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THE MURDEROUS MAFIA
INSPECTOR BYRNES DESCRIBES THIS NO
TORIOUS BAND OF ASSASSINS.
Originally Formed for Prtrlollf Par
poses, u Finally Regenerated Into ■
Murder RorletJ -The Mnlln J» *<•«*
York—OslMppc Ksposlto.
The recent lynching In New Orleans of
eleven Italians, believed to have l*'*‘ii im
plicated In the assassination of < hlef of
•Police Hennessy, has drawn attention to
the Mafia, the secret band of assassins, to
whom t he deat h of Hennessy is directly at
tri butabl«. tho
Inspector Byrnes of New York gives
Herald a description of this murderous
band Inspector,
“Thisorganization,” said the of cut
m which Is now marie up of a Jot
throats and thieves, was once, strange as
It may seem, banded together for a patri
otic purpose. Its history dates b-u-k sev
era! centuries. The society when first
atarted was known as the Carlxinarl, and
bad for Its atm the abolition of the tyrinnl
cal rule then In vogue in many <<f the
email prinel|<allUe« of Hlclly and Italy. It
was made up of rich and poor |**opie alike,
The patrirrtlc aim of the society was (Inal
ly accomplished, and with It died the or
gatdzaUon’a usefulness.
"it then became known as the Mafia, a
Word that has alwavs Inspired the law
Ridding and self-respecting Italian with a
feeling of terror. It was made up of all
the bad members of the oid organization,
and hart none of the g*Mxi ones. It has an
tinned to exist up to this day, and Is still a
powerful organization on the other side
and has a si rong auxiliary connection In
tills country, with headquarters lu New
Orleans.
" Up to about eight years ago littlo or
nothing was known of the Malta on this
continent Italian murders were of fro
quant occurrence In New Orleans, but no
one paid much attention to them down
there. An Italian found In the street with
r knife stuck In him would be looked upon
as too (rival a mutter to demand serious
notion attention Hlclly
“ l'rtor to this time the Mafia In
bad been particularly active. Its leader,
<Jlusep|.e K*|N,Hlto. was about ns cold
blooded a villan asever wielded a stiletto.
It Is said lie killed enough of people to fill
• respectable graveyard. doubt the
"As this fellow Is without per
•on who gave the Mafia In this country Its
real start It Is well to know something
about tils history before he honored Amur
lea with his presence.
" In 1876 Kspoalto and Ills gang visited
the villa of a wealthy old Sicilian named
M. Fusel Vancetizle. Tho old man was
taken from his house Wore t he eyes of Ids
own servants and thrown Into a cave In
the mountains, where he was left to starve
unless Ms friends would pay a big ransom
tor his liberation.
’’ It was In this Mine year that F^poslto
became tho subject of an International dls
pule. It all came about In this way: -
“ An English curate named John Kostei
Rose, while riding with two Italians
through I,ecreru, a small Sicilian town,
was captured by Esposito's baud and car
ried off lute the mountains. A ransom was
demanded of Mrs. Hose for her husband's
release. Hite refused to pay.
* The next day Esposttoeut off one of the
elergyiuau’a ears mid sent It to his wife
With a note slating that If the ransom was
not fort lux lining Mr. Hose's stay oil earth
Would txi very brief. The woman thought
that the bandit was Joking and still re
fused to j>ay. A few days later she received
the other ear of tier husliaiid, with allot her
note from Ks|Mieito tiiat just bristled with
Italian crispin'
"Eaposlto Informed Mrs. ltoae that he
meant buslneas, and that unless he was
paid Mr. ltoae would Mi killed wllhlu a cer
tain time.
"This was too much for the preacher's
Wife. She |add the money and got her hus
band Mick, minus Ids ears.
"The KngUah government tixik up the
matter, ami t he authorities really did make
au effort to take tho during Imndlt. They
Were not Successful, and Ivqvoeito, after
committing a few more murders, came to
thla country.
” I bad heard of the titan, anil received
Word that, ho was probably hiding In tills
City, After a thorough Investigation I
found out that the murderer was iu Now
Orleans, and the police of that city were so
notified. In lost Esposito was arrested and
Rent back to Italy.
" During the short time this man was In
Kew Orleans he gathered together the
•fathered inemU'rs of the Mafia that had
Mien foived to flee to thla country, and
moulded them to a very formidable organi
sation. This was almut the time murders
were eo frequent in New Orleans.
