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The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
MONEY TO LOAN.

OFFICE ST. LANDRY HOMESTEAD AND LOAN,
ASSOCIATION, !
O~PELoUSAs. Sept. 18th, 1898, !
me undersigned is authorized by the Board
VI directors OF the st, Landry Homestead and
Loan Association to offer to its members loans
at eight per centum. For particulars an.
ply to o.. d. ESTiI EITrE w
President st. Landry Fl. & L. Assn.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
FOR R.ENTT

6kNE HUNDRED ARPENTs of land, with
~ buildings and improvements, known as
arahKlln College Property. For particulars,
THOS. H. LEWIS,
J. j. THOMPSON.
tl0tf Tr,s+aoa
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Beet Sugar.
N. O. TimeS-Deinocrat.

N. O. Times-Denocrat.
The sugar bounty law not only stIm-
ulated the cane sugar industry, but de-
veloped the manufacture of beet sugar
as we'll. A recent government report
gives a great deal of valuable informa-
ton as 70 the growth of the latter IN
dustry M this country.
Beet sugar has been made in the
United States for the past fifteen years,
the initial mandatory being located at
Alvarado, Cal, where it is still in opera
ton. Since then works have been es-
tablished at other points in California,
1t was not until 1887 that beet sugar
became much of q factor in our domcs-
tic commerce, in which year the product
was 600, 900 pounds. Since then tho in
dustry has very rapidly developed, VI
the following figures will SHOW:
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Get our prices 70. job work.
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soon be pierced by the steam-whlstle OF
the midland Branch" and the hum of
the busy saWmill as it provides lumber
for the buildings sure to be needed in
this section in the near future. This
prairie is known as Prairie Faquetai-
que, an Indian name given to it many
years ago. Although twenty-five miles
from any market, with no shipping fa-
cilities whatever, this section is quite
thickly settled by people who could not
resist its beauty when once seen. Some
ten or twelve years ago quite a number
OF Germans located in this favored
section. All of them are prosperous,
and many of them have become
wealthy. The natives OF this section
are a generous, hospitable, pastoral peo-
pie, with but little ambition to better
their condition. But as an evidence of
what q man who has energy, pluck and
some business ability about him can ac-
cOmplisd in this section, hampered as it
has been by being isolated from the
markets OF the world without Transport
tatlon facilities, we mention the name
OF Gustave Fuselier, who lives on Fa-
quetaique Prairie and keeps a small
country store. He began there as a
peddier ] y years ago with a stock of
e1oO. hauled his goods from OpeIousas,
= distance OF twenty-five miles, and out
OF the profits has been increasing his
bpainess from year to year, until this
man this past fall and winter hauled
and shipped from Crowley and Opelon-
sas 5000 barrels of rice (the hauling
costing him from twenty-five to forty
cents per barely, this rice alone bring
ing him the snug sum Of $4,000. What
Wit. Euselier d accomplish in the way
Of success, any man achieve with
the same amount of energy and thrift.
On this very prairie is where the sue
cess OF rice raising in Southwestern
was first demonstrated.
Here yon will find the first field of rice
that ever Was planted in Southwestern
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

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The morning call., 1894-07-09

free Kitchen down near the depot.
An interesting discussion has sprung up
about the ownership of the property ON
which the kitchen is located The ground
is the property or the Southern Pacific
Company. 1t Was leased first by John
Stevens. who afterward sublet it to C. W.
Reed for nursery purposes. The lease
papers particularly state hat the property
shall not be suolet or used for other pur.
poses. 1t is reported that when the South
ern Pacific heard of the movement TO estab-
llsh the kitchen for the strikers in one of
the hothouses of StroDg's nursery there
was strong protest made. The Kitchen
was established, however, and anticipa-
tions are entertained now that the railroad
company will endeavor to have the lease
declared void and the property revert TO the
owner. Just here is where the strikers
will have something to say.
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WILL DEMAND MORE PAY.
The Strike to Be Used in the Wage
Question.

