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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
ENTERED AT TUE POsT-OFFICE
At SCOTLAND NECK, n. o., AS
SECOND CLASS MATTER
TO THE PRESS CONVENTION.

The editor lays down pen and
sclss ors tor few days and goes to
attend the press convention at Now
Berne.
We feel sure that our readers
will excuse rs for our absence from
the Office this week. Duties We
owe TO the Press Association az
we'll as a desire to meet our brethren
of the quill i.npel Us to lay aside
the duties of the Gffico for q week
and trust the sindness of our read>
ors to overlook any shortcomings
they may observe i'll the paper.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
SALE or LAND FOR TAXES!
TO All Whom it May Concern

in Halifax monday The let
following satisfy
eyearl
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27

Ibe RendezvOnI at Hampton
Roads Ia attracting large crowds.
Nearly all the leading nations Of
the world 10 represented by vessels
from their fleets; and 1t makes Que
think Of war times to hear 90 much
booming Of cannon. It 10 q spec
taclo we'll worth seeing. All M
tions seem to be exhibition, their
power OF facility In taking human
life. When We contemplate the
matter soborly. We are astounded
that nations will expend 90 much
money IN equipplng themselves
Tor each others distruct1on.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27

Kidney affections Of years STANDING
cured by cured By Simmons Liver Rsxu.
lator. -. w Points.
A stitch IN time take Simmons Liver
Regulator and prevent slckeness.
Take Simmons Liver Regulator Tor
dyspepela, biliousnes Or headache.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17
THE CONTRACTORS CLEVER RUsE.

browns the Strikers Wells with q Steam
whistie-scsne on East Street.
When the police scattered the strikers
from around the Circle they at once set up
q yell. ITO East street. To East street!
We will stop every man in town." and they
formed in q motley procession. q square or
more long. and started down Market street
IN that direction. When they reached
Alabama street. where q sewer is being
built by contractors Doe, DeLoyIs 81 Sui
livsn. they stopped to size up the situation.
1t was at this sewer that the strike o few
days ago occurred. but there have been o
small number of men working on the i'm
provement since. These men bad been
worked on earlier In the morning and the
strikers found but one man digging away
down in the depths of the earth. He was q
Belgian and unable TO understand o word
of English. When they attem pied TO talk
to him he would shake his head and throw
up another shovelful of dirt. They soon
gave him M and went on to East street.
They descended on the laborers EN- ployed
In the Sc er there with whoops and yells.
calling on them to quit work and stand by
the union. They ranged themselves on
either side of the big ditch. and yelled
until they were red in the face. The men
below did not stand the pressure long. and
came clamberiDg out. This was q signal
for the widest cheering, and men, shovels
and all were embraced by the delighted
strikers. The noise became almost deafen-
ing. W.. r Mercer, who has the contract
for the sewer. was standing by. watching
his men leave him. with q grim smile on his
face. 'Il fix 'em SOS they won't
make so much noise. any way,"
he suddenly exclaimed, ana, hurrying
into the little shanty in which was
located the dummy engine which was used
for hauling the DIRT out of the sewer, he
tied down the lever of the steam whistle
and let il blow. giving orders to the fireman
to keep steam up. Mems lungs had no
nance against steam and they were forced
to keep quiet. The prolonged screams of
the whistle. however. soon drew an enor-
nous crowd, and In the course of an hour
the police. the blue-coated gentry. under
Sergeant Lowe. soon had the crowd dis
persed. When the men who had been at
work there saw that the police were on
rand to protect them from any harm that
might be contemplated they won't back to
their work and the strikers were compelled
to let them alone.
The work of building this gewer Is being
lone by w. X. Mercer. of Terre Haute. He
had about sixty men employed, and none of
them left. They have been receiving $40 a
week for days of ten hours and the teams
"a O day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17
SCHILLER WON EASILY.

