Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-03-10
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valley on the force of men who were
working at the reduced price which
the strikers had refused to accept. The
miners have been on a strike in the
Kanawha valley for some days. John
, Wyant has mine at Eagle and his
man preferred to work at the reduced
rate rather than be idle. Nearly 400
strikers responded to call for a mass
meeting yesterday afternoon and
resolved to attack and burn out the
Wyant mine.
CHARLESTON, ". V, March 1. Dis
patches from the scene of last nights
tight between the stricking miners and
the non-uuion men in Wyant's Eagle
mine, says that many of the attackiI. G
miners were drunk and clamcrous.
The attacked men replied with vigor
to their assailants fire. 1t is said that
net more than hundred yards
separated them. 1t is reported that
three of Wyauts men were killed but
l1lS 10 uS L dN elIH
county sheriff WAS on the ground with
fifty deputies, but did not feel able to
cope with the strikers SO he called for
troops. Wysnt's men are furious, ard
are reported, TO be anxious for another
battle. Later accounts say that after
last nights conflict the attacking paEty
went to toe Mon gomery and Hally mines
for re-intorcements and returned at 3
a. m. 1900 strong. Wyant's men are
strongly entrenched IN the mountains
Seven com panies of militia are On the
ground, but at the latest accounts the
fight had not been rnewed.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 28.-W. A. Bis
-ell, general passenger agent of the
Atlantic & Pacific railroad, today an
bounced that the Santa Fe would me; [
the Southern Pacific $40 rate from San
Francisco to Missouri river points. The
new rate goes into effect Sunday.
The Pullman Sleeping Car company
today announced an increase of about
| 100 per cent In tourist Car rates,
LONDON, March, This afternoon
| Gladstone's private secretary told
the Associated Press that the resigna.
ton of the premier cannot long be
| defsrred, and that IN the audience with
the Queen yesterday, he referred to
| increasing difficulties owing to his
| failing sight, deafness and age, and told
her majesty that he could not long
continue to bear the responsibilities q
the premiership.
WASHINGTON, March, LIN the house
| this morning exactly quorum voted on
| the adoption of the special order limit
| ing the debate on tbs seigDorage bill to
two hours, which was pending at the
| close o. yesterdays session. The special
order was adopted by vote of 156 to Il
and the long struggle ended and with
| toe vote Bands pet measure assured
Bland was recognize d and offered 6
a substitute for his original bill.
Bland substitute sci norage [ i'll
WAS carried 10y vote of III to 90.
WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb 2S.-An
| important change ~ the method of as
| sembling and distributing Indian sup.
plies is contemplated 10y the Hous
COMMITTEE on Ind an Affairs. The
main purpO is to make Chicago the
center OF supplies and Distributing poini
| and 10 do away with the expensive
bTancn at New York The plan has al
| ready advanced so far that members OF
the IUdian Com Uittee regard it as set
| lied that the Indian supplies ware
house at New York will be abol shed
and that the q " rnment plant at Chica-
go will be enlarged to acco nodate II c
enormous quantity provisions. cloth.
ing, etc, furnished to the Ind ans.
JACKSONVILLE, Fia., March. IA
large crowd assembled yesterday in
! the criminal court to illness the open
| Ing trial of Cor bett- Mitchell and others
| connected with the recent prlzs fight
Corbe was the first to appear. but as
soon followed by Mitchell and members
of the Duval Athletic clut', Billy
thompson, and W. A. Brady, ebettore
| The trial of Corbett was first begun
and its result will decide the cases OF
tie others charged with engaging in b
| tight in accordance with cir previous
arrangement, then and there "beatipg
bruising, wau.ding and maltrea;ing
| one Charles Mitchell" The plea Of not
guilty was entered and the selection OF
jury begun. Up to recess five had
| been accepted, three whit-s and two
negroes. The trial will probably last
several days. An acquittal is expected.
New BRUNSWICK, n. J. March Early
this morning Moore Baker and William
Thompson, negroes, entered the home of
John Baker, a WEALTHY farmer, for the
purpose OF robbery. Being discovered
by Mrs. Baker, who was sitting up with
sick child, the robbers killed both
her and the child with an AK. Baker,
hearing a noise, spranR from his bed,
shot one negro dead, end fatally
wourded the other with aD AK, but not
till the roober had sprang at him and
cut his nose off.
SAN ANT MO, Texas, March 1.-The
federal authority has been notified that
fifty Chinese are on their way to Texas
from Mexico and will attempt to snug
gle themselves across the Rio Grande
at Piedras NegrRs. An American has
contracted to land them ID the United
States for $50 per head,
YUMA, Art, March 1.-Colonel Charles
ID. Poston, a pioneer and father of Ali-
IONA, fell from the Southern Pacific
railroad bridge last night and would
have drowned had it not been for the
herculean efforts of George Clark and
L. &. l.. Robinson. The old gentleman
attempted to cross the bridge after dark
and stuu1i-l and fell into the river
ALLENTOWN, Pc March 1.-The top of
Williams Sons state quarry, at vii
Jamestown, caved in this morning bury
ing Joseph Beamley, Samuel Kreitz,
u. O. P-.tlh4.3, W. r. Jones and three
Hungarians, Jones was dug out alive.
Ine rescuing party can speak with
Beamley, but the others were probably
Killed. large gang of quarrymen are
pushing the work of rescue.
CINCINYANI. Ohio. March. Loving
to the failure of the coal operators and
miners to agree to reduction of wages
on the basis paid in Pennsylvania the
mines in the Ohio district declared "A
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