The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-23

To Be Presented to the
Alliance.
N.w YORK, July 14.-In a secret
conclave of representative Farmers
Alliance men from all parts OF the
country, hello recently at an out-o1-tne-
wav hotel in the vicinity of this city,
there was concocted daring financial
and commercial scheme which IL IS
intended to propose to the farmers OF
the country, and which rivals IN us
character and magnitude the SUD-
treasury scheme.
Measures began to be taken IN March
to get together sufficient number OF
the leaders in the Alliance movement
to give the project an effective paren-
tage, and they were attended with sucn
success that over thirty of them were
brought together in this city, June p
The scheme was the joint invention OF
H.H. Baleh, secretary of the National
Cordage company (by which the Twlne
and Bagging Trust is incorporated anu
Oswald Wilson, president of the Farm
ers' Alliance exchange OF this clty'
both of whom hope to secure pleasant
offices in the projected reorganization.
Mr.. Ralch, it is said, presented to the
CORPORATION of which be is the secretary
such an alluring picture Of the advan-
tages to be gained by connection Win
the scheme that it undertook to pay
the expenses of the proposed meeting
and the travelling hotel expenses OF the
people attending it. Mr.. Wilson can
yassed the South and West IN person
in the interest of the project and Sc
,ected the men to be invited to come IN
on the ground floor. When all Things
were ready and the list had been maze
sufficiently influential in appearance to
spit the concocters, notices were sent 10
the selected individuals to meet at the
Astor House in this city, Sunday, June
2l. Nearly every invitation croughI
it's man, but few ofthe schemers went
TO another hotel instead of the one ap-
pointed as the general rendezvous ana
thereby nearly gave the scheme away
They were corralleG by the leaders,
however, and escorted with other del
epates to Crede's South Beach Hotel,
on the bay shore side of Staten Island,
where the conclave was held behind
closed doors.
A GOODLY GATHERING.
Besides Balch and Wilson the fol-
lowing men were present at the meet
ing: Col. ". Peek, of Georgia, presl-
dent Of the Georgia Alliance executive
committee; C. w. Macune, editor OF
The National Economist of Washing
ton, chairman Of the National Alliance
executive committee and father OF the
notorious sub-treasury scheme; u. +.
Allen, of Hornellville, n. y; }. +.
Tillman, of Tennessee Rev. J. A.
Sigh, of Newberry, S. c., an Alliance
member of the South Carolina Leglsla-
ture; w. W. Holland, of the National
Cordage company S. Otno Wilson, OF
North Carolina; J, J. Rogers, OF VIZ
ginia, Frank J. Claypole and Nj. d.
Coffeen, of Kansas : A. E. Sprague and
George A. Gowar,. of Tennessee
George G. Cross, Of Pennsylvania;
John NJ. Massey, of Thomasville, Ca;
C.E. Hamlin, from the West (Nebras-
ka, it was thoughN; A. Wardall, of
South Dakota; George F. Garther, of
Birmingham business agent of the
Alliance for Alabama A. E. Cole, OF
Florida; J. A. Wickman and William
Dehon, of Florida, NJ. Barbee, of Ken
lucky; A. T, Mcintyre, OF Thomas
vile, Ga, who expects to be the gen.
eral Southern manager; J. T. Crawford,
Dallas, Tex; T. 4. Clayton, of Louis
lana one Mcintyre, a lawyer OF
Thomasville, Ga, brother Of A. 1. NC
Intvre w. H Worth, of Raleigh, State
business agent Of the Alliance in North
Carolina. and G. H. Peck, an attache
of the National Cordage company, as
sistant to Boss Balch.
There were two or three others VINO
did not register at the South Beach
Hotel, but who attended all the meet
ings, returning to their hotels in this
city at night. Among them was
representative of the Alliance in ONO
and one from Chicago.
The meetings were held in the man
dining room on the second floor when
looks cut from broad piazza over the
Atlantic. The Chicago man, whose
name could not be ascertained to-day
was elected chairman. Meetings were
held Monday night, nearly all day
Tuesday and Wednesday morning
June %, % and p. Nearly all the
persons attending remained at the
South Beach hotel throughout the
three days. The National Cordase
company is said to have footed the
bill.
A DAZZLING SCHEME.
The schem. which Balch and Wilson
launched upon the meeting was for "
national organization of Alliance stores
and exchanges throughout the coun-
trv, with national headquarters in
this city, principal branch establish
ment in Chicago, state central eX-
changes in every State, district organl-
zation in every Congressional district
and county, and city exchanges wher-
ever feasible. The object was to con-
troll the trade of the Alliance members
selling to them on the cooperative