The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-05-27

He'd. leaving II great number Of dead
~ . o'clock our troops travcrSed tlI'
Whole town and Notifications. Tn
troops nre full Of enthusiasm. On
loss is believed to he one officer nu,
fifty soldiers killed. aud four officer,
aud $50 soldiers wounded. j canuo
find sufficient words Of praise for tn
courage AMI GOODNESS Of our y0nng sol
dicrs, or for the good disposition Of the
troops mndo by the officers.
Intelligence from liars yesterday sass
tho linssians ATTACKED tho outer linz
with furious determination. and followed
their attempts with II heavy bnt ill.Li-
rcctcd cannOnndu from siege artillery.
Powerful Turkish batteries replied with
better effect. Tho duel was kept up
until tho Russians brought up infantry
ns CLOSE Us they dared, us il intending
To take tho fortillcNtious by storm. Tho
Turkish commander drew together large
hOaics Of troops behind tho ranIpnrts
Russian flank AMI rcnr, under tho shock
Of which many were oblignd 10 retreat
Observation-Disclosures positions. \ bloody
engagement then occurred, and tho
Russians were obliged 10 retreat. leaving
three hundred killed and many wounded.
CHESTER, Penn. May a2.-rhis morn
Ing the SnrntoaH. n large iron steam
ship, which waS to bc launched nj
ROnch's ship.yar'l, started from its
blocking sO"mrr than expected. killing
and wounding iDHny. Six dead bodies
have hecn removed.
II is supposed TINT about forty men
were under the Saratoga when she went
oil. An order WIS givon for them To
cumc out, but WIS not heard. Tho
names Of tho killed rs far ns known arc
Edward Fowl,y, John Nelson, Charles
Wright and Edward Burke. The
wounded ara George. Wool, mortally
md Dnrncy Cannon md Walter Purkin-
son, seriously. 1t is thought some of
tho workmen were killed. nnd dragged
into tho water by The ship. Some nf
the dead Rre horribly manglcd, ono
being literally cut i'll halves and others
with their legs nnl arms torn OH. The
ship.ynrd il throngcd with friends nnd
relatives Of tho victims.
The total number of dead III consc-
qucnce OF the accident Mt the ship-yard
is seven. In addition to those already
reported j. j. Crew was instantly killed,
and George G. Wool and Bnrncy Cam
erOn died ut IL O'Clock. Three persons
were wounded, MI of whom will pro-
bnGly recover, All Of tho killed mil
wounded were wnrkmcn employed Mt
the yards and were engaged i'll knock
ing blocks from under the keel. The
scene during the time tho ship was
going of was almost hcnrtrcntling, men
being seen struggling to escape while
the hugo blocks rolled hy md the ship
them to II jelly. No nssistnrcc
could possibly he rendered by tho. u who
were standing by. Instead Of cheers.
such as usually greets II launch. wnil
OF anguish went up, and shricks Of pain
rent tho mir. As soon Hs possible tho
dcnd and wounded were carried TO the
yard Office and physicians summoned,
Abont 1900 men IRE employed at tho
yard, and friends Of nearly MI Of them
rushed to inquire for thela. Flags nre
ut half.mas, throughout the town, aud
work al the yard has been stopped.
John Roach has ordered money to he
furnished to tho families Of the killed
and wounded. John Fountain, who
had entire charge Of the launch makes
the following statement: IL found that
the ship wHs ready to move and called
for all hands to get from under before |
commenced cutting the loops. The
men who were down 10y tho after block.
ing evidently did not hear the order, or
did not obey. rs they had fully five
minutes To get ont from the time the
order WAS given until the ship started.
Some Of the men remained under, which
Is frequently the case, 10 nticnL the
forward blocking"
LAKE CHARLES, La. May 55.-A
mass meeting. to day. adopted rcsulu.
tions denying TINT any foundation OK.
lists for the report of u probable insur-
Tcciiun and resistance to the United
States marshals, who have sri4rd Ger.
tain loSs, ana expressing rrgrc, tina, n
reflection on tho good citizenship Of
this parish Inns been cas-. by such stale
mrnIS. and rlcdsing these officers as.
sis'aucc whenever they demand it,.
They will always feel personal pride
i'll assisting Uuv. Nichols to keep his
public and solemn pledge that the
peace 81 Louisiana shalt Lu sacyrIly
preserved.
WAslUS"TOS. May %. The Secretary
Of the Interior today issued an order
rcputin. cash rcr",ts 81 receipts. dis.
hurS"mci'ts, ana balances Ia lie luado Ia
him weekly by all dishursing officers
ami other agents nt tho department in
Washington aud throughout the country
Tho order il Issued with tho two fold
purpose "f exercising moro iniclli.cnl
supervision and effective control @,
business expenditures. and with In,