” Tha organization Is still a terror to New
Orleans iwople. The murder of my friend
lieuueasy Is an Illustration of tho wonder
ful cower of Uda murderous gang.
” We have a branch of the Mafia in New
Yaik. There are, however, verv few Ital
ians in It There is os much difference
between a Hlcjltsu and sn Italian as there
is U<tween a Bowery bum nod a Fifth
aveuue swell. 1 am of the opinion that very
few people in New York understand the
Italians.
" As a matter of fart there are very few
habitual criminals among the Italian
classes of this city. It Is true, however,
that a large number of Sicilians are and for
acute time post hare been engaged iu
counterfeiting, and have Iteen a source of
tuueh trouble to the officers of the secret
anrviee of the United States. Outetde of
this latter class those addicted to habitual
crime among our Italian -pulaHon are
|>ritic||tal!y young men born iu this coun
try of Italian parents.
*' Since the murder of Antonio Elaooomkt,
In the shadow of (V*n>er Union on the night
of OcU*M»r 15, lass, there hare l«vn in niur
ders committed in this city by, Italians
tiiat hare Imh*u retxiguized os the work of
the Mafia.
"There are a few Italians in this city
Who art* iuetuM*rs of the Malia,” contimn-d
taUlahed fact'that thee.* peilou* are mom
bers of that order from fear of harm that
might come to them if they severed their
connection with iL Three are persons who
wvre members of the order before coming
branch of tho Maliui auvi for that
j^aamHoliaris. who iu other citrre were
tank Maflaisto when they vvuue here are
very apt to dropout from the society alue
Many members of . the . , Italian . popuU- ,
are n»p#.'tatoe people and a embt to
the community iu which they live. They
a,.* to a great extent engaged iu business
a^ fruume rchanto . and they are m»w q
eoutruilmg factoriu the Fruit Ihtchange.
at the i*oraer of ver and Bi\*a4 eiixa i*.
In this city.
II. WuM ... . . Ad .. % . ice.
•• Y.m’v* often hoard the nhrase 'Taka a
—
want you toadvteema.”
THE MOQUI SNAKE DANCE.
A Ifldsotu Performance of th. Indiana la
Aiiiona.
"From what I have heard of tha ghoat
dance, said BenJ. Brink of Moqui Aria.,
■' 1 cannot use how it can stir up such a
row. The ‘ snaka dance,’ I believe, la
ten times more exciting, and the Zunl,
Navajo, and Mogul Indiana on the re
servation near my home work them
selvce Into a perfect frenzy during Its
progress, tut never think of molesting
the whites.
“It la part of their religion, though,
and If any attempt were made to stop It I
believe there would be bloodshed. The
dance takes place once In twoyeara. The
Diet one was celebrated In July, l’re
parstlona were made several weeks be
fore it came off, and I was as anxious
to be a spectator as they were. A
stranger or wilder ceremony I never
saw. I hope I shall never see It again.
'l he dance Park place Just before sun
down, and I got up on a high led go where
I oould get a good view. . 'l ire space
allowed for the dance, s was not large,
anil was aneb sod. Fifteen line-looking
Indians began to walk rather slowly at
first rrround a htrge stone In tho centre of
the enclosure. They were almost naked,
and every part of their bodies, even to
their feet, was smeared with n red and
green paint. Each man had a fox s scalp
dangling from bis waist, and In each
l>«od carried a rattle made of a gourd.
Hoo'sof deer wore tied around their un
kies and wris's, and at each step and
movement of tho arm nolBe enough wti
made to wake the dead,
“Tha snakes to be used In the dance
bar! been caught several days before the
fete, and Just before tho dauoe had been
placed In a cluster of trees beneath
where I stood. After tho men had yelled
tllltbeyw. ro hoarse, and had made
themselves tired with stamping on the
ground, fifty more painted rodsklus
came rushing down a hill, filed into the
enclosure, and thon begun such a
tumult as I never want to hear again,
At a given signal the sixty-five now
thoroughly frantic men made a rush for
tho grove where the snakes were hld
^on. Each man came rushing back with
a wriggling and squirming snake. Its
neck between hl« teeth so It oould not
hits him. re-entered the ring, and began
* *low walk •round the center stone,
reptile* hissed and lashed their
tails and bodies around tha necks of tbs
apparently mad red men. Bevoral of
wore bitten by the snakes, which
were the most venomous In the country,
11 “ ‘ ot ^ apar{o " uara
were not bitten. Two of them died a
day or two after the dance tha herbs
n,,t b « lu « sufficient to draw out
„ A1 i’f, tor 8on ‘,, tho <H*r«mony each , man
•''•tched , . . h . . s snake from his mouth ran
»" « tho valley below and there
tlln W8re Be tlan ; Th " «•
thoroughly exhausted . after their
violent exercise and could scarcely
craw back up the hill. From whu I
onuhl learn such ceremonies as tho
snake dance have been held for coa
tuiles. —Arizona Nowe.
