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VOL. XV,
AUSTIN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 8 18S6.
NO. 29
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Fobt WoiiTH, lexfts. April o- i p. in.
The day opened cool and clunr, with a
brink norther Wowing. The fearfnl ex
citement of Sntuvdny night and Sunday
had somewhat abated, but the sun aro.se
upon a city of twenty thousand people
still laboring under apprehension as to
what tho day might bring forth.
The city last night and this morning
had all tho appearance of a town during
the civil war when a hostjle army was ap
proaching. Guards and. sentinels met,
one at almost every turn, and uiilitavj
uniforms and the clunking of (tabors, or
the glitter of bayonets, reminded veterans
of the days of 'lil-'BS. Lust night the city
was guarded by fully four hundred men,
including neatly three hundred militia.
The conn'i'nics present 'and that ar
rived yesterday were as follows: Dnllas
Light Guardri, Hibernian Rifles, of Dallas;
Austin Greys, Texas Kifles. of Austin;
Cleburne Guards, Alvarado Guards, Craw
ford Battery (with artillery), of "Dalian; a
total of 228 men.
Capt. McMuiray, with ten rangers, his
also arrived.
, Brigadier-General A. S. Roberts is
hero, in immediate command of the
fitnte troops, but Adjutant-General King
has charge of the movements of state
force, and also of trains.
The two military companies from Aus
tin, the Greys and Rifles, commanded by
Captains Stacy aud Patrick, who arrived
Sunday, accompanied by Brigadier-General
Roberts and assistant Adjutant-General
Gaines, have behaved in a jnont soldier-like
maMicr, performing every
duty.
Gov. Ireland arrived this morning at
daylight. At Waco, where the train on
which he was stopped for supper, the en
gine was killed.
A committee of leading citizens waited
on the governor this morning, and dis
cussed the situation. It was agreed that
two companies of rangers should be sta
tioned here us long as danger exists.
Nino companies of militia are here, and a
convoy of troops accompanies every Mis
souri "piuino train north and south,
bringing back incoming freights.
The strikers are overawed by the pres
ence of tho troops,, but some of them
threaten that their time will come after
tho soldiers have gone. A leading knight
stated that N. M. Lavin, master work
mun of assembly 101, was not only re
sponsible for the strike, but for the vio
lent measures which resulted from it.
Of course, sunsationul rumors have been
afloat all d'vy, and among thorn that the
strikers had torn up the road, south of
the city which was not confirmed.
Between 11 aud 12 o'clock Sheriff Mnd
dox discovered a half empty box of dyua
mite iu the honse of a Knight of Labor,
near Union depot, and the damnable aud
hellish design of its proximity to the
depot was quickly divined.
The first freight train through to the
south, sinoe the fight, went out bunuay
evening, to Alvarado, guarded by fifty
men, and it reached its destination, no
cowardly assassins being encountered
on the route.
Yesterday and to-day the strikers from
Alvarado have all congregated here, show
ing some general plan or understanding,
but, whatever might have been the inten
tion of the strikers or tho knights, it was
scared out of them by so formidable a
display of military forces. The strikers,
in fact, have made a oluar back-down.
Two freight trains went out, and one
passed north this morning without inter
ference. The strikers know tho conse
quences, had they lifted a finger, for the
determination here, both among th.i mil
itary and tho citizens, was to settle the
matter at once, and determine which is
the st rongest in this community, the great
conservative body of the citizens, in favor
of law and order, or the worthless scoun
drels, graceless "skippers" aud miserable
scalawags, infamous agitators, drifting
hither and thither, with nothing to lose
and stealing, when they can get a chance,
who are at the bottom of these troubles.
That noble oilicfr, Dick TownHond, who
yielded up his life in the defense of the
law, who succumbed to the bullets of
the sneaking scoundrels, was laid in his
grave Sunday evening.
A JiKION OK TKUIiOB.
