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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
I,enten 10 Death viii FISTS.

ASHLAND, Wis. Aug. %. Details of q
probable murder ON the Chippewa In.
dian reservation Thursday night have
been received here. The victim was
Mrs. A. l.. Setter, wife of French lum.
herman living east of Hayward An
Indian woman named Larush called at
the Settlers cabin to beg aims. but was
refused, Attacking Mrs. Setter with
her fists and nails, she inflicted fatal in-
juries, The squaw was rather unwil-
lingly given up by the other Indians and
was taken to Jail at Hayward
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
kNorAEa REvoLuTloN


heported TO haNe bfOheh Out IN Guate'
mnIu-insurgents Determined.
New YoRK, Aug 25--The Herald
dispatch from La Libertad says;
Adyices from the frontier depart
ments Of Guatemala are far from 10.
assuring for law and order in that
country In eastern departments an
other revolutionary movement has
broken out President Batillas has
sent force Of 4, 900 men against the in
surrectionists, and n bloody battle will
follow. as the insurgents are deter.
mined TO overthrow the present govern
ment Of Guatemala if possible and the
forces, who are under command of
Gen. Pedro Barillas. are equally deter
mined to sustain it. 1t is stated that
the revolutionists are well armed and
well drilled
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
An IMPORTANT QUESTION.
According to Certain Laws Have Men
Right to.Strike?

According to Certain Laws Have Men a
Right to,Strike?
NEW York, Aug. Pa special to
The Herald from Washington says that
q question Of great Importance at this
time has been raised in connection with
tho strike of the Knights of Labor ON
the New York Central road. # is
whether the members of the executive
board or District Assembly No. Sl6 are
not liable to be proceeded against under
tho provisions of the act entitled: AN
act TO protect trade and commerce
against unlawful restraints and mOnop-
olies. 1t is known in congressional
parlance rs the antitrust bill.
a Senator's Views.
a prominent senator, whose legal
ability is unquestioned, says in speaking
of the act:
81 believe that under a strict interpre-
tation of the first section Of that act u
great many strikes on railroads and in
other fields will bo averted. While 1t
was evidently not the intention of the
Trainers Of the law to interfere in any
way with the liberties OF the laboring
classes to strike at will, still The irst
section, under strict and literal inter
probation, would seem to make it mis-
demcanOr.
The first section reads: Every con
tract, combination in the form Of trust
or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint
of trade or commerce among the several
states or with foreign nations, is hereby
declared to be illegal, Every person
who shall make any such contract or en-
gage in any such combination or con-
spiracy shall be deemed guilty Of q mis-
demeanor, and on conviction thereof
shall be punished by fine not exceed
ing 5000 or by imprisonment not ex-
ceeding one year, or by both said pun
ishments in the discretion Of the
court.
The senator continued: "There is no
doubt that the Knights Of Labor could
lie put either in the category Of cotu-
binations or cOnspiracie5. and. as for
instance in the New York Central strike,
are restraining trade. While the spirit
of law evidently does not aim at strikes,
/ have no doubt that, if test case be
made of it, it would result in the col-
viction Of the men"
"Section Of the law provides: The
several circuit courts of the United
States are hereby invested with iurisdic-
tion to prevent and restrain violations
of this act, and it shall be the duty of
the several district attorneys of the
United States in their respective dis
tricts, under the direction OF the
attorney general, to institute pro
cceediugs which may be by
way Of petition setting forth the
case, and praying that such vio-
latiou shall be enjoined or otherwise
prohibited When the parties complain
ed of shall have been duly notified Of
such petition the court shall proceed as
soon as may be to the hearing and de.
termination Of the case: and pending
such petition and before final decree. the
court may at any time make such tenn
poray restraining or prohibition as shall
be deemed just in the premises
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
IN IRELAND.
Many cases OF Ordinary choiera-Thou

