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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
THlRTY-SlX ARE DEAD.
Dis astrous Wreck on Great Northern
Liue in Montana.

Disastrous Wreck on Great Northern
Liue in Montana.
Thirty-six persons were instantly killed
and thirteen injured, some Of them fatal
ly, in a wreck on the Great Northern
Railway at Nyack, thirty miles west of
Kalispell, Mont. The dead include thir-
ty-three Scandinavian laborers.
None of the passengers was hurt, the
fatalities being confined to the employees
Of the road. The wreck was caused by
the breaking in two of freight train on
the steep grade of a Rocky Mountain
foothill. The passenger train was just
pulling out of Nyack, when the rear end
of the freight train came laundering
down the track at terrific speed, crashing
into the rear end of the passenger train.
The private coach OF Superintendent
Downs was the first to suffer. 1t WAS
smashed to kindling wood and he and his
son and their cook, the only occupants
of the car were killed. Just ahead Of
this car was one containing fOrty-siX Ia
borers on their way from Duluth to Jen-
nings, Mont. Only thirteen of them were
taken out alive, and some of these will
die.
Fire Immediately broke out in the de-
bris, consulting the broken cars. The
bodies Of the dead were cremated and
some Of the injured must have been
burned to death. The bodies of twenty
eight Of the laborers were reduced to
ashes along with the remains of the in
mates of the private car. The third car
from the rear was also badly smashed
and caught fire, but those within man
aged to escape. Twelve freight cars, fill
ed with valuable merchandise, were de-
stroyed. The passenger train was finally
cut in two between the third and fourth
cars and the remainder of the train was
drawn to a place of safety.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
THE STEEL STRIKE.
No Material Change in the Great Iii.
dustrial Conf CT.


The steel strike situation has not very
materially changed, though i'll Pittsburg
the manufacturers have somewhat
strengthened their position in the mills
in which they have resumed operations.
Two mills of the Painter plant have been
added to those already in operation. The
strikers have not called out any more
men, though the work of organizing the
employees in the n0n-union mills is going
on. They are apparently awaiting the
next move Of the manufacturers.
In Pittsburg business is greatly affect
ed by the strike, the iron and steel mar
ket being demoralized and the hardware
trade being also affected. Many small
factories and shops using iron and steel
are either closed OF are threatened with
idleness. The owners of boats engaged
in the ore and coal trade are feeling anX-
ious, for unless there is speedy re-
sumption of iron and steel production the
mining of ore must cease. This lmpend-
ing stagnation has aroused the Efforts
of the Civic Federation to attempt set
Element of the strike and every endeayor
is now being made to put an end to the
ruinous industrial war.
McKeesport and Wheeling the strikers
maintain a strong upper hand and though
they are ready to discuss peace terms
they will not sue for them
conference at which conditions of
peace in the strike were discussed was
held Wednesday at the office of the Unit
ed States Steel Corporation in New York.
The participants in the discussion nclud-
ed President Charles NJ. Schwab Of the
United States Steel Corporation, Samuel
Gompers, President of the American
Federation of labor; John Mitchell, pres
ident of the United Mine Workers Asso-
cation; Prof. jerks of the industrial COM
mission; Secretary r. NJ. Easley of the
Civic Federation and Harry White, sec
rotary of the Garment Workers Associa-
ton The conference was asked for by
Samuel Gompers and John Mitchell, who
were believed to be acting in behalf of
President Theodore j. Shaffer ana the
Amalgamated Association.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07

From a pier in front of the Pewaukee
Lake cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Morris of Chicago four children We're
swept into the water by the falling OF
a overhanging oak tree. They were
Stuart and Louis Auer. sons of Gen.
Auer of Milwaukee. and George Morris
Ind Roosevelt Blend of Chicago. George
Morris, who is l. years old, saved Stuart
Auer, and Mrs. Morris, who is good
swimmer, plunged into the lake and res
cue the other boys. Louis Auer, u
years old, was so badly injured by the
falling tree that he died The Blend
child, who is 8 years old, was injure
slightly. The three would have drowned
but for the prompt action of Mrs. Morris
and her son.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
NEW YoRK's POLICE SCANDAL.
Prominent Figures in the Present
SenSa ton.