5 p. in. In the time of peace, when our
country is on friendly terms with all the
outside world, the street of our city
swarm with armed soldiers with loaded
guns, railed here by f h la -less acts of
our own citizens, tjuiet and staid men
have been called from their firesides and
have been required to patrol our streets
day and night to protect the property of
the city and tho railroad company from
the depredations of men who no longer
respect the law.
Lust night in nearly every house bright
lights were seeu pouring from the win
dows, Bhowing that the inmates were
astir. The truth is, they were afraid to
sleep leBt they awaken to find their home.;
in niimes. The night passed without dis
turbance, and tho" day broke cleat' aud
cold. A few strikeiK appeared on the
streets. Those who came out ut all were
sent oat as spies. Everything they see
and hear is reported to headquarters.
They are thorughly posted as to the num
ber of troops here and the number of
extra police on duty. The movements of
every prominent citizen are spotted.
THE WOIKDED 0FT1CB1IS.
The condition of the wonnded men, who
were shot in the fight Suturdny, continues
to improve. ChnrlitSneed is cow regarded
out of danger, though his face will bo ter
ribly disfigured. Officer Fnlford is rest
ing much bet tar and his recovery is only
a matter of time. Tho wounded striker,
TomKunce, is ao better than ho was
yesterday, and the chances for his recov-
; j erv are good, au unempi vm
s by tho Knights of Labor to have Tom
ff Nance, the wounded striker, who is now in
-1 --J?il, released on bond. To that end ar
lY"""" rangerutnts are now being made to have
i& him brought before Judge Beckham on a
writ of habeas corpus. No positive proof
has yet been obtained as to whether or
not Frank Fierce, the one-armed man who
figured so conspicuously in Saturday's
fight is dead. It is known definitely that
he was badly wonnded, and the general
impression is that he was the man so
MYSTKBIOUSLI BUBIED
early Sunday morning from the house of
a Kn'ght of Kabor, in the suburbs of the
city.
District Jndge Beckham made a strong
charge to the grand jury this afternoon.
He directed his remarks to the present
condition of things in Fort Worth. His
charge was a strong appeal for the en
forcement of law and protection of per
sonal property.
Yesterday Messrs. P. W. Far-el, M. N.
Gambrell, E. Pearson, S. L. Fmlay and W.
J. Burke, all prominent Knights of Labor
from Galveston, arrived in the city and
were in consultation with the local lodges
last night. These gentlemen all belong to
the Powderly wing of the order, and do
not endorse the strike.
Martin Irons was in the' city on the
night of the 5th of March and attempted
to consolidate the five districts, 104, 17,
111, 93 and 78, and bring within the strike
five southwestern states. The work was
prevented by such men as Finlay, who
belongs to assembly' No. 78.
Notwithstanding the presence of the
military and the constant patrolling of
armed men, there is an uneasy feeling
that evidences itself on every hand. It is
believed that as soon as the troops are
withdrawn the nnruly element in this
st rike will break out again, and that the
scenes of the past will be re-enacted.
Governor Ireland arrived, and- has been
engaged during the day in taking a sur
vey of the field. He states that he fully
appreciates the situation here, and that
the h.w must be enforced, and all parties
violating it arrested. He states that he
has ordered the Missouri-Pacifio road to
move their trains whether they are
freighted or not. The trains will be
moved, and the road will be protected.
At Waco, last night, while the train that
the governor came to the city on, was
standing at the depot, some one put a
oupling-pin in the bulkhead, and effectu
ally KUlea tne engine. xne governor
staved that this occurred through the
train inennot watching the engine.
THE DYNAMITK FIENDS.
This morning about 11 o'clock, a man
wtm to Sheriff Maddox and gave him in
formation that there was a box of dya
mite cartridges in a certain outhouse in
the eastern portion of the city. The
sheriff, following the directions of the
man. went to the place, and in an old
shed found a box in which was a number
of oblong cartridges, either of dynamite
or giant powder, or some other powerful
combustible. It was taken possession of
aud brought into the city. The man who
gave the sheriff the information exacted
a promise that his name should be kept
secret, saying that if it was known that
he had told where the stuff was, his life
would be forfeited. The box was about
three fourths full, a number of the car
tridges having been taken out. The house
in which this box was found is in full
sight of, and not far from the union de
pot. Its discovery has created consider
able excitement, 8nd people do not now
know what to expect. '
BLOCKADE BBOKEN.