Many Cases OF Ordinary Choiera--Thou-
sands Starving
LONDON. Aug S5. Many cases Of or
dinary cholera and of low forms of
fever are reported in the districts of
Ireland affected by the failure of the
potato crop. The unusual prevalence
Of sickness is attributable to poor, in.
sufficient, Or unusual food The med
ical offices of Clonakilty report 5000
cases in which starvation will occur un-
less relief speedily arrives.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 25.-There is
growing uneasiness among the EN-
ployes Of the Big -Four railroad here
The switchmcn of the Big -Four re-
Gently got an increase in wages. hut
their demand for shorter hours has not
been acceded to and they have been
told to wait till sept. / for an answer
and ON that account they are feeling
rather aggressive
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
He,s ALI RIGHT.
Tho Investigation of Commissioners Raam
Proves Nothing.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The attemp'
to show through a congressional investi
cation that Gen Raum has been gailtY
10 any extent of malfeasance in Office or
any private act which compromises hls
integrity. has already utterly failed
The author of the charges has moi been
able to produce the least evidence to
sustain them. Gen. Raum has volun
;arily taken the stand and responded u
every proper or pertinent question. His
private business affairs have not been
In any degree impeached, his admins
tration of his high Office has been found
faultless in those branches at which the
charges were aimed. In short the in
vestigation collapsed.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
DELAWARE AND HUDSON TlE-up.

DEGNFFfNNG AMI F1OOSON liE-OT.
The Road Again Confronted with Draw
back to Business.
ALBANY, Aug. 25.--At noon Saturday
District Assembly No 946, Knights of
Labor, ordered all its members EN-
plOycd at the yards at Green Island Of
the Delaware aud Hudson, to strike at
once The order was generally obeyed
and the Delaware and Hudson company
found itself confronted with the same
state OF affairs that existed about q
week ago when similar tie-up went
into effect.
The trouble all grew ont Of the hand
ling of Central freight by the Delaware
and Hudson road. A committee of the
knights waited upon the company Fri
day and asked that it be definitely agreed
that no more Central freight bo moved.
A reply was Forthcoming from the road
Saturday morning to the effect that the
company proposed to transport over It's
lines al freight that might be received.
This ultimatum precipitaJed the tie-up,
which embraces yardmen and switch
men employed here and at the Green
Island yards.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
Negro Ranist L,nched.

New ORLEANS, Aug, 25. The Plea
yune's Baton Rouge special reports the
lynching of Willis Alexander, colorcd,
aged II, in that parish, Thursday night
Alexander was accused Of having at
empied to rape an ll-year-old white
girl His body was found hanging from
a tree by tire roadside.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
WILLI'T REACH Us?
The ScOurge of ChcEera Now
Spreading Over Europe.
Several Cases Reported in the
Vicinity Of Berlin.

Many Cases of Ordinary Cholera in the
Famine-StrleiSen Districts of ireland.
Spreading Along the Eastern Coast Of
spain-Aiso in Madrid-The Disease
Spreading In Japan.
BERLIN, Aug. 20. = Several cases of
cholera are reported in the vicinity Of
Berlin.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
Through a Bridge.

ATLANTA, Aug. 25.-A freight train
on the Terre Haute and Peoria road
Friday went through bridge ON Sugar
creek three miles from here. A brake
man named Reeves was fatally hurt.
One or two passengers in the caboose
escafl,,,i with slight injury.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
''STRIEB At ONCD''
Certain Delaware ana Hudson
Employees Ordered Out
Because the Road Handled
Freight for the Central.

Can Strikers Te Convicted Under the
''Act, to Protect Trade and Commerce
Against Unlawful Restraints ana MN.
nopoilas''--A Senator's yicws-Prutest
Against the Pinkertons,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
nl,l Cnlong Xlctins.

BosToN, Aug 95.-No additional
deaths are reported at Quincy as the re-
suit of Tuesdays accident. Little Eliz-
abeth Fenley. who has been considered
as fatally injured, Is said to show signs
of material Improvement
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
Ch,id I,nrncd 90 n.nth.

AKRON, o., Aug. 5.-At Doylestown
the clothing Of 3-year-old child of
Frank Myers caught fire at an open fire
where his parents were making soap
and was burned to death before the eyes
of his parents.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
"PlNKERToNs PRIVATE ARMY"
Massmecting TO BE Held to Protest
Against Its Existence.

