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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-24
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION NORTH CAROLINA DAILY PAPER
THEY DEMAND RECOGNITION.
The Stree Car Conductors and Motormen
of Boston Ask Relief.

Boston, Mass, Dec. 23-The conductors
and motormen of the West End street.
railway held meetings in all the divisions
last night, which did not terminate untiE
this morning and voted to demand the
formal recognition of the Conductors
and Motormen's Union. In case recognF-
ton is not accorded by II o'clock to-
night the men say the road will be tied
up. That the strike question is not one
of sudden decision is indicated by an
interview with union official by a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press.
The official said:
1.-The trouble between the corporation
and the men has been brewing for some
time. From the nine divisions of the
road complaints have been received ;at
the unions headquarters that the divis-
ional Superintendent, the claims depart
ment and the other departments of the
road have been crowding the men, over
working them, also laying off and dis
charging them without sufficient cause.
The men got to be so retive under their
treatment that the union officials were
obliged to take cognizance of the COM
plants. The climax came when several
employees. who made individual COM
plants of their treatment, were sum-
marily discharged. The effect of the
treatment was that the men joined the
divisional unions and when they Tere
sufficiently strong, the union officials. pre-
pared an agreement that would remove
the cause Of complaints, which haveEbeen
gradually increasing since the agreement
of 1894 went out of existence.
"On presenting this new agreement to
President Little, he referred the confer
ence committee, who had charge ef the
matter for the union, to Superintendent
Rugg, with the statement that the latter
official had full power to adjust matters.
Two conferences were held between
Superintendent Rugg and the committee.
They reported to the joint unions that
practically all the things asked of the
management had been conceded, except
ing request for $3.50 day, an Increase
of 25 cents on the wages of the presen'
time. Owing to this demand being the
only obstacle to the completion ,of this
agreement, the union voted to- leave stht
wages as they were, viz; $2.25 day
This action Of the~union was conveyed
to Superintendent Rugg by the9 letter
The latter replied a few days later say
ing that he did not have the power tc
sign an agreement and referred the com
| mittee to President Little. /
"a request was Immediately forwarded
to President Little for the conference
but up to the present time no seply has
been received by the committee.
The men were considerably aroused
over the fact that no reply was made Il
their letter. They fear that the subordi
nate officials will crowd thema worse il
the future than in the past. They alsc
fear that the management VIA increase
their days work, which, they claim, i,
already extended beyond the ten hour.
| in twelve, stipulated by law for stree
railway employees in this commonwealth. ,
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A NEW MINISTER RECEIVED.
Representative Of Central America For,

Representative OF Central America For
mally Presented to the President.
Washington, Dec. 23.-After several
weeks consideration OF the status of
Senor Robridguez, the first minister of
the great Republic of Central America,
President Cleveland to-day received him
and accepted his credentials in a short
speech. which, while formal in tone, was
thoroughly earnest in its evidence of good
will towards the new American union.
The President emphasized the purpose of
this government to hold the individual
states Of the new union to responsibility
for past claims and he indicated an ex-
pectation that Guatemala and Costa
Rica, which have so far refrained from
joining with the others in the new Repub-
lie, would soon give in their adherence.
The minister, who was accompanied
by Secretary Olney, made a most friendly
reply. He expressed the wish that the
new Central American union and the
United States should strengthen their
social and commercial relations.
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THE ANNAPOLIS LAUNCHED.
Description of the Build of the New Naval
Academy Practice Cruiser.