In compliance with the order of Gov.
Ireland trains have been moving on the
Missouri Pacifio all day. Two freights
were sent north this morning, and two
south, both heavily guarded by troops.
Since then several others have left the do
pot, each with a strong detail of men on
it. It is the intention to continue run
ning trains, and the intention will be car
ried out. This morning Captain Smith's
state rangers reached the city, and are
now at the depot. There are no strikers
to be seen at the depot and very few
about the yards. What has beaome of
them is a mystery. It is known to be a
fact that large numbers have come here
from other points, but instead of growing
thicker about the streets it is a rare thing
to see them. The belief still gains ground
that they are concentrating somewhere in
this section, but their rendezvous has not
vet been ascertained. It has been ascer
tained that the guns used by the strikers
iu tho Saturday fight were paid for in
ehecks drawn by a well-known citizen of
this city.
BEWABD OFFEBED.
Governor Ireland offers a reward of five
hundred dollars for the arrest of Hardin,
the loader of the ambushers in Saturday's
fight, which amount is supplemented by a
reward of five hundred dollars otrered by
the railway company. The dynamite
found was stolen from the magazine of
Joseph H. Brown, wholesale grocer, some
time last night. It is the opinion of the
ofie.erK that it was intoned to blow up the
unit m depot to-night, in which event the
hi-s of life would have been heavy, nearly
all I hi troops and rangers being quartered
tlu.ce.
. AltllKST OK LOVIN.
Spr.!t! Telotfram to the Statesman.
Fo'tr Wobth, April f. Master Workman
Lovin, of district assembly 101, Knights
of Labor, was arrested here to-night on a
charge of being an accessory in the mnr
dr of Officer Dick Townsep.d on Satur
day. Officers Townsend and Sneed, two
of the men shot on Saturday, are Knights
of Labor. Deputy United States Marshal
Woody said to-day, that Master Workman
Lovin got on the Santa Fe train here on
Saturday morning, got off at Crowley, a
nmnli town south of here and started in
the direction of the Missouri Pacific traok
Krnnois are current of other arrests to be
made to-night or to-morrow. A man,
named Isom, was arrested to-day for car
rying arms to the scene of Saturday's
fight. After unloading the arms Isom
drove round a hill, out of sight, and as
soon as the fight was over he came up and
carried off the wounded strikers. Five
freight trains were sent south and four
north.
One of the militiamen accidentally dis
charged his gun at the foot of Main street
to-night and instantly five hundred armed
men were on the spot, thinking a riot had
beyun.
Fort Worth Typographical Union, No.
10S. has adopted the following resolution:
Resolyed, That we deeply sympathize
with the strikers on the Gould southwest
ern system, in their great struggle with
tyrannical bigots and detestable scabs, be
lieving that they are sustaining nothing
more than justice, and further pledge .our
moral and financial support to Baid strik
ers until their o'jjecta are gained.
JAY GOULD.
THE GREAT MILLIONAIRE
FIERCELY DENOUNCED
11Y THE STRIKERS.
THE KNIGHTS CHARGE HIM WITH
THEIR MISFORTUNES-ttEN-
EltAL STlilKESKWS.
St. Louis, April 6.-The following ad
dress was issued this afternoon by the
joint executive board of district assem
blies 101, 17 and 93, Knights of Labor, to
the workingmen of the world:
''Friends and brothers: Hear us, for
we plead for our rights. Men of equity
look upon us, for we struggle against
giants of wrong, mad with frenzy, of
pride, of self -adulation, begotten as it is,
of the success of outrage and infamy.
There stands before us a giant of aggre
gated and incorporated wealth, every dol
lar of which is built upon blood, injustice
and outrage. That giant of corporate
wealth has centralized its power in, and is
impersonated by an eager fiend, who
gloats as he grinds the life out of his fel
low men, and grimaces and dances as they
writhe upon his instruments of torture.
