Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-08
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tegrity of the nation is at stake"
New York Journal: Mr.. J. Pier
pont Morgan was drawn as grand
Juror on Monday. Other gentlemen
who were in a similar predicament,
and who desired to evade their duty,
went to court and made excuse. Mr..
Morgan calmly ignored his summons
as matter too trivial to waste his at
tention upon. The idea that he could
be expected to perform the duties of a
plain American citizen did not strike
him as serious. There have been
courts, however, that would have
made the seriousness of it apparent, at
the expense of a few days in Jail.
Tom Watson has written a bitter
answer to the alleged interview that
was recently published as coming from
Senator Jones. Senator Jones was
asked on Wednesday if he had read
what Watson had to say. eyes" re-
sponded he, "and have no intention
of making any reply to it. Watson's
statement is based altogether on two
sentences attributed to me which I did
not utter, namely, that Bryan would
not accept the Populist nomination and
that the southern Populists were dis.
reputable spoilsmen who should 60 to
the Negroes, where the belonged. I
did not say either of these things, and
much of the rest of the interview in
question misrepresents me-"
- For years there has been talk of
the immediate probability of a big
European war. 1t is said that such a
war is more imminent right now than
at anytime since Germany bristled up
over the Jameson raid in the Trans
vaal. This time Turkey is the bone
of contention. The wholesale massa-
cres of Christians in Crete has almost
precipitated the crisis. Germany,
France and Russia are said to favor a
dismemberment of the Turkish empire.
Great Britain is not quite ready for
such step; but is taking steps to pro-
tect her interests in the matter. Just
now she has assembled in the Mediter-
ranean the most power feet that she
has ever gotten together. The other
powers are also assembling their fleets,
and it is believed that in the event of
hostilities, Russia, will surely invade
India. The people of India are repor-
ted to be growing very tired of British
rule, and if the threatened outbreak
occurs, it will shake up the world in a
manner the like of which has not been
seen during the present century.
- The city of Chicago has just been
shaken from center to circumference
by big financial crisis. The trouble
was with the Diamond Match COM
pany, a big monopoly that was practi-
cally under the control of w. H. and
S. 81. Moore. For a long time the
Diamond company had practical con-
troll of the match production of the
United States. A few months ago
George and Edwin Gould took hold Of
the Continental Match company. The
machinery of the Continental company
was equal, if not superior, to that of
the Diamond company, and the COM
petition grew very sharp. The Dia-
mond company was about to make a
deal whereby it was to sell France a
lot of machinery at big figure. On
the strength of this prospective deal,
the Moore brothers began to run up the
Diamond stock until it reached an ex-
travagant figure. The Goulds sudden
ly proposed to sell the government
superior machinery &C lower figure.
When the news got out, Diamond
stock began to take a tumble, and be-
fore they realized the situation, the
Moores were unable to meet the mar
gins on their purchases. They were
worth about $6,OO0,OO0. The crash
produced such panic in Chicago that
it was decided to indefinitely close the
stock exchange. 1t is now rumored
that Phil D. Armour and other Chicago
millionaires have agreed to come to
the assistance of the Moores, and if
so, will probably save to them a
large portion of their fortune. For
q time it was thought that the failure
would cause national panic; but all
such fears as this have subsidized.
- The New York Journal of Mon
day contains page write up of Mark
Hanna, the manager of the Mckinley
campaign. Many of the facts stated
in the. write up are interesting. When
the war broke out did Hanna 60?
Nit. He remained in Cleveland, took
government contracts for coal and iron
and laid the foundations of his foltune.
Shortly afterward he became largely
interested in the carrying trade on the
lakes. At that time lake sailors were
getting $3.50 day in summer and 81
a day in winter. Hanna thought this
was too much. He dickered with the
authorities of Cleveland, employed a
large police force on his own account
but ostensibly in control of the city
put them in charge of thug named
Rumsey and then announced cut of
wages from $3.50 and 81, to 81 and 50.
The sailors who belonged to the union
struck, and naturally loafed about the
wharves. Rumsey and his gang would
attack them every day with clubs,
arrest them, carry them before the city
judge, who had not been corrupted
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