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2sT __ ' VYHEELINGrwrYA., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST^ 189-2. • N0‘ ^
Shown by the Leaders and Managers
of the Buffalo Strike.
TEE FIRST PAY OF THE BIG FAIR
Chosen for the Stoppage of All
Work—Hundreds of Excursion
Trains to be Handled in the
Buffalo Yards, and None but
Green Men, and Very Few of
Them, to Do the Work—The
Militia on the Ground-Serious
Apprehension Felt by All Con
cerned.
Buffalo, N. Y., August IS.—1:50 a. m.—
The Lake Shore switchmen have just quit
A pang of them were seen and said they
had been ordered out and that the Laeka
wanna switchmen will foUotv them in less
than half an hour.
Seven switch engines in the South Buf
falo yards usually working at this hour,
are idle.
A telephone message from the Eleventh
Precinct states the men in East Buffalo
Lake Shore yards are also out.
This is confirmed by other railroad
men.
“Buffalo, N. Y., August 17.—2 a. m.—
At miduight a conference between Briga
dler General Do vie. Mayor Bishop, Sheri
Beck, Superintendent of Police Morgeu
6tern, Walter Webb, Daniel K. McMillan,
W. S. Bissell and E. C. Sprague, on behalf
of the railroads, and several citizens, re
sulted in agreeing to send tbe following
telegram to the Governor:
Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. Is.—To Hon. R-1 .
Flower, Executive Mansion, Albany,N.Y.:
“We have become satisfied that tho situa
tion here m Buffalo uuder the
pending strike has become so seri
ous that we ask that the National Grand of
the State be called out to protect the lives
and property of citizens of this city and
county. August Beck, Sheriff,
Chas. F. Bishop, Mayor.
This dispatch has aeon wired aud a reply
Is awaited.
Buffalo, N. Y., August 17.—This Is
to-day a freight beleaguered town.
The pulse of railroad commercial
business has stopped and the wheels of
busiuess are clogged and clotted with
accumulated aud accumulating freights.
People who assume familiarty with
the symptoms of great strike move
ments are grave of manner and speech.
They snake their heads and smile in a
wearily derisive sort of fashion when
some sanguine person announces that
the strike will be short-lived.
Tbe fact is, with the strike of the
New York Central men at midnight,
tho forces of the workmen are now ouly
just enlisted. They have really yet to
Jje^ixawo up In line so that they theui
* selves, as well as their opponents, may
see their size aDd shape. The develop
ment of strength is probably yet
to come. It will bo recalled
that the Central men struck and were
defeated two years ago. Anybody who
knows anything about labor movements
does not need to be told that the Central
switchmen would not go into another
8trikesoon without thero being a con
certed plan arrauged and a determina
tion to tight a pitched battle for
supremacy.
The men have driven the wedge at
the most critical period, and whoever is
responsible for the movement has
shown generalship of no mean order. It
Is the opening day of the fair, and
every 1 road coming into the l nion
depot had from one to live special ex
cursion trains scheduled for the day.
It requires flue switch engines to make
up tho passenger trains in the Exhange
street strtlon uuder ordinary circum
stances and on an occasion like the
present, twice that number would be
required to handle the business.
Down in tbe great yards four miles
away tbe idlers are thick. They per
colate the long lines of cars, in and out,
through and back, seeing all they can,
learning all they may. The troops
are stationed along the tracks
of the’ various lines. They are
not yet accustomed to the duty
and the feeling of nervous apprehen
sion lest they may be obliged suddenly
to kill men has not yet worn away.
Their faces are earnest and where the
crowds are thick, white and deter
mined. On the great coal trestles and
on the tops of cars are strikers and oth
ers kept their lookout aud pass their
olonulil
Later in the afternoon. Master Workman
Sweeney, of the Switchmen, in an inter
view, made some serious allegations. Said
he:
“You may say that the switchmen are
not only not to blame for the acts of dis
order that hare been committed but that
they have not sanctioned them in any way.
The best proof of this is there has beeu
none of them arrested on any such charges.
“There is a great deal under the surface
In this matter which it would surprise you
to learn. You are aware that the Reading
and Erie systems and their dependencies
• are highly unpopular among the working
classes because of their treatment of their
men.
“They treated their men like dogs, and
-*■ McLeod, the President of the road, even
declined to see the committee of the organ
ization which went to see him. He
was asked to give only so much
as live minutes, but declined, a
“When the first of this strike came, it
became necessary somehow or other to
divert public s> mpathy from the strikers.
Railroad lawyers and* railroad managers
are no fools, sad they devised means by
which they get the sympathy and put the
strikers in the hole. The strikers did not
set these cars on fire Sunday morning.”
“Do you mean to insinuate these roads
had these cars set on fire—burned their
own property!.” was asked, aud Mr.
Sweeney said:
“I have heard just the rumor going
about, nothing less. It is well known that
the cars burned were condemned, aban
doned old hulks shunted onto grass grown
sidings out in Cheektowaca, and left there
to rot. We can furnish evidence that they
were abandoned and valueless old cars.”
“What is the attitude of your organizaj
tion and its Buffalo members toward the
militia—arc they friends or foes'”
“Friends,” replied the Master Workman
promptly.
“Will you aid rather than hinder the
militia in their efforts to protect property!”
“We shall aid them in any way the offi
cers may suggest. We are not thugs, but
well disposed people, who want to gain
their ends by peaceable and not riotous
means. The Buffalo members are too will
known to do any overt aets and not be ap
prehended.”
