The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-18

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Lonsgshoresmen's association held
gely attended meeting with close,
doors. The result of their del bera
lions cannot be asccrtained to hight
but all indications point to r ubl,
ahead between the colored IN, !, ant
the strikers. Individual striker
were loud In their declarations TO
night that serious trouble would en-
sue unless the Mallory line withdrew
the coIored men from the wharf
Mayor Fulton and the police depart
ment are fearful of a conflict, perhaps
tomorrow, and extra police have
been quietly ordered TO the New
York wharf
The steamship Lampasas is due at
her dock tomorrow morning with a
large general cargo, and IL is thought
the trouble will begin when the COM
pany attempts to discharge tho steam
er with colOrcd longshoremen.
One hundred aud ten colored men
were at work on the wharf to-day un-
der the protection of Sergeant Con-
nally and squad of police. If the
White Longshoremen's association
concludes TO actively expouso tho
cause of the strikers II is so powerful
and numerous that the police depart
ment would hardly be able to cope
with them.
This morning, just as the steam
lighter Star, laden with 494 bales of
cotton for the steamship Almandino,
lying in the outer harbor was about
leaving the wharf, II was discovered
her cargo was on fire. The flames
rapidly spread until all the cotton
above the deck was ablaze. There
happened to be four gangs of
screwmen aboard the lighter going
out to the Almandine had the fire
occurred when the lighter was out of
reach of the fire department. a fearful
loss OF life must have resulted. AS II
was, the fire engines played on the
screwmen, wetting them down, while
they threw the burning cotton over
board.
About 400 bales were burned or
badly damaged, and the upper deck
of the lighter was burned. The loss
on the cotton will reach, perhaps,
$4,000, fully insured; the loss on the
lighter is $4,000, uninsured. During
the progress of the fire, the
nozzle of Engine No. i got
away from the firemen and
swished around IN dangerous
manner, striking and badly bruising
three men before 1t was captured.
Fireman Cleveland was struck in the
face, Thomas Jones, cOlorcd screw
man, had his forehead cut open in at
tempting to hold the nozzle and Jack
Spear was knocked senseless by q
blow on the chest.
The county court has been occn-
pied for the past five days trying an
interesting will contest. The suit
came up before Judge Austin in the
form of an application by Samuel
Bennison for the probate of what he
alleged to be the last will and tesla
ment of Hugh Bennison, and old and
highly respected citizen of Galveston,
who died In July, 1882. Edward w.
Maume and his sister, Mrs. Lille Ow-
ems, the wife of Acting Sheriff w. p.
Owens, were defendants in the suit
and denied the validity or existence
of the alleged will offered tor pro-
bate by Samuel Bennison
The property involved in
the suit Is valued at $4,000.
This property for several years
past has beenin the undisputed pos
session of Maume and Mrs. Owens as
the heirs OF their mother, who was
the second wife of Hugh Bennison
Samuel Beunison, the plaintiff claim
ed that his uncle made a second viii
which was destroyed, wherein hi
devised large portion of his estate
to the plaintiff and his broth
err Walter, who lives in England
The case was given to the jury abou
noon to-day and after balf-hours
elaboration the jury returned
verdict in favor of the defendants