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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
is TROUBLE AT ONCE
MURDER AND WRECKS FOLLOW
THE STRIKE.
BUSINESS TIED UP ON M. & O.
STRIKE IS ASSUMING ALARMING
PROPORTIONS.

Fish Plate Used to Wreck an En-
gine ut JacksOn-Win Marlboro, n
Young White Man, Was Shot and
Killed on His Tender-StriI<ers
DiscIaim Any COMPREHENSIVE
Militia Wanted at JacksOn-Engin-
GERS and Firemen Not in the
Strike.
Jackson, Tenn, May 10.-The strike
on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad now
on in this city is assuming alarm
ing proportions. One man killed, two
trains wrecked and business badly
tied up is the result of the day in
Jackson.
About 4 o'clock this morning Chief of
Police T. C. CASTOR and his force
were called to the union depot by the
officials of the road on account of a
wreck having occurred there, alleged
to be the work of the strikers. A fish
plate had been laid between the rails
of a switch and a monster engine was
ditched. The engine was placed again
on the rails and returned to the shops,
and when it returned to carry the
train north the switch was thrown
and another delay occasioned.
To-day at II O'Clock VIII Marlboro. a
young man, was shot and killed on the
tender of his engine. Marlboro board
ed the train yesterday afternoon at
Bethel Springs, south of here, made a
trip to Okolona, Miss, as a brakeman
and returned to Jackson to-day. The
train on which he was killed was the
same as that manned by Capt. Prin-
gle, a bridge foreman, and his crew of
negro hands. South of Jackson the
negroes were run off the train, and at
Bethel Marlboro Joined Pringle, who was
proceeding alone.
The strikers say that they know moth
ing of the identity of the man or men
who did the shooting. and deprecate
the action.
The railroad property is being guard
ed and further trouble is feared.
AT the request of the strikers, the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
has prepared writ Of injunction.
which will be filed in the Federal court.
asking that the state militia be ordered
to Jackson at once to protect the rights
and property of the company.
The report that the engineers and
firemen would join the strikers is said
to be unfounded.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
STRIKE AT STOCKADE
DELEGATES IN ATLANTA ROAST
THAT INSTITUTION.
ONE ROOM WAS CROWDED
WITH WHITE AND BLACK. OLD
AND YOUNG, MALE AND FEMALE.

Members of n Party of Delegates
After an InspectiOn-It Was De-
clared n Disgrace and a shame.
Unprintable Charges Were Made.
StOckade the Subject of Sermons
from the Pulpits of Atlanta.
Atlanta, May 10.-Members of a par
ty of delegates to the Conference of
Charities and Correction visited the
city stockade to-day, and did not hest
tate to express themselves in emphatic
terms as to the conditions they found
prevailing there. This is the camp to
which are sent the prisoners from the
city Recorders Court.
Speaking of the camp, Timothy Mich
OILS, one of the Society of Friends of
Indianapolis, Ind, said
AT your city stockade 1 found in one
room 100 prisoners, white men and
women, black men and women, and
even children, both white and black
male and female, all mixed together,
Unfortunately. This is a shame, a
disgrace to Christian civilization, and
the people should not for a moment
permit it. The sexes and the races
should at least be separated, and the
children placed in a department to
themselves. Such a vile institution as
that further the best of conditions for
promulgatng and teaching crime, and
some remedy should be provided for
this evil at once"
Mr.. Nicholson and other members
of the party set forth these facts in
addresses delivered in churches to-
night and some charges were made in
interviews of such a nature as to be
unprintable. The statements will
doubtless lead to investigation.
The members of the conference Wis
tied the federal prison, the county jail
and other institutions OF correction and
charity. All pulpits in the city We're
filled by delegates to the conference,
and in many instances their discussion
was based on what they have seen in
Atlanta The only severe criticism,
however, was directed against the city
Stockade
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
RAN TWO TRAINS.
NJ. & o. Greatly Handicapped by a
Lack of Men.