Oh, ye workingmen of America! who love
your liberty and your native land! Ye
great creators of wealth who stand as the
foundation of all national
good, look upon your broth
ers to-day! Gould, the giant fie ad,
Gould, the money monarch, is dancing, as
he claims, over the grave of our order;
over the ruin of our homes and the flight
of our lives before him. The world has
smiled in beauty, but his wake is the grave
yard of hopes, the cyclone's path of devas
tation and death. Our strong arms have
grown weary in building the tower of his
strength and yet he bids us build or die.
Our young lives have grown gray too soon
beneath the strain of unrequiting, con
stant toil. Our loved ones at home are
hollow-cheeked and pale with long weary
waiting for better days to come. Nay,
more than this, the grave-yards are hiding
his victims from out longing eyes.
Brother workmen, this monster fiend has
compelled some of as to toil in the cold
and rain for fifty cents a day. Others have
been compelled to yield their time to him
for seventeen and thirty-weary hours for
the pittance of nine hours' pay. Others
who had dared to assert their manhood
and rebel against his tyranny, are black
listed and boycotted all over the land. He
has made solemn compact with the high
est authority in our order and then has base
ely refused to fulfill pledges. He lives under
and enjoys all the benefits or a republi
can form of governnient,and yet advocates
and perpetuates the most debasing form
of white slavery. He robs rich and poor,
high and low, with ruthless hand, and
then appeals to corrupt and purchased
courts to help him to take onr little homes
away. He breaks our limbs, maims our
bodies, and demands that we shall release
him from every claim for damages or be
black-listed forever. He goes to our gro
cers and persuades them not to give us
credit because we,refuseto be gr&gmj in
his business mill. He turns upon us a
horde of lawless thugs, who shoot among
our wives and children with deadly intent.
Then he howls for government help.
"Follow-workmen: Gould must be
overthrown; hh giant power must be
broken, or you and I mnst be slaves for
ever. The Knights of Labor alone have
dared to be the David to this Goliath.
The battle is not for to-day; the battle is
not for to-morrow; but for the trooping
generations behind us in the coming ages
of the world; for our children and our
children's children. 'Tis the great ques
tion of the age; shall we, in the coming
age, be a nation of freemen or a nation
of slaves? This question must be decided
now. The chains are already forged that
are to bind us. Shall we wait unt 1 they
are riveted upon our limbs? May God
forbid! Workmen of the world! marshal
yourselves upon the battle field. Work
men of every trade and clime, on to the
fray. Gould and his monopolies must
go down, or your children must be slaves.
Think of the little olive plants around
your hearthstones, that will be blighted
by his curse. Think of the little homes
he is seeking to rob you of. Think of
the wife, from whose eyes he has wrung
floods of tsars, and from whose heart he
has tortured drops of blood. Who can
look calmlv at his perfidy, his outrages,
his crimes? for he has sought to incite
felony among our rank and file; he has
brought the perfidy of vile men to entrap
the unwary, that he might stain our fair
name, gloat over our misfortunes.
"Once for all fellow workmen, arouse!
let everv hand that toils, be lifted to
heaven, and swear by Him that lives for
ever, that these outrages must close.
Let every heart and brow be turned to
ward our common foe, and let no man
grow weary until, like Goliath, our giant
is dead at our feet.
'By order of the executive boards of
district assemblies 101, 93 and 17.
Do not fail to see how cheap yon can
buy boots and shoes at Jas. Martin's.
EFFECT OK THE ORDER.
St. Louis, April C The effect of the
order of the general executive board, de
claring the strike continued, has had some
influence upon the business of the Bridge
and Tunnel company. Several men wh
had gone to work upon the bridge, struck
last night, and others failed to report for
duty this morning.
At the union depot also, the number of
employes has been lessened by those who
have quit work, unwilling to occupy posi
tions, while the Knights of Labor griev
ances still remain unsettled.
