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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-05-31
MINERS MASSING.
Indsaninns Seize Train En- Route for
Pana, III.

Tn6iarinns Seize "a Train En- Route for
Pana, III.
TERgE HACTE. Ind, May 26.-friday
evening over seen hundred coal min
ers rode into Terre Haute OF cap
tured freight train over the Big Four
railroad. The train was captured at
Grant, a few miles south of this city,
When the train stopped the miners
clambored on. no resistance being Of
fered.
When TIE train reached here it was
anruIled, and the miners are waiting
to capture the rcst wcst-bourd train.
They intend to go to Pana, H.. and in
duce six hundred miners at work there
to come out The men are quiet and
show a disposition to be peaceable.
The leaders claim that over three thou
sand Illinois miners are also headed for
Pana.
At midnight it was reported that sew
.eral hundred more of the Brazil min
ers were coming to Terre Haute over
the Vandalia, another body over the
Evansville & Terre Haute, and that a
delegation was coming from Clinton,
Vermillion county, several miles north
Of here.
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Old Hutch lii q Fight.

CHICAGO, May a6.--B. p hutchinson,
known as "Old Hutch" the famous
board of trade operator, Millionaire Ed
Crum, another operator. hotel clerk
named Blanchard and Bartender Hixon
engaged in rough and tumble bar
room fight at McCoy's hotel. and Ilixon
was stabbed in the thigh by Crr'm.
The quarrel grew OFT Of a heated argu-
ment and all the colnbatants were
freely pounded before outsiders could
SEPARATE them. Rixon's wounds arc
not serious and Millionaire Crum was
not arrested.
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AUSTRALIAN MAIL
Via Canada Anon. the Strong Probabii'
tiles In the Near Future.


LONDON. May 25-Mr. James L. Hud-
dart, the chief promoter OF the Cana
dian Pacific mail route to Australia,
said Thursday morning in an interview
with reporter OF the United Press.
that the English government had no
wish to grant a subsidy to the new
line, but he was very hopeful that
they would grant one. Mr.. Hud-
dart says the expectation is to
put ships on the new line as
fast as they can be built, the yes
sells of the Atlantic and Pacific lines to
be owned by the same company. lie
will sail on June Q, on board tile steam
ship New York, on his way to Ottawa.
Mr.. Huddart expects that each vessel
sailing from Canada will carry four
thousand carcasscs OF Canadian chilled
beef to England, is the new ships will
be deeper and correspondingly more
commodious than any now existing.
The most important detail yet remain
ing to be carried cut is the selection OF
a British port. wilich will doubtless be
Southampton, Milford Haven or Liver
mol
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THE SITUATION.
About ne. ooo Miners Idle and 1000
at Work.
Vas: Business Interests In Many States Are
Seriously Cr:ppIed-Urtill a Week
the Stock OF Biturninoue Coal
VIII Likely 30 Gone.

New YORK, May es.-The Sun Mon
day morning lead several columns OF
special dispatches from al the states
troubled by the iI-iners' strike with this
introduction:
1.-THE great bituJninous coal strike
which began on April 81 has reached
that stage where vast. business inter
ests in many states are crippled seri-
ously. Fully $4,000 miners are idle in
fourteen states and two territories.
About 1000 miners are nj work.
''Not only have the miners begun to
suffer privation, provoking them to
riot in several states, chiefly Illinois,
Pennsylvania and Alabama. but rail
roads, mills and even office buildings.
have been so affected that thousands
of other men arc wit,.crt work, and
the business world, especially in the
central west, sees before it an imEe-
date struggle for existence. Within
a week the stock OF o1uumlnous coni on
hand will probably be exhausted.
sIt is doubtful if this country ever
experienced so large and SO importan IL
a strike. If not settled soon its effects
must be far reaching, as the Suns dis
patches Sunday morning show. ~
ready the earnings OF the raliroads'
notably in Pennsylvania, have been re-
duced most seriously, and soon the car
rying capacity of the roads will &c lm-
paired. The miners will not yield, they
say, until uniform rate Of serenity
five cents Il ton is established through
out the country Many, anal perhaps a
majority of the operators. were wiling
to give this. but they have not been
able to come to such an agreement. and
another conference is to he held III
Springfield, ILL.,, Monday. Little is eA-
pected from it.
violence in Illinois and Alabama
has been CT such character that state
troops have been ordered out. and are
in active service. Gov. Pattison, Of
PENNSYLVANIA, has addressed the mass
meeting at one place and cautloneo
them aguinst violence, so that he wal
not feel it necessary 10 order out the
troops. Tie spirit of riot seems TO os
abating, but fear of serious trouble has
not vet been dissipatel."
SPRINGFIELD. Ill. May 2S.-Nationa
President John Mcbride, State Presl
dent j. A. Crawford and MIR. Fahrer
all of whom are members OF thc ma
tional executive board Of mine work
ers, are in the city ready for the con
ference called for Monday to cndeavol
to arrange a settlement Of the olt
strike.
President Mcbride Sunday evening
said that there are about l7S.0o0 mel
engaged in the strike il the bitumin
Gus coal fields of the country. and from
the best information that can be Oh
tanned there are about 1l,0OO men a
work, 1000 of whom are in Illinois
The states involved are Maryland
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, In
diana. Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Col
orado, Indian Territory and parts o
New Mexico and Arkansas.
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IN A BAD WAY.
MANY St. Louis Factories Close and Water
Works About Ont of Coal.