CHICAGO. July S.-The Herald says:
The recent strike of the railway employees
in Chicago and throughout the entire coun-
try Is no. 10 be confined to a settlement of
the strike of the employees of the
Pullman Palace Car Company. It is the
intention of the A. r. U. to force a
settlement of the wage question on all
roads on which they are employed before
agreeing to make final settlement of the
strike. President Debs dictated kilograms
about as follows to every chairman of a
local strike committee in the country:
Shall we push the fight for higher
wages along with the Pullman boycott?
Get vote of your union on this question
and answer Immediately. DEBs"
These teegrams were sent out on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of tho
first week Of the strike. Answers came
in raridly, few Of them opposing. but in
a majority the answers were strongly in
the affirmative. President Debs said last
night that the report of a communication
of grievances now existing was in part
true.
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ORGANIZE FOR SAFETY.
Citizens of Ogden Ready to Protect
PROPERTY.

OGDEN, Utah. July Sat a meeting
this afternoon in The District Court room
all the representative citizens of Ogden
were present. The meeting was called for
the purpose OF organizing a committee Of
safety for the protection of lite and prop
erty. The general expression of the meet
ing was exceedingly favorable to the rail-
roads. Speeches were made by attorneys
calling attention of citizens 10 the fact
that should railway property be destroyed
at this time the county in all probability
would be called uDon to pay all damages :;
also. if the shops should be burne Ogden
would suffer a loss from which it would be
d long lime recovering; that this reign of
terror had existed long enough, and 1t was
now the duty of every good citizen to see
that the laws were obeyed.
Over 100 special policemen. consisting Of
merchants. professional men and other
citizens. offered their services and were
sworn in.
The regular police and fire departments
have been doubled.
During the meet ing Ed Barton. a South
ern Pacific painter. and D. r. Davis. a
Southern Pacific brak eman and extra con-
ductor. asked for permission to speak.
Barton said: "We are a committee of two.
appointed by the American Railway Union
to wait on this meeting and offer the ser
vices of the members of the American
Railway Union to the Committee of Safety
to protect life and property in Ogden City.
We represent between 45C and 500 men,"
This statement was followed by pro-
traeted discus sion.
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tardly piece of work in Colorado since the
beginning of the strike was done today.
A freight train on the Santa Fe road left
here shortly after o'clock tonight,
shortly after which a terrific explosion
was heard. 1t was developed that
a piece of dynamite had been exploded
in the firebOx of the locomotive that was
hauling the departing freight train. The
locomotive vas lifted from the track and
badly damaged. The engineer and fire.
man miraculously escaped with 10 injury
beyond a severe shaking up. 1t is sup
posed that the dynamite was placed In the
coal by some miscreant and that the fire.
man Shoveled it in to the irebox during the
performance of his duties.
DENVER, July 8.-A man giving his
name as George NJ. Pullman smashed in
all the plate-glass windows of the First
National Bank this afternoon. He then
started across the street to serve another
bank in the same manner when he was
stopped by the crowd that had gathered
and arrested. He had been cooking on
ranch near here, but went on a rampage
because his employer refused to raise his
wages.
EAST CHICAGO, Ind, July 8.-Unknown
miscreants set fire to and undermined one
of the piers of the railroad bridge over the
drainage canal just south of the city. The
bridge is now impassable and no Wabash
or Fort Wayne trains can pass until re-
pairs are made.
SPRINGFIELD. H., July S--Sheriff Cox
of Burdeau county wired tonight that his
eighty deputies had gone to Seatonville to
protect that place from attack, aud asked
that troops be sent to Spring Valley. The
Sheriff of La Sale county wired for help,
as an attack was anticipated. The Mayor
of Peru also wired for help, saying that
business men were organizing to protect
Peru. The Governor ordered two COM
panies of militia TO proceed to Spring
Valley.
SALIDA, Col, July 8.-One ofthe watch
men in the roundhouse threw some coal oil
nt0 the fixeboX of an engine while fire
was burning. The gas generated, ex-
ploded and a sheet of flame flashed out of
the furnace. Ex-City Marshal G. c. Stew,
ems. in trying to extinguish the flames.
evidently inhaled some of the gas, for he
complained of feeling sick and walked to
drugstore. While the clerk was dressing
Stevens asked for glass of brandy, but
before it could be brought he dropped back
on the clerks bed and died.
LAFAYETTE, Iud.. July Strain 3 on
the Monon. due here at o'clock. ran into
an open switch on the outskirts of the
city. and two Pullman sleepers were de-
rallied. Charles Long. who was riding on
the mailear platform. jumped and was
badly bruised by striking switch target.
The train ran down from Hammond with
out a conductor, the strikers having de-
tached him at Hammond.
DANvILLE. Ill.,. July Six empty box
cars owned by he Big Four and Chicago
and Eastern Illinois roads were burned
here this evening. Early in the day mob
seized Wabash engine and refused to dis
perse at the Sheriff's command. a CON-
pany Of military charged the mob, several
persons being badly hurt by bayonets.
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NOT AGAINST CAPITAL.
The Strike Said to Be Contest
Among Labor Organizations.