Hrm trkfthlr? M< ni'irifiil,
There was a Corsican boy who could re
hearei'40.UX) words, whether sense or
nonsense, at they were dictated, nnd
then repeat them In the reversed order
without making a Mingle mistake, A
physician, about sixty years ago, oould
repeal the whole of ‘TaradlHe Lost"
wlthou making n mistake, although he
had not read It for twenty years. Euler,
the great mathematician, when he be
came blind, oould repeat tho whole of
“Vlrgll’e .flSnsId," and oould remember
the first line and last tins of every page
of the particular edition which he had
been aoeuatoiued to read before be be
came Mind,
One kind of retentive memory may be
considered ns the result of eheor work,
a determination toward one aartlnular
achievement without reference either
to cultivation or to memory on other
subjects. Thiels frequently shown by
persons In regard to the Bible. An old
beggar mnn at Stirling, known fifty
years ago an “ Blind Allok,” afforded an
Instance of thla. He knew the whole of
the Bible by heart. Insomuch that U a
sentence was read to him he could name
the book, chapter and verse, or If the
book, chapter and veree were named he
could give tho oxaot.words.
A gentleman to tent him repeated a
verse, purposely ranking one verbal ln
aceurney. Allok hesitated, named the
place Where the passage was to lie found,
but at the same time pointed out the
verbal error. The as me gentleman asked
him to repeat the ninetieth verse of tho
seventieth chapter of the Book of Num
bers. Allok almost Instantly replied:
"There is no auoh verse. That chapter
has only elgbty-nlue verses.” Gassendi
has acquire 1 by heart C.UJU Latin verses,
and In order to give his memory exor
cise be was In tho habit dally of reciting
(MO verses from different
Spare Moments.
Cblengn’s Tall Tuvrr.
Proctor's tower Is to be the greatest
attraction on the lake front during tho
World’s Columbian Exposit ion. W hat
Eiffel's t.riumph was to the Parle Expo
sition Pioetor's majestic structure will
be to the World's Fair. Its symmetri
es! proportions will dwarf any other at
traction on the lake front and constitute
one ot tho most striking features ot the
Exposition. will be 1,100 high, and
The tower feet
above th-* loftiest girders a flagstaff is to
ascend &D feet, so that the tUg that
•nap# lu the stiff breezes from Like
Michigan will be 1.4AI feet above the
base.
The tower Is designed to sustain l(k),
Oft) persons on the five platform* that
are arranged at Intermediate point* be
tween base and pinnacle. These are
reached by six awift elevators. One of
the advantages the tower possesses over
M E (Tel s invention is that the elsva
^'V“°* wT an luollu, ‘ h ' llf tho
' irtumuh u is thL the striking *.race !!,*
metrical, , r *£!| U 'LiL artistic, !i? sir. nj.. and 1 has ts.cn been
drA^chtevemeX?A««rl^ai • en“to- •
.
.. Tbe has already been
. 0 rme 1.” sat 1 a memtwr of the Executive
a , lnmtUM> *., nit wlu (**{ 1 , work on the
structure as soon as the directory Ou'e
t o our recommendations.
we u. k nown capitalist bas signified his
«,Hingnessto take hair the stock, so
firmly is he convinced that the Proctor
tower will be _^ a success.—Chicago Harold
. ina . enw, , n
tow
Bingo— 1 must go home. My wife
r'oesn t want me to etav Out after nine
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A JAPANESE GARDEN.
ORIENTAL NOVELTY TO BE REPRODUCED
IN NEW YORK.
Vokia’i Beautiful Prlvata Oari.M-.
Ramin.r AU the Year Hound—8»wt
in.au to Bn Dtipeairi In a Yokohama
Cottage.
••Little Japan” Is the name given to a
prospective Japanese 1 ea garden In this
city. It will appear, falry-Iika, during the
coming Hummer, and will tie the first and
only enterprise of its kind in existence.
