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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

Many yGua- men aREeancs
that they -wIls enter a new field
this year, aud vet. taey grow Ii
the old mar wants 'enI 20 cieas
and cultivate a few acres.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07
For Sale or Rent.

Nv residence in Oxford. Ap
ply To j. n. kimmols-
Miss IDN HOWELL.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

The holidays are all over
now.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07
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TWO s-Oss CIJE HOMES
EE-S ENSU .ssDNS ~ ARK :
.tS~AS. TsNA>. INETAS
TERRITORY. ST
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

The well known comedy show
of Lehr < Williams has been IN
our town the past week show
ing every night to large crowds
and those who attended were
highly entertained - Humboldt
TENN Messenger.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

The report of the Browning
Club will appear in our next
issue.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

A party Of yoang people were en-
tertlined at Mr.. >ultaR's l1=t Thurs
day night TO watch the old year out
and the new come IN Refresh
mentfs were served and dancing Ia
duIged IN until time 70 ring ths
midnight bells III report a most
delightful evening.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

1t is 81 to battle with
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

Mr.. J. w. Bawser and family
are now at home" IN their new
residence
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07
I. C. r. r. Schedule.

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or WarerflrL sroP ar ABBkyI- e.
{ SuEd1ys EEcsptei.
A-W MITCHELL Agent.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

The Honorable Beard OF SG-
pervisorS held their igst meet
ing E3r ~ this week and trans
acted al business that ds7iaRG-
al their attention
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

We deeply regret to announce
the death OF Mr. Hez- Turner
which occurred Tuesday night.
we tender sympathy 30 The al
fiIctsd family.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

Nr. Will Turner % SanlIOwer
county spent last week with his
brother HezzIe, who ms been
seriously iii for some time
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

CITY Marshal LandIe has
dOnned an elegant new uniform
for the New Year.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07
LOCALS IN BSlEF

TIE New Year
Write it iS91.
Now don't write 1896
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

4 -
EIGHT PAGES EACH Tt ESDAI ANDrn.-,
ONE DOLLAR FOR ONE YEAR
SAMPLE COPIES FREE
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

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Scott a. a Poet 5frs Jon ;
His HoEle At A55ottsf3ri. Miss
Pc zes.
selection from rs .yritilzs. Yrs
&eex.
Responses frssa his 7 RS % s5sae
ether post Of me a-e-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

Lehr 4 Williams big Comedy
Company will open AZ the Opera
House on Monday night and
eOEtIaae through the week
The leading characters are Miss
Iua Williams the versatile and
chic soabrette, supported BY the
eminent Comedian Billy Lehr.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

Luther MaHshIp entertain
ment at Public School chapel
Friday night No extra charge
for reserved seats.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

The EAGLE returns thanks TO
to Senator WalthaH for late
public documents.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

Mr.. Chas. NeGharen has just
opened a nice stock of staple
and fancy groceries in tue new
kimmcns building
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

The EAGLE sends good wishes
TO every one and hopes all VIII
enjoy a happy and prosperous
year during 1897.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

The EAGLE one year. one
dollar. SIX months 59 cents, or
three months % cents.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

An unusually large quantity Of
fireworks were used during the
holidays. and for about two
hours, MAS night. the upper
air was Illuminated with Say
rockets and Roman candles.
while the popping OF fire-eraekers
reminded one of brisk slsrmish
preceding a.big battle.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

For over an hour Mr. Luther
Nanship held the audience
spell bound. a moment In Laugh
ter and then in sorrow Like
the dark then giittering waves
of the ocean beneath a setting
sun his face beamed with JOY
then sadness Perfect and origi-
nal in humOr, soft and tender
in patnos, grand and glOrioHs IN
drama Such is the ability OF
this wonderful artist To enter
fsfn. Wherever he rfrv 90 II
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

President Maddox of o. f. c.,
has returned aud the exercises
Of the school were resumed on
Monday
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

The Holiday stocks are nearly
exhausted in every line In
many cases they were more
than double or treble any last
seasons stock Tie live, and
prosperous business men of Ok
ford have cause to feel grateful
aud return thanks To an appre-
eiative liberal public
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