"Fatty" Clark, Of Dayton, Thrown without
ANY Trouble at All.
The cstch.as. catch.cen wrestling match
at the Empire Theater last night between
Bert Scheller and William Clark. of Day.
ton. O., resulted in q more than easy victory
for the former. He gained it in two straight
falls. the first being in three minutes and
twenty-five seconds and the second inthree
minutes and fifty seconds.
No one was surprised at 1t after seeing
Clark. Even before he was stripped
he looked fat and loggish. and when
he appeared In wrestling costume this
effect was doubled. There was so
much s~uper1uous flesh on his shoulders
and arms that the muscles could not be
seen to work, and in the vicinity OF his
waistband there was a rotundity such as
big men sometimes acquire in old age.
Scheller. on the contrary, was as finely
trained as we'll could be. The muscles
stood out in great rolls on his shoulders
and arms. his chest was hard and his
stomach was fiat. He looked an ideal ath-
lete. The difference In the weight of the
men was nearly forty pounds. II being in
favor of Clark, who weighed about 2l0 and
Scheller 10. Harry NJ. Brown acted rs
faction. but he showed a thorough knowl-
edge of the sport which he was judGlng.
Homer June was official timekeepe-.
The men were called to the met at prompt
~ 10:45 o'clock. and shook hands. They
spared long for a hold, and there was con-
siderable rough work done. such as iolting
with open hand and twisting Of heads.
Scheller. though the smaller man. was the
aggressor. and pushed and joltee bis op-
ponent all over the mat. He finally caught
him by the waist and threw him to the
floor. Almost before Clark was aware of
what had happened. Scheller was on him.
and, securing = full back hammer-lock
forced his shoulders TO the floor.
The second bout was very similar. ca ch
man going at it in rougb-shod style.
SchelIer downed his man and then proceed
ed to thump the floor with him. He wonld
pick him MP bodily by the waist. trounce
him down on the floor and then leap on
him before he would come TO his senses.
He finally secured q half-N elson and q front
bammer-lock and got q fall.
Clark played the baby act" talking
back to the referee. which. had nothing
else done so. put the symDathies Of the
audience with Scheller. Clark went right
to his dressing room after bis defeat and
had nothing TO cay. The match vas for Q
purse Of $500. offered by the theat,r man.
agemepr. and q eide bet OF SO. 1t attracted
a fair house..
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17

irg that he paid no attention to them, sew
eral crowded out to where be was. and
tried to argue with him. While this was
going on. q big. burly fellow with q SLOUGH
hat on his head. and whose eyes ~betokened
a man half over in his cups. forced his way
60 the front. and made some very objection
able remarks about en- loy ers in general
and Mr.. kenyon in particular. Receiving
o sharp reply, he doubled up his fit and
made a wild rush toward Kenyon. A half
dozen men Interfered and the trouble was
averted. The obstreperous man was hus-
tied Oh into the crowd swearing and ours
ing. and several times later in the day.
made himself particularly obnoxious.
Manager Kenyon ~telephoned for the po-
lice. TO give the men he had worklng pro-
lection, about l o'clock. but II was after 2
when they appeared on the scene. Captain
Quigley was In charge of the force. and the
crowd. both strikers and onlookers was
dispersed. Previous TO this time the
strikers had succeeded in getting several or
the men working to quit, but about twenty
five continued during the rest OF the day.
The asphalting work on the Circle IL being
done By the Western Paving and Supply
Company. and it had employed from seven
tv-hve 30 one hundred men. All OF these
stopped work with the exception of the few
named. The contract for the grading OF
the Circle had been let to Frank Hover,
and his men, 10 the number of twenty or
more, went with the strikers. The men
employed on the cement work renamed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17

money he earned. but il had no effect. A
half dozen rough fellows jumped down
into the ditch. and grasping him with no
gentle hands, threw him 10 the bank above.
The act was greeted with tumultuous
cheering. The men were beginning TO get
excited. They were flushed with their
success and they began yelling that If they
ran across any one who would not stop
work they would make him.. They next
visited the State ditch sewer. where it will
empty into Fol creek just in the rear OF
the Thirteenth-street street-car stables.
About forty men quit work there with
little or no coaxing.
The work on this sewer is being dene by
Fulmer Il Seibert, and they have been pay
ing their men the scale demanded by the
union at the irst Of the season. From there
the men circled around to the north end OF
New Jersey street. where the Warren.
Scharf Company is putting in an asphalt
pavement. There were in the neighbor-
hood of seventy-tive men working there.
Jack Robinson. who had been hsranguing
the men at different points on the route, ct
once took charge of things. made the men
put their tools away. pile mp their barrOws
and Join the procession of strikers. The
men on this work have been paid - the
rate of IN cents an hour and have been
working ten hours O day. 1t was then after
5 O'Clock. and the strikers started for the
city and broke up on their way down to
assemble again at their hall. opposite the
courthouse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17
STOPPING ALL THE WORK.