The tea garden is the result of several
months of scheming on the part of a bright
young Japanese of this city. There are In
this city, however, two pretty and dainty
young Japanese ladles who were In Paris
during the Ex[xieition, and who have
oblique little black eyes that fairly dance
with Intelligence, and It is possible that
the whole scheme of the tea garden origi
nated in their round heads. They in turn
say t hoy got the Idea while visiting Japan’s
exhibit in the World’s Fair at Paris.
At a dinner recently given by a well
known Japanese of this city the two young
ladies were present. The scheme of “Lit
tle Japan ’’ was thoroughly discussed. One
of those present was M. Z. Hato, and he has
given a description of the novel garden.
According to Mr. Hato, arrangements
have been completed by certain wealthy
gentlemen, acting with some Japanese, for
the site of the garden, Its general features
and Its management. The ground to bo
occupied Is nearly a block In area, and
enough to giro room for an exact, repro
duction of one of the most beautiful private
gardens In Toklo. A large building will
cover the site, and it will 1st fitted with fix
tures for steam heat, so that the tea gar
den may he open to its patrons all the year
round.
After the construction of the building,
the Uoor space will bo arranged into little
hills, sIoihih and nooks. Then the magic
of Japanese art will convert the outlined
walks into white and winding shell paths,
the pile of earth Into green mounds and the
slopes and level places Into velvet bits of
lawn. Nenr the center will bo a little pond,
and In the pond a variety of the oddest
Japanese fish that can lie gotten here alive,
or hatched hero from eggs iiiqiorted es
pecially for the purpose.
It. Is in the adornment of this hit, of the
Mikado's Empire that the greatest charm
of the gartlen will He. The oddest and
rarest small trees and shrubs will abound,
and among them will Is) a tree whose nxit
rise out of the ground lk to the height of a
native of Japan, and there meet the trunk,
which rises os high again and bears droop
ing branches. Japan is famously rich in
(lowering hushes and shrubs, and the most
beautiful of them all will he selocted for
the garden. It will lie gay with flowers,
and sweet with their mingled fragrance
from New Year’s to New Year’s. There
will he hits of shell walk, overhung with
Interlocking branches, blossoming dells
and quiet nooks. A brook will run under
neath a little Japanese bridge.
Half hidden by trees and shrubs In one
corner, overlooking a slope and the pond,
an Imported Yokohoma dwelling, or tea
house, will be placed. It will be built in
Japan by native carpenters, and sent hero
In pieces. In this house, and perhaps In a
second, Japanese tea will tie served as It Is
customarily served In Toklo. In the serv
ing of the tea will lie Introduced a most at
tractive feature of the glimpse of Japau.
Young girls, all of them Yum Yuma,
Htti Sings or I’eep IIos, will he brought
over to pro|M»re and carry the tea to the
patrons. Tho girls will bo dressed dain
tily In the style of their native land and
wiil serve tho tea In littlo lnequor cups on
lacquer salvers. Tho tea, os all know who
have enjoyed tho hospitality of the Japan
ese at home, will be of a light amber oolor
and served without sugar. But in the
plnco of tho sweet little American cubes,
the Japanese girls will serve stoneless pre
served cherries and sweotmeats. The
cherries will lie strung on sticks, six on
each and He in a circular lacquer box. The
Other sweetmeats will be served in a circu
lar box. Both boxes will beof batnlxx), and
sill lx* enclosed in one large suction of
bamboo.
If some moraine* visitor shall happen to
•ay “ohayo” to one of the young ladii*s
serving tea, sho will smile a funny little
•mile, and make a quick, Jerky little bow.
Then she will patter back In her Japanese
•Uppers to the little straw-thatched, pic
turesque tea house. “ Ohayo ” (prouounaod
Ohio) means “good morning.”
The business arrangements for placlrg a
Little Japan In the midst of the metropolis
are carefully guarded secrets as yet, tut it
Is said that there are five iu the company,
and thatthe five include a very rich arul
enterprising New Yorker. They will send
• s|xvial agent to Jupan at once, if they
have not already, to secure six of the l>est
native gardeners who can bo Induct'd to
come. If possible, gardeners with pretty
young daughters will be engaged, as it Is
quite difficult to separate Japanese daugh
ters from families.—N. \\ Continent.
How An Ksi-tliquakv FocD.
To the average resident of the temperate
tones nil earthquake is a rare and terrible
srent, creating more consternation than
auy other visitation of nature, in the
tropics, however, particularly in Central
America, it is wonderful how easily the
residents become accustomed to these
shocks, which do not come, however,
wholly without warning.
