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W. C. ROBINSON & CO,
Tho Leading Jewelers,
BIG STONE CAP. VA.
ig Stone Post.
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
SILVERWARE,
SPECTACLES, ETC.
W. C ROBINSON & CO.
BIG STONE GAP, VA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 29,1890.
REVOLUTION IN POLITICS,
The Farmer*? Alliance Sweeping the South
and Went. ami will H<>i<i the Balance
of Power In the next Congre**.
INTERVIEWS WITH STATESMEN.
I -
f Wariunt.ton, August riS:?Tile states?
men here, irrespective of party, arc
getting really frightened over I he Far?
mers' Alliance movement in the South
ami West- Tin democrats an- afraid
thai the Alliance ??i!i J??:?i them out
of tin: next House, ami the republicans
?r<- afraid thai it wit! lose them several
United States senators in the West.
Among liu- politicians there i* an uneasy
and nervous feeling, and it is constantly
growing. Since tie (lefcal "f so good
and strong a man as Mi. Barnes, of Geor?
gia, ncvei made a report', delivered
a speech or casl a vote which was not in
the interest <>:' tii- laboring ami poorer
da-.*.-* and against monopoly, there is no
man lien- who can safely count lor a stay
in public life until the elections arc over.
You ask a Southern member if he is going
t.. be renominab >i and !:?? "ill say:
??1 don'! know. The Fanners' Alliance
is cutting - 'in- figure in polities in my |
i district, and i ? 1?? 11*t know ?hat tin- re?
s' suit of' it w ill ??<?."
??j. n.iir district strongly demo?
cratic?"'
?Yes. I received I.O00 or 5,000 niajor
it . tv .vearsago, bul if I don't answer the
l questions m i ; to me by the Alliance men
t?i sui'l th< in 1 am afraid they will heal me,
even il I should lit rcnominated. You j
I see. all the republicans in my district
I would vote with the Alliance."
I Tho Western republican members talk!
the same way, only tlicy sax the democrats j
i? their district would vote with the-Al
I liauce t" 'i- at tl" So it goes. With j
bul fe? exceptions all the strong brainy j
1 democra's here in congress ?fand by their
gun- .it:-! their; rinciples, even il in so do?
ing they are defeated. They shy openly
that the; d< tat rat lie i than to sup- .
port some ? f x i i - - wild schemes "t the AI- i
liauce. such :?- the sub-Treasury I.ill.
Col. Gates, ol Alabama, who has. pcr
I baps, given more careful attention than
anv other man i:i congress to the move?
ments ol the Farmers' Alliance in the
South, and ?ho had a vigorous contest
Hwilh tin- organization, in his own district
Htsavs: "I have watched the nominations
?Kill the South lor congress with close nt
Btcutiou and I am sure that the Farmers'
Alliance rcpresi ntative? will hold the bal
atic of jinwt i in tlie next Hmise. Nearly [
s?all of their, will be new in congress. As j
it now. there are only four openly
Htavowed Farmers' Alliance men in the.
? / House, it i- tather strange that out of j
g&thcsc four. McCIammy.of N'O-ih Carolina,
'?;?%and Morgan, ol Mississippi, have been de
^Rfcated for reiiominatioit. I'mil quite re
?^crviitlv, 1 ha vi i. !i most sanguine that the
- Iie\t H"U-' W'Uid I" >l' t'!o: ratie. Hut
tiithe outl""k i- thai it will lie cither
Hgwaycd by I hi Farmers' Alliance men,
5? or again controlled by the republicans,
?slln many instances the democrats have
?' Nominal. .1 i . .nelidate in ujij.oMt ion to
i-'Ctlie r.n:iM - Alliance. The history of
vpolitii- -ho.i- that where there is a
,4*apli' if. ?ieii'i'oMil party, tin- rail
did.it. ??: ti,e w.,il,ei faction gencr
?? ally -lij'- in '??oi-eja. I!| i.ii.i. Crisp
ami Turn. ?> ictiirned. although il
. is hard to -i- what will in- developed in
the uu\ ?: ? toli :,t movement be
? fore eli'ii ?:. i ? conns around. North
.Carolin ! >''-:::?. - ?lid delegation of
Farun'iv \ . . men. In my state 1 am
?"iure !..?!? ..... i ,.? a nuiiilier <>f us left at
ihome,'
ST it IKK NEAVS.
It will Huer ?ti tin: Sew York Central,
bul \\ ill N..I l.e Kx tended to Other
Line? that Handle Neu Vork
< ? iitral freight.
MR. POWDERLY IN ALBANY.
? The result : th, eonferencc of the Su
i;-prciue i ? s the United iirder <it
Rai!.?.:.. K:i ???-. at Terra Haute, Ind.,
as olli.-itllv announced, i- that no strike
?Will Im . : upport of the KllightS
Of I-.i > ? ? - - in the >trugglo of the Knights
I with i he .N. v. V,,rk Central and Hudson
Ptiver It a ??.?!. The Supreme Council
:?*ppro\i?> t. i,., of Mr. T. V. Powdcr
ly, getiei.-! :? :-;.-i u..ikman of the Knights
tj?$ Labor, ami denounces Mr. II. Walter
Wfbb, thifi . ? - r. -ivieut of the New
. ToikV. arliitraty autocrat.
The Kiii.-i t- ..; !.al?.,? not being a mem?
ber of the Federation o| Railway Ktnploy
CS, tie- < ...|.:: , ('..uueil .-ays it can do
Nothing tie ? i!..ii; u? it> etlot is. us it has
doie , to i,ii:,e about a peaceable settle?
ment of !?:.? ::, n!,|.... M... ;i. Walter
Webb, v.l., rni-d of the decision.
???d th. >?..; :? Council had acted wise?
ly, v.- tie !.- >,;, ,,,, ;S..|C upon which a
?triLe (.1. but he winced
UUdei the , . .;.,,,? his course. Many
"Ojf.;the ?i-, N, ,\ Vo:k Central men
te8tihe,i 1? M, ,1.-, Ix ;,?,! the gen- j
eral n-vuiu. board of she Knights of]
Labor. ,i A i :;? \. t hat ; !iev wc.\ discharg
Uccuu.-c t!.. . Knight? of Labor, aud ]
that in ? .... iheii placet) were taken
by men C,,,, lKUi i,,.,.,, ,iiM.h;,rged for
cause The York Central Kailroad
bat? do-e l i. emiting oilicc in Philudel
pbia, inn ine >. . ?red all the men desired
and tin ii.- ! ii, , applicants away.
uffli lal statetueut.
