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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
No, SAY THE MINERS,
Whom Gov. Buchanan's Terms
Are First Made Known.


The Coal Creek miners held mass
meeting Thursday, and the terms OF
Gov. buchanan were rejected, saying
1--WE won't have no convicts; they have
taken our bread d and it has come down
to blood" Conditions were drawn up
for u committee of seventeen TO take
back to Knoxville to be submitted to
the governor as follows: First-That
things be restored to their former con-
dition by letting the convicts return in
peace to the mines. Second-That the
militia be ordered home to Knox
vile. Third-That the armistice be
maintained for sixty days. Fourth
That the governor call an extra ses-
sion of the legislature, and recommend
the repeal of the convict lease system.
Fifth-On repeal of the lease system,
the convicts shall be removed from Coal
Creek, Briceville and Oliver Springs.
They form the ultimatum of the miners
TO the state government The miners
instructed the committee to tell
the governor that if these condi-
tions were rejected there would be
war; and any force sent into the
mountains would be wiped from the
face of the earth. Tell him we pock-
eted his militia once. We will chew
them up next time" When this busi-
ness was dispatched the meeting dis.
persed and the committee of seventeen
returned to Knoxville with the condi-
tions of peace. They felt well assured
that the governor would accede
to their demands, imprudent though
they were. They went into
the presence of Gov. Buchanan
and Attorney General Pickle at
o'clock. When they had set forth the
terms of peace, the governor replied
briefly and to the point: Tell your
people," said he, in kindly but en-
phatic tone, that they must obey the
laws Of this state, They must submit
| quietly and behave themselves. The
convicts will be put to work in the
mines again, and everything will
be as before. Your people may
be well assured of that. If the
legislature acts upon the convict law
and hope it will, that is well and good
But the state government has nothing
to do with armistces and all this thai
you have been talking to me-" "Wha
will you do if the militia come up" was
asked of one of the committeeman
"Bless your heart" said MAJ
named Ingraham; 1--WE wouldn't harm {
hair of their heads. We are not arounC
killing boys. The boys won't stay
when they find out that they are no
soldiers, but are only convict guards"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01

The most severe earthquake shock
ever felt in Evansville, Ind, passed
over the city Sunday night at 500
o'clock. The vibrations passed from
north to south, shaking the largest
structures as if they We're mere cradles,
topping chimneys over onto the roofs
of many buildings. The churches were
largely attended, and the shock,
which was accompanied with loud
report in some portions of the city, Gre
ated intense excitement Especially
was this the ease in the colored church,
where considerable of panic occurred
in the audience rushing pell-mell for
the streets, while people who remained
at home rushed from their houses into
the streets, dragging their children
with them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
Legislature Not Likelv to Respond,

But few people in Knoxville believe
that the Tennessee Legislature would
repeal the convict lease law. The les
sees have fought a violent opposition
in the legislature three times, and as
their contract does not expire for four
years, people think they will have no
trouble in preventing the legislature
from 'hasty and inconsiderate action.
The Legislators will have to regard the
sad state of Tennessee's finances.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
ENGLISH AFFAIRS.

BUTTER is sold by the yard at Cam.
bridge, Eng.
SAYERNAKE forest, one of the most
famous estates in England, has been
sold for 81, 600, 900.
THE Quadruple Delivery Machine
Company, just being hoated in Eng
land, offers for penny your weight a
box of sweets and an insurance policy.
The latter, which is for e25, lasts
twenty-one days
THE Victoria cross, though worth in
trinsically less than the other medals Of
the British service, is more sought uiter
than all the others. The person receiv-
ing it always receives pension on re-
tiring from the service.
"SMART' is one of the words evil
IDENTIFY much affected by English society
writers, "A large number of smart
people were present at the receptiou'
Lady Brooks party was very small
and smart" are specimens.
The Dolcoath mine in Cornwall, one
of the most famous and most important
tin mines in the world, has been opened
to depth of 2,472 feet, and the main
shaft is now being sunk deeper. Al
the bottom the temperature is nearly o.
degrees +.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
ARMED MINERS.

