Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-01

wealth. OF Cne memOerS Oh Gno COu-
mittee is said to be $4,000, 900.
Thomas Dolan, the man who helped
to raise the John Wannamaker fund
during the first Harrison campaign,
will be treasurer.
"A terrible mining disaster occur
red at Wilkesbarre, Penn, last Sun
day. The owners of the Pittston
mine on Saturday evening, sent big
force of men down what is known as
the Twin shaft, to prop up danger
Gus roof. Sometime during Sunday,
the roof caved in, and the men were
buried alive. The company has ever
since been trying to dig them out; but
whether or not they are all dead by
this time is uncertain. The loss oc-
casioned by the cavein is estimated at
about $25, 900, and the work of taking
the men out of the mine will cost from
$4,000 to $4,000 more. The people
in the vicinity are censuring the COM
pany very bitterly for sending the
men down into the mine under such
dangerous conditions.
Although one of the most promi-
nent candidates in the race for the
presidential nomination, "Silver Dick"
Bland, of Missouri, is not making any
fuss about the matter. He is represent
ed as being quietly at work on his farm
near Lebanon, not merely superintend.
ing operations; but in blue jeans
suit and a broad brimmed hat, actual
ly engaged in driving a team of mules
to a moving machine. He gets his
mail and kilograms on the morning of
each day, and with the assistance Of
his wife, during evenings, answers as
much of his correspondence as he can.
But in the meantime his friends are
not idle. They have raised $780,
900 in cash with which to equip an
army of Bland shouters at Chicago.
Washington correspondence of the
New York World: "Senator Tillman
will be among the earliest arrivals at
Chicago, and he and Governor A1tgeld
will lead the extreme silver men. Sen
ator Tillman is an open candidate for
the presidential nomination; but un-
less he can get first place on the ticket
he says he won't take the vice presi-
dental nomination, believing that he
can do more for the cause of silver on
the floor of the senate than elsewhere.
His supporters are counting on
deadlock over candidates, and they
say that they will endeavor to promote
such a situation of affairs with the
hope that the South Carolinian may
profit from it and be given the nomina-
ton"
A Boston dispatch of Friday says
1t is estimated by gentlemen interested
in the short time movement that s.
OOO, 900 cotton spindles in New En-
gland will be idle during July and
August. The estimate is based upon
an actual stoppage of four weeks. Mr..
Curry, treasurer of the Fishdale mills,
in attendance this afternoon at the
meeting of the Arkwright Club to con-
slider the question of curtailing New
England cotton production, said: cal
though no decision has yet been reach
ed, it is my opinion that New England
cotton mills will today decide on a
partial shutdown, say from one to two
months, to exhaust surplus stocks, the
supply being so greatly in excess ofthe
demand"
The greatest ovation ever accord
ed to q citizen of Montana, was that
given Congressman Hartman, upon
his arrival at Butte, from St. Louis,
last Thursday. He was met at the
depot by thousands of people and a
band and after he entered carriage,
the horses were unhitched and rope
attached to the vehicle. Several hum
dred enthusiastic silver men from all
parts of the State pulled the carriage
q mile up the hill to the city. The
people went wild. The buildings
were decorated and people with brass
bands paraded the city all day. In
the evening Mr.. Hartman addressed
5000 people and explained the St.
Louis bolt. He said he had turned
his back on the National Republican
organization until it again represented
the people.
WIN. C. Whitney, of New York, is
out in a red hot interview. When
asked how the campaign is progress
ing, he replied, "Like that of 1S6O,"
and admitted that the "sound money"
people would stand no chance what
ever unless the people of the South
and West were disposed to listen to
reason. He said that if free coinage
platform was is adopted, the disolu-
ton of the Democratic party is inevi-
table, and upon being asked about the
probability of a compromise, said that
"compromise is impossible; question
of honor cannot be compromised" ;"
"This crisis which has come upon us,
he continued, "is a most serious men
ace to the national prosperity and
the prosperity of the people since
1860. This is the time when all men
who love their country must stand to-
gether to arrest, if possible, public
disgrace and the wreck of hundreds
of thousands of homes throughout
the country"
The United States revenue cutter,
McClnee was sent to Tampa, Fla, last