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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
WORK AND WORKERS.

Two thousand brlckmakers in Spring
Wells. Mich. who have been on strike for le
days past. returned TO work at the old wages
OFFICIALS of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey stated that the di fflculties between the
employees and hecompan y will be adjusted
and the men will not strike.
FIFTEEN hundred men were deprived OF
employment by the closing down OF all the
branches except the pudding department OF
the Bethlehem Iron Company.
A ST. LOUIS despatch says that an amicable
agreement has been reached in the dIfneulty
existing for nearly four years between Llg-
Cett & Myers tobacco manufacturers, ana
the knights Of Labor.
The brewery employees of Pittsburg and
Allegheny Pa, struck because the Brewers
Association would not accede to the new
scale. Later four of the leading bre wers
signed the scale and their employees returned
to work.
The furnaces of the RockhillCoal and Iron
Company. at Rockhil, Huntington county,
were closed down indefinitely owing TO
strike of the employees who demanded the
Reinstatement of several discharged leaders
of the local lator union. About 300 men are
affected.
The Barnum Colliery, owned by the Penn
| sylyania Coal Company, at Plttston, "a, Ias
resumed work. The colliery has been ldle
since July lst, 1892, when the breaker was
! burned down. 1t has now teen rebuilt and
will give employment to 500 miners, laborers
and slate pickers.
The Diamond Plate Glass Company, Oh
Kokoma. Ind. has indefinitely suspended
operations. Its branch plant at Ellwood has
also been closed. About 500 men are thrown
out OF work. An official Of the company
says it has more than 5000, 900 worth OF glass
on hand, ''and the market is utterly demor-
alzed.'
A DESPATCH from Pottsyille, Pa, says that
the five collieries drawn to fix the basis OF
miners wages for the last half OF May ana
the first half of June show an ay rage OF
S239.7, making the basis Of wages per
cent. below the $3.50 basis, which is per
cent. below the wages paid last month. In
view of the fact that the sal agents ad-
vanced the price of coal. much dissatislac-
ton is expressed among the miners Oh the
Schuylkill region.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
ELEVEN WERE INJURED.
A Car Jumped the Track, and Every
Passenger Was Hurt.

A passenger train on the Northwestern
Division of the Nashville, Chattanooga h st.
Louis Railroad was wrecked near Newcomes
Station, twelve miles from Nashville Tenn.
The rear coach from Memphis jumped the
track and rolled down an embankment forty
feet deep The train was behind time and
was running at high rate of speed.
There were only eleven passengers in the
coach, and they were all injured several
severely. The injured are: Mrs. Susan
Stephens, Nashville, bruised about the head
and body seriously; Mrs. l.. NJ. Douglass,
Chester, s. c.. shoulder and head bruised !;
Mrs. NJ c. Worsham, Marianna, Ark, leg
and face cut J. l.. Spurlock, Vienna. Chero-
kee Nation. leg, side and shoulder injured !;
j. S. Marony, Murphy, N. c., head and back
bruised Mrs. Suddath and baby, Nowata, ].
r., the former cut on head Mrs. Killinworth.
AlyOrd, Tex, face cut and back bruised J.
b. Freeman, Harold, Tex, head and hip
bruised; A. S. Harris, Nashville, head and
bacs bruised John A. Perry, Memphis, hip
bruised; j. d. Graves, Afford, Tex. head
cut.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
TWENTY Dead.
Fatal Fire in the Eagle Pass Coal
Mines.
Sixty Men Suddenly Eutombed and Half
the Numb3r Perish.

