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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-15

go and 100000 for
snelr employees had she,s
dnced TO the starvation ina,
OF them We're evlcted ~ 4.
pany's houses because .hiee'a .
10 pay rent after haylns ~ r
winter. "''''s tet f.
quite a number OF the H..
lacturing establishment. y
from 100 to 800 hands esss
ing up in various parts n 4,
In some places whera 5
pers got Sc Il weel, 'yp.t1
they now get Sl.50 a weeL Y X
hours work, and it is do Ann q
The Colorado Alllsnce ~,
eminent TO issue legal $50 VIZ
the amount Of 5000. 900. ooo "s ,s
stop the panic. but wouiss.. F
goldbugs. 1n'
Nearly 500, 600 900 or ~.
now Invested In Ameieas
and distilleries. All Inc ~
business goes abroad. SHY.
us. don't itG 'A"
Thlrty-eight Democratic
lican papers have suspend W
sas since the election N iSs,
than that many Popnliai q =
been started there. f..'
In Dubuque. Iowa, ~ ~. \
overall factory quit WORK ~
firm refused to restore waes. /.
they were last fall. Thae
members of the union. vi
II is estimated by memh..,
gress that the representnsns
Dor in that body have rav ,
ton over S25. 900. 900 by stanSl.!
way of Jobs and frauds.
The biggest labor war nh. |
has ever seen is on. ItIsan
the weavers against the ~.
system; a war against an i,r1
which they claim IL impraotIe,a
The Los Angeles Ccall Ri
Labor have inaugurated 4
meetings, IN which the tras.,
and all labor bodies Join. ma
petitioning the city council "a, n
The hundred tending bows
by the CoiIgnsey glass CONT.
Bridgeton, N. j.. who went ~
for an Increase Of 4 cents 4.
wages. have gone back a. \,
scale.
Men knowing the feeling NM
ganized labor say that befose N /
1894 IL over there will be an
party In this country with Y,
proposed by the American n,
Of Labor.
Plpemnkers met at Blfrs
Ala, and Endorsed the propo,iH,
Northern manufacturer shalt,
trade in their own TERRITORY 4.
Southern farmers shall enjoy \
privileges,
Productive labor has tnora,.
wealth at the rate OF 8 Der 4.
year. Every cent charT.i
the use Of money over that n
drives labor that much deeper
mlfe OF poverty.
The Beargrass wooden mill \
vile, Ky, which has been shu
since January, started up ial.i|
capacity, two sets OF cards b.|
Grated. The product OF this n
stocking yarn,
In Chautauqua county we I'D
township OF Lafayette, seven By
miles, which contains over rs n
go Of which are mortgaged n
passed out OF the hands OF the 4
but hve.-Advocate, Topeka.
Carthage. Mo. has lust stan.
Populist daily. So has Akron
Birmingham, Ala: washington a
Chicago, Omaha and several oihsI
ters are preparing to start dalla
rancing the labor movement.
The Winchester arms comr&l
New Haven, Conn, has contr.a
100000 rifles of a new pattern,ahi
arations for starting the works M
being made. The contract vii
the entire force of the factory ta
one year.
Four women spinners who vi
work In a factory In Patterson,
where n strike prevails, We're ID
by a crowd OF Infatuated employed
them through the stree,
ing them, within a block Of the 4
station.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
Remarks on Mr.. Pullman.

II Duke Pullman has single friend
left in III nois the fact does not APP ear
on record. He is the most despised man
of his day and ge1erati On. Illinois
Stale Register.
When all this trouble shall tie ended
the memory Ct the condition Of
the Pullman men and the &c; that the
strike brov ght that Ondition t. public
NOTICE will remain-a lesson foc the
great corporations of the future
Grand Rapids Herald
The Pullman company's contracts
with other corporations contain a Pro-
vision that all differences shall tc ad-
justed by arbitration, and the people
at large are lost in wonder why the
"ule does not also apply to his N
ployes. -Spl ingfield News.
Recent events are calling special at
tention to the management OF thu Pull
man Palace Car COMPANY, and the
smaller shareholders think they are
being squeezed to death by the auto
cratic "boss," George M. Pul man,
whose arbitrary methods have i'm
manse'y aggravated pub ic sentiment
against the Pullman company Mill
waukee Wisconsin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
MOB SHOOTS SIX MEN.
Arrested Upon Charge of Burning Barns
Negro Suspects Are Slaughtered.

