The sun., 1896-02-10
STORY OF JAMESON'S RAID.
x1I JOHANNESBURG IN ARMS
1UIITED HIS COMING.
po, Notn Man Went TO His Aid-Days or
E.cltement and Expectancy The Part
Americans Took In the Trouble - Roer
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strategy ut the Battle Near Krurersdorp
Tho Care Town. South Africa, Cape Times OF
Ian. <. tie week following DIR. Jameson's raid
i,,o the Trausvaal, got here on Saturday. Tho
,,p iiu,, is IL daily paper. The weekly edition
contains the news dispatches under dates taken
directly from the daily, and the dispatches In
mn. i..uc OF the weekly form II most interesting
r-n compete story Cf tho stirring events con-
nectcd with the insane attempt OF Jameson to
orcrtI,row the Boer Government. The story
also tells moro OF the offences of John Hays
Hammond and the other Americans who nrc
noyy under arrest and whose appeal to the Gov
.rnmpnt of the United States for protection has
40 stirred the American people the last week or
,wu than has hitherto been known. The do
,rntrhcs printed, and from which This story is
mndp up. were all written by special corre-
spondcnts OF tho Cape Times who were in
johannesburg and who had n personal share In
r,4.4i, hat was done there. The dispatches be-
Gin Dec. - and end Jan 0.
Johannesburg is believed to be on the verge of
rebellion against the Boer Government In the
beginning OF the story. The Uit!anders and tho
leaders OF the National Union have served an
ultmatum on the Government, setting forth
the reforms that they demand. The merchants
and tradesmen do not want to fight because
they say. there is a gang of ruflians out Of
work at least 1000 strong in tho city. and an
outbreak of hostilties would let this crew loose
on the town to outrage and pillage. To cope
with such prospective atrocities the Mercantile
Association has formed itself into q committee
of defence and the Australians into Red Cross
Protection Brigade"
Blu, on the other hand the white miners along
"the reef" were anxious for a row. There are
1000 Cornish miners alone. banded together for
the purpose OF enforcing tho demands, and
ys lup ~ nd p0ttt q.
stated that at the mine which ia the head GEN.
tire OF this organization there are 1000 stand
of rifles and one Maxim gun, and there are said
to be large supplies in other place. Altogether
the mining people who subscribe to the mani
festo are regarded as fully prepared for emer-
gencies. What particular torch is to set the
Rand on fire is doubtful but there is a gener-
ally believed report that two OF the large min
ing companies contemplate closing down at the
end of the year, and thus throwing thousands
Of whites and blacks on the road to Pretoria.
Should this be done other companies would fol-
low. with what consequences history would
tell"
On the Goth day of December Jameson's raid.
which started two days later was not expected
in Johannesburg. The revolutionary feeling
became moro intense every hour. On the both
preparations were made at the mines owned by
British capitalists for whatever might transpire
The miners were recruited for active military
johannesburg were thronged with mechanics
and mining men, and in every block was
..hrebrand" helping along by talk the general
disposition to fight. There was an important
meeting of the American residents held in tho
afternoon to discuss the political situation. Mr.
who. with Mr.. II. g. Perkins. had just returned
view view with Mr. Kruger: III. Jennings addressed
the meeting: He said that President KRUGER
bad to h. them nsn Tes cop So
the sentiment of Americans in the Rand.
They assured the President that Americana
te Uitlandcrs but that unless he could, in some
way meet tie demands of the unenfranchised
their support when revolution came President
KRUGER said this was no time for discussion. but
and " Mr.. ' PERKINS ] pointed out to the President
that il war was .prccipitated outside forces
and that sm ,hs
cans wanted to see the Republic preserved. but
reconstructed on a truer basis The President
rebellion the Americans would be with or
against the republic. They answered that they
pres sed his Honor. President kruger asked
The advice of his visitors as to what he should
told him ' 10 make max the best possible terms With
the Transvaai National Union.
The afternoon of the meeting Of these Amsri. @
cans the excitement reached Its highest The
men OF the town began shipping their wives
and children away In any direction they could
banks. The work Of enrolling fighting men,
which had before been done quietly. was now
and resolved" that this association, recognizing
the grave political unrest In these fields, forms
body rnard for the ". PURPOSE Of meeting ali pos
sible emergencies. preserving the public order.
protecting lives and propsrtylin town" o,.
ton became known as the Reform Committee;
That night the public houses were all open an, and
waiting for the Governmsnt but but the up,
down of the mines. predicted the day before.
came; The owners gave as an excn,e that they
Of hGs SO
year The miners who were laid Off each re-
wife and family out OF town. Nobody slept in
Johannesburg that night. 1t seemed almost
certain that the crisis must come the next day.
But next day came the news that pr; Jameson
had crossed the Transyaai border WIN m ,o0 men:
marching to johannesburg to aid in the over
throw Of the Government. The Reform Com
y, called ana sysr
Varying emotions afflicted the people OF the city
when the news of the raid got abroad and the
condemned the move as fatal to the demands OF
the Citlanders. They were mostly the trades;
the pary T6e Rsfor Se
gan serving out arms and ammunition for tho
purpose OF pTcSerNlhp Oruer Wueu tuc upi loluk
should come. Recruiting went on rapidly. not
only under the Reform Committee, but also
under committee known as the Scottish Com
mittee, which was headed by Sir Drummond
Dunbar. an official Of the Transvaal Govern
mcnt. dunbar at n meeting OF the Scottish
Soc iety declared that he was Scotchman first
and Government official afterward.'
Drilling of the recruits began in the streets
OF Johannesburg that afternoon, I" and the place
took OH the appearance OF a belcagured city"
Nothing was heard on the streets but war.
Everybody who owned a horse turned 1t over to
the committee. aid u regiment of cavalry was
recruited. Messengers were sent scurrying
around the country iOr more horses AS fast AS
militia companies learned the rudiments of the
drill they were sent TO a rendezvous to await u
J call for their services. Almost every man seen
: Sn the streets had n gun. Crowds surrounded
he newspaper offices for the latest news of DIR.
Jameson's expedition. The merchants began
closing and barricadng their stores and the
prices Of everything vent up astonishingly. All
business was practically suspended. The
u men who had not got their families out OF town
brsiepcd the railroads; Box cars and cattle
cars aud all sorts OF things with wheels were
hltrhcd 10 the trains The people were packed
In them Ike saidines. The Reform Committee
ioUnd time in the midst Of It's recruiting work
to make u public declaration that 1t Ind nothing