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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NO. 262.
PRES, MITCHELL
SHOWS DEFIANCE
——
INSTRUCTS MINERS TO DISRE
GARD ORDERS OP JUDGE
KELLER.
The Situation in the Strike Districts
Does Not Seem to Improve,
and the Courts are
Defied.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., August 1.-—Pres
ident Milcheii, ol the binned Mine
Workers, lias declared that the or
ganisation would ignore the injunc
tion granted by Judge Keller. The
bill was granted at the instance ot
the Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Agency
Cos., a New Jersey corporation, with
its principal oiuces In New York, in
which -about fitly coal companies op
erating in the new river fields, the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, O. W.
Purcell, W. B. Wilson, John Mitchell,
,1. W. Carroll, an . about one hundred
and fluty members of (be United Mine
Workers of America are made defend
ants.
In its terms the injunction is one of
the most sweeping ever Issued, and
R, shock to all the defendants.
1 sets up that the complain
aged in selling coal and coke
, contract for the output of
•ies which is to ho delivered
acturlng concerns, the Unit
for use in the navy, ajtd to
hat by reason ot the strike
s existed sipce June 7, last,
the coal companies have failed to live
up to the contracts for deliveries of
coal; that there exists a secret organ
isation knows as the United Mine
Workers of America,, of which John
i*r.eftell is president and W. 13. Wil
son secretary, under the orders of
which toe men employed in the mines
who are members of this organization
have quit work and refuse to do their
duties, and in addition thereto as
semble in marches and meetings and
so conduct themselves as to Intimidate
employees of the various companies,
(inis prevenling ttiem from going to
work which they desire to perform;
and the said defendants occupy the
tenement houses of the various com
mieg and fail or ref use to vacate
iJiem at Lie request of the coal com
pnues.
Judge Kener issued a temporary rc
straining order against all of those
named, and nil others assoeiating
with mom, from in any way inter far
ing with the management, operation
or conduct of said mines by their own
ers or those operating mem.
The defendants are restrained from
entering upon the property of the
mine owners tor the purpose of inter
fering with the employees, from hold
ing public or private assemblages up
on said property, or In any way mo
lesting or internidatlng the employees
of it he coal companies.
Judge Keller says the purpose ot
the restraining order is to prevent
unlawful combinations or conspira
cies and to restrain all of defend
ants from entering upon the proper
ties of the coal companies, and from
In any way intcrierlng with the ctn
plfuyiees of said coal companies or
tneir operation.
At present the general situation In
the strike district Is very quiet. The
presence of the troops lias had its ef
fect. and President Mitchell much
regrets their presence, and declares
that the calling out of the troops was
unnecessary.
Inasmuch as the strikers will not
obey the mandate ot the court, seri
ous trouble is not improbable within
the next twenty-four hours,
f l Vracy still -AT large.
slightly Wounded and De
Hospital,ty of Farmer.
.'sQ®*nsliurg. Wash.. August. I, Sam
a farmer w,io lives
■ ~f here r, purls Lint mi Mon.bo
c.-inio to his home and said h
o y. lie had a Winchester
wo revolvers. He compelled Ev
to furnish him witn iood. The
Evans a wound in
T* * sis he ld and SII. I thai le
,i h>- aim in , ' oi
SEfigßrsuit of him.
;, ,] ; • to ha\e
gAL,' supply dim witn fresh
turn loose his jaded ani-
EARTHQUAKES IN CALIFORNIA.
Inhabitants of Los Animas Flee in
Terror.
..Santa Barbara. Cab. August t. —At
a late hour last night all those who
are loft in Los Animas are huddled to
gether a round a large bonfire' awaiting
the break or day. No one is brave
enough to enter hia home and remain
tnere during the night. No serious
damage is reported so far.
During the past four days that sec
tion of the country has been shaken
by a series of eathqnakcn th t is with
out precedent in the history! or tradi
tion of the Pacific coast, and tine con
tinuance of ,he disturbances and the
increasing severity of the shocks fiave
so terrorized. the inhabitants that they
are leaving as rapidly as possiblye.
A strip of land four miles wide and
fifteen miles long is rent with gaping
fissures and dotted wna hills and
knolls tnat sprang up as if by magic.