Arrested Upon "A Charge of Burning Barns
Negro Suspects Are Slaughtered.
Six prisoners In charge of Detective W.
s. Richardson were shot to death by n mos
near Millington. Tenn. The men were in u
wagon at the time, handcuffed. All were
negroes aud had been arrested several
hours before by Richardson on a charge OF
barn burning For year or more the peo-
pie of that part OF the country have been
kept In continual excitement by acts OF
incendiarism Barnes and dwellings have
been burned. and recently the Luild-
ings on the Millington Far grounds
were destroyed. Suspicion pointed TO
Dan Hawkins. Robert HAYNES. War
ner Williams Ell Hall, John Hayes and
Graham White and they were arrested
near Kerrville by Deputy Sheriff Richard
son. Later In the day Richardson started
with his prisoners In a wagon for Milling
ton. where they we're TO have a prelim-
mary examination before "a magistrate
The six negroes were chained together
About midnight when the party was near
ing Millington 1t was stopped by mob OF
fifty men armed with shotguns. who killed
all the prisoners and then. remounting
their horses which were tied near by, rode
away in the darkness The lynchers were
not masked. but the officer being new to
that part Of the country recognized none
OF them
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
WANT THEIR MONEY
ALLEGED COMMISSION SWIM
DLER IN TROUBLE.
Forest Fires Start Up Anew-Mammoth
Trades Convention In Engiand-spoiied
His Shirt but Saved Train-Chicagos
Tremendous Downpour.
Alleged Bogus Woo Deals.

w. G. Moloney. who. under the title OF
Moloney & o., has been conducting an al
legged commission business In South Water
street. Chicago. was arrested on warrants
charging him with defrauding farmers or
wool sent TO him for sale. he complain
ants are G. M. Haxton and Robert Dun, or
Earlham Iowa. VIII, are losers TO the ex-
tent OF 1,1s0 and 200 pounds OF wool re-
spectively. but It Is thought by Attorney
l. III. Craig who has had the case In
charge, that further returns will show that
farmers all over the country have been
victimized. Moloney in April sent cir
cular letter to farmers all over the
country asking for consignments OF wool,
and claiming To be able to get from is TO
10 cents "A pound r It AS this was con-
siderably over the market price. Mr. Hax-
ton answered. addressing his letter TO No
ia South Water street. the address on
Moloney & Co IS letterhe ads. This brought
a prompt reply, urgini him to send In his
wool at once. and offering him a commits
sion on any other business he could get In
the neighborhood. Moloney & Co also
sent Haxton ten WOO. sacks the tags on
which were addressed to "Moloney & Co..
No 50 South Water street" Moloney had
no Office at either No ia or so South Water
street
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
Possible Only In the Orient.

There has Teen a disastrous fire among
the vessels anchored In the Canton River
at Hong Kong. Hundreds OF flower boats
were consumed. and one thousand natives
who were aboari the vessels persisted.
either TIN ough fire or being Gro sned. The
flower boats were moorel stem and stern.
In rows and large numbers Of natives
lived upon them. The spread OF the con-
fagration from one boat to another was so
rapid that the unfortunate Chinese had no
time to cut them from their tnoorngs, a
strong wind materially helping the in
crease of the fire Many hundreds of per
sons on board the fl over boats leaped over
boarl aud were drowned. while several
hundred others remained on board the
craft and persisted In the flames
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
Hunting the Ticar.

Pieces OF faro tables, roulette tables and
gambling devices we're flying In the air in
front OF Justice EvIretts Office at Chicago
Wednesday afternoon. some OF Mat
Pinkerton's men were playing new
game them, while the street was
crowded With interested and clamorous
spectators The implements were valued
at S1,50J The tables were taken from the
Newport Club. or, as i. is sen etimes called,
Neil's place. 73 and IS Monroe street, ON a
search warrant, and publicly destroyed on
n judgment that they we're devices designed
for use I'm games OF chance. and therefore
contraband under the laws OF the State OF
Illinois The raid was the first OF the fight
open and aggressive ut aly rate, OF the
Civic FederatiCn against the gamblers
The warrant for the search was sworn out
by Eben NJ. Dean. who was a loser at the
game and who decided 10 retallate on the
house by starting "a raid.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