“Do you look for success in this Switch
men’s Association movement!”
“I expect it will succeed,” was the re
ply. “We will succeed In the proper way
too: by not working and letting the roads
learu oy experience that they cannot get
competent men to till our places.”
Vice President Webb, of the New York
Central, said: “Thesituation resolves in
to this—We cau run this road now this
minute with the meu we have at our dis
posal if wo can guarantee them protection
in the discharge of their duties. The
State of New York must do that at once.
We are in no trouble whatever for men.
All we want is soldiers to prevent the men
being killed or injured at their posts. As
i soou as there are soldiers enough, we will
have switchmen and other help in abun
| dance. The New York Central, as I said,
will run its rouu its own way.”
“You don't consider the present military
fj rceequAl to the situation!”
“No, 1 do not. More soldiersarerequired
to assure the men whom we expect to pvt
at work absolute safety.”
“Have you had any intimation that tl e
firemen on vour voad intend to strike!”
‘•No. I have not I am not looking for
anything of that kind.’’
“Have vou been waited on by Grand
Master Sargeant. of the Brotherhood, or
by the committee!”
“No, I have not.”
Although tho troops are more comfort
able to-day than yesterday, thoy are com
plaining bitterly because ibe railroads do
not send passenger coaches out for shelter.
They are forced to lie down on tho ground
and not having sufficient blankets, it is
very hazardous to health. General Doyle
said this forenoon:
“We are making all possible provision
; for shelter. A large number of tents have
been ordered from New York, and we ex
| peet them to-day.”
It was u busy day for General Doyle and
his staff, for tho arriving troops had to be
placed to the best advantage. When all
was clone the railroad property that might
; be jeopardized by the rioters was thor
I oughiy Datroled 'and protected.
The blue coats aud gleaming bayonets of
tho soldiers could be seen everywhere.
The strike on the Central has increased
1 the work of the military as its property
has also to be guarded.
A strong guard now keeps Queen street
i! in .:i the Lackawanna trestle north.
Theloater3 who used to congt ‘ate on
the trestle over the heads of tho soldiers
i have been driven off, and it is to-uight
1 occupied by the signal corps of the 74ib.
who are employed in transmitting orders
to and from headquarters from the high
; point of vantage.
j Ail day long the Buffalo Creek road did
not move a car. Tho Lehigh people would
i not attempt any work.
The Lehigh yardmaster said to-morrow
morning men were to go to work in the
switchmen's places. A full company of
th" military was sent to the Lehigh yards
to-night.
Flat, or “gondola” cars are being pre
pared with fixed benches running length
w : ie the cars. These benches will be oc
i cupled by sharp shooters and one of
these cars is to be hooked to the cow
catcher or buffer of each switching engine.
Thus the crews will be constantly under
j ready guurd.
IN THE MORNING
.
The Buffalo Railroad Switchman’s Strike Causes
Great Annoyance—Fast Freight Lines Tied Up
With Taousands of Dollars Worth of Valuable
j a: 1 Perishable Freight on the Side Tracks—The
Fair Excursions Cause Much Trouble.
Bvt*rxi.o, N. Y., August 17.—The
situatiou here this morning in the great
railroad strike is uot encouraging. The
i Central switchmen having joined the
strike makes it much more formidable,
and the Central yards this morning
w re under picket guards. It is feared
that the strike will now spread to the
oilier Vanderbilt lines, the West Shoro
and Lake Shore roads. Brig. Gen.
Doyle's orders will result in concen
trating the entire Fourth Hrigade heie
i today, and they will all be needed, as
the strike covers several miles of terri
tory. The bulk of the soldiers
; are in the Big Cheektowaga
, yards outside of the city limits. The
State Board of Arbitration are here and
will make every effort in their power
I with the railroad companies and the
men for a settlement of the strike.
Manley C. Green, justlceof the supreme
i court at Buffalo, impressed by the grav
ity of the situation among the striking
switchmen, has ordered out the entire
fourth brigade of the New York State
mtiitia, con -ting of two thousand men
in separate companies, and one battery
I VJi 41 UMUI J •
Before going down into the yard this
morning General Superintendent Voor
1 hoes, of the Central, in a talk with an
Associated Press correspondent, was
I asked how many of the Central men
1 were out. “There are about 130 men
in ail.”
“What do the strikers demand?
, fewer hours or increased wages?”
“That’s just what Pd like you to make
I clear to the public through tho press.
It is purely a striko for increased pay.
The pretension of the men that they
j want fewer hours is all humbug. They
have worked in the past eleven hours
a day actual work aud they expect to
coullnue that way but they wanted
j thoir hourly compensation increased by
; an amount which is practically 10 per
ceut. It i>, as I iaid before, a strike
fur increased pay. The men have never
j before made tne sligntest objection to
j the number of hours they work.”
“ They made a formal demand first.”
“Yes, The night force came to us on
Tuesday at noon and made the same de
[ maud as has been made on the other
; roads.
“They belong to the Switchmen's
| I nlou and I suppose they imide up their
i minds to do as other union men did.
■ Their demand was refused. The men
! employed on the road to Buffalo have
I beeu receiving more pay than any other
i men performing like service on this
road iu the State of New York, and we
! decide not to grant their demand.”
“Do you anticipate much trouble as a
result of these men going out?”