The two most conspicuous hgureS IA
the police investigation which is now go
inc on in New York City are District
Attorney Eugene Philbin and William ).
Deyery, chief of police. The former is
determined to learn who are responsible
for the evils which are said to thrive I'M
der the protection of the department of
which Devery is the head, and the dis
closures which are being made are fur
nishing sensational gossip and news for
the metropolitan papers. 1t is the hope
of the prosecuting officer of the second
city in the world that he will be able TO
fasten enough violations of law and neg
lect of duty upon Devery TO compel his
removal.
Philbin has been District Attorney of
New York for about 4 year, and Devery
has had the supervision Of the police
force ever since Tammany regained con
troll by Van Wyck's election in 1897.
Mrs. Louise Sheridan, better known as
Louise Davenport, widow Of w. E. Sher-
idan, the Shaksperean actor, was found
dead in a sQualid room. where she had
been living, in San Francisco.
Whites tried to drive negro laborers
from their work on a railroad. Jellico,
Tenn. James Hatfield white, was killed
and his brother, Winfield fatally injured.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
TRAIN SAFE is LOOTED.
Successful Hold-Up by Five Ban Its
Near EvIau, Tex.

Near EvIau, Tex,
No. / Cotton Belt passenger train,
leaving Texarkana, Ark, at go p. m.
Tuesday in charge of Conductor Arm
strong aud Engineer Henderson was held
up and robbed near Eylau.
The train was tagged by one of the
robbers, who forced the fireman to go
back ana cut off the mail and baggage
ears and returning, forced the engineer
to give up the management of his engine.
One of the robbers, who, it appears, is an
expert engineer, ran the engine, mail and
express ears about mile from the point
where the first stop was made and fore
ed the express messenger to open his
car. The robbers then blew open the
safe with dynamite, securing, it Is said
a very large amount of booty.
The engineer ran back, picked up the
mail and express cars, and, gong TO the
remainder of the train, coupled on ana
continued south Neither the passenger
nor the mail cars were molested by the
robbers. The spot selected for the rob
berry was well adapted for this kind of
work. 1t is very wild aud heavily TIM
bered. There were five men III the gang
The robbers, after securing the loot. cut
off the engine from the mail and express
ears and. forcing Engineer Henderson to
get off they took the engine in charge
of the robber engineer and went south at
full speed. Engineer Henderson follow
cd on handcar, which he had secured
from nearby switch house. Early We'd
nesday morning he came up with his de-
serted engine about four miles from the
scene of the robbery. The robbers who
the engineer believed from their actions,
we're all railroaders had escaped into the
dense woods surrounding the track at
this point.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
BLOODLESS REVOLUTION.
implicated Political Situation in

Implicated Political Situation in
S0utlI America.
or.hnu end of South America IS
sElG.ayr Of one Of these political up
u without which life in that region
gm unnatural. Thus far it has
81 Mou Hess revolution, but the dan
81 WaT~ raVages was sufficiently
&l.ug 90 cause various governments,
p Iac United States, to send the
thi;her for the protection OF
v t"rgs.> on the isthmus of Panama
d Colombia and Venezuela.
81 naw TWO years since the Liberals
sRm!IH rose in open rebellion against
q usgrvaGyc government and ever
8hcre has been more or less raidln5
8bbny. An effort WAS made to
b Panama about Il year ago and
q So. coded. The rebels, who have
aa@d ammunition. are securely en-
81 I'D the mountain Businesses and
i an who has visited them declares
~" yAAu OF I,WG men IS so secure
position that 100 times their num-
BuIi unt iislolgc them.
beu.far political situation has re-
from mi rebellion, which involves
b Soatl American countries The
Of Colombia have the oDen sup
h. President Cipriano Castro and
lberal government of Venezuela, and
/ event of war Venezuelan troops
undoubtedly aid the Colombian
The Liberals of Colombia are
Focei'm@ moral support from their
FarjSauS in Ecuador and Nicara-
where Liberal governments are IN
Calmoai,,s Cnrsorvat;yo Cavern
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
Takes Poison in Jai,.

