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THE ' BRUNSWICK TIMES. VOLUME 8, NO. 221. The Proper Authorities Are Seeing To It That the Health of Brunswick Is Taken Care Of. The City Will Be Disinfected TWENTY-FIVE NEW GASES ON TIE GULF. New Orleans Reports Thirteen, Edwards Eleven and Mo bile One. POURING PEOPLE INTO ATLANTA. But the Health Board Denies All Dangerous Reports—Military Ordered Out in Mississippi, New Orleans, Sept. 20.—Up to 9.30 this morning there was quiet in the of fices of the local board of health. Up to 9 o’clock no deaths were reported. A considerable fall ’is noted in the temperatue this morningand although cooler weather is not entirely helpful to the sick it encourages physicians to believe that the fever will spread less rapidly. All the patients heard from but one or two are doing well this morning. The Illinois Central lias discontinued two train on its val ley and two on the main line. Few trains are running on any road and there is cons'quent slowness in the delivery of mails and many towns de cline to receive New Orleans papers, fearing infection. The city hospital has offered to send free physicians and medicines to the indigent who are at tacked with the fever. The authori ties do not care to receive yellow fe ver patients in their charity hospital. Dr. Joseph Holt, ex-president of the hoard of health, has reported nine cases of yellow fever in his practice. Three more new cases are announced in New Orleans this afternoon, mak ing thirteen reported today. ELEVEN AT EDWARDS. Edwards, Miss., Sept. 20.—There have been eleven new cases recorded since last report. TROriCAL FRUIT EXCLUDED. Vicksburg, Miss., Sept. 20.—The weather is cool and bracing, the town healthy and rigidly quarantined. The state board of health has ordered all tropical fruit excluded from the state; also newspapers unless fumigated, WANT TRAINS. Meridian, Miss., Sept. 20, —At a meeting of the cotton exchange this morning a resolution was adopted ac cepting the olive branch extended by Vicksburg in offering the restoration of railroad traffic on the Alabama and Vicksburg. LOST THEIR .10113. .lackson, Miss, Sept. 20.—The Ala bama and Vicksburg railroad, being unable to run trains todgy, laid off all employes at tuis point with the ex ception of the agent and telegraph operator. ONE AT MOBILE, Mobile, Ala., Sept. 20.—The board of health reports, for the 24 hours end ing at noon today, one new case. There are no suspicious cases and no deaths. ATLANTA’S REPORT. Atlanta, Sept. 20.—The fever situa tion in Atlanta is unchanged. Two hundred and fifty refugees arrived this morning and two special trains this afternoon. There is not a suspi cious case in the city and all reports to that effect are indignantly denied by health authorities. A Bioycle Viotim. London, Sept. 20.—Hon. Barry Som erset Maxwell, eldest son and heir of Baron Farnham, died yesterday at Castle Saunders, the result of a bicy cling accident on Tuesday last, when the young man collided with the wall. The deceased was born in 1870. Sovereign Lodge. Springfield, 111., Sept. 20.—The city is gaily decorated today in honor of the members of the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which holds its annual ses sion here this week. ODD FELLOWS BOOMING. The Visit of Past Grand Master Ward In stills New Life in the Order. There is new life in the local lodges of Odd Fellows, due, in great measure, to the visit of Past Grand Master A. O. Ward, one of the leading members of the order in the southern states. Mr. Ward visited Rush lodge at its last meeting, and will remain over un til Tuesday night by special permis sion of the grand master, to meet with Seaport lodge. At its last meeting Rush lodge elected the following officers for the ensuing term: C. L. Elliot, noble grand; Thomas Poole, vice grand; O. M. Tilton, recording aid permanent secretary ; F. Me. C. Brown, treasurer. All these officers had served in past years, and they were re-elected for the good of the order. Brunswick encampment, No. 6, will hold an interesting meeting next Thursday night. “Heil Dir Kaiser.” Bucharest, Sept. 20.—Emperor Wil liam of Germany arrived here at 10 o'clock this morning and was welcomed by Emperor Francis Joseph, cabinet ministers, and military au thorities. The approach of the impe rial train was heralded by a salute of 74 guns and when it steamed into the railroad station all present on the platform loudly cheered his majesty and the band played “Ileil Dir Kaiser.” Colorado Bank Fails. Rico, Col., Sept. 20. —The bank of Rico lias closed its doors. The follow ing notice was posted: “This bank is cjused in voluntary liquidation by or derofJ. E. McClure, president. De positors will he paid in full and shortly. E. Chesbrough, cashier.” Nothing definite can be learned as to the bink’s liabilities and assets. THE MARKETS. Quotations By Telegraph