NEW YoRK, Aug. 2o.--The latest de-
velopment of the New York Central
strike is massmeetiug to express the
sentiment Of the people of New York
against the existence of "pinkerton's
private army" and in behalf Of the right
Of citizens to organize A meeting was
held Friday night at which arrange
ments were made for the demonstration
to take place next Thursday evening.
The meeting was instigatcd by the Rad
ical club, Among the speakers invited
are T. V. Powderly, Samuel Gompers
Robert G, Ingcrsoll, J, J. Holland and
Roger A. Pryor. A personal canvass of
every labor organization in the city was
arranged for to insure the success Of the
demonstration
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
Ice $50 Per Ton,

BANGOR, Me-, Aug 25.-The steamer
River Mersey, of Glasgow, sailed from
this port Friday Tor Aspinwall with
geo tons of ice. The ice was pur.
chased here at 81 per ton. 1t will retail
In Aspinwall for about $50 per ton.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
Chirncn suitchmrn.

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-The situation at
tho stockyards among the engineers and
fifemeh of the Switching association.
who went on strike Friday. Is TN.
changed Saturday. Business was par
alyzed. The superintendcnts session, It
is believed, win he unfavorable TO the
strikers.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
IN SPAIN.

Spreading on the Valencia Coast-suspic-
ious Cases In Madrid.
MADRID, Aug. 25. Cholera is spread
ing steadily along the Mediterranean
north of Valencia, where there are ten
Or twelve new cases daily The disease
has appeared in several villages in the
province Of Toledo, and suspicious cases
have beer discovered in Madrid.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
his TERRE HAUrE MEeTING.

Mr.. Sweeney Apparently Went There
Opposed to Ordering strike.
TtKEE NACIE. Ind. Aug. 2l.-Iwelye
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25
IN JAPAN.

Thousands nI Cases Reported-Sixty FER
Cent. Prove Fatal
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %. The Japan
ese papers brought by the Oceanic state
that cholera is making headway
throughout the country, despite the
Efforts of the government to arrest its
progress. The total number of cases
has been about 5000, 80 per cent Of
which have died
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25

An accident 20 the machinery IN the
electric light works at Xenia, o., win de-
prive that city Of light for three weeks or
a month. until repairs can be made.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25

substantial looking, well dressed men
mounted the marble steps to the first
floor Of the Terre Haute house at $50
a. m. Saturday and passed in single iiie
into The spacious club room that is des-
ignatel as No. G3 When fhe last man
had entered the eleven arranged them
selves around a big table at the farther
end Of the apartment, while the twelfth
lacked the door from the inside Then
the sharp rap Of gavel upon the oaken
table was heard and the listeners in the
corridor knew that the special session Of
the supreme council of the Federation
Of Railroad Employees and who will de-.
eide whether or not that organization
shall extend its support to the Knights
of Labor by declariug general strike
upon the New York Central. ioad had
been formally called TO order
Those Present.
The participants in the gathering
were; Grand Master Sargent, who pre-.
sided; Grand Secretary Dehs, who Off
ciatcd as secretary, aud J. j Haunahan,
OF Chicago All Of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen; Grand Chief How
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-21

EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Twill now send you a few words
from this place-hoping you will give
it space in the columns of your valu-
able paper. 1t may be OF interest to
some Of your readers to see what we
farmers are doing in this part to
protect our interest. We see no other
way by which we can better our con-
dition then to Join the Farmers AL
lance, and combine against the cor
rupt classes which rob US farmers of
our products according to their own
sweet and greedy will. We farmers
cannot stand such treatment longer.
We must wake up and defend our
selves, and our rights, and in that we
will conquer through Alliance work
with the GREAT WEST at the head.
We organized a Subordinate AL
lance here last summer, composed of
farmers of Big Woods and Oak
Park townships, and we sent for
charter. This alliance has So men,
bers, and more will join. At our
regular meeting on the 25th day of
January, 1890, the old officers were
reelected, and are as follows:
Pres.-Hans B. Imsdahl
Vice Peso. P. Oseth.
Secy.-J. F. Imsdahl.
Treas.-H. C. Naeseth.
A committee on finance and mem
bership were appointed and are COM
posed of the following members: On
finance: H. Emerson, B. Swanson,
and Charles Larson.
On Membership: o. F. Imsdahl,
Andrew Swanson and II. Peterson.
At this meeting it was unanimous
ly agreed to hold regular meetings
once every week, and to select for dis
cussion subjects of interest to farm
ers on alliance matters. A move is
made to organize a county alliance
There are about Z subordinate al
liances in the County, and if the
County alliance is organized, l think
it will speed the towns, that have no
alliance to follow.
| HANS B. IMsDAHL.
Marshall Co., 7th, 1890.
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Hennepin County, Feb. 9Th, 1890.