Four Thousand of Them Said to he Walt
ing Mt BriccvilIe and Coal Creek for the
Troops.
-Four thousand well armed miners at
Briceville and Coal Creek are waiting
for the militia. A bloody Lattle will
certainly occur il troops go there.
A6vices from various points in Ten
nessee, Virginia and Kentucky indi.
cate the rioters can, on short notice,
raise q force of 10000 efficient men.
Monday night rioters formed on Wal
denis Ridge and prepared to roll down
huge powders on the soldiers should
they approach. The telegraph wires
are still intact, but it is hard to get a
message sent from Coal Creek unless 1t
is favorable to the strikers, Gov.
Buchanan and Attorney General Pickle
arrived in Knoxville at o'clock We'd
nesday morning. They were at once
waited upon by a deputation of miners
who are trying to effect a compromise
and avoid bloodshed. The governor is
determined to establish law and order,
and the troops are anxious to be on the
move. especially those who were driven
out Monday. All sorts of rumors re-
garding the resistance to be offered the
troops are afloat, and the Knoxville
people encourage the strikers. At a
conference Wednesday between repre-
sentatives of the miners and the gov
srnor, the latter assured the miners that
an extra session of the legislature will
be called, and he will recommend that
the convict lease system be modified.
Thursday is anXiously awaited by Gov.
buchanan. He is interested in it as no
other man can be, for all the best law
yers believe that in calling out the
militia he has exceeded his powers. Tho
constitution of the state is very plainly
against him. The clause relating tC
the militia is: "The militia shall not be
called into service except in cases OF
rebellion or invasion, and then only
when the general assembly shall de-
clare by law that the public safety re-
uuired it"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
AN AWFUL WRECK.

Freight Cars Crash Into the Rear OF an
Excursion Train-Three Persons Killed
and Seventeen wounded.
At o'clock Friday evening, by the
breaking of draw bar, passenger
train on the c., H. &c d. ro.d, of
fifteen coaches, loaded with persons
who had been in attendance at picnic
given by the National Cash Register
Co., of Dayton, o., at Woodsdale Is
land, was badly wrecked. The train
was delayed at the depot at Middletown,
o., a short time, and was just ready
TO pull out when through freight, No.
81, came around the curve just south of
the depot and ran into the rear of the
train, throwing two coaches from the
track, by which three We're killed and
seventeen injured. The killed are:
Frank Simonton, II, Dayton; Minnie
Freyer 90, Dayton; VIM. Matthews,
Dayton. City physicians respond
ed to telephone call, and all
did what they could for the injured.
The dead were taken in charge by the
city undertakers and prepared for ship
ment The engineer and fireman on the
freight saw the train ahead, but too
late to stop. The engineer whistled
for breaks, when he and the fireman
both jumped and were unhurt. Extra
trains were furnished and the excur-
sionists taken home over the c., H. 6,
| D., via c., c., c, ~ and st. l.. road and
all was done possible to make the in.
| iured comfortable.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
oAMB TO TERMS.
rbe Convlcts Go Back, But the Militia
Must 60 Away.

Must so Away.
At 1 o'clock Friday afternoon che
committee of citizens and the commit
tee of miners came together again.
After two hours of discussion, Gen.
Williams, who had been so adroit at
the mass meeting near Briceville,
again brought about reasonable view
of things. A compromise was drawn
up, which, while it granted to the
miners practically all the points upon
which they had insisted, was not
so haughtily expressed. AT 8 o'clock
the original committee of five
miners and the citizens committee went
before the governor. Two hours were
spent in discussing details and, then
the word was sent out that the con-
fiict had been averted and peace com
pletely restored. The miners agreed
to let the convicts return to work pro-
vided no militia came along They
further agreed to await the action
of the legislature. The governor,
on his side, agreed to dismiss
the militia at once, to do all in his pow
err to get the Legislature to act, and it
was tacitly understood that past Of
fenses against the majesty of the law
should be as though they had not been
The governor at once proceeded to
carry out his part of the agreement.
Gen. Carnes, in command of the militia,
was ordered to move at once, and
part of the soldiers left at o'clock
Saturday morning. The rest will
go before Saturdays sunset. At SAC
o'clock Saturday morning the governor
personally conducted the ccuvicts back
to the mines and will see them put to
work. The wardens swore in about
fifteen special guards Saturday after
noon. No trouble is anticipated, al.
though the governor is not liked, yet
his consenting to terms of peace will
no doubt allaY the feeling against him
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
A TEST CASE.
Constitutionality of the Law Forbidding
Newspapers to Print Accounts OF Elec-
trocutions is to be Decided.

