Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-06-01
,in the strike. Much firina was dome by

jured and no damage was done.
The mine owners have decided not to
arbitrate the difference with the Cripple
Creek. Colo, miners and trouble may be-
gin any moment. The miners captured
last week were exchanged for the three
men taken from the Strong mine and
held as hostages by the strikers. The
exchange occurred on Tenderfoot Hill
and was made with all the formality OF
real warfare.
Kelley's army, LOO strong, arrived In
st. Louis Monday evening from Alton,
Ill. The commonwealers' heet came TO
anchor off Ferry street, near the city wa
ter works, and the men went ashore,
where they will spend their time In camp
until the march, or rather the sail, TO
| Washington Is again taken up. they
were welcomed by the local labor unions
and big crowd OF people.
| Indications point TO IA settlement with
in ten days Of the coal miners strike, and
| If present negotiations are successful the
1900 men now In voluntary idleness
will soon return To work. a leading Ohio
| opera tor is authority for this statement
| and he is backed In his opinion by a
| Pittsburg operator. They say the Cleve-
| land conference came much nearer solv-
ing the problem than the public knows
| Advices received by the Empress of
| India state that at Using tae 1900
I Coreans, dissatisfied with the govern
ment, assailed the government quarters,
wrecked the buildings, and murdered the
| governor and forty clerks belonging to
various departments. The rioters then
| invaded the Town Of Seoul, where they
were met by 1000 Chinese soldiers and
! checked after 100 Of their number had
| been killed.
! Advices of Central and Northern Kan
| sas and the northwest part of the State
concerning the wheat crop are not at all
encouraging. The unfavorable prospects
are not confined TO this section alone, but
are general in Southern and Southwest
ern Nebraska and along the fertile Mis-
| souri, River bottoms of this section. The
| late frosts and continued dry weather
are responsible for the damage TO the
| wheat crop.
The general assembly OF the presby-
| terian church, sitting as an ecclesiastical
court, has handed down It's decision in
the matter of the appeal of the Rev. DR..
| Henry Preserved Smith Of Cincinnati, O.
| by al ONcl iltlllllug NObt vi pdil VI
the conservatives this highest judicial
body in the church affirmed the decision
of the synod Of Ohio affirming the judg-
ment Of the presbytery OF Cincinnati,
finding the appellant guilty of heresy.
A great battle has been fought near
Lake Nyassa between the British forces
and the slavers. Makanjira, chief of
the slavers, attacked British post, Fort
Mcguire, at the head of 1900 warriors.
Mai Edwards, in command of 200 troops.
defended the fort. The natives sustained
a.crushing defeat and fled. They were
pursued by portion of the British force
and the latter found lO3 slavers dead in
addition 10 large number of wounded.
Makanjira then surrendered.
No concessions, no arbitration and a
deputy for every miner and determine
ton TO resume mining was the result Of
the meeting of the coal operators of the
bituminous region OF Cleartield and
Bread Top, Pa, at Philadelphia Monday.
About three-f ourths Of the operators of
the region were present The unbroken
front presented by the miners was con-
sidered by many of the operators TO in
crease the gravity of the situation and
the necessity for active measures.
III. Ii. Martin, a mem Der of the General
Executive Board OF the Knights Of La
Dor, has been arrested for libel. The
warrant W. issued at the instance OF ex-
General Master Workman Powderly.
The charge is based on an interview In
the Scranton Truth in which Martin
states that Mr.. Powderly had been sus
pended from the Knights for retaining
property belonging TO the Office of Gen
eral Master Workman after the property
had been demanded by the Executive
Board.
Five bandits robbed the First National
bank of Long View, Tex, Thursday.
Several officers and citizens met the rob-
bers and constant firing was kept up,
during which George Buckingham was
killed and City Marshal Muekelroy and
j. w. Mcqueen badly wounded. One of
the robbers, a small, dark complexioned
man, was killed. Over 400 shots were
fired. The remaining robbers escaped
with the dead mans horse and gun. A
large posse is in close pursuit. The rob-
bers secured $3.50.
Major General Herbert, commander
in-chief Of the Ontario militia has been
instructed by the minister of militia TO
order the deputy adjutant general OF st.
Thomas district To use all means In his
power TO learn the names of the mem
bers of the Queens Own Rifles, of Tor
onto, who tore down the flag from the
United States consulate at St Thomas.
An official communication has been sent
by General Herbert 10 Lieutenant Colo
mel Hamilton, OF the Queens Own, to do
his best to assist in detecting the cul-
prits.
Nebraska free silver democrats have
made pulic call for a convention to
meet in Omaha June 81 for the purpose
of forming state free silver league.
Three hundred Of the leading democrats
of the state signed the call. Each county
in the state will be entitled 70 not exceed
ing twenty delegates. The call explains
that it is for the purpose of propagating
the double standard doctrine in the dem
ocratic party, and enabling the masses of
the democratic party of that state 70 OBJ
tain the fairest expression of their views
on that subject in the conventions Of Che