Barney Juno aged about 40 years, com
mitted suicide in the village lookup at
Brillion. He had trouble with his wife
and left her some time ago, returning the
other night from Forest junction. At
Grimms he is reported to have made
threats and was arrested when he arriV-
ed at Brillion and placed in jail The
next morning he was found dead in the
cell and an empty bottle which had con
tanned carbolic acid lying near He Is
survived by a widow and two children.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
News of Minor Note.

A mad dog at Lone Star, Texas, bit
seven people before being killed.
Three prisoners, Steubenyille, Ohio,
bound and gagged the deputy sheriff,
robbed him of $2S and escaped.
Jacob Sigler, a farmer, while driving
into Henderson, Ky, was thrown from
a wagon By a runaway mule and kicked
to death.
Malvern (Ark.) business men have
formed a 100000 company to bore for
oil In that vicinity. Hot Springs capital
lists are interested.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
Four Italians Shot in Fight.

A shooting ARRAY is reported from
Plum Lake, in which four Italians were
wounded. A crowd of Italian laborers
employed by the Milwaukee road became
involved in fracas with a crowd OF
American section hands One hundred
shots were fred and the four Italians
were wounded two seriously. The Amer
leans claim that the Italians brought on
the trouble. The sheriff quelled the trou.
BILE after making many arrests.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
Rob Man and Leave Him to Die.

John Ernest, a hack driver of Hudson,
waas robbed of $40 by confidence people
in Minneapolis. To hide the deed and
make it appear a case of suicide, the Gull
prits drugged Ernest and placed him in
a lodging room and turned on the gas. He
was rescued and three suspects have been
arrested.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
Tramps Terrorize Farmers,

Hidden in fastness in an extensive
swamp near Eaton, comprising over 1000
acres, fifteen or twenty tramps have es-
tablished themselves and are keeping the
country side in terror. Nightly depreda-
tions are made on cornfelds and chicken
roosts by the knights of the road. 1t is
thought they are the fellows who COM
mitted the late robberies at Eaton.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07

&c "nsiness Brisk Abroad,
%'.""nd for automobiles in Franc
M, 1h" fine roads of that counsrl
|. .'.'''0S Yer, much to the popularity
,' ma, hinc. One factory EMPLOYS
, men ami tarns out leo machines a
pa, Another firm will turn out IL
,'' francs Worth of machines this
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
\ Years Bus;ness Fa;,uraa

: ~ ~. were iO,tI4 business failures in
) J vii" liabilities Of S13S. 495. 600 In.
5,: @,'-e We're more than $4,000, with
7'''e~ OF 1000. 900
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
. PLEASE HIS MOTHER.
'''"' Sonfesses and Re eases Two
LMm0Ceut Hersnnn

innocent Persons.
s.S' his feeble old mother, man
I"' served six years in the New
safe prison fer killing man, and
~ @,W Fer burglary, confessed that
N,1'sn diamonds valued at 81, OBJ.
- ,""'S" he returned the stolen
10 .A'lg owner AMI saved an inno-
',-.' and his wife from going t.
p Tor his crime.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.

Woman Dives Into Lake 70 Save Chill
drcn-Returnei Soldiers Given Ova-
tion-Jail Prisoner Commits Suicide
Hackman's Tough Experience.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07
FLOOD AT CLEVELAND
CITY SUFFERS $1,000, 900 DAM
AGE FROM FIERCE STORM.

Streets Flooded. Houses Undermined,
and the Panic Stricken Occupants
Hemmed In by Raging Torrent-The
Cornses in Cemetery Are Washed Ont.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07

me 1Isu or cuncasrsrsrzS ~<sen u1xrrreIr-
Office as many blank spaces as there are
:. ~...<..x.x, -, Ia alacfnd Ta Suph n43fno ;r,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07

bill, whom / quoted in my first letter
Af,s. C%nu-or,e
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07

would be presumed TO be ready to show
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07

Id attended legislation, such as the
S bill. that the hin was No lnn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07

it is not based upon sou
4bnn, stand ant in fho q
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07

70 rne Edror 81 tba Senhne1:
s'The total vote cast In the state Of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07