You are sittiug on a piazza, of a hot after
noon, chatting with your friends, when
suddenly the sky seems to grow hazy, the
crows stop cawing and the buzzards quit
flouting in the street. There is n general
rush, ami, though you may not kuow what
|a the matter, you eauaot help fading un
easv.
The obi natives sav. “We are going to
have a little shake," and thon the house be
glU¥ . to reck, the tumblers fall off the table,
you fool deadly sick at tho stomach, uud
»t„, udug is ail over. The skv clears the
erows begin their noisy screams and the
buzzards resume their quarrel over the
There is something Inexpressibly terri
fjdng. however, about the trembling of the
earth, says the New York Journal. The
* li * ht « st os '' UU,i, ’ n vriU a " ako '> ‘ h « EM'u
lation of the whole town, but unless some
wnsi,k ' rabk * U doao
goes to sleep again as a matter of i. ,'urse.
A Letter on a Pontage Stamp.
When the postmaster at the little ivmn
trv otfi.v in Ellington. Conn., opened his
mail bag one day last wrvk a single can
celled jsetage stamp fell out. He looked
among the letters to see if the stamp had
came from anv of them, but thev were ail
right. Then he examined the back at the
stomp tos.*«lf the gum was still on it. He
found that Mrs. J. F. lrriss, of Shaker Sto
tion iu this State, had exercised her in
ownnlt v and strained _7.k her evesicht bv writ, Ad
iug a _ lA letter on the back of r the stamp. On
oue edge was a email margin of White pa
bua - -----
The Ruaii.n Girl.
The daughter is a great pet In Bussiac
families, perhaps Ixscause there are gener
ally more sons than daughters. Take the
younger members of the find Imperial family
as au example, and we twenty-two
grand dukes and only seven grand duch
esses; and this may tie stated to be about
the average proportion in most families.
The necessity for men in the rural districts
as assistants in the agricultural labors ol
their fathers has given rise to a saying:
" One son is no son; two sons are half a
son; but three are a whole son.”
Notwithstanding the pride and satisfac
tion with which the birth of a boy is hailed,
the little girl is the darling, the obj ect ol
the tenderest affection and care of parent?
and brothers, not to speak of other adoring
relatives. Much is not expected of her in
the way of assistance in the family, she la
indulged as far as their means and circum
stances penult, and she takes it quietly
and as her due, but it Is rarely that she
does not voluntarily and tacitly contribute
her share in helping her mother. Her oc
cupations are much about the same as
those of all European girl3, but parish
work in Russia exlsteth not for her. She
cannot have classes at Sunday-schools, as
religion is taught by priests or deacons.
It would be thought quite extraordinary
and Improper were a young unmarried
girl to visit the sick or poor in towns, but
in villages it is sometimes done under the
direction of mamma or grandmamma.
She is undoubtedly fond of pleasure, adores
to be well dressed, and generally
dancing, writes Mme. Roumanoff In the
English Illustrated Magazine. Music is
not the Russian girls forte, nor is solo
ing. Most of the Instltutkas, though music,
thoroughly know the theory of play
like a chiid of twelve; of course there are
exceptions, but it is seldom you find a girl
able to play a quadrille or poka off-hand.
The Gymnasistkas affect a magnificent
contempt for all such “ delicacies.” After
securing their diploma, 75 per cent of the
Gymnasistkas begin to pine for higher
culture, or the so-called work among “ the
people.” It is not only orphans, or daugh
ters of persons with large families and
small means that endeavor to obtain board
appointments. It is the fashion, the craze
of the day.
Higher culture used to be attainable by
joining the higher courses at Petersburg.
Moscow and other university cities, where
girtowlth a diploma went through a uni
versity course and received after five years’
study another, which gave the owner the
right to teach in institutes and gym
nasiums.
Antics of tile lied Ant.
The following remarkable story, told by
an eye-witness, is entitled to a place among
the instances of intelligence among the
lower animals:
A cook was much annoyed to find his
pastry shelves attacked by ants. By care
ful watching it was discovered that they
came twice a day iu search of food, at
about 7 in the morning and 4 iu the after
noon. How were tho pies to be protected
against the invaders?
He did not have long to wait, for at 6:50
o’clock he noticed that in the left hand
corner of tho pantry was a line of ants
nlowiy making their way in the direction
of the pies.
They seemed like a vast army coming
forth to attack tho enemy. In front was a
leader, who was larger than any of the
others, of his troor>9. and who always kept a iittl^ahead
They wine of the sort known as the
modlurn-sized red ant, which Is regarded
as the most intelligent of its kind, whoso
soleutlfis name is Formica rubra.
