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Hamilton News.

HAMILTON, July IS Especial. - The
Monte Cristo road building has gone on
faster than money TOR its payment has ac-
cumulated in the treasury st Hamilton.
This is because contributors have been
negligent in making remittances. The
work is done almost wholly by subserip-
ton.
Mayor Wiley is building the finest resi-
dence in the Skagit valley.
street contract was awarded this even
ing BY the council for connecting Maple
with First street. This supplies the link
connecting the older portions OF town with
the new by sidewalk and grade.
Hamilton today voted 5000 bonds for
building a schoolhouse. The directors are
examining plans and specifications sub
mitted by Architect Parkinson, of Seattle.
Steamer Minnie NJ, disabled week ago
and taken 70 Seattle for q new cylinder
head. will be back on the Skakit river on
Monday.
Melting snow in the mountains Is CIV
ing a good depth OF water in the river,
which is now expected TO continue rather
above the normal stage during the re-
mainder of the summer, because the sea-
son has thus far passed without freshet,
which is very unusual
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We Can Show 70 Novelty, Seamless Pants

ing of fifty officers and men. and detach-
ment of Companies d and E, under
command of Captain e. s. Ingraham.
arrived from Gilman At $40 p. m. by the
Lake Shore train. They were welcomed
on arrival at the depot by several Seattle
militiamen, and Immediately marched by
Columbia, Third and Union streets to the
Armory, where they were quartered and
took supper. About o'clock Company
marched to the Northern Pacific depot to
take the 30 p. m. train to Tacoma. where
the soldier was again lost in the citizen.
About 8 O'Clock the detachment of COM
pany C which has been stationed at New
castle. consisting of eleven men, under
command of Major Gaus and Lieutenant
James Ross. arrived at the Columbia &
Puget Sound depot and Immediately
marched across TO the Northern Pacific de-
pot. When the main body of C company
marched down, the Newcastle detachment
gave three rousing cheers of welcome, and
. similar greeting was given to Captain
Fife individually.
The whole company crowded on the
train, and the men were exchanging ex-
periences when the train pulled out.
The close of the campaign was marked
by slight accident to Colonel &c. Haines,
who has had charge of II. He was riding
down from the Armory to accompany c
company 10 the depot. when, at the corner
of Third and Union streets. his horse
slipped. The colonel kept his seat and the
weight of the horse came upon his left
leg, spraining the ankle and injuring the
knee slightly. He was removed TO his
home, where DR.. P. B. NJ. Miller attended
him. He regards the injury as unimport-
ant and says he will be out this morning.
Ii is the belief of the officials and those
who know most of the situation at New
castle and Gilman that the withdrawal Of
the militia viii be the signal for the real
beginning of trouble there. as they expect
that the lawless element among the strik-
ers. which has been held in check by the
presence of the militia, will now show its
hand. With this expectation, Sheriff
Woolery sent -four more deputies 10 Gill
man yesterday with six Winchester rides.
He expresses full confidence in his depu-
ties, and says that if it comes TO lighting,
they will shoot.
That the militia were prepared for the
worst is shown by the following telegram.
which was sent by a member of c COM
pany TO his mother at Tacoma:
Trouble ahead. Expect bad news. Gccdby.
God bless you.
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ments, and is hearty believer In the
theory OF giving all the power and respon-
sibility 70 one man. This theory" he
said, has been brought prominently into
attention by Hon. Seth Low. formerly
mayor of Brooklyn, but now president of
Columbia college. The trouble with most
OF our American cities is that they have
too much government The mayor mas a
limited share of responsibility and of
power; the city council, or whatever you
choose 70 call the legislative body, also has
limited powers and responsibilities;
the executive and the legislative
are surrounded by various boards and
commissions. some dependent. some indie
pendent, and some half way between the
extremes. The result is that it is hard TO
get anything done: and when anything is
done amiss the responsibility is so divided
that the blame can be laid IT no mans
door. The chances for peculation and job
berry are many, while the chances for de-
lection of the guilty one are few.