Constitutionality of the Law Forbidding
Newspapers to Print Accounts of Elec-
trocutions is to be Decided.
New YORK, July 24.-District Attor-
ney Nicoll went yesterday before the
grand jury and laid before them the law
on the subject of printing accounts of
executions contrary to the provisions of
the code of criminal procedure. The
jurors then framed bill charging the
Daily News with violating the law
Charles Hennessey, the city editor of
that paper, is mentioned as the offender.
The constitutionality of the section Of
the electrical execution law which seeks
to prohibit the publication of the de-
tails of the killing of murderers by the
state, is to be thoroughly tested
Mr.. Hennessy's bail was fixed at $780,
The district attorney, in speaking of
the matter, said that it was test case
and he expected that it would be taken
from court to court until decided. So
many declarations had been made as to
the unconstutionality of the law that he
brought the case to decide it one way or
another
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
Gifts From the President.

Hon William Walter Phelps, the
United States minister, Friday handed
into the possession of the foreign Office
officials the gold watch and chain sent
by the president of the United States to
Capt Scholtz, of the German slip
Gorg, for rescuing the crew of the
American ship Gypsy Queen in April,
1889. Mr.. Phelps was also the bearer
of gold medal for Mate Schelling, of
the same vessel, for the share he took
in the rescue referred to- The medal
and the watch and chain will be pre-.
sented to the German sailors by the
foreign officials.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
Ordered His Coffin and sulcided.

FoRT WAYNE, Ind, July 24.-George
Herring, laborer, Sc years old, shot
himself through the head Wednesday
and died yesterday. Last Monday he
went to an undertaken in this city and
ordered 500 coffin for himself, saying
that he would need it in a few days
Herring was teamster in the employ
of Olds' wheel works for many years
When the works were shut down two
months ago, by orders of the wheel
trust, Herring lost his employment, and
on account of being a cripple was un-
able to procure other work. This led
to dependency, drink and finally to
suicide.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
A LAND OF VOLCANOES
And u Bottomless Lake, the Water
Which Is Hot and of Inky Blackness.

And Bottomless Lake, the Water of
Which Is Hot and of Inky Blackness.
The San Diegan Saturday published
a descriptive account by Col. l. I. AL
len, the well-known engineer, of a
phenomenon in what is known as the
volcanic region of the Copapah noun.
tains, situated siXty-fvc miles southwest
of Yuma, in Lower California Col
Allen says there are over three thou
sand active volcanoes there, one-half of
which are small cones, ten or twelve
feet at the base, the remaining half five
to forty feet at the base and fifteen to
twenty-five feet in height. The whole
volcanic region is incrusted with sui
phur. One peculiar feature of the re-
gion is lake of jet black water, q
quarter of mile in length and one
eighth of mile in width, and seem
ingly bottomless. The water is hot and
Sulty
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
What win the Leglslature Do9

The question is raised of what the
general assembly of Tennessee will do
with the convict lease law. Attorney
General Pickle has said that the con-
vict lease law can not be forthwith re-
pealed because of the contract which
the state has made with the Tennessee
Iron, Coal and Railroad Co., and which
lasts five years longer. Whether this
be true or not the fact remains that
the lessees have a strong lobby
and the state treasury can not well
spare the 800, 600 which is paid in an
nually on the contract, not to speak Of
the $250,O00 which the building and
equipment of penitentiary sufficient
to hold the 1900 convicts would cost.
1t may be that, even though the legis-
lature fail to act, there may be some
way of inducing the lessees to keep
the convicts away from the mine dis
tricts
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
A Radical Chnnge Demanded.