Lack of Men.
Meridian, Miss, May 10.-The Mobile
and Ohio strike situation remains about
the same in this city, except that the
company succeeded in getting one train
out and one in to-day with non-union
conductors and brakemen. The yards
are without even non-union men.
Superintendent A. ]. Alexander said
this afternoon that he expects to have
practically all places of strikers on his
division filled by tomorrow noon, and
that traffic will be resumed Quite a
number of union men have arrived
here from Chicago. They are corralled
in cars in the yards, and all strikers
are warned to stay out of the yards
and not to interfere. No disturbances
have occurred here and none are ex-
pected. The strikers are conducting
themselves in a most orderly way.
This afternoon a large meeting of
strikers, participated in by engineers
and other railroad employees, was held
in Meridian, but not a word of what
was done was given out. 1t is believed
here, owing to persistent rumors, that
the engineers are considering the ques-
ton of taking action that might prove
of assistance to the strikers.
The passenger traffic so far has not
been at all interrupted.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
JUMPED THE TRACK.

Engineer Killed and Several In
jured i'm the Resulting Accident.
Knoxville. Tenn, May 1O.-Southern
passenger train No. H. which leaves
Knoxville at 9:35 a. M, for Asheville,
N. c., jumped the track about noon
to-day one mile west of White Pine,
Tenn. The train consisted of engine,
combination express and mail car, bag
gage car, two day coaches and two
sleepers. All were derailed except the
sleeper.
Engineer Robert B. Holloman of
Knoxville was caught beneath his en-
CINE and crushed to death.
The injured are:
Ed. Brazleton, Knoxville, fireman;
W. S. Staley, of Knoxville, express
messenger; Ben Whiteside of Knox
vile, baggage master; E. P. Aber-
nathy of Salisbury N. c., postal clerk;
r. z. L. Mouncey of Salisbury. N. c..
postal clerk; Sylvia Smith, colored, of
White Pine, Tenn, a passenger; Hor-
ace Webb, colored, of Knoxville, a
passenger.
OF the injured, all of whom are pain
fully hurt, sylvia Smith is the worst
injured. She may die.
The train was running thirty miles
an hour when the accident occurred.
No cause can be assigned for it. The
rails were torn up for 200 feet and
a delay of over six hours occurred to
travel.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
WAS 1T A HOAX?
Some Take That View of the In
fernaI Machine.

New York, May 10.-The police so
far have failed to solve the mystery
surrounding the leaving of a box of
dynamite on the Cunard Line dock
yesterday. There is a division of opin-
ion among the officials as to whether
the matter was intended to be a hoax
or not, but all agree that, the pos
sibilities of a great explosion and
great loss of life were many.
Superintendent George E. Murray of
the bureau of combustibles said to-
day there were no defamation caps at
tached to the dynamite sticks, and
that without these caps it is not like
ly that the dynamite would have ex-
ploded from a fuse. He says, however,
that if the box had been given sud-
den jar at the time the fuse burned
down to the dynamite an explosion
might have resulted.
He also said that he has experiment.
ed with the clock work and concluded
that it had run about five hours when
found and that it still had about thirty
hours to run before operating the fir
ing lever. He does not believe that
hoax was intended.
inspector MCCluSkey can duNdIlCS IO
theory on the case. He said he would
have to wait until the results of his
efforts to learn who sent the box had
borne some fruit. He had a score of
men at work all day endeavoring to
locate the wagon in which the box was
carried to the Cunard pier.
Police Commissioner Greene said to-
day that it had been suggested to him
that the whole thing was a hoax, but
that the suggestion would not divert
him from his position from having the
matter sifted to the bottom.
This is too grave a matter" he said,
ito be considered lightly, even if proven
a hoax. I shall try to find the person
or persons who placed the dynamite
on the pier. The offense is punishable
by an Imprisonment of twenty years,
and to prevent repeated attempts of
this kind an example should be made
of the participants in the affair"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
SPINAL MENINGITIS
Has Assaulted the Crews of Two Re-
ceiving Ships.

Has Assaulted the Crews of Two Re-
ceiving Ships.
Philadelphia, May 10.-The Press will
say tomorrow:
Deadly cerebro-spinal meningitis,
popularity known as spotted fever"
and one of the hardest contagious dis
eases to combat, has broken out in
the ranks of the 1900 men aboard the
receiving ships Minneapolis and Puri-
tan, at League Island Navy Yard.
Already it has killed three young re-
cruits, while five more victims are how
ering between life ard death. Grave
fears prevail that others among the
embryo blue Jackets who ate, worked
and slept with the stricken men, may
fall into the fever's embrace.
A heroic effort will be made to pre-
vent a spread of the disease, not only
by constantly watching the men, burt
by removing them entirely from the
two receiving ships
To-day the work of raising thirty
five tents will be started, and as soon
as the canvas shelters are in place, the
l,2O0 young tars will be put out TO
camp, giving them plenty of fresh air
and more room for exercise, which 1t is
thought will materially lessen chance
for further incubation of the disease.
When the men leave the Minneapolis
and Puritan both ships will be sub
jected to a thorough fumigation.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
WAS NO LYNCHlNG.
sheriff mt Fremont Succeeded in
Averting 1t.