Those who have made 3 study Of the
questions of municipal governments are
agreed that city is simply = corporation
whose business should be managed on
everyday business principles. A railroad
is managed by one man who is 81 the head
of things aud who is responsible for what
goes wrong. For the various
branches of the service he ap-
points heads of departments who are
responsible to him. He doesn't appoint
commissions 70 carry on the work, for one
man can do il. 4 commission is q con-
trivance for accomplishing nothing. For
elaboration, Of course, several men are
needed. bat for action or execution. one
man is enough. He can accomplish more
than ten. So in city government / be-
lieve in having one deliberative body
whose plans shall be carried out, not by
commissions, but men.
The mayor should have the power and
the responsibility. He should make the
appointments and be answerable for the
character OF his appointees. If anything
is wrong, if there is crookedneSs. the guilt
can be traced and some one made 10 suf-
fer. The mayor Of Boston, under the bill
| drew and had passed in its essential fea-
lures, is almost a dictator. But the plan
works well. for the sense Of his respon-
sibility holds him IN check"
General Stevens is making trip through
the Northwest. and will be about the
Sound country for nearly = month.
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perfect safety to our persons and property and
in all peaceable avocations; and be it further
Resotred, That should the sheriff fail to i'm
mediatey respond to this call, we appeal 70 the
governor 70 have q sufficient number of militia
stationed at this place 70 render such protection
a. above mentioned as long IS required.
WALTER THoRBURS. Chairman.
MORGAN POWELL,
y. maxwell,
WILLIAM G. RICHARDS,
DAVID EDMuSDs,
The sheriff promised to consider the
matter with the county commissioners and
prosecuting attorney on Monday morning.
An account Of the affair given by David
Edmunds, a member of the committee,
makes it appear more serious than first
accounts showed. He said: About 10 80
on Thursday night | saw shooting from
the company's saloon. A volley was fired
at first, emptying two revolvers, then there
was quite fusilade. lasting about twenty
minutes. Thirty or forty shots were fred,
all from revolvers, / think. They were
fred towards the fats. Robert Thor
burn, jr., who lives in a direct line from
the saloon and was in bed at the
time, saws that a ball whizzed right past
him. His wife had just returned from
Roslyn, where she had been attending her
mother-in-law. AS soon as the firing was
over the negroes set up a hurrah for
Corey. One of them started down the
steps leading from the saloon to the rail-
road, and Mr.. Thorburn and his wife
heard him call the others TO follow him
and clean out the whites. They did not
follow. and he turned back. They kept up
a racket till u or O'Clock. Several other
men besides Thorburn heard bullets whiz-
Zing near them.
The white people all went across the
river and spent the night in the woods
Not white family remained in the house
that night. did not bring my wife from
the woods until O'Clock on Friday morn
ing. and many people also spent Friday
night in the woods. As soon as We got
our families away We returned. and those
who had guns got them, but by that time
the firing had ceased, though the negroes
kept up the noise. Some of the women
were sick. and had to be carried to the
woods. Next day some families went TO
Black Diamond and others to the Clay
mine.
This affair proves that the negroes did
not give up their arms, and that they had
more than the company said they had
Deputy Sheriff Smart told me that, when
the firing began, a crowd of negroes, all
armed with carbines, started from the di-
rection of the engine-house towards the
saloon. Deputy Sheriff Jordan says the
same, and estimates the crowd at about
200. They were held back by the deputies,
who have done their best 10 keep order.
Mr.. Smart has returned the guns 10 all
but four Of the white miners and has done
the same with the colored men. He is re
turning the guns as fast as they are
called for.
We propose 10 leave Franklin when we
get ready and not before, unless We are
driven out. We DO not propose to be
driven ont, if We can prevent il. We are
getting supplies regularly from the West
ern Central Labor Union"
General Lyman Banks telegrsphed TO
the Oregon Improvement Company yester-
day that all the negroes guns were in his
possession and locked up,
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EXPLOSION CAUSED NO SCARE.



