The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-12-18
AT ASHEVILLE.
THE GREAT INTER.STATE I'M.
MIGRATION CONVENTION.

A'" IA AlON CONVENTION.
Ohe Thousand Deiegates..-Fourt
states Represen,ed.-TheS South Solid
Tor Industrial PrOgress--Governor
Fowle Charms the eCOnvention-.Per.
manent Organization -. Big Work
Mapped Out.
Especial to STATE CHRoNICLE.l
AsHEvnLE, N. O., Dec. 17.-The i'm
migration convention is the greatest in.
dustrial gathering ever seen in the
south.
There are about one thousand dele
gates here, and they are from every
southern state 1t Is fine looking body
| of men.
When the convention assembled to-
| day Gen. K b. Vance was made tempo
rary chairman, and Mr.. Elliott, OF Flor
! Ida, temporary secretary.
Addresses of welcome were made by
Nat. Atkinson, Esq and Gov. Fowle.
| The Governor was bright and witty;
made toe best speech of his life and
charmed the enthusiastic visitors.
The response was made by Mr.. James
Lyon, of Richmond.
Col. W. II. S. Burgwyn, chairman of
the North Carolina delegation, and Mr..
". 5 Primrose, of Raleigh, spoke for a
big exhi"it at the Columbian exposition,
and resolutions favoring such were
unanimously adopted.
Permanent Organization.
The permanent organization was effect
ed this afternoon by electing M. 7.
Bryan, of Tennessee, president.
Vice presidents: Kentucky, T. T.
Gerard Maryland, R. @. McKall; Vir-
ginia, G. W. B Hall, West Virginia, w.
E Nation; North Carolina, John Robin
son; South Carolina, Aaron Connor
Georgia, John O. Woodall; Alabama,
John F. Cullman; Florida, W. J. Bor
den; Mississippi. DR.. w. II. Hill; Louis
sou; Arkansas, N. Y. Cooper; Tennessee
A. D. Reynolds.
Secretaries, Messrs Elliott, of Flori
da; Wicoxon, of Georgia; Caring N
of South Carolina.
, The several committees were appoint
, ed and big work was mapped out for to
morrow.
Fourteen States are represented.
STICKS, CLUBS AND ROCKS
Are Freely Used in an Irish Free Figh
-.Parneliites Attack an Opposition
Meeting..Michael Davitt Ncalped.
a [By United Press.l
DUBLIN, Dec. II. -Intense excitemen
= has been created here by the receipt Q
;. news Of serious conflict at Ballynahi
4 and the wounding of Michael Davitt
3 Mr. Parneli was addressing a meetin
g place and time another meeting wa
9 being addressed by Messrs Davitt an
5, Tanner. So close together were th
meeting places that the voices of th
orators of one party we're plainly audib
to those of the other. The speeche
were of a most violent character, and til
words of the speakers were interrupte
= by cheers, insulting jeers and defa1
cries.
70 Mr.. Parnell's appearance was tt
). signal for a mighty outburst of applau'
from his adherents. The arrival
"a their leader coupled with the gallir
Of taunts of their opponents seemed 10 g.
le cite the Parnellites to fury, and with
o.. wild and sudden rush they threw ther
!: selves upon the opposition meetin
!, 7, Promptly jumping from the speaker
~ platform Davitt and Tanner, with tt
5 priests by their sides, placed themselv
>, at the head of their friends and fightil
"a desperately and fercely drove back tt
an attacking Parnellltes Sticks, clubs al
ne stones were freely used, and Davi
w while pressing on in the front of his su
,,e' porters, received a severe scalp woun
he Many others are known to have be
or more or less severely injured, but not
TO- ing more than the most meagre deta
II, are yet to hand.
a In this city crowds surrounded t
AS bulletin boards, and punctuated
ID reading of the news with hostile CT
and taunts.
, In some instances blows have been {
&C. changed and the evidences OF an VI
IN n feeling everywhere displayed where m
rec gather in groups to discuss the situati
or defy one another, as the case may
DUBLIN, Dec. 17.-Resolutions {