WASHINGTON, July "a. - President
Polk, of the Farmers Alliance, has re-
turned from his southern tour. Mr..
Polk says he has been quoted Incorrect
ly as saying that the great issue was
the tariff and free coinage and that
with these issues the alliance would
rally around the sub-treasury bill.
'Now,' said he, ''the issue is not the
tariff, the free coinage of silver nor the
sub-treasury bill The issue is the re-
form of our entire financial system,
which must be changed before anything
else that may be done can correct ex-
iStinor evils "
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
REGULAR TROOPS.

Not Likely That the President VIII Re-
spond to Any Call From Gov. Bu-
chanan for Troops.
In view of the possibility of demand
being made by Gov. Buchanan, of Ten
United States for U. S. troops to aid the
state militia in suppressing the miners
outbreak, officers of the war depart
ment are looking into the legal aspect
of the case. The result of the
inquiry up to this point, while not
conclusive, is sufficient to cast grave
doubts upon the successful issue of such
a demand by the governor. Section 4
of the fourth article of the constitution
provides that the president may render
necessary assistance with troops upon
the application of the legislature of a
state, or of the executive when the
Legislature can not be convened.
This is understood not to be
the case at present in Tennessee.
Section 5000, revised statutes, makes
it the duty of the president to
take such measures by the employment
of the militia or the land or naval
1OiSSo VI IliS I hlISb oItiItS, VI VI SluIlCli
or by other means, as he may deem
necessary for the suppression of domes-
tic violence, obstructing the laws of the
United States, or of the state, when
tending to deprive the people of the
state of the privileges guaranteed by
the constitution of the United States
1t is not clear in this case the constitu
tutional prerogative is attacked.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
GREAT GRASSY VALLEYS
Where wild Fruits Abound-The Interior
of AlaslSa.

Where Wild Fruits Abound-The Interior
of AlaslSa.
A letter written June at Nesia-Ta-
Helen, in Central Alaska, has been re-
ceived at Seattle, Wash, from Lieut. E.
j. Glover, who, with Jack Dalton start
ed from there last April to explore the
interior of Alaska with the object of
discovering a trail by which pack
horses might be taken into the interior.
The letter says: I'VE have been en-
tirely successful in our venture. / am
writing this from one of the most CEN
tral points of inner Alaska-from part
of the land entirely different from the
snow-covered heights SO popularity sup
posed to be the only ground in these
regions. From my present position
an immense valley thicl1ly clothed with
luXuriant grasses stretches away for
miles in every direction. We have had
all kinds of experiences in reaching the
present point over sleeps and across
swift streams. The horses have carried
their $50 pounds with ease, proving
that transportation by pack horses is
practicable. In the interior are deep,
swift streams and lakes, all well stocked
with fish. Fine pasture and wild fruits
abound. The winter is severe, but not
SO dreadful as generally supposed"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
AN Ex-Governor Taken for a Defaulter.

A special dispatch from the City of
Mexico says that the man arrested
there under the supposition that he was
w. II. Pope the Louisville City bank
embezzler, turns out to be another man.
Investigation revealed the fact that the
man who was arrested was none other
than Gov. Carlos r. Ortiza, who is at
present member of congress from
Sonora. He was mistaken for Pope.
The authorities say the resemblance be-
tween Pope's photograph and the ex-
governor is remarkable and this is
what caused the latter sixteen hours
imprisonment
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
GREAT COMBINE.
Details Of the Farmers Alliance
Wheat Trust
CROPS TO BE HELD BACK
Until Prices Have Been Advanced to a
High Figure.
CIRCULAR TO FARMERS

issued in which tho Benefits of Combina-
tion are Set Forth in Allurlng Terms.
ST.. PAUL, July 24.-St. Paul has been
made the headquarters of n national
movement by the Farmers Alliance OF
the country to corner the entire wheat
crop of the United States. For several
days large force of employees has been
engaged in sending out circulars with
the view of having not only the alliance
men of the United States, but all classes
of farmers, keep back their wheat crop
until the bears have all been killed off
and prices have advanced to u high
point. In other words, the alliance
press bureau and state press bureau are
working together, endeavoring to unite
the farmers of the United States in q
gigantic wheat trust, in which the pro-
ducers shall be the stockholders and by
which the spectators and wheat buyers
will be squeezed to the wall.
At the head of the movement Is
George NJ. Muller, editor of the State
and a prominent alliance man. A circu-
lar reciting the benefits of combining
and urging the formation of the trust
has been made public. The circular
estimates the wheat crop of '91 in the
United States at 5OO,OOOO 900 bushels.
The promoters of the farmers wheat
trust believe that four-ifths of this
wheat can be held back by the farmers
for from four to eight weeks, by which
time it is thought that prices will have
gone skyward. Lists bearing the names
of secretaries of every alliance in the
United States are now in the hands oi
Mr.. Muller. and the circular has been
sent to the alliances of all the eastern
wheat growing states, Illinois, Kansas
Nebraska, Iowa, California, Oregon and
to part of the remaining wheat grow
inc states
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
colored Mems Colonization Project.