STERLING, N. OAK, Feby 9Th, 80.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Please send me few sample copies
of your valuable paper. 1 hear it
highly spoken of, and I will see if I
can get you some patrons. We have
strong Alliance at this place. The
Farmers of North Dakota are begin
ming to squirm. The Millers' Associa-
ton is our worst enemy. We are
compelled topay 81 go for -four, and
$1,000 for bran through this deal,
and several dealers are now getting
it shipped from outside this State for
less money. Unless the farmers COM
bine and build a mill in this County,
which is being agitated, they will con-
tinue to be robbed as heretofore.
Yours truly, c. D. CLARK.
Purchasing Agent Sterling Alliance,
7O6.
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AAANO - = -
Marshall Co., 7th, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:

EDITOR UREAT w EST.
Our alliance is booming-had a
meeting last night and added six
members, and received Z new sub
scribers for your paper. We had a
large attendance other than alliance
members, and the enthusiasm seems
to be spreading. The young men
have a debating club, which meets at
the same place and time, after the
close of the work of the alliance.
I think your paper is doing more
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Sibley County, Feby 10th, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:

EDITOR GREAT WEST:
We have organized the first AL
lance in Goodhue Co., with 43 char
ter members. We met last night,
elected officers, did other necessary
business and received eight applica-
tions for membership. Had a good
attendance though the night was
very cold and windy. Our alliance
is made up of six different nationali-
ties and from all three political par
ties. Ten OF us are old soldiers, en-
listed for the war. Our alliance will
live and grow, as it has a good pro-
portion of live men who are willing
to do good deal of work to keep it
at the top.
One item OF business last night was
the appointment OF committee on
resolutions to be sent to the Mime
sofa Senators, and the representa-
ton from this district relative to
legislation in the interest of the farm
ers. The officers are:
Pres.-C. R.. Miller.
Vice Pres.-T T. Comstock.
Secy.-D. L.. Drove.
Treas.-W. NJ. Fulkerson,
It is instructive as well as slightly
amusing to notice the criticisms
made on that Alliance worker who
drank glass OF beer: 1t shows that
the enemies of the Alliance expect, as
they have a right to, that an organ
ization with the moral principle be-
hind it that the Alliance has, would
only put the best of men in the front
as leaders. 1t is an old saying that "a
speck OF dirt shows very plainly on a
white handkerchief" 1t must have
been the whiteness OF the cloth that
made that drop Of beer so plainly
visible.
If he had been a common politician
he might have got gloriously drunk
twice week without losing caste with
the ones who criticize him now, and
would still be an "honored member
Of the party inwhich successful politi-
cal dishonesty, and a "bar'l" well
filled, with beer or ducats, are the
surest passports to success.
w. M. FULKERsoN.
Goodhue County, Feb. 8th, 1890.
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CAMP RELEASE ALLIANCE NO. 561.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Greeting!
We had such a rousing meeting
yesterday that can't refrain from
telling you about it,. We have such
a Jolly, lively, and full-of-hopes-for-
the-good-cause, lovely old gentle
man for president, in our ALI
ance! He knows how to touch the
hearts of the boys. He says: "By
all means, brothers, let us stick to-
gether like pitch till next election.
and after that we will have no trou-
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CORRESPONDENCE.

CoRREsPoNDENTs.-Usuall write on but one side
OF the paper. Write q reasonably large hand
Small fine writing cannot be handed to the print
er. Use no pale or dim inks Write short
Observation-Disclosures often. Remember that
while your long essay may be better than any
articlein the paper it gets left out nine times out
of ten-the editor cannot afford to read again
through pigeon-hole full Of MSS. to find the best
of MANY good ones.
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BILE in staying togetherr' He will
cheer them nm If some one seems To

