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BUTCHERY AT TIEN-TSIN.
L HUNG CHANG SAYS AMERICA Is THE
ONLY POWER CHINA CAN TRUST.
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London. June p. 6 a. m.-Horribie details Of
the butchery at T1en-Tsin during the siege are
being received at Che-Foo. says an Express"
message.
The strength Of the relieving column is vari-
ousIy estimated. The Central News says 1t was
commanded by Major Waller The Chinese guns
and forts were sienced by artillery, and the
allies then advanced on the town. the British
ed Americans being the first 10 enter
lnsmander Wise, OF the American warship
Monou4ry. who has been appointed com
mandant at Tong-Ku, viii see TO the work OF
dispatching trains with supplies TO the front
The gravest fears are still expressed as TO
the fate Of seyInour's force. No Official inteIH-
gence has yet been received. and the reports
as 10 the Admirars position are somewhat r1ys-
trying.
L Hung Chang has expressed his belief 70 the
canton correspondent OF The Telegraph that
America Is the only Power in which China can
no accession OF territory and he therefore places
himself unreservediy in their hands, The Vice
roy has again been peremptorily ordered TO so 10
Peking. and his enemies declare they viii mur-
der him before he can reach there It is his
presence which restrains the revolutionary eIe-
u1ents at Canton. and his departure viii let
loose the Black Flags and the Red Girdles.
The reported recall of the British Minister at
PeEing is officially denied. N.F.
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PUSHING ON TO SEYMOUR.
THE ALLIED RELIEF FORCES FROM TLEN.TsLy sHOULD
HAVE REACHED THE ADMIRAL BY THIS TINE
GRIM REPORTS OF MAssACREs COME FROM CHINA.

The Americans Of the relief column were the first 70 t
through the hnese INES and
behind The Ios were small
On Sunday column
by
in
having capital alunder guard
the
OF the southern OF China
Tien-Tsn. ~ ~ 0 o.
Hcers OF the British Terrible CheFoo report the
Bntsh Office 1o 1
BrgderGenera Adna R
China and will tto-dav
e request OF the Neoys OF
troops to CHINA be stopped refused by President MNmlev
General
for Tal TO-DAY
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sense if ne goes to China He also spent some
time with the Acting Secretary Of War and Ad-
tutant-GeneraI Corbin, and left the War De-
partment late in the afternoon in high spirits TO
prepare for his journey. In Chicago he will be
Joined by his personal aid Lieutenant r. 3.
Harper. Of the 7th Cavalry. who viii accompany
him 10 mis- field Of duty.
on his arrival in China General Chaffee will
find himself at the head of q respectable mill
tary force, consisting of about twenty-four hun
dred cavalry and artillery and an auxiliary force
or nearly eight hundred marines. including the
detaChments supposed to be in Picking and under
McCalla with Seymour. The same transport
that viii leave Manila for Taku with the 9th
Infantry aboard will also carry Captain Edgar
Russell and twenty enlisted men Of the Signal
Corps OF the Army and q sufficient supply of
cable, telegraph and telephone Instruments etc.
Tor the purposes or the expedition. even II II
shall be found necessary 10 penetrate the couu-
try as far Peking. The transport from Manila
will also carry 4 number Of quick firing and
machine guns, together with sufficient amount
OF ammunition and other ordnance stores and
similar guns and stores will also be shipped by
the Grant from San Francisco. The troopshiD
Logan. which VIII be used for the transporta ton
or the troops from Manila. viii have as a con-
sort the animal transport Port Albert which
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AND HIS COlI1NAND.