Averting 1t.
Fremont, o., May 10.-Mob violence,
which was threatened in this city last
night as the result of the alleged kill
ing of Otto Mischke by one of three
negroes, subsidized at O'Clock this
charged with the crime are securely
locked in the county Jail at Norwalk,
and the excitement that was rampant
for several hours last night has about
subsided.
From 1 o'clock until O'Clock Sunday
morning, the Jail building was sur
rounded by the angry crowd calling
upon Sheriff Mason to deliver the pris-
oners. For an hour or more the sheriff
stood on the front steps of his resi-
dence and admonished the threatening
crowd to be careful and quiet and not
commit an act that would forever
Shame Fremont in the eyes of the
world Sheriff Mason said he had TAX
en- an oath to do his official duty, and
do 1t he would, and he said he would
shoot the first man who made an at
tempt to break down the Jail door and
enter the building.
For fear of further trouble during
the day and tonight, Mayor Engler
ordered every saloon in the city closed.
The negroes gave their names as
Wheeler Kimbro, Walter Stratton and
Lorenzo Martin. Martin and Stratton
had loaded revolvers in their possession.
To-days story of the tragedy is to
the effect that the negroes who were in
the street We're offended at a question
of Mrs. Albert Gommel as to who they
were. Mrs. Gommel was on her way
home with her husband and children.
MiSche. the victim of the huIlef WAS
living at the Gommel House, which was
in the vicinity of the ARRAY, and when
he came to the door to see what the
loud talk was about. a bullet struck
him in the stomach, inficting a fatal
wound.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
LAUNDRYMEN STILL OUT.
Efforts to Settle Their Strike Prove
Unavailing.

Unavailtng.
Chicago, May 10.-All efforts to reach
a settlement of the laundry strike at
a meeting to-day between the special
committee of the employees and the en-
ployers failed of results, and a dis
ruption of the ranks of the employers
association is expected tomorrow.
The Evanston laundrymen, who an
nounced yesterday that they would
open their laundries Monday, could
not be influenced by the association
to-day. All attended the meeting and
strong effort was exerted to induce
them to stand by the association, but
in vain, and the Evanston men left the
meeting, determined to open for bust
ness tomorrow morning.
Laundrymen outside of the special
committee have held conferences with
President Wilson of the Laundry Work
ers' Union, endeavoring to arrange in
dividual terms of settlement on their
own responsibility.
Another conference will be held to-
morrow morning to effect an amicable
settlement of the controversy between
the two organizations. The fight is
still over the recognition of the union,
and practically no progress has been
made during the last three days.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
BACK TO CAMP Wears.
Capt Pershing Reports Upon His
Expedition.

Manila, May 10.-Capt. Pershing and
his column have returned to Camp
Wears, Mindanao, from the expedi-
ton through the country east of Lake
Lanao. The column experienced no op-
position after the fighting at Taraca.
The prisoners captured at Taraca took
the oath of allegiance to the United
States and were released.
Among the Moros killed in the Tar
AGA forts were nine Dattos and one Sui
tan. The moral effect of this fight will
be far reaching, and it is doubtful If
there will be any further hostility in
the Lake Lanao country Capt. Per-
shing estimates the population Of Tar
AGA at 5000, and that of the district at
100000. He says the population of the
Lake Lanao district has been under
estimated.
Four natives have been found gull
ty Of the murder of three American
marines at Olangapo, Subig Bay, last
September, and have been sentenced to
death.
The ladrone situation seems to have
materially improved. In Albany prov
ince it is still unsatisfactory, but the
other districts which recently have
been disturbed are quieter.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
WOLF WAS FREED
BUT FREEING HIM DID NOT Do
MESTICATE HIM.
PARKHURST ON THE NEGRO.
THE NEW YORK CLERGYMAN
SPOKE AT ATLANTA.