A serious fire broke out in the Fuente Coal
Mines. which are situated in Mexico. about
four miles from Eagle Pass, Texas, and op r
ated by the Mexican National Railway Com
pany.
There we're 60 miners at work in the mine,
at the time of the breaking out of the fire.
L. NJ. johnson, gen.ral manager, accom-
panied by Messrs. Jennings and Norton and
a well-equipped crew of men, left Tor the
scene as soon as the news became known.
The works are some distance from the en-
trance to the mine, and it was with the great
est difficulty that the men were reached. 1t
was found that 26 had been burned to death,
ana many of the rema ming 60 nearly suffo-
Gated.
The workings are all to the east Of the main
entry. and some so men were employed TAX
ing out coal. At 4 O'Clock shortly after the
locomotive let, the mine was discovered to
he on fire. and smoke and flames were seen
issuing out of the air-shafts. About one-hali
of the miners were working near the main
tunnel. and these made the'r escape, leaving
| 26 of their number to perish from the heat
and smoke and from the poisonous gases
which spread like lightning to every potion
of the mines. When it was en- that all
efforts we're useless to rescue the imprisoned
miners, every energy was directed to saving
the property from destruction.
A hand-pump was place in position in the
! Rio Escondido River, pipes were laid into tue
mine as lar as work could be done and nose
ATTACHED and water poured into the Turning
timbers. A portable engine was speedily alb
tained from Piedras Negras, and in three
hours the fire was under control. There are
"a chambers, and the dead miners are sup
posed to be well to the front. One body mas
been recovered from the seventh chamber
and, shortly after, another fearlully s'orcheC
and blackened was brought to the surface.
The 10th chamber has been cached, an'
men. with ropes tied to their bodies, to effec
n rescue if overcome by heat and smoke,
fgbtin their way where the bodies o
their dea comrades are lying. Superln
tendent George Spence yentured in too far
and was overcome by heat and smoke. IL
was prostrated. but was rescued. All In
miners employed were Mexicans, and mos
of them leave large destitute families.
It is reporte that al parties responsible
for the management of the mines have bee
placed under arrest pending an investigate
of the cause of the disaster. But Tor tn
prompt action Of the officials Of the Mexica
international and their heroic efforts tn
mine would have been destroyed and Lon
of the bodies would have been recovered
This is the first great disaster in the histor
Of coal mining in Mexico.
Large numbers Of the friends and relative
of the unfortunate miners gathered at tn
mouth of the mine mutely awaiting the r.
covery Of the bodies of their sons and hu'
bands.
Hundreds of people from Eagle Pass an
Piedras Negras have visited the scene, an
the smoke still issuing from the air-shaf
impresses on all the folly of hoping any
the imprisoned miners are yet alive.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
CABLE SPARKS.

TIE cotton crop OF Asiatic Russia is re-
ported to be in splendid condition.
BISHOP GouzoT, Of Constantine: Algeria,
has bf en- made Ar, hbishop Of Carthage
TT has been decided to withdraw the Egyp-
tirn troons from the two iu thest Teriu forts
in the Soudan.
MISS MARIAN PHELPS was married 10 Dr'
Franz Won Rottenburg, German uhcer-secre'
tary of state, in Berlin.
THE situation in the Sandwich ISL nos is
said % be more interesting than at any time
since the Que was deposed.
S1aNoR GERoME EoEsI, the Italian arch@o-
lopist and au,bor Of arch vic Sior co lta l.
sno." and other worl s, has BEEN stricken
with apoplexy.
Wm TOWNSEND was convicted of threaten
inqtom rder Premier Gladstone, but the
iury found him IRE espoDslble for his actions,
an he was sent to an asylum.
The monetary situate on II Italy is becom-
ING serious and the carcity of silver ls paraIy-
ZINC trade The parliamentary commission
to inves igate the banks has resigned.
JAMES GILBERT, who was sentenced to
nenal seryitude for Lille for having caused
dvnamite explosions in the Parliament Build
ing. was released from Portland prison.
THE Prince of Naples, Crown Prince OF
Italy. tue King Of Sax ny and Emperor
William will assist Emper Franz Joseph at
the Hungarian maneuvers next september
1HE Governor of Angora. Asiatic Turkey,
has advised the release Of the Armenlans ac-
cused of seditionb ecauss of the seandalous
revelations Of misgovernment which Will fol-
low trial.
HERR HUENE, the centrist leader, who at
tempted to effect a compromise on the Ger
man army bill, will stand for the Reichstag
in opposition to the official programme oi
the centrists.
Ir is officially denied in Berlin that the
Emperor desires conflict with the new
Reichstag over the army bill, but is wlliln2
TO negotiate compromise on the basis OF tile
| V..o II, ono amendment
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The Latest News Cleaned From Various
Parts Of the State