••No. There has been no demonstra
tion as yet, and no delay of trains. I
shall not worry about it.”
“Do you know whether there is any
perishable freight at present in the
yards?”
“Yes, 1 know that there is none. In
this respect we are in very good shape.”
“Do you expect any difficulty in get- j
ting meu to take the strikers’ places?*
“No, not if we are given protection i
by the authorities."
Asked whether the fact that the West
Shore has been carrying freight
transferred from the Erie had
anything to do with prompting
the Central’s men to go out, Mr. Yoor- j
hees sa d he did not think it had. “We
are obliged to handle whatever freight
is brought to us,” said he. “The New
York Central’s yards In this city passed
through a strike two years ago. The
company defeated the men, filling the
\ards with non-union workmen. It was
r. t believed that the anion could agaiu
get a strong hold iu the yards, but com*
miuees were working for several
l /
months preparing for a strike. A vote
takeu in the yards a week ago resulted
in three-fourths of the men
agreeing to strike for the ten-hour sys
tem if necessary. The action of last
night was the result of the ballot. The
compauy employs about twenty-five
i day engines aud something over a dozen
’ uight engiues, each having a switching
! crew of three meD, besides the engi
! neers and switchmen, making a total of
about 125 men in switching service in
i the yards. This is nearly as many men
: as went out in the strike on the Lehigh
i Valley, Erie and Buffalo Creek roads,
taus doubling the number of men out.”
The Western New York and Penn
• sylvania have not been in the strike
! from the start and the situation in the
t Erie is unchanged. Its men are still
out. The day force on the Central are
out as well as the night men. The sit
uation is Tar/ grave on the great four
track thoroughfare this morning. It is
the opening day of the fair and every
toad coming into the Unioa depot
has from . 10 to 15 excur
sion trains. The strike of
the switchmen has taken experienced
men out of the depot. Pick-up men of
little or no experieuce are*attempting to
keep the large train shed clear for pas
senger trains this morning.
At one o’clock a partial block had
been formed and trains were held from
ten to twenty minutes east of Michigan
street before getting into the depot.
The prospects for this afternoon and
evening, when the large crowd who are
in attendance at the fair propose to re
turn home Is very alarming. The day
shift of West Shore switchmen worked
about an hour this morning; theu drop
ped everything right where it stood.
Their demands are similar to the de
mands of the Central men. The night
■ shift without doubt will refuse to work
| to-night. Depot Master Fitzgerald, of
i the Crntral, said this morning that he
was making up trains aud despatching
them on time. General Manager Hal
stead, of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, has issued imperative or
ders that no freight shall be received
from any of the tied up roads. The or
der also instructs agents at all junction
points not to accept any freight that
has been diverted from the Central,
Erie or Lehigh Valley roads. The fast
freight lines are probably the greatest
sufferers by the strike. Thousands of
dollars worth of perishable goods are
standing on the side tracks of the sev
eral lines and nothing can be done to
ward forwarding them.
IT must stoi*.
Governor Flower Spent* HI* Mind Con
cerning thcBlotoas Proceeding* at Buf
falo. •
Albany, N. Y., August 17.—Gover
nor Flower arrived here at 1:20 a. m.
Ho was met at the depot b7 Adjutant
General Porter. The Governor said he |
had not been summoned to Albany by ;
any recent communication but thought I
he ought to bo here. General Porter
told him he had just received word from
General Doyle that he had ordered out
the whole of bis brigade on the requisi
tion of the sheriff. The Governor re
plied:—“Well, the sheriff has had ail
the troops he has asked for, thus far,
and ho can havo more. If ho needs
more troops he must have them. Wo
must stop this. It must stop.”
Advertising for Nou-l'nlon Switchmen.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 17.—An advertise
ment appeared in the Bostou papers yester
day asking for switchmen and an g31co has
been opened on Washington street to re
ceive applications. Tbe men are wanted
to take the place of the strikers on the
Lehigh Valley and Erie roads at Buffalo,
and tbev are offered $<>0 par month, twelve
hours per day for day work and f6."» per
month for the same time on night work.
Begin Prosecutions at Once.
Pmi.AOELPniA, Aug. 17.—President Mc
Leod, of the Heading railroad issued orders
to all the counsel of the company at var
ious points along the line to begin legal
proceedings at ouce for punishment with
out fear or favor of the men who bad boon
detected in destroying tne property of me
company.
YESTERDAY'S BASE BALL GAMES.
At Louisville, Louisville won by good
all-round work. Clausen and Keefe pitch
ed great ball. Attendance 1,489. Louis
ville 3; Philadelphia2; earned runs, Louis
ville 1; hits, 0 earn; errors. 2 each; pitch
ers, Clausen and Keefe; umpire, McQunid.
At Pittsburg, the home team won a close
game from the Washingtons, Wilson, a lo
cal man, umpired excellently. Attendance
1.330. Washington 1; Pitts'burg 3; earned
runs, Pittsburg 2; errors, 2 and J; hits. 7
and 5; pitchers, Killeiu and Baldwin; um
pire Wilson.
At Cincinnati, the New Yorks had all
the fun with tho home twirlers to-day.
Cincinnati 7; New York 13; errors, 0 and
1; hits, 9 and 18; pitchers, Khines, Sullivan
ar.d Rusie; umpire Lynch.
At Cleveland, the homo team pounded
Staiev hard and won with ease. Attend
ance,*2,700; Cleveland 10, Boston 5: earned,
5 and 0; errors, 1 and 5; hits, 13 and 9;
pitchers, Cuppv and Staley; umpire, Ems
lie.
