The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-20

Two children lost their lives and
twenty small buildings were destroyed
by a fire on North Beach, San Fran.
cisco. The houses were the homes OF
many poor families, some of whom lost
everything. Loss, $4,000.
WORK was commenced on all of the
ore and coal docks on the Pennsylvania
side of the river at Ashtabula Harbor,
o., on the 10th, but had not been in
progress over half an hour before a
mob of 6OOstrikers from the Lake Shore
side, who had decided not to return to
work, marched onto the docks and by
threats compelled the men at work to
cease their labors. Picks, shovels and
tools of every kind were thrown into
the river, and a riot was only avoided
by the Pennsylvania men leaving.
KELLY, the leader of the so-called in.
dustrial armies, was at Washington on
the 18th making arrangements with
Frye to consolidate their bands at Ros.
lyn, Va, just across the river. He as
serted that he had GOO men between
there and Portsmouth. O., and that the
first detachment would reach Washing
ton in few days via the Chesapeake s
Ohio canal.
THE county jail at Hastings, Minn.,
on the 1eth was guarded by fifty depu-
ties sworn to prevent the lynching OF
the French-Canadian tramp who muir.
dered Officer jacobson while resisting
arrest. At night there was a demon
stration by the would-be lynchers, but
the show of strength prevented trou-
BILE. Fears were entertained that a
more determined attempt would be
made.
EDoN, a small town in Williams
county, o., was recently visited by a
most disastrous confiagration, result
ing in the loss of S175.OOO worth of
property. Seventy-two buildings were
destroyed, including the entire busi-
ness portion of the town.
In Oakland. Cal, on the 18th there
was rioting of more or less serious
nature. The trouble began at day
break, when a mob of several hundred
strikers rushed into the yards on the
mole. They killed all the locomotives
that had been fired up, and derailed
one locomotive and a long line of
coaches. Later in the morning another
crowd of strikers ran into the yards
and wrecked a turntable by showing a
heavy freight car into the pit Damage
was also done at the roundhouse. The
railroad company, deputy sheriffs and
Il %I 49, l.,
very little resistance to the riotous
strikers.
THE strike has resulted in the post
ponement of the annual tour of inspec-
ton of the Pacific railroads by the
commissioner of railroads, Gen. Wade
Hampton. He expected to commence
the official trip within a week or ten
days, but it has now been deferred un-
til the beginning of next month.
THE steam barge Myrtle NJ. Ross was
partially destroyed by fire while living
in the port of South Haven, Mich.
Frank Smith. aged IS. son of the cap
tain and owner, was burned to death.
Charles Connell. chief engineer. was
probably fatally burned. William
ously burned. The loss is placed at
1900, with no insurance.
THE Tenny bridge. 9 miles west of
Glyndon. Mimi, on the Northern Pa
cific, was burned by incendiaries. 1t
had been fired in three places. But
for the timely discovery by a farmer
train No. l with large number of
passengers would have been wrecked.
FAILURES for the week ended July
13 Bradstreet's repor0 were 900 in the
United States, against 164 last year; in
Canada 81, against 80 last year.
THE Great Northern Express Co. was
robbed of S11 600 at Wickes. 90 miles
east of Helena, Mont. on the 18th. The
robbers overpowered the express driver
and took the wagon and money.
JUSTICE BAILEY, of Chicago, refused
to grant the writ of error and SUPER
sedeas that would stay the execution
of Patrick E. Prendergast until his in
sanity trial could be reviewed by the
supreme court. The justice concurred
with Judge Payne in his views of the
law, and while admitting that there
were errors in the case. did not think
they were material enough to warrant
his interference with the verdict
PRENDERGAsT, the assassin of Carter
Harrison, the mayor of Chicago, was
hanged on the 18th. There was no
scene on the gallows and he faced
death calmly.