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NO ONE NEED sTARyE.
Plenty of Fish and Game in the WfIds
of the Yukon District

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 30-John D. Nc
Gillivray, writing from st. MichaeTs under
date of Aug 16. says: starvation will stare
the gold miners in the face during the COM
ing winter If all signs don't fail. Little
more food has been sent up the river bv
the two transportation companies this wear
than last, and there will be at least three
or four times as many persons to feed.
Those who are now there will exhaust
every pound of food, if reports as to the
numbers on the Yukon brought down by ra-
liable men are to be believed. There arc
two redeeming features One is the fact
that cattle and sheep are being driven in
and the other that game and fish are
plentiful. 1t is said that in one drove 300
sheep will come ir this fall and in another
300 head of cattle, and there are some
smaller droves. This, if so, will help con-
siderably
Fish there is in plenty and so also of
game. but to kill game for such large num-
bers of persons will mean the securing of
large territories The time Of many men
will be taken up as hunters rather than as
miners or prospectors. 1t is possible this
work may be done systematically. one of
the passengers who came by the Excelsior
and who has a large credit proposes to go
into the business of supplying food from
game. With plenty of food, the miners of
the hloHuikc ulSlIlCA, dCCOIuiiS 10 the tSli-
mates made by the Dominion commission
ers, Mr.. Ogilvie and others, could employ
all the men who are likely to come and stay
over the winter
The bullion that went down on the Ex-
celsior and the Portland in July. which was
the cause of all the excitement, was from
last winters work. What will come down
this season from now on will be the result
of working summer diggings and is not
expected to be more than 81, 0O0. If water
is plenty for washing, 1t may considerably
exceed this, and possibly reach 600.
The returning miners say that there would
be much more prospecting done in the out
lying districts even in summer did not near
" all the miners who are idle or without
claims prefer to keep near Dawson in order
to receive early word of new discoveries.
LAS to the royalty which il has been re-
ported the Canadian government will inn
pose the returning miners say that ~
per cent. tax on the output would close all
but a few of the richer mines. Practically
half they could get in good average mines
would go for labor. Twenty per cent more
would leave little to the owners after pay
ing other necessary expenses.
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FARMERS CONGRESS.
Strikes to he Discussed at the Coming
National Meeting.

ST PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 30.-The advance
guard OF the delegates and officers of the
National Farmers Congress arrived in aunl-
bers to-day. Most Of the officers registered
at the Ryan Hotel, which will be the official
headquarters One of the first to arrive
was B. f. Clayton, of Indianola, Ia, pres
4dent of the congress. Other arrivals are
Secretary John NJ. Stahl, Henry Hayden.
Indianola, treasurer of the congress; L. NJ
Haworth, of Indianola Miss Emma aickles
president of the Domestic Science Associa-
ton, Chicago, and secretary of the National
Pure Food Association; Mrs. j. II. Krebs
OF Chicago, secretary of the Domestic
Science Association; A. f. kiemmel and
Barber, Harrisburg Pa; Thomas j. Edge
OF pennsylvania, and a. T. Moore president
OF the illinois stare Farmers Institute.
AT the present session an important
lnelne VIII be discussed, viz: Strikes and
thelr relations to the farmer. 1t is believed
the congress VIII pass resolutions asking
the FEDERAL Congress to enact measures
which VIII result in a better system for the
control OF strikes and the protection Of
commerce during their reign. President
Clayton said to-day: Il believe that strikes
are often necessary. but l also believe that
they shOuld be made a last resort. | am in
tavor OF requesting the federal Congress to
direct the enforcement of -hs Interstate
commerce laws, which protect commerce
at all times. l also want to see the federal
Congress pass laws which will control the
gigantic trusts of the present time. We be-
lleVe that trusts are an evil l want 10 see
the trusts regulated and labor troubles set
tied by arbitration. In the failure of this
we, as a class of farmers want the inter-
state-commerce laws enforced, believing
that strikes are injurious TO the interests
OF farmers.
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1000 People Putting Up Tents or
Shacks and Preparing to Skin New
Arrivals from the States.
JAM ON THE TRAIL BROKEN
AND A STREAM OF MEN AND BEASTS
NOW MOVING KLONDIExEWARD.
Thief Who Stole n Sack of Flour Tied
to a Pole and ShOt-Warning
from Returned Miners.

