davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Gilpin observer., 1901-02-21

was out on little geologizing walk
to explore the old Beury tunnel.
found these crystals and was just put
ting them into my pocket when heard
your cry for help. | was knceling on
the floor of the tunnel and had my
head near the side of the wall at the
time. else doubt II had heard you.
So perhaps you will not think am al-
together Il crank on specimens II In
this instance the hunt for them led to
something better"
ut was fortunate find for u.s." re-
piled Stuart. Eric and shall always
bless you for your search. am anx-
ious about him. Come right I'm. and
will have one OF the servants show you
room where you can be at home for
the night"
They hurried In only little after tho
doctor and the miners, and Stuart, aft
er directing one Of the servants to see
to Mr.. Burke, went to Eric. Tho doctor
was examining and dressing the wound.
"IIe hns had n hard blow. Nothing
fatal. We will pull him through. You
had better get of those wet duds and
look out for yourself. Thank God, Stu
art, you are alive! This Is tho begin
ming of troubles here, I'm afraid. There
has been crooked work today up on the
hill. or I'm mistaken. That rock never
fell down the ladder hole by accident,
and the engine house didn't burn with
out some ones help"
Stuart looked thoughtful. He was
gftIt In tha tt,innp'u q
caslon had not been serious the doctor
might have been excused for smiling ut
his young friends appearance. He was
Gilpin observer., 1901-02-21

the mine owner. lie eats Just rs good
food. goes to Europe In his steam pal.
ace. drives his elegant carriage. keeps
up his amuseinents. But the poor man,
to whom every cent means something.
goes without the common necessarics
of life. and his wife and children suffer
because the millionaire who made his
fortune Oh his business Is not willing to
share pnrt of 1t during hard times
with the men who made possible his
wealth with their labor. tell you.
Stuart. my heart Is on fire with these
conditions. and no man knows how the
workingmen In this country feel unless
he has been one himself. AS to the
union. Il is an organization that has
sprung up out of wrongs that are sim
ply dcviish in their human selfish
ness"
Stuart sat with his head bowed dur
ing this speech. Then he said gently:
what IL the union develops the same
kind Of selfishness In the worklngmen?
What then!"
Gilpin observer., 1901-02-21
CHAPTER III.
THE RESCUE.

AS the facts of his position forced
themselves more clearly upon him. the
first excitement over, Stuart grew
calmer. Tile candle in his hat was
nearly burned out, but he had another
one that, after the fashion of the min
ers, he had thrust into his boot when
he changed his dress in the dryroom
He pulled this out and lighted 1t, put
ting it in the candle holder in place of
the piece SO nearly gone.
Then he looked at the ladders care
fully. The mass of broken ore which
had fallen down the manhole had bro
ken out a dozen rounds at the very
foot of the ladder. BY stretching up
to his full height Stuart could just
reach an unbroken round.
But what could he do with the dead
weight Of Erie? He could never lift
him up that distance. For once and
only one swift second Stuart consider
ed the thought of leaving Eric. 1t was
simply the love Of life asserting itself.
Why should both men die? His death
would not save Eric. 1t was only n
second. and then he felt the shock of
statement he made to himself that life
was not worth having IL certain mem
oricS had always TO be carried with
one. He could never abandon the man
who had once risked his life to save
him, when the danger was fully as
great as now.
But. o God" Stuart cried out. ''to
die drowned like rat in n hole" The
love of life was strong in him. He felt
the water rising more and more rapid
iy. 1t was nearly to his waist now. He
felt the blood from the wound in his
shoulder warming his own side as he
held up the unconscious body. Once
in awhile Eric stirred. Once he opened
his eyes. and Stuart thought he was re.
covering. If only he could regain
enough strength to help himself even
little. Stuart's mind went into whirl
as he thought of all possible ways TO
pull himself and Eric up even II short
distance. But the bottom Of the mine
was of such n shape that there were
no projections or slopes which afforded
even foothold.
The fire at the top was evidently
blazing tiercely. Fragments OF charred
wood dropped down the ore shaft.
Leaning over and looking up. Stuart
could see great flaming mass of
twisted beams and iron rods curling
over the mouth OF the.shaft. He moved
over under the manhole. dragging Etic
with him. and looked up that. The
flames and smoke were sweeping over
II like mist over ridge. He Thought
that even at that distance lie could see
that the ladders at the top had caught
and were blazing Enthusiastically.
He gave up all hope. Still. with the
instinct OF life strong In him. he drag
ged Eric over to the pump, which stood
just out OF the water now, and by the
exercise of all his strength he managed
to place the body upon 1t In such
way. that 1t was two or three feet
above himself as he stood on the bot
tom OF the floor of the mine. The wa.
ter had risen now to his nrmp!ts and
was whirllDc around him In great red
pool. He shuddcrcd. It looked so like
blood In the light of the candle. The
movement he had made with Eric, to-
gether with the contact with the cold
water. had reused him. He stirred and
even spoke fcebly.
"Whcrc are we?" he muttered.
"You have been hurt, Eric"
Gilpin observer., 1901-02-21
less you had left the body Of you,