A village in ruins and hundreds of
people panic stricken are the result
of the disturbance, and the frfuitful
valley of Los Animas, in the northern
part of Santa Barbara county.
PRES. ROOSEVELT WILL
NOl GO ON PARADE
CHAIRMAN BABCOCK TURNS
DOWN PRESIDENT’S SPEC
TACULAR PROGRAM.
Now York. August 1. Representa
tive IVRicook, chairman of the repnh
iican coimrcsMSonji.l campaign ct m
tnittoe, •announced tonight officially
that President Roosevelt will not take
the stump in his congressional cam
paign. Tt has boon given out for
some clays that, the president would
add smother t.o ’iiis long list of prece
ents by, in this case, lowering the
dignity of me oilicc of pre.ddont of
the Uniteu States, by taking tnc
stump in a congressional campaign.
More conservative heads among the
republican leaders took an interest in
the mater, and have succeeded, in
one instance al ion: t, in prove using
die president from making a snow of
himself.
0k
Stoddard Dead.
New Align.,! 1. Mo, Rich
ard Henry Stoddard, wife of the wcdl
known poet, died in this city this af
ternoon. The death is deeply deplor
ed and has created considerable sor
row in the iiter.itry circles of the
city.
Seven Men Burned.
Dayton, O, Aug. I.—Seven men
were fearfully burned today by an ex
plosion in the plant of the Stoddard
Manufacturing company as the result
of an explosion. All will probanly die.
Toe explosion was caused by a io: )<-
ago of natural gas.
IHE B. & B. ESTABLISHES
AM ATLANTA AGENCY
lee mclendon has been ap
pointed GENERAL AGENT
OF COMPANY THERE.
me Atlanta Constitution of yester
day, says:
"Lee McLendon, formerly freight
and passenger agent of the Plant Sys
tem of railways, which system has re
cently been absorbed by the Atlantic
Line, has been appointed gener
al agent of the Brunswick and Bir
mingham railroad, with office at 7b!i
Empire bu.iding, Atlanta. The ap
pointment, becomes ehective today.
The Brunswick and Birmingham
has under construction a line from
Brunswick to Birmingham as its name [
indicates. There is now completed
(he road from Brunswick toNochols,
(la., where connection is with
the Atlantic and Birmingham, afford
ing an cutlet for through traffic which
will be mutually beneficial to tiro At
lantic and Birmingham and the Bruns
wick .and Birmingham.
The construction of this new line
is progressing rapidly to Oeiila, Go.,
at which connection will he made be
the properties of the Brunswick and
Birmingham it will offed additional
facilities for the marketing of the
products of the south Georgia for
ests.
J. A. McDuffie, general manager,
was'. in Atlanta last night, and an
nounced the appointment of -Mr. Mc-
Lendon to nfs new position and se
lected the office in the Empire build
ing.” _
BRUNSWICK, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1902.
AT HiS POST OF
DUTY HE PALLS
— ♦ —
JOE BROWNING CRUSHED TO
DEATH YESTERDAY
MORNING.
Received the Fatal Injury by South
ern Engine No. 1061 While
Attempting to Make a
Coupling.
Joseph D. Browning, for many years
an employe of lm■ Southern railway,
and for the last two or three years
yard foreman of that lino in this
city, but more recently employed by
the Blunt S;*stl in, \v|is (lulled Jvy
Southern Railway engine No. 1001,
in charge,of Engineer Greene, in this
city yesterday morning.
It seems tnat Mr. Browning was in
the act. of connecting jtlie Switching
engine with a train of loaned llat, ears
containing liiumer, and in so doing lie
overlooked the tact that one of I lie
ears was excessively loaded and
iHal several large pieces of lumber
were projecting from the front car.
about to make the coupling wnen the
projectile from the approaching car
pinioned him to the tender of the en
gine, crushing him almost instantly to
edath.
He fell almost in a faint., and later
was cafriod to the home of Mrs.
1.. A. Murray, on Union street, where
lie haul been boarding for a number
ot years.
Dr. G. W. Blanton, ue local surgeon
of tne Atlantic Coast Line was sent,
for and did all in his power for th
unfortunate young man, but all in
vain, and ot one o’clock lie died.
Joseph Day Browning was born lti
Macon 31 years ago, but has spent
the grosser portion of ins life in’this
city. For the past nine years he has
been in Hie employ of the Southern
and Plant system.