MANY St. Louis Factories Close and Water
Works About Ont of Coal.
ST.. LOUIS, May 2S.-This city is con-
fronted with fuel famine. For three
days there has not been a pound OF coal
received in this city or in East st. Louis
from any source. Last week three
eastern roads delivered about thirty
cars of coal from Pennsylvania under
iron clad contracts with large consum-
crs. This coal was guarded to it's des-
tinatiou as carefully as if it was gold
dust. For month 90 coal has arrived
from the Illinois mines that supplied
the general needs of the city. Not
a day passes but one or more factories
close. The street car companies arc
preparing to use horse power, while
several factories have put in Oil burn
ers and others are using wood, which
has also cdyanced to almost rrohibitlve
prices. Water Commissioner Holman
announces that he has but five days
supply Of coal, aud has arranged OIL
burners for the high service pumps.
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Durkard Conyentiop.

MEYEnsDALE, Pa. May 25.-Over i've
thousand representatives of the Ger
man Baptis. of the United States. men
and women, assembled here Thursday
in annual convention. Every part OF
the country is represc nted. The morn
ing session was occr::scd with deyo-
tional exercises, and Thursday after
noon the reception Of reports by dis
tricts commenced,
Ancient N:t:es --,:aco:ered.
MAr,su, Nick. AIay a,S.-'flc amer
lean psychologists WHO .!eat TO the re-
Gently disccyc-cl city IL tie Sierra
MaGre mountains. have returned. and
tell OF another hidden city. live spanish
leagues nort.. OF TIE irsS city. The
leader IF :cc party. c. ". Pqntion, OF
philadelphia. states t!iit these cities
were. evidently fTin capitals OF a
wealth. d.istr.ct long before the Aztccs.
The two cities are connected ~ uncer.
groun.l paseagas |.ewn out Of soiid
rock. and it ,s-as ~, e" 1ior'':;, 3ne OK
thee ,,:.s.:.~-s.. tir .sis.. was dis
covers.i II - "..sr1s ,~ain OF the
D1niint,;iii,
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STARS AND STRIPES
Torn Down at St. Thoroas. Ont. by Drunken
Soldiers.

Sr. THOMAS Ont, May 2G.-The Amer
lean flag in front Of the United States
consul's office in this city was torn
down and destroyed Thursday night
bv some members of the queen s own
rifles, of Toronto, while under the In
fluence of liquor. Some OF the mem
bers of the regiment, who we're in the
crowd, protested against the outrage,
but were unable to prevent their ex-
cited companions from carrying out
their intentions.
Lieut.. Col. Smith, D. G. A., apollo
gized to the United States consul, Nh.
Willis, for the act, but Mr.. Willis would
not except the apology, and notified
the heads of his department at Wa:il-
ington and Ottawa.
The incident is looked upon here as
merely the result OF too much whisky;
and, while it is generally dcplored by
the citizens, it is hoped that nothing
serious will result.
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The Government Building at the Fair.