less you had left the body Of youi
friend here, and you don't look like the
kind of man to do that. But we ought
to move on. We need to get him to the
doctor as soon as possible. My appear
ance here is very simple, and can tell
that afterward. Shall we move on?"
Stuart eagerly assented. and they
stumbled on up the tunnel. Their prog
ress was very slow, for Eric was en-
tircly dead weight, and neither Stu
art nor his companion was powerful
man physically. They had gone but
short distance. however, when lights
appeared farther up the shaft, and
soon they We're surrounded by group
OF miners. accompanied by Dr.. Saxon.
There was no time for more than the
triefest explanations The party took
Eric from Stuart and the minister, and
soon they We're standing out on the
side Of the hill in the starlight. The
cool night air blew about Stuart, and
he thanked God for his life. Farther
Up on the hill q heap of blazing ruins
marked the place where the engine
house had stood while at distance
the ladder hole smoked and famed like
a small volcano, showing that the tim
bcrs were blazing ticrcely below.
"Take Eric TO my house. We are not
far from IT." said Stuart
Yes, and hurry up, men" added the
doctor. "rll 90 On ahead with them,
Stuart. Erie needs attention as soon
IS possible
The doctor and the miners with Eric
hurried down tie Hill, while Stuart
followed with the minister as fast as
hc could. But now that the strain was
over he felt weak ana faint.
You must come in and stop with me
tonight, Mr.. Burke / want to know
the story Of your appearance in the
mine. And. besides, have not had
time to thank YOU
u shall be glad to accept yeur Invita-
tion. III fact, | feel the need Of wash
ing up before l so back to the town. l
am stopping at the hotel" replied
Burke.
As the two walked along, picking
their way slowly down the narrow
path. a peculiar noise came waited up
10 them from the town. Stuart paused
and listened.
whats that?" he asked.
Troops. They arrived this after
noon. That must be the drumbeat to
quarters
81 supposed the troops would not
start until the last of the week. l had
information to that effect from Cleve-
land"
"They came this afternoon, and that
is one reason for your friends injury.
imagine. We will talk it over and
see" There was pause, and the Rev.
Andrew Burke suddenly exclaimed in
tone of relief, as if he had been
searching for something: "Ah, here
they are! thought perhaps had lost
them"
whats that?" asked Stuart, peering
through the darkness toward some
thing his companion was holding out
in his hand.
"Black ore crystals. Very rare speci-
mems. If you have match about you,
will show you"
Stuart could not help laughing. Aft
er all, was he not alive and safe after
that experience of terror?
81 an afraid" he said. that any
matches l might have about me would
hardly so off after the soaking l had.
You see. was in the water up to my
neck part Of the time"
81 beg your pardon" replied Andrew
Burke. He seemed ashamed. and then
as they were going up the avenue to
the house he said gently: You see, I
Gilpin observer., 1901-02-21
; CHARLES N. SHELDON,