Case of the Convict Compared to
That of the Emancipated Negro.
Great Deal of HerOIsm During the
War, but There Was but Little
Statesmanship In RECOMMENDATION.
Altering His Condition Did Not
Alter the Negro CIeVeIand's
Views Endorsed.
Atlanta, May 1O.-Rev. DR.. Charles
H. Parkhurst of New York to-day de-
livered the annual convention sermon
before the national conference of
Charities and Correction The Baptist
Tabernacle, the largest auditorium in
the city, was crowded to hear the New
York clergyman.
DR.. Parkhurst compared the case Of
the convict to that of the emancipated
negro, upon this point saying, in part:
THE instance of the convict is in
principle exactly what occurred in the
case of the blacks. Emancipation
pushed the bolt for them; it let them
out into the sunshine. There was a
great deal of heroism in the course of
the war, North and South, but there
was not much craftsmanship in the
construction of a peace, and one of
the radical mistakes made was in sup
posing that altering the colored mans
condition altered the colored man, that
letting a wolf out of a cage domesti-
Gates the wolf, that substituting coat
and trousers for swaddling clothes
makes of an infant a man, and that
emancipation not only relieved the
slave of his letters. but qualified him
to be a citizen.
stands by Cleveland.
II heard Mr.. Cleveland state this
matter in New York three weeks ago
in terms of that strength and appre-
citation which ordinarily characterize
his utterances.
"All the comment that the weighty
words of the ex-President require is
the course of events during the past
thirty years.
"A large percentage of people are at a
disadvantage and no small percentage
are put under tremendously heavy
handicap; and the organization that it
has been my privilege to address to-
day exists primarily for the purpose of
relieving handicap. getting the people
that are in the rear as near as pos
sible to the front row, minimizing in
equalities, encouraging the man that is
lame in leg, brain or natural oppor-
tunity, and that is hypochondriacally
jogging on behind"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
GALLANT LIFE SAVERS
Did Effective Work for the Bark
Vera Cruz.

Vera Cruz.
Beaufort, N. c., May 10.-More def
mite news was received to-day regard
ing the wreck of the Portuguese bark
Vera Cruz, the third, at Portsmouth on
the south side of Ocracoke inlet, sixty
miles north of here. The only COM
munication is by boat to this place, and
the boat which arrived to-day brings
intelligence that there were 251 pas
sengers, all Portuguese, and a crew Of
fifteen. All were rescued by the Ports
mouth life-saving station crew, but one
died a few minutes after the rescue.
The Vera Cruz was in charge of
local pilot, having put in at Ocracoke
inlet after water. She struck on the
outer bar, and then on the inner bar
hard and fast, nearly two miles from
the Efe-saving station. A gale was
blowing, the sea was very rough and
the work of rescue was extremely dan
gerous.
There are only about sixty people at
Portsmouth, so nearly all the Porta-
guese had to be taken across the inlet
to OcTacoke, five miles distant. Some
of the cargo was landed, mainly whale
oil, of which sixty tons were on board.
The wind continues from the north
east and it is believed the vessel will
be a total loss. wrecking tug ar
rived there this afternoon from Nor
folk
Z. G. Terrell, keeper of the Ports
mouth station and his crew, are high
ly commended for their great work,
which occupied about twelve hours.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
SPENT SUNDAY QUIETLY.
Roosevelt Continues to Enjoy Him
self in California.

self in California.
Hotel Delmonte, Cal, May 10-Pres-
ident Roosevelt to-day spent one of the
most restful Sundays he has had since
his trip began. His train arrived here
at midnight, but he did not leave it
until about 9 o'clock this morning. At
that hour Col. Ward and a detachment
of the Fifteenth Infantry stationed at
Fort Monterey, arrived at his car.
After the President had greeted the
colonel and his staff, he was escorted
to the hotel, where he and his party
had breakfast
At the conclusion of the meal the
President and a small party rode horse
back over the famous seventeen miles
some others of the party drove over
the route in carriages. The weather
was perfect and the trip was greatly
enjoyed by the President, who was en-
thusiastic over the scenery. In the aft
ernoon he attended service, and then,
with Secretary Moody, President But
Ter of Columbia University and Pres
ident Wheeler of the University of Cal
ifornta spent two hours in the hotel
grounds.
After dinner President Roosevelt held
an informal reception in one of the par
lors of the hotel. He shook hands with
the guests of the house and with the
officers who are stationed at Fort
Monterey.
The start for the North will begin at
a. m. Tomorrow 1t was the inten-
ton to have the President review the
troops stationed at Fort Monterey to-
day, but he declined to do so on Sun
day. He requested Col. Ward to do
away with all formality as he desired
to spend the day quietly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
WAR WITH BULGARIA.
General Feeling Is That That Is
the Only Solution.