BILE in staying togetherr' He will
cheer them up if some one seems to
lose courage, making suggestions how
to take up new interesting topics,
emulating with the GREAT WEST in
striking at the Shylocks, barnacles
and other strange sounding names
individuals and corporations,) and
we have a lot more enthusiastic
brothers in our midst all good work
ers. We succeeded in enlisting IL
new members and two from an adj
joining Alliance, which swells our
number to 20. Started with 10 in
last November. We also succeeded
in efecting a delegate to the State
Alliance meeting. I would ask every
reader Of the GREAT WEST, to try
his best to get his neighbor along
with him to their Alliance meeting,
and after they get them there once,
there will be no trouble in getting
them to Join; before they know any
thing about our meetings they think
there is something awful going on
there, interfering with their religious
or political creeds-therefore take
them along to meeting any how and
your work is mostly done with them,
for we must be strong to accomplish
anything.
l was told that the citizens OF one
of our towns collected about 5000
worth of clothing for the poor SUI
fering farmers in Dakota, boxed it
up and delivered it at the R. r. De-
pot, then it was only sent out, after
the people got up money enough to
pay the freight on it. But it is just
the way. A brother farmer said to me
in town to-day, as long as they let
us off by paying, every time, why we
are all right, but when they get
ready to apply the lash we have to
kick. A. F. SCHULTZ.
Chippewa Co., Feby 18th, 1890.
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OLD GooDHUE WAKING UP.

An Alliance has been organized at
Roscoe, Goodhue county, with a
membership of ~ names; they .ex-
pect to soon make it Is. The an
pointment of Mr.. Comstock, as coun-
ty lecturer, gives great satisfaction
he is an able, honest man; the kind
of man, in fact, that old Goodhue
should send to the legislature. Mr..
W. NJ. Fulkerson, who is one of the
leading spirits of the new Roscoe al
lance, is hard at work increasing the
circulation of the GREAT WEST
That is the right way to get at it.
If the GREAT WEST was in half the
farmhouses Of Goodhue county there
would soon be an alliance in every
township of the county.
A fine poem from Canton, South
Dakota, next week.
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LET WE'LL. ENOUGH ALONE,

Ed. GREAT VEST:
Among other interesting subjects
discussed at OUR Alliance held here
last Saturday, was the Agric'l college
question, which has been on the
docket for number of years, and
made plank in the Alliance plat
form. Facts were advanced in proof
that the school in all it's departments
is in fourishing condition, and it's
management in good practical order,
the whole working to benefit the
state at large. The following resolu-
ton was unanimously passed:
RESOLVED, That Browns Valley
Alliance is opposed to the project Of
trying to remove our Agricultural
College from it's present correlation
with the State University; believing
as we do that such intermeddling is
not only impolitic, but damaging to
the interests OF the Alliance in Min
nesota, and that it is every way
worthy of support where it is now To-
Gated. j. 0. BARRETT.
Secretary.
Now friends everything in the reso-
luton may be true-in letter and
spirit-and yet a great wrong may
lie underneath the history of the in
stitution. We admire many of the
friends of the school-but right is
right. If the school has a million
dollars it should be made equal to
it's means. Nor should it be where it
is. Still, so far as we are concerned,
it may rest where it is for a time.
It's removal and proper development
is only question Of time. But
friends, when looking out for the well
fare OF your Own school becomes in
termeddling it must be a cold day
for farmers!
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EDITOR GREAT WEST:

EDITOR GREAT WEST:
l see by your invaluable Journal
that the work OF organizing the
farmers throughout the state is
meeting with unbounded success.
The task is not an easy one, as l
have every reason, from experience,
to believe.
Three years ago Big Stone County
was we'll represented, with a Co. AL
lance in good working order. But
political corruption crept in and
sharpened party animosity, and it
disappeared like snow before the sun.
That the Executive Committee of
the State Alliance is infallible cannot
be expected, and as there is no lesson
so valuable as experience it is to be
hoped that the coming convention
will place it on a rock with founda-
ton so strong that twill defy all the
storms and assaults that wire pull
ers and m0nopolists may bring
against it.
The alliance in this town is alive
and active, with spirited weekly meet
ings, with an increase of new mem
bers at each meeting. At the meet
ing held Feby 9Th it was unanimous
ly voted to send a delegation to the
Annual State Convention. In order to
succeed we must agitate and keep the
question before the people, farmers,
cannot you see that the only chance
open to you is organization and
representation of their own members
to secure just legislation, and a share
OF the wealth created by them.
FARMER.
Big Stone Co., Feby 18th, 1890.