The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-06
THE 'TJNFS-RICHMOND VA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER G, 1896

| They knew he was perfectly wei ac-
| qIainted with their helpless c VAp,''o on
| they knew that he had been strictly en-,
| toined not 10 lear on the scene until
| Hammond gave him the slgna- hhu a.
| once, in the greatest posslnle "Iua ~ %
the possible failure OF their lols MA -
| plans. they sent two messengers pose
haste 10 warn him not 10 move ll III"
where he was. Major Hcany an AIii.li-
! cai. graduate OF West POINT, tiu , a e.,
der who has seen service ~ the ~ ~ -.
| cese and kahir wars, was ulsp1 ~, 3,s,i -,
| Hammond on q srccil train ana f.e"dlu
| Holden was sent 10 Maiekng on hoIS~
back. SO we'll dlG Holden understand "
! necessity OF reaching Jameson u, -
70 head him OF that hf n"ae WaSe-
| miles betW cen johannesburg ana MAJ
| king IN seventeen hours. changing MS
| saddle 10 five different horses lie ar
rived outside the jameson heaoquartsrs
~ o'clock On saturday morning, 'he
| 18th OF DfccmhCr where he was met oy
| hiq friend. Lieutenant Grenfel, OF the
| Guards. who conducted him TO jameson,
! 20 whom DO delivered Hammonds mes
sage. Heany End his special train aTflV-
| cd later on the 18th and he handed Jamc-
| son his message on the day previous the
! following telegram had arrived from
hammond: Wire Just received E1perts
| report decidedly adverse ] absolutely con.
| denim further Developments at present.
| This was on Saturday morning, so be-
| fore Jameson icft Mafeking, and long be-
fore be had crossed the border OF the
Irans'aal. end long before he had been
| ordered back ~ n Commissioner OF the
Transvaal Republic. and later by the rep
| resertative OF the High Commissioner for
| Great Britain. he had received two special
| passengers from his friends, telling him
! ne was not WautCo. and a telegram from
the man who was to give him the signal
| wos
THE RIDE TO JOHANNESBURG
In spite OF this. on sunday, September
! 2th. Dr Jameson started on his ride to
! johannesburg against the wishes OF Cecil
! Rhodes and against the entreatles OF the
! Reform Committee and inst FAD OF bring
/ ing with him the I - men and the 1900
/ extra rifles agreed upon. he carne with
/ only Jli men and carried no extra arms.
The first inumatCn that the people Of
! Johanrcsburr received that jameson had
| started was when they read OF his hav-
| ing done so Ia tina newspapers which
! came out on Monday afternoon, twenty
| four hours after DE had left Mafeking.
| The Government. az Pretoria, had, Of
! course. heard OF u az the same time. and
&C once sent deputation down 10 10
| lannesnure. inviting the Reform Commit
| tee 10 send "a doputation 10 Pretoria 10
meet the President and the Executive
| council. and 10 consider what was 10
he done ln The light n Dr. Jamosons in
/ Noslon. Ine committee went TO Pretoria,
| aud there Lionel Phillips. as its chairman,
| oIored himself and the rest Of the dcputa-
| ton rs hostages for jameson and his
| iorce, N the Beers would allow them n
| SAFE conduct out n the Transvasl At
ihat Time, IL must be remembered, no
news had been received Of any hostile de
monsiratiou having been made by Jane
| sou, or fy the Beers against him The
| lolnt populations came TO no decision.
! l1Wc'rf beyond agreeing 10 invite Sir
| Hercules Robinson the High Commits
sloner OF Great Britain. 10 come from the
| cape ana act as mediator on the questio
| OF inc grievances The deputatiOn from
| me Reform Committee then returned to
| Johannesburg 10 report what II had done
| ihe position OF the Reform Committee
| was now. owing 10 the procipitafe action
| or Ilr. Jameson IN disOheying orders. and
| I'D forcing them 10 show their hand A
most 0lihou.t ono. They had all told.