The Christmas tree given az the
public school chapel on hristmas
Eve WIS E8den with gifts Of Eeve
and beautifully decorated The
ladies' Of the Methodist Church
presented N'rs. FAlkner and Rev.
R. NJ. Standifer and wife with sas-
CANT berry spoons
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-07

On Tuesday evening Dec -, ne
young men Of our eisy gave hriss-
mas i.all ar the Hotel Anderson.
II vas a pleasure heartily enjoyed
II large number Of ladies and
gentlemen of Oxford Excellent
music wS furnished b. a string
band from Memphis. and the en-
trareing pleasure enjoyed until the
early morning hours.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-24
It Was Agitators' Dav.

Fairmont, w. Va, July 2S.-Today
has been the agitator's day. This morn
ing the men at Hites' mines came out
| as did also 40 others at the Shafts. and
1t is reported that some are out at the
New England mines
A successful meeting was held today
by Debs, Ratchford and McMahon.
Three hundred of the MononSah min
ers. accompanied by their wives and
children, and preceded by a band.
marched through the broiling sun to an
intermediate point between Monongah
and Fairmont, where they 7ere met
by delegation of miners from Hites'
and other mines. Monongah Coal com
pany officials were also present. Mr..
Ratchford was the first speaker intro
duced. He began by saying: I'VE do
not come as agitatOrs, but as men that
nave common end. 1t has been said
that mans first duty was to his Coo.
but l deny it. and say that the miners
who have no grievance, and [ come TO
ask them if having to dig six tons of
coal for the price of % pounds of flour
is not a grievance?"
Mr.. Debs started his speech by say
ing:
The longer a man works the poorer
ne is. l had my choice of agitation. or
stagnation. and l chose the former. and
in consequence I got in Jail, and can go
again If necessary. 1t has got to be
so that if you want an honest man.
you must go to Jail to get him. That
flag that floats over your head is a
piece Of sarcasm. Slaves were worth
$500. You miners are not worth IS
cents shiDload. You are the only
commodity that has no commercial
value. All you are good for is for fer
tilizing.''
This evening Debs. Ratchferd and
Mcmahon held meeting that was at
tended by about 1,500 people
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-24
CONGER AND SAM RANDALL.
Tom Reed Describes an Encounter
Between the Michigan Leader
and the Speaker.

AT the beginning of the Forty-hfth con-
gress CS7O-which is, of course, the same
as saying the beginning of the world
or few days after, l noticed the figure
of Omar d. Conger of Michigan, writes
Speaker Reed in the illustrated Ameri-
can The oriental prefix struck me WV
IDLY, as aid the man himself. His manner
was saturnine and incisive. We all watch
ed MN, We new members, and enjoyed
much his cauStic way and The Suoac;d
flavor of his remarks. He was thin and
spare, and wore always swaGlow-all
coat. General Thomas Ewing mad come
to the house from Ohio. filled with en-
tluSraSm 60 rescue the people from the
money power, an enthusiasm which al
ways manifests itself an days of adversely
ana subsidies in days of prosperity. The
particular form in which relief was then
10 come was through the repeal OF the
resumption act. Even Samuel j. Tllden
was in favor of that, being persuaded in
rs mind, or at least in his letter of ac-
ceptance, that a great central reservoir
of coin must frS{ be accumulated before
the distribution pipes. could De set to
work. Two-tnirdS OF the house were on
the side of the general as the event prov
co. but he began wrong He was new
member, and though the rules We're eX-
pIained 10 MIN, ne,-her he nor any other
member ever comprehended the rules
from any explanation ever given. He be-
gan in the morning hour In those days
Mr.. Randall, who was speaker. had lin
tied the morning hour 10 60 minutes. and
so the general was in tunnel tun-
mel with no outlet, if people were so
minded. Mr.. ConSer was 60 minded. and
for days he kept the reformer Gagged Up,
and rle grear work of regeneration was
stopped, TO the great disgust of the
Trends of the people. Conger gave no
outward and visible signs of JOY, bur
those who watched him could see that a
gerat peace was filing his soul.
!. was during this sober period, while
Mr.. Randall was trying 70 help his pOEti-
cal friend that Friday arrived. Now, FRI
day is the day for private bills. and the
rule said that on that day, until the mouse
voted that private business should not be
dore. public business could not be done
In vain the speaker pointed out that there
was not even one poor private bill on the
calendar. But Conger would have none
of it. The rule said so and so, and things
must proceed decenuy and in order. The
speaker got out of patience, and said if
there was no private business to be done,
how could any be done, and added that
he was trying TO use a little common
sense about the thing. Well said Mr..
Conger. as he turned YEARLY to his seal,
IF the speaker is making an effort in
that direction l shall not interfere. And
so. at the expense of much laughter, the
speaker had his way. and eneral Ewing
had another hour, but had finally to sus-
pend the rules before he could set real |
hearing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-24

