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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-04

influx of miners from other parts of the
region, the storekeepers insisting that they
cannot furnish subsistence TO outsiders
The men stopped work on April q, and
their part is entirely one OF sympathy with
the strikers of Pennsylvania The oper-
ators were willing to concede the scale
asked by the men. At Cannelburg are two
mines, the Mutual and the Buckeye. the
former being controlled by the miners, VINO
have organized a mutual company. AT
Montgomery, three miles west OF here, is
a mine owned and operated by the rail-
road company, the output consisting en-
tirely of bituminous coal which Is used by
the company's engines. For working this
mine the men are paid 45 cents ton as the
coal comes from the mine. and they say
they cannot get out more than three tons
a day. For getting out the camel coal the
miners receive 30 cents ton, but only
two and a half tons day is the average
work of a miner. This camel mine Is
only worked six months a year. while the
Montgomery mine turns out coal at all
times. When the men cannot get work at
the other shaft they so to the one at
Montgomery. Forty men live at Montgom-
cry and work at Cannelburg.
The strikers insist that they VIII starve
TO death before they Will accept last year
scale of 20 cents ton for screened coai
and 40 cents for mine run coal. The largest
number ever worked at this point was lOO
men, The Buckeye mine is owned by u.
Frank Strasser. of washington, but II has
not been worked for some time. as II is
in litigation.
w. r. Summers, the justice of the peace
under arrest. has been urging the men to
prevent the movement OF cars, II is
claimed He has two sons who have been
active in the trouble. George Purcell Is
somewhat of an organizer. lie recently
went down into Kentucky and was instru-
mental in having 5000 nen leave their
work. Gade. it is said. was rot about Can
nelburg Saturday naving been down
in Jackson county trying to secure aid
from miners in that region. q. l. 4.
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PRINCESS FLOUR
Best made. Ask your Grocer
FIVE BLOCKS BURNED
THIRTY FIVE BUILDINGS DE-
sTROYED BY FIRE AT oTTUMwA.
One Life Lost and Four Persons Sc
riously Injured-Fatc1 Fire I'm a
Long Island Tenement.

OTTUMWA. Ia, June IA disastrous
fire occurred here to-day, and tonight five
blocks are mass of charred timbers and
debris. James Seymour, a dwarfed boy, was
burned to death. Bert Patterson inhaled
smoke and will de. John McCullom, fire.
man. was seriously burned. Nick Renner
had a leg broken and Jerry Seymour was
overcome by heat and hurt by falling tim
bers. The five blocks destroyed by the
flames included fifteen business houses and
twenty dwellings. The loss is estimated at
s225,0o0. with about one-third covered by
insurance. The fire Is supposed to have
originated from the spark of a locomotive.
Following is a list of the heaviest losers
W. r. Beck. druggist, 5000; Chas. Reif-
snyder & Son, butchers and cold storage,
$4,000; Mangan & Carr, grocers 5000 on
building and 5000 on stock; f. j. McLaugh-
lin, grocer. $1,000; Jerry Seymour cooper,
5000; saloon and two dwellings. $500; Cas-
cade laundry. $4,000; Poe Underwood, drug
gist, $1,000; John Bauer. residence 5000;
Mary Leighton, three dwellings, $500; Sam
uel Mahon, brick building and dwelling,
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shot His Wife and Son.

BALTIMORE, June 3.--George Hill, forty
two years of age, a furniture maker, of
Philadelphia, came here to-day and at
tempted 10 kill his wife, Rachael c. Hill.
called to see his wife at 2223 McCulloh
street, and. finding mems garments in the
room, shot her four times--twice in the
head and in the neck and wrist He then
shot his son. Mrs. Hill is dangerously
wounded and not expected to live. Hill
twenty years, but for some months had
been separated he accusing her of unfaith-
fulness. and she refusing to live with him
The presence OF the clothes was explained
by the landlady. who said she had no
other place to put them Hill expressed
regret that he did not succeed.
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THREE COAL TRAINS MOVED.
strikers Outwitted by the Vandaiia-
One Train Stoned.
Snaoiol 20 the TndiapapoIfS Iorrpa1