His fatner, .. ,i. Browning, was at
one time -one oi the most prominent
merchants in the south, and lived in
vnarloH/ton S. 0. Mrs. E. .1. Brown
ing has been living in tula city for the
past five years to be with her son,
who was an only child. She was at
h.s side soon alter tne terrible acci
dent occurred, and did everything a
mother’s heart corn,, suggest. She
is prostrated with grief, and her many
friends enter into deepest sympathy
with her
The funeral will occur this after
noon at 3 o’clock from me residence
of Mrs. L. A. Murray, on Union street,
conducted by Rev. W. G. Gilmore, pas
tor of tno First Baptist chttrcb.
The pall bearers will lie Messrs. It.
L. Granberry, J. R. Manglum, j. C.
Smith, C. L. Steiner, E. E, Wilcher
and G, R. Hortman.
Mr. Browning had a large nuinner
of friends in this city who will be
shocked to hear of hia very sad death.
CHANGE IN RAILROADS,
The A., V. & W. is Frially Absorbed
by the G. S. & F.
The ML,con Telegraph, of yesterday,
says;
The Atlantic, Valdosta and Western
railroad has gone under the manage
-1 ment of the Georgia Southern, Flor
ida railroad.
Beginning August Ist, all officers
and employes, except the vice-presi
dent and treasurer, will make reports
to Vice-President William Cheekloy*
Shaw, of me Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad. Mr. Shaw’s office
is at Macon and ne will operate both
roads from that point.
It is generally understood in rail
road circles that after October I the
n. me of the Atlantic, Valdosta and
Western railroad will disappear en
tirely, and the whole system will be
known as the ueorgia Southern and
Florida railroad. No announcement
lias been made of this fact, however.
Even from now the two will lie
as one road, so far as the public is
concerned.
Heretofore the terminal of the
Georgia Southern and Florida lias
been Palatka, Fla., but in future the
main terminal will be Jacksonville,
Fla.
j This is considered good news in
railroad circles, for Vice President
Shaw's administration of the affairs
of Hie Georgia Southern and Florida
ranroad has given satisfaction every
where, and has won for him national
prominence as a capable executive
BHTON IMS
OF EASTERN TRIP
1
HE LOOKS FOR AN ACTIVE INDUS
TRIAL MOVE HERE THIS
WINTER.
The Well Known Brunswickian Re
turns From a Jaunt to New
York and Talks Inter
estingly.
Col. Edwin Brobston has returned
from New York, and says Brunswick
has lots of friends tlnere, and some
of them will be coming down this
fall with plans for many business en
terprises here.
He says that one of the best
friends Brunswick ever had is Jas. F.
OsitMighnessy, and that gentleman,
(though one of the bushiest men in
. ( w York, and one of the greatest
workers among the hard-worked mil
lionaires. is always ready to stop and
have a moment's chat, about Bruns
wick and his grunt thillli in her I’nf
ture. Again and again has he put
money into Brunswick enterprise anil
it wins hi- who stood so firmly lx .. a
Colonel Mitcheii and pul up largely of
the money which first initiated the
B. & B. enterprise. He says that Mr.
Dough's Greene is another great,
friend to Brunswick, and when these
people come down acre in the to i 1 our
people cannot do too much to evince
I heir appreciaf ion.
.r. Brobston feels sure that, iiruns
w. will have an electric line within
another twelve months, and says sev
eral parties no f figuring on it. and
that one of the best known firms of
electrical engineers and ContraiiUtrs
will be here to look the situation over.
He Messrs. Fash it Treadwell
fid tne fraheuts’e itf'ftobil faith and
expended some money in • n effort to
gei their people ,o take hold of it, but
in the limited time required .nr work
to begin, they will fail.
He says tjial nearly every one in
New York is on a vacation, or expect
ing to be, and tnere is little interest
being taken in business, but in the
lad he expects to see things brighten
ui>, for Brunswick, especially.
officer. The Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad, under iiis manage
ment, has constantly and, steadily
Improved in qarning capacity and
betterments have been added until it
is now regarded ias one of the heffil
roads in me country. In discussing
railroad men some time ago, Presi-
Ident John M. Egan, of the Central of
Georgia railroad said: “Macon lias
In Mr. bnaw a valuable citizen a,ml a
railroad nt n of wnoin any section ot
country might well be proud”
’me only announcement tnat has
been made of the combining or the
Georgia Southern and Florida' find the
Atlantic, Valdosta and Western rail
roads was sent out from .ew York
by President Samuel Spencer yester
day. It was as follows:
"Georgia. Southern and Florida Rail
way Company, Office of .-e Presi
dent, 80 Broadway, Now York, July
31 1902.