PHILADELPHIA, July S.-The Enquirer
will say tomorrow: The strike is not
now and from its inception never has been
a battle between organized labor and
capital in behalf of the Pullman workers"
said a prominent official of the Knights of
Labor to-day.
''It is the result, pure and simple, of a
fight for supremacy among laboring organ
izations In other words. the strike is 2
trump card played by labor leaders in the
game which they are playing against the
leaders of rival organs and against rivals
In their own orders. Six months ago the
Knights found positive proof Of the fact
that the great body of the order was thor
oughly disguised and that the order was
on the verge of falling to pieces.
1.-THE decision was soon reached that th e
only salvation for them lay in general
uprising of labor. They were also urged
to this determination by the fact that the
Federation of Labor was waging war tu
the death against the Knights. There
was but one, a young and vigorous order,
favorable to and built upon the Knights of
Labor idea of striking. That order was
the American Railway Union. The lead
eTS OF tue hUIRHlS VI 1hDUE at ODCb IEO-
ceeded to fraterniZe with the Railway
Union for the defeat of the federation.
SAT conference in January it was de-
cided to issue secret order to the master
workman of every local assembly of the
Knights asking him to call upon all mem
bers to pay in cents weekly to an emerg-
ency fund to be used in movement oi
national Importance. Meantime the lead.
ers waited for an opportunity for the pro.
posed uprising.
"Plans were laid for the present upris.
ing and the Pullman strike offered the de.
sired opportunity. All plans were per
fected and funds made ready before q
move was made. This strike is the mos
formidable and most deeply planned Of
any uprising that has ever occurred in {
civilized country in half century. If it,
outcome will only serve to convince homes
laboring men that they are being used al
footballs by lot of high-salaried official
aud If that conviction will eventua;e n th'
construction of organizations with the
scheming leaders conspicuous by their alb
sence the cost will not be so great as may
nOw annnar ~
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THINKS THE WORST OVER.
BIoodshed Follows the Mayors
Peaceful Prediction.

CHICAGO. July ST. believe the crisis
has been passed, and that there will be no
more serious trouble" said Mayor Hop
kins tonight. "The shooting into the
mob by State troops Saturday afternoon
has shown the lawless what it may expect
if it persists in its outbreaking against law
and order. Thugs and criminals who have
been masquerading in the strike as work
men evidently believed the soldiers
would not fire on them. But they know
better now, and will, il l am not greatly
mistaken, be more careful in the future"
Late tonight Governor Altgeld granted
the permission to Indiana troops to come
into Illinois, and wired the Illinois State
troops to cooperate with Indiana soldiers
to suppress disorder.
The General Managers Association has
issued the following bulletin: a Pan
handle wrecking train bearing twenty
deputy marshaIs was stoned by mob at
Twenty-second street tonight, and the
deputy marshals arrested two men. Tne
mob still threw stones and fired on the
marshals, who returned the fire. killing
one man and wounding several others.
Five cars and the oIlhOuse were burned at
Twenty-second street.
The morning call., 1894-07-09
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
Sacramento Strikers Armed With
Winchester Rifles.