TACOMA, Wash, Aug. So.-A letter to the
Ledger has just been received from the
north fork of the Macmillan river, Alaska,
from George Lennon, addressed to his
wife in South Tacoma, giving particulars of
a fabuously rich strike on this tributary
of the Macmillan river. He and his part
ner went there from the Yukon, on infor-
nation from an Indian who accompanied
them, last spring, and he says that they
have struck locality richer than the KlOn-
dixie. In three months they have made
cleanup of $55, 600. He says they have a
large bucket and a bean can full of mug
gets, and, although they have no scales,
they believe it will reach the amount
named They have staked off five claims,
and he tells his wife to send up four friends,
whom he designates, as quickly as possible,
to locate properties, as one man can To-
cate only one claim. The letter was sent
down by the Indian, who took $500 or 5000
worth of nuggets to lay in a fresh supply
for the winter. Lennon says he will not
be out before next summer, and his
friends can reach there by the middle of
October over the Chilcat pass. Macmillan
river is between two hundred and three
hundred miles south of the Klondike and
until lately has been uneXplored region.
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SCENES AT sKAGUAY.
Boomers Locating Town Lots and
Putting Up Shacks and Tents.

Putting Up Shacks and Tents.
SEATTLE Wash, Aug. 30.-The follow
il g letter, dated SkaSuay, Aug. %, was re-
ceived per steamer Utopia to-day by the
Associated Press: The jam is broken on
the Skaguay trail. A number of outfits
have got over and there is steady stream
Of moving humanity mixed up in an almost
indscribable mass of horses of all sizes,
ages and conditions; mules, steers, mich
COWS, goats and dogs; also vehicles of every
kind and description to be imagined. Three
steamers are now unloading on lighters
which convey the freight as near the shore
as possible where it is loaded on wagons
or anchored above high tide The Utopia
is unloading at the only wharf very
shaky structure. Two pile drivers are at
work on another dock, which is intended
to be substantial affair.
A new sawmill got up steam for the first
time this morning. Rough lumber is worth
$27 per thousand, but cannot be got half
fast enough. The city of tents is not being
displaced, but reinforced by city of
"shacks" of all sizes and degrees Skaguay
is the boom town of Alaska Every man
whose heart failed him when he encount-
eled the first hardship has turned town site
boomer Four weeks ago Skaguay was not
known; to-day there are not less than four
thousand people in addition to those On
ships in the harbor. They have surveyed
off the town site, the first comerS having
first choice The United States commits
sioner is issuing some kind of a certificate,
fee So; and the surveyor another for So, then
the squatter sticks up his tent, shack or
corral and is ready to skin the first tender
foot that comes along. Transfers by quit
claims are quite common and as high as
$40 has been paid for a choice location.
Skaguay has all the usual accompani-
n1ents of a boom mining town. Dance
halls, roulette, faro and stud poker games
are numerous.
There is no danger of famine here, though
there may be shortages in certain lines.
One all sides smiling plenty as if conjured
by some enchanter' here abounds. Great
piles of hay, grain, flour, bacon, sugar, and
all the necessaries of life are in stock, ap-
parently for some time to come.
There are not less than two thousand
horses at work on the Skaguay trail, but it
is hard to get amy one TO deliver you over
the summit-at any price. But you can get
over for about 80 cents a pound if you
are willing to wait and contract by sections.
The packers at this end of the trail do
not like to contract farther than the first
hill, six miles out. and he has to hire an
other outfit
At Dyea the Indians are moving the
freight on an almost unkroken stream from
Dyea TO Lake Linderman and it is not much
trouble to contract to get ones entire out
fit put over at one trip for 80 to 80 cents
per pound. No one should come expecting
to get over this fall at less than these rates,
and no one should bring boats. There are
boats set up, knocked down in sections,
and single boards on both trails from
landing to base of summit, but not one has
vet been taken over.
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ANOTHER WARNING.
Returning Miners Tell of Hardship
and Suffering,

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 30.-The Globe-Demo-
Gratis Port Townsend CWash) correspond
ent, says: If the predictions of the Klon-
dixie miners who returned from Dawson
City on the steamer Portland last night
are borne out, some of the most terrible
stories of hardship and suffering that have
ever emanated from any mining camp in
the world will come out of the Yukon next
spring. These men assert in the most posi-
tive manner that there will not be enough
food on the river to keep scores of those
now there from starving before next years
supply can be sent. When the correspond
ent boarded the Portland off Cape Flattery
he took with him a bundle of late papers.
which were soon being distributed among
the miners, and their faces were most Sc
rious as they grouped together and dis
cussed the one subject that seemed to be
of paramount interest to them all. that of
the prospect of starvation for the scores
OF men who are now riding up the Yukon
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OPERATORS PREDICTIoN.
Says the Strike VIII he Settled With
in Forty-EiEht Hours.