A party of Washington sportsmen have pur-
chased of N. S. Grubb tract of land in Lou
doun county. extending down to the Potomac
river below Harper's Ferry, for hunting and
fishing pu poses. They propose building
$4,000 clubhouse.
The stelmship VIM. storrs, which cleared
from Lambelts Point, for London few daJs
ago. had on board 500 tons of cannal coal IN
tendel for use in the British metropolis.
Mrs. ELLEN SAUM, widow of the late A.
Saum. died at her home in Edinburg, Shenan-
doah county, aged about sixty years. Sne
was the mother of J. f. Saum, well-known
in Washington.
The fifth annual meeting of the Virginia
Bar Association will begin August 1 at the.
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va, and will con-
tinuc three days.
The West Lynchburg Furniture Company
made an assignment Liabi tiles, $4,000.
Their assets consist Of material on hand,
$50. COO outstanding accounts, $40, 900 value
of plant. $50 900. The cause of the failure is
that the company has been operating since
the beg ming on borrowed capital and pay
ing large rate Of interest
NEAR Low Moor, last week, as John d.
Saddler was crossing a cattle guard on the
Chesapaa and Ohio Railroad he caught his
foot in some wa ?, aud before he could get
loose mateial train struck him and in
jursd him 50 badly that he died next day. He
/ 4 charity IF 4 AilaobapV county
THF affairs of the Big Stone Gap Improve
ment Company have been placed in the hands
of Receivers. The receivers were appointed
by Judge Gaut, of West Virginia VIM. Nc
George and hers have filed suit against the
company ia the federal court at Arlington,
praying for settlement of the companys
affairs. General incompetency and misap'
propriation of funds is alleged by the COM
painants.
Mr.. Joseph Pettyjohn, proprietor OF the Ar
lington Hotel, Augusta, Ga, who dled ~
that city from wounds received in a shooting
affair with Tom Butler, in Hamburg, S. c.,
was native of Amherst county, and for
number Of years proprietor of the Lynch
House, Lynchburg.
Mrs. KATE r. TAYLOR, relict of Hon. Jas
C. Taylor, at one time encouragement, died
suddenly at her residence in Christians
burg.
A COURSE on the Appomattox river, which
begins at the "cut" and ends about Batess
Spr nc. has been selected for the coming
State regetta.
The UppeIville Colt Club will hold its an
nual exhibition on Thursday June 10, at No.
rm, near Upperville, Fauquier county.
Joseph Plaskett. postmaster at Lorten val
ley. Fairfax county, died last week, aged
seventy-nine years.
EDWARD EMBREY died in tauquier county
last week, lacking only three weeks OF being
one hundred years old
DR. G. s. BURTON, denist, of Buchanan
Bote ourt county, died in Charlotte county,
of consumption.
GEORGE STRoUDE, of Richmond, was
, drowned while athing in the lake neal
Howard's Grove.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09

Then the children OF the public schools
showered the graves with flowers.
At Rutland, vt, Mayor Mead delivered the Z,
Soldiers Memorial Hall 10 Post ROBERTS, ".
AR, Colonel George W. Doty, commander
of the department, assisted by members Oh
yhe post, dedicated the hail. Int.
AT Bridgeport; Conn, among the visiting
organizations which participated In the
parade were the Ninth Ward Pioneer Corps
Of New York City and George B. Mcclellan
Post No. $50, Department OF New YORK
G. A. r.
At Northampton, Mass, General Horatio
c. King, of Brooklyn, delivered the oration.
The graves of soldiers In all the cemeteries
were decorated.
At Montreal, Canada, Governor Fuller, OF
Vermont, delivered Memorial address. 1t
Is the first time an American Governor ever
spoke On British soil.
At Paris. France, about five hundred per-
sons, largely Americans, were present at the
decoration of the tomb Of the Marquis de
LAFAYETTE in honor Of his services to
the cause of American independence:
Members OF the Lafayette family arrived
at the cemetery In landaus sent by Colonel
Adams and General Read, representing
LAFAYETTE Post, of the Grand Army
of the Republic, OF New 1orA. @
The Hon. James B. Eustis, American an, AN
bassador who was present, made speecn,
in which he referred to the sacrlhceS oi
LAFAYETTE in behalf Of people TO Whom ne
was an entire stranger.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
POISON'S FOUL WORK.
Many Members of an Indiana Family
Probably Murdered.

A despatch from indianapolis, Ind, says
The chemical analysis in the case of Mary
Koester, Charles Koesters eight-year- r-old
daughter, whose body was exhumed with
four others of the family, sh ,ws the presence
of arsenic in sufficient quantities to cause
death. DIR. Risenbess has found that two OF
the family died from poison and he is now at
work on the stomach of Frank Rooster, the
aged father.
Anna Wagner, the suspected poisoner,
was in court and her case was continued
until June 10th. New light has been thrown
on the case which thus far has baii1ed the
police. -,
Frank j. Rooster, another son OF the ol9
lady, who, it is now known was pois0he.u
last week, appeared in court with his mother ,
will, which appointed him executor ana s1le 5
legatee of her estate. The amount OF tI9
es ate was not given, but it appeared Inas
the will was executed May 22nd, which was
the day of her sudden death.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
MY QUEST.