About forty ants out of five hundred
stepixid out and joined the leader. The
general and ills aids held a council and
then proceeded to examine the circle of
molasses. Certain portions of it seemed to
be assigned to the different ants, and each
selected unerringly the point In the section
under his charge where the stream of mo
lasses was narrowest. Then the leader
made ills tour of inspection.
The order to march was given, and the
ants all made their way to a hole in the
wall at which the plastering was loose.
Here they broke ranks and set about car
rying pieces of plaster to the place in the
molusses which had befm agreed upon as
the narrowest.
To ami fro t hey went from the nail-hole
to the molasses, until, at 11:30o’clock, they
had thrown a bridge across. They then
formed themselves In line again and
marched over, and by 11:45 every ant was
eating pie.—Rocky Mountain News.
A Curious Coincidence.
“Speaking of coincidences,” said the
man with the wooden leg, as he lighted a
half-consumed cigar he bad been carrying
in an old handkerchief; “ speaking of co
incidences, gentleman, I can tell you a
very singular tiling. 1 was going up Ni
agara street, iu Buffalo, when I saw a man
with a wooden leg on the other side of the
street coming down. We looked across at
each other and stopped. Says I to myself,
and says he to himself:
“That fellow lost his leg at tho battle of
Gettysburg, or I’m a sinner!”
“ Well ?” asked one of the group.
“We looked at each other across the
street for a moment, and then says I to
myself, and says he to himself:
“ I’ll strike him for a quarter, and an old
comrade and fellow-sufferer will shell
out-, ”
"
“ Very ourious coincidence, gentlemen—
very curious,” continued the man, as he
puffed away at his old stub. “We met on
the cross-walk. We shook hands. We
struck each other for a quarter, but didn’t
get it We were both dead broke. Neither
of us was In the battle of Gettysburg, or
any other battle. Then says I to myself,
and says he to himself:
“ Blast his eyes! but he's a traveling on
his shape and telling a tale of woe, and he's
no man for me to associate with!" and so
we walked off. I don't like coincidences
myself; there's no money in ’em.”
Changing Demands tn Restaurants.
A restaurants waiter in this city says:
“ There are some things about people's
habits of eating that defy explanation. For
instance. Monday is known in the restau
rants as sandwich day, for twice as many
sandwiches are sold then as on any other
day of the week, and what is still more
curious, more corned beef is called for on
Monday than at any other time. Saturday
is devilled-ham day, for two orders of
devilled ham will be called for on Saturday
to one on Monday, though why no human
being can guess. Sometimes a moat unex
paoted demand will be made for a partieu
lar kind of food. Some day everybody that
comes in wiil want custard pie. and
next day we will not need to cut a single
rte. On Good Friday, 1S8S, we had not
made much preparation for a meat dinner,
not exreptmg to do anything In that line,
and, to the astonishment of everybody In
the place, there was more meat sold than
on ouv other inTleto dav in the tov^anl voar. It seemed
as if all t4« the ;n tide is In In town came toand in am.
coiled for meat to show ueflance of the
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tt -- Mtt,
To obviau the shiny ap p ss r a a re
apo&gs with
IS IT TO THE BITTER END
THE FIGHT IN THE CONNELLSVILLE
COKE REGION.
Relegates from fcvery Plant Present at
the Convention Resolved to Stand Firm
lor a Satisfactory Settlement.
Scottdale, April 12.—It is now ab
solutely certain that the coke strike will
be fought to the better end. This was
the unanimous decision of the strikers
convention to-day and it is ringing
througliout the region to-night.
Seldom liefore lias such general in
terest been taken in the convention, and
crowds of strikers and citizens surround
ed the Knights of Labor hall ail the after
noon to learn the outcome. The con
vention was of a special character, and
this morning w hen the business was
commenced, fully eighty delegates an
swered the roll ca'l—on recount of its
varied importance every plant in the
region having a representative. It was
evidenced early i i the day by the ex
pression cl the delegates that the feel
ing of the masses was for the c ntinua
tion of the s'rike, and subs q lent events
only carried it out.
The following resolutions were unan
imously passed:
‘‘Resolved, That we, the delegates of
the workmen of the (Jonnellsville coke
region in comention here assembled,
stand firm until a satisfac’ory settle
ment can he made.
“Resolved, That we consider our offi
cers and scale committee perfectly able
to handle the question entrusted to them
and the interest of the wh< le region de
mand that the employer’s representa
tives meet our representatives to effect a
settlement.