THE FORCE SENT TO PROTECT AMERI-
CANS IN CHINA
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A1-|~N'@-A~11
Washington June 26.-Au the military prepa-
ratons regarded as necessary at this time for
the rescue and protection Of the lives Of Minister
Conger and other members and attaches Of the
United States Legation and their families, and
also Of other American officials and citizens in
China, have been completed, and Brigadier-Gen-
eraI Adna r. ChafIee, who is to command the
expeditionary relief force, to-day received his
Instructions from the President. He will start
for san Francisco tomorrow morning to catch
the transport Grant. which is to sail on July
from that port for NaGasaki, Japan. She is not
TO touch at Honolulu and is expected to arrive
at Nagasakj on July 10 or II, and unless General
Chaffee receives different instructions there the
transport VIII Immediately proceed to Taku
which port she is expected TO reach four days
later.
General Chaffee's instructions from the Presi-
dent have not been made public, but il is under
stood that they direct him to take such meas
ure5 with the force under his command as NAV
be practicable and necessary to accomplish the
objects above mentioned. In doing this he will
cooperate with the military representatives and
forces Of other foreign Powers whose officials and
subjects are in the same peril that threat tens
the lives and safety of Minister Conger and his
official staff and of other American citizens in
China, as he may find necessary and practicable
TO that extent and no further will the United
States act in concert with other Powers in the
emergency which now confronts all alike If
on his arrival at Taku General Caaffee finds
taaF the Threatened dangers have been averted
he viii, Of course, 90 further The troops
which may have been landed before his arrival
VIII be recalled and no more will be landed In
.acL, It is hoped by the President and his ad-
Visers that the emergency will have passed even
before the departure Of General Chaftee from
San Francisco. or, at the latest, by the time he
arrives at NaSasaki, in which case he and the
troops which are TO accompany hIna-consist.Hg
Of two squadrons of the 9th Cavalry and two
hundred marines about twelve hundred men in
all-win proceed TO their original destination,
Manila
CHAFFEE RECEIVES INSTRUCTIONS.
This was an exceedingly busy day for Gen
eral Chanee, who visited the White House TO
receive his last instructions from the President
and went to the State and Navy departments to
confer with Secretary Hay and Secretary Long
both of whom he will represent in a certain
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advice to make State issues prominent, and not
press the Chicago platform. was adopted, and
put Tor the popularity OF Theodore Roosevelt
the Democratic parry would have elected its
candidates for State Offices. The present year.
they will argue, his conservative counsels
should be adopted by the Democratic National
Convention, and possibly some Eastern States
could be Won for Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Hill viii start for Kansas City in COM
pany with Frank Campbell Friday after
noon by the Southwestern Limited train, which
will arrive in St Louis on Saturday evening,
Hill Will not travel IN any special car Mr
Croker, as an Ice Trust maSnate, will be enabled
do so.
Mr. Campbeus friends say that he retires from
his position as a member of the Democratic Ma
uOnal Committee his wish. and solely
because he has learned that his duties as chair
Of the Democratic State Committee viii
not permit him 10 devote any time to specific
work Of the Democratic National Committee
Mr.. Campbell was elected member OF the
Democratic National Committee in 1896, owing
to the resignation OF William =. Sheehan as a
member of that cOmmitte, Mr.. Sheehan having
resolved TO support the gold standard move
ment. Two years later. in 1888 Mr.. Camp
bell was elected chairman of the Democratic
State Committee of this State. He prefers 10 be
chairman OF the State Committee rather than
a member Of the Democratic NATIONAL Com
mittee. Besides, honors must be passed
around" and he does not desire to hold more
than one political Office
WHY CROKER SHOUTS FOR BRYAN.
Democratic politicians here were saying to-
ans reelection ard the reafirmation OF the
Chicago platform OF 1896. with the idea of di-
verting attention. If possible. from the Tam
many Ice Trust The operations Of that cruel
trust they declare. have greatly harmed Tam
many Hall IN the eyes OF the tenement house
voters Of New-York. Croker would win back
these votes by expressing ardent support OF
Bryan. 1t does not matter 10 him if Bryan
loses New-YorI State. IL Croker retains control
CT New-York City.