farns-Strikers Leaving Quietly.
NEWCASTLE, July 1s.-ISpecial. Colonel
Scott. the general overseer az the mine.
today told a reporter for the Posr-INTEL-
LIGEScER that he wished it distinctly un-
derstood that interviews with him. pub
lished in two daily papers of Seattle, were
fictitious in every particular, as he had
merely passed the time of day with a rep
resentative OF one. while no one from the
other paper has been near him since the
occurrence of night before last. 1T is an
noying in the extreme 10 be quoted as be-
lieving in the existence of Molly Maguires
in camp and all that sort of rubbish"
ne said. Il not only don't know any,
thing OF the sort, but | am satisfied
that the contrary is the case. As to the
exaggerated accounts of the incident 1t
the mine and at Newcastle the facts are
these: The man Peter Murphy was seen
in the vicinity of the powder magazine.
He threw ftone at the guard, who fred .
shot at him, and ran him down. and
brought him 10 me. He was discharged
the next morning early. That was aIl
there was in the desperate attack on the
magazine that was reported. As 10 the
explosion down town, IN which four
houses were said 10 have been demolished.
anyone with an eve can see that a few
shingles and window panes viii repair the
the whole damage. The account in the
PosT-lSTELII6ESCEg was correct in every
particular. l do not believe that there
was any intention Of killing Sanders. but
they picked out the wrong man to scare.
He has repeatedly done work in the mine
that no one else would go near, because of
the danger that attended il, Just because
he could earn more money that way. He
makes on an average 500 month. and he
is not going TO be scared OUT OF the place
by anybody as long as he gets his pay"
Please say, too, that We are not scared
at all. There was nothing to take fright
al. There are no Molly Maguires 10 be
afraid of. There was once man in camp
who was said TO have belonged to the or
der in former years, but he has gone. and
| don't know of another. | am sure that
there is no organized band of them here
now
Tom Doyle. one of the youths of the
camr. prevented s serious accident today
with little presence Of mind ana fence
post. A car Of lumber started on the down
grade from Coal Greek this afternoon and
passed through Newcastle at a high rate Of
speed. Train No. doubled up the hill
and was on its way up fhe second section.
Doyle saw the danger and threw an OBJ
struetion before the runaway car that was
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IAooxA, July Especial The con-
tract for equipping the Point Dehsncs
street railway with electricity from Ninth
street 20 Bnckley's addition, was let today
10 The Edison Equipment Company. The
road viii be equipped with electricity %
the snelter in the fall.
Judge Galasha Parsons and Others VIII
SPEAK az q mass-meeting 20 be held tomor-
row in the First Presbyterian church in
favor OF the sunday closing Of saloons.
Northern Pacific railroad officials say
the washouts in Montana viii. for dis
lance Of about lis miles, necessitate the
practical rebuilding OF the road.
keirenchneaf continues % be talked Of
in the local headquarters Of the Northern
Pacific Three department clerks were
dismissed this week.
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PARTY OF CAPITALISTS.
Men From the South and West vfssfina
In the Sound Country.

MeH u rum tnS Soukn anu west Nt8sffUM
In the Sound Country.
Mr.. W. z. Rice, of New York; Captain
X. Mcfarland. of Thom&ston, Ne. Mr.. G.
p. Moore, Of Warren, o., and Mr.. James
NJ. Vernon, of Fort Payne, Ala, were az
the Grand hotel yesterday. The party n
looking over the Sound country with n
view 10 investing. Captain Mcfarland in
a Maine capitalist. Mr.. Rice has invested
very largely in property in the South aud
West. lie erected the American National
bank building. one of the finest structures
in Kansas City. where he has held consils
cradle real estate Lately he has been deyei.
oping the coal and iron mines Of Alabama.
and he has virtu ally built the city of Fora
Payne. Though not yet 40 years old ho
has been remarkably successful in BUSH
ness and has acquired 4 large fortune.
Mr.. Vernon, who went south from Ohio.
is editor of the Fort Payne Herald. IN
said yesterday: The South Is attracting
more Northern immigration and capital
each year land in the chances which il offers
10 young men. il is \ riya. Of the North.
west. Alabama, for instance, abounis in
iron, coal and limestone Last wear vs
got out more iron ore than the whole staf>
OF Pennsylvania Alabama's agricultural
resources are also important Around
Montgomery the finest cotton in the
world is raised. IL has such long fibre
that IL IS peculiarly valuable
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STRIKERS WANT PROTECTION.
Franklin Miners Call for Miiitia-Se-
groes Caused Another Panic.