Academy Iractlee Cruiser.
New York, Dec 23.-The gunboat An.
napolis, destined for service as the prac-
tice cruiser for the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis Md, was success
fully launched at the Crescent ship yards
at Elizabeth at 1870 a. m to-day,
The Annapolis is vessel of entirely
new type, so far as our Navy is concern
ed. in that it is of composite construc-
ton, all of the framing being Of steel
but planks Of Georgia pine being worked
on the frames below the water line, Sc
cured by composition bolts in such manner
as to prevent galvanic action, and being
then covered with copper This will make
the vessel largely independent of dock
ing facilities and economical in the use of
fuel. Another feature Of the vessel that
distinguishes it from other naval ships is
the use of full sail power in addition to
steam. 1t will be barkentine rugged and
will be able to sail II knots an hour with
out using her engines. 1t is a sister ship
to the Vicksburg and Newport, of 1000
tons displacement, drawing II feet of wa
ter and 168 feet long by SO feet beam.
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TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Kingstown, N. Y, Dec pa howIing
northeast blizzard has ragged all day. Ten
inches of snow has fallen and drifted.
The mercury is Is degrees above zero.
New York, Dec. 23.-Henry l.. Basford.
7S years of age, was sentenced to-day to
two years imprisonment for making and
selling counterfeit money. Basford is re-
puted to be wealthy. He was connected
with a gang Of counterfeiters who dis
| posed Of their output principally to street
car conductors in this city and Brooklyn.
Whitfield, N. H., Dec. 23.-J Ward
Healy a reporter; James A. Mitchell
telegraph operator; John Legro, a book
| keeper; DIR. Fl. l. Stevens and G. w.
Brown, another newspaper man, will
leave here next month for Cuba, where
they will join the insurgent army All
are young men.
Savannah Ga Dec. 23--Joseph Doyle.
Republican candidate for Congress in the
First Georgia district, to-day filed notice
of contest against Rufus Il. Lester, Dem
ocratic candidate who was elected &C.
cording to the returns, by over 1000 ma
jority. Doyle charges gross frauds in a
number of counties.
New York, Dec. 23.-Mrs. a. Estby
and her daughter Clara 10 years old, the
trans-continental pedestrians, completed
the journey from Spokane to this city
at 1:3O this afternoon. They left the
western city ON May 5, on a wager with
a New York woman that they could cross
the continent in less than seven months.
Scranton, Pa, Dec. 23.-The Traders
National bank, of Scranton. has begun
suit against the Fidelity and Casualty
Company of New York. to recover $30.-
0UV. the amount of the bond furnished
by the company for A. B. Williams, the
cashier who was recently sentenced to the
Western penitentiary for embezzling
$33, 900.
New York, Dec. 23.- George Apo, the
noted Chinese American criminal and
greengooOds steerer was to-day sentenc-
ed to the Mattewan Asylum for the GRIM
inal insane. His father is serving a life
sentence in the same institution for wife
murder. George Apo was one Of the
principal witnesses against the police in
the Lexow investigation.
New York, Dec pa meeting Of
publishers and paper manufacturers was
held to-day for the purpose of taking ac-
tion against he Loud Postal bill now
pending in Congress This bill aims to take
all novels and periodicals ont Of the sec
ond class. This means an increase in
postage Of from one cent per pound to
eight cents.
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KENTUCKY RACE-CONFL1CT
Slm stones Demise Followed by Several
Other Sudden Deaths.

Mayheld, KY, Dec. 23-Reports OF ne
groes organizing to take indiscriminata
yengence on the whites for the killing of
Jim Stone by white cappers are causing
alarm. While the reports in MANY cases
are somewhat vague belief that they
nave some real foundation is shown bv
the fact that before Stone was killed be
and other negroes were unusually inso-
lent toward white people. that they went
armed and omitted no occasion To nrovolre
quarrels with unarmed whites. 1t was
Jim stones conspicuous leadership in this
sort OF behavior that caused his taking
off By mob violence. Mayfeld has been.
as 10 were in state of siege for two
days. Everybody is armed Guards
watch all the roads and inspect nil
trains. This morning Jim Snet colored
was Killed at the depot because he would
nor haft when challenged. Sunday Hen
Fy Finley, negro was killed by masked
men and Monday night Jim Stone met
the same fate. All were desperadoes ex-
eept possibly Snet. The houses Of ne
groes that have been burned were resorts
OF the lower order and places Of rendez-
vous for the vilest of vile to plot mischief
The whites patience having been ex-
hausted have determined to rid the COM
munfty Of these pests. From reports it
seems likely that this race war will be-
come general in Western Kentucky.
There are indications of danger in
Groves and Marshall counties. The
whites are well prepared in all these re-
gions. This fact and the incapacity OF
negroes to organize may prevent a seri-
Gus outbreak.
| GOV. BRADLEY. INDIGNANT.
Frankfort, KY, Dec. 23.-Governor
Bradley is evidently worried and per-
picked about the recent frequent mob
murders in Kentucky. In an interview
tonight he denounced the law breakers.
the ineficiency of local~s.-officers and
strongly intimated' That if requested ac-
cordsng to Kentucky's peculiar law on
the subject, he will offer big rewards
without number for members of the mobs.
He also raps the legislature as a whole
| for it's failure to enact into law his late
recommendation az to mobs.
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THE STATESMEN SCATTER.