Specldl 10 tne lHuldldpOllS JOuEudl.
BRAZIL, Ind, June 3.-This afternoon
three trains of coal passed over the Van
dalia, going west The first train was run
on No. Is time, and was closely followed
by the passenger. This was done so that
in case the miners stopped the coal train
it would blockade the passenger. A crowd
of miners east of here endeavored to stop
the second train. bat failed. Then they
stoned the third train. breaking the win
dows in the engine and caboose.
No attempt was made here by the Van
dalia company to handle coal cars last
night, and the ten cars of slack still re-
main where the miners blockaded them sew
eral days ago by piling slack between the
cars 1t is generally believed that the Van
dalia officials are determined to move this
coal, and will, if they have not already
appeal to the Governor for assistance. The
sheriff of this county is severely criticised
in some quarters for his supineness and
inertness.
Reports from the smaller towns through
out the county show that the strikers are,
as a general thing, quiet and orderly, but
they are determined, and will not allow
coal to be hauled by tie railroads. The
strikers especially condemn the Consoli-
dated Coal Company, of Illinois, claiming
that ii is the obstinacy of this company
that prevents settlement OF the strike.
Some suffering is reported among the
strikers. One miners wife. residing east OF
here, was soliciting food yesterday, and
she claimed that she had not had anything
to eat for two days.
A report that the Governor had ordered
a company of militia from Washington,
Ind, to this city caused considerable ex-
citement among the miners this evening.
The report was not confirmed.
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SULLIVAN. Ind, June 3.-This morning,
at an early hour, three companies of State
militia were. brought here. They numbered
about $50 men. They remained he:e until an
engine and caboose came up from Evans
Vile, and, following the regular train for
the north the special with the troops went
to Shelburn A short distance south of the
station the special stopped. when the SOL
dlers got off and formed a phalanx, with
fixed bayonets. marched up and surround
ed the coal cars. The engine backed in, the
cars were coupled together and the train
moved out without protest on the part of
about $50 miners. About mile north of
Shelburn there is a steep grade. and it is
said the rails were soaped, causing delay
of an hour. portion of the military force
was left at Shelburn, while the main body
went on to Farmersburg. 1t is understood
that part of the force will go out the
branch road to Alum Cave and take out
some loaded cars there which have been
held by strikers, when they will return to
this place and go into camp 1t is a great
relief TO the community that the cars were
moved without bloodshed.
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His Night Clothes Afire.