Mr. Bryan is ill-advised." said q well known
Democrat here to-day, in attempting to die
tate the platform OF the Democratic National
Convention. It should be sufficient for him
that he is to receive the nomination for Presi-
dent Nor do think it good policy for him
TO assaH Democrats OF Jhe East who in good
faith are seeking TO bring about his election
The Democratic party is in great peril: another
overwhelming defeat may annihilate it. I un-
deIsIanC lts remarkable vlvacity, but there are
some things a political party can do which will
Danish 1t permanently from the polls"
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LESS GLOOM N LONDON.
FEELING OF REACTION OVER TIE
CHINESE SITUATION.
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ley CABLE TO TIE TRIEUNEI
London, June -. l 2 ul.-The Opti1nIsts. who
have been in the background for week, have
turned out n force az the House Of Commons
and the political clubs and are talking cheer
fully about China Admiralty bulletins are
lacking, but there are more hopeful press dis
patches. The American report that the allied
forces had broken through the Chinese Gordon
and reached Tien-Tsin has been confirmed by
press agencies and the German Foreign Office
This relief column, headed by American Rus
sian ard German cOnLingeuts, drove back the
Chinese regulars on Saturday night and reached
the foreign quarter. AS about eight thousand
European troops have been landed at Taku, this
column was strongly supported and enabled 10
push AZ once 10 the relief Of Admiral Sey-
rnour
There are many rumors respecting the fate Of
seymours force, but one which the officials here
are disposed 70 believe is the report that the
Admiral is lurrenched few miles from Peling
Tlen-Tsil awaiting reinforcenents, and that
the foreign Ministers and refugees are with him
This is more comforting tale than the rumor
that the force has been cut 10 pieces and that
admiral Seymour IS either dead or a prisoner,
and II has been confirmed by the German Consul
a. Che-FoC
80 marked was The reaction from depression
-a7- 4--SLl influence Ola hesitate
10 say thai they believed that the public had
Deen deceived by sensational newsmongers and
Chinese liars, and that as soon as COnnUnica-
tons were reopened II would be known that the
Foreigners had not been murdered at Tieu-Tsin;
laat Admiral Seymour's force had been blocked
DlL not cut 10 pieces. and that the legations had
not been attacked. one view which found con-
siderable support was that the Empress by
sRo-c-ng an open conflict with the Boxers and
lnStructing the generals 10 make common cause
with them had regained control Of the situation,
Snd that the legations had escaped attack in
lhls way, and that the Ministers had been
escorted out of Peking. and that Seymour's force
A@o been shut out Of the capital but not been
IL serious danger There was little evidence IN
support OF this theory, yet many men of good
judgment were disposed 10 credit il and to as
rune mat the Empress after making use OF the
regular army IN dispensing the Boxers after
Syii-p4thizing with them would not oppose the
sAlfy OF the foreign forces. but would appeal for
russian support and depend upon speedy
D'e@k up Of the concert through 1eaIOusies and
intrgueg
ne British Admiralty is a slow going insti-
r--'0h which has an idolatrous love Of red tape.
= g silent hour after hour yesterday, although
ne dispatch Of the American Admiral had been
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NEW PROBLEMS INVOLVED.