Tii:i:k Ii .. |m... The ollic
iai itatem, : .).,, Su;oeiiu < uuiicil of
the I'nited ? i o| ltai|ua\ Kmplovc? of
the result ?] theii eonferenee over the
New York Central -nil,. ?, ., verv long
document. !..?.. I. rouipos.1.1 of the historv
Of the New : i\ .,.;...| striL,., .,?? COIl".
dentnalion ? \ .. l'.,.si<lenl Webb. The
itrtke of the i i.ii.,: ??.? j. j.iX(.? the seal
of "approxal. I'owiJerP, - -ours* is
praise.I. but ? .?eil sav'ihat owing to
the fuel thai :;, ,,,,!, ,. ,(f \]u. Kni?ht-? of
Labor is not ., .... r.,i?.,. .|?. Federated
Order of Ita.U.n Fmploycs. the laws of
tho auprem,.:m-i 1 .!<> not permit more
than it ha.- I !:, |? the Knight.- of
Lalwr
A telegram v,.. ?t u> lWdcrly after
the co ineil ailjouriieii, in which I o'wderly
waa'.tohl thai :h, ?rouncil was unauiuioufl
in indoiMii.' i an<l the posi?
tion o! tin- ;?:.:.?.,! i? x? ? cii 1 i\c board, and
most c : :i< -Ii . i |?f that the l ight which
you ati > hum; i.,i,i!,e j,, ,j?. }:r<;l{ conflict
oa the New Vork Central will finally and
powerfully pie? m!."
Signed. W. p, Sabukaxt, Pres.
W. A. Sil k All AX, Secv.
Chicago Striken Wm.
iaoo, lit... Aug. 'JO.?The result of
ieeti.ng of the superintendents and
irS of the various railroads in the
h morning und afternoon to settle
I the strike at the stuck yard* was a victory
I for the men. They demanded un increase
I of pay of tit reo cents an luiur for engineers
ana a cent and one-half an hour for fire?
men. Their demands ??ere conceded and
the strike ended.
I In an hour after a settlement had been
reached of the engineers' and Bremens'
strike, work was resumed as usual This
evening, however, the switchmtMi of the
association, thinking the tin* iiii ms
for a demand of an increase of the! ? a res
and hoping to profit by the vicb f ihc
firemen and engineers, held a lit. loot?
ing and resolved to demand an incn ? ???? of
three cents per hour.
Without any formality and 1 fore the
demands eould he officially communicated
to the association tne switchmen declared
a strike and at G.3CI this evening sv??ry
man left his post, and the stockyards and
railroads were once more tied up. The
outcome of this later strike can not I13
predicted. The principal cause of the as?
sociation contesting the first strike was
ihat the engineers and firemen first struck
and made their demands afterwards in
stead of first submitting their demands for
acci ptancc or rejection. Now the switch?
men have committed tho same offense of
tying up yards without first giving ' ?
association an intimation of their gric ?
ances and demands and the lattei '1
concluded to fight the strike as an occasion
for disciplining the men into recognizing
the rights of the company.
-? ? .
I'oirderly In Albany.
Ai.baxt, N. Y., Aug. 25.?Grand Muster
Workman Powdcrly und four or five mem?
bers of the executive board, arrived here
this morning and spent the entire day in
conference with District Asscitll Iy246, and
hearing the statements of twenty or thirty
of the men whose discharge constituted
the grievance which led to the strike.!
Powdcrly reiterates the assertion that Iiis
investigations have confirmed his convic- j
ti"ii that the discharges were the result of
a preconcerted plan to drop all the promi- |
nent leaders in the circles of the Knights, j
Nothing has as yet been given to the pub- I
lie a* to the intentions of the Knights ol ?
Labor, nor any utterance as to the action |
of the conference at Torre Haute. No 1
aggressive move has lieen made to-day.
Sympathy From London.
London, August ?A meeting of 5,000 ;
dock laborers held to-day, Mr. Hums, the j
labor agitator, presiding, passed resolu
(ions of sympathy with the American .
Knights of labor in their strike on the !
New York Central railroad. The resolu
lions also expressed hope for the success I
of the Knights.
The Post's Herlin correspondent says
that it is reported that an edition of f>OU,- j
DUO copies of a penny brochure addressed j
to the workmen of Germany oil the labor]
question from the point of view 1 f the
imperial edicts, will appear in October,
and that the work is approved bv Emperor.
William.
BIERNE INSANE.
The Distinguished Richmond Editor and
?t one time Candidate for Gov?
ernor Loses HIh Mind,
Richmond, Va., Aug. 28.?It has leaked
out here in spite of every effort to sup?
press the fact that Richard F. Bicrne, ed?
itor of the Stute, and formerly candidate
for Governor, suddenly lost his mind and
is now confined in an asylum, a ho; . !ci<s
lunatic. The affliction was sudden. He |
had written a very seusiblc editorial, but j
continued to write, and his composition
suddenly became very incoherent. He
wrote-"copy, more copy," and when one
of his assistants went to him and touch- j
ing his head said, "You are wrong the: ."
he replied, "I believe you are right."
He was taken to his home and from
there to the asylum.
Hierne has been quite eminent in v i?e
polities, having come within a few utes
at one time of being nominated for i.->v
crnor. He fought a duel with Elam some
years ago, hitting the latter in the mouth.
The Richmond papers and correspondents
have suppressed the fact of his insanity,
lint it turns out he is now in an asylum.
FATAL BLUNDER.
Three Families are I'roKtrated by Morphine
Taken for Quinine?Two Deaths
KeKiilt In u Short Time.
Concord, Tenn., August 25.?Morphine j
was given Sunday evening by mistake for
a dose of quinine by the mother to three 1
children in the family of W. 1). tludgins, I
to one little boy in Frank M. Smith's and j
one in \V. S. Smith's family. Dr. S. C.