LONG ISLAND CITY. ". Y, June s.
The explosion Of IL laiGp carly this morning
started a fire In Il tenci,lf house ar NJ.
SO Queen street, which was occupied by a
number of families. The explosion occuf,s
in the apartments OF Thomas Brenna,i.
fifty-five years of asa, on the second st~'y.
Brennan was aw,K.rll l'y the flames 10
find that his bsdl ling var fiTo lie
sprang to the winlow and jumped III. .ot iii.
carrying the glass and sash with him. lie
shot down to the sid deH-:I,& With his nigi't
clothes on, all in flames, and struck on the
back of his neal. lis neck was broken.
All the other tenants ESCAPED without IN
jury. The building was almost entirely de-
strOyed
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Johnson Island.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 3-Johnson
island. the prize fo- which Hawaiian ad-
vices intimate the provisional government
and England are striving in an ocean race
between the steamer IlSand and the war
ship Champion has been the subject of
considerable discussion in the past two
years. The island was discovered in 1870
by her Majesty's ship CORVALLIS and
named after the captain of that ship IL
was examined in 1853 by Lieutenant Brooke
of the United States schooner Fenimore
Cooper. Ii is situated I'm latitude 1914
scribed as being a lagoon island, with q
reef OF quadrilateral form
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NO TROUBLE AT sHELBURN.
Coal Trains Moved with the Aid of
25O NiIitf0meu.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 3.-Two hum
dred and fifty militiamen from New AL
bany, Jeffersonville, Evansville and other
points, under command Of General Mckee,
arrived at Shelburn this morning. having
gathered at Vincennes last night. The SOL
diers were marched to the side track con-
tanning the eighteen cars of coal which
the Evansville & Terre Haute railway has
been trying to move for the past week.
The roads employees coupled the cars, an
engine was attached and the train moved
away. The strikers offered no resistance,
and did not molest the train crew in any
way. There are about 100 miners about the
station tonight but they are making no
demonstration. neither do they say what
they will do. but it is expected that they
will capture the next coal train that comes
through Shelburn. There is more coal at
the Evansville end Of the line, ready for
transportation TO Chicago.
The militia left for the south this after
noon, but whether they were going home
or had been ordered elsewhere could not
ba 1oarpad
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COUNTY CoNvENrIoNs.
vermiIiion Republicans Nominate an
Old Soldiers Ticket.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
NEWPORT. Ind. June 2-The Republic
ans held a large and enthusiastic county
convention here to-day. The present ad-
ministration. including Hoke Smith. was
repudiated by the nomination OF soldier
ticket. Nearly all OF the nominees have
excellent war records. When the policy
OF Growers administration was mentioned
I'm the convention IL was Missed. The ticket
Is follows: Clerk. John I. Lowe; treas
urer. Edmund II. Brown: recorder. George
H. Fisher: sheriff. John NJ. Roberts; sur
yeyor. Robert A. Parrett; coroner. JaneA
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NEW YORK. June s.-Sarah Farster
jumped from the roof of a burning tene-
ment house on Goerk street this evening
and was killed Two other persons were
slightly injured in making their escape
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Attempt to wreck n Train.

BRAZIL, Ind, June 3.-A desperate effort
was made just east of this city last night
to wreck freight train No. q, supposed 10
be hauling coal. The Vandalia found two
coupling pins wedged in switch frogs. but,
luckily, the train was running slowly and
was stopped quickly after striking the
pins The engineer states that If he had
been running at the usual rate the entire
train would have been ditched-
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waiting to be Called out
special to the indianapolis Journal

Special 70 the IndlanapoIls JDurnaL
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, June 81
Company i. State militia. held a meeting
last night and the probability of being
called out was discussed. Every member
of the company signified his willingness 10
go on a moments notice. There are fifty
stands of arms here and plenty of ammuni-
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ST. Johns suffers.

suffered from two serious fires this morn
ing. The total loss is estimated at $685. 900,
and the insurance at $4,000. Several busi-
ness blocks, a sawmill and two tenements
El1rnal
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Muncie FencibIc. Are Ready.
,ec,a, - The JndianapolIs Jourpa,.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE. Ind. June 3.-Capt. T. X.
HeInsohn. of the Muncie Fencibles, of the
Fourth Regiment. State militia. has had
his company OF fifty young men doing field
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sIeepIes.ness.

Remove the cause by regulating the bow
|es. by establishing good digestion and by
tuleting the nerves with Simmons Liver
Regulator. Try Ii, and you will soon know
The blessing Of good health and sound sleep.
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All but One Hundred Of the
Soldiers to Be Sent Home.

What the Strikers Telegraphed Cover
nor Matthews and What They Say
About Their Work anu Wages.
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Blockaded and Derailed Cars Moved
Without Resistance in Both Daviess
and Sullivan Counties.
SCENES AT CANNELBURG
Only Thirty Miners at the Station
When the Troops Arrived.

Three of the Leaders in the Riots Ar
rested, Taken to Washington. and
Later Released on Bail.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-10-19
One Wise Man on the Jury.