the slavery of labor becomes universal.
me patriotic cry of the impa ssioned
henry, Give me liberty of give me
deatn, is once more in order. the
hosts of organized labor must come to
the rescue. The millions of sturdy
craftsmen of our country must be
aroused. I, therefore, call upon you.
IN pehalf of the struggling miners to
convene all the chief executive officers
OF all national labor orGanizat ions at
wheeling. w. Va, on Tuesday, july o.
Tor the purpose of meeting this crisis
ana achieving victory for the cause of
labor No duty which any labor official
may have at this time is to be- com
pared in importance to this great de-
mand, and it is therefore hoped and ex-
peeted that each and all of them will
attend in person. This is the supreme
opportunity to strike the blow for in
dustrial liberty. and if ignored the
doom OF labor is sealed, and We trusted
leaders must bear the odium Of our
coWardiy inaction. The presence of the
combined leadership of labor in this
state viii awaken the hosts to duty.
Ihe downtroGden miners will take
heart and as if by magic will stand
erect and assert their rights as men,
The unity of labor is all that is re-
CURED to decide the contest in favor
or the miners in favor of justice and in
favor OF humanity"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-24
CRISIS UPON u.s.
Such Is the Language of President
Ratchford.

Ratchford.
Fairmont, w Va, Jul pm. d.
Ratchford, president of .he Un1red
Mine Workers of America. telegraphed
a letter to Samuel Gompers. president
of the American Federation of Labor.
at Washington, D. g, tonight in which
he says:
ION the fair soil of West Virginia
peaceable assemblage has been Forbid
den and free speech suppressed. A
crisis is upon US, which must be met
II we would escape total slavery. The
great mining strike now extends or er
five states, 10000 miners and their
families, almost a million souls. are
involved. Public sentiment is over
whelmingly with US. Only the hollow.
heartless sentiment of CORPORATION
capital, echoed by its vulgar parrot. the
subsidized press, is opposed to us. The
acute stage has been reached. There
is no longer a strike for Justice. but
struggle against starvation. Every
motive of human nature urges us to
meet the emergency by performing our
duties as become men. and rescue the
men from the cruel grasp of bondage
ana their wives and children from the
fortunes of famine. West Virginia is
the field of action and here our forces
must be converged. The miners here
are eager for an excuse to join in our
movement for their emancipation. but
are restrained by the fear of discharge
and eviction They are as much the
property OF their masters as were the
black slaves before the guns of Sumter
Numbered the doom of slavery.
Here upon the soil made sacred bv
Ihomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-24
B. s. o.
Order In Reference to First Mort.
cra rrn Dn-,6-


Baltimore. Md, July 23.-Judges Golf
and Norris. in the United States circuit
court here today granted an order en-
aoNng the holders of the first mortg..-a
bonds on the Chicago divis.on of ule
Baltimore 4 Ohio system 10 sac N rae
courts of Ohio. Indiana and LIMOS for
separate receivers FOR t:iaf portion of the
property. The order was the result OF a
compromise reached by counsel for me
Donanoiders and the present receivers and
carries with Il an agreement that no at
tempt VIII be made IN the western courts
10 obtain POSSESSION of the road. Ii IS
unuefs.-God tndI The mo4cgaga holders will
apply in Chicago for receivers and upon
lne-r appointm mt bring an acLion in HE
baltimore courts for possession of the
property.
The property involved in the con-
troVeISy IS an important part of tie
road, furnishing as It does the Clicaso
entrance or the trains OF that line. Tae
petitioners IN the case are: T. H. Coscer
James WILCOX Brown and James Bond
SUBSTITUTES trustees under the mortgage
Oh 1881 TO secure the payment of 4 GUJ.lVt
most C. winch 5 he'd abroad and il is
generally believed thai the action was
DrouSnt al the insG.gation Of !. p
Morgan & Co. of New York with
a VieH of obtaining greater influence in
the anairS OF the system than 1llev now
possess and of placing themselves in A
position to effectIaily check anv action
upon the part of the receivers of other
portions OF the Grad OF which they do not
approve 49,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-24
BATTLE FOR BREAD"
1t Is Now, Also, a Battle For
Money.