A committee from the white miners OF
Franklin came TO the city yesterday and
presented :he following document 10
Sheriff Woolery:
To the sheriff of King County, Wssh.-Sir: At
. meeting held BY the citizens OF Franklin on the
morning Of July l.. lSsl. the following pre-
amhle and resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, We, the people Of Franklin. have
been subjected TO damages ard privations. and
our families have been frightened % such an
extent that We have bean compelled 10 seek
safety in the woods at night and have been in
constant fear Of being murdered when we lie
down in our beds AZ night 70 rest, and some OF
our number have been killed and others
wounded by gunshots fred by ignorant and ir-
responsible persons who have invaded our
town: and,
wHxRxAs, We have, on the night OF the 18th
o. July, had almost q repetition OF she outrage
psrpetra;sd upon Us on the evening Of May =:
ard
WHEREAS, The depnty sheriff in charge has
admitted that the number OF deputies under his
charge is inadequate 10 prevent outbreaks OF
quiet disturbance; therefore. y =
Resolved, That we, a. peacstal. aaw-aolding
citizens OF King county. demand 81 TIE sherif
of said county such protection 40 viii insure IN
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THE HARBoR LINES.
Hearings In Bellingham Bay-Appeal to
Federal Supreme Court.

Colonel WI. ProSser, of North Yakima,
chairman OF the harbor line commission,
was AT the Rainier hotel yesterday on his
way home from Beliingham bay The
commission has been giving hearings 10
those interested in the laying Of the har-
Dor lines in Beihngham bay" said he.
I'VE held two hearings ~ New Whstcom
and one az FaiFhayen. and thus collected
quite a number Of facts and opinions
which will be OF use 10 rs. Several people
wish 20 present written arguments
and make certain suggestions in regard
to the lines. We have given them
until August to do this During the frst
week in August We shall have meeting
10 consider the Olympia harbor lines,
those 81 Bellingham bay and those OF
Blaine. We hope during the early part Of
tie month % get she lines ~ the two lat
ter pisces finally settled, 50 that the tide
lands may be appraised and sod.
The suit 70 prohibit the commission
from laying the lines in Seattle has been
carried 20 the supreme court Of the United
States. Whether the writ Of prohibition
will stand until the federal court makes
final determination Of the question. / do
not vet know. ] have written 10 the at
torney general of the state TO find out.
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with pistols and guns. while on passen-
ger tram on the Columbia & Puget Sound,
railroad, while the train was in motion
between Black Diamond and Franklin,
shoot of guns and pistols. Their purpose
is said TO have been terrorizing and dis
turbing peaceable people on the train and
along the line
The witnesses examined were Joseph S.
White. Thomas Major, engineer of the
train; Charles H. Paine. rancher; John
W. Bailey. John Wadsworth, Cyrille
Vigneau, David Edmunds, Sarah Ed
munds, Charles E. McFadden, conductor
of the train; Elmer Zeck, E. r. Mason,
Watkin Evans, David G. Lewis, Catherine
Lewis, May J. Thomas, j. ". Thomas,
Thomas Nicholas, Luke Clifford, Edward
Quillan, Thomas J. Connolly, Mrs. Cath
crime Evans. The other witnesses besides
Major, McFadden and Paine are all miners
or members of miners families.
Foley Is the captain of the Sullivan
guards who were on the train. Fisher is a
guard, Carmichael is outside mine fore
man, and Tony. Diamond and Williams
are colored guards
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TROUBLE AT GILMAN.
Mcdonald Gives Strikers Mus.
cular Medicine.
LAST OF THE TROOPS RETURN
Mines In the Deputies Care-Franklfn
Strikers Want Miiitia-The "CeIe-
bration'' Caused . Panic.