Rodtrcrs was hastilv summoned. A1
' 1
daughter of Mr. Hudgins' and Krank M.
Smith's son, John Paulet died in a few
hours, the other three vomited and are i
still alive. The supposed quinine was
purchased by Mr. Hudgins at the store of
C. H. Neuhauser, at Concord, and put into j
a bottle labeled "sulphate of quinine."
The families live near each other about
four miles from Concord, and was using I
in common, this supposed common remedy 1
for colds. Frank M. Smith had just left
for Nashville. The funeral SUrvicCS will
take place to-morrow at Concord. Much j
excitemont prevails and the families have
the -\ mpathy of all.
(Pr?m Iii? Knvxvllle Journal.)
The painful intelligence reached the city
yesterday of the death of two young people
uear Concord from morphine poisoning.
A horrible mistake had been made and
morphine hud been given for quinine.
Hon. Frank M. Smith, state superin?
tendent of education, his brother, W. S.
Smith, and Mr. W. D. Hudgins, live near
neighbors. Some days since Mr. Hudgins
had occasion to borrow some quinine from
the family of Mr. \V. S. Smith. Recently
he went to Concord, purchased some of
the powder as he supposed, and returned
what he borrowed from his neighbor.
it seems that the children in the three
families have been suffering from cold and
malaria for the last few days. The parents
deemed it wise to give them quinine, and
Sunday a dose of the powder in the bottle
returned by Mr. Hudgins was adminis?
tered.
The drug was given to three children in
the family of Mr. Hudgins, also to the lit?
tle son of Mr. Frank M. Smith and to one
child in the family of Mr. W. S. Smith.
In a very short time after the drug was
given all those who hud taken it became
deathly sick and then unconscious.
A physician was secured post haste.
On his arrival he pronounced all the chil?
dren to be sutfering from morphine pois?
oning. Every effort wus made to relieve
the sufferers; but in two cases without
avail, as little John Paulet Smith, son of
the superintendent, died that night, as well
as a daughter of Mr. Hudgins. Reports
stated that the others were out of danger
yesterday. The dose taken by them was
so large that it was thrown off the stomach,
us it caused nausea.
The above was gathered from parties in '
the city yesterday. The details may not I
be exact, but the main facts arc.
jCHlOWLSOFTHE LION.
! What the KtifirllHli Papers Have to Say
About Mr. Hlalne unit the Reti?
ring Sea Question.
I SALISBURY'S LAST DISPATCH.
j LoxbON, Aug. 35.?The publication of
? lie Behring sea correspondence is followed
by two sonorous blasts on two British
trumpets. "The Times" and "The Stand?
ard" both proclaim to the universe that
Great Britain is entirely right and the
United States entirely wrong in this difti
! cult controversy. Both pour out scorn on
I Mr. Blaine. "The Standard" attributes
to the American got'ernment political mo?
tive- in dealing with the diplomatic ques?
tion, and declares the Irish in America to
be at the bottom of what trouble there
is. But for the Irish, America would
j abandon "pretensions without a shred of
I plausibility." If that be not a sufficient
'explanation of Mr. Blaine's conduct, his
" extraordinary devotion to the interests
! of the Alaska Commercial company " sup?
plies what is wanting. Our tory friend is
not less positive on the merits of " the
I quarrel "?its own word. Mr. Blaine's
I dispatch is loftily described as i'.i-tcm
pered. Lord Salisbury dissects and re
I futcs it to the complete satisfaction of the
tory mind, which pronounces the British
ease unanswerable, and fondly believes
[Americans will think so too when they
[ take the trouble to master the facts and
arguments. "The thunders in which Mr.
Blaine has been dealing are of the most
transparently artificial kind." He has
done worse than manufacture artificial
thunders. He has "met the protests of
the English government, first with neg?
lect, and linn with evasion, and promises
that have been given mid not kept."
Whitehall, therefore, claims damage* for
"a culpable invasion of the rights of
British subjects." and. on the whole, the
matter "is not one that friends of the
good-will between the two nations can
view without misgiving,"?a tame conclu?
sion to all these rattling thunders, artifi?
cial or otherwise. "The Times " is rather
more temperate it. tone, with exceptions,
as when it declares that "the conduct of
the United States government in rejecting
Sir Julian Pnunccfotc's modus vivendi, in
instructing United States cruisers to dis?
mantle vessels found in Behring sea, and
in breaking off negotiations, evinces an
arbitrariness and a contempt for reason
happily rare in international relations at
tiie present day." Mr. Blaine's contention
with reference to the Adams dispatch, re?
sisting the Russian claims to exclusive
jurisdiction of the same sea, is handled in
not less decisive a tone. "Mr. Blaine's
argument consists of a painful manipula?
tion of the meanings of words. It it in?
comprehensible how a diplomatist of his
actitcucss and experience could have al?
lowed himself t'. advance a theory which,
unlike most diplomatic arguments, could
lie and has been almost mathematically
demon.-!rated to lie false." The other
morning journals are silent.
The British foreign office has chosen a
moment for publishing this correspond?
ence which gives it the last word, 'i he
Blue Book ends with Lord Salisbury's dis?
patch of August 2. 'I'lo prime eiis istcr,
as if content with this final performance,
has gone to La Bourboule, in Km , tor
rest ai d cure.
tiik last wonn.
Lord Salisbury's last dispatch to Secre?
tary lla.'sic. relative to the Behring sea
disp *< it j- date of August 2. After
qr.at. from historical documcrts, I he
dispatch .eludes a.-. f? lows: '"lliesc
show that England refused to ndmii any
part of the Russian claim, asserted in the
ukase of 1821, to marine jurisdiction and
the 'exclusive right of fishing throughout
the winde cxti tii of that claim, from Beh?
ring straits t"- '. ."'Ist parallel; also that
the convention oi 1825 war regarded by
both sides as a renunciation oil the part
of Russia of thai claim in its entirety,
and thai though Behring straits were
known and specificuih provided for Beh?
ring sea ??s not known by that name, but
was regarded as a part of the Pacific
ocean. Her majesty's government always
claimed freedom of navigation and fishing
in Behring sea outside I he limit of a ma?
rine league from the coast.
