The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-09-07
Current Events.

Lake, In nOftnern MlCniSdu, kHleu bue
robbed one passenger and dangerously
wounded another, has been captured and II
now safely In jail. The capture took place
last Saturday morning, at the little town OF
Republic, on the Lake Shore & W. r. r.,
20 miles west of Marquette and 30 miles
east of GOgebic, on the same road. HOlz
hay, after an apparently hard time of II In
the woods TO escape the large posse with
bloodhounds In pursuit of him, stopped at
the hotel In Republic on Friday evening,
and eating hearty supper went early to
bed. The landlord suspected the man TO
be holzhay, and communicated his suspi-
cions TO the village Marshal Glade and
Justice Weiser. They kept close watch
during the night, and Eext morning, after
allowing their man to eat hearty break
fast, when be appeared on the street, the
two cleverly let him walk between them,
and then seized him, each by an arm, a
policeman at the same time knocking him
down with billy. A search revealed that
they were not mistaken In their man. He
was found heavily armed, and In his pOck-
cts, besides numerous others, the pocket
book and gold watch of the man Fleisch
bein of Belleville, ILL.,, whom he had killed
and robbed near Gogebic Ave days before
The man ssnce his arrest has made clean
breast OF II, admitting not only the robbery
OF the Gogebic stage, but half a dozen
other stage robberies, as we'll as the train
robbery at Ellis Junction In May last, and
another on the Wisconsin Central six
weeks ago. -Holzhay Is German by birth,
about "a years of age, medium size, wirey,
active, and undoubtedly full Of pluck. The
better opinion is that he became crank
on the subject of freebooting from read.
Ing dime novels, having borne good char
acter until he "opened OUT six months
ago. He Is now In jail at Bessemer, the
county seat Of Gogebic county, and no
doubt In few weeks more will be safely
landed for the rest of his days inthe Mich
igan penitentiary.
The announcement was made on Tues
day from Joliet that a settlement of the
Northern Illinois coal troubles had been
reached at the conference held there on
Monday a. TO all the mines except those
controlled by w. l.. Scott. The basis of
the settlement Is that the men accept re
duction Of ~ cts, from last years prices,
no discount on Company store orders, and
a reduction of so per cent on tool sharpen
In all fields except StreatOr, and sale of
coal to miners at cost of putting on cars
The item for rent free during the strike
was not conceded by the operators, but rs
surances we're privately given that the
wishes Of the miners In that regard should
be respected.
As to the Scott mines (mainly those at
Spring Valley the outlook continues
rvtn NJ nault,, hn
about one'slxth of the stock, offers 10 run
the mines and Insure the company Is cts.
a ton clear OF expense, but MIR. Scott fatty
rejects the offer.
The Joliet conference expressed deep
for the Spring Valley miners,
and pledged themselves to stand by them
to the end. A resolution Was also adopted
asking Gov. Flfer 10 Issue proclamation
calling upon the public for aid to the suf
fering miners.
In reference TO the strike OF the window
glass workers, the latest news from Pitts
burgh Is, that the offer OF the manufactur-
ers to compromise by paying last years
wages was rejected by the workmen who
Insist upon an advance.
The special election of congressman
In the third Louisiana district, TO fill the
vacancy caused by the death Of Congress
man Edward j. Gay. took place on Tues-
day, and resulted In the choice OF Andrew
Price, the democratic candidate, over Ii.
G. Miner, republican, by about 1900 ma
jority. The ajOrity Of the negro vote In
be about 1000, 80 that the republicans felt
quite sure OF electlng their man and thus
adding one TO their present slender major
|ty Of two or three In the lower House of
Congress II appears, however, that the
negroes could not DO handled as INA.
chine by the republican leaders, there
being such split among them that large
numbers, In four of the leading parishes,
voted for Price Seeing this, the republi'
'ans sent runners to the other parishes to
prevent the negroes from voting, In order
% aid them In contest before the election
of Congress, on the ground of
The democrats, however,
leny stoutly that there was any intimida-
ion anywhere except on the part Of the
negroes themselves to compel voters of
heir own color 10 vote for the republican
The only act of violence-the wounding of
Marshal ,Iacobs--is claimed to have oc.
urred from this cause, because JabObs,
vho Is republican, worked and voted for
'rice.
The great London strike Is still In pro-
,ress, although the dockmen claim the
igns Indicate Its peaceable termination In {
heir favor. At the meeting In Hyde |
Park on Saturday, 10000 psople were ,
present and 5000 we're taken up TO SUP.
'ort the strikers. Heavy contributions
rom other quarters come In, $4,000 from !
Australia. Gladstone Is said to have given
hem $500 Yet there are signs of weak
ming among the strikers A member
Who had gone to work at Albert dock on
Monday had TO be driven away by 800 ,
thers. When like attempt was made I
N Wednesday TO drive off men loading ,
the police fired on the strikers,
filling one. This Of course caused intense
xcitement which was heightened by the
government sending convicts to unload 4
essels with perishable articles, in the
midway. The committee thereupon is
ued an order allowing men to go to work
t any dock where the demands of the &
trikers were acceeded 60. This order Is ,
lso accepted as a sign of weakening. Al
lean OF encouragement came 10 them on
Wednesday In the shape OF news that the
trike had terminated at Liverpool In favor :
II the strikers. The Lord Mayor, who