The bureau of American republics is
informed that an association, called
'"The American Colored Mems Mexican
Colonization Co.." is planning to estab-
lish a colony of Negro farmers, hailing
chiefly from the states of Mississippi
and Tennessee, for the purchase of a
tract of 100000 acres about twenty
miles south of Yuma, Ariz,, on the
Southern Pacific railway, at place
where the remains of the Leredo col
ony, founded bySM Mr. Andrade, Of San
Francisco, still are
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
RAILWAY HORROR.
Excursion Train Runs Into An
other Preceding 1t.
rorty-Nine Peope Killed and over Ono
Hundred Injured in France.

A collision occurred between cScur-
sion trains ut st, Mande, France, sun
day night, in which one hundred per-
sons were injured, forty-nine killed and
three carriages were wrecked. Both
trains were returning from n musical
festival at Fonteinoy. The second
train crashed into the preceding train
before the latter had left the st.
Mande station. The guards van and the
three rear carriages of the fast train
were wrecked and caught fire. The
injured occupants were sbrielSing in de-
spair, and the other occupants hurriedly
left the train and assisted in extricating
the victims. Soldiers also aided the
fire brigade in quenching the fire and
rescuing the passengers. The injured
were carried out by torchlight. Most
of the dead victims are legless, the
limbs having been crushed off through
the iamming together of the seats. Full
ly 20, 600 on-lookers were at the scene.
Many relatives of the victims were as
sembled at the railway station, and
heartrending scenes were witnessed as
the victims were extricated from the
wreck. The driver and fireman OF the
second train were burned alive. 1t is
said that The station master has gone
mad and decamped Thirty bodies
have been recovered and the search
continuns
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
New Cable to the west Indies.

A new cable to the West Indies is
among the probabilities of the near
future, Mr.. Il. N. Osborne, the cleo.
trician of the government of Canada
having recommended the construction
of a new line after visiting all the West
Indies and collecting statistics as to the
volume of business that may be ex.
pected from each island. His report
has been submitted to London syndi-
cate, and it is understood that the nee.
essary capital is at hand.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
Manitoba is Rich in Grain.

The Canadian government has re-
ceived information that owing to the
bright outlook in Manitoba and the
northwest the Canadian Pacific Rail
way Co., has ordered 80 new locomo
tives and 1,500 box cars to transport
this seasons harvest to the seaboarG
On the basis of the estimated yield il
will require 10 trains daily for sever
months to move the crop
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
MOTHER IS LEFT.
All the Rest of the Family Meet Violent
Deaths,

A strange fatality pursues the Welch
family of Cumberland, Md. Wednesday
VIM. Welch, who was employed as yard
brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, was caught under the wheel of
a shifting engine and instantly killed,
being literally ground to pieces. He num-
bers the fifth member of the family
that has met with violent death with
in the last few months, four of his
brothers were killed in various ways
his father and sister also died recently
of grief. He was unmarried, the sole
support of an aged mother, the only re-
naming member of the family.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
prohibitory Law Unconstitutional.

Judge White, of the county court,
Yankton, S, D.. sustained the
demurrer to the indictment against
John Becker, charged with sell
ing liquor contrary to the pro-
hibitory law. The decision is similar
to that recently made by Judge Plow-
man, of the Black Hills This was a
test case, and the liquor men are jubi-
liant, although the prohibitionists will
carry the law points involved into the
supreme court In effect Judge White
declares the prohibitory law unconstitu-
tiOnal