UvAlde. Texas Town. Meets with Ter
rible Diuaster.
An earthquake burst the earthen walls
OF Nm artesian water basin In the hills
near Uvalde. thriving town. the
county seat of Uvalde County. Texas
at 2 o'clock Friday morning The flood
overwhelmed the town. submerging and
wrecklng houses and drowning number Of
people 1t a feared that 200 or 900 people
may have been drowned In the lowlands
south Of Uvalda The east side OF Uvalde
is built on low land and was directly In the
path Of the water All the houses In
the heart OF the town were SUBJ
merged. There were n number Of miracu-
lous escapes. aud the rescuers and the
rescued performed many heroic acts A
track walker OF the southern Pacific. after
wading through water up 10 his neck With
his lantern elevated above his head. sue
ceeded In feeling his way far enough
east TO intercept west bound train
and prevent Its plunging into the
raging river where the railroad bridge
had been destroyed. 7 he loss TO the South
ern Pacific Company is enormous, forty
miles OF track and many bridges having
been washed away. A rough estimate OF
the loss to property in general and the
railroad Company will. as far as known,
reach 81, 500. 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
SUING FOR SUGAR BoUNTIEs.
Action to he Begun I'm the Court of Claims
by Southern Planters.

Action to he Begun I'm the Court OF Claims
by Southern Planters.
Judge Morris Marks Of New Orleans,
representing number OF New Orleans
sugar planters, Is In Washington for the
purpose OF entering suits in the United
States Court OF Claims for the recovery OF
the sugar bounty for the year 1s94-a The
petition recites the provision OF the Nc
Kinley law "that on and after July l, 1891
until July /, 1857 certain bounties shall
be paid to the growers Of sugar. upon GER
tain prescribed conditions to the
filing OF bonds and taking out licenses 1t
recites that for the present year all these
formalities have been complied with and
have been formally accepted by the United
States; that under the provisions OF the
section quoted the planters have gone ON
and enlarged the area OF sugar planted.
secured advances from their brokers. and
have made their crops and they demand
that the United States shall carry out Its
part OF the contract The total amount OF
bounty expected to accrue on this years
crop will be some where in the ncighbor-
hood Of S1l, 600. 0JO
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
SHOWING FOR JULY.
Tennessee Mob's Deadly Work with shot
guns-Crooked Work by Sugar Men
High Wind storm I'm Louisvilie-Ncw
Orleans CHASTITY Pest House.
The strike and Railroad Earnings.

Ihe Strike anu kAaiiroaO Earnings
Enough July railroad statements are
az hand to obtain u correct idea Of tho
Chicago strikes Influence on net earnings
There Il a remarkable diversity In the re-
suits The St Paul. the Big Four. and
the Wabash have suffered heavily
Eaci OF these three companies shows
for July by far the largest net de-
crease OF the year In each the
percentage OF operating expenses 10 gross
earnings breaks this years record the
percentage for the two roads first men,
toned ruuniny 70 10 per cent above the
average. On the other hand the net de-
crease on the Burlin ton and the Penn
sylvania is the smallest since the excer-
tional economies OF March. and
their operating percentage Is we'll
below this years average. Still
more remarkable the Louisville.
the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Erie
make actual net gains over 1904 Part OF
this sin ular discrepancy Il doubtless due
to the Irregular distribution OF World S
Fair traffic and expenses In July last year.
Yet the figures show that the state
ments referred to diverge similarly
from one another while compared with
Those of 1892. Allowing fer all
the difference in capacity for working
economies. the fact Is plain that the St.
Paul, the Wabash. and the Big Four suf-
fered out OF all proportion 10 their fellow
corporations from the railway insurrection.
1t would be OF peculiar interest TO learn
the actual results with the Rock Island.
But this company observes such practice
In its reports OF earnings. that no trust
worthy information Is obtainable.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
New York,s Disgrace.

Never has any invest CATION into
charges OF official wickedness revealed
so much Of what appears to be hor-
ribly Ciscreditable. w ashin ton Star.
The corr ption is result o Tam
many methods and its exposure will
probably contribute to the downfall OF
that organized body. = indianapolis
Journal.
The Investigation OF pc ice affairs n
New York q Y is progre ssing with a
vigor which is as surprising as it is
certainly welcome to all ho-est citi-
zers.- Philadelphia Bulletin.
1t reveals that it is the lowest and
most bestial class of criminals that al
able to purchase protection of those
who are osten-i ly employed and paid
by public taxation TO suppress crime
Philadelphia Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
Sparks from the Wires.