WASHINGTON, May pa number of
the members of the house committee
on appropriations called on Secretary
Carlisle Friday in regard to the sale Of
the government building at the World s
fair, which is now wanted by the At
lanta cotton exposition. The secre-
tary stated that The $1,000 purchase
money had been received, but he would
hold the matter up. as the contract had
not been signed yet, until the appro-
priation committee had acted in tie
matter.
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SHOT DOWN.
Another Eloody ARRAY in the coks
= Regions.
AeAcast SIX strtkcrs Killed ard Large
Number Observation-Disclosures Mostly Huns
ant: Other rs-Winchesters
Are Used With Deadly Effect.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, May 25.-At day
break Thursday morning the battle
which had been Threatened at the
Sickle Hollow mines OF the Washing
ton Coal & Coke Co., for the past few
days, occurred and as a result, at least
three strikers are lying dead and half
dozen are seriously wounded. The ex-
act number of killed and wounded can
not be ascertained yet. as they were
carried off the ground as they were
moved down by the so Winchesters
guarding the plants.
Shortly before midnight 1000 Strik-
ers assembled at the Sickle Hollow
plants, coming from Lucyville, lay
cite City. Trepoit, Allenport and
mapy other points on the Mononga-
hela river. Some of them were armed,
but the majority were not. They
went into camp near the plant, where
they remained until about o'clock
Thursday morning. when they add
3oarned to the public road leading ia
the works over which the woriSmen
would have to pass to the pit.
Here they formed line to intercept
the workmen and attempt to get them
to return home. According to pro-
gramme they stopped the first delega-
ton of miners. and after little per-
suasion, induced them to join the
strike The men turned back. and
about the time they were starting
homeward with their dinner buckets,
the deputies, who were on guard and
witness to the affair. were ordered 10
shoot They fired three volleys into
the mob at close range, and fired to
kill.
The first volley brought forth no re>
Spouse from the strikers, who wero
thought to be we'll armed, but instead
they ran in every direction, leaving the
dead and wounded lying in the public
road. Tie deputies followed with two
more volleys.
The report of the affair given by Of
ficials of the company is that three
strikers were picked up dead in the
road after the shooting and about a
half dozen wounded and were carried
away by their comrades. There are
reports that six men were killed and
sixteen wounded The plant is so far
back, near Perryopolis, that the ac-
| tual facts have not been received here
yet.
The company officials say the strik-
ers served notice on them that they ex-
pectcd to assault the works, and acting
on this information the deputies con.
sidered this Interference with the work.
men as the beginning of the assault
and for that reason fired on them.
FAYErrE CITY, Pa, May Ell battle
occurred at daybreak Thursday morn
ing between Washington Run deputies
and about 1900 strikers. Eight stril,-
ers were killed and 16 wounded.
The strikers have made two ine1fect-
ual attempts this week to bring out the
men working, but were not successful.
Arrangements were made Wednesday
whereby the strikers from the fourth
pool would meet the Youghiogheny
men and attack Washington Run in a
body. Seven hundred men left here at
II o'clock Wednesday night and were
Joined by squads from near by The
/ Youghiogheny men were principally
uungariaps and Slavs, and numbered
. about one thousand men.
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Outlaws Escape Jeil.

EL1zABEn, ". Va, May 2s.-Ton
Haceerty and Mel aiccoskey. notori-
GUS toughs, who were taken from here
to the Grantsville, Gil.ner county jail,
a few weeks ago, to await trial on sew
eral serions charges. escaped Thurs
day. and are now frequcnting their old
haunts, heavily armed. tcrrorizing cit
liens and defyIing the authorities, who
stand in deadly fear of them. Friday
night they visited the telephone office
at Creston, called up the GrantsviHe
taller and guyei him upon their easy
escape. Preparations are being made
to attempt their recapture, winch, 1t is
pected, may result in bloodshed.
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browns Himself.

CHICAGO, May 26.-Samuel McCul-
Tough, aged SO, Of 617 West Superior
street. got out OF bed at midnight. went
to the woodshed and drowned himself
In fantastic manner. He tied a heavy
stone to rope which ran through
pulley in the rafters above a tub filled
with water. tied the stone end Of the
rope around his neck, and when he got
ready to die let go of the free end OF
the rope and his head was drawn into
the water and held there by the weight
Of the store. Mccullough was dis
charged from an insane asylum as
cured last August.
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DiaboiisIn.

