Newport weekly independent., 1902-05-23

Ordnance officials of the Ameri- can navy have discovered a method whereby a gun may be fired without showing the usual cloud of white fog or vapor which smokeless pow der gives.
 Through the efforts of Senator Hanna, Rathbone, who was recently convicted of postal frauds in Cuba, has been granted new trial by President Roosevelt. The action of the president is based on the un- shaken faith of Hanna in the inno- cence of Rathbone and on the addi- tional fact that new evidence has developed since the trial.
 A daughter of "Eligh IF Dowie, of Illinois, founder of a fanatical religious sect, died recently after suffering for hours without medical attention, and the responsibility of her death is placed on her father. The young lady's hair caught fire from gas jet and she was fright fully burned Dowie refused to call a physician and spent ten hours in the room with his daughter praying for her to be saved. During all this time the girl was suffering the most intense agony.
 A battle is on between coal mi ners of Pennsylvania and the mine owners. The struggle promises to be one of the bitterest in the history of labor troubles in this country. It is estimated over 100000 men will be effected. The miners have been saving their money, and are said to be in position to hold out indefinitely. The American Civic Federation, of which Senator Han na Is chairman, used its efforts to prevent the strike, the men agreeing to arbitrate, but the bosses refused to make any concessions. The mi ners contend that in view of the increase in the cost of living they have demanded nothing unreason- able, and since they have offered to abide by the decision of disinter- ested board, they have the sympa- thy of the public. If lawlessness is not resorted to it is believed the men will win. President Mitchell, conceded one of the ablest men in labor circles today, advised the men to accept any reasonable concession from the operators.
 A bloody fight took place just outside the corporate limits of At lanta between officers and negro outlaws, in which eight men were killed. In order to auell the dis turbance the governor was compell- ed to call out the militia. The Of- ficers located negro named Hunt lngton, for whom they had war rant, in a store house. The store was a small arsenal in which were a number of winchester rifles and small gatling gun. It was a ren- dezvous for gang of thieves and murGerers. At daylight the officers approached the building to place it's occupants under arrest, and were met with a fusilade of shots, one of their number falling with a bullet through his head. Seeking shelter, the officers kept up a continuous fire on the building, but without apparent effect Whenever one of them emerged from view he was shot down by the negroes. News of the affair spread rapidly and soon hundreds of people were has tening to the scene. Finally a torch was applied to the building when the occupants made a break to escape, but were shot to pieces by the enraged people. Hunting ton, the leader, was the only one who remained in the building, and his body was almost completely burned up. By this time state troops arrived on the scene and suc- ceeded in quelling the riot. The