ID principle, let
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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-14

q lull investigation and report the same
together with the evidence taken at th,
special session of the court which is or
dcrcdtO be held on March 7 next.n
Later in the week the trial of a. n
Newell, a farmer. for the murder O.
Will Hull, n negro labore:, impressed
the matter so forcibly upon The Judge,
mind that he took vigorous action, ant
made charge to the grand jury tha
was an eloquent and almost pathetic
address, and for which he has beer
commended III every quarter of the
State.
1t developed during the trial that
Newell was cotton planter and was
one of the dozen private persons tc
whom the State is still leasing her sur
plus convicts-those not employed il
the hosiery factory within the walls OF
the penitentiary, or on the big State
farms; that Hull was not convict
but was contract laborer; that a short
time before he was killed lie had left
Newcll's stockade and gone back 10
his home to see his wife and children
that Newell obtained from Magistrate
j. >. Gllmer, of Anderson, a warrant
for llu.Ps arrest, and was deputzcl
by Gilmcr as his special constable to
make the arrest; that Newell captured
Hull at his home, took him back to the
stockadc and locked him up; that when
Hull next attempted to escape he was
shot and killed. The jury acquitted
Newell, his evidence being that Hull
was advancing Oh him with stone
and knife, and he shot in sclf-dcfense.
During the progress of the trial
Judge Benet received an anonymous
letter from negro, who said he with
held his name because if 1T was re-
vcalcd he would be killed. The Judge
declared he would make IN exception
to his rule and notice such commune
cation. He read the letter to the grand
jury. The writer rccltcd the case of
Tom Parks, negro, who, he alleged,
was charged with no crime, except be-
ing absent from the stockade of his
landlord, who was caught on the court
house square in Anderson, and, with
out warrant or trial, and IN the pres.
cncc of policemen and citizens, carried
of to the stockade of "Quint" Ham
mond, one Of the largest planters in the
county; also the case of Robert Brown,
another negro, who was taken IN the
same manner TO the stockade Of J. S.
Fowler, another large planter and il
tiucntial citizen.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-14

THE New PENSION LAw.-Thc
Columbia correspondent of the News
and Courier writes rs follows about the
workings OF the new pension law:
cit may be unexpected, and it may
less fact there are fewer applications
Tor pensions tins year than usual. The
lalilng OIL III the States pension list
may be accounted for in several ways,
but the likelihood is that 1t is largely
due to the fact that under the new law
old applications and papers were not
regarded as sufficient and new papers
were required. The county of Spartan
burg alone shows a reduction of one
hundred and fifty pensioners, and it
may be that the new board for Spartan.
burg is not letting so many North Caro-
linlans slip in as has heretofore been
charged. Miss Maher, the clerk III
charge of the papers, finds that in
every county from which the records
have been examined there has been q
considerable falling off, and this will
necessarily mean a large proportionatc
share of the fund for each of those still
on the lists.
"The blanks arc gotten up with
great care, and it ought to be an easy
matter to get the information correctly
and have the regulations complied
with. In one batch alone fifty pension
blanks will have to be returned, al
though approved by the county board,
simply because the plain and direct
form, made in compliance with the
law is, not followed. The forms re-
quirc the signatures of two witnesses
who new of their own knowledge that
the applicant, if a soldier, or the hus-
: band, if the pension be for widow,
served in the Southern army. This re-
ouircmcnt is often neglected. In some
cases only one witness signs and all
) sue hpapcrs have 10 hc returned for
correction.
"It will necessarily take time for
these blanks to be perfected as they
ought to have been before they were
sent to Columbia, and there will doubt
less be complaints about the delay, but
the fault is with the county authorities
in not properly preparing the papers
before they arc sent to Columbia"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-14

The dnty of this body is plain: W,
must stop the violations of law thai
now exist, and if others begin on the
part OF the laborers themselves, then
we will unite with the law-abidin9
cnlZens OF tho county i'll furnishing and
terminating these OWLS.
The result of our Investigations
show that the system of working
laborers under guard and combining
lhcm III stockadcs docs not exist III this
county further than we have reported.
PROBABLY not as many rs twenty men,
clhcr as principal or agent, either di-
rcctly or indirectly, have been engaged
Ia this abuse. On the other hand, the
number of laborcrs and lienors who
have violated the law will double that
number many times.
we therefore rcltcratc that the in
iluencc Of this grand jury, and we do
not hesitate TO say Of the court also,
will not be extended to enable any
man to avoid just contract, and that
we have found that most of the labor
contracts OF the county arc legal and
just. If violations Of Just contracts
pegln as result OF the Investigations
we have made, we suggest that wal
rants 10 sworn out and prompt punish
menl given. We have not undertaken
TO assume the responsibility of prose-
cutting the laborcrS who have violated
their contracts, because the position
and influence of the landlord makes
them fully able to do that without as
slstancc from us. This special report
has been brought about because of the
oppression and abuse of men who were
too poor, too fricndlcss, too ignorant
and often too degraded to act for
themselves, but WHO are nevertheless
entitled to the full protection of the
law, and who because Of their weak
ness have Il peculiar claim TO our pro-
lection.
All of which is respectfully sub
mitlCd.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-14