At Chicago, the Colts did not hit Cobb,
while the visitors batted Luby very hard.
Attendance, tVOO: Chicago 4, Baltimore 9;
earned,4 each; errors, Chicago 2; bits. 9
and 12; pitchers, Luby and Cobb; umpire,
Snyder.
At St. Louis, the Brooklvna bad another
walk-over, defeating St. Louis with ease.
St Louis 3, Brooklyn 11; earned, Brook
lyn 8; errors, 12 and 3; hits, 3 and 11;
pitchers, Hawley and Kennedy; umpire,
Barnie.____
A. G. Gltttn Nominated.
Sptria'. Tfltpram to thf Ktcu:tr.
Elkins, W. Va., August 17.—At tho Re
publican Senatorial convention held here
to-day, A. G. Giffln, of Upshur couutv,
was nominated by acclamation. A. H.
Winchester, in seconding the nomination,
said ao knew Mr. Giffln was like Mr. Davis,
their candidate for Governor; he did not
know enough to decline. »
Blount Has Decided to Quit.
Indian Springs, Ga., August 17.—It is
stated that James H. Blount, chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Relations in the
present House of Representatives, will net
be a member of the next House. After a
service of twenty years in that body he has
decided to quit congressional life. The
convention to nominate his successor meets
here to-day. __
Off on a I'tailing Trip.
Sandwich, Mass., August 17.—Grover
Cleveland left his picturesque summer
home at Gray Gables yesterday for a brief
fishing trip on the various ponds in and
about the Indian settlement known as
Washpee. He was accompanied by Joe
Jefferson. R. H. Gilder, editor of the Cen
tury Uagazitit, and Win. H. Crane, the
comedian.
Carnegie’s Money Pent to tha Strikers.
London, August 17.—Mr. Keir Hard
has sent as a contribution to the Home
stead striker's fund the £100 given him by
Mr. C»*negte for his expeuaesin the recent
general election. j
Nancy Hanks Knocks a Second and a
Half Off the Record Made
BY MAUD S. IN 1885 AND HELD BY
Her Till Yesterday Evening—Not
Since the Famous Little Mare,
on July 30, 1885, at Cleveland,
Ohio, Knocked the Bottom Out
of All Previous Performances
and Established Herself Queen
of the Turf, Has There Been
Such a Scene—But Maud Must
Now Do Better Than She Prob
ably Ever Will, or Her Title is
Gone. *•
Caicago, August 17—Maud S Is no
longer queen of the trotting turf.
The proud position which the daugh
ter of Harold has held so long hat been
wrested from her and Nancy Hanks
reigns In her stead.
This afternoon at Washington Park,
In the presence of 10,000 spectators,
Budd Doble drove his beautiful mare to
beat her record of 2:09. bhe not only
beat her own record, but lowered the
world’s trotting record from 2:08%, tho
time of Maud S., to 2.07%,
The day was an ideal day for trotting.
At 4 o’clock she was out and went por
tions of the track at a 2:20 clip. She
was warmly greeted, and after jogging
a mile she went to the stable and was
rubbed down preparatory to her trial
heat at 5 o’clock.
Punctual to the minuite, Dome arove
her out. She was without boots or
trappings of any sort and was bitched
to one of the new sulkies with ball
bearings and pneumatic tires.
I)oblo drove hero back to the sixteenth
polo and then came down at a smashing
gait. Starr, behind Abo Lincoln, the
running mate, was waiting for him.
Starter Walker had his eyes on Doble’s
face, watching to sec if he wanted the
word. Just as the mare shot beneath
the wire, Doble shook his head.
Back to the distance flag this time,
and at a gentle trot, which increased
rapidly as she drew near the wire, a nod
from Doble and “go” flashed from
Walker’s lips as the mare shot like an
arrow toward the turn. There was work
for Abe Lincoln now, and for the first
sixteenth of a mile he lost ground stead
ily. Then Starr urged him on aud he
was on Nancy’s wheel at the quarter.
There was not a sound in the dejujely
packed graud stand as the maro^lew
past the quarter pole io 311 -i; a 2:06
gait. She started along the back
stretch, trotting as true as a die, head
well up, her feet striking the ground
with the regularity of a pendulum, the
crowd began to murmur “she’ll never
do it; nevor in the world,” but the old
timers outlined Doble’s gray jacket
against the picket fence beyond him,
and as he passed them so rapidly that
they seemed to be going btakward they
held their breath and said nothing.
As the mare, still keeping up her
beautiful gait, went by the haif mile
pole in 1.03%, a man in front of the
grand stand called, “1:04 at the half.”
A mighty yell went up from the crowd.
Not a sound was heard as she moved
past the three-quarter pole and moved
into the home-stretch.
Abo Lincoln, under the whip, moved
up to Nancy’s throat-latch. Doble
spoke gently to her, and her feet flew
faster than the eye could distinguish
them.
“She’ll do it, she’ll do It, by God,”
yelled an Irrepressible, and there was a
faint yell as the fastest quartette of pat
tering iioofs ever heard on a trotting
track swept under the wire. There was
a moments pause, a hasty consulting of
watches and then au umbrella went
sailing into the air from near the grand
stand. It was accompanied by loud
lunged howls and then bedlam broke
loose.