Washington, Dec. 23.-Many of the
Eastern and Southern members of Con-
gress have gone to their homes for the
holidays. Speaker Reed left last night
for Boston and will spend the vacation
in that city and New York, engaged in
private business. Chairman Cannon, Of
the Appropriation Committee, is gone to
Illinois to advance the interests of his
Senatorial candidacy. Chairman Ding
ley, of the Ways and Means Committee,
is attending to correspondence relating
to the hearings on the tariff bill which
will begin next Monday. The only work
in progress about the House to-day was
in the Appropriations committee. where
a subcommittee was engaged in prepar-
ing the District of Columbia appropria-
tion bill.
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A GLYCERINE EXPLOSION.

Cincinnati, o., Dec. 23.--A Times-Star
special from Portland, Indiana, says
that a glycerine magazine near Mont
pelier exploded to-day with terrible force.
Harry Adams and George Pock were
blown to atoms. A great hole in the
ground is the only mark left to show
the location Of the building. Chimneys
were thrown down and windows broken
at distant points and she shock was felt
for miles around. 1ae evidence of the
cause is OF course oblsterated.
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WILL GEORGE THE SULTAN.
GREAT POWERS UNITE TO EN-
FORCE BROKEN PROMISES.
To Take New Hold of the Whole Situa-
tion--NavaI Demonstration in
the Bosphorus.

London, Dec. 23.-As frequently an
nounced from various capitals since the
visit of the Gear to the Queen at Balmoral
in September last, the powers have finally
become convinced that the Sultan's proni-
ises amount to nothing. and they are de-
termined to commence policy of coer-
cion. All information points to the accu-
racy OF the news received to-day from
Constantinople and cabled to the Associ-
ated Press The Marquis of Salisbury on
Monday last summoned the Ambassadors
to the foreign office and communicated to
them the views Of the British government
on the definite proposal of Russia for joint
Intervention, in order that each Ambassa-
dor might communicate them to his own
government, and thus enable the repre-
sentatives Of the powers at Constantine
pie to be properly instructed There is
reason to believe that unless the Sultan
within the next ten days shows a defer
ence of which at present he is little sus
pected, very decisive steps will be under
taken in the name of the joint powers.
In this connection the Noyoe Vremya,
of ST. Petersburg, says that it is probable
that within a few days the Russian Black
sea fleet will appear in the Bosphorus,
where it will be joined by the squadrons
of the other powers from the Dardeneiies
TO MAKE NEW PROPOSALS.
Constantinople Dec. 23.-All the Am
bassadors have now received instructions
to consert fresh proposals with the view
of improving the situation in the Ottoman
empire. The proposals before being sub
mittcd to the Sultan will be referred to
| their respective governments.
| All the powers, including Russia, as
repeatedly announced during the past
| few months, have agreed in principle to
the expediency of employing coercion
| should the Sultan be recalcitrant. But
the form Of coercion to be employed viii
not be determined upon until an emer-
/ gency arises.
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A PATRIOT FROM RICHMOND
Young Perdue, After Two Years Hard
ship, Returns-Life Saved by Gen.
Lee.

