Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-05-12
morning. The women were determined
TO drive the blacklegs from their work

brooms. They marched to the coke
yards a shot was fired to scare the
women, when the men rushed in. Sup
erintendent White opened fire on a
crowd that numbered over q hundred.
Three men fell wounded. The women
carries off the wounded and the infuriat-
ed men then set upon White and h,s
bookkeeper Roddy. White was badly
beaten and lis recovery is doubtful.
Rnddy esca oed with only slight bruises.
While ell this was going on the deputies
who had begun the use OF their win
cbesters shot one woman who is said to
be- dying. II Is now believed that at
least sixteen were shot.
There is great excitement throughout
the entire region. The strikers are be-
coming desperate and mobs are assemb-
ling at various points to raid the plant.
The two wounded strikers will die.
Both White and Roddy are believed to
be fatally wounded. Fifteen strikers
altogether went down and further troub-
lie is imminent.
OMAHA, May 3-The exposition build
ing is burning and is likely to be entire
ly destroyed. A general alarm has been
turned IN. The building contains a
theatre and large mattress factory.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-Ths majority
report of the special committee appoint
ed to investigate Judge Jenkins famous
strike order, re ducing wages and prohio-
ting a strike, find that it was abuse
of judicial power supported by neither
reason or authority. HIS second, or
supplementary writ, is declared to be
even more reprehenslble than the first
Thu committee does not question the
| motives of jenkins in rendering the
decision and refrain from recommend
| ing his mpeachment, but does recon-
mend the enactment of a statute detiu-
| ing the powers of the courts IN the
enforcing of contracts for personal
| services. 1t ia urged that jenkins
| abuse of authority may not be repeated
| by her. The committee calls at'en-
| ton to abuses which have arisen under
a system which allows thu United
States courts to appoint receivers for
railroads which thus simply avert the
| pursuit of ere 1itors, while the judges
exercise both the authority of the court
and the directors of great railroad.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, May 4.-William
Whalep, of the ST. Pauls mine fame,
was convicted of obtaining, money by
floating stock absolutely valueless, end
sentenced TO four years in the state
prison. Whaleo secured three millions
| of dollars.
Dies MONIES, Iowa.. May 4.-Kelly's
ipdustrials are in very bad way as
prov visions are almost exhausted. There
| is apparently no prospect of free tran
spOrts,ion anywhere and the general
impression is that be will be starved out
and his army disintegrate.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 4.-General
Frye and his men are anxious to get
out of Indianapolis. Provisions are
running low and citizens do Lot show
a disposition to longer support his
army. General Frye said he expects 10
move to Washington Saturday. He
says he will think himself badly trea, J
If railroad transportation Is denied him.
He says if he cann't get transportation
the army will walk.
| [Frye's crowd is the party of 600 men
that passed through Tucson several
weeks ego. They have b, en- in Indiana
for over a week.
| WARRINGTON, May 4.-The senators
who voted for the repeal OF the silver act
express themselves in hearty sympathy
with the bimetallic movement In Eng
land.
Senator Hill thinks English senti-
ment is drifting toward bimetallIsm. Ii
the present administration does not la
Dor to that end the people will, he says,
select one that will.
Senator Allison Is hopeful Of favora-
bic results at the comlrg election in the
| United Kingdom.
Senator Voorhees, thinks the confer
ence means the restoration and free use
| of silver. He expects soon a very strong
movement for silver everywhere.
Representative Bland, however, says
he never considered the international
agreement promising enough to delay
| action by our own government, but it
was the pretext for delay. He thinks.
however, that the present movement is
in good faith.
LEXINGTON, KY, May 5.-Lexingtou
ls crowded today with partisans of w.
G. P. Breckenridge, gathered 70 give the
opening of his canvass a spectacular
send-Off.
Colonel Breckenridge speech was
mainly a review of his career III con-
gress, beginning with the first election
OF Cleveland. A portion of his speech
was devoted to the Pollard scandal and
the opposi ion to his renomlnation on
moral grounds. He denounced and de-
fed his assailants, and said that time
will confoun6 those who seek to betray
his usefulness.
Responding to the charge of hypOc-
risy in taking leading part in religious
and moral movements while living
double life, he said he had been mskir g
atonement for secrets which he dared
not confess, and had been doing every
thing in his power to keep others from
following in his footsteps.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-The president
has nominated Seneca Hszieton of
Vermont as minister to Venezuela.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 5.-Mr. New
claims having been interviewed on the
HARRISON candidacy. He did say IN
personal conversation that be believed
that Harrison would be the peoples
choice in 1896. but did not talk with
authority.
ANTWERP, May g. King Leopold
accompanied by the queen of Belgium
and other royalties opened the worlds
ex position today. Over $4,000 were
present.