FLAMES star ting from an unknown
cause destro, ed property in South
Bend, Ind, valued at $4,000.
RAILWAY mail clerks ere wrought
up over the new order requiring them
TO live On the line OF their run.
RESOLUTIONS were passed by 10000
persons la London demanding the
CITIZENS Of Elkhart, Ind, ara
alarmed over assure In the earth
which threatens to destroy MAJ ouil1-
ings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
NEWPENSION RULING.
AFFECTS THE CLAIMS OF MExI-
CAN VETERANS.
Frightfui Devastation by Forest Fires
Drowned While NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Make
Trouble Ina the Far Northw st-Great
Damage by n Gas Explosion.



Several thousand pension claims are ef-
fected by four recent rulings OF Acting
Secretary OF the Interior Reynolds. con-
STRUNG the act OF Jan. 5, 1898. which pro-
vides for Increase OF pensions from IS TO
Si2 per month on account OF service In the
Mexican war. The Acting Secretary holds
that the increase granted under that act
does not commence at the date OF the act,
but from the da'c OF approval OF the In
crease claim III the pension bureau; aud
that the increase does not apply 10 the
case OF Widows he act, says Judge
Reynolds does not include those persons
who composed Powel's battalion OF Mis-
souri, mounted volunteers, who were d.
rected TO be placed upon the pension roll.
subject to the Ir visions OF the act OF
Jan. % 1887, pensioniny the survivors OF
the war With Mexico The department
also holds that the fee of s25 claimed by
attorneys, under articles OF agreement
cannot be allowed and no fee in excess OF
81 can be paid, as provided in the act Of
March 3, 1891. the increase being In the
nature OF an allo vance on account OF In
crease Of ths dis ability for which tho SOL
der Is already pensioned.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
The Armor-Plate Scandal.

AMJre disgraceful chapter OF con-
tractors dealings with the government
would be ha. d to find than is supplied
by this investigation. -Baltimore Sun.
Both the Carnegie company and the
government ms ector5 are handel
without ov.s in the eport made by
the Investigating Committee, OF which
Mr.. Cummings is chairman.-Mercury.
The immense amount of noise about
I auds in armor plates and castings OF
nearly every kind for the navy has re-
suited at last in the arrest o two con-
ira tors, charged with plugging Uncle
Sans plates and lucking his pockets.
Louisville Cour.er-Journal.
The officials of the Car negie company
will not relish t re report Of the COM
mittce pointed to investigate the
facts arding the quality o. armor-
plate which has been furnished the
government. Congressman Amos Cum
mings is an adept writing sharp and
singing cr.tici. I'm on casion. ton
Globe.
The committee finds that it ca not
sreak concerning the Carnegie NOR
plate scandal except n the superlative
degree and the burden of the Con-
gressmens complaint against the
Pennsylvania iron-workers is that
the commission of such frAuds Is
moral crime of the gravest
character. Newark Advertiser.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
TRADE UNION CONGRESS.

Strong Resolutions Proposed Against the
House of Lords and the Tory Party.
For the next six or seven days over one
thousand delegates, composing the trade
union congress and representing nearly
every trade organization in Great Britain,
will be In session In Norwich, Eng
land This is the tweuty-seventh an
nual congress and the number OF delegates
is larger by 200 than at any previous
gathering. All the leading labor leaders
are present There are no less than one
hundred and fifty resolutions on the pro-
gram, and some ofthese will require hours.
IL not days to dispose Of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
TRADE STILL LOOKS UP.
Removal OF Tariff Uncertainty Increases
Business Generality.

Removal OF Tariff Uncertainty Increases
business Generally.
r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review OF
Trade says:
The activity which came with exhausted
stocks and the PRESSURE OF delayed fall de-
mands, and was increased by the removal
OF uncertainty about tue tariff, has con-
tinued with heavy entries OF foreign goods
since the bill became IA law The gain Il
not yet what was expected, and business
IL good In comparison with last year. Is
still poor in comparison With years pre-
cedinS. Presumably there has not been
time TO feel the full effects OF the change.
and gradual gain will be more heal by
and encouraging than spasmodic rise,
but the expansion of commercial loans has
suddenly ceased, prices OF manufactured
! roducts show weakness rather than
strength. and there has been reaction in
the stock market riccs of railway stocks
avera2ing 81 cents and OF trust stock . IL
share lower than a week ago.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
MORE TOWNS BURNED.