"It is impossible lo admit that the
right to fish and catch seals in the high
seas can be held to be abandoned by a
nation from the mere fact that for a cer?
tain number id' years it has not suited the
subjects of that nation to exercise such
right. It must be remembered that the
existence of British Columbia as ? colony
and the development of the colony's ship?
ping interest are comparatively recent.
"If the United States government con?
tinues to differ with Great Britain as the
legality of the recent captures, her majes?
ty's government is ready to refer the
question, with the issues dependent
thereon, to impartial tirbitrntian."
"The Pall Mall Gazette," discussing the
Behring sea question, says: "The full text
of Secretary Adam's dispatch to the
British government does not invalidate
Lord Salisbury's argument, which was
founded on extracts from the dispatch.
We ave unable to conceive a clearer case
for arbitration or to believe that Ameri?
cans do not approve of arbitration."
"The St. James's Gazette" attributes
Mr. Blaine's tone to a desire to influence
the Irish vote.
NEWS FJUOM PERRY.
F. P. French and others Surrender to the
Troops, mid Await the Action of the
Grand Jury?A Number of In?
dictments,
Hazauii, Perry County, Ky., Aug. 25.?
B. F. French, J .W. Morgan and Jesse Fields
have surrendered to the authorities, given
bond, and await the uction of the grand
jury on the charge of murdering Eversole.
It is nut believed here that French will be
indicted, though it is thought true bills
will found against so me of the others.
Thus far two men have boon sent to the
penitentiary for two years, and one fur
ten years. Two hundred indictments have
been found, and the grand jury are ex?
pected to return three hundred more.
The court will remain in session for
some time longer. The troops are still
here, for otherwise no court could be held.
It is expected that French would leave the
county, should the grand jury fail to in?
dict him.
A detail has returned with Green Mor?
ris a prisoner. He was caught at the head
of Bull's creek, about tweuty-five miles
from Hazard. He is wanted for numerous
killings, and is an Eversole man.
J. C. Jones who is reported to have kill?
ed at least twenty-five men, was brought
in yesterday and put under boud. He
iwas prominent at the Rowan county war,
and leader of a faction in Knott. He is
now charged with taking part in the Ev?
ersole murder.
Captain Galther's Report.
Hazauh, Perry County, Ky., Aug. 26.?
There has been no disturbance whatever
here since court began, nor is there like?
lihood of any. Every outlaw left the
place when the troopB came, and are not
i likely to return ' until the soldiers leave.
Before the soldiers catnc there were four
saloons run openly, and tho keepers of
these places and their hangers-on werf
the chief disturbers of the peace. It was
a common occurrence for them to defy
the ofliccrs, and shoot through the houses.
They compelled the police judge to resign,
ran the county judge and sheriff out of
town, and ran the thing to suit themselves.
They broke up the court last fall, and. no
doubt, burned the co?:rt-housc this sum?
mer.
They are a cowardly lot, however, and,
although it has been the earnest hope of
the soldiers here that they would continue
their methods after they arrived, the boys
have not been able to see one of them.
The outlaws number about sixty-live
men on the French side, and probably for?
ty on the Eversolc side. The Eversoles
are, however, completely disorganized,and
seem to be cowed. The ofliccrs are not
willing to attempt the arrest of any one
without the aid of the soldiers, and, for
the most trivial offense, n squad is asked
to make the arrest. At this writing the
squads are out after parties recently in?
dicted.
The court under the protection of the
troops, is doing wonderful work. Buck
Fagit has been convicted of malicious
shooting, and given two years in the pen?
itentiary, and for misdemeanors every
man tried has been convicted and given
the full extent of the law, and in some
a little the rise. The grand jury have
returned about one hundred indictments,
and will return several hundred more.
A squad will leave here at I-' to-night
to attempt to catch some parties charged
with murder. A squad made a march
of seventeen miles yesterday for the
same purpose, but the sheriff made a bun?
gle of the matter, and the parties got
away.
There are twenty-one soldiers here,
rank and tile, from Harrodsburg, Law?
renceburg and Frankfort, which i am?
ple for all purposes, but Judge Lilly did
not think so. and ordered out the ''Perry
Guards," a local organization lien. Of
these we have now eighteen in camp, but
they are utterly raw, and so poorly armed
that they are almost useless except to do
guard duty.
Judge Lilly will hold his court as long
as it is possible, as he cannot improve on
his jury, who seem fully to understand
the necessity of convicting.
E. II. Gaitiick.
A RAILROAD SCOOP.
Kentucky Union Railroad said to lie Sold
to tho East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia.
AFTER THE " MONON" TOO.
Louisville, Aug. 2*.?The report that
the Kentucky Union railway, running from
Lexington to Three Forks, opposite Beattv
ville. has been sold lacks confirmation,
though there may be something in it. Mr. i
F. I). Carlcy practically owns the road, and
he is in New Vork at present. When a
reporter called at his headquarters, Fourth
ami .Main street, this morning. Mr. Rosen?
garten, who is in charge of the office during
Mr. Carter's absence,said he was not pre?
pared to affirm or deny the rumor that the
Kentucky Union had been sold to the
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia rail?
way.
" It may be tha! n deal has been made,"
said Mr. Rosengarten, ?? ;.;;t I do not know
anything about it. it n ay have been I
made in New 't oik, and ? ould have been |
made, but I think 1 would know something j
aboil* it, but I declare I do not."
\ itiorning paper says:
' Tho Kentucky Union st..i ts at Lexing- ?
ton i <l runs east to Wind ? ster. thenci
southeast to Clay City, and from there to j
a point near Beattyville by a curve cast
and then south. The Kentucky Uniou is
a more direct line than tin: Southern's
Beattyville extension, and it is feared by
the friends of the latter that (he -ale. it ft
is as reported, will leave t',. ir line out in
the cold. President Ca ? ? has been mak-:
ing arrangements I ? locaie the headquar?
ters of the Kentm Ly Union at Clay City,
where he has very large lumber intcri -is,
and ivhere a great leal ? ; Louisville capi?
tal is now invest! d."
The owners of the Louisville Southern
say there is nothing in the report that the
line of the Nicholasvill-/, Beattyville &
Three Forks railroad will 1 ?? abandoned. |
In the first plac " e Kei tu. v v'uion does j
not come in competition * * it.. the Louis-j
villo Southern extension an the latter
will he built.