SACRAMENTO. July 8.-The Citizens
Protective Association has adopted the
following bylaws
First. the protection Of life and property
interests. Second, TO assist in every way
possible the main tenance OF good order IN
our city. and 10 encourage our citizens to
stand shoulder TO shoulder In common
effort to maintain the good name OF the
City of Sacramento.
At their meeting yesterday the executive
committee submitted a report showing that
everything had been done to prevent
boodshed, and primarily to bring about
settlement of the strike. just what was
done was not given out for publication.
The c0urt-martal which has been in
session for several days tonight found
Richard Collins OF Company ii, First In
fantry, San Francisco, and B. j. OConnor
of the Third Infantry, San Francisco,
guilty Of disobedience in not reporting for
duty for period of ten hours. They were
ordered to serve three days in the guard
house. The soldiers who we're cited to
appear for disobedience in not charging
on the mob of strikers during last Wednes-
days scrimmage Will be tried tomorrow.
81 At 10 o'clock tonight rumor was cir
culated that the First Light Battery and
four batteries of heavy artillery now at
the Preside in San Francisco have been
ordered to this city.
When seen by an Associated Press re-
porter, United States Marshal Baldwin
refused TO affirm or deny the report.
at would not be policy to give away our
plans" he said. 81 wish you would see
my legal adviser. Mr.. Knight"
The latter. who. by the way. is Assist
ant District United States Attorney. was
equally as reticent and persstently re-
fused to be interviewed. His silence is re-
garded as an indication that the regular
troops will be called out to suppress the
strike here. TIE strikers are armed with
Winchester rifles.
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CALL FOR MORE TROOPS.
The State Line Causes Difficulty to
the Militia.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 8.-As a result of
he riot at Hammond, Governor Matthews S
called on President Cleveland for troops.
The Pres dent, through Secretary Lamont,
replied that the request had been referred
to General Miles, in command of the De-
partment of the Missouri, who has full
authority. General Miles has ordered two
companies or fregulars from Newport, KY,
to proceed to Hammond.
Governor Matthews also telpgraphed
Governor Altgeld of Illinois. pointing out
the difficulties State troops have in pre-
serving the peace owing to the State line,
and asked that troops from either State be
permitted to cross the line whenever nee
essary to preserve peace and order. The
Governor sent third telegram to the
Mayor of Hammond, asking him to issue a
proclamation calling on the citizens of
Hammond to abstain from collecting in the
crowds.
The morning call., 1894-07-09
ENJOINED IN COLORADO.
Judge Hallett Says Roads Must Not
Be Interfered With.

CHEYENNE. Wyo., July 6.-Judge Riher
of the United States Court has been asked
to reinstate employees who had Joined the
strikers but who may wish 10 return to
work. The judge could give no assurance
that the men would be taken back. as they
had violated an order of the court. The
Union and Southern Pacific systems will,
the judge intimated. be in full operation
by Tuesday. and the work of restoring
schedules will begin vigorously tomorrow.
The federated board will leave here at 2
O'Clock tomorrow morning for Omaha,
where they will hold a conference with
General Manager Dickinson
DENVER July 6.-Judge Hallett of the
United States District Court to-day issued
an Injunction restraining railway en-
ployes and all other persons from inter.
fering with the passage of the United
States mails on all roads in Colorado. The
order goes into effect Immediately and to
enforce it's terms a number of additional
deputies have been sworn and if neces-
sary the United States troops will be
called upon.
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TWO PRISONERS PUNISHED.
Sentence of Guardsmen Who Dis
ObeVed Orders.

