Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-07
THE WEEK.

The disturbances in South Carolina have
occupied attention during the past week.
They now seem to have been composed at
least for the present. They were occasioned
by the ARRAY that followed the visit Of a
score Of constables to Darlington a week
ago yesterday for the purpose Of searching
for contraband liquors The visit had been
completed and the constables were at the
railroad depot when a dispute with some
citizens arose. Arms were drawn and fired
and men on both sides fell. The angered
populace pursued the constables to the
swamps. The governor called on the militia
to go to the protection Of the officials; sew
eral companies refused obedience and were
disbanded. Under the statutes, the govern
or took charge of the railroads to prevent
assistance being sent to the citizens of
Darlington, and established a censorship
over the telegraph to prevent the spreading
of alarming reports. That night the liquor
dispensary at Florence was wrecked by the
people, angry at the governors Withholding
from the town the dispensarys profits. Mar
tial law was declared in the disturbed re-
gion, and troops were sent there. Quiet was
established and the inquest over the slain
citizens was held. Two Of the constables
were held to be guilty. They were sent to
the penitentiary at Columbia and the troops
withdrawn. The pursuit of the cvnstapies
was, in the meantime, given up and they
were unmolested. The whole state was for
q time highly excited. Quite as exciting an
occurrence took place in the coke region of
western Pennsylvania, where large numbers
of coke workers, huns and Slavs, commit
ted great amount Of damage, which Gull
minated in the murder of the chief engineer
of one of the works. Deputy sheriffs were
sworn in and many Of the rioters were ar
rested. The strike finally collapsed The
"commonweal army of Coxey, which has
been marching on Washington to demand
the issue of government paper to build
roads and give work to the unemployed, has
slowly progressed toward the capital The
farmers along the route have been liberal
with food, evidently thinking 1t better to
hurry the army on than to detain it in their
neighborhood. A large body left San Fran
cisco and Gen" Frye's detachment from
the southwest also progressed toward WASH
ington. The debate on the tariff bill was
opened in the Senate. The bill to carry into
effect the provisions of the Boring sea
award passed the Senate. The deadlock in
the House was broken by the unseating Of
Charles +. Joy and the seating of John j.
O'Neill Of st. Louis. Another deadlock fol-
lowed on the Hilborn-English case from
California, but the latter was finally seated.
There were several sharp encounters be-
tween Indians and cattlemen in oklahoma
territory over the latter using the formers
grazing land without payment and the for
mer retaliating by stealing cattle Troops
We're called into the field. An attempt was
made in the House to pass the seigniorage
bill over the Presidents veto, but failed;
yeas. IA; nays, ia. The bill was passed
March 1, by les to 100. On Wednesday 10
democrats. IS republicans and 9 populists
voted In the affirmative. The silver men
were "A short Of the necessary two-thirds.
Town elections were held in many western
states, resulting In sweeping republican VIC
tories. The republicans also carried the
state election in Rhode Island by over s.
600, the first time election by plurality
was valid. Judge Caldwell, at Omaha, hand
ed down an important opinion on the pow
ers Of the Union Pacific receivers, holding
that they had no right to reduce the
schedule Of wages.