It is well known that Mr. Carlcy is not
engaged in the building of the Kentucky
Union for his health. He has nearly every
cent he has invested in the enterprise. If
he sells out to another corporation he will
make at least a million dollars. Hi.- road
passes through the best country in Ken?
tucky, and he can sell the road for three
times as much as it cost him.
Mr. James M. Fetter is given as author?
ity for the statement that the K.mucky
Union had been sold. Mr. Fetter is in the
East and sent word to a friend that the
deal was about to be made. This infor?
mation leaked oul in railroad circles and
this is how the report originated.
Mr. Carlcy not only owns the Kentucky
Union but lie also owns all the appurten?
ances along the line, such as saw-mill.-,
shops and rights of way. Tin's has made
him rather unpopular with tin: residents
along the line, who could not understand
why he would not combine with t >wn peo?
ple in the road. Mr. Carlcy, however,
knew his business, and if any other rail?
road corporation gets control it will own
everything in sight.
The Mouon Too.
Ixmaxai*0L1S, Aug. '21.?There is good
authority for stating that the syndicate
which controls the East Tennessee, Vir?
ginia & Georgia, and which, after Nov. 1,
will control the Queen k Crescent road,
have made a direct offer for the controll?
ing stock of the Louisville, New Albany
?: Chicago road, the former agreeing to
pay 78 cents on the dollar for shares suf?
ficient to control the property, and the
Motion people have the matter uuder con?
sideration. Securing this road would
give the East Tennessee, Virginia i Geor?
gia a direct line to Chicago and place it
in a much Strongar position than any line
which could be formed to compete for bu?
siness between Chicago and the Southern
seaboard The Louisville. New Albany &
Chicago owns.from New Albany to Michi?
gan City, 2S? miles ; Indiania State line
to Massachusetts avenue, Indianapolis,
1G2 miles ; Bedford to Switz City,43 miles;
Crleans to French Lick Springs, IS miles;
total owned, 51-J miles. Operates under
contract?Chicago to State line, sit) miles;
New Albany to Louisville, '?} miles; in In?
dianapolis, to depot, '2 miles; total operat?
ed, 537 miles. A lease for 9!M> years with
Chicago & Western Indiana, at $127,000
per year, gives entrance to Chicago. The
fact that the syndicate which wishes to
secure control of the Monon has an option
on the Kentucky & Indiana bridge over
the Ohio river at New Albany gives great
strength to the abova statement.
Stocks in London.
London, Auk- 38.?The London Stock Exchange has
graded qaota?ou? tor the boad aud stock isanes o!
the t'.iltimore * Ohio Southwesteru Railroad Com
pair aIw lor 16,000,000 additional preferred ?lock
ofti . rlolk & 'Western.
SIGNS OF THE BOOM.
The Virginia Coal & Iron Company
Propose to Sell the Timber on
100,000 Acres of Land In
order to Facilitate their
Coking Industry.
Tlie Two Kurnacet on the Road mid 500
Cars are Itcqutrcd to Itrlng them?The
Planing Mill and Other Industrie*
Deing Pushed, und 97,000,000
to 1>e put in Circulation.
NEWSY INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
The Virginia Coal and Iron Company
propose to sell the valuable timber on
their coal lands as soon as possible, and
operatr their ovens as soon as the railroad
reaches them. The S. A. \- 0. will have a
short branch to the coal fields completed
by October, and it is understood the L. k
X. will aid in its construction. Amplo
tonnage will be afforded these lines as
soon as they are completed. The coal
company propose to sell the timber in
tracts of (0,000 acres each in order to
hasten its removal and to facilitate their
coke-making operations. This timber
alone will put in circulation 1(11,500,000
a year for the next ten years, which added
to other industries that will be in opera?
tion will give, as will be seen from esti?
mates in another column, a grand total of
six or seven million dollars tmr uinium,
that will enter into active circulation in
this immediate vicinity. This amount
will of course increase year l>y year, and
the prosperity of Big Stone Cap is assured.
Machinery for the planing mill is ar?
riving and being put up. The brick works
will be in operation by Monday week, and
it is understood the company hare already
several heavy orders to fill. Mr. Gep-.'
hardt who is managing the works.says the/'
clay is of superior quality, and that he
will turn out first class brick.
Mr. .lames F. Peters, who has been dis?
mantling the two furnaces at East St.
Louis, has arrived; and (he first carloads
of the material will be here to-day, if they
have not already come. Thirty carloads
are en route, and fifty carloads more will
be shipped this week.
Some idea may be formed of the magni?
tude of the plant from what Mr. Peters
says of the cost of transporting it from
St. Louis here, which he estimates at
nearly $25,000. Within sixty days the
entire plant will be here, or on the way.
Mr. Peters says the foundation will be
completed by October 1st, and the iron
work by February I. By the 1st of May
the plant will be in operation, employing
about 2,000 hands, at a daily outlay of
$2,500.
Mr. Peters agrees v.ith Mr. E. J. Ibid
that this is the best point for making iron
in the United Slates. He says. too. it is
a splendid location for a charcoal furnace.
Both of the<e gentlemen believe that the
town v.ill grow rapidly and become the
ccntci of enormous industries. But we
need more push and energy.
Major Pate,, of the S. A. & 0. R. R.,
spent Tuesday u; the Gup, looking after
t he company'- I mines. He has stimu?
lated the mining movement very much,
and says he "ill have an abundance of
coal, to supply both Big Stone Gap and
Bristol, w it hin thirty days. The coal for
this town will be brought to the depot and
tran-feired to tlx dummy line, from which
consumers can easily get their supply,
It is understood that the comnauv
will also furnish the bulk of the coal con?
sumed .. Bristol. It will be the best
burning >.onl to bo found in the country, j
and taken from veillfl that lie above the
coking coal.
Industrial Notes.