for The Times’ Commercial Readers. Fainc, Murphy & Co.’s Graiu Letter. Savannah, Sept.2o. —Trade in wheat was at a slight decline from Saturday’s final figures, the result of large world’s shipments to 10,597,000, a de cline in Liverpool of at I o’clock after an advance of that much at the opening and heavy northwestern re ceipts. The selling early was by scalpers, influenced by this news, also by prospects of a large increase in the visible supply, but offerings were quickly absorbed by commission houses and bulls. Paine, Murphy & Co.’s Stock Letter. Savannah, Sept. 20. —The stock mar ket was subjected to a severe test to day, brought pressure from higher call money rates; London and Xew A’ork bankers were advised of the sinister furaors at the former centre with regard to loans and the conse quent embarrassment of speculation here. Paine, Murphy & Co.’s Cotton Letter. Savannah, Sept. 20.—1n response to rather better cables from abroad than expected this morning, our market opened up to 3 points. The market has an undertone of greater stability than for some time past. Prices have consequently shown greater resistance to the decline than during the past week, and quotations at 1 o’clock are from 2 to 3 points higher than Satur day’s final figures. Chicago Quotations. Paine Murphy & Co.’s Quotations. Wheat— Open. High. Close. December .. 92 t:i 3-8 92 7-8 May| 91 5-8 92 7-8 92 1-8 Corn-- December HO 1-4 HO 5-8 30 1-2 May 33 H-S 24 33 3-4 Oats-- Deccmber 20 1-2 20 3-4 20 5-8 May ~... 23 1-4 23 3-8 23 3-8 Pork— December..... 8.55 8 57 8 52 October .. 5.50 N.50 8.47 Lard— December .... 4 75 4.80 4 77 October 4.70 4 70 4.80 Sides— December. 4.1)7 5.02 5.00 October 5.40 5.45 5.42 To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Brorno Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. Twenty-live cents. 3RUNSWICK, GA.. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1897. ALL IDLE ALONG BRUNSWICK’S DOCKS. Longshoremen’s Union Joins the Knights of Labor, Making the Strike General. •V DISCLAIM ALL INTENTION TO DO VIOLENCE. Nevertheless, the Officers Are On Their Guard- Downing’s Men Frightened Off—Does Mallory Bring Italians-Soldiers Notified to Be in Readiness. The strike yesterday morning be- ] came total. All along the wharves, from McCullough’s to the Plant Sys tem’s, there was not a man working who was a member of either the Knights of Labor or the longshore men. The Longshoreman’s union, despite their repeated protestations of non sympathy with the strikers, decided yesterday morning to join their forces to those of the Knights of Labor, and make a total tie-up of operations iD Brunswick’s shipping. Not in many months has there been witnessed such a complete suspension of work along the wharves of this city. The few men who held out through the morning hours, weakened at noon and refused to strike another lick. In con sequence all shipping is virtually at a standstill. • Times reporters made a canvass yes terday afternoon to learn the exact status of affairs. The reports from each firm were substantially I lie same —no men. THE VARIOUS SHIPPERS. F. D. Aiken reported no men em ployed, consequently no strike. He had no vessel on hand for a cargo. Manager Arthur Gregertsen, repre senting J. E. Broadhead, said that he had no trouble. He had only nine men at work, however. At N. Emanuel’s crosstie wharves all work was suspended and all the men were out. Thev demanded 15 cents per hour in the morning and on refusal left the docks. All the men employed by Charles S. Hirsch & Cos. were out. No work was done by this firm yesterday. Benito Padrosa, the extensive Span ish exporter of lumber, had a regular gang of 35 men employed. They noti fied him in the morning that they would not work, on orders from their union. Mr. Padrosa has three barks in prooess of loading and work on them is at a standstill. PROMISED TO RETURN. Capt. Rosendo Torras’ men, engaged in loading two barks and two schoon ers, refused to work, but after a con ference with their employers, agreed to return to work this morning tem porarily. They said they would do this in order to give sufficient and fair notice of their intentions, so that their places could be supplied. They will be at work this morning, but it is not known how longtheir fellow-members of the union will allow them to con tinue. Captain Churchill was working his white force yesterday on his two steamships. It cannot be learned whether or not he has arranged for new men. The Johnston liner Albion lost an other day. No*men could be induced to work. The Southern Pine company had only one vessel on band yesterday trorning—the schooner Kate S. Flint, which is taking a special cargo of lumber for the Panama Canal com pany. There was very little work re maining to be done on this vessel, and the negroes finished it up. They then notified Agent Banks that they had decided