The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-20

She is the widow of soldier of the
Tenth Infantry. On his deathbed
he extracted a pledge that she would
prefer charges against Gen. Chaffee
for alleged cruel treatment at Camp
Mcdowell, a post in Arizona. Mrs.
White says Chaffee, then a major,
burned the soldiers homes. She
adds: 81 am going to New York to
meet Gen. Chaffee, and if he does not
give me satisfaction I'll shoot him. -
Wilksbarre., Aug lS.-John Mitch
ell is to leave Immediately, Oh his ar
rival from the west Thursday night,
for New York, to confer with J. p.
Morgan about bringing about an end
of the strike. This move will eX-
haust every possible effort on his part
TO secure settlement by arbitration
and Cancellation. Mitchell's visit to
New York is taken because of pres
sure from the miners who regard
Morgan as the one man who can bring
about a settlement.
Duryea, Aug. 1S.-No attempt was
made this morning to resume work at
te Warnke washery and nothing will
be done in that direction pending
the result of the hearing at Wilkes
barre of the twenty-four coal and iron
police, who are out on BAIL charged
with causing the riot on Thursday. A
story is floating about this morning
to the effect that some Lithuanians
and Slavs are planning an effective
method of preventing the resumption
of work. During the disorder of a
rush on washery or colliery, the
breaker is to be dynamited. This
l,n
for about six months. Vague threats
are heard here and if all were carried
into execution there would not be
enough left of the settlement to fill
coal scuttle.
Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. Is. Alvan
N. Jacobs, who was eye witness of the exc
cution of the thirty Yaqui Indians at
! Torren, State of Sonora, Mexico. has ar
rived here and corroborates the story first
! told of the deaths. He says the Indians
came down out of the mountains for water
and were surprised by Mexican soldiers,
who took them to Torren, placed them
against an adobe wall and shot them in
! cold blood, one at time. This bloody
work was done by detachment of six
soldiers lined up, few PAGES off.
New York, Aug. 15.-Ciaimants for
money presented by Benjamin Frank
lin, few years before his death, to
the cities of Philadelphia and Boston
for the benefit of the printers and
artisans of the printers craft, have
appeared in Jersey City. They are
Benjamin Franklin Bache, a druggist,
his brother. Walter, aud their sisters,
Mrs. Booz and Mrs. Fine. The claim
ants say they are the descendants of
Franklin.
Knoxville Teop., Aug 15.-Jerry
Logan, the aged negro iaDitor of the
State Supreme court, has sold himslt
TO Gerald Stuart, clerk at the court,
for 81, 900. For this sum he agrees III
written contract to serve and obey
Stuart as legal master from now until
the time of his death Logan was
worried by debt7.
Bayonne, n. j., Aug. "a two
months trial of fuel oil as a substi-
tute for coal, bdrning about / 200 bar
rels of crude oil, daily has been ended
by the Standard Oil Company at Bay
onne. According to trustworthy au
thority, the company has decided tina
the cheapest grade of coal-pea ant
dust mixed with coke obtained from
its refining stills-is both better anC
cheaper than fuel oil. The compan,
has obtained supply of soft coal anC
abandoned the used of fuel oil here.