Tin I.. A X , when ia n few days it sets through a
troublesot.H?ing cut, a tew mile* tlii- side of Cum?
berland Gap, can lay its track to Big Stone Gap with?
out delay, save the time necessary to put up an iron
rladuct near Fulkerson's Gap. An extra price has
been paid ?>>r the Iron bridges the rum!, un the
agreement that the false work necessary shall be in
position before die arrival of ihe track layers,
?ml sufficiently strong to bear the train, the iron to go
into |M>siiloti afterwards. A yard lias been prepared
side of Cumberland Gap, where will be kepi nix
c'ajs" supply of material, to guard against accident
ami the otherwise consequent delay. This, with the
new appliances for putting the rait- and ties in front
ol the train, should cm ble a mile of track to be laid
daily. And It is hoped that the arrangement under?
stood to be agreed upon last spring will yet !?? carried
out. and track laid from here both tow ard Cumberland
Gap and Xortou, which would save weeks of valuabh
time.
The doable-track tunnel for the use ?-f tin- f.. ,V X.
ami S. A. .V 0., at the north cud <>f the cup, i- pro?
gressing favorably, tbe beading ?i the wert portal
being in 1-S feet, and ihe oile r to be begun next
Monday. The entire length, 25U feet, will probably
be completed by October 1-t. Sufficient room i> l?cing
left for the brick arching.
tin Mud Lick creek, a few mile, from (own. on tbe
land- of the \ Irginla Coal A Iron company, is tlie
precursor of what will Is' ow of "Ur largest indun
tries. thai will employ thousands of men?the tirni
coke oven yet erected here of ?tone und lined with tire
blick. Mr. Hedge had already shown us in his rough
experimental oven that,our coal would coke satisfac?
torily, but Mr. Taggert has gone further and produced
a coke that he said he thought superior to the Con
uelUville article which has hitherto been the standard,
and in the manufacture of which be baa had a large
experience. The tir-t charge wai drawn Monday and
others will be burned till a ear load of coke in accu?
mulated, which will be sent to n furnace. Tlie i.. A
X. and S. A. A 0. are preparing tu build a branch
line of road to that point for joiut use, aa500ovena
will furnish a large amount of freight r^r both roads.
* *
The L k X. has contracted for eicht .n-k crushers,
with a capacity ? f 300 tons of brok, u sione each
daily, to be delivered ??> rapidly as the truck is laid.
Tbl* arrangement together with tbe large amount of
stone being gotten out by hands now, will enable the
management to ballast the truck very rapidly and
have it in shape for business this winter.
* ?
A house of six rooms and u lot 33x132 feel sold here
lasl week for $1,500 and rents for $360; another whose
construction cost |332 rents for $300; and II. foluselt,
of the Troy Laundry, hns been paying f?o per. month
for the cheap bui'dlng In which he bus been located.
Can anything more than such facts as these invite the
investment of outside capital here in building a cheap
and artistic class of houses for rent.
? ?
The South Atlriitie x Ohio railroad has furnished a
freight shed, which, while it is not a beauty, ?tili
affords sonie p; .ecthm to barrels of salt and kegs of
nails. Accomni -latl. s for passengers are limited to
two platforms, one utt?i Icet by twenty, and the other
three feet by fifty: ssd;i pen o( railroad ties, and no
station. It would aiieni that a place that yields the
railroad a revenue of ?6,000 or $7,ooo a month would
bo entitled immediacy to at least ?? accontmo
datluns as such Intermediate station* as Speer'* Ferry,
Clincbport and Dufurld. Where it the $3,000 (tone
building which wi? promised some months ago? That
would answer oar purpose* till the coming of the
Louisville A Nashville railroad will result in a union
bnilding more eligibly located. Let everybody help
to give the place a business-like appearance.
? ?
Major Bates, general manager of the S. A. k 0.,
was out Monday and Tuesday, arranging switching j
accommodations and side tracks tor the furnace
plant, and to consult with Major O'Brien, of the
Louisville A Nashville, about ruuuiog a track tor
joint use up Callahan's creek, to connect with the
coking coal development iu tbat section.
? *
The road from the station Into towu needs repair?
ing badly, as it is very rough, and a bumping ride In
one of the backs is calculated to give strangers a bad
Impression. Ten men working one day would make
it very passable.
The S. A. & 0. K. R. people, having lour of their
engines disabled, have bought from the Improvement
Company its Belt Line locomotive, which It does not
need nt present. It uow pulls the morning passenger
from here, and the afternoon train from Bristol.
? ?
Arrangements are being made to get here a wood?
working establishment, which will add 500 souls to
our population; another working steel, bringing 1,250
people; and still another Company, interested in the
prosperity of the (.lap, that will spend a portion of
n million dolhirx II is raising for development here.
This thing can only be alluded to, as publicity might
deter the negotiations.
* ?
The (ilnmorgitu Iron Works, of Lyuchburg, which
have the contract f?>r putting la our water-works, re?
port tbat they can lay as much pipe as ibey cau make
In a month, so they are casting it anil piling it up in
their yard until suflicient is accumulated to keep their
force,, going without interruption. Work will prob?
ably begin here nest week.
? *
City Engineer Alden weut to Hilton's last week to
Inspect slid receive the lumber for the brldg? across
Powell's river, at the foot of East 5th street. This
womleii structure will answer present needs, und Inter
serve as the false work for supporting the iron bridge
which is to go in.
* ?
The work nt I'olnsett'.s Troy laundry Is improving
and if all our citizens will support this and other
home Institutions, he will be enabled to do very much
y ? ? /'
electric lights blazed forth for the flr^t time
Saturda .? night.
* St
Two of the dummy euglues and two of the passeu
ger cars are here,w ith three yet to arrive?one passen?
ger, one baggage, and oue freight car?all very
conveniently arranged and of pretty patterns. The
engines are very powerful, and last week oue of them
picked Up aud moved on the eighty to one hundred-foot
grade of the track of the S. A. A 0. lt. K., six or
eight large freight cars, aud did It very easily; and
Tuesday was hauling arouud Maj. Hates, his party,
and several Oat curs to the double-track tunnel aud
branch railroad on Looney creek.
Mr. Charles A. Alden hat been appoluted city
engineer, aud Is now maklug surreys fur the cou
structiou of sidewalks aud sewers.
* ?
Senator Mills says It is not his lutenllon to become
a candidate for Congress, but hi> friends arc insisting
on it with such urgency that it it thought he will
consent if nominated.
