ACQUITTAL FOR DR. HUNTER. Jnry Decides For Him In All the Bribery Ca<ie*. ‘ m At Frankfort, Kv., Tuesday th® jury in the Hunter et al. bribery, cjse returned a verdict of not' guilty in all the bribery cases. » BIG FIRE IN COLUMBUS, Large Factory and the Southern * Freight the laming of the^Rankin block twenty years ago occurred Mon dav night when the lumber yard, Butts' figslj, blind and door factory of k Cooper, together with the Southern railway freight*depot, went up in spaokg. *, *. ■ In addition to the factory a«nd - depot two Louisville and . Nashville freight cars loaded A ith cotton were consumed. The loss will . aggregate $60,000, it is estimated. ’ ' ' . K I * RATCHFORD SAYS AN AMICABLE * SITUATION PREVAILS. t/ SATISFIED WITH THE RESUIT. Things Will Be Serene From the Present Until the BeKinning; of /. Next Year. ■> M. D. Rachford, president of ..the United Mine Workers of Am&Hca, gave out the following authorized statement to the Associated Press Tues¬ day: about 7o aA 000 a •„ Today , will ... , , see ers resume work m the coa fields of the central states stnke geuoraUy ends today. the middle of the twelfth week of duration. Lt. was brought a t • at our convention held at Columbns Ohio, on the i th o ie 1 0 present month the ten days time be mg given to allow - miners and opeia tors to come together in Illinois and West Virginia to meet the price *-65 cents a, ton in Pittsburg, 56 bents in Ohio and Indian* and the same to continue until the. end of Deeembei 1 The mining situation is not,likely to be disturbed again until .the °{y«>jr, When they hope to be able to settle the quesHon, amicably and without the necessity of a stuke. am well satisfied with the «««* •griat/st^hJory me gained by union r in years. WhUe'th^^have necessaries, without Winch .the ^"tTSSlSTSr trade, and for - any particular have helped we to our friends who us feel that, it is their victory as well as ours. I feel very “grateful for the as¬ sistance given us by tlie^ American Federation of Labor, an'd^*!^ all times thfe kindly disposition shown at by Mr. Gomplts and the members of his*exeontive committee.” •Mr.'Hatch ford w - as asked as to t he situation in West- Virginia and Hli ,noi«. H(re»id:-' ' “The greatest difficulty in the w ay of an advance in the Illinois district is the fact that contracts were taken last spring, basqd upon a low mining rate, as they w ere in Pittsburg and elsewhere. But' this'Is a nibtter that we caiihot be rdspousible for; it is a matter of bnsineKs to the operator liim self. No 'man has a* right to sell a man’s labor one year in advance with¬ out consulting the laborer, “While we have always deferred to the claims of men along those lines, the time has come when no further consid¬ eration can fee given them, because the wages pajfl to the miner is below the living pointand the preservation of life’takcs precedence over business affairs. a ft m. ft. .. My advices from West Virginia are to,the effect that our miner# „who are standing firm, are well pleased with tlie agreement reached a»id evince a kh# determination end. Their to fight._iheir is battle fo bring to purpose tbe the miners and operators of state together in adjoint convention, that a nuifornnini aiiig^irice may he fixed aud paid for tlie same veil; of coal, and a fair relfftile*' pride for other veins with¬ in the state! In short, fix a mining rate that-will give to West Virginia fair competing opportunities . mid nothing more-. willgive “Fixing a mining rate-that fair opportunities is the object of mrtiers’ organ izations every where. We are working to.liring operators of the several statds tbgether with this end in view.. Though our efforts have been futile, to will continue .to advocate Jhat policy, believing there is such a way to keep down gtrikes and disputes which are of advantage to neither side and that is for,tine -miners aud opera¬ tors interested from the various stateR to meet, annually, mutually fix prices for each district that are fair and just anjl each party.to the agreement to ob¬ serve it faithfully until a subsequent agreement tales its pfkce. During the eight years'th iu 'system was in *V Ague, strikes and' 'disturbances of a general character were unknown, and the causes which gave rise-,to them can now ha removed' so that tfee operators interested will see’ their interests in this ligur PASSENGERS DROWNED LIKE RATS staler ^ka, vith a cr$$ of teii and carrying fifteen Aunt rum passengers, was entering the pbrt atx inme, on the;river;Wumara, - Tuesday evening wliite a storm - , was blowing hard, she" collided whieff Vith the-English steamer Ty/Ta, was leaving. • Thfe bows of the' Ika were stove in and.ejke sank in twenty minutes. - Boats’wfto hfritSly put off and saved the captain,and seven others, but most of the pa'sadBgers were drowned. r~.