No serious difficulty, however, is exper
ienced in making or starting out freight
trains, and officials declare confidence in
their ability to employ new men to take
the places of the strikers.
The nsual number of freight trains on
the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain
railroads started out this morning, and
although several of the new switchmen have
been prevailed upon to give up their posi
tions, no tronble has been encountered in
moving trains.
Honesty is the best policy in medicine
as well as in other things. Ayer's Sarsa
parilla is a genuine preparation, an un
equalled spring medicine and blood puri
fier, decidedly superior to all others on
the market. Trial proves it.
NOTES OX THE STKIKE.
' St. Louts, April 6. Noon. After the
departuin last night of Seoretary Turner,
of the general executive board, the
Knights of Labor on the principal strike
centers oh the Gonld southwestern sys
tem, and the remaining members of the
committee, annonnoed the unanimous de
termination of the board to continue the
present strike nntil an arrangement can
be made with Col. Hoxie restoring all
strikers to their former positions, with
the exception only of those who partici
pated in acts of violence and destruction
of property since the strike began.
This is a decided advance from the po
sition they held Saturday before their
conference with Mr. Hoxie. They were
then willing to assent to an agreement
which would restore strikers to those posi
tions not then occupied by new men, but
now, Mr. Hoxie's refusal to accept even
those, has deprived them, they say, of the
least hope of reconciliation under the
present circumstances.
i HANDLING FREIGHT.
, St. Louts, April G. The election is in
progress in East St. Louis.
The railroads are handling freight in
large quantities ;despite the small force of
armed men engaged on the bridge and
at the union depot. Several freight trains
have passed over the river.
At the several depots in East St. Louis
numerous freight trains have arrived and
been unloaded by new men, the number
Of whom, the officials claim, is large
enough to handle all their business.
I The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
twitch engineers, who struck yesterday,
returned to work again to-day, and have
keen running their engines all morning,
f he Chicago, Burlington & Quincy strik
ing switchmen also returned to work this
morning, but by request of tho Knights
of Labor struck again soon afterwards.
WARRANTS FOR STRIKERS.
, St. Louis, April 7. Warrants wore
served out to-day for the arrest of eight
strikers, upon a charge of obstructing the
railroad tracks and assault and battery
upon the employes of the road while at
tempting to start a freight train out of
this city. Bond will be given in all cases.
Fifteen cases against Knights of Labor
are set for hearing to-day in the court of
criminal correction. The charges in these
oaseB were similar to those above. The
trial of these cases was postponed for a
week, to allow more time for evidence. In
the case of Pat J. Prouty, a Knight of
Labor arrested for resisting the efforts of
Police Sergeant Kelly to remove him from
the railroad traok after the injunction re
straining strikers from entering upon the
company's property had been granted,
the iurv returned a verdict of not
guilty.
CHIEF ARTHUR,
St. Louis, April C P. M. Arthur, chief
engineer of the Brotherhood of Engineers,
arrived here laBt night. The object of
his visit is not known, but it is beleved he
will hold a conference with the engineers,
while he is here, relating to the present
strike.
FIRE AT LACROSSE.
Laobossk, Wis., April G. One f the
most disast-ouB conflagrations that ever
visited here broke out at 10 o'clock this
morning in John Paul's mill, and swept
south destroying several mills and several
thousand feet of lumber belonging to Mr,
Paul. Thence it swept to the yards and
mill of C. H. Coleman, destroying every
thing to the river bank, for two blocks
southward. The loss up to noon is esti
mated at 250,0()0.
The flames are still blazing from one
pile to another, despite the efforts of the
entire fire department, all steamers
brought into servico, and all power that
could be obtained from mill pumps, city
water works and local hydrants. The fire
originated from sparks from a mill stack
or from a furnace, and in an instant the
blaze grew into a roaring conflagration.
3:10 p. m. The fire was brought under
control, at 2 o'clock with the help of
the Winona and Sparta fire departments.
The total area burned over is five blocks
long, and a block and a holf wide. Eight
dwelling houses were burned, besides mills
and lumber. The total Iosb is placed at
from $500,000 to $1,000,000; only half
insured. One thousand men are thrown
out of employment.