“Resolved, That our scale committee
hold themselves in readiness for a con
ference with the operators.”
A fter transacting some secret business,
tlieconvection adjourned to reconvene
to-morrow. The Frick comiauy report
accessions to their working force all
along the line, but the Morewood force
has diminished.
The labor bodies are holding an impor
tant confei enee at the Scottdale house
to-night.
At the ma«8 meeting Morgan’s resolu
tions were passed demanding a legisla
tive convention at the Morewood works.
Late to-night the strikers are holding
a jubilation meeting over the announce
ment that Governor Pattison has ord
ered the Eighteenth regiment home to
morrow morning. The Tenth regiment
will remain here for but a few days, it is
stated. The withdrawal of the troops is
a pleasing omen to the strikers that peace
reigns here for good, and the state is dis
posed to look rather on their side of the
Morewood killing than to believe the
first reports of the rioters’ outrages pre
ceding the shooting.
Capt. Loarandhis deputies who are
charged with the murder of the Hun
garians were taken toGreensburg where
they were released on $3,000 each.
LIBERALS WIN A VICTORY.
They Ciiiln Four Seats Iu IViuce KUward
l*Ianu.’s I.'gi latm e.
Halifax, N. S., April 13.— The Lib
erals won a sweeping victory iu l’rince
Edward Island Wednesday. Four
members resigned tlieir seats iu the
Legislature to become candidates in
the Dominion House of Commons, viz.:
Donald Ferguson, provincial secretary;
Patrick Blake, Speaker of the House;
John McLean and John Yeo, leader of
the opposition. The first three were
supporters of the Government. Elec
tions to fill the vacancies took
yesterday, aud resulted in the return
four opjxisitiou candidates. This
feats the Government, and will
them to either resign or dissolve
make a general appeal to the country.
Dissolution of a Steamboat Pool.
Columbus, Ga., April 13.—It was
nounced to-day that the pool of
steamboat companies plying the
tahoochee, Apalachicola and Flint
ers had been dissolved. The pool
pired by limitation ten days ago,
which time negotiations looking to
reorganization have been pending.
failed to agree
Savannah,Floridatfe Western R’y
WWCROSS SHORT LINE-TIME CARD IN EFFECT JAN. 20. 1891.
SCHEDULE OF THROUGH TRAINS TO FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
GOING SOSTH—READ DOWN. GOING NORTH-READ UP.
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fi 10 am! 5 CO pm..........i __Ar.Bruii8wick.ET___Lv 8 40am. ...... ............1100 pun
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1100 am; 145 am 205 pm 2 06 pm Ar........Albany..... Lv: 4 45am ......... 1.......... 3 00 pm
7 50am 7 15 pm 1200n'n• 1130am Ar___Jacksonville. I.v TiUam 106pm; 8 45 am 8 00 pm
l.'Wpml 4 40 pm 4 40pm Ar ____Sanford......Lv, 115am 7 55am ............. 2 o pm
6 in pm.......... 956pm 9 56 pm Ar_______Tampa.........Lvi 7 55 pm — I ........ 8GUam
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SLEEPING CAW SERVICE AN D CONN ECTIONS.
Md New'York^ ^ a *“,1
j,t all regular stations between Jacksonville and Savannah when p«soengi-r< art to get on o i < ff.
>ue.&.andc cairv Pullman Sleepers between Savannah. Jacksonville. Thnmaaville bi<l
Live Oak Trains Ncs. 27 and 5 connect at Jesup for Macon. Atlanta and the west. Tra in 15
^uoeettat Waycrto, for Albany, Montgomery. New Orleans. Nashville, Eiansvfile. C.dc inert
an d St. L-um. Through Pulloien sleeper Wajeroes to St. Louis. Trains 15 and 25 connect with
Alabama Midland roilwaj at Bainbride for Montgomery and the WW
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the division of the profits, and all of
the lines will be independent hereafter.
A rate war is be predicted learned there by some, is bnt dis
so far as can no
turbing element among the companies,
and all rates may be retained by tacit
understanding.