Khaura w-Mr-h went lin told
Poble, even before he had slowed up,
that the rebord was broken, and as he
came back to the judge’s stand his face
was covered with a smile as wide as the
visor of his cap.
The official time for the mile was as
honest. a mile as was ever trotted, and
is: :31#, 1:03#, 1:36#, 2:07#.
The last quarter was trotted in 30#
seconds.
Nancy Hanks, the queen of the trot
ting turf. Is a bay mare, six years old,
15# hands high. She was sired by
Happy Medium out of a Dictator mare
Over the gateway of the Cleveland.Ohio,
Driving Park hangs one of the shoes won
by Maud S. wnen she made her record
there in 1SS5. ... .
To-night President W heeler, of the
Washington Park Club, wired President
Edwards, of the Cleveland Driving Park:
“Take down your shoe. We head the
record now.”___
NEWS FROM THE RACE TRACKS.
At Saratoga, the weather was warm and
there was an average attendance, t irst,
three-quarters mile."Hally won; time Eld.
Second, five furlongs, Lisbon Maid won;
time 1:03. Third, 1# miles. Revolt won;
time 2:37#. Fourth, one mile, Strath
meath won; time 1:41#. Fifth, steeple
chase, short course, Sam Corey won; time
4:10 , w
At Brighton Beach race track the weatn
e- was fair, the track fast, and attendance
large. First, five furlongs. Zenobia won;
time, 1:03. Second, five furlongs, Mar
guerite won: time, 1:04#. Third, seven
furlongs. Arnica won: time. 1:31. Fourth,
six and one-haif furlongs,Chesapeake won;
time, 1:22#. Fifth, ODe mile, Jack Hose
won; time, 1:43. Sixth, mile and a six
teenth, Kirkover won; time, 1:05#.
The “Pont” Calls It a Crisis.
London, August 17.—The Post says: It
is impossible to read the accounts of labor
troubles in America, without feeling the
gravity of the crisis through which the
great American republic is passing. The
moral should be laid to heart in England,
where the new unionism seems aisposed to
go to exereme lengths if a favorable oppot
tunity presents itself._
McCreery Tired of Chile.
Washington, August 17.—It is said that
Consul McCreery will resign his post at
Valparaiso as soon as the pending investi
gation is closed, for the reason that he is
tirea of life in Chile, and is desirous of re
suming business in the L nited States. He
is said to be confident of a complete vindi
cation of his official conduct.
A Wilty Costumer
went to a drugstore and asked for SOZO
DONT. The storekeeper said, “We're
out of that, but here is something just as
wood.” The practical customer said, “No,
•vou don’t,” walked out to a neighbor
ing storoand got a bottlo-of SQZQDONT.
ENTHUSIASTIC DEMOCRATS.
The Largest Democratic Convention Ever
Held la Michigan—Every thing Harmon
ious and Yiotory in the Air—A I ery
Strong Ticket.
Gkaxd Rapids, Mich., August ^ 17.—
Harmony with a very large sized “H" was
the rnle to-day in the largest Democratic
convention which Michigan ever saw.
The withdrawal of Governor Edwin B.
Winans left smooth sailing in regard to
gubernatorial honors, and there was
scarcely enough rivalry in regard to the
minor "places on the ticket to make the
proceedings interesting.
The speeches made by the temporary and
permanent chairmen were eloquent, and
received great applause. A letter was
read from Governor Wiuaqs, in which he
said that his views on the silver question
were not agreeable to the majority of Dem
ocrats and rather than have a division he
tendered his resignation. Nearly all the
nominations were made by acclamation,
and are as follows:
Governor, Allan B. Morse, of Ionia;
Lieutenant Governor, James 1*. Edwards,
of Houghton; Treasurer, Frederick Mar
vin, of Wayne; Secretary of State, Chas.
F. Marskey, of Saginaw; Auditor Gen
eral, James A. Vannir, ©f Marquette; At
torney General, Adolphus A. Ellis, of j
Ionia; Superintendent of Publio Instruc
tion, Ferris S. Fitch, of Pontiac: Commis
sioner of State Land Office, G. T Shelter,
of Cass; Member State Board of Equali
zation, James A. Burr, of Genessee; Elect
or at Large, eastern district, George B.
Durand, of Gensssee; Elector at Large,
western district, Peter White, of Mar
quette.
The platform after endorsing free silver
says: .
Whereas, Recent labor troubles at
Homestead and elsewhere have caused
great injustice, and
Whereas, This convention desires to
affirm tne Democratic doctrine that all such
disputes should be settled by fair and judi
cial arbitration, therefore bo it
Resolved, That it Is the duly of the State
Legislature to establish a proper tribunal
with power to summon defendants before
it, adjust all disputes, and enforce its
judgments by proper process; that we
pledge the Democrats of the State of
Michigan to the establishment of such a
tribunal when laboring men and labor or
ganizations can have a fuir hearing and
proper'redress.
! The ticket named is univorsallv regard
ed as exceedingly strong. The convention
concluded its labors and to-night the city is
full of enthusiastic Democrats with the
scent of victory in the air, and are ratify
ing the ticket with the boom of cannon.
SOKRIFF LINN CALLED ITO.V
To Diaper** the Morion Comity Miner*
>Vlio are on a .Strike About Fairmont.
Special Telegram to (he Reenter.