Bruce Is Totally observation-disclosures Sur
round washburn. Spencer and Odanah.
In spite OF the showers OF Monday the
forest Fl es in Northern Wisconsin burned
Tuesday with renewed fury, destroying
wholly or partially a number OF towns
Bruce was wiped out and Port Wing and
sanborn reported burning. Washburn, Oda-
nah and Spencer were threatened, and the
flames we're only checked by determined
bands OF fire fighters. Many farm build
ings and logging camps we're swept away
and some lines of railroads abandoned
their trains on account OF the dense smoke.
Kerrick, small town In Minnesota, was
also surrounded ty fires and the women
aud children were sent TO West Superior
for safety
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
TilIman's Manifesto.

The drought in South Carolina will
soon disappe: r, as CIV. Tillman says
he will open the disE ensaries. + lori "a
Hmes-Union.
Tillman setting up the state dispen-
sary In South Carolina against the
courts decision is a case of other spir-
its against the spirit Of the law
Philadelphia Times.
Just a, peace has compl ted the
spreading of her bright wings Mr..
tt Imam takes occasion to remind the
country that the Governor of South
Carolina we have with Us always
Milwaukee Sentinel
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
CURRENT COMMENT.


Cannot Mr.. Wright see the incon-
s'stency of acceptiLg favor like this
from Pullman and then sitting as an
examiner In "A strike In which Pullman
himself figuresy-T, ledo Blade.
Colonel Wright investigating the
Pullman strike with one ha and
waving q Pullman pass In tie other
would make q great hit as living
picture.-Gran1 Rapids Democrat.
The fact that Carroll ID. Wright has
a Pullman pass will eau many people
to believe that hi, judgment as an in
vestigator OF the Pullman strike can
not be unbiased. Wiscon-
sin.
Being a personal friend" o. Pull
man and carrying a Pullman pass in
his pocket, Labor Commissioner
Wright would have done himself hon
by declining to Sc We on the inve5ti-
ga ing committee. City jour
nal.
II Mr.. Wright has a pass emitting
him to ride free on Pul ma c~r5 at
any time he should have returned it TO
the gives before undertaking the pres
ent Investigation, which will prove OF
little value unless it is al impartial
and thorough one.-Buffa'o Inquirer.
II the admitted fact that he is a
dsadhead sleeper and close personal
friend of Sir George Pull man ha no
bearing what sver on his co duct in
the strike inquiry, why is Commits sic n
er Carroll ID. Wright 50 highly in
censed over its publication!-Louis-
vile Times
If he was allied for jury duty in a
case where the Pullman Company was
one of the litigants the fact that he
had Pullmln pass would, upon its
disclosure before his acceptance, be
cause for his instant rejection. III the
dis overy was made after a verdi it
would be sufficient cause for the grant
ing of new trial or the setting aside
of the verdict. And the same would
be true if he was the trial judge
Terre Haute Express.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

DUR4HAAAACn< 1aas0a - - 0@a1sa<S1A @oy9 - -
Better than Corn for Feed.
A bulletin OF wheat AS animal food has
been issued by the Agricultural Depart
ment a. Washing ton. 1t was compiled by
Dr. ID Salmon. chief OF the animal In
dustry bureau OF the department. and is
In RESP onse TO inquiries rs to the value of
wheat for growing and fattening animals.
suggested by the important change In the
comparative irice of wheat. corn and
o It's The bulletin advocates the use
of screenings and imperfect wheat as anil
NAL food and the placiny OF only the best
wheat on the market A statistical table
SHOWS the near approach chemically OF
20 O pounds OF wheat to the German
standard ration for growing cattle from
to ~ months OF age. and the fact that 33s
pounds OF wheat comes much nearer the
feeding standard for fattening cattle than
does the same quantity OF corn. Equal
parts of wheat AMI corn should. however.
prove better for fattening animals than
either of these grains alone For growing
animals corn Is plainly not so suitable as
Is wheat or oats
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
lie MARRIED A MULATTO.

Rev. Mr.. Thompson's Congregation Pro-
tested and Shut Up the Church.
Rev. Mr.. Tn, mpson, of the Methodist
Church OF Fororia. o.. was married to Miss
Libbie Hawk. who is mulatto She Is an
attractive young woman. well educated.
refined and great church worker She
was a member OF Rev. Mr.. Thompson
congregation, and for the last FIVE months
he has been paying her marked attention.
His congregation demonstrated vigorously.
and finally n fcw weeks ago gavo him an
indefinite leave of absence and closed the
church.