Pittsburg, Pa, July 2S.-Besides what
they term a battle for bread, the Of
ficials of the United Mineworkers have
arranged to make a battle in the
courts for the money in the hands of
certain operators in the Pittsburg dis
trict kept from the wages of the men
who went on strike. In accordance
with instructions received from the ma
tional executive board, suits are to be
brought for more than $4,000.
The suits Will be brought on the va
lidity of ironclad contracts which the
men signed. IL these contracts it was
agreed that as a guarantee of good
faith on the part OF the employee, the
employer should retain 10 per cent of
the employees wages When the men
struck this money was declared for
feited and withheld from them by the
operators.
The plan is. TO. get one Of the men
who has forfeited the largest amount
to bring suit before a justice of the
peace, and it is expected that the en-
ployers will take an appeal. The
miners organization viii push the
case from one court to the other, and
the supreme court will probably be
asked finally to pass on the matter.
CONFERENCE ARBITRATION.
The arbitration commissioners who
are trying to settle the coal strike have
finally succeeded in getting the consent
Of a majority of the operators in the
Pittsburg district to join in a general
conference for the purpose of discuss
ing the true uniformity plan. It will
probably be held Monday or Tuesday.
The call will be sent out tomorrow.
The greatest difficulty found by the
arbitrators in pushing the movement
has been a certain lethargy on the part
Of the operators. They have little hope
Of settling the strike by arbitration and
are therefore slow to act. In no case,
however, has there been direct opposi-
ton 10 arbitration.
General Little, president Of the board,
stated today that the matter was now
very near a climax. After this meet
ing mas been held he thinks there will
be but little difficulty in completing
other arrangements for the selection of
arbitratOrs.
The agreement as prepared is not en-
tirely satisfactory TO some Of the OPP
orators. The Objectionable clauses viii
be taken UP at the meeting and
changed to suit the desires of all con-
cerned.
The miners officials report every
thing peaceful throughout the district.
President Dolan said that there was
no occasion for apprehension in the
Canonsburg district for the reason that
there were only a few men at work,
and that they were relatives of the
manager. The preparations made by
the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal
company TO head off marching miners
were ridiculed by the officials who said
the distance which men from the Car
negie district would be obliged to
march will be in itself a guarantee
that there would be no such march.
and that none was intended by the
miners. The members of the eXecu-
tive committee were busy today ar
ranging to provide for the destitute
strikers along the Wheeling division
President Dolan expects to have two
wagon loads of provisions for the men
tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-24
BELLEvILLE MINERS.
Formal Demands That Have Been
Made