Faikmont, W. Va., August 17.—The
miners employed at the Gaston mines,
owned by the Messrs. Watson, have re
fused to join the strike inaugurated at the
Monougah and other mines within the past
two weeks, and it has been one of the chief
efforts of the strikers to induce them to
leave their work. It is held by the men at
the Gaston mines that they had no cause to
strike aud consequently tne efforts of the
strike leaders to induce them to join them
have been unavailing.
This morning when the workmen at the
Gaston mills presented, themsoives as usual
to begin their labor for the day, they were
met by a deputation of 100 miners from the
plauts that are closed. Although no vio
lence or threats were offered, this delega
gation caused some alarm by tbe very
earnost manner In which they argued for
a suspension of work. The Gaston
miner's and the proprietors of
the mine were annoyed by the persistency
of the delegation and a message was sent
to Sheriff Lynn to come with deputies ami
clear the ground and works about the pit
mouth of the intruders.
Sheriff Lvnu hastily summoned several
men and went to the mine where, upon his
requost, the strikers dispersed without
trouble or disputing his authority.
There May lie Bloodshed.
Special Telegram to the Reenter.
Guarlestox, W. Va., August 17.—Green
Farley was shot and killed at his home
near Logan Court House. The fatal shot
camo from a man who was hiding in the
woods near by. Shortly after the shoot
ing Coon Counally was seen leaving the
place and being suspected be was arrested
and lodged in Jail. Whatever may be tbe
result of the Connally trial it is safe to say
that he will never leave Logan county
alive end as this is in the McOoy-Hatfleld
region where they believe in avenging tho
death of one man by killing two others,
the probabilities that there will be consid
erable bloodshed in that region before all
parties are satisfied.
Urowutd la the Kanawha.
Special Telegram to the Reamer.
Charleston, W. Va., August 17.—
James and Will Johnson, aged sixteen and
eleven respectively, sons of W. N. John
son, were drowned at their home a few
miles west of here today. They were bath
ing in the Kanawa river, and getting In
deep water, neither of them being able to
swim, they were drowned before help
could reach them. __
The People’s Party In Ohio.
Massillon, O., August 17.—The Stato
Convention of the People's party met here
this morning with about 250 delegates
uresent, representing but thirty-nine of
eighty-eight- counties. The ticket nomi
nated* is as follows;
Secretary of State, S. C. Thayer, of
Canton; Judges of Supreme Court, E. D.
Stark, of Cleveland, and J. D. Haynes, of
Washington county; Clerk of the Supreme
Court, W. li. Boiles. of Hamilton county;
Member of the Board of Public Works,
James Houser, of Summit county; Presi
dential Electors. John Seitz, of Seneca
county and A. J. Carpenter, of Defiance
county. _ _
Stole From the Mall.
Kansas City, August 17.- Mrs. Kannv
Logan, post mistress at Leo. Johnson
county, Mo„ has been arrested by the L*. S.
Commissioner charged with abstracting
.from the mails articles of merchandise and
was bound over to the grand jury in bonds
of $o<X). Mrs. Logan is the wife of a pros
perous resident of Johnson county, their
wealth being placed at ffiO.OOO. Mrs Logans |
arrest has caused a sensation.
Reid on His Way West.
New York, August 17.—Hon. Whitelaw
Reid. Republican candidate for Vice Pres
ident. left Jersey City this morning at
10:40 for Springfield, I1L Mr. Reid de
clined to be interviewed on politics, but
pleasantly explained that his tr.p west was
mainly for the purpose of visiting his
mother at his old home In Xenia. He has
accepted the invitation to attend the con
vention of the State Reform League,
which he will address tomorrow.
Fifty Seriously Hart.
London. August 17.—By the collapse of
a grand stand at Lannemezan, a summer
resort in the Pyrnees, H00 persons were
buried beneath the ruins of the structure.
Fifty persons were seriously wounded.
Recruits From Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. August 17.—Three hun
dred men were recruited in this city to-day
for the Lake Erie and Western railroad,to
take the places of the strikers.
The Cholera Still Mprradiag.
St. Peter-bcro, August 17.—The chol
era has extended to the government of An
nida, having made its appearanee in a dis
trict north of the Crimea.
TOM CARTER IN WASHINGTON.
The Republican Chairman Goes Down to
Washington to Stir Cp tha Clerks ami
Get a Lit»!• Money.
Special Itltjram to tU RtgUttr.
Washington, D. C., April 17.—Quite
a stir was caused here to-day by the ap
pearance of Torn Carter, Chairman of
the Republican National Committee.
No one could at first understand what
would bring him here in the ab^enco of
the President and all the members of
the Cabinet except Secretary of State
Foster and Secretary of War Elkins.
Ii was soou discovered, however, that
his business was to see the latter re
garding the negotiations now going on
to 11 icate the disgruntlfd Republican
leaders in New York, aud to stir up
things generally in the departments
with a view to getting a free flow of
money from the clerks to swell the
somewhat scanty Republican campaign
fund.
Mr. Carter visited nearly all the de
partments and gave it out that if there
was any impression the outlook was not
good for Harrison’s re-election, it was
all wrong. Iu New York, he declared
for the benefit of the clerks, everything
was lovely: ex-SeDator Platt wasn’t
sulking at all and he was going to can
vass the State for Harrison. Mr. Maine,
too, Carter unblushingly said, would
make several speeches in the State and
the Republican National Committee
were already figuring on a majority for
Harrison thereof from 20,000 to 25,000.