CRIPPLE CREEK, Col. May 26.-A wag-
onload of powder was backed ZIP
against the shaft house Of the Strong
mine by strikers and exploded. Sever
al men were in the shaft house short
time before. Whether they got rat
alive or not is net known. All tcie-
phone wires loading into the hills have
been cut ard &c is feared the telegraph
wires will 20 soon. 1t is reported The
Denver deputies reached Victor land
were ilnneaia tcly assaulted.
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Troons Or: In A.a,aI,.a.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. May as.-Thrcats
Of further and serious trouble by strik.
ing miners caused Gov. jones' Friday
night to order the Second regiment of
state troops seven hundred strong,
into camp Saturday, at Ensley City.
near Pratt mines, the scene of the
threatened trouble. At Brooks;de,
Thursday night, 2 mob OF strikers,
while attempting to blow up . water
main, were fired upon '.s the guards.
The strikers returned the fire and fed.
It ii reported that six men we19
wounded, but the report lacks COMIC.
nation.
In the casc Of 9 teiegra2lie; s sss'lso
it is Just a little doubtful WIN y,sild
hold the key 70 t.se situation, = a.st taio
Courier.
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FAGIN SCHOOL GRADUATES.
New York City Lads Trained to Career o.
Crime.

Crime.
New York. May 2S.-Mendei Mendel-
ovitch. thirteen years old, and bernard
Rafolsky, fifteen years old. who by
Mendelovisch's confession. are pupils
of A. b. Solomon in a thieves school
somewhere in the East Side. were
convicted of the crime of larceny Fri
day before Recorder Snyth. The
bows will not tell where the Fagin
school is.
The police can not find Solomon.
The crime for which the boys were
tried was picking women's pockets IN
the monkey house in Central park on
Nav 10. Mrs. Mary Connors, OF Brook
lvn. told Park Policeman Magee that
her pockctbook, containing $3.50, had
been stolen. The policeman thought
the boys guilty and arrested them
Ragofsky had in his pockets Si.65 and
a lot of trinkets, while Mendclovitch
had handsome silver bound
purse with the letter r stamped
on it, and ST in money. Inc
BOYS at first said they had
come honestly into possession OF
what money they had. The younger
lad. however confessed aftcrw;;rd that
he had been Il pupil in Scionon's
school. The Gerry society had inves-
tigatcd the boys careers and
handed up written report TO
Recorder Smyth to the effect
that Ragofsky had been trained
for E. career of crime. He is an adept
picllpocket The society's agent said
Mendelovitch had s.een a school boy,
but was hayward. The jury brought
in verdict of guilty without leaving
their seats. Recorder Smyth sentenced
Ragofsky to Che house of refuge and
committed Mendeloyitch to the juve-
nile asylum.
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senoow to lV..ad.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. MAY as;i.lt was
stated .ssit.:ly evening that ssandoy is
engaged to q. iss BROOKS, the daughter
OF q yyeall t, wooden manufacturer OF
bradford. l.ass,saass ana that TIE mar
ri risssge, win Be celebrated ia the latter
Dart, OF July. g.
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PM Ping tragedy.

n.pnm, May 2s.-a the end q .
IN. mA H@bt' here Sunday the 'natador'
p ps,a us was about to plunge ms
sword into the neck OF fns: oaal' 1--WE ,,a
the brute made nm une&pecten mo I've
vs threw hin, down and gorea hlm'
Esnartcro died few ,norlefts ia ,,;
Ha had a national reputation as Dull
Er,h{a,. al ~
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Class Fc.c.t-y Shuts I>ewr.

I,Lwoop, lid Mny 81. Great SIR
prise was caused here Friday event z
by the closins;. down Of tlla e;ul,;,li, 1
plate gl1ss ff;:etory, throwing several
.hundredme,a opt of employ 'ns=iltt. .i'aaa
OUTLOOK, is net favorable fl, Il res,;ap-
ton OF work before next FIJI. No req
son is assure t;.
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on THAT Line All Summer.

DENVER, Col, May 2s.-Thc commons
wealers in camp here number 700.
They declare they will lie here all SUM
mer if there is no cheap rates east.
They declare they will not seize train.
Railway officials are suspicious of them
and maintain guards constantly IN the
;lwny wards
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Rohhes, the Church.

SEpA1IA, No. May est was learn
ed Sunday that Cashier Thompson, the
fugitive defaulter of the First National
bank, had placed note for u, 600,
signed by the Calvary Episcopal
Church, of which he was vestrylnan'
m the bank and pocketed the money.
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p,sa IN .ne Missouri River.