“Executive order ~o I.—On and
after August , the Georgia Southern
and Florida Railroad Company will
operate the properties of the Atlantic
Valdosta and Western Railway Com
pany, as agent.
“All officials and employes hereto
fore reporting to the vice-president of
the Atlantc, Valdosta and Western
Railway Company will report to the
vice-president of the Georgia South
ern and Florida Railway Company.
“Mr. E. C. Long, vice-president, ami
Mr. If. C. Anslcy, treasurer of the
Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Rail
way Company, will report to tne pres
ident of this company.
“SAMUEL SPENDRR.
President.
SOME BASE BALL.
Brunswick and Savannah Will Play
Three Games Next Week.
The lovers ot good baseball will
have a enanoe to se.e a goou demon
stration of the manly art next week.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day the teams of this city and Savan
nah will cross hats on the Brunswick
diamond and the series of games
promises to be thoroughly interesting.
The Brunswick team has been im
proved of late and the boys are sure
that they eantake at least two o tne
games from the visitors. ,
AFTER DEAD BODIES.
Rescue Parties at Work in Mount
Kemble Colliery.
Sydney, N. S. W.. August I:—Res
cuing parties are now at work at,
Mount Kemble colliery, wnere one
hundred and twenty-seven miners
lost their lives yesterday. So far the
work of rescue has been rapid, and
sixty bodies have been brought to the
surface. The work of rescue is be
ing pushed with all possible- haste,
and it now believed that by tomor
row the last ot the miners will nave
been disentombed.
AN ACCIDENT.
Stetson Fleming Narrowly Escaped
Serious injury Yesterday.
stetson Fleming was very painfully
hurt yesterday while inspecting lum
ber oil the dock of C. S. Hirsh A
company. An engine struck inm in
the back and icnocked him down on a
pile of cross ties, bruising his face
and cutting his head, While very
painful, his injuries were not seri
ous. and lie has managed to get along
without leaving his post.
CHSEF BURNEY IS
AFTER THE HACKMFN
ISSUES A BLANKET ORDER RE
GARDING CONDITION OF
HACKS.
The hack owners of the city are
playing in hard luck, as it wore.
Of late there Iras been a general
kick made to the police department as
t o -e condition of the public teams and
to the end that, those not. in shape for
service may be condemned and order
ed off the streets. Chief Burney yes
terday issued a blanket order, requir
ing all hack drivers to appear at the
police court at 9 o'clock Monday
morning and bring their teams with
them.
On this occasion a general inspec
tion of the teams will be had, and ail
of those not measuring up to the
standard will lie compelled to “go way
back and sit down.”
Some of the hackmen claim that the
city has granted them a license for
Hie yteair, and that it has no right to
cancel same.
It. is said they will employ an attor
ney and fight the matter wnen the
case finally gets up to tnem.
NEWS OF THE SHIPS.
Small Marine Item* of the Doing* of
a Day.
I The following is the movement of
the vessels at the port of Brunswick
yesterday:
Arrived -Schooner John R. Pen
rose. New York.
Saiie,i—Steamer Rio Grande. John
son. New York
Cleared—Schooner Abhie C. Stubbs,
McDonald, New York.
THE I IBER IACIORY
MOW A CERTAINTY
DR. CHITTENDEN SAYS HE WILL
REMOVE THE PLANT TO
BRUNSWICK.
A few weeks ago Dr. J. E Chitten
don, of New York, was in the city in
vestigating the feasibility of growing
hemp on Lie rlceflelds of our river
section, and as a result lie concluded
to move his plant for the manufacture
oi hemp from its present location in
New Jersey, and bring it to this point.
lie took the mutter up with lirob
son, Fendig & Cos., and they secured
for him a lease on Orispen Island,
with the option to purchase, and also
secured a promise from some of our
business people to assist, in erecting
suitable buddings. It is now an-,
nounced definitely that the company
has dismantled its plant in New Jer
sey and the machinery has already
been shipped and will be placed in po
sition ready for next year’s crop.