~ > PRESIDENT WILE ACT. |J • —---r Ji’ht) Shooting of Ijlosttnsri lie's Postmaster )}’IH Kenult In rioiecutlon* p, colored The attempted assassination of Hogansville, of the postmaster Ga., has attracted the attention of the hhojq, country. Tra shooting h»s aroused the gov hr anient authorities, and President 'M cHinlejr himself is making a personal fort to have the wonld-he assassins of Disi thi pamishedft Plrney Angier announces that bnj will prosecute ex-Postmater Hardaway to the fullest extent of the law for violating that* the postal Hogansville la ws. It develops the people had been told by the govern¬ ment tfi’eir authorities that O > ’pbstpfiice if they did S3 raise the boycott against Loftin. federal The general opinion of the authoritiee is, that the shooting of ^ ilamediftte reBU , t of the HogansVillo ^ post offiee inspector to some days ago. The in, f tor went to Hogansville to inves t g ^ e fte reported boycott. He found QU , rr j. T i n g there that the citizens had ^ ^ bo ttod Loftin, but were running* poetoflice of their own, with Hardaway as their postmaster. of eeting Hogans n of the town responded and met the inspector, who told them that they were violating the law by operating a postoffice in ibpposition to tne regular legal office. He ^ told them that they must th( , iv h6fcott or lose the post ^ a H, 1 ,r f qi lf ,r ^ pftld to * the iuBp . c - “tor’s watning and his efforts to adjust ^ t Jf y * wer f TtHl run““ug the^ppo A ,lay,aterL ° ,tin Attorn Angier has re chived positive instructions from Washington to prosecute the case, ATKINSON CRITICIZES M’KINLEY. fntiinntes That President In Acc««*ory to HojfanBvIlle Grime. Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, tel¬ egraphed tbe New York Herald, in response to a request for bis views on tbe Loftin shooting, that President ,M‘‘Finley is morally an accessary to to crime of the man who shot the Ho¬ gansville The postmaster. defend the governor does not crime of the would-be assassin, but ho blames the president for the condi¬ tion which brought it on. The telegram was in response to a request from The Herald for the gov¬ ernor’s views, and was substantially as follows: “The court will convene in that county in November and the grand jury wili inves¬ tigate the matter, and if there is evidence to convict anyone there will bo no trouble in punishing the guilty party. The officers are capable men and will do their duty. The shooting of the negro Is universally condemned by the people. “The same spirit of candor in which I have written compels me to say that our people are uniformly of the opinion that the ■‘man who appointed the postmaster at Hogansville over tlie violent protest of those citizens who furnish ninety-nine one hundredths of the business of the offloe, who own almost the entire property of the community and who represent the forces which made and constitute the civilisation of the community, knowing at the tlme'that the, appointment would be taken as a delib¬ erate effort on his part to degrade and humiliate them, was himself, from a moral standpoint, an accessory to this lamentable crime. “Even these men, who took this view, do not blame tbe republican party for giving positions to the negroes^ who have been faithful to them, but it'would ; have been better for the negroes and plcnshiiter for the white people of tho south if they had given tijem positions where they;were not brought so directly in contact with-the peo¬ ple to. whom they are offensive as officers. “You ask me what is going to be the ef¬ fect of this. I reply that the effect will be the same it would be in Ohio if the same con¬ ditions prevailed: Leaving out the ques¬ tions arising from prejudice, what would be tbe result in Ohio if tbe president, in mak¬ ing appointments, ignored f the- ‘views of property holders and all the best - elements of the community, and over their violent protest appointed to office a man whom he knew to bo offensive to,them?” The governor concluded with the statement thati the law would be en¬ forced in Georgia without fear or