CLEVELAND, o.. Aug. 30-A prominent
coal operator in the Pittsburg district said
tonight that the miners strike would prob
ably be settled, temporarily, at least, with
in the next forty-eight hours. The opera
tors have been quietly negotiating with the
miners officers since the adjournment of
the Pittsburg conference, and a settlement
is believed to be close at hand The opera
tors offered to pay the men Ga cents a ton,
pending arbitration, if the miners would
consent to such an arrangement, with the
distinct understanding that the arbitratorS
could not fix a price below 60 cents or
above 50 cents. President Ratchford made
a counter proposition for arbitration, stipu-
lating that the men be paid 60 cents q ton,
cents Of that price to be turned over to
trustee or trustees, and to be held until the
arbitration is completed and then paid to
the miners if the rate is fixed at 69 cents.
If the rate is fixed below that figure, then
a portion of the amount held by the trus-
tees is to be given to the miners and the
other rebated to the operators. A telegram
was received here to-day from President
Ratchford with respect to the operators
proposition but 1t was somewhat blind and
the operators were unable to tell whethei
he accepted the proposition not. 1t is
believed, however, that he will consent to
arbitration, and il is expected that work at
the mines will be resumed before the close
of q
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MUDDLE AT PITTSBURG.
The Fight Between Small Operators
and the ''Big 49,"


PITTSBURG, Aug. 30.-The strike situa-
ton in this district may be said to be in
muddle It is known that when President
Dolan left for St. Louis he was the bearer
of an important proposition to be submitted
to National President Ratchford which
asks the privilege of starting some Of the
mines 1t has the sanction of the district
officials and only needs the consent of the
higher officials. The smaller operators here
will hold a meeting to-morroW to agree to
make whatever promises the national Off
GERS of the miners require. These operators
had a meeting last week and it is said OBJ
tanned twenty-nine signatures to an agree
ment TO pay the rate demanded and not to
sell coal to the Big 13" combination. which
controls the lake trade. If RatchfOrd gives
his consent a number of mines will be
started at once, and in that event it is pre-
dicted that the strike will soon be ended.
one of the big IS" said tonight: "If
the Pittsburg district the jig is up, as all
Of the States involved are concerned The
hour that men are given the privilege of
working in the Pittsburg district deser-
tions from the ranks of strikers in West
Virginia Ohio, Indiana and Illinois will
follow. II twentY-nine mines in the Pitts
burg district should start they would not
find a market for more than two cars OF
coal a day each.
Secretary William Warner OF the miners
said tonight that all OF the small operators
in the Pittsburg district, with the excep-
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HALIFAX, N. S. Aug 30.~Mr. Beidue
opened his argument to-day before the Ber-
Ing Sea Commission, speaking TO the dues-
tion of the scope of the convention lie re-
ferred to the seizure OF British vessels. the
Imprisonment of their crews and the hard
chip 10 these men by the United States
The case, when brought before the Paris
tribunal, he said was decided against the
United States on several points. Mr. Beique
took issue IN certain respects with the
statement OF the United States brief thai
the scope OF the convention was limited by
its own statements. The speaker contend
cd That the United states was liable by the
decision of the Paris tribunal for All dam
ages caused by the claim of that country
70 control over fur seals.
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Sovereign and others Speak.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Aug. 30.-Less than 1000
neopIe among whom were a large number
Of women. assembled in Masonic Hall TO-
night to listen to addresses by prominent
labor leaders brought to the city by the
conference There was much enthusiasm
shown. When it became known that Eu-
gene " Debs, president of the Social De-
mocracy, would not speak, there were signs
of indignant disapproval and loud cries for
that noted leader On the stage were a
number of the most notable Of the delegates
to the conference, among them being James
r. Sovereign, general master workman of
knights of Labor; NJ. d. Ratchford, pres
ident Of the National Mine Workers Union;
G.. c. Clemens, the Pcpulist leader OF 10
peka Kan; w. d. MahOn, president OF the
Street-railway Mems Association; John V.
Lloyd, Of Chicago, representative OF
Debs's Social Democracy, and FRANK ste
Vens of the Delaware Single Tax League.
General Master Workman Sovereign, VINO
presided made an impassioned ADDRESS, In
which he said that the laboring men of this
country are now face to face with the Iast
great problem of civiliZation-their rights
and liberty of free speech. He predicted
that the conference would result in the
Issuance of an edict that would lead to a
new era of liberty to the labor1ng classes or
America ~,
gene v Debs, and John f. Kelly announced
that the Social Democracy leader was busy
with the committee on resolutions and could
not attend the meeting. He sent WORD, now
ever, that after the presentation of the re-
port of the committee tomorrow he would
make an expression of his views on the
question before the conference. John v.
Lloyd, of Chicago spoke in his stead. He
said the injunction was the last nail in the
coffin of freedom and justice; and predicted
that there never would be an effective strike
until every wheel of industry in the coun-
try was stopped. Among the other speakers
were Frank Stevens, who said that the only
solution to the question was single tax;
NJ d. Mahon, G. C. Clemens Owen Miller
and NJ. d. Ratchford, who was the last on
the nrO9ramme.
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SEATTLE, Wash. Aug. 3o.-Advices from
the Bering sea by the steamer Portland
show that the entire catch of the North
American Commercial Company for the
season was 20,J00 skins, which are now en-
route TO San Francisco on the steamer Del
Norte. Last years catch amounted to over
2000 skins. Instead of over seventy seal
ers that hunted last year in Bering sea
there are but tventy-nine this season. The
sealers are figuring on securing 1900 skins
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EXTENT OF THE GOLD ZONE.
Surveyor OgiIvie Says 1t Is over Five
Hundred Miles Long.