Young Perdue, After Two Years Hard
ship, Returns-Life Saved by Gen.
Lee.
Washington, Dec. 23.-Marion T. Per-
due, p years Of age, was sent to his
home in Richmond to-day by Sanitary
Officer Frank. He told long story of
having been in the Cuban army, and says
he owes his life to Gen. Fitzhugh Lee,
Consul-General, who represents this
country in Cuba. The Consul, he said,
interested himself in his behalf and man
aged to get him released from the Caba-
mas prison in Havana.
Two years ago, he said, he shipped
from Philadelphia on the English ship
Ernwell, laden with iron ore for Havana.
Soon after reaching the island he became
interested in the cause of the belligerents
and joined the Cuban army at Santiago
de Cuba. Being @ good sailor he was
engaged to do some filibustering for the
Cuban cause and he went as captain
OF the boat known as the Ammunition
King" This little filibuster made two
successful trips, but on its third trip
Spanish gunb0at captured it and took
oil on board to the Cabanas prison.
Discussing the situation in Cuba, Per
due says he is certain that the Cubans
will eventually win, for every man in the
army is sworn not to surrender, and they
are much more enthusiastic and much
harder fighters than the Spaniards.
When the Cubans capture Spanish sol
diers, he says, they take their ammuni-
ton from them and let them go, but this
is not true when Spaniards capture
Cubans. They almost invariably kill the
Cubans by shooting them, either on the
field or on the morning after their cap
ture and transportation to prison. The
Cubans put to death native Cubans who
are captured in the Spanish ranks Per-
due reached here from Philadelphia to-
day and was sent to his home in Rich
mond.
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IMMIGRANTS DETAINED.

New York, Dee. 23.-Of the 511 passen-
gers that the French steamship Patria
brought to this port to-day from Mar
settles and Naples, 200 are detained on
Ellis Island by order Of the immigration
authorities. When the passengers Of the
Patria were landed on the island, Assis-
tant Secretary Of the Treasury Wike and
Superintendent Stump were present
Neither seemed TO be prepossessed In IA
vor of the new arrivals. DR.. Senner
and others said they were the worst lot
of immigrants that has reached these
shores in a long time
Most Of the detained immigrants are
Italians who boarded the ship at Naples
on December g.
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New York, Dec. 23.-The New York
stock exchange has listed S7,0O0.00 first
mortgage five per cent gold bonds, of the
Central Of Georgia railway company; ST.
100000 four and half per cent general
mortgage guaranteed gold bonds. of the
Newport and Cincinnati Bridge com
pany; Sl300,000 first mortgage four per
cent guaranteed gold bonds of the Della
ware River Railroad and Bridge COM
pany and SS52,000 general lien foo year
four per cent gold bonds of the Columbus,
Hooking Valley and Toledo railway.
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soUTHERN's NARROW ESCAPE.
A Nervy Engineer Stops His Rushing
Train on the Brink of Catastrophe.

Birmingham, Ala, Dec. pa passen-
ger train on the Southern Railway, due
here early this morning, had a narrow
escape from destruction at point near
Irondale, about twelve miles east Of
Birmingham. The train was running at
the usual rate Of speed, when upon ap-
preaching a short trestle the engineer
discovered that rail had been removed
from the structure, presumably by would
be robbers. The air brakes were applied
and the train stopped in time to avoid
a terrible catastrophe, the engine, how
ever, going partly over the break in the
rails, but remaining on the trestle. South
ern Railway officials claim that no one
on the train was injured in the least and
that the delayed train has reached Bir-
mingham with out further mishap.
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THE "sLAsHERs ACQUITTED.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-.Jeremiah Sullivan,
who was arrested on ,he charge of having
slashed the portrait Gf Grover Cleveland,
which hung in the sooms OF the county
Democratic Club, was discharged to-day
upon technicality. The point was rails
cd that the ownership of the portrait was
not proven, and that the representatives
Of the club did not p*oye themselves to be
n corporation.
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THE M'K1NLEYs RETURN HOME