such longing to be understood; neither
had he ever felt the gap between himself
and the men to be so wide and deep.
AS has been said, it is doubtful If parts
of his speech were understood at all by
the men.
AS soon as he finished there was n
great uproar of applause and shouts.
Eric himself could not restore quiet.
The committee politely asked Stuart
to leave the park while the union went
into conference over his proposals.
Stuart was glad to get away. He felt
exhausted with his unusual effort.
1t was 3 o'clock in the afternoon
when Eric came to the house with the
news Of the decision reached by the
miners union. Stuart at once saw by
his face that the situation was serious.
THE men voted by large majority
not to so back to work till all could go
back ON the same terms-that Is, they
demanded that all the mine ow'ncrs rec
osnize the union and make terms with
it for all the men,"
do You mean that the men who
wcri, in the Champion mines refuse to
accept my offer of the wages they de-
mand?"
"Yes-that is, the Champion miners
will not 90 back until the other owners
make the same terms you make ana
make them TO the union"
which means simply that this strike
is q deadlock" replied Stuart decided
ly, "for know the men at Cleveland,
and they Will never agree to any suc.i
terms"
The miners will not agree to any 9TH
er." Eric spoke quietly. but sadly.
Eric" said Stuart suddenly after n
pause, tell me frankly. as brother TO
brother, is this reasonable step for
the men to take? Do you believe the
union will make anything by such &C.
ton? Is it just or fair?'
Eric's face worked under Il pasdo
ate feeling. Then he said: THE men
have a right to combine for mutual
support. In this instance they feel
driven to it by their condition. Why
should not labor seek to defend itself
as capital does? You-that is, mean
the mine owners generally-get togcth-
y
should not the miners get together and
have a say about it? We have been
working for years at the price set by
men at n distance who never saw
mine or n miner, far less went down
into the ground to see what the labor
is. These men sit in nice upholstered
Offices in elegant buildings and make
1t their business to get Just as much
out of the iron ore as they can. The
wages of the men are cut every time
ore falls in price. Instead Of taking it
out of their own large dividends in the
years when they have made enormous
profits every time there is depression
in the market they cut this end instead
of theirs. You know this is the case.
Stuart.
"Three years ago dozen men in the
iron industry grew to be millionaires
from the profits of this metal which
God put in the ground for the common
use of man. During that year the min
crs received only fair wages. Since
then financial depression and drop in
the price of ore have followed. What
do those men do who have In prosper
Gus years made their fortunes? DO
they say. We viii draw on this re-
servc, and in order that the miners
may not suffer we will declare smaller
dividends and lose something?' No:
they say mt once. Cut down wages. be-
cause ore is cheaper, and we cannot af
ford to lose And who suffers? Not
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-02-02
Cargo is For the Bruins
wick & Birmingham
WITH FIFTEEN HUNDRED TONS
Will Probably Reach Brunswick
About February
18th

Steamship EdItn 1895 tons, (late
GlenCchl, Britisb) Rl,ch, sailed from
Baltimore January 25, for New York,
arrived Jsru.ry % o return to Ralti.
more to lead cargo OF 1000 tons steel
railroad for BranswlcF; Ga Will pro-
baby arrive here by February l2
This .tsamship was chartered by Col.
Z. G. Macheu, president Of The Bruns-
wick and Birraiba ham railroad and will
bring cargo of nothing except iron
ties for the new road.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-02-02
BUSY SESSION OF
IHE CITY COUNCIL
Mr.. H3nZ Resigns From
Mr.. v. R. COX NAMED
The City Fathers Did COnsid>
cradle Business At Last
Nights Session
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING

ADJOURNED RHGU LAR NJ GETTING
BrunswIck, Ga, Feb 1st, 1901.
Present-HOu. j. e, du B,gnop,
Chairman Of Council, a9d aldern q
Briesenick, Calhoun, BlJUd v orr b . d
McGaryey. A Absent--Mayor Emanuel
aud Aldermen Abrams.
Minutes of last regular meeting read
and confirmed.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Council proceeded to an election TO
fill vacancy oeossloned by resignation
of j W Thomas and on ballot w K Cox
was unanimously elected to the office,
C0mm2n;cations aud petitions; from
D. d. a Vy;DSon and A. c. Banks de-
clnlnS to serve as members OF the
Board of Health, and from Il, E. Welz
resigning as aldermen, accepted.
For retail liquor houses from M and
A. Marks, Douglas & Morgan, Peter
HIgdon, B. Hlrsch q Son, Ben Nc,
Lendon, T. Newman, H. Salig, VIM.
Anderson, Julius May. Pat Horsr
A bert Il. Werz, G. Williams, Aat V.
L)wepsteiu, W.lIiame & Adams, Pyles
& KlCckleS, D. r. Ponder s. Co.
From Sol Gszswsy regarding dance
hail Committee on L'oeuses.
From =. &. Burn9 requesting par
miss on to erect small iron covered
building IN rear Of Nicholson ware
house on Richmond at. Granted.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-02-02
GOV. GAMBLER MAKES
COMPLETE STATEMENT 7
Gives First Authentic Statement
About the National Mari
time Congress

