Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-07
Tu ARAUAssArURDAY. August :. 1897.

Last crossing Squire elemnens ron.
0erod his decision In the riot and un-
lawful assemblage cases against Pat.
rick Dolan and others. He holds Dolan.
Jacob Aufhelter. Paul Trimmer and
Edward Mckay in go bail each for
the September term a court. D&A WAS
entered for all. The cases against Cam
eron Miller. william Warner and I'd
ward Shaw were dismissed
he Hsa Kssp sn q Wsek.
Charleston. w. Va. Aug. IA joint
meeting Of miners was held at Handley
last evening. composed Of delegates rep
resenting both Kanawha and New River
mines. The mines were not al repre-
scented. there being only eighteen men
present at the meeting. They passed
resolutions demanding the Ghort ton
weight and 50 cents per ton for digging.
They decided to quit work at once and
remain fdIe tiff their demands were met.
There il not much importance attached
to the action Of this meeting. ~ several
meetings Of this kind have recently been
held in both Kanawha and New River
regions. and similar resolutions passed,
but the men IN the mineBhavepersiste
iy disregarded the resolutions passed in
these meetings and kept On at work. BY
Monday next It will bs known how far
hte miners vii respond to the call to quR
work.
The Gang rhst Held D the rr.i,.
Terre Haute. Ind, Aug. lit Develops
that the marching miners who seised q
train at Elnora and demanded that they
be taken to Little's were not Of the reg
ular marching band. The Einoua crowd
was headed by Joseph Pickett. Coxey-
lite among the miners. When the train
was boarded the men at Little's were al
ready out. The Elnora crowd finding
that the railroad company were deter
mined not to move the train. left 1t in
disgust and returned to their hemes in
Greene county.
Not single "Nieesr" Need Apply.
Atlanta, Aug. - Not content with
winning their point that no negroes
shall have work in the Fubton mills
Of kind white people are now going.
the strikers have demanded that no
negroes shall be employed at all ex-
cept hremen and scrub women. The
company has not agreed to this yet.
wHEELMEN RACE At PHILAoELpH,A,
Nest Successful Meet Of the L. A. W. Since
Its Oryanisstion.
Philadelphia, Aug THE opening
race meet Of the eighteenth annual meet
Of the League Of American wheelmen
was held Saturday at Willow Grove
park, fourteen mixes from this city, be-
fore 1900 spectators. n was the most
successful in the history Of the organise
ton In attendance, enthusiasm and good
racing. Several state records were
smashed and Arthur Gardiner, the Chi
cago crack, came within two-fifths Of q
second of breaking Hamilton's world.s
record for one mile. paced. He succeeded
in lowering the fast mile made by
Johnny" johnson at Chicago last year
by four-11fths OF q second. Gardiner
crossed the line like a flash and the time
was caught beautifully. He never ceased
his pace until the finish, made in L: 80 SIS,
breaking the state record Of las 3-5.
held by Earl Kiser.
In the scheduled races the honors
among the professionals were won b. r.
]. LosgHeaG or Sarnia, oat., wljc
crossed the tape a winner IN three trials,
two finals and second man in q third
f1nal. In one Of these anals. the one
mile professional, he broke the state
competition record Of 2:04 l-5, by cover
ing the distance in 2:o3 3-5. He captured
the one-quarter mile championship IN
% seconds. Among the amateurs honors
were more evenly divided with the best
racing done by Peabody. johnson, Mid
dendorf. Sehade. Kricls and Miller.
Weekly Lynching in'Kentucky.
Barbourville, KY, Aug. Tack will
Jams was caught in the mountains near
Brush creek and lynchsd by q mob He
and his brother Tom we're accused of
raping deaf mute girl named Whey