THere was no staying the progress of
the flames, which jumped to great piles of
lumber and in an hour made a seething
sea of fire, against the heat of whioh no
fireman could stand. The wind was blow
ing fresh from the north. At noon the
situation - had become appalling, the
flames still moving Bteadily southwest.and
all efforts to stop the flames at Coleman's
mill proved futile. The immense struo
ture was soon a mass of fire. The great
mill adjoining also caught and the adjoin
inir property was threatened. The work
men and tire department tneniurneu tneir
attention toward Cbbs street, where a
force of men were set to work to tear
down the lumber piles so that the flames
might be stopped there. All hope or sav
ing the immediate property was aban
doned. A train of thirteen box cars, be
longing to the Milwaukee fe St. Paul road,
was threatened and eight of them con
sumed. At 1 o'clock p. m. it was evident the
fire was gaining on the men.
At 2 p. m. it was evident that the large
factory of Segelke, Kehlhaus fe Co. was
doomed. The blaze broke out in the store
house of the sash factory on Second street,
causing a complete flame of fire for one
block in length. From the store house
and sheds the buildings burned with light
ning rapidity, and people on the east side
of Second street began moving out. The
heat became so intense on Second street,
from Cass street, south, that people
were driven from that quarter. From
the vicinity the flames and smoke
leaped in all directions. The scene
was not only awful in appearance, but
errand in magnitude and extent. Thous
ands of bundles of shingles, window,
sashes, etc., were saved from Segeriw
Kohlhaus & Co.'s warerooms. At 2 o'clock
the work of tearing down the lumber of
J. Vinent was commenced, in the hope of
checking the rapid progress of the fire,
the flames gaining control of a large ware
house on Cass street and progressed rapid
ly, despite the work of the firemen and
hundreds of citizens, who worked hard
and faithfully. It soon became evident
that the buildings on Cass street as well as
those on Second street were doomed.
Call and see our gents' French calf custom-made
boots; only $3.50 at Jan. Martin's.
FORTWORTH.
THE MILITARY LEAVE THE
PEOPLE STILL FEAR
LAWLESSNESS.
CONFERENCE BETWEEN KNIGHTS
AND CITIZENS- REMARKS Br
GOVERNOR IRELAND.
Special Telegram to The Statesman.
Fobt Worth, April 6. Last night there
was a conference between the oitizens and
representatives of the Knights of Labor.
Mayor Smith said the citizens desired to
know how far the leaders of the Knights
of Labor could control their followers.
J. H. Jackson, state lecturer of the
Knights of Labor, Baid the organization
did not endorse lawlessness. He had
counseled and pleaded with the men to be
censervative. If he should see any man
displacing a rail, burning a bridge, or re
sorting to any other means leading to the
destruction of life, he would readily assist
in hanging him.
Governor Ireland, who was present, said
the quarrel between the Knights of Labor
and the railroads did not concern the
state. The lawlessness existing here was
the matter with which the state had to
deal. Every order had among its mem
bers a heap of bad men, and would not
undertake to become responsible for
them. The Knights of Labor made a
great mistake in permitting a man in
another state to order men iu Texas to
quit work, who struck without being able
to give any reason except that they bad
been ordered out. He did not believe the
Knights of Labor sanctioned lawlessness.
An effort is on foot, by means of writs
of habeas corpus, to effect the release of
District Master Workman Lovin, of as
sembly No. 101; Ed. Ashan, the driver of
the express wagon, and Arthur Kofh, ar
rested for complicity in Saturday's kill
ing. Their cases will come up Friday.
Last night the Grayson Rifles and
Decatur Guards left for home, and the
last oompany of troops left at 1:80 this
afternoon. All the protection the city
now has outside of the local officers is the
two companies of rangers. They will re
main here until tne authorities are satis
fied there is no further necessity for them.