The Strikers March through the Northern
Part of the ~City-Their Success
When the police had compelled the strik-
ers TO leave the vicinity of East street
there were several hasty consultations
held among those who appeared to be the
leaders of the crowd. There were some
wild gestIculatlons. loud words. and they
swept up New Jersey street, being led by
several teams hitched to wagons loaded
with yelling men. About this time an sp.
parent leader appeared on the ground. He
was an extraordinary large, reG-headed
man. with a voice that seemed to drown all
others when he opened il. He wore n big
SLOUGH hat and a brown shirt which
was opened at the throat. Ii was q motley
crowd. The larger part of it was COM
posed of colored men, and Irishmen pre-
dominated the rest. There were old men
with gray, struggling boards, boys with
the fuzz of approaching manhood just ap-
pearing on their faces. mon with evil casts
of c~ouDtenance. and ones who appeared
only TO be having q great big lark. They
followed New Jersey street to Massachu-
setts avenue. and then crossed over to Ala
bama street. making for the work on the
sewer in that street. which has. now
reached st. Clair street. There were only
O few men working there. n three or four
of them stopped st the demands of the
men VINO nAu appeared on the scene Win
30 much noise and demonstration.
After vaI1ly coaxing the rest, the crowd
moved on. 1t went east on 81. CLAIR street
TO the avenue again. and then up Ash
street. where work Oh another sewer was
in progress. OF thirty men at work there
they left only six, and that was lone that
the contractors might finish q piece of
brlck-work which was In a bad place. The
contractors there are Gsnsberg Il Roney.
and they have been paying their men S1.75
per dayOf ten hours. Leaving Ash street
the crowd turned into College avenue
with their ranks augmented by the men
they had picked MP. and by q large
crowd of outsiders who went along to see
the fun. il there should be any. College
avenue was followed to Ninth street. aud
there the procession turned of. making for
the State ditch sewer. People along the
line of march rushed to their windows and
doors, and the men cheered as they saw
them. There were then some six or eight
wagons In the van and the struggling pro-
cesslOD behind them was over q square in
length.
About twenty men were found at work
on different portions OF Morton Place. The
crowd got around them. and it did not take
long To induce them To lay down their
tools This was true with the exception of
one man. He was a white man. who looked
10 be quite old and not very strong. He
was banding a pick. and when called upon
TO come out of the trench he said that he
did not want to. The handle of his imple-
ment was grasped by a huge negro, who ex-
claimed IN 10 rough voice: Get out o. dat
or we'll frow youse out"
The man said that ne could not afford to
quit work. that his family needed the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17

further demand which they make. 1 Will
bank up this sewer and leave the town be-
fore / will. Their demands are unreaeon-
able. and am certain that If We con-
q few days we will come out on top"
Mr.. Gansberg. OF Gansberg Il Roney. who
are building the Ash-street eve said: II
am not in favor of conoeding the demands
of the men, and l will not do 90. All We
will have to do is to stick together, and We
will come out on TOP" -
Contractor Forest said: "No. cir, i will
not concede their demands. l will quit all
work first. / have been paying my men
what they asked for. and l think that 10
enough" He has q large force of men work
ing on Shelby street, who were not In yes.
terdey's turmoil.
Contractor Buzzard said: I'VE are doing
all We can for the mon now. and 1t Is I'M:
reasonable for them 30 ask more. shall
not give IL to them"
Manager Kenyon said: "Our men were
all satisfied until some outsiders came In
and wanted them to stop work. l an In
favor of the contractors standing by each
0' :. Fl. aP sha nSs a' sedsd: to sW shs'1 are asT psyins
the highest wages paid In twenty.three
years, and the only difference Is one OF
eight hours or ten hours for o days work.
Il is utterly impossible for us to work our
contracts In time. We are paying more for
ten hours work. In proportion. than they
ask for eight hours. Our men did not
make any demands on us. They just quit
through the agitation of others. There
was no Dissatisfaction in their ranks. We
will make no compromise at all. and expect
TO have q full force. Q majority of whom
were at work yesterday. on the ground to.
day.p AZ
The contractors held no meeting last
night. as was anticipated. They have not
asked the city to lengthen the time of their
contracts on account of the labor troubles.
foriit is understood shat the courts have
allowed contractors days of grace where
strikes and other unforeseen circumstances
prevented them from fulfilling the CON-
tracts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17
THIS Is BUT THE FIRST.