Tat these new relationships involve new prob
States goes without saying The Republican party
faces these new problems with an e;trnestness or
and Importance but also with a high courage born
of its confidence in the American people. their
integrity OF purpose, in their readiness OF adapt
ability and in their willingness 10 do their full
The Republican party may well be trusted to deal
with these intricate Questions IN the nrst place
IL believes absolutely IN the righteousness OF what
has been done since the outbreak or the Spanish
war. Il believes that Jne President has met the
grave problems incident 10 new and Unexpected
situation with patriotism. a wisdom and a eOur-
age that deserve 20 Be supported Ine ttepuollcan
party wished ana sought for these new responst-
cepts them without hesitation, because convinced
that that way lies the pain oI National duty
by many that secession could not be puJ down BY
force. because there was no provision ror such an
emergency IN the Constitution President Lincoln
effsrt tbat constitution that ala 1ot aivs the
right 10 preserve the life OF the Nation was not
worth the paper it was written on Tn the pres
ence of the new and unforeseen problems OF
day the SUCCESSORS Of these men are slying that
cause the Constitution makes provision for this
emergency They say. The Constitution follows
If they. mean by this that wherever men Ike
lead as men may follow the bright VISION Of bIt
goes with them. with all that the Constitution
means OF free speech. free schools. freedom af
worship. freedom OF opportunity and equality BE-
fore the law, then the Republican party has
II that the United States a sovereieu nation
has right 70 hold possessions separated water
from this continent except for instance unOn the.
condition that IL shall extend the Jarif OF the most
highly DEVELOPED Industrial people the world 10
the inhabitants OF distant islands whose cfvflEa-
tton is absolutely different from ours then the
Republican party takes open issue wiki this shlb-
bOleth-
DEMOCRATS NARROW VIEW
It ought perhaps 10 be expected that the D.
mocracy would take this narrow view Cor as a
party IL has dealt with affairs for half a century
In this fashion The Democracy stands HELPLESS
before every new problem that time and sr0vrtb
hrinE. because il says the Constitution has n9fis
provision for such case. Let those wno vTanr
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sary in the age of their hands without
loss to themseles.
The age of child labor, we think,
should be restricted TO IL instead of 10.
The reason we would give for this change
of age, is, that the children might take
their schooling from the ages of 6 TO II
without cessation, which in itself would
be of greater benefit to them as pupils,
and would be more beneficial to the man
ufacturers, in that when they made con-
tract with the child. parent or guard
ian, the child would be without the work
ing Of the law, have a moderate educa-
ton, more hearty constitution. and
would not have to leave his employer at
intervals to attend school.
One of the greatest hardshps a manu-
facturer has, is the constant dropping off
of his younger help in order to attend
school, BY substituting II years for 10
years in section L. sections and 8 should
be stricken out. Section 4 should stand
as it is changing the figures and to
apply only to section L. Section should
be left out. In place of section we
would advise that some law be passed
enforcing the attendance of children I'M
der the ages of II to some day school,
with a penalty-either a fine or impris-
onment of parents for the attendance
of their children. with a provision, of
course. in favor of the children physically
or mentally unable 10 attend school, and
who would therefore be debarred from
work in any textile mill
Section I stands for itself We also
think that some provision might be made
in regard to hours of work regulating
same by law-we should say not over &c
l. hoin ID
up within the next month by working not
over two hours night three nights out
of the week. Any extra time can be
made up by contract with the male
help in the mill, working this help alone
at an age not younger than 16 years
There are many reasons therefore why
your sections ?, 3 and should not be
embraced in child labor bill in this
State. There are more knitting nillMip
North Carolina than in any two Southern
States, and these mills depend almost
entirely upon the work of children from
10 years old upward. BY having a law
which would allow these children to work
only one-half year, during the remainder
of the year the mills must either curtail
their production from lack of force or
must employ children over the age of IL.
Now when the children under IA have
finished their six months schooling and
wish TO return TO work they will find their
places already occupied and no manufac-
turer is willing to change so frequently
as your bill calls for Your bill practi-
cally does away with labor under IA years
of age.
These are our ideas as regards child
labor law in North Carolina, and we
trust that a Hill will no modelled alonp
such lines as We have suggested. We
wish to be put down on record as in ia
yor OF some child labor law but are only
interested in one that will be TO the in
terest of both the children and their
employers.