fa¬ vor. CONSUL LEE IN WASHINGTON. H« Will Confer With the President ..Ob C uban Affairg. General Lee, United States'consul general at Havana, arrived in Wash¬ ington Saturday night. He proceeded immediately to the Shoreham, and declining to register,, retired at once. General Lee was thoroughly exhausted by the dAY's travel and refused tp receive any Cill¬ ers. i 1 I I 1 I 1 *• It is his intention to stop in Wash¬ ington for several day*, and he will probably have an opjjprtunity in the meantime to eqpfer Aseiitgat witjh Hie president as well as with' 4is kome Secretasy Day before he goes to in Vir g>u ia V 2 i_ FANIC FOLLOWS DISCOVERY OF FIRE IN BELLE ELLEN SHAFT. FIVE MEN KNOWN TO BE DEM There Were One Hundred Miners nt Work In the Slope When the Catas troplie Occurred. Shortly after the men went to work in mine No. 2, of the Bessemer Land and Improvement company’s coal mines at Belle Ellen, near Blocton, Bibb county, Ala., Monday morning, fire was discovered far down in the main slope. About one hundred men are em¬ ployed in the mine and an alarm was at once given. A panic followed among the workers and in the little town of Belle Ellen. Hundreds of men, women and chil¬ dren gathered at the main entrance of the smoking mine, while rescue par¬ ties were at once formed to relieve the miners. More than fifty were got out, from the various entrances without harm. Others were overcome by smoke and fell by the wayside. These tho brave rescuers found and dragged out, while those at the entrance restored life to 'their unconscious friends. A scene of wildest excitement pre¬ vailed at the mine's mouth. Women and children were screaming and shouting for help, and a fire brigade was at work endeavoring to overcome the flames. Five men who were working about the slope where the fire originated, could not be reached, and it is regard¬ ed as certain that they are dead. The missing were: . Hubbard Herman Framer, white; Foley, white; Henry Reeves,' colored; Frank James, colored; William Fair¬ fax, colored, It is possible that two or three others also may be in the mines. The fire brigade battled with the flijmes all day in a vain attempt to reach the entombed men, but at night¬ fall the fire was ejtill burning fiercely and efforts were abandoned. A later telegram from Belle Ellen says the fire is thought to have originated from ignited an overheated steam pipe, which gas in the mine. A careful check is being mode of the list of miners in the mine where the fire broke out to ascer tain if possible if the death list will exceed five. So far it is not positive; ly known that any others are missing. NO REFUGEES WANTED. Governor Bussell, of North Carolina Acts Cautiously. Surgeon General John Hey Williams of the North Carolina state hoard of health, telegraphed Governor Russell from Asheville Monday as follows: “If it meets with your approbation, I should be pleased to telegraph Marino Bur¬ geon General Wyman offering the mountain plateau of western North Carolina as a refuge for refugees from the yellow fever stricken districts,” Tlie governor refers the matter to the state hoard of health. He says he does not like to net regarding it, as, perhaps, a number of the refugees might become destitute and have to be supported and finally sent home by the state. BOUNCED NEGRO BOSSES. Charleston Cotton Mills Experience More Trouble With Employees. The managers of the Charleston, S. C., cotton mills, where negro and, white labor is employed, undertook to put in half a dozen negro bosses over the white operatives Monday and the latter hands went out. They left the mill, making threats. A squad of policemen was detailed to prevent trouble, but things became so squally that the colored bosses were promptly taken out. STEEL COMPANY RESUMES. Works at Beilaire, Ohio, Give* Employ¬ ment to Many Idle Men. After a two months shut-down and - expending half a million furWcc, Alars for the erection of a blast steel plant and plate mill, the Bellaire Steel company at Bellaire, Ohio, started the machinery of the plant again Monday morning, giving employment to 500 men. MORE CHILDREN BURN. N«ero Family Lock Them In a House Attend Church. KiiSrH children, four of their their house six own and two visitors from a neigh bor’s. The youngest was eighteen months of age and the oldest seven years. The parents went to church. An hour later neighbors heard fright ful screams coming from Smith’s house, the interior of which