Then thn Republicans were sure of
carrying two or three southern States
and all that was needed was plenty of
money, fete.
It is said Mr. Carter gave it out that
the clerks would have to stand an
assessment of ten per cent, on their sal
aries fer the benefit of the party, which
hardly bears out his assurances that
everything looks lovely.
LOOKS VKKT BOPEFl’L.
The Strength of Cleveland and Stevenson
In New \ork and Massachusetts Xs
l'heuoinotiai.
fpttwl 7tUarain to tto Rtyffir.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 17.— Repre
sentative McCreary, of Kentucky, who
has been appointed one of the commis
sioners to the monetary conference, was
in Washington for a short time to-day,
on his way to Kentucky from a visit to
the East. He is a member of the Demo
cratic Congressional Committee and has
been conferlng with the Democratic
leaders in New York and Mass&cbus
setts.
“I have talked with the managers in
New York,” he says,” and have looked
about generally for the purpose of find
ing out as much about the situation as
possible. Such devotion, earnestuoss
and enthusiasm as I found among the
Democrats of New York was unexpect
ed and surprising. 1 could fiud uo re
sentment nor holding back or want of
Interest. Tho Democrats seem to be
united and deeply sincere and in earn
est in their supoort of Cleveland and
Stevenson. In Massachusetts our peo
ple are very hopeful. They are work
ing as if they oxpccted to carry the
State, and they say that Cleveland will
run right along with Russel. They are
putting great enthusiasm Into tho cam
paign.”
AN ATTACK FLAKED.
tlnmeHtoad Militiamen Kept on Duty All
Nlicltk iii' Avpectatiou of an Attack.
Nouu Came, However.
Uomrstkau, Pa., August 17.—Major
Crawford, of the militia, received In
formation last night that an attack was
to be made on tho mill by strikers this
morning at dawn.
As a result several companies* were
kept under arms all night, and shortly
after daylight the entire town was pa
troled by strong detachments. No vio
lence was offered byanyone. Although
there seems to have been no truth in
the report, the utmost vigilance Is
maintained by tho guards. The i
strikers indignantly deny that an [
attack on the Carnegie properly was
planned or eve.o thought of, The feel
ing against the military by the Amalga
mated men is becoming nioro bitter
laily. A quantity of gas was allowed
to accumulate In one of the pipes In the
Hes9«'mer furnace this morning. A
non-union man named Cooper did not
know how to deal with It nnd caused an
explosion. Cooper’s leg was shattered
so badly that amputation was neces
sary. The damage to the ranchlnery
was coniideraDle and will take a day or
two to repair._
A5AKCHIMT AllKKHTBI).
The Plttshnrr Police Flo«l * Hunlsn With
• Lot of Very find Addresses Ipon Ills
Person.
PiTTsni RO, Pa„ August IT.—A man
giving th<* parae of George Hebbewr
and supposed t/> he an Anarchist, was
arrested h« re to-day. He wore a false
beard and was acting In a suspicious
manner on Fifth avenue, near Mr. |
Frick’s office. He was searched and on (
bis person was found tbe following ad- .
dress: Charles Stadler. Government ■
Orensburg. County Werchneurasky
Brelortzker Iron Works, Russia. An
Investigation proved that this place
is where all the Nihilists in
Russia were sent and tbe
police decided to bold him. Another
letter was found addressed to I>**hb«Tg- J
er, at Johnstown, and it w as decided to
telegraph to the police there. In a
short time an answer came hack that
the man was wanted at that place on a
charge of criminal assault on a 14-year
old girl." There are some circumstances
connected with the case which the po
lice are keeping quiet._
Fired on th* “LI'Lie Hill.’*
Pittsbckg, Pa., August 17.—Some men
on a Pittsburg, McKeesport and Youghio
gheny train at Homestead to-night fired on
tne steamer “Little Bill.” on which a party
of guardsmen wen.* quartered. No one
wa> injured, but the pilot narrowly e*
cased* The soldiers returned tbe fire, but
without effect. Keinforcemeata were hur
riedly seDt to the militiamen, but no fur
ther trouble occurred. It nas not yet been
learned whether the law tweakers were
strikers or not. Much excitement was
caused in the town by tbe affair.
Indicting the insurrectionist*.
Jasper, Tew, August 17.—Tbe Grand
Jury has returned against the insurrection
ist* fourteen true bill* and tbe attorney
general fate* that forty more indictments
are certain.
THE irUAlUAK
Wasrirotor. D C.. August IT.-For Western
peonsvlTAoiA and West Virgin!*, fair Thai *
day: show** by Thursday night; southeast
wind*.
For Ohio, fair; followed at Lake nation by
showers Thursday Bight; oooler by Thursday
Bight; winds shifting to southwest.
Menacing the Peace and Good Order
of Tennessee.
OUTBREAK LIABLE AT ANY TIME.
Judge Moon is Thoronghly in
Earnest and Means Not Only to
See that Order is Maintained
but to Bring the Guilty Ones to
Justice—The Sheriff is in Sym
pathy with the Miners and Re
fuses to Servo Warrants Upon
Them.
Chattanooga, Tenx., August 17.—
Advices from Oliver Springs say:
The guards in the stockade were re*
inforced last night by the timely ar
rival of twenty-eight militiamen from
Knoxville, after a ride full of exclte
inout and surrounded by unkngfwn
dangers. Ail sorts of ruiuors are cur
rent as to the number of miners who
are ready to attack or prepare*! for
some new form of lawlessness. Various
estimates are made of the numbers of
these law breakers, some of the esti
mates runuing up Into thousands, and
a general opinion prevails that “the
woods are full of them."
