The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-08-14
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TIE Jnfe Trnsfs PSopos;,ion 10 the Farmeys--
Secret CdHcisrs wa Alliance Ledders-
n $lOOOOOO0 Supply Agency. Wh
Byaaehes sSnggestod-To be iresenfed TO tho
Ailiagce.
NEW YoRK, July 1f.--In secret conclave
or representative Rarpcrs' Alliance men J
isvw ali paris or the country, held recently A.
an out-oi-tbe-~ay hotel In the vicinity OF thi,
city, there was coLcocted daring fnsncial
and commercial scheme which it !, intended
to propose to the farmers Of the country, and
which rivals in its character and ma8nitu lie
the sub-lrensury scheme.
Measures began 10 be taken in March TO
get together sufficient number VI the leaders
Ia the Alliance movement to giye the project
ON effective psrenfage, and they were mt
tended with such success that over thirty
Of them were brought together in this city
Juno o. The scheme was the joint invention
II. II. Balch, Secretary the National Cord
r,s Company (by which title the Twine and
Tagging Trust is incorporntcd) and O,wald
Wilson, President Of the Farmers Alliance
exchange Of this city, both of whom hope to
secure pleasant offices in the projecte or
ganizstioo. MIR. BalcH, il is said, presented to
the corporation Of which he is the Secretary
such on al:uIing picture Of tho advantages to
he gained by cjnnecion with the scheme
that u undertook to pay the expenses Of the
proposed meeting and the travelling no cl
expenses ofihe people attending il. Mr.. Will
con oanvassed the South and West in person
In the interest ofihe pr ject and selected the
men TO be invited to come in on the ground
or. When oil things were ready and the
~ hsa sssR @aAa sVs aiaaa VI % idea
rnSthe tAstor House IN this city, Sunday,
June u. Nea'ly every invitation brought
its man, but u few of the schemcrs went TO
another hotel instead of the one appointed
as the general rendezvous and thereby nearly
gave the scheme away. They were collared
by the leaders, however, and escorted with
% her delegates to Crclc's South Beach Hotel
on 'hc bhy shore side ofStatcn Island, where
the conclave was held behind c'oscd door..
Hcsidcs Balch and Wilson, the following
IN were present Mt the meeting; Col. ".
Peck. of Georgia, president of the Georgi,
Alliance executive committee: e.. w. Mucunc.
,drO: of tho Nationdi Economin Of Washing.
ton, chairman of the National a lance
executive committee and father of The notpri-
GUS sub-treasury scheme; ID. +. Allen, OF
lornellvillc, n. T.; j. r. T,llmnn, ofTcnncssc;
Kew. j. A. Sigh, Of Ncwbcrry, :. c.; w. w
Il"ll nd, Of tho National Cordnge Company;
$. Ohio Wilson, If North Caroline; j. J
Rodgers, of Virginia; Frank j. Cl,ypolc and
NJ. -. toilccn, of Kansas a. T.. Sprague
and George n. Gowan, of Tennessee; George q.
NroSS, ol IchhsylVahlh; John Nj. Mnssay, of
Thounsvillc, Ga; G. t. llamlin, from the Wc.,
(Nchraska it was ihoughD; a. WarJall. of
sGni u hsss ois.shiess agent or The Alliance for
Aiahnna; n. Il. Cole, of Flori,Iu; J. A. Wick.
man aud William Dchon, of Florida. N
Bnb"c, Of Kentucky; A. 4. Mcintyre. Of
lhoh''sviiie, Ga; who expects to be the
genera Southern manager; j. +. Crawford
Dniias, Texas; Clayton Of louisiana; one Me-
in'i q. lawyer, Of Thomasville, Ga, brother
ni a. L. Mcln'ire; w. H. Worth. of Rn,c,gb
o'''c business agent of the Alliance i'm Ncr,b
carolina, AMI q. II. Peck, an ntrachc of tho
M',''nal Cordage Company, assist IN, TO Dos,
There were two or three others who did mn,
register at the South Beach Hotel bur villa
h'l'nt!d nli tbs meetings, returning l., their
n"''' III TINS city at night. Among them was
" representative of the Alliance i'm Ohi, ,n,l
one H. IN Chicago '""
ih' meetings were held i'm tho >m,;n
"'n nH room on the second floor which look, |
Gu, ! "m broad piazza over the Atlantic.
IN" Chicago mau, whose name couII
not DC ascertaincd to-day, was elected chnir'
man; Meetings were held Monday ni~ht
rUk S;iI II 7AShE iii s"if6 in6Npnnr ;s1'i isSsa
THOUSAND. worthy