was in flames. Negroes made heroie efforts to save the children, hut it was impossible to reach them and they were cremated. NO. 11. WfMAN- GETS DAILY DEPORTS. .Surgeon General Keeps Well Posted On Yehow Yevfer Situation. Surgeon General Wyman at Wash¬ ington lias receive}! the fallowing from. Dr. Lindsley, executive officer of the Tennessee state hoard of health - . “Our board ..lias State inspectors, at the following points: Memphis, Grand Junc¬ tion, Rayrner, state line, Chattanooga, Cleveland and Ducktown. Have ordered all to co-operate fully with your service. Please instruct at once your men accord¬ ingly.” Orders were immediately given the marine hospital forces to co-operate as requested. received at Information ,has been the marine hospital from Dr. John Giiiteras that the two cases of isolated yellow fever at-Cairo, Ill., have been and every precaution possible taken to prevent spread. He says that the cases are Very mild and have caused little alarm in Cairo. LONGSHOREMEN ARE OUT. Strike at Brunswick Assumes a General ami Serious Phase. The strike is now general among the longshoremen and alWdock laborers at Brunswick, Ga. higher The strikers are asking for wages, claiming that some shippers on the Mallory line and Brunswick Ter¬ minal company have recently reduced wages. Employes of the Mallory ask for 20 cents per hour. The cotton laborers wish $5 per day. The strik¬ ers are circulating petitions among the business men protesting against imjiortgtion of foreign labor. Seven dr eight cases of violence, committed by strikers, have been re¬ ported. Should foreign laborers be brought from the north trouble is an¬ ticipated and the city authorities are making preparations to protect per¬ sons and property. LATTIMER STRIKERS HOLD BACK. Hungarians intimidate Miner# Who At¬ tempt to Work. The strike situation at Hazleton, Pa., again assumed an uncertain phase Monday morning. An attempt to resume work was made at Pardee and Lattimer mines) but only 300' out of 1,300 miners returned to work. These were mainly Italians, with a few En¬ glish-speaking Sunday men. night the Hunga¬ During rians paraded through the settlement, beating tin cans.and kettles and rais¬ ing a big racket. This was done to notify those of their race that they must not go hack to work. Tbe warn¬ ing was observed and Monday led morn¬ ing a band of Hungarians, by women, were massing and threatening to march- on the mines later in the day. Tbe Thirteenth watch for regiment further trouble. is keep¬ ing a close PERPETUAL INJUNCTION Against Eugene Debg and Others Granted By Judge Jackson. The featu re of interest in the open ing session of the September term ot the United States court for the dis¬ trict of West Virginia, at Wheeling Monday, was the application of ex Governor A.. B. Fleming, of Fairmont, to make the injunction against Eugene V. Debs and others, perpetual. The governor was acting for his cli¬ ent, the Monongahela Goal Co., and as there was no Appearance for any.of the defendants, the injunction was made perpetual. his In tlie course of remarks in mak ing this decision, Judge Jackson said that if a like case were presented to him now he would would make the same kind of order he had made at Parkersburg, where the temporary in¬ junction was made recently. NEW ORLEANS’ FEVER LIST. Monday Broke tlie Record In Number of Cases Reported. The largest number of cases report¬ ed on any day since yellow fever first -made its appearance in New Orleans, some twb weeks ago,, was recorded oh the books of the hoard of health Mon¬ day evening at 6 o’clock, although at that hour not a single case had proved fatal during the day. There were eighteen cases in all, including nine by Dr. Joseph Holt, all of the latter haring been duly flagged and put under quarantine regulations, The most sensational incident of the ^7 Joseph Holt «»? announcement to the board of from health Dr that he had discovered nine cases among his practice. >.. DIAZ’S ASSAILANT LYNCHED. After th* Deed Wa» Hone Tweniy-ef the Lynchers Were Arretted. a,‘ ™ fssssas: ^ched Friday night by a mob. About twenty of the lynchers were ar¬ rested. The mob apparently had no organization,, but it was directed in some mysteribus way. They broke'into the jail by forcing the doors with huge timbers handled by a hundred men. They overpower¬ ed the guards and surrounded them, while a detail of men ran down the corridor and dragged out the trem¬ bling Arroyo. . #