Mr. W. (?' Haker bow ha- his family with him, con?
sisting of v.-:. Baker aud four children, who arrived a
few ilny> ago from Kansas. Other Kansas people arc
expected soon to make the Gap theli home.
? ?
General Aver?, president of the Improvement Com?
pany, i, (.ailing in the foundation of his residence,
and will complete It this Fall, having already bought
40.000 presset brick for that pnrpo?*. }!?? will also
move bei shortly, with his wife aud family, living |
temporarily at (he lutertnont, and make this his
home.
Mr. Bell, with his engineering Corps, who have been
surveying the Jones and McGeorge lands, near Ward's
Mill, have moved their camp through the Gap, to the ,
mouth of Callahan's creek, to run out tbs Cual lands j
belonging to the sani? parties.
The South Allan :-- '? Ohio railroad gave exceed?
ingly liberal rates to the furnace people oa their ma?
terial, the most so of any uf the railroads over which
the cars had to pass
? *
Jiuring the week Mr. \S. K. Harris purchased
fourteen lots from E. C. Harvey for 520,000. These
lots coal Mr. Harvey about $4,000 or $5,000, and
be thu? clears some $15,000 or $16,000 by the traiisnc
action. The real estate market it strong, though uol
very active. It is believed values will rice conti.'
erably iu the early Kail.
THE VIRGINIA DEBT
Probability of a Settlement Very Good.
Nkw Youk, Aug. 27.?The settlement of the Vir?
ginia debt is milking rapid progress. The adjustment
committee has officially announced that they now
have on deposit, ander the agreenu" of May 13,
1890, n large majority of all classes of securities.
Holib-rs of obligations of the Stute of Virginia, to
avail theniselves of the benefits to be derived under
the agreement, are requested to deposit the same on or
before September 15, ls.30.
After the ?nid date the committee will only receive
additional securities upon such terms as may then be
advertised.
Immediate application will be made to the New
York Stock Exchange to list the trust certificates for
"consol" and 'k10-40" bonds. As soon as these
formalities are compiled with the definite plan to be
submitted for legal ratiticullou by the state legislature
will be given to the advisory committee, of which e
President Cleveland U the heart, and the final steps
taken. Captain Hugh It. Garden, who Is one of th?
chief promoters of the settlement here, was In the
city for a Hying visit lust week, but has returned to
the more attractive surroundings of old White Sul?
phur.
Vauderbilt'tt Southern Home.
A New York architect's design for a new building,
to cost $1.000,000, for George Vatiuerbilt, In North
Carolina, iieur Asheville, has been accepted. Work
will soon begin on the new building, the completion
of which will require two years. The house, which
will be ii pali.tiul Winter residence, will be in the
c.-nter of a C,000-acre tract of land, which Mr. Vander
bilt has owned for some years. The house will be
located on the side of h moun'aln. Great expense
will bo necessary to the grading and Improving of the
laud. A park will ho made of what U now ? moun?
tain hillside. Mr. Vanderbilt it also goiug to build
handsome and Coatly stables near the house, where
he will conduct stock rai.'ingon a large scale.
A Convention of Cotton States.
Atlanta, G a., Aug. 28,?A convention of the gov?
ernors of all the cotton states has been called by Gen.
Gordon, of Georgia, to meet iu Atlanta September 10.
The convention was asked for by tke Georgia State
Alliance, in .session here last week. Each governor
is to uppuiut six delegates, making seven representa?
tives from i ich cotton ttate. The Convention will
consider the matter of direct trade with LlverpooJ;
also questions relating to weights, measures, freights,
und the handling of cotton.
Labor Parado in Richmond.
RitnuoND, Va., Aug. 28.?Next Mouday Richmond
in to have Its first trides-uuun parade. TUa proba?
bilities are that there will be 1,500 inen lu line. Thirteen
unions will be represented?the stonecutter*, brick?
layers, printers, moulders, carpenters and joiners,
painters, plumbers, tlnm-re, wagou-makers, bakers,
tailors, machinists ar.d cigar-makers. To a great ex?
tent all work will be suspended. The stonecutters
have ordered all their men to stop (or that day.
Barrett's Fallare.
Locisviu.r, Kt., Aug. 28.?The failure of Clifton
Rhodes Barrett umounta to $100,000; and, wMtc his
nominal assets amount to about that turn, nothing
like the amount will be realized. He denies that he
lost money gambling on Wall street, and uo one can
tell how he became so heavily involved, liiere it a
mystery in the failure.
Fatal Accident at Lexington.
Lexisutox, Kt., Aug. 38.?J. C. Headly, while
riding with his wife and child, lu a phaeton, wu
killed by the running away of hl* horte, the phaeton
striking a lamp pott. Ilia wife, with her child In her
arms, was thrown from the phaeton, but escaped with
only some severe bruitec.
Catholicism In England.
Rome, Auk ST.?The Boniteur da Rome, referring
to the many converts gained to the Kornau Catholic
Church lu *oglaud, dec lares that II the work of ton
version conti uue* at tho rata maintained for the last
uull-ceii tu r. Catholicism will be dominant la Eugluud
a century ber.ee.
The, Uertrraws To Bo Persecuted.
Losnoy, A ..g. 27.?A dispatch to the New* from
Odessa says t'oal In tpltc of protest* the aatl-Jewtch
edict will be promulgated In October, with a supple?
ment justifying such repressiv? severity oa the ground
that it 1* iate&Mu <> wttUfy foreign opinion.
THE INEVITABLE.
Farnace? Being Rapidly Closed in Penn?
sylvania, and a Great Outcry Over tho
Prospect or Universal DbMter
and Rain.
CAN'T STAND COMPETITION.
(From the Philadelphia Record.)
The iron industry of the West and
South has been growing at a mighty pace
in the enjoyment of low costs of trans?
portation on raw materials and still lower
charges on the product. As an instance
of this an iron manufacturer of this vicin
itv was urged recently to move his busi?
ness to the South, and he was assured,
with the guarantee of a contract, that the
freight charges upon his materials and
product should not exceed cent per ton
per mile for either long or short distances.