haint got no soul how about a mel
?' That's conundrum. And
how about the Indians and Chinese
and Cubans and the Arabs, How
much coloring does it take to germi-
nate Il soul? How about such hiyh
minded philanthroplc negroes as Book.
or Washington, President Council,
Bishop Gaines, Bishop Turner and the
bishop of Louisiana, who arc dong
their utmost to reform their race. |
had rather risk them and many other
Sood negroes for souls and salvation
than many Il white man l know. How
about my faithful Tip, who was born
and raised in our family and has been
loyal and loving to his mistress and
her children all these years, and how
about old-timc servants in almost
every family who owned negroes and
whose devotion never died when free
dom came?
No. Let Thomas and Company
write books TO perpIeN the North and
make money for themselves, but let us
and oar negroes alone. Just keep
hands off and we will manage them.
We need them in our fields and fur
naccs and mines and on our railroads.
But for their labor as slaves the South
would have been fifty years behind in
'ne clearing OF our forests, building
our railroads and developing our
mineral resources. But for them the
South would be inundated with Il horde
OF foreigners who bring with them all
sorts OF isms and religions and strikes.
The negro has his faults, but if his
presence will keep immigrants away
1T will be blessing. 1t is still the
destiny OF the South to pcrpctuatc All
uncontaminatcd white race who will
save the republic from anarchy and
ruin or from Imperialism.
| BILL ARP.
u. S.-Wc read that determination
has begun at Tcrrc 1lautc and Indianap-
Oils. hope Hannibal is happy.
D. a.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-14
The following is the report of tn,

The following is the report of the
special committee of the grand jury:
The principal work of this committee
has been The investigation of the
stockadcs Of the county and the abuses
of lahorcrs under tyrannous contracts
that have grown out of the farming
out of cOnvlCts and the working of
free laborels with them. We have
taken the testimony Of more that fifty
persons including that Of the landlords,
their overscers and guards, together
with large number of laborcrs and a
few other citizens. In these investi-
cations we have met with every cour-
tesy and generally we have found no
dl> l>positlOn to Obstruct our work upon
the part OF those whose farms and
stochadcs we visited. a most careful
inquiry failed to reveal that any GEN
cral abuse of the laboring class exists
in this county, so that our work soon
narrowed down to those places where
convicts were employed and to two
other places where stockades existed
and free laborers wore employed. We
visited the farms Of j. Belton Watson,
A. Il. Newell, p. Is. Allen, j. r.. Miller,
Elias McGee, w. 9. Hammond and j.
S. Fowler.
We are unable to find any abuses at
the farm of j. B. Watson. lie has a
stockadc and works free laborers, but
we found no evidence that the free
laborcrs were put in the stockadc or
worked in line with the convicts, or sub
jectcd to any illegal restraint or abuse
The same thing was true at the farm
of =. B. Allen. We found that he had
taken two contracts in which the
laborers agreed to work under guard
and be locked up at night, but his own
| evidence and that Of all the laborers sc
far as we could ascertain was that
these provisions had never been en-.
forced. a. II. Newell works State
convicts and has stockade, but he
has worked no free laborcrs along with
the convicts until recently, when he
has taken two contracts of that sort
One Of these was the case of the unfor
tunate negro Will Hull who was killed
by w. S. Newell few weeks ago ant
whose case is referred to above.
j. II. Miller formerly worked con
victs, but they were taken away by tn,
State and he now employs only " free
labor, if md scd we may use the wor,
free to described those laborcrs VIII