The following from yesterdays Con-
stitution is said by Governor Gambler
to be the only authUrl zed interview on
the Maritime Congress-:
"I signed the call for the congress at
the instance of the Board of Trade Of
the city of Brunswick. 1t was my
understa ding that its object was in
general way to stimulate an interest
in American shipping and in ship
building at the South, and especially
to bring into more prominent notice
Brunswick and her magnificent harbor
and her possibilities. 1 desired to
promote in a legitimate way the
growth and prosperity of Georgia
town, But when | saw that the con-
Sress was to be prostituted to partisan
purposes, and that an effort would
probably bs made to endOt SO the ship
subsidy bill now peDdiOg in the senate,
,Iwsshed my hands of the whole mat
nk tn n q m q n
further a convention which, it had
become evident, was to be taken pos
session OF by republican politicians
from other States and their alliep, for
the purpose of passing resolutions en-
dorsipg an iniquitous measure detri-
mental to the interest of the people Of
Georgia and the great tojy of the COM
mon people all over the country, and
beneficial only to those who will put
money into their own pockets by the
passage o: the bill.
1.-THE idea that convection com
posed largely CT delegates from other
states, many OF them selt-constituted,
and having pecuniary interests in the
subsidy scheme, voices the sentiment
of the people of G -orgia, is too absurd
for a serious thought, aOd any effort to
use the action of such a body as the
voice of the people of Georgia in aid
OF Senator Hanna's ship subsidy
scheme, ls ridiculous"
What sbou. Nj. Sewail's attack Or
you today IN the congress? have you
read ?" was asked.
Eyes, my attention was called TO II
this afternoon. If he was quoted ss
Incorrectly as I have been on toe same
subj 'ct, there is nothing in what he
said that demands Gotice from me-. Il
he is quoted correctly, his utterauces
are in his own words 'mal altgnant and
lbeliyus' and beneath my contempt"
"Have you authorized the puDlica-
tion Of anything you have said about
this congress and its aotior?"
mo. On the contrary have refused
to talk for the press, as every reporter
who visited tbs capitol knows, and The
publications that have been made
without au hority are exaggerated,
distorted, gaTbled fragments Of private
conversations.
THE z ,al with which certain senss-
tIonsl penny-s-liners have endeavored
to get up friction between me and those
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-02-02
Mr. PYE PROMOTED.
Now Agent of the Mallery at Jackson

Now Agent Of the MalIery at Jackson
Vile.
The following circular wa7 received
here yes erday:
New York, Jan 18Th, 1901 .-Effe ctive
February LIST. Mr.. Basil Gill is sp-
pointed travelling agent with headqlar-
ters at Brunswick, Ga.
Mr.. A. W. Pya Is appointed agent
Jacksonville, Fla, vice Mr. Basil Gill
transferred. H. Il. RAYMOND,
Approved Superintende
c. Fl. MALLORY & Co.,
General Ag'rts.
M, Pye, the new agent at Jackson
Vile, is young man OF great business
judgme Mt and ths TINES CALI c ngrat-
u1stes him on his rapid rise.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-02-02
BOARD OF TRADE HOLDS
QUITE A BUSY SESSION
A Gambler Resolution Passed. Out
of Town Papers Praised---
Times-CalI Gets None

The Brunswick Boarl of Trade
membership took a big boost ysster-
day, five new names being enrolled to
the two hupdred and odd representa-
tive man who compose it.
Yssterday's meeting was largely at
tended and featured throughout. IL
being the ntst meeting after the Ma
tieDai Maritime Congress, many in
terestiDg reports and resolutions were
read, and in one resolution, the Board
place d iteelf in harmony with Cover
uor CGndler on the good work he is
doing in Georgia. This resolution was
presented by Judge Samuel c. Akin
son, who was campaign manager for
Judge Spencer r. Atkinson IN his
race against Governor Card er for fifsr
term, aud Mr.. Edwin Brobston, who
offered the ship subsidy resolution
yesterday, seconded it. Judge AtkIn-
sons resolution, ss adopted unani-
mously, reads:
"There has been er gendered the
impression that there ex SIS unpless>
ant COZ q eta between this Board OF
Trade and the Hon. Allen d. Gambler,
Governor Of Georgia. relative to the
National Maritime Congress. We
deprecate tie fact hat such impress
ion has gone abroad.
Our object is to advance the prosper
ity of our city and S'ste, and we know
the governor is striving to the same
end. When the oobwebs Of misu "det-
standing have been swept away, RI"
truth Will make is Impression sad
dis-ipste Sll tdes of cor fl CT. We ere
confident that 1t VII then appear tbat
we are working In harmony with TIE
governor for the Common good"
Ia presenting The resolution, Judge
A.kiuson made some strong compl'-
menfary aliu,ions to Governor Ca dler,
which were well received, show ng
the high personal regard Governor
Candlar is held in by his many friends
in Brunswick az we'll as elsewhere.
The Board also UNANIMOUSLY passed
the following resolution:
"R"solved, That we hereby tender
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-02-02