The number may be great!/ exagger
ated, but they doubtless havje a reserve
force which will number yrobably‘JO,
000 resolute men, innnred.'to hardship
und fatigue, many of them veterans of
the late war, and should .they defy tfen
troops It will prove a /very difficult
body of men to handle, fhmiliar as they
are with all the mountain routes awl
by-paths.
1 fits MorKiiue wuivu;wBi insi nun
Is four miles frora-O^ver Springs, and
the troops now in roqte to that point are
confident that they /Will meet with op
position, but are determined to far e any
number of riotera* who tuay come In
their way.
Judgo Moon, of thla Circuit, now
holding Court tn.'Jasper. Marion county,
near the scene of Monuay’s attack, has
ma>1e a vigorous charge to the grand
jury, summoned a strong posset, and will
put an eeffective quietus on the doing*
of auy more mobs tu that district.
In Anderson county, where the
trouble now exists, the sltualioo Is en
tirely different as the courts are not In
session, the community is largely In
sympathy with tho miners, and the pro
cesses of law are not available. Judge
Moon’s address to the grand jury of
Marion county, was a scathing one, full
of fire and determination.
Associated with him Is Foster V.
Itrown. Assistant Attorney General.and
his aide, A. 11. Torwhitt, and these
three will stand like a stone wall to not
only prevent further depredations, but
to brlug punishment to the offenders.
The Sheriff, who is In sympathy with
the miners, will not under ais* circum
stances enforce the la#, Hud VpapJv
slates that he will not serve warraiAa
on tho miners. Knough special
deputies will be summoned to see
that his efforts are not effective to
nullify the law. Judge Moon himself
signing the papers and becoming the
public ^prosecutor in bis own name.
Friends of the miners say that all will
subside as soon as the taines are rid of
tho convicts, but most of tho citizens
fear that It will take the whole puwar
of the State and posalbly the aid of the
National government to quell the dis
turbances.
The State militia does not ezroed
morn than 2,000, possibly less than
1,.',00, and they cannot all bn brought
together inside of a week.
At Coal Creek a force of about l.*,0
men are entrenched and have been for
about a year. They are provided with
modern arms, a ali-pounder and a gat
ling gnn. and are not likely to be at
tacked. should they be, there will be a
bloody fight as they are well drilled,
are under per foot discipline, and will
ttght to the death, for tty-y know there
will be little or no quarter given them
should they be captured, as there has
been bad blood between them and the
surrounding miners for months.
T «- * tho reii.ors Af f'/iul ( !rM*lf
lico, Newi omb aud other |M>lnU ou tf»e h.
St O. road, seized three train* and with
drawn winchesters, compelled the train
men to take them to Oliver Springs.
The crowd numbered in alt M) tneo. era
bracing the minor* at tbe latter point. '1 be
warden heard of thair approach and when
the miners were at least a mile from the
stockade, cowardly abandoned his po»».
and wltn bis convicts and guards marched
a mile;to surrender, ^
The miners were led by I). T .Monro*
who makes no attempt to disguise the part
he took. Most of the miner* are now con
centrated at Coal Creek.
Tbe wires are cut beyond Clinton, and
nothing can be beard, hut the universal
opinion is that Ccal Crook will be attack**!
before morning. At least a,-VW toon are
concentrated there.
It in tmpoMubla now to nlsforoft too
camp at Coal Creek and the whole brunt of
the battle will fall on Captain Anderson
and his command of UO men.
The Knoxvtlle militia reached home at 7
o’clock to-night. As soon as tbe.r run*
were taken from them by the miners they
were ordered from OM ver. c
Thera is a strong suspicion In the minds
of many men, and tha opinion is growing,
that there 1s a political deal beniod thia
whole miserable matter.
Sheriff Holloway, of Knox conoty, has
call«d for ,VX) citizens of Knoxville to go to
tbe relief of tbe soldiers at Coal Creak.
Major Chandler made his escape from
Oliver Springs and reported to Col Wool
ford at Harriman. The sheriff of thi*
county is in receipt of tbe following;
“Sheriff of Hamilton county.
“You are ordered to summon .'Ml i *n as a
posse and proceed at once to <’©*J Creek,
where an armed mob exist#, and aid is dla
pcrslng the same. The posse w.,i be armed
by you as beat you can, or as usual lo sued
dM
“JOB’S P. Ticca 4* a*, Governor.’’
r^ic leaders of Monday’* mob that de
stroyed the stvkade at Inman will resist
arrest. A prominent miner say* that the
men will fight and will not oe taken.
T(nnMM«'l Army oa tb* M*va.
Chatt.ivoooa. Test, August 17.—A dis
patch to tbe Time*, from Col. Woodford, at
Hurrim&o. **ra: Major Caaodler has just
arrived from Oliver Springs. All of h •
men are captured and the minera »r«
marching on Coal Creek mountain*. The
Chattanooga eont-agent of the Army o.
Tennessee, numbering MO. 1* on its wav to
Oliver Sprlag. At the latest accounts they
reacted Harridan, seventeen ■!»«
the Springs, wbere they stopped for 0relie
fs ft, and were e^ectiof to more at no/
moment.
J. A. Bovtwiek. of the Standard Oil Com
pany, La dead at New York.
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