GILMAN, July ls.-[Speciai. AS the 1855
o'clock train carrying the militia from
snoqualmie Falls to Seattle, passed
through here this afternoon the platform
., the depot was lined with strikers and
deputy sheriffs, and the general demeanor
ofthe crowd gave evidence OF impending
trouble.
Company C and the detachments of
Companies d and E, which were stationed
here broke camp this morning and went
to Snoaua:mie Falls. as the guests of the
Lake Shore road, Assistant Superintend-
ent Nadeau having telegraphed passes for
them. There the greater part of the day
was spent in picnicking, target practice.
etc. Three members of militia. Sergeant
Sweeney and Privates WELDON and
Caughey, remained at Gilman, and were
sworn in as deputy sheriffs.
After the militia left several of the
strikers began drinking quite freely and
became abusive to the deputies. making
threats as TO what they would do with
them, etc Deputy Mcdonald would not
Be bulldozed. however. and handled some
of them without gloves. As the train from
the Falls pulled in the strikers gathered
in large numbers on the platform, most of
them with reviewers sticking out of their
hip pockets Deputy Mcdonald was on
hand with his men lest any trouble should
take place. and just as the train stopped
one Of the men with whom Mcdonald had
had the trouble, and whose face gave evil
dence of having come in contact with his
Est, stood talking to Mcdonald in a very
load and threatening manner. Shaking
his fist in the deputy's face he yelled out:
- - you, you cannot run this
place.
Several members of the militia Jumped
OF the train TO see what was the matter.
and the strikers told them that the depu-
nes were trying TO impose on them and
they wanted the militia to return and pro-
tect them
There are fifteen deputies in all. and
every deputy has Winchester and revol-
yer. There is every evidence OF trouble to-
night, as the strikers are bitter against
them.
Last night the detachments from comma
nies d and E were stationed AZ the mines.
hall mile out, and Company c was down
sown. Ii was arranged that in case of
trouble AZ the mines three shots would be
fred as signal for company C. Earlv in
TIE morning the detachments AZ the
mines, forgetting the arrangement. BEGAN
hrirg at q target, and in less than fifteen
minutes Company was on the ground
much chagrined ut having lost its morn
ing rest. Captain lngraham knew moth
nag Of the affair until the shooting had
oeen done. and was in no way responsible
Tor IL
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At any rate do not antici-
pate . long delay. The court
will advance on the docket an
important case like this IN which q state il
interested When once the case comes IN
il can be disposed Of in short order. for
the supreme court has passed upon the
principles involved time and time again. !"
Mr.. d. c. Guernsey. of Dayton, who 10
also a member of the commission. il a
the Diller. ne said: 1.-The meetings With
the people in Bellingham bay were very
satisfactory. There was q good under.
standing on both sides, and think we
shall meet with no opposition in the Lays
ing Of the lines
Il have special charge of the work in
the harbors on the Columbia river and
Gray's harbor. The Columbia river towns
viii come in for attention later on, bat We
are arranging TO have surveys made III
Gray's harhor next month"
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successful in throwing the front wheels of
the track and stopping its progress. The
road is full of sharp curves, and nothing
else would have prevented a disastrous
collision. The track was repaired, and
when the train returned to Seattle the last
detachment of militia went with il.
The town is now in possession of the
strikers and deputies. It is probable that
many of those upon whom writs of evic-
ton were served will leave before the day
for making the evictions has come. Two
of them today surrendered their keys to a
representative of the company. and
another has signified his intention to do
so. Some of the tenants have professed
their intention of staying and paying no
attention to the authorities, and if they
do, there will be trouble
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A PROMINENT MIssIssIPrIAx.
General Henry l.. Mufdrow. with HIs
Family. In Seattle

General Henry l. MuIdrow, Of Stark
vile, Miss. Is At the Occidental hotel with
his wife and daughter. He is one Of tho
most prominent men in the state and, in
deed, IN the whole South He first served
IN the Forty-ffth congress and the three
succeeding terms. Then President CIevs-
land appointed him first assistant secretary
Of the interior. He IS now pracsicing
lawyer and president Of the Peoples Saw
ing bank in Starkville.
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BLACK DIAMOND TO RESUME.
Nearly All Have Signed the Contract
Coal From Clay Mine.

Coal From Clay Mine.
Reports from Black Diamond state that
nearly all the miners have signed the
contract. The mines will all be put in OPP
Grafton on Monday with the exception of
No. IL, which is full of water, and where
fifty to sixty men would be employed.
George ". Hummer and the other off,
GERS of the Puget Sound Fire Clay Com
psny went TO the company's mine on
Green river few days ago and hauled out
all the loose coal. No arrangement has
yet been made with the miners, no over
lures having been made by either party.
The situation at Cedar Mountain is similar.
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An Old-Time Democrat III.

BALTIMORE, July 1s-A Sans special
from Lynchburg. Va, says: News has
been received of the critical illness Of
Thomas Bocock, ex-speaker Of the Con-
federate Congress, az his home in Apo
-zasAx raun-r