st. Louis, Mo, July 23.-The latest
reports from Belleviile, Ills. where
LOCO miners went out yesterday. are to
the effect that every thing is quiet there.
The following demands have been for
mulated. and it is designed to make
them apply throughout southern Hi
nois coal fields:
First.That we demand 40 cents per
ton. mine run, gross top weight, 1000
pounds TO constitute a ton.
Second-Loaders after mining ma
chimes who chute their own coal and
timber their own places. % cents a ton,
mine run, men 10 furnish their own
supplies.
Third-Machine runners to receive A
cents ton, and machine helpers to
receive 3 cents a ton, mine run.
Fourth-Daily wages as follows:
Track layers, 1925; timbermen. 1925;
drivers, 81; cagers, 50; trappers. 70
cents.
Laborers inside, not less than S175;
laborers outside, not less than S1.60:
bumpers. 50: box car laborers, not less
than s1.S5; car pliers. 81.
We further recommend that we re-
strict ourselves as follows: Hard min
ers to six tons a day; leaders after ma
chine miners. to nine tons a day; ma
chine runners and helpers, to 60 tons a
day.
The four mines of the Illinois Central
railroad around Freeburg were visited
after midnight last night by delega-
ton from Belleville. The men working
in them were asked to quit, and they
did SO without delay.
The strikers are still encamped at the
west end ball park in Belleville. AS
they are weary and footsore, General
Bradley, their leader, will go to Muir
physbOro alone. and try to get the men
there out. Murphysboro is 20 miles
from Belleville. and there are number
of mines between the two towns which
the agitator will also visit
At Breeze, Ills, $50 men employed in
the mines have gone out, at the re-
quest of marching delegation from
O'FaIlon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-24
Convention of Kansas Men.

Kansas City, Mo. July pa con-
venfion of Kansas miners will be held
at Pittsburg, Kan. tomorrow, to dis
cuss the question Of striking in sympa-
thy with their eastern brethren Tn
less there is a radical change in the
situation between now and the time
the convention assemblies, it is be-
lieved the delegates will be almost
unanimously opposed to strike at this
time. Should the rumor that railroads
are buying large quantities of western
coal for shipment east, to be stored
away in case the strike is prolonged
be verified, the sentiment favoring a
Strike would. it is urged by some, be-
come very strong. General Southwest
err Agent II. L. Harmon, of the Bur-
Iington. this morning reiterated en-
phatically that his road was not con-
templating any such action as had
been stated
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-24
Strike movement Paralyzed.

Wheeling, W. Va, July 2S.-The
strike movement in the Kanawha val
ley and along the Norfolk & Western
road, seems paralyzed. The organiza-
ton has nearly all departed and those
remaining are making no Roadway. All
but one of the Kanawha soft coal
mines in KaEawha are working nearly
full force, where Is were reported
struck yesterday. AT Elkhorn, Thacl1er,
Flat Top and Pocahonfas all but those
who have been refused work are in the
mines. The operators are doing all in
theic power to'insulate the men against
the magnetism Of Debs and Ratchford.
They are meeting with little success
in getting the men out to hear them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-24
Kick Against Annexation

London, July 23.-The Paris CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says that
Germany protested TO the United
United States against the annexation
of Hawaii by the latter country Ger
many, the correspondent says, desired
a triple control of the islands by Amer
lea, Great Britain and herself. Cha
grined at the result of her protest
Germany sounded Japan, but the lat
ter declined to be a party to any con-
certed action, believing that the
United States would respect the rights
of japanese semigrants in Hawaii
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-24
st Cannot Legally Comply.

Cleveland, o., July 24.-Presideni
Ratchford today sent a telegram to P.
NJ. Arthur of the Locomotive Engineers
requesting his presence at a conference
of labor leaders to be held 1t Wheel
ing, W. Va, on Monday. Chief Arthur
replied as follows:
Il cannot legally comply with your
request"
Chief Arthur, in explaining, said the
rules of the brotherhood prevented his
attendance and might lead to a mis-
understanding. The engineers have
nothing to do with the strike said he,
and while as individuals we sympa-
thize with the strikers, we cannot as
an OrganiZatio aid then''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-24
ANDREWS IGNORED.
Honesty OF PURPOSE Is Recognized
BY Democrats.

Providence, R. l., July 2S.-The
Democratic state central committee
today unanimously adopted a resolu-
tlon to tie eftscs- that in case the res
ignation Of Professor Andrews is ac-
cepted by Brown university he should
be selected by the Democratic party
of Rhode Island as its candidate for
United States senator.
New York, July PA special TO the
Journal and Advertiser from Provi-
dence, K. l., says: All a meeting of
the Democratic state central sommittee
held here, the committee unanimously
adopted the following resolution: Re
solved, that in case the resignat ton of
President Benjamin Andrews is &C
cepfsed by the corporation Of Brown
university, in the l,ninion of this COM
mittee he should, prior to the election
next April, be selected by the Demo-
cratic rarty OF this stare as its candi-
date for United States senator