II saw a man saved from life imprison
ment or hanging once by the one wise
man on jury, who stood out against II
FOOLS" said T. j. Stephens of Baltimore
to St. Louis Globe-Democrat reporter.
"The man was found standing over dead
body in a field with knife in his hand
and blood smeared over his clothes. He
swore he had found the man lying dead
and had drawn the knife from the wound,
where the murderer had left it sticking.
It was shown that the men were enemies
and that the accused had even threatened
repeatedly to kill him. On this and other
oircumstantial evidence II of the jury
were for conviction. The foreman alone
stood out and SO steadfastly that at length,
one by one, the others Joined him, and the
prisoner was acquitted. Many thought
the man guilty, and he finally left the
country because of the cold shoulder he
got from old friends. Years afterward,
when the foreman of the jury was dying,
he acknowledged that he killed the man
himeelf F.~
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-10-19
A THEATRICAL REVIEW
Three Failures Recorded In New
York In a Single Week.
"a WAY TO WIN A WOMAN'' INSIP1D

shalkespeare's "Merry Wives of Windsor"
Presented by w. II. Crane, Who Appeared
as Falstan-Tim Murphy as star-In-
teresting Gossip of the Stage.
The second play which E. H. Sothern
produced during his annual engagement
vt the Lyceum theater is failure. 1t Is
entitled "A Way to Win Woman" and
is from the usually dainty and entertain
ing pen Of Jerome X. Jerome, whose de-
lightful 'Stageland," "Three Men In a
Boat" and ION the Stage and OFF" have
been read with enjoyment wherever the
English language is spoken. Mr.. Soth-
ern's first venture this season at the Lyce-
UNI was Paul M. Potter's 'sThe Victoria
Cross" This fell SO fiat that it was found
necessary to replace it with "a Way to
Win a Woman" which had previously
been tried out of town. The result has
been markedly unsatisfactory. The next
attempt will be- e"Bonnie Prince Charlie, I"
by Miss Marguerite Merington, the au-
thor of the charming Captain Lettar-
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-10-19
"THEY THREW ME DOWN"

-a THEY THREW ME DOWN..
accla1nation and was vociforously cheored
by the active managers Of the Elberson
campaign.
Chris stood in the doorway and saw it
oil. A man next to him grinned and said,
"They give you the double cross"
He reached his store in trance. The
clerk looked at him and said nothing. Fe-
nx Straub came in.
"Have you got enough, Chris9" he ask
Cd gently.
"They threw me down. shouted Chris
"All the voting was done by his gang
They wouldn't let my men inside. The
police stood in with them, too, and would
not arrest that niger when he struck me. !"
~ II told you to keep out of it,"
= "Several people have been after me to
run independent. u.
"Don't do it. For heavens sake, don't
Keep out of politics"
After dressing his eye and thinking it
over Chris concluded that he would keep
out.
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GETTING OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE.

ride down town. A model grocery, 1t
might have been termed. The shelf goods
seemed always spick and span, the show
cases were shiny, and the outdoor display
of vegetables and fruits under the cool
awning was a constant delight. But q nee
essary part of the picture was Chris, port
ly, good natured and incased in q white
apron He wore an admirable patch Of
chin whiskers, and on his blue necktie was
@ gold badge of the Foresters. This Is tho
description of Chris given by the Chicago
Record man.
Presumably he was contented. he own
ed the store and house, his family relations
were pleasant, and he had enough trade
to keep his varnished delivery wagon on
the go most of the time. In the summer
the family attended few picnics, and in
the winter he and his wife patronized the
dances given by neighborhood lodges.
Chris was a Knight of Pythias as well as
a Forester.
The first indication of his desire to en-
ter politics was his joining the Masons.
Shortly after that he sent in his name to
singing society, although he could not
sing. Then he was chosen delegate to the
county convention. .'- - a.
These early symptoms were hardly no.
ticed by the neighbors and customers. 1t
was when he joined the Cook County
Democratic Marching club that his friends
began to say, Chris is mixing in politics. "
He wentswith the club to open the state
campaign at Springfield. When he came
back, he was hoarse and seemed to have
lost sleep. Some of his best friends began
to demonstrate with him. Straub, the feed
store man, dropped into the grocery and
asked him in SO many words, "Chris,
what's your object in getting into poll
tics?"
"Can trust you, Felix" asked Chris,
leading the way back to the desk, so the
clerk couldn't overhear anything. 1.-The
reason I'm going to tell you this is that I
know you're friend of mine. Now, I've
been talking on the quiet to some of the
biggest Democrats in this district, and
they want me to be candidate for repre-
sentative"
''There's nothing in that for you. If
you're elected, you'll have to neglect your
business shouldn't think you'd want
it,
II don't want it, but a lot Of my friends
are after me to take it. Some one must
go in and smash that McClintook gang.
It's been running this district too long"
"That's all right. Let some one else do
it,"
1.-THE boys say I can do it, and I've
promised to stick. Don't you know it's an
outrage for this district to be represented
in the legislature by such man as Nc
ClintockS Say, you'd be surprised if I
told you the names of some of the people
that are with me in this thing. Do you
think you can swing any of the Germans
in your precinct?"
Mr.. Straub saw 1t was of no use to ar
que, and SO he said he would do all he
could.
Chris Elberson was in politics, sure
enough, with all the symptoms plainly
showing. He began smoking cigars all
his waking hours, and the back end of his
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-10-19
Asleep ON tho Bottom OF the River.