Water Works, Gas and Street. Railroad Com
le psnies the Next Point Of Attack.
IL is the purpose of those in charge of the
strike TO call ont the men at work in tho
gas trenches. in the bitches belonging to
the water company, and those at work for
the street.oar company. IS soon as this
strike is settled, unless those companies
come to terms. It 10 said that Q conference
has been held with President Mason. of
the street-car company, and that he has
promised to abide By the results of the
strike. This being so. the men employed
will not DO called out until later. IL at all.
success in attaining the eight-hour day Ia
much desired By the unions of other trades,
who are working to bring about q scarcity
of labor, so that al may advance all
along the line.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17

weighs l65 pounds and halls from Chicago.
He 10 willing TO post q forfeit. Treeter said
last night that he would be unable 20
Riley in O couple of weeks il the latter
cared to wrestle then.
Tom Wbalen ISSUES a challenge to wrestle
at any style OF TO box for points or to O
finish to Herbert Hale, OF this city. He il
a light weight and is anxious TO have q 60
with some one. he also is from Chicago.
Kid Mccoy, who recently issued q chal-
lenge TO spar with Chris Wrade. has re-
ceived no answer. He would like to meet
Wrade at the Journal office tonight at 8
O'Clock, and if Wrade does not show up.
will box Whalen. il the latter 10 willing.
AL Woods, of Cleveland, o., who is to
wrestle Bert Scheller at the Empire theater
Saturday night. arrived in the city yester-
day. III match is to be for a purse of ESQ
and q side bet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17
CAUGHT BIZ A MARKED BILL.
Young Man Employed in a Wholesale Confec-
tionery Store Charged with Theft.

William Crsndle. q young man employed
at the Wysong confectionery establish.
ment. on South Meridian street. Is in
trouble through O desire TO increase his
salary by taking money from the cash
drawer. For some time the firm has been
at a loss to know why the cash book
showed a discrepancy with the receipts 90
cssionally, and yesterday adopted a scheme
10 detect the author of the shortage.
They suspected young Crandall of the
petty stealing. and carefully marked q fy o.
dollar bill and q silver dollar. The bait
was set and worked admirably. Last night
detectives Dougherty and kaehn. and the
money found on his person. He was locked
up on the charge of petit larceny. at the
police station Crandell was recognized as a
Plainteld. He resides at No. ia Madison
avenue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17
Mob Acts ThreateningIy at the Circle. then
Marches to Various Points and Com
pels Laborers 10 Quit Work.
The Contractors Will Stand Firm in
Refusing The Demands of the Men.
Strikers Hold a Mass Meeting at Night
Troublous Scenes Enacted at the East
Street Sewer and Other Localities.
THE STRIKE AT THE CIRCLE.
A Big Crowd and Much Noise-Tardiness o.
the Poitcc.

A Big Crowd and Much Noise-Tardiness OF
the Poitce.
The undercurreDt of feeling which has
been apparent among the men employed
pm public street improvements for some
lime past. and which has broken out in
pne or two places. leaped all bounds yester-
day. and at 6 o'clock last e~veningiwork on
nearly every contract in the city had been
sIopped.
The men employed in putting in the
asphalt pavement on the Circle were first
called out, IND from there q crowd of
shouting men. some In wagons and some
on foot. marched through the city from
one place of work to another. stopping
only until the men at work at each place
were compelled to quit or the police had
compelled the strikers to scatter.
No violence, other than that of tom que.
was offered at the Circle, though
Dnce or twice il seemed imminent. The de-
mand of the strikers is TO be paid sl.65 for
sday of eight hours. and @. IS per DAY of
the game length for teams. The shovelers
have been receiving SITS per day for ten
hours work. n teams have been getting
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17

ceremony took place at noon. at the resi-
Gence of Homer Allen, a cousin of the
bride. Among the guests were Mr.. Lee
Nixon. of Indianapolis, also of the JouI-
nal, Mr.. Hillshamer, of Anderson; Miss
HedrIck, and Mr.. and Mrs. Swanger. of
Marion. After the ceremony o wedding
dinner was served by Mrs. Allen. The
couple. after their wedding journey. will
make their home in Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17

In the "Athens of the west"
This pant 75o' is the sign that hangs IN
front of q West Washington-street cloth
iers establishment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17
The KIM of E1oor Cloths.