| nut Hn rifles in the town, while the
bocr Government had under arms and
| WllHlh cal 500 burgherg each OF whom
WIS Hehtng man. When Hammond
ASKED Hcyman. Or JamcsOn's military
| itWtsentltiYe in Johannesburg. how lone.
| 10 lhought they could hold out should
| ,,'y attempt 10 defend the town with
ne thojsand rifles I'm their possession
ieLIiaH answered. About twenty min
Ihi then, was tho position IN which
| 1T. jameson had placed his friends and
eHoW-feFolntionists They were without
arms 10 make n stand. and owing 10 his
aet mo fact that they had meant 70 do
SO was no longer secret their puf.DOse
| was exposed. and MS wOuld-be ravoiu-
! tloHets, They were Justly AT the mercy OF
me boer Government on Tuesday night
i.1l' more Iines were slnugCged hurried
| ~ across the border. but I'm the cOrfu-
sion which had continued from the mo-
! mont 10 was known that Jameson had
| lftclpit1tcd the revolt. many OF these
were lost and many more were d.stribut-
! - 10 mo WRONG people, and M least 800
i'.l INTO the hands OF tho Beers Them
selves Those men who dil not know
now 10 hhhele a gun were armed with
what rifles there were. and sent ont into
rhe streets 10 act as policemen 10 nro-
tect The town from the Bocrs without
and from ri0iiug within. tho Roer police
having entirely withdrawn from johann
nesburc.
Another cirumsiarie. which NJ the
game time added greatly TO the difficulties
OF the Reform Committee, was the iact
! that the inhabitants ar johannesburg
knew that they had invited Jameson 10
come 90 their aSsls lance, ana they were
now wondsrin why no preparations "er.
being made to meet him on MS way "ul
the Reform comm ll,. hl.,N' 49,, ~ from
| row that II Il took the guns t"aF run
ffs policemen and went 10 JhnesI"' -
| would take every gun in'Ic WIZ III Wy
CITY out of a.. leaving u ahsoluitls N.itlo
tectcl frcm the Beers, WHO w. .,,
inr Inn large bodies an different points SUI
roirdirv Johannesburg. But the people
~ the CITY did not know TINS, ana the
Reform Committee could not teA them
how helpless IL was Withut lhe i,oels
! knowing il also, and az tnal tlIe aI Blo7s
| how helpless 30 was without the soers
| Inv fn the fact that the IranSVaal lToF-
eminent believed that there were from
/ 90 l0D CD 10000 rifles hidden away IN the
town 81 johannesburg
| IL was stated az the time OF the raid ~
/ many different people that Jameson hai
been promised a force OF ZOO men 10
meet him ~ Kragersl0rp. No such prom
i-. was ever made % jameson 10y the he-
/ form Committee. and. even had b. been
| made Jameson know when he leit Mare
KING hat bv cOufrE In before his friends
wcra armed he could not expect any as
! sisfance from thenf -
Mo- 90 he quite fair 20 hotn Jameson
and the Reform Committee Hl1 no expect
such assistance. nor dld the htlorh COM
rnittoe think he needed H.
one Of Jameson's troopers reached Jo-
banresburg early en- THURSDAY morning
a. about the same time that jameson wa .
-, surrounded Al DO0rnkorp, and al
| 49, ror.orfel TO COL Rhodes ana HAM
mond me man said De had peen sent
-, fn gdvance hv the doctor 10 teil 'hen'
! mai he and his force Were coming III
easily. and would iohoW we
! a. .fvyo hours but tnat Lr "dhleu
,r,ro An soud committee OF citizens 10
rneer him nj the outskirts OF me town pa
nrder that his act might not look IKE
49, ~ o. something the name OF which
| - t,.-ror could not rcmcmncf Rhodes
se,,..o,...'',ts1 sflfbuster' and "adVenturer.
80 the trooper shook MS head unti
some ono vontLred pirate Wheh ne
| ..,.ioirnod "Yos that was the word
f,f,...''l I,,,ghed and said: And I'll wa
~. lie doctor said id pirate Yes,
el, DE did" the trooper ans Wertu' ana
thcn curled up completely exhausted. on
,,, door under the table IN the commit