A strange. incident in connection with
the work of clearing away the debris Of
the recently wrecked bridge at Louisville
IL related Of a submarine diver. One day
he remained beneath the surface for more
than an hour. There was no response
when signals were made, and there was
goes ON as relief reported for duty, and
So was at once sent down to ascertain
what was wrong. In few minutes both
men came up. The first diver was found
seated on pile of iron fast asleep.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-10-19
TIM MURPHY.

the American rights, has agreed to permit
Manager Palmer to present 1.-The New
Woman at his theater. This will, of
course, kill it for the Empire theater stock
company as far as New York is concerned,
end it suggests the thought that perhaps
the little Napoleon Of managers" may
be just trifle afraid Of its rumored un-
blushing candor. Americans will stand a
good deal, especially If the people Of "dear
old Lunnon'' have set upon it the seal
Of approval, but beyond certain or rath-
or uncertain point they refuse to be driven.
The New York critics are anxiously won
dering on which side of that vague point
Mr.. Grundy has landed with his play,
s'The New Woman"
New York. E. II. E.
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In Venice performance is being at
tempted which, II successful, may make
the round Of the world. The subject of
the performance Is "Marino Faliero." The
artists are Of wood, the work of two 1tal-
ian sculptors, who have spent months up
On it. The theater itself Is also of their
construction and is portable.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-10-19

store buzzed, buzzed, buzzed all day a.
his "friends'' came in and whispered their
cheering reports and then received their
whispered instructions.
Mystsry, deep mystery-back rooms
mumbling close to the ear-fguring in
small books taken from inside pockets :
handing over cigars casting up figures.
these are the morbid pleasures Of politics.
Chris Eberson, a member In good stand
Ing Of the Lutheran church, held daily
consultations with Bite johnson. colored,
keeper Of doggery over by the river; Bull
Mckenzie, who had lately "done time, y
br* was supposed to own the "boost" ON
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-10-19
.HEWENT INTO POLITICS
The Grocery Suffered While the
Candidate Hustled For Votes.
.eTHE BOYS THREW HIM DOWN.,

the Moving Tale Of How Chris Emerson
Sought to Purify Politics In His Dis
trict and Found, Too Late, That Ward
Workers Are Deceivers All.
No man in that part Of town was more
thoroughly respected by his neighbors than
Chris Elberson. ss
He was good example Of the modestly
successful business man. His cottage was
a cleanly and we'll kept establishment.
Mrs. Elberson was large, beaming wom-
nn of happy disposition, and the children
were red checked and we'll dressed
His store was but three blocks distant
:som his home and was near the corner
where the horse cars were boarded for the
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-10-19

The racer who most seeks publicity In
the cycling world is the first to howl at
the inapp-eciativeness Of bis fellows. ~ f
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An Interesting Photo

An Interesting Photograph Gallery.
Scotland Yard has the photographs Of
some lis, 900 criminals taken during the
Iast 80 years. OF these "a. 600 azs recent