SEATTLE. Wash, Aug. S0.-Iu speaking
of the Klondike fields William Ogilvie Do
minlon surveyor of the Northwest Terri
tory. discourages all strangers from going
into that bleak country. He denies that
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McInurin Expected to Lead.

COLUMBIA, s. c.. Aug. 30.-To-morrow
the primary election for the purpose of Sc
lecting a Democratic nominee for election
by the Legislature for the full unexpired
term of the late Senator Earle is to
be held in this State There are three can
didates United States Senator j. l.. Nc
I.aurin, ex-senator Irby and Ex-Governor
Evans McLaurin is expected to lead but
ii is doubtful if he will so in on the first
balIot
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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-12-18

Section 1. Be it enacted by
the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana, That there shall be
submitted to the duly qualified
electors of the State at IN election
to be held on the second Tuesday
OF January, 1898, for their APP
prevail or rejection, a proposition
to hold a convention to frame
new constitution for the State, up
on the following terms and condi-
ton, to-wit:
1. The said convention shall be
held in the City Of New Orleans,
on the second Tuesday OF Feb
ruary, 1898.
That said convention shall con-
sist of one hundred and thirty
four (134) delegates, ninety eight
of whom shall be elected from the
parishes and representative dis
tricts as now provided for III the
representation in the House OF
Representatives and thirty six
1861 shall be elected from the State
at large.
3. That said convention shall
have full power to frame and adopt
without submission TO the people,
a new Constitution for the State,
provided, however, that the said
convention shall be and is hereby
prohibited from enacting, ordain-
ing Or framing any article or ordi-
nance.
(a) Whereby the bonded in
debtedness of the State or of any
parochial, municipal, levee or other
political corporation thereof shall
be effected, impaired or scaled OF
the principal or interest thereof re-
mitted, reduced, suspended OF
abolished, witheu ut the consent OF
the holders of such bonds or Sc
curity.
(b) Whereby the rate of taxa
ton as now limited by the Consti.
BUTTON, shall be increased, othei
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siding officer shall have been elect
ed, but he shall have no vote
therein. the Secretary Of State
shall attend the opening OF said
convention and call the roll OF
delegates. Before organization the
Chief Justice, or presiding Assoc
ciate Justice, shall administer to
each delegate the following oath:
II hereby solemnly swear that /
viii we'll and faithfully perform
all my duties as q mem Der OF this
convention, and that viii observe
and obey the limitations OF authO Or
ity contained in the act under
which this convention is assem- bl-
ed. So help me God.
No delegate shall be qualified
to act as such, unless, and until
he shall have made the said oath.
After the said oath has been adj
nainistered as aforesaid, the dele
gates shall proceed 80 effect per-
nlanent organizations, and to elect
such officers as they may deem
necessary.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted,
ETC.. That the delegates to the said
convention Shall receive five dol
| lars per QlP1n ana necessary eId "
| ing expenses to and from the
same, not to exceed in any one
case the sum OF fifty $50 dollars (;
| provided, that no compensation
| Shall be allowed to delegates after
said seventy COZ days.
Sec g. That the sum OF eighty
thousand (sS0,0OO dollars or SO
much thereof as may be ncces-
sary, is hereby appropriated, out
of any moneys in the treasury, not
otherwise appropriated, to pay the
expenses of the convention. pro-
vided for by this act.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted
ETC., That the Governor shall make
proclamation, and give notice o:
the election to be held under this
act at least thirty 900 days before
the date of said election as herein.
before fixed.
(Signedl S. p. HENRY,
Speaker of the House of Represen'
; tatives.
Sicned) r. H. SNYDER,
Lieutenant Governor and Pres1
: dent of the Senate.
(Signed) MURPHEY J. FOSTER,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
a true copy:
(Signed) GEORGE SPENCER,
Assistant Secretary Of State
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A large number OF Populists and
some Democrats are opposed to
the proposed Constitunal Conven-
tiou. So is THE PROGRESS, but
would it not be better to accept
this little lump of leayen, with the
hope that the whole fabric Of our
body polite may finally be
Ieavened?
Some of our Populist friends
have much to say about bossisn
in the Democratic party-and
Heaven knows there is enough OF II
TO make any decent person sick
but they have nothing to say about
the same evil in their own party /.
If ever the disgusting spectacle o.
bossism appeared IN any party, L
does in that OF the Populists; and
they arc ruled by a 2x1-2 razor
backs at that.