In the Schuylkill valley and surrounding
regions the charges for similar traffic range
from 1 to cents per ton per mile. For
eight anthracite coal furnaces given in
Carroll 1). Wright's recent report the
average transportation on anthracite coal
was 1U6 miles, and the average freight
paid was $1.24 per ton.
Evidences of the results are apparent to
anybody who passes through the Schuyl?
kill valley, even if it be no more than a
Hying trip in the cars. Idle, abandoned
and dismantled furnaces may be seen on
every hand as monuments of great enter?
prises that have been wrecked. Within
the past ten years a full score of furnaces
in the Schuylkill valley have been aban?
doned, while du-ing the sntne period only
a single stack has been erected in the val?
ley proper, t'.tc Pottsville Iron and Steel
Company having built one new stack this
year to replace an old and small furnace.
The furnace of the Chester Rolling Mill
Company, at Thurlow, Delaware county,
which was built neatly ten years ago, can
hardly lie considered as in the Schuylkill
valley.
HKX.U ES CLOSING CP.
The work of destruction has been going
on steadily, however, for many years with?
out interruption. The Philadelphia and
Heading Coal and Iren Company owns
seven furnaces in the Schuylkill valley.
Two of them, the Norway, at Bechtelsville,
in Berks county, and the Swede, at Swede
land, in Montgomery county, are leased,
and have been kept in operation most of
the time by the lessees, although the Read?
ing railroad extorts as excessive freights
from the lessees as from those who operate
furnaces in which the company has no in?
terest whatever. The two East Pcnn fur?
naces at Lyons, in Berks county, have
been abandoned, and are now being torn
down, after years of idleness. The three
other furnaces, at KuUtown, Port Carbon
and New Hinggold, have not been in blast
for many years, and their abandonment is
now merely a formality and a question of
time, as nobody seems to care to lease
them. The Monocacy furnace, which is
also owned by the Philadelphia & Read?
ing Compauy, was demolished two years
ago; and the Marion furnace, at Mincrs
ville, near Pottsville, in which the com?
pany owns the principal interest, is idle
and as good as abandoned. The Philadel?
phia furnace, at Beach ind Vienna streets,
in this city, which was owned by S. Rob
iiins & Son, was forced to suspend opera?
tions by the extreme high cost of anthra?
cite fuel. Tiio furnace was built only
seventeen years ago, and it enjoyed the
advantage of water transportation on its
ore, much of which was brought from
abroad. Anthracite fuel proved to be too
costly at $1 to $4.50 per ton, and during
recent years the furnace was operated
only at intervals. When Hughes & Pat?
terson bought the works of S. Rohhirs&
Su< . a few years ago, they abnp ioiied tho
f'?i nac , and last year it was torn down.
\t William Pcnn P. 0., iu Montgomery
COU?ty, 'here were tbrec furnaces, which
were s* nod l>y D. O. ilitner, by whom they
wer? operated for a great many years. The
Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley railroad
bought two of the stacks in 1883 and tore
them down to make way for its track-1,
and the third was wrecked last year. No
other furnaces have been built to take
their places. The Plymouth Rolling Mill
Company, of Norristowi , Jiiee a flourish?
ing concern, and an cm;.-lover of a large
force of men, is now a thing ef the past.
The company failed !u VpciJ of last year.
Its rolling mill has idle since that
time, and is now reported as about to be
dismantled. The two Plymouth furnaces
at Conshobockcn, which were operated by
the company, arc now being torn down;
and the Lucinda furnace, at Xorristojvn,
which was formerly operated by the Ply?
mouth Holling Mill Company, has not
made any iron for a long time, although it
is now owned by other parties.
At West Conshohockcn are the two fur?
naces of the Morion Iron Company, of
which the late J. B. Moorhead was the
president and principal owner. The fur?
naces have been out of blast for several
rears. # # # # #
The Mosclcm furnace, at Mosclem, Berks
county, which was last operated by Lic
brandt k McDowell, of this city, has not
been in blast for about six years, and has
been for sale during that period. But
Schuylkill valley furnaces do not find pur?
chasers readily.
ROLLING HILLS HAVE LIKEWISE SlTfEBK?.
Rolling mills have fared as badly in the
Schuylkill Valley as have blast furnaces.
The Palo Alto rotjing mill, at Pottsville,
which began operations nearly forty years
ago. and which was well equipped for the
production of all kinds ot railroad ma?
terial, shut down about ten years ago, and,
after lying idle for four years, it was dis?
mantled. The Standard irou Works, in
Xorristown, which were iu operation from
1857, and which for many years did a
profitable business, shut down three or
four years ago, and nearly all the ma?
chinery has been removed. The works
are now dismantled, and the company has
wound up its affairs and gone out of busi?
ness. These works did not owe their fail?
ure to any fault in their equipment or
facilities, for the machinery has been pur?
chased by mill-owners in ditfereut parts
of the country and added to works already
in operation. The Port Carbon Iron
Works, at Pottsville, which were owned
by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company, were last, operated by the
Pottsville Iron and Steel Company, but
aftor the expiration of the lease the mill
remained idle for several years, and was
dismantled during 1888-9. * The works of
the Philadelphia Iron aud Steel Company,
at No. 1139 North Delaware avenue, in this
city, were established in 1845, but after
forty-five years of existence they suc?
cumbed to the ever-increasing disadvan?
tages of this region and were dismantled
four years ago. The Gray's Ferry Iron
Works, at Gray's Ferry, were built iu
1858 by Edward S. Buckley, who operated
tbem until a few'years ago, but although
the product was a superior quality of char?
coal iron, boiler plate and blooms, tho
mill became unprofitable, and was aban?
doned nnd dismantled two years ago. Mr.
Buckley is the owner of a charcoal iron
furnace near Monocacy, Berks- coc'-.ty,
which has been idle since l5'S4. and which
has just been abandoned.
Charged With Counterfeiting.
Johnson City, Txsx., Aug. 98.?V. B. Bow. rs, a
well known merchant, doing busluess at Klk Park,
N. c, was arrested yesterday, on the ehurge ot coun?
terfeiting, and lodged lu Jail at Baiervltle, X. C. U
I? bellaved that he It agenttor a gang of counterfeiter*
who have headquarters somewhere in thia vicinity.
Proof against htm U Mid w be very ?troag.