Their accoutrements and horses have been
sent for and will arrive to-morrow. The
leaving of the troops is not relished by
the people, and fears are expressed that
the fact will stimulate the unruly element
among the strikers to further interference
with the running of trains. There is no
clue as to the whereabouts of the men who
made the attack on the train.
The Knights of Labor in union meet
ing, to-day adopted the following: '
Resolved, That we, members, of the
Knights of Labor, comprising, with our
families, at least 1,200 of the population
of Fort Worth, and including some of the
largest property owners of the city, are,
first of all, law abiding citizens, and in
dignantly repel any intimation to the
contrary with scorn and contempt.
Resolved, That we condemn all aots of
lawle snoss or violenoe from any source
whatever, whether by Knights, other citi
zens or officers of the law, and that we de
mand the removal by our authorities of all
officers, or persons commissioned as snoh,
who have not themselves a law-abiding
character, or who in any manner violate
the laws of their country.
T. L. Rowland and Win. Lee, who were
arrested Beveral days ago and lodged in
jail on account of their connection with
the strike,, were brought before Judge
Beckham on a writ of habeas corpus, and
after a hearing of the same, were dis
charged. Rowland was immediately re
arrested on a charge of unlawfully carry
ing arms, and was plaoed under bond to
answer in the county court. Trains have
been leaving the union depot all through
the day, north and south, on the Missouri
Pacific, guarded well, and no trouble has
been reported at any point along the line.
There is no collection of people about the
depots, but this may be attributed to the
fact of the election being held in tho city
to-day. The Knights of Labor did not
vote solidly to- ay, they were split up.
The alleged dynamite whioh caused so
much excitement tnrns out to have been
nothing more than a package of giant
powder used for blasting purposes.
GALVESTON.
MATTERS AND THINGS IN THE
ISLAND CITY.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Galveston, April 6. It seems as though
Galveston is in some danger of losing her
right to the distinctive title of "Oleander
City," as the discovery is made that Jack
Frost has played havoc among that ever
blooming shrub.
Ajderman Albert' Weis has raised several
hundred dollars among the business
houses of this city for Key West suffer
ers by the fire.' Galveston has not for
gotten the harvest of gold that poured
into her fire sufferers lust winter, and the
promptness with which subscriptions are
made for Key West bespeaks the common
gratitude that is felt.
J. H. Young, at one time chief of the
delivery department in the Galveston
postoffice, was acquitted in the United
States court to-day of the charge
of opening and purloining letters.
This is the second and last indictment
against Mr. Young, he having successfully
met both before the court. He was ar
rested about a year ago in Houston, while
attempting to leave the state.
Walter Clayton, ticket collector for the
city street railway company, while taking
a a uiet snooze last evening in the Uhrig
Cave saloon, was deftly robbed of a satch
el containing $47 in small change. No
clue to the thief. Clayton is said to be a
victim of the morphine habit, which ao
1. counts for his slumber in such a place.
POND'S EXTRACT. Experience
serves to show its range and power. Try
it for any soreness, pain or lameness, ex
ternal or internal.
FORT WORTH ELECTION.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Fobt Wobth, April 6. As the returns
from to-day's eleotion come in, it is
learned that every alderman elected is
Knight of Labor. Broiles is elected
mayor by a fair majority. He is not
Knight of Labor, but is looked npon as
sympathizer with the Knights of Labor.
A meeting of citizens and Knights of La-
bor was held to-night, at which inoondiary
speeches were made by the latter, as to
day's eleotion has turned their heads.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That we, the citizens' com
mittee and committee of Knights of La
bor in nnion meeting assembled, do here
by pledge ourselves to support and sus
tain the enforcement of the law in every
particular, and the protection of all per
sons and corporations in our city nnd
county in the legal exercise of all their
rights of person and property.
SUICIDE AT BROWNSVILLE. '
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Bbownrviixb, April 6. At 4.0 this
morning Lucio Bonis, proprietor of the
Anaqnitas grocery, borrowed an, old per
cussion cap revolver, and walked in front
of his Btore and placing the muzzle to his
forehead blew out his brains. Cause, des
pondency, occasioned by bad health.
