Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-08-02

lrdln run over CntlC TOaQ.
From what we can learn, there will be a
general and full attendance Of the Survivors
at this meeting.
TUESDAYS STORM.
Besides the terrible casualty by lightning,
on Tuesday evening of last Week-noted
elsewhere-the storm was unusually severe,
assuming in some localities the character
of a cyclone. In the neighborhood of Nc
Connellsville the storm was especially Sc
we're. Mr.. JoshuaL. Abell's house, build
ing IS by 80 feet, with piazza and shed, To-
Gated about mile below McConnellsville,
was blown distance of sixteen feet from its
original position, and the piazza was car
ried entirely away. Mrs. Abel and her chill
dren were in the house at the time, but es-
capped uninjured by taking refuge in a clos
ct. This probably saved them from being
crushed by the falling chimneys. Several
other buildings in the neighbOrhoOd were
also blown down or seriously injured, those
sustaining the most damage being the resi-
dence of Robert Conrad, which with every
house on his place was unroofed. Extending
across into Chester county, the storm was al
so damaging, blowing down George Steele's
gin house and number of cabins on his
place. Several tenants houses on w. S.
Guys "Jim Mcconnell place." in the same
neighborhood, were blown down. In the
Carmel Hill section Of Chester, the storm
was also severe to- houses, fences, trees
and the crops. On Major J. w. Wilks'
place, near Carmel Hill, several cabins were
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uprooted, and the chimneys blown from
his residence. On the Saunders place, in
the same neighborhood a gin house was
blown down. In the Fishing Creek section
of Chester, barn on Rev. James H. Sayes
place was blown down, and several cabins
on r. B. McFadden's place were blown down
or unroofed. The storm extended as far
east as Smiths Turnout, but the most Sc
rious damage inflicted in that locality was
to the telegraph poles, several of which were
blown down.
On the following day, in the Bethel Sec
ton, in this county, a severe hail storm in
| flicted serious damage to the growing crops,
especially cotton and corn. The cotton
crop was badly injured in many localities,
and the corn also damaged, the blades be-
ing badly cut and stripped from the stalks.
THE TELEGRAPHERs' STRIKE.
The telegraph situation remains unchang-
ed, five may except that the Brotherhood
claim large accessions to their ranks during
the past few days, and they consequently
argue that they are gaining strength, even
though the telegraph company shows no
signs of yielding to the demands of the
strikers. The strikers have the sympathy
of the press North and South, excepting the
papers controlled by Jay Gould and Cyrus
w. Field, and the business organizations
of many cities are denouncing the West
ern> Union. When all the facts are care
fully considered, the conclusion is universal
that it is a powerful and grasping monopoly
on one side, and its poorly paid and over
worked employees on the other.
The operator at Yorkville is not a men,
Der of the Brotherhood, but as our means of
telegraphic communication are only with
the main line of the Weston Union, connect
ing with that line at Chester, and as Mr..
Brennecke, the Chester operator, joined the
strike at the first signal, Of course this
place is cut off. Something of a sensation
was caused in Chester last Thursday by the
appearance there ola lineman, who cutall the
wires connecting with the main office. He
said he acted by direction of the superiI1-
tendent, and the supposed reason for it is
to prevent the operator there from keeping
himself informed as to the progress of the
strike OF the situation in Chester, the Bul-
letin says:
''Before the wa; when Mr.. Brennecke,
first became telegrapher, he received $50
per month. After the war he received S75,
but the Western Union, when it gained
control of the line, reduced the salary to
$40. When the new line was built to York
vile, the Yorkville business had to pass
through this Office. Notwithstanding this
and the fact that the business of the Office
has increased about 100 per cent in the
last few years, Mr.. Brennecke only received
$40 per month from the company. Appli-
cations, for an increase of salary were not
noticed. Even this small amount is paid
only with the understanding that the re-
ceipts of the Office reach $50 per month. If
during the dull summer months the receipts
do not reach this amount, Mr. Brennecke's
salary is docked, no matter if in the win
ter the business reaches hundreds of dollars
per month. There has been no message re-
ceived or sent in the Chester office since the
first day of the strike, and in all probability
there won't be until the Western Union
finds man who will do 500 worth of work
for $40, or until the company comes to an
understanding with the strikers. The SYM
pathy of the public is decidedly with the
operators"
The operator at Rock Hill also struck and
his place is supplied by messenger boy
sent up from Columbia.
An order was issued to the members of
the Brotherhood in railroad offices, to refuse,
after Tuesday last, all Western Union busi-
ness and to confne themselves exclusively
to railroad work and nothing else.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
On Tuesday afternoon of last week, Mrs.
Mary F. Starr and Miss Irene Starr, the lat
ter aged about seventeen years, the wife and
al.. IT,. Tr>t,y, fO