The King Of Floor Cloths.
In covering a floor that is 10 have hard weas
use wild 3 Linoleum." The best and the origt
nal make in the u. :. None genuine except that
lettered on the back. "Wild's Linoieum."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17
i. S. Govt. Tests
of Baking Powders.

The official analyses of the U. S. Dept. of Agri-
culture, Division of Chemistry, Bulletin Is, on baking
powders, show that of all baking powders examined, but
six were found to be genuine cream of tartar powders,
and the strength of these, as follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17
Heaps of ChnIienrr..

James Riley issues q challenge to wrestle
Pete Treeter. of this city. at caich-as catch
can for . purse OK gate TeceiDtR Riley
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17

All the remaining baking powders, some of which
claim to be pure, perfectly pure, or absolutely pure"
are shown by the same report to contain alum OF
ammonia or other substitute for cream of tartar.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-07-27

. Errante, sileueioso dssouidado
Mas me pluguisra, 81 agrests asilo
De alg6n bosqus secreto apartado.
L6jos del mundo srspirar tranquilo.
iQue nos fuerza emigrarf 81 70 quiser.
Vivir del deehonor : la peridia,
Volver Cuba y despertar pudiera
De viles gentes IA rabiosa envidis.
Que ALA para norar como los brutos
Basta ser al oprobio indiferente,
Llevar Claudio Cesar los tributos,
Postrarse humilde doblegar la frsnte.
Basta seguir de la lisonja el gremio
Para gozar imperturbable calma
Por torpes vicios MERCER IN premio
I de una vez sacrifcar el alma.
:Por que dejamos Ia mansion querida
Dende vimos la luz Por que la suerte
Gambia estos campos de esplendor Y vida
Por otros ay de oscuridad muerte!
-Porque buscamos hbertad vemok
La fs perdida : Ia existercia ajada,
7 va no mas sobrellevar podemos
La esclavitud de nuestra terra amada
Porque nos NIGGA su favor 81 cielo,
7 til, rndo oprescr no nos csdistes
Nj un solo palmo en- nuestro mismo sueio
Para enterrsr nusstroa hiios tristes
ZEEEA.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-07-27

MiIIares de afios vuelven 4 trascu-
rrir. un instante.
-IY ahora1-prcgunta el Jung
frau.
--Ahora, va veo. Ala abajo, STEM
pre- la misma cosa -. el mismO cua-
dro. Es mezquino y abigarrado. FL
azul de las aguas, el negro de los
bosques, el girls de los Penascos aglo-
merados. Alrededor dc estos monto-
nes, ann sc ven agitarse esas especies
de feos insectos, Isabes ?, esos bichi-
tos de dos patas que jamas han podi-
do mancharnos q ii y a mi
u Hombres1
ST hombres
Pasan millares de siglos. =. IN
instantc.
-Bien, ty ahora 3-pregunta el
Jungfrau.
-Diriase que Sc ven menos insec-
tos de esos-muge el Finsteaarhorn
Sc ha vuelto mas claro. Las aguas
SC han estrechado. Los bosques sc
han encogido.
MiIIares de amos pasan aun , un
instante.
X Que YES ?-dice el Jungfrau.
En- torno nuestro esta un POGO
mas limpio. =. Pero ALA abajo, mas
lejos, Ell los valles, todavla hay man
chas y algo Sc rebullc.
-lY ahora9-pregunta el Jungfrau,
despues de otros millarcs de amos.
un instante.
-Ahora est4 bien-responde el
Finsteaarhorn.-Donde quiera que Sc
mire todo Sc ma puesto muy limpio.
muy blanco Por todas parties la ME
We, nuestra buena nieve lisita, y 81
hiclo. Tode csta heiado. Ahera va
bicn. Hay tranquilidad.
va era hora-contesta el Jung
frau -Pero bastante henos charlado,
viejo mio. va es tempo de dormir.
III va es tempo!
Duermen las inmensas montahas Y
tanbien dnerme el cielo cIaro y YER
doso cncima dc la TERRA, muda por
toda Ia eternidad.
TURGURNEF.