Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28
THE NEWS.

burned ID death.
The Pittsburg coal mine operators and the /
officials OF the union failed 10 come TO al |
agreement. and the strike will continue
The operators rejected the miners ultimatum
70 return 70 work at the sixty-uine-cent rate
pending arbitration. and viii now reopen
the mines with new men II the strikers do
not return.
Two hundred more miners returned 20
work In the Kanawha region Of West vir-
ginia The Fairmount miners Increased
their output. and there are now 20 signs OF
a strike In the Norfolk and Western region.
Judge COT. OF the United States Circuit
Court At Richmond. Va. rendered a decision
In favor Of the Ball Telephone Company
perpetuating the injunction preventing the
city from interfering With the lines % the
company
The Grand Army encarpnent at Buffalo
T. one Of the most successful yer held. The
attendance f. very large. President Nc
Kinlcy. accompanied by Secretary Alger. has
arrived % take part In the celebration.
An injunction was granted IA Petersburg
Va. to the Richmond, Petersburg and Caro-.
Ina Railroad Company against the BLACK
stone and Southern Railroad Company.
The board of supervisors OF the Washing
ton township. 10 Pennsylvania. refused %
grant a franchise % the Blue Ridge Electric
Railway Company.
Masked men bound and tortured J. VI.
Irby and his wife near Sistersvilie W. Va. &c
force them &c tell where their money was
hidden
The presidency OF the Commercial National
Bank. ~ Chicago. Las been offered 70 James
II. Eckeis. the present Comptroller of The
Currency.
A number q gold seekers from the states
are stranded at Dyea. Alaska. unable q pro-
csed farther becaC~e OF physical inability
and lack of provisions. Thieves are az work
among the Klondisers Temporarily stopping
at Dyea. and vigilance committee will
probably be- organized. A robber was re-
Gently lynched
Il i reported that the Russian government
may issue decree prohibiting the export OF
wheat owing % the snal, crops in Russia.
which means an immense Increase OF busi-
ness tor the gra.a shippers az Baltimore
Philadelphia and New York.
Judge Coz. OF the United States District
/ Court at Clarksburc. W. Va. decided thai
1 the miners arrested near Fairmont were
guilty Of violation OF the injunction. and
sentenced twenty seven OF them % jail over
sunday.
Thomas c. ; aver Judge OF the Probate
Court of Wind-or county. VI. was shot and
/
had appointed a guardian for Laurence
little daughter. and enioined him from inter
tering WIKI her.
An attempt Of Ave workmen from Ds
Armitt's m.res 10 persuade a number OF
strikers 10 return - work resulted In a fshi
az a boarding house In the Pittsburg district
Ia which three strikers were wounded.
The wheels Of carriages driven by BenIa-
miu and John Davis. respectively. became
locked while on the track az New Haven
and trolley car ran them down. The oc-
cupants were badly hurt.
Mrs. Julia Triver and Mrs. Barbara Heller
sisters. met In Bridgeport. Conn, after
separation - f0rty-three years.
Aptonio Richard. a colored man. who wa,
arrested in louisiana, has confessed TO hav
inS committed seven murders.
Several Armenians were arrested in Con
stantinople for completely in The bomb ez
plOsioas. The hand OF one of the men Wa
injured by the bomb.
Calderon Carlisle, Of Washington, counse
lor 10 the Spanish legation in the Unite
States, in an interview in London, said tina
the spanish government intended to pres
through its claims against the United state
for tihbuseering.
General Bloods forces have advance
nine miles il .he swat Valley. and found u
trace OF the rebellio1s trtoesmen. There ar
now $1,000 British troops on the border.
Dr.. James Is. AnSeh, the new United State
minister 10 Tuu~ey. arrived at constantine
pie.
Reported that Carlists in the district
Cheiva, Spain, are preparing 20 rise.
Six arti.lerymen were killed by the expl
sion Of a gun at Nisoh, Bulgaria
The action OF the Virginia Republics
State Committee az Lynehburg, in depo
ing COloGei Lamb as chairman. aud decla
Ing against the holding OF a state eonve
ton, does not appear 10 meet with gener
! favor among the rank and Gle Of the par
in that state.
The striking miners at Plum and >Turs
Creeks. In the PittsDurg district, tried
march 20 the mines ia couples, one hundr'
feet apart. but were intercepted by the de
uties. The women are doing good missio
ary work.
The coal operators OF the Pittsburg al
trict formed al organization for the speci
purpose Of breaking up the strike, and Pet
NJ. Hitchcock Was elected president.
The American Legion OF Honor In its Sc
sion at Buffalo, adopted an amendment
stricting assessments 10 one month.
Mrs. Margaret Ferris was married In Pit