Canton, Dee. 23.-President-elect Nc
Kinley, wife and party reached home at
40 this afternoon. During the journey
all day crowds of people cheered Major
Mckinley at tho stations. Several hun
drad people gathered at Canton depot to
greet him home. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Kinley have been improved in health by
their Chicago visit.
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CHESTER & LENoIR RAILROAD
To be Reorganized, With Maj. G. w. IT.
Harper as President

Charlotte. n. c., Dec. -(SpeciaD--
Maj. G. W. II. Harper, receiver of the
Chester and Leaoir Railroad. said to-day
that at the meeting of stockholders in
Januory, the road will be reorganized
and absorbed by the Carolina and North
western, q new company. Numerous i'm
provemants are to be made in the road
and q new laop built, Maj Harper to be
president Of the new company.
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FELL DEAD AT A BURIAL.

Charlotte, N. c., Dec. 23-(SpeciaD-
James White, 70 years old, prominent
citizen Of this county, attended the funer.
al of Mrs. II. N. Hunter this morning,
and during the burial suddenly fell dead.
Heart disease was the cause
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Hannibal, Mo, Dec. 23.-Ex- Congress
man Hatch is still:alive. but is thought
to be dying. His friends are gathered
around his bedside expecting every mo
ment to be his las:.
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COOPERATIVE COLONIES.
A New Move of Labor Which it is
Thought Will do Away with Strikes.

"sI10 " III 10 n ~ " 'IS11 F7eI1'
LaGrange, Ind, Dec. 23.-The Broth
erhood OF the Cooperative Common
wealth is being established in Indiana
and Michigan. This is a new movement
among workingmen TO assist in The es-
tablishment of cooperative colonies and
in certain sections of the country it has
a large membership. BY regular month
ly contributions they exepect to raise
money enough to establish several colo
nies year. Many laboring men and
mechanics who have become tired of the
old methods Of strikes and labor troubles
are going into the movement, believing
that cooperation will solve the question.
1t is said some prominent men are as
sisting the movement through purely
philanthropic motives
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AZ JOHNNY REB's COMPANY.

Greenville, S. c., Dec. 23.-An old
Confederate soldier here is recruiting a
company for Cuba. He has thirty-fiye
names and expects to have a hundred.
He says that the company is to go in
case the belligerency or independence of
Cuba is acknowledge by the United
States. This is the first regular organi-
cation in this State.
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A RICHMOND ASSIGNMENT.

Richmond, Va. Dec 23.-J. J. Wright
and Stokes, Manufacturers of harness,
assigned to-day for $4,000. Mr.. Stokes
made a personal assignment for $4,000.
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WENT TO HIS REWARD.

Baltimore, Md, Dec. 23.-.James Riley,
aged 3S, who was serving thirty days
sentence for wife-beating, was to-day
scalded to death by the bursting Of a
steam pipe at the Baltimore Jail.
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THE DAILY BANK Failure.

West Superior, Wis, Decs 23.-The
Bank Of West Superior, capital $4,000
and $50 900 surplus, suspended operations
this morning as a direct result of the
failures of the Bank of Minnesota and the
Bank or Illinois. The notice of suspen-
sion stated that the cause was the bank
of Minnesota, but the BanE Of Illinois
weakened it considerably. At the Noyem
Der statement the bank had deposits of
$7S,947 and rediscounts of S1,5O5. The
loans and discounts were $1O6,971, real
estate assets $43, 3,419, bonds and securities
S5,391, and cash on hand $50 ,259.9O. Of
this cash on hand, S2OOO0 was in the
outside failures, which compelled the in
stitution to close. The officials say they
expect to resume and pay depositors in
full.
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81, 200 FOR BAPTIST UNIVERSITY

Charlotte, N. c., Dec. 23.-(SpeciaD-
Rev. o. L. Stringfeld has secured $1,000
here for the Baptist Woman's University.