J. T. Dent, W. It. Townsend and oth
ers, it is understood, have agreed to
plant a large acreage of hemp, and
there will be added another source of
advantage toj the farmers of this
section. Dr. Chittenden was induced
to come to Brunswick through the
efforts of Col E. 0. Machen.
An Error.
In its issue of July 31st the News
stalled that the city would allow a
reduction of amounts due on city taxes
until August 1. This was an error.
The reduction referred to was not ef
fective alter July i.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
B.&B.BUYS FINE
WHARF PROPERTY
"" ♦
COL. MACHEN CLOSES A DEAL
FOR THE ELLIS-YOUNG
TRAL f.
This Splendid Water Frontage Will
Be Used by the New Line
and Will Give Splendid
Facilities.
The valuable wharf propery owned
by the Ellis-Young Cos., and located in
the southern part of the city, Iras
been sold to Col. E. C. Machen, of the
B. & B. Cconstrucition Cos. The sale
was consummated in Savannah Thurs
day and it is said that the purchase
is for the benefit of the Brunswick &
Birmingham Railroad Cos. This will
give the B. & B. one of the finest wa
ter front properties in ittoe city, having
a frontage of five hundred feet and
extending from Oglethorpe! Bay to
Grant street. The ground nas been
almoist entirely filled w.it'h ballast
rock, shells and sand, making the ex
pense of maintenance very light.
There ara. also other valuable im
provements on the wharf, such as
warehoi ,es, offices, etc.
The Ellis-Young company will con
tinue to do a naval stores business
over the wharf as tenants of pol. Mli
chen.
Bide tracks will at once be put in
from the B. & B. main line. This
acquisition will give the B. & B. ex
cellent! wharf facilities and enable
this line to handle lumber, ties, na
val stores and other freights intend
ed for transportation, and will put
ti'hs splendid road on a much more in
dependent footing than heretofore, as
regards terminal facilities.
Messrs. Brobston, Fendig & Cos.
represented fihe EWis-Young Cos. in
making tue sale.
MORGAN A DANGEROUS MAN
Says Mr. Bryan of the Capitalist in
His Paper, the Commoner.
Lincoln, Net)., Aug t.—According to
W. J. Bryan, J. I’. Morgan is the
most dangerous man in the United
Stsit.es. He says in the Commoner:
"If Morgan were a philosopher 'or
a student of human nature lie would
know that evil and only evil can fol
low from the monopolies which he lias
helped to organize. He is either
without conscience or without, judg
ment. or it, is more charitable to take
the kaiser's view and consider him
as “ineaipable of seeing consequences
for ahead.”
"He is on a par with the drayman
who starves his horse, or the farmer
who impoverishes- the -son,, or the
merchant who extorts from his cus
tomer, or tile parent who allows his
child to work in the factory when it.
ought to be in school, only he cannot
plead necessity a.s an excuse.
"America nas no foreign foe half so
dangerous as Mr. Morgan and the
plutocracy for which he stands, it
would be fortunate for this country
if all our people understood Mr. Mor
gan as well as Germany's monarch
does.”
INFANT FOUND IN OLD WELL
It Had Been Strangled to Death With
a Rope.
Dalton Ga„ Aug. 1. —The remains of
an unknown white child were found
in an old well on the Bard property
in mast Dalton.
The family of Brownie Smith mov
ed into the house yesterday and one
of the family drew a bucket of water
and detected an awful stench. Di
ves dgation followed and the body of
a white child, probably one month old,
was found. A cord around its neck
showed 1 hart it nad been strangled.
Making a Good Officer.
Policeman K. L. Brady, wlio is act
ing as lieutenant, in the absence of
Lieut. Owens, is making a splendid
record. In fact, Mr. Brady is one of
♦he best officers on tne force.
Through Car* to Savannah.
To accommodate the increasing trav
el Brunswick and Savannah
the Southern Railway will hereafter
operate two extra coaches on the train
leaving Brunswick at 6:25 a. m. every
Sunday, te go through without change.
This will insme a comfortable trip for
all who desire to spend the day in Sa
vannah.