When Time and set forth together
In April weather,
Oh, tender was the lilacs' morning
For winter dead;
Green tassels. map!e-tops adorn1ng,
Tossed high oerhead;
And underneath blue and sparkling sky
We journeyed ioyously, young Time and L.
could not tell you how it happened so,
But this 1 know,
That some time 'twixt bright day and dark
some night,
Time slipped away,
yanished-this airy winged sprit'
Who will not stay
Tho kings by suble art strive to unchain;
And left me only hope-"We meet again"
What should do? Send criers through the
town
To hunt him DOWN.
Or should pray the clocks, "When next ye
chime
Some passing hour.
With both hands seize this truant Time
Once in my power
I'd clip his wings, he could not fly 50 fast.
Already golden summer is oerpastY
At length we met, both gray and bent and
old,
With greetings cold
The snowiakes fell from out the leaden sky,
And in my ears
The winds sad spirit seemed to sigh,
"Alas, the years
Where are the deeds thou promised in thy
prime,
Who now art old, but in thy youth lost
Timer
Nancy Mann Waddle, in the Independent
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
Queer Matrimonial Methods.

A convenient way they have in HoI-
land and Batavia of tying the matri-
monial knot when the lady is in one
country and the gentleman in the
other. For the Hollanders are such a
thrifty industrious people that they
like not to lose time even over the most
solemn services. The marriage is af-
fected by procuration. The watches
of the Two parties-the one say IN Am
sterdam and the other in Batavia-are
regulated to accord, or the difference
in longitude allowed for. Then at the
same instant of time the marriage cere-
mony is performed in both places, and
the thing is done.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
TREASURY AXE rs SHARP,
0ae Days Appointments, Removals
and Forced designations

The following changes were announced in
the Treasury Department:
Appointments-Joh d. Putnam, Wis on
sin captain the watch Treasury Depart
ment; Anthony j. Cannery, Michigan
special inspector of customs; Stephen l..
Purdy, Of New York, special inspector OF
customs william Bethel, Florida. immigrant
inspector Peer j. Donohue, New York. as
sistant inspector Of boilers, New YORK cAy,
vice w. r. Thomas, removed; Samuel 5.
Baker, Delaware, assistant keeper Brandy
wine light station, Del
Rem0ved-John J. Holland, District OF
Columbia. immigrant inspector.
designations called form. j. Bunnell,
New York, chief division Third Auditor s
office Chauncey G.. Heath, Michigan, en- Ell
division Second Auditors Office; Hiram
Smoke, Michigan, special inspector OF Gus
toms.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
SACASA STEPS OUT.
Nioaragua's President Resigns the
Troublesome Reins to the Government


Secretary Gresham received the following
despatch from New York;
president Sacasa, Of Nicaragua, resigned.
Signed terms of peace. James A. Scrym-
SER
Mr.. Scrymser is President of the Central
American Cable Company, and this despatch
is the first information that the State De-
partmcnt has had indIcati g an end of the
war in Nicaragua. 1t had been unofficially
stated that United ! tates NJ mist er Bake;
had been using his lest efforts to bring about
peace, and the department is anxiously
awaiting official corroboration by him OF the
despat h sent by Mr.. Scrymser, although
Secretary Gresham believes the latter to be
trustworthy.
Sacasa signed II eaty of peace with his
opponents. The membe of the Provisional
Government have entered Managua and as
sumed control of affairs. The ira sfer of the
reins of government was affected quietly and
there has been no disorder OF any kind.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
Calm but Not Collected.

"Were you calm and collected atthe
battle of Gettysburg, Major" wei,
madam, was calm enough, but l
wasn't collected. With leg in one
part OF the field, an arm in another
and a left ear in another, collection
vas difficult. "-HNper's Bazar.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
BLOWN TO PIECES,
A Woman Killed and House Wrecked
by Gasoline Explosion.