at whose Instances signed the call for
the congress, is as amusing as it is
contemplate. have stubbornly re.
fused to talk for the press. 1 have
oensured nobody. coneede to every
man the right to indorse this wicked
scheme to rob the masses Of the people
to eorich few ship owners, if he
wants to do SO.
81 tender the heartiest congrstula>
tiOns to those democrats in Brunswick
who had the courage of their convic-
tiOns, and codld not be seduced into
the Endorsement Of SO uuholy meas
ure as the Hanna-Payne-Fry ship sub-
sidy steal. I have nothing but the
suprsmest contempt for tbose who have
censured me fer not toadylng TO this
congress called for good purpose, but
taken possession of by partisans whose
object was, not the good of Brunswick
nor Georgia, but to fill their already
plethoric pockets by plundering the
public treasury. I am for everything
that is for the good Of my State and
the masses Of the people throughout
the country, and against the selfish
schemes fall who worship only at the
shrine of msmmop.
"Haye you seen the Journals state
ment OF what you said when your atten.
tion was called to Sewalls roas,? What
Of thar"
"Yes, have ssen it, and prayed Jobs
prayer, Lord save me from my friends. )
The writer besrs ME out in nv state
nent made above, that have uuifornly
refused to be interviewed, buf he en-
bsllishes what I said with expletivss
which did Z OF use and which could
not be safely used over telephone.
Otherwise, the statement is sub tan
italy correct.
81 want you to say for me hat this ia
the only aufhoriz d statement ever
publithed from. me about this Bruns>
wick congress or anybody connected
with it. Studied and persistent efforts
have been made, for o!itical purpL SIS,
to provoke me to say something for
publication, but 1 have refused to do go.
The frat maxim of military science |
ever learned was first find out what
your enemy wants you to do, aid then
do something else''"
The following is from the Atlanta
Journal OF Thurkday:
"The interview referred to in Mr..
Sswell's speech In Brunswick this
morning was one which appeared in
Atlanta afternoon paper yesterday,
and which Governor Gambler chsnced
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-02-02
MAY HEAR 1T TODAY.

1t is very probable that Judge Ben-
net will hear arguments rod4y for a
new t'i7l for Tricy CIR flu.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-02-02

whloh proper provisions shall be made
for the protection OF The sewers on
Cochran avenue. and the repairing OF
such sewerage, and report same to
council for approval. Adopted
BY Alderman McGAvvey, instruoting
the clerk to aollcit bids for printing
new code Of ordinances. Adopted.
License ordinance read second time.
CouDcil adjourned until 10 O'Clock Q.
m FEB. 2, 1901.
w. F. Symons, Clerk.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-02-02
BROBSTON GIVES HIS SIDE
OF HIS STAND ON SUBSIDY

gress; further that while | myself was
convert TO that policy it was opposed
by the Democratic party, and did not
believe that Governor Gambler would
sign the call in its or iginal shape and
I undrrst..r-,d since then thai t Q words
called 1t the Instance of the
Brunswick Board Ct Trade were insert
ed By the governor himself when the
paper was presented for his signature
While l do not think GoverLor Cam
I d1er's friends realized the full purport
of this matter at the time they induced
him to sign the call they certainly can
not charge me with any manner Of de-
ceptien. We cannot help what we be-
1ieve and convictions always force
themselves. A ship subsidy bill on
an equitable basis will benefit the
south and will build up American ship
ping I believe In it and have adYocst-
ed it as business proposition. If there
be those who criticise my motiYe the
endorse ment given ne by n,y home peo-
pie is sufficient answer"