to quit, SHOWED CURTIS A BCAI.K, Capt. Samuel Curtis, of Curtis & Carreras, probably the largest ern ployeig of longshore labor in the city, stated that his men came to work as usual yesterday morning. He had two gangs, aggregating fifty men, em ployed. After they had worked awhile Shepard Jackson, president of the Longshoremen’s union, appeared on the wharf and called the men off. They went to a meeting of the union and returned with a scale of wages which they wanted accepted. The scale was 12}£ cents, 17* a cents and 20 cents, instead of 10 cents, 12 % cents and 15 cents, the present prices. The scale was refused and the men left their w-ork. SCARED THEM OFF. The Downing company is noted for its excellent treatment of its employes, white and colored, and the gangs on its wharves, which are under the per sonal direction of Mr. A. V. Wood, have reiterated that they had no de sire to strike, and would not do so. Yesterday morniDg they appeared be fore Mr. Wood and stated that they had been threatened, and that they could not go to work unless he wohld guarantee to protect them. Mr. Wood assured them that he would do so, and that they would be in no danger what ever. The men thereupon went to work, but, at noon, said that a dele gate had communicated to them that they would ail be very harshly dealt with if they worked another minute. They therefore asked to be excused on the ground #f intimidation. This stopped all operations for the Down ing company yesterday afternoon. Mr, Wood thinks the men will return to work this morning. HE WAS A THIEF. lie made a search.for the “delegate” who had intimidated his men, and the culprit was found shortly afterward, lie was a black negro, of trampish ap pearance, and was found sitting on a box of sausages on the deck of the steamer JCgmont. When he was ar rested, Deputy Sheriff Taylor discov ered that a link of the saugages had, in some manner, found its way out of the box, and under the fellow’s coat. He was placed in the county jail, under a charge of larceny. He refused abso lutely to give his name to the officers' The strikers disclaim any connection with the agitator, and say he was not authorized to speak for them. The total number of men out is about 500. They did not appear prom inently on the streets yesterday, but spent their time at their balls, en gaged in all day meetings. The ma jority of the strikers are out either through intimidation or sympathy. THEY SAW THE SHERIFF. A committee composed of the lead ers among the strikers waited upon Sheriff Berrie yesterday and mads known their disinclination to any thing like violence. The sheriff ad vised them not to interfere with any new men that might be brought to the city, and stated that if they did, they would place themselves in the light of violators of the law, and would have to abide the consequences. The Mallory liner Kio Grande did not arrive yesterday, and it was im possible to confirm the report that fifty Italians had been shipped on her to take the place of the Mallory strik era. If there is to be any trouble, it is looked for when these men land. It cannot, however, be stated with any positiveness that there are any men on board the coming steamer. She will probably arrive this morning early. FOOL WILL HAVE HIS JOKE. Some silly joker sent The Times the f-ollowing communication yester day through the postoffice. The post age was not paid: “Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 19, 1897. To the city of Brunswick: .You all can jook out for blood, to be shed here in said city because we propose to command our wages or death. Other words, we have enough men To De stroy This City & we expect to do So, if we Do not succeed in a Few Days lookout for war, We do not propose to work for nothing. Yours ever friend. Please Post this Bill.” RESOLUTIONS OF PEACE. The Knights of Labor at their meet ing yesterday afternoon passed the following resolutions, which they sent to The Times for publication. Tiie longshoremen have not yet taken this action : “Whereas, in the course of events it has become necessary for the cotton laborers to request of their employers a return to their former schedule of wages and “Whereas, that request by the cotton men has culminated into a general demand for an increase of wages, and “Whereas, it is our purpose and de sire to bring this matter to a success ful issue by peaceful and orderly methods, and “Whereas, it seems that there are those who are disposed to commit vio lence upon the persons of others, and “Whereas, some person or persons have without the consent and against the desire of the organization of labor ing men, ordered the discontinuance of the railroad working men, which is not in conflict with the success of the strikers in any sense, and “Whereas, we the laboring men re- pudiate any encroachments or violence to the persons or property or any vio