The man who tried to foice Italy into
war with the United States, formerly
controlled the Mafia and ow*es to it his
political advancement To the contrary
notwithstanding, our Constitution has
something in it
A Western Lady, aged eighty-eight,
who has used tobacco all her life, is re
ported to have discarded it. She evi
dently had time enough to form a cor
rect judgment.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
^ B. ESTES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
;
oHym, PractkgnregularylnofAj^Bj Wareand^WaJne! -898 ^ j
Keroe, octly
BLACKSHRAB, - GEORGIA,
J OHN ONICHOLLS, ATTORN SY^AT LAW,
Practices regularly in-aUthecounites of the
Brunawlok Circuit. octly ■
i BLACKS HEAR* PfHBCft(XX V Jtw 4 QA.
T L. THOMAS.
ix.
ATTORNEY.AT LAW,
Practices Proraptsottlemeni regularly to-the Brunswick Ctrl
cult. with clients. lyTU
WARESBOBO, WARS CX>„ - <TA-
6- BRANTLEY,
ATTORNS -dAT LAW,
"Does a general law practice. OOtr-ly
BRUNSWICK, qbobqiaJ
J^R. J. 0. BREWER,
DENTIST,
Often his professional services to the'Wti
sens of Pierce and adjoining counties, octlj
BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA.
B.T.V.&a
llailway Svstem-
2 FAST TRAINS
-TO THE
North, East and West.
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Ar Jessup. | “ 1 00 25 urn
Lv Jacksonville S F & W K’y 8 (Ml pm 7 00 am
Lv Callahan..... " 8 55 pm 7 35 am
Lv Waycross.... “ 1140 pm 9 15 am
Lv Blaeksheur... “ 12 L'7 aiUj 9 38 am
Lv Jesup.......... ET V & G... 1 20 am 10 45 am
A r M aeon “ .. 6 47 am I 5 (X) pm
Lv Macon........... “ .. 7 02 am 510 pm
Ar Atlanta....... “ .. 10 85 am 8 40 pm
Lv Atlanta....... " .. 11 25am j 11 45 pm
Ar Home........ “ .. 2 20 pm 2 45 am
Ar Lv Chattanooga “ ... 540pm: 620am 7
Ar Chattanooga Burgin.........I Q & C 8 30pm 6 240am! 30 pm 245 20 am
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Lv Lv Chattanooga Kin-gin......... l) Lou & C Sou Route H’y 0 30 pm 2 7 50 20 an*
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Lv Cleveland.. •* 4 40 pm 9 42 a m
Ar Knoxville.... “ 7 05 pm 12 15 pm
Lv Kuoxvide.... ** 7 20 pm 8 410 am
Ar Morristown.. “ 8 40 pm 9 30 am
Ar Paint Roek 10 17 pm 11 10 am
Lv Paint Hock K & DRlt 10 50 pm 11 15 am
Ar Hot Springs 11 10 pm 11 27 am
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OHIO SPECIAL carries Baggage, Mail and
Express cars and day coaches Jacksonville to
Chattanooga, Maun without Jacksonville change. Pullman or
Rutfetsleeper toCincinnatl,
Pullman Compartment Sleeper Brunswick to
Ohattan. oga. Pullman Sleeper Chattanooga to
Memphis and Morristown to Asheville, con
nects at Rome with Pullman buffet Sleeper,
arriving Clevelauil Philadelphia 10:55 pin,via Buffet Harrigbuig.
and at with Pullman Sleeper
arriviiig\Vashingtoi]39)5 pm v ia Lynchburg;also
carries extra sleeper Jacksonville to Atlanta.
I)A V LIGHT EXPRESS carries Baggage,Mail
aud Chattanooga, Express cars and day coaches change. Brunsw Pullman ick
to without
Sleeper Pullman Savannah Maun or Buffet Jacksonville to Jessup.
Cincinnati,Local or Pullman CompartmentSleep- Sleeper Atlanta to
er Atlanta Sleeper to Chattanooga Chattanooga, ami Pullman Buf
fet to Memphis, Connects
arriving at Chattanooga with Pullman Buffet Sleeper,
New York 5:50 pm via Harrisburg.
RATES TO THE EAST are as low as by any
all rail route, and the scenery is unexcelled.
COMPLETE INFORMATION cheerfully- fur
nished. Apply- to Ticket Agents throughout
Georgia and Florida or to
H. S. HAN NEK, liektAvt., S.F. A W„
__ FRANK _ M. JOLLY, lliackshear, Ga.
WM. JONES,
Dist. Pass. Agent, Trav. Pass. Agent
77 W. Bay St., Jacksonville, Fla.
B. W. WRENN, CHAS. N. KIGHT,
G. P. and T. Agt. Asst. G. P. A.
Knoxville, Teun. Atlanta, Ga.
Juo. a. Strickland. J. L. Grady.