The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-03-11
NO. -.
TIE PHOSPHATE WAR.
The COMMISSION TAKE POSSESSION
OF The COOsAW TERRITORY.

OF The COOsAW TERRITORY.
The Company TO appeal to the United
States Court Gor an Injunction-All
Work Stoppcd-Over 1000 Hands Idle.
Land Phosphate Miners Jubilant.
E.. CHARLESTON, March 2.-The war be.
tween the State and the Coosaw Phos-
! phate Company was inaugurated to-day,
when The Phosphate Commissioners,
who went down to Beaufort yesterday,
embarked in a tug chartered by the
State, and with Governor Tillman on
! board went down to CooSaw and took
! possession of the territory to which the
Co0saw company claim exclusive right.
Possession was taken by each member
OF the Commission dropping a lead line
overheard ana sounding the bottom.
The CoosaW company has Shut down its
machinery and is now idle with its l 900
or more employees.
1t is understood that in case any per-
son or company attempts to move rock
in their territory the company will
apply to the United States Court for an
injunction, as tne TlVef now IS d naVI-
Sao!e sIreatn ana un 'eT tlie JurlsulcClo1
OF the cnlted States. IL IS UNDERSTOOD
that it is going to be a war Of freeze out.
The CoosaW company will not mine any
roch Itself and the United States Court
"lll oe invoked 10 preYe9t anyDooy eiss
IloHt intiilils piioS9ila'e III 'he oiSpooeo
territory.
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peu 1Uo:1oo !oLle VI IoGA w hutope, auu
~ tIle "a a.lGu - pIolGtieo sito anpSu
5UCh tT, w, VII G "ICtiuIa"n Iloin Cne inaIAet
iIi9 IaLu Pnosptiate @ nltashs .sie Juollans
anu aIIeauy taiA " IdlSlaS Ine Price VI
tallo IocA W - Con. lile nLlSaC5on
also IS expected TO ooom the recenIly ols-
covered Ioiiud puOSpilaIeS. ~ p6ocess
mas yeg oeen issued Dy Ihe Y nlIeo oCaVeS
Court here.-heSlsCer.
! \ PHOSPHATE MANS VIEW.
q Well,knoWn phosphate miner, noG
connected Wlth CoosaW, mas InlS 10 say
OF the actlon OF the state commission
1o,aay
Ihe phosphate commission took 1or-
mai possession OF tne CooSoW lerrlGory
this morning. AL least Jney say Lney
did. They took tug5oat and went to
Coosaw River, expecting, OF course, to
tinC al the CoosaW dredges IN full oper-
alton, but they were mistaken. Mt.
Moses Lopez, the superintendent OF the
CcosaW Mining Company. mad quietly
given orders tnat all tne oreages snouo
remain ldle, not pound OF rocA pelus
mined from the waters Oh the CoosaW.
The COMMISSION we're no DOUBT greatly
surprised, but they had come to take
possession OF CoosaW, and this. IS ABOUT
the way | understand they dld 1t: a
meeting was held aboard the tug Brit
anna IN the caoln. CapO. wafer was
called to the chalr, tnen resolution
was passed Dy the board declaring that
CoosaW River was open TO generalrlgnIs.:
A lead line was thrown oVerDoaro, Ine
lead touched bottom, ana the people OF
South Carolina are tod by TINS wise and
great commission thaC Vne CoosaW YER
r!toHy IS no longer unueI eAcl9stYe
rights. Was there ever sucn a reucu-
lous sight before: line CooSaW super
intendent was in bis own tug, the Ivan
noe, WITHIN hal!lng dlstance an Ine tlne
when TINS was happening. NoC a WORD
was sald 70 MN ana no Iorlnai Hoglce I
was given the CoosaW company. Inc
whole scene would appear nonsenslcal
to set OF scnooi ooys. 1eI tnese are
the men to Whom IS entrusled one OF
the greatest industries IN une oCate.
TIE LOSS TO THE STATE.
The shutting up OF the Coos2W MN
ing Company IS much more serious
matter than most people suppose: Inc
company employs about three hundred
laborerS, eighty of whom are white men
with families to support. The weekly
pay roll OF the company IS more tnan
$4,000. The State to-day, alcne iost SoU
in royalty, this beng ABOUT the daiiy
prooucuon j., OF % tns oreGages unuer al, tne
Io,,cr nov, tho S+.to etand snch . 1oss %