SACRAMENTO. July S.-The Capitol
grounds camp this afternoon would have
impressed doubling specta tors consider
ably. At dress parade. when seven COM
panies and the Gatling detachment of
SIme's Light Battery we're drawn up on
the lawn, Captain Williams, regimental
adjutant, read orders rather humiliating
TO at least two members of San Francisco
regiments B. A. Connell of the Third
Infantry and Richard Colan of the First
were brought before the entire regiment
and orders were promulgated announcing
the proceedings of the couit-martial in
which these men were defendants.
The offense charged was neglect of duty
and disobedience Of orders, with specifica-
tion that the men left camp without leave
several nights ago and remained absent
for not less than ten hours. The men
were brought before the regiment in charge
of d guard and Adjutant Williams then
read the orders.
Colonel Sullivan stepped forward after
the read ng of court-martial results was
concluded and publicly reprimanded the
derelict guardsmen. The only penalty for
the offense was confinement In the guard
house for three days. but as the men have
already suffered confinement for that
period the officers of the court decided that
they should be discharged.
The affair thoroughly illustrates the
stringent character of the discipline being
enforced at Capitol Camp, aud The lesson
of to-uay will very doubtless have per-
ceptibls effect on the rigid observan ce
of military regulations.
The cOurt-martial in the case of MEN,
bers of Company G. Third Infantry. con-
vened again to-day with Lieutenant Nc
liver of the United States army and Captain
Tildep, a retired officer of the First In-
fantry. as counsel for the prisoners. The
proceedings have not yet come to an end,
and will be resumed tomorrow. From
the general character of the testimony il
appears that the men of Company G did
not deliberately desert the military forces,
but that their violation of one of the high.
est obligations of the soldier was due
rather 10 inexperience and general lack of
appreciation of the seriousness of affairs.
1t is more than likely that the men will be
only publicly reprimanded, but that ad-
vantage will be taken of the circumstance
to impress the entire regiment with full
| comprehension of the magnitude of the
otfense In any case, and particularly its
deplOrable occurrence in a regiment which
| has otherwise held an excellent reputa-
| tiOD,
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the Missouri. The general belief IS hat
1t is good military practice to maintain a
strong force of reserves at some central
point where they can be forwarded quickly
to support the detachment at threatened
points.
Fort Sheridan is admirably situated Tor
this purpose and while no further re-en-
1orcements have been ordered there to-day
everything is in trim to hurry many troops
10 the tort from General Bro0ke's COM
mand at Omaha, where there does not ap-
pear TO be any present necessity for their
services. Probably to that end to-day
Captain Barry. Secretary Lamonts mill
tary aid, and Colonel Corbn, assistant
adjutan t-general, were summoned to the
White House and received the necessary
instructions to prepare orders for further
concentration of troops if it shall seem de-
sirable.
At present the exact strength of the
military force at General Miles disposal
Is not known here, owing to the absence
OF recent reports showing the number of
men In each company. troop and battery,
but steps have been taken to get this In
formation by telegraph so that the de-
partment can move advisedly on further
transferring troops
Nothing has yet been seen at the White
House OF the message said TO have been
addressed to the President last night by
Messrs. Dobs and Sovereign. The pub
ltshed reports in the newspapers has. Of
course. been noted but until the formal
communication comes to hand the Pres-
dent will take no cognizance of the letter
Local railroad business is not greatly
affected by the strike except the Western
traffic.
The morning call., 1894-07-09
DISGUSTING AND SURPRISING.
English View of the Violence in
Illinois.

LONDON, July 9.-Commonting editori-
ally on the great railroad strike in America
the Standard says: The disorder has at
tanned alarming dimensions because it was
not nipped in the bud. The constitutional
pedantaies of the Governor of Illinois are
disgusting and surprising.
The Times In its financial article this
morning says: Our commercial claims on
America are much reduced this year. The
Board of Trade returns for June furnish
remarkable evidence of the dminution in
British exports to America. Comparing
June, 1894. with June, 1898. there was a
total decrease of $40. 900. the largest items
being woolens and tin plate.
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KNOX DENIES THE STORY.
Says the Strikers Do Not Intend to
Blow UD the Depot,

SACRAMENTO, July 8-The Southern
Pacific Cnmpany's depot here is deserted
to-day. The strikers have temporarily
retired from the company's property and
the struggle which 1t is felt will occur this
are massed at their headquarters on Front
street. The railroad officials are also TAX
ing a much-needed rest. preparatory to
week. A rumor was current this morn ing
hat the strikers had received large guam
tiiy of dynamite and intended to blow up
the depot
When seen in reference to the rumor.
Harry Knox. leader of the strikers. en-
phatically declared that there was no
truth in it. "We are not dynamiters." he
angrily retorted. "aDd rather than to re-
sort to such cowardly measures we would
give up the struggle without any further
resistance"
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REFUSES TO TALK.
Pullman VIII Make No Statement
About the Strike.

CLAYTON, n Y, July 8.-George NJ
Pullman refused to make any further
statement for publication concerning the
strike.
MOBILE, Ala. July 8.-Four companies
of State troops and battery OF artillery
left here tonight for Birmingham, in
obedience to orders from Governor Jones'
G-neral Whiting and staff also went. The
Kansas City. Memphis and Birmingham
road is completely tied up. The Queen
and Crescent road is operated by officials.
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aud the indications at this time are that
there will be no trouble to-nig ht.
KANSAS CITY. July S.-All passenger
trains on all roads left here on schedule
time to-day. Affairs in the yards are as
suming a normal condition and it IS be-
lieved that in a few days freight trains
will be sent out as usual. The Industrial
Council held meeting this afternoon to
take action on the strike. Resolutions
were adopted vigorously condemning all
the brotherhoods of railroad employees for
their action since the strike began, and in
dorsing the a. R. q. and K. cf /.