Last night, in a quarrel, Octaviano
Flores was stabbed and iustsntly killed by
Pancho Navarral. The slayer was ar
rested, but broke away from tho officers
and escaped.
SCOTT'S EMULSION
Of
pure Cod Liiver Oil, with Hypophos-
phites, very palatable and increases flesh.
Dr. F. H. Clement, Brighton, 111., Bays:
"Scott's Emulsion is the best I have ever
prescribed. It is very palatable, easily
assimilated, and gives strength and flosb
to the patient."
AT HELTON.
Special Telegram to 1 lie Stutfwman.
Belton, April 7. The city eleotion
passed off quietly to-day. There were
over 600 votes polled, which was consider
ed a full vote. J. f. Soiiles was elected
oity attorney; Heuro Karnes, marshal; L.
W. Alberton, assessor and oollector; A. M.
Hanna, treasurer, and 11.0. Surghuor, sec
retary. Three aldermen and three qohool
trustees were electod. The free sohool
tax was continued by a large majority.
AT COUSICANA. .
Special Telegram to tho Statesman.
Coehicana, April G. Our municipal
eleotion passed oil quietly, resulting in
R. S. Neblett, esq., the preseut encum
bent, defeating his opponent, C. L. Cal
houn, by a vote of four to one. Dr. 8. W.
Johnson was electod alderman in the Third
ward, R. F. Coleman, In tho Second, and
S. D. Curtis, in the First ward.
ELECTION AT MORGAN
Special Telegram to thn StatuMiian.
Moiioan, Texas, April 6. The city elec
tion to-day passed off very quietly, and a -small
vote was polled. The successful
candidates are as follows: J. W. Gilpin,
mayor; Jay White, marshal; and Messrs.
Frazier, Pasohall, Suodgrass, Peterson
and McKay, aldermen.
' AT. PL A NO.
Special Tulerram to the Statcsmau.
Plano, April 6. The election here to
day passed off quietly. A full vote was
polled. W. B. Blalock was elected mnyor;
John W. Rowland, marshal; J. T. Kon
driok, T. R. Ball, John Zeal, W. H. Chan
dler, and J. R. Fouche, aldermen.
AT TYLER , .
Special Telegram to tl.o.Slatemiinii
Ttlkb, April 6. The city election pns.
ed off quietly to-day, resulting . in tin
ohoioe of Phil M. Wngaer for marshal,
W. G. Hermon for treasurer, II. Berquo
hart for seoretary, R. J. House for oity
attorney And R. 1'. Revlere for assessor
and collector.
AT PALESTINE.
Special Telegram to Thn StnU-i-niaa.
Palestine, April G. Seventy-seven men
were at work in the shops to-day, inulud'
ing twenty-eight strikers, and other will
go to work to-morrow.
The' oity election passed off quietly.
For city marshal Chris. Rogers received
407 votes, and E. Kersh 81'J. . Daa Egbert,
for seoretary and collector, and S. U. Mo
Means, for city attorney, rfre both elected
by large majorities. O. M. Dilley was
elected alderman iu the Third ward; B. J.
Anderson, Second ward; V. S. Swift, First
ward.
NEGUO ASSASSINATED.
Special Teloirram to the Statesman.
San Antonio, April t5.--Sandy Arm
strong, a quiet and very peaceable ool
ored man, was assassinated at Blanco last
night by an unknown person or persons.
Gents, attention! Just received, an
extra fine line of summor shoes, very
cheap, at Jas. Martin's.
DRILL AT SEA.
Penbaoola, Fla., April G. The weather
to-day was fine, aud the north Atlantic
squadron commenced the drill at sea, off
Santa Rosa island, at 3 o'clock. The ex
ercises included pruotioe with shot and
shell from great guns, steam tactics
and torpedo praotice. The Brooklyn
firing was especially good, and the naval
sight . was witnessed by crowds on the
pleasure boats and the spectators iron
Santa Rosa island with intense interest.
The sea drill will continue several days
before' commencing lnsiue exercises aud
landing of naval brigade.
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