lation of law whatsoever, therefore be it “Resolved, That any person or per sons who shall engage in mob vio lence or the destruction of property or violation of the law in any particu lar, do so upon their own responsibil ity and must be held to abide the con sequences. Knights of Labor, Bruns wick, Ga. IN READINESS. The local military companies had guard details on duty at their armor ies last night and squad leaders noti fied all the men personally that they must hold themselves in readiness for the riot alarm—ll taps of the fire alarm. Women to Strike? Encouraged by the example of their husbands, brothers and male acquaint ances, it is something more than a ru mor that the housemaids and cooks of the city contemplate a general walk out this morning. The washerwomen, it is reported, have already given no tice to their patrons that they will work only for steam laundry prices. An Extra Force. Eight extra officers were on duty last night guarding wharf property. They are to be paid by the owners. Largest line of school supplies at Dunn’s. THE LAWMAKERS. Stveral of Them Passed Through the City Yesterday. There was quite a movement of leg islators through Brunswick yesterday, Representative B. Atkinson, of Cam den, reached the city in the morning. On the Ilessie came Hon. Joseph Mansfield, Mclntosh’s representative, and Col. Bill Clifton, secreiary of the senate, both from Darien, and left on the Southern’s night train for Atlanta. Senator Harry F. Dunwody also left last night. All these gentlemen go to attend the meeting of the penitentiary committee of the legislature, which is expected to be of great importance in the settle ment of the convict question. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. CONVICTS WILL • DISINFECT CITY. The Entire Gounty Gang to Scatter Lime, Etc, Today. FENDIG TALKS ABOUT FREIGHT. The City Still Receiving Cotton and Pig Iron From Alabama —Mayor Returns Today. The city authorities are incent upon leaving no stone unturned to make Brunswick’s protection from the fever now prevalent on the gulf absolutely safe. Acting Mayor Fendig is giving his entire time to the city’s affairs, both in regard to the quarantine and the strike. To make Brunswick’s precautions even more thorough, the city has se cured from the county the use of the entire convict force, and it will be brought into town this morning to be applied to the task of thoroughly dis infecting the city. “The entire gang,” said Acting Mayor Fendig to a Times representa tive last night, “will be put to work scattering lime and other disinfect ants liberally all about the city. It is better to take all possible precautions, and this is one of them . The county has kindly ioaned us the men and they will do good work.” Acting Mayor Fendig alluded to a statement in the Constitution a few days ago to the effect that Brunswick had enforced a much more strict quar antine than Savannah, and that no freight from Alabama was allowed to come Into the city. “While the statement,” be said “was probably intended as a compliment to the efficiency of our quarantine, it is, nevertheless, a misstatement of the facts. Our quarantine is identically the same as that of Sayannah. We do not exclude freight from Alabama, as cotton and pig iron have been contin ually coming in. There rs no proba bility of danger from this source and the publication of the statementquoted hurts our business unnecessarily. “1 have been asked by business men,” continued Mr. Fendig, “to send out official circulare throughout the trade territory, stating that Bruns wick is still receiving freight, l have decided, however, to postpone action on this tins until I see Mayor Joliu son, who is expected home tomorrow.” Advertised Letter List. The following is a list of letters re maining in the postofficc at Bruns wick unclaimed, for the week ending Sept. 18, 1897: A—Mrs. Lucy Addison. B—Rufus Braddoek, I’ C Bunton, Craesy Blue, George Bird, II B Bacon, James Brown, Miss Ida Benjamin, Mrs Laura Baker, C—Rev Leon Caisse, .1 B Cannon. D —Dan Davison,Armissie Davis (2). E—Frank Edson. F—Miss Iser Beler Fleming. G—L S Grant. H —Mrs Ann Harris, Rosy Harris, Mrs Mattie A Houstone, Miss Eller Homes, Steven Henderson. J—Jennie Jara, R R Jones, Miss Rachel James, Mike Johnson, Miss Eliza Johnson. K—Miss Florence L. King. L—George Lessen. M —P A Morris, B YV Mitcliel, Mrs Sarah F Miller, L Medberry. N—Miss Martha Nisbitt. P—V Poe, Andrew Paulson. R—Miss Lizzie Reilly. S—Miss Oleavia Sullivan, James Smith, G YV Smith, Laurel Shy ne, Miss Susan L. Sears. T —lke Townzer. W—F P Woodward (2), Miss Emma Wilkerson (2), Mrs L E Wiseman, E C Waimsley, Augustus Williams, Jor dan Wright, W C Walters. Firms —Sochain <& Bro., McMillen Bros., Collat Bros. Parties oalling for any of the above will please say they were advertised and pay one cent for each letter claimed. YV. F. Symons, P. M.