,oS, Kan, May 2s.-During the
Arcli, rs. ending at 5o'elock Sum
pest ~ nov the Missouri river has
day evei'ins { feet. The rise was
risen neai1y nd great damage is be-
ing done to prorel
East AtchisOn.
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nnn,,.rd Camp Meeting.

MEyERspALE. Pa. May oS.-sunday
Meyersdale appeared like densely
populated city instead OF town OF
$500 Inhabitants. F:,lly 10000 people
attended the services of the Dunkards.
The large tabernacle was taxed to the
utmost. The sa11utation of kissing and
embracing between male and female
members created great amusement for
the spectators. The best OF order pre-
vailed.
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snn+ and Danserousiy wounded.

PALArKA, Fla, May 2s.-sunday
afternoon John Kane was shot in the
head and dangerously wounded oy
Ernest Wolfe. Wolfe is q German and
q member of the A. PA, while Kane
is d Catholic Wolfe is under arrest
and Kane may die.
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RICHMOND, Ind, May 26.-A raj tler
remarkable wedding is that oI MRS. ].
Maggie Stephens and Milton = s'es y S, SO
Mooreland. The same day f,s sis's, e
bride obtained a aivorce from se', ssssss
husband, Moses ID. sstedhsnss She sss.iIs'
with Mr. Allen secured q license, alsd
S.aey were married the same evening
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To Succeed Cen. Yyo,seiey.

DUBLIN, May 2o.--The Freenan's
Journal says that Gen. Lord Frederick
Roberts, formerly commander in chief
of the army in India, will succeed Lord
Garnet Wellesley in the autumn as COM
,nender Of the forces in Ireland.
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Eanged :,c-r E.1rssr.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, May 26.-Austin
Brown, colcrel, was hanged here Fri
day for the murder of Anderson Harris,
eolorcd. His last words were: Good
by, everybody his neck was broken
By the fall.
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Gs,.sa z..s . CUTS.

NEW LAX. Kay @'s-.;'ne Orion
Steamship 80. Eliraite;l). lla: gore cut
of business End It's tYaa sesasels. the .Ari-
IONA and the ALASKA, viii probably be
sold.
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1f,,assso,,a ccayslascing.

rospos. May 2s.- bulletin issued
s.s;;,,.lv saturday in regard to tic health
& NJ i,ssoa,c, says that l,c j. max
. ing eAs.sl lens progress toW'lssss s 'sl
plete recovery.
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- !. = WIN MEDIATE.

LONDON, May :ss.--It Is announced
that Brazil has accepted the meditation
If If. England in her dispute with portsl-
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FIFvTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
second sesclou.

WASHINGTON. May 22.--SEHATE.-The tariff
bill was under consideration Monday. Senator
Jones on behalf OF the democratic majority Of
the senate finance committee, Monday intro
duced the committee revision OF the cotton
schedule. The revision changes the rate in
paragraphs 250. 253 2Si. 255 26S and 2aa. Just
before the senate adjourned vote was taken
on Senator PETERS amendments to mako iron
ore free. and It was defeated-446 to4 All the
republicans and every democrat, Mills and
Vest included, except Hill. voted against IT,
while tho three populists and Senator Hill
voted for It.
HoUsR-Hon. Paul j. Sorq OF Middlotown,
Monday qualified as representative In congress
from the Third Ohio district, to fill the unex-
pred term OF the late George w. Eouk, Of Day
ton. The house went into committee OF the
whole on the legislative appropriation bill
Mr.. Hayes dem. Ia.) offered an amendment,
which declared that the section which allowed
the docking OF members salaries had been
heretofore repealed. Mr.. Dearrnond. OF Mis-
souri,, made o point Of order against the amend
ment
WASHINGTON. hlay 23.-SEEATE.-At 10: 30 O.
N. the tariff bill was taken up in the senate,
the pending question being the amendment Of
tered Tuesday by Mr.. Platt Crop, Comm to In
crease the duty on iron ore from 40 to GO cents
ton. Mr.. Plat advocated its adoption Mr..
Harris Dem, Tenn moved to lay Mr. Platt's
amendment on the table, and that motion was
carried-yeas 81. nays 81 The question recur-
red on the amendment ofthe finance committee