Ms. Cavanaugh, OF Jeffers nville, Ind,
wont with a candle to the celler for gasoline.
An explosion. which was heard for blocks
AWAY followed She was burned to death.
The House was lifted of its foundation
and the floors and weather boarding blown
In all directions.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09

HE day Mary HAM
mond acce p t e d
Joyce, her mother
handed her a thou
sand-dollar b o nd,
her share of her
fathers life insur-
ance. She thought
of pretty gowns-to
be worn as a bride.
Then she sobered
up. David would
think her silly, he
was so practical. She
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09

-FOUR children in one family suffering with
smallpox were discovered in New York city,
The children had not receiv medical treat-
ment, and their illness was uns nown to the
authorities. -Four other concealed cases of
smallpox were discovered in the same neigh
borhood several days ago.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09

THE Treasury Department has decided that
owners OF America vessels sailing on the
great likes, who emplo, Canadian seamen.
do so in violation oi the alien contract labor
law
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
A GRAND JUROR.

By ROBERT c. V. MEYERS.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09

was guilty, and there was but one thing
to do Love and honor contended-"
hopeless love, inalienable honor. There
could be no question as to which would
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-22
ON SEA AND RIVER.

THR amount of sediment carried to
sea by the Thames ma year ISL, S65, 903
cubic feet.
TIE Mississippi deposits in the sea
in year solid matter weighing Sl2,-
800. 900, 900 pounds.
THERE are only thirty vesselstin the
worlds merchant marine whose,speed
exceeds nineteen knots an hour.
WHALING in the Antarctic seas this
season is reported to be failure
G-ampuses, seals and sea lions'are nu-
merous, it is further stated.
The screw propeller of the steam
ship Umbria is twenty-four and one
half feet in diameter and weighs thir-
ty-nine tons. Its four bladcsare made
OF manganese bronze and the in
them cost over $4,000.
Or the S,55o vessels using the Suez
canal in 1892 2,5S1 were Brit ;sh France
fell from second to third mace in the
list, with IL. Germany follows Eng
land, and only 292 ships OF that nation
passed through the canal. Two Amer
lean vessels used It.
THAT the mouth OF the Mississippi
river and the commerce of the Miss;s-
s.ppi valley should be provided with
two channels connecting with the sea
is the decided opinion of the most ex-
perienced commercial men in the Mis-
sissippi alley.-Railway Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-22
and her smile

sWhy this great anger and des' lair:
You are accused of being the husband
of the most beautiful woman in Paris.
Is that such horri BILE thing; so over
whelming a calamity? What you must
do? Why, do not lose moment. run
to the courts and demand a divorce.
Say, deliver me from my wife. Her
crime consists of being beautiful, very
beautiful, too beautiful; l want an
other who shall be ugly, very ugly,
with great nose, colossal foot, a
pointed chin, skinny shoulders and
everlasting pimples That is what
you wish, is it not? Come, you great
fool, EN- brace your poor wife and for.
give her for being no monster.
As she spoke with az mated gesture,
the white cashmere robe slipped and
slipped, again opened and opened very
widely. The culprit shoulders found
themselves near the lips CT NJ. Derline.
He succum bed. He felt moreover, a
Never had she appeared so beautiful.
Brought into submission, NJ. Derline
descended to his study to earn more
gold for the most beautiful woman in
Paris
II was well he did so: for, as he left
the room, Nine Derline was seized
with an idea, which would. if carried
cut, lure considera bic mum Der OF bank
notes from a notary of Dragon street
She felt that her new position brought
with it new duties Nine. Derline had
always employed her mothers dress
maker, but IL was very clear to her
now that the most beautiful woman in
Paris must not appear in dress shat
did not bear the seal and sign of cele-
brated name.
That afternoon she gave her coach
man the address OF one OF the most
Ilustrious dressmakers OF Paris. few
moments later she found herself in
magnificent parlor, where were score
ofsociety greatest women. all agitated,
feverish. anxiously watching the beau
tiful models who came and went bear
ing themselves so proudly il the latest
creations OF their master The grea.
artist himself was there magni1cently
attired in q black reainCote. he came
and went correct. calm and cool amid
the supplications and pleadings OF MS
clients M Arthur: ". Arthur vas
heard or every side Nine Derline
watched MIN as he moved among them
and gazei IN wonder upon the confu-
sion OF velve;s. satins. brocades and EN-
broideries of gold and silver that Lag on
the IA hes. the divans and fauteuiis
Her heart sank within her. How would
she dare 70 presen. herself before tbs
great moiiste wearing gown that had
come from hum ble dresssnake= from
the Yves: eni9 She shrGas abasaea
into corner. and .. Lass succeeded Ii
finding saieswoIuaa a leisure aud
who locked a. her With 9 slightly dis
6aiafai air.
Madame IS not rcgula- customer
az the hnaSe2"