Yours truly,
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To the Editor: notice by the news
paper reports to date that this bill has
been killed in the House What is q
good thing FOR Georgia can hardly be 9TH
erwise for North Carolina manufacturers.
am therefore opposed to any legislation
whatever on this subject by the North
Carolina Legislature. Aside from our own
interests in the matter it seems to me
that ii would be practically impossible to
so frame a bill on this subject that it
would not work hardship at some point
upon some one. This is a matter which
think should be left entirely to the
mill owners; 80 per cent of whom are
humane and give such subjects much more
thought and attention, as the questions
may arise in their daily affairs. than is
generally supposed.
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To the Editor: The bill. in
my opinion, Georgia bilD. is too
voumnous and impracticable We
want a simple law prohibiting children
under 10 years old working in mills and
parents or guardians to send
them to school. The one without the
other would work more harm than good.
as to exclude the child from work and
throw him upon the street would simply
be very dangerous to morals.
Exclusion from the mills, under IS years
and compulsory education will fill the bill.
j. P. THOMSON,
Supt. Fayetteville Cotton Mills
Fayetteville. Y. c.. Nov d 1900
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To the Editor: Your favor of the 18th
with copy of The Georgia Child Labor
Bill received. We notice this bill was
defeated in the Georgia Legislature. You
ask our opinion in regard to this bill, aud
what bill should be presented in the
North Carolina Legislature. We beg 10
say that we think it TO the very best n
terest OF the operatives in tae textile
mills, also to the owners, that the Lesis-
lature should not attempt 10 pass any LII
in regard to labor.
With the exception of few cases, aLi
these due to outside interference, the
operatives and owners of North Carolina
mills are very closely allied. ana gener-
ally speaking, there is strong feeling
of friendship between them.
AS to children under IA certain age
working in the mills. In nearly every case
of this kind it is due to the parents of
the child insisting on the manager Civ
ing their child employment, and this is
often done by a parent, merely to keep
the child out of mischief and trouble
when idle, or when their mother is a
widow and is in dire need of each nd
every penny her family can make.
We have about one dozen boys in our
mills under twelve years old, and in ev
cry case employment is given them at
the urgent appeal of their parents. We
prefer not having them.
| dare say there is not a milling viii
lage or settlement in the State where the
children do not have an opportunity of
attending school. their education adj
vantages being far better than if they
resided in the country. For instance, we
have a school eight months in the year
always. and sometimes longer.
The Northern manufacturers are trying
in every way to hinder manufacturing in
the South and If our people become di-
vided, and get to fighting among them
selves they can easily lead us in manu-
featuring and have considerable adyant-
age, for they are manufacturers of long
standing. Their help is experienced and
superior to ours in the fact that they
are more expert and work more effec-
lively
AS manufacturer and citizen of the
State of North Carolina, l would earnest
ly appeal to our members of the Legisla-
ture TO absolutely let the labor question
alone, for, while / am a staunch be-
lever in education and urge it at every
point. | do not believe it advisable that
any law at present should be passed re-
gardng it. We allow any one of our
hands 10 stop work at any time and at
tend school. In fact when see one
of them trying to learn. we invariably
make some arrangement for them TO at
tend school
Thanking you for your letter, | am
Yours truly,
w n RITEEIN
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To the Editor: | have your favor of the
10th inst enclosing copy of a bill which
has been introduced in the Georgia Leg
islature looking to the regulation OF the
employment of minor help by textile
manufacturers, and note you wish to know
what l think of the advisability OF the
passage Of such a law in North Carolina.
In reply will say that l think the passage
of this or any similar act will be detri-
mental to both manufacturer and certain
classes of operatives.
The cveratives who work in the tex-
tile manufactures of the South need more
encouragement in the virtues of industry
and economy than they do in the belief
that their employers are growing rich out
of their labor. and that they have rights
TO be respected and their employer has
none. l have under my own observation
employed in the mills in which | am in
terested a number OF families composed
of a widow and her children who are
TO work or live upon charity.
all of whom | am glad to say prefer earn
ing their living to begging either from
private individuals or of the county au
tho-:ties.
The interests of the manufacturer and
the operative are too identical to rem