London, May 1.-THE Salonica cor
respondent of the Times cables that
there are ten foreign men-of-war in the
harbor of Salonica. A state of siege
has been proclaimed, and Turkish
troops are guarding every square yard
of the town. Quiet prevails
The schemes of the revolutionary
leaders may hang fire, but it is not
likely that they will be abandoned.
There have been found documents
which convince the authorities that the
recent explosions were carried out by
officers of the Bulgarian royal engi-
neers.
The central opinion prevails, the cor
respondent says that the only way to
clear the atmosphere is by a war with
Bulgaria.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
BUB0NIC PLAGUE IN
SOUTH AMERICA.
Cities I'm Peru Are Officially De-
cIared to Have 1t.

Cities I'm Peru Are Officially De-
cIared to Have 1t.
Guayaquil, Ecuador, May local
tao and Pisco, Peru. have been official
ly declared infected with bubonic
plague.
The banks and business houses of
GuayaquH are subscribing funds for
the purpose of cleaning the city. The
Cosmos Line steamers Herodot and
Sesostris, from Southern ports, will be
refused admittance here. Ecuadoran
soldiers have been stationed on the
frontier to stop communication. The
Board of Health at Payta, Peru, has
closed that port to vessels from Cal
lao.
The Municipal Council and the Board
of Health at Guayaquil are in session
to discuss steps against the introduce
ton of the plague.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
BLASDELL AND WIFE
BURNED TO DEATH.

Buffalo, N. Y. May 1O.-Herman M.
Blasdell Of North Collins. a former as
semblymen. after whom the town Of
Blasdell. N. Y. is named. ana his wife
were so badly burned in a fire which
started from an explosion and which
destroyed their home to-day that they
died few hours later. An adopted
son, who was the only other occupant
Of the house Al the time OF the explo-
sion was slightly burned
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
NUMBERING CHRISTIANS.

MussuImans md Turkish Troops
Venting Their Rage.
Constantinople. May 10.-Consul dis
patches received here from Monistir,
European Turkey, say the Mussulmans
and Turkish troops are numbering
Christians in the suburbs of the Chris
tian quarter of the town. Houses are
deserted and shops are closed.
The statement that Gen. Zontcheff
one OF The principal Macedonian lead
ers, has been killed in a fight with
Turks at Florina, has been officially
confirmed
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
MAY MEAN TREATY
WILL BE APPROVED

Panama, May 10.-The convocation of
the Colombian Congress for June 20 is
believed by those acquainted with gov
eminent affairs to mean that Presi-
dent Marroquin is confident of having
sufficient support to assure the APP
proval of the canal treaty.
Senator Obalda has just published a
strongly worded accusation of Gems.
Herrera and Perras for the part they
took as leaders in the last revolution.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
BRITISH SECRETARY LEAVES.

Madrid, May 10.-In dispatch from
Tangier the correspondent of the Her
aldo says a British torpedo boat has
left there for Tetuan with the secretary
Of the British legation on board. Otner
dispatches report characterization on
the part Of the government forces at
Tangier and Tetuan.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
D. A. RS IN CONVENTION.
Assembled in New York Are 1900
Members of the Society.

New York, May 10.-The twelfth an
nual convention of the Daughters of
the American Revolution was opened
to-day, with special service held in
ST. Paul's Church, at which 1900 mem
bers of the society and their friends
were present.
The Rev. Robert Morris Kemp, who
preached the sermon, pleaded for the
perpetuation of the highest traditions
of patriotism by the woman of Ameri-
ca and protested against the establish
ment in this country of aristocracies
of birth or wealth and the marriage of
American women with titled foreign
erS,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
CLERKS AND OFFICIALS
Run the Passenger Trains on the
Mobile and Ohio.

Mobile, Ala, May 10.-To-day, the
second day of the strike of the train
men on the Mobile and Ohio, has been a
quiet one here. The road is still tied
up as tightly as ever, no freight of any
kind being moved. The passenger trains
all pulled out on time, being run by
clerks in the offices and officials of the
road.
officials say they will have enough
men here tomorrow to handle all
trains, and preparations are being
made for trouble. Deputy sheriffs are
in charge of the yards at Whistler,
where many of the men live. and forty
men are scattered about the yards
here, ready in case of trouble.
No peace overtures have been made
on either side.