The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27

U. leaders have issued an appeal to tn,
public not to ride in Pullman car un
til the Pullman company does justic'
20 its employees. There was no sur
render in the fight against that com
pany, and every lawful means. the ap
peal stated, would be taken to press the
contest.
THE Chickamauga meeting of the
Grand Army of the Cumberland ha'
been postponed for one year, so that i
will occur at the same time as the ded
ication of Chickamauga park.
GEN. A. J. WERNER, president of the
American Bimetallic league, has ISSUED
a call for a conference of those in sym
pathy with its objects at Washington
on August 16.
THE police on the 22d arrested twenty
nihilists in st. Petersburg. No reason
was known for the arrests, but it il
conjectured that they were due to the
discovery of a plot against the life OF
the car.
SAMUEL GOMPERs, president of the
Federation of Labor, has asked all
laboring men for subscriptions to the
''Debs legal defense fund.-
Gov. TILLMAN, of South Carolina,
stated that he would issue his procla-
nation on the 23d reopening the dis
pensaries on August 1. He said that
he was determined to enforce the law
more vigorously than ever.
THE Constantinople correspondent OF
the London Standard telegraphs that
Notwithstanding the attempts at con-
cealment, it is clearly established that
over 1000 persons lost their lives dur
ing the recent earthquakes.
AN explosion of 400 pounds of powder
at Fort Pulaski, at Savannah, Ca,
shook the earth, fatally wounding
Ordnance Sergt. William Chinn, seri-
ously injuring his mother-in-law and
setting fire to the fort.
THE Nicaraguan assembly has de-
clared the entire Atlantic coast of the
country to be under martial law and
ordered the chief executive to main
tain Nicaraguan sovereignty over the
Mosquito territory by all possible
means.
fairs growing out of the miners strike,
both the police force and fire depart
ments at Birmingham, Ala, have been
doubled. 1t has been currently ru-
mored that the recent big fire was of
incen1iary origin. There have been
rumors that the striking miners in
tended to march to birmingham in a
body and attack and set fire to the city
and release the 12O strikers now in Jail
charged with riots. The water works
company has placed guards along the
entire water main for miles to the
reservoir, as they think that the water
was cut off during the recent big fire
by miscreants.
The First regiment, 1. n. e., was
called to arms at the Pullman works
on the Goth by rumor that riot was
inprogress. Investigation showed that
the report was caused by a crowd of
women and children who had hurled
rocks. mud and insulting epithets at
the Pullman laundry girls. One of the
non-union girls attempted to escape
and was chased several blocks by the
crowd. She finally escaped and the
troops soon caused the crowd to come
to order.
FAILURES for the week ended July
20 (Dun's report were 236 in the United
States, against 467 last year; in Canada
A, against - last year.
A MOB of thirty armed men overpow-
cred the jailer at Woodville. Tex, and
broke down the doors. They went to
the cell where William Griffith was
confined and took him out. Proceed
ing to the Southern Pacific water tank,
they hanged and shot him. One of the
shots fired into his body nearly cut his
arm off.
non-unionist on the Chicago e Eastern
Illinois, was attacked by crowd of
strikers and badly beaten up.
Gov. WAITE. of Colorado. has an
noInced that he is not candidate for
the United States senate. The demo-
cratic state convention has been called
for September 3, one day before the
nominating mixed ticket and having
it indorsed by the populists. Gov.
Waite was opposed to this plan.
THE careless handling of lighted
match by a young lady who was heat
ing a curling iron in the basement of
Schaefer's dry goods store in Ell Paso,
ILL.,, caused an aggregate loss of S176,-
600. The total insurance is only about
half the loss.
AT the Pullman works on the 10Th
Manager Middleton was busily engaged
in registering men willing to work.
The announcement that the shops
would open as soon as sufficient
force should be secured developed con-
siderable weakness among the strikers
the manager registered 325 men. A
force of about 1000 will be necessary
before the works will resume.
MAYOR PARDEE, of Oakland, Cal, on
the 10Th issued a riot proclamation, in
which he ordered crowds off the streets
and requested that people keep in
doors. leaving home only in the pur-
suit of legitimate business The reason
for the proclamation was stated by the
mayor to be a condition of affairs in
Oakland threatening the destruction of
property. disturbance Of the peace, in
reference of travel by railroad trains
and the cessation OF commerce.
AT Traer, Ia, fire broke out on the
18th. The fire company could make
no impression on the dry frame build
Ings, and twelve stores. two shops and
half dozen dwellings went up in an
hour. The losses foot up $4,000. The
fire is supposed to have been incendi-
airy.
On the night of the 18th Gen. Miles
signed general order removing feder-
al troops from Chicago.