Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-27


Usage lands adjoining to be prepared for
the rush
In Pennsylvania $1,000 miners quit
work Saturday, Of which 81, 900 are in the
Pttsburg and adjoining districts. In the
Rttsburg district there are l2O mines and
thirty more i'm the Clearfeld or mountain
district. In Indiana about 10000 went
out, and in West Virginia 5000. In Hi
nois about 5000 quit, though many re-
| fused To strike.
The struggle for the control OF the
| Toledo, Ann ArbOr and North Michigan
! railway. which has been going on at To-
| ledo, Ohio, in "A stockholders meeting for
! the last two days, eliminated i'm a row i'm
which financial magnates pushed and
| pummeled one another in approved style.
! but with no serious results except to their
dignity and temper.
The combined industrial army of San
Francisco and Oakland. numbering $50
men and four women, broke camp Mon
day morning and began their movement
toward Washington. All had blankets
and were warmly clothed. Two wagons
with food and camp trappngs brought up
the rear. The leaders of the army be-
lieve that the Southern Pacific will soon
give them train.
Reports from Ohio during the last week
are That crop prospects have materially
improved. In spots cOnsidera BILE damage
has been done by the cold snap. but this
probably will be overcome. Recently the
rains have been abundant. Most of
places report indications of good crops.
some l0per cent and few % per cent
damage. Farm work is well advanced
and she acreage heavy.
The result Of the experiments of Joki-
chi Takamine at the Manhattan distill-
cry at Peoria, H., which was suppressed
on the occasion of the annual meeting OF
the whisky trust. has been made public
'khe test was the most extensive yet
made and the figures show a saving Of 10
cents per bushel of grain, or cents per
proof gallon, with still further saving
in refining and finishing. The product is
claimed TO be much better and purer.
Fifteen million dollars are lying idle in
the San Francisco commercial banks
money for which the bankers can find no
use. This is said TO be the largest sur
plus that has been known for many years
and it is still growing. The banks do not
like it, as they prefer TO hold good inter-
est bearing securities instead Of gold
coin which does not pay rent for the
vault it occupies. This money is offered
for loan as low as per cent % frst-class
security.
Chicago, through its Municipal Coun-
Gil, notified the tramping and ridesteal-
ing commonwealers who propose to camp
on the Lake Front en- route 10 Washing
ton that they will not be allowed to enter
the city. The Chief OF Police was in
TO take all necessary measures |
To keep out the kellyites, Coxeyites, and |
anti-workites of every description. and |
the railroads were requested To cooper |
ate to the same end.
II is estimated that fully 10000 men in |
Ohio of the United Mine Workers went |
on strike at noon Saturday. This num-
Der includes all the miners in the state
with the exception of a few hundred. AT |
a few small mines the owners have
agreed to the demands Of the men and
thus averted a strike. No trouble is ex
pected as the leaders of the movement
have taken every precaution for a peace
ful contest. The miners claim To be pre-
pared for a long struggle.
The revolutionary movement in Cuba
seems now 10 have been OF far greater
Importance than the Spanish home au-
thorities were at first willing 10 admit.
The active revolutionary agents in this
II has just been learned. were
able TO purchase arms and ammunition
~ New York and ship them away on
steamer without the Spanish consular
authorities getting wind of il and landed
mem on cuban soil and past the customs
)fflclals before their secret was revealed
Train service was resumed on ever d.
'lsion OF the Great Northern railway at
noon Tuesday. Gov. Nelson wrote Pres
dent Hill of the Great Northern COM
)any and President Debs OF the American
Railway union asking if the whole mat
er could not be submitted To arbitra ton.
he decision was TO submit the matter TO
hree arbitrator. one TO be from the
trikers, one to be named by the com
amy and the third TO be selected by
hese or named by Judges Thomas and
Nelson.
William H. Wilson, son and secretary ]
4 Chairman Wilson Of the ways and
means committee is back after month
With his father in Mexico and Texas. He .
avs Mr.. Wilson, Sr., will start for the /
Orth IN about two weeks. stopping at
lsheville, n. c., for a time, and then
o TO Washington. There is little pros {
ect, however, of his taking no congress
lonal work for some time. He has re-
aimed his flesh and is looking we'll but c
Is strength will not permit any extended
yertion. [
Judge Sanborn Of the United States
ircuit Court of Appeals at ST. Paul has
ranted an application of the Great
Iorthen Railway company res training
trikers disabling any Of the engines, l
ars, or other property Of the company or
'om interfering in any manner with men 1
no desire TO continue in the service Of \
ne company, or with men who may be 9
nployed to take the places of those who 4
nit its services and from interfering with
r obstructing in any wise the operation
the railway.
Rains throughout the Central and :
'estern States have broken the drought =
hich had become serious menace To =
ops. California alone is suffering from :
ok OF moisture. There fields and vine y
ards are alike blighted by the continued
~ weather. In the Central States, ILL.,
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