Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-05
Scraps aud farts.

strike today and began the struggle
for the eight-hour day, which had
been declared to go into effect today.
Members of the local Typothetae
against whom the strike was declared,
asserted tonight that hundreds of
nonunion printers from various parts
OF the country are hurrylng to New
York to take the places Of the strikers
and to secure the high wages paid
in this city. Representatives of the
Typographical union say that the
eight-hour day principal has already
been won in New York, and that the
percentage of men compelled to strike
Is very small.
The railroads of Kansas are una
BILE to furnish cars to move one-half
of the corn crop. Grain men, farmers
and millers appeal in vain for trains
in which to ship to market the lsO'-
0OO, 900 bushels Of this cereal. All
along the lines Of the corn belt are
heaps of corn waiting to be shipped.
At some points temporary cribs have
-
the great majority of the places 1t has
merely been piled upon the ground
and some of these piles contain as
many as 10000 bushels. This corn
has been hauled to shipping points
with the idea that 1t was to be loaded,
into cars which had been ordered
but in most instances the corn got
there before the cars and is still
waiting for them. Storms might seri-
ously damage this corn, which Is !ex-
posed to the elements. and the men
who own it. are keeping the wires
hot with messages to the railroad ask
ing that their orders for cars be filled.
Moscow, January 2: 1t Is impos-
sible to ascertain the total losses re-
sulting from the ten days revolt as
many of the dead and wounded have
not been reported at the hospitals,
public and private. and some OF the
bodies were incinerated. But per-
sonal tour of the hospitals shows
there were 54S killed and LOGS
wounded. One hundred and seventy
four of the injured taken to the hos
pitals have since died. The troops
lost nine killed, of whom two were
officers, and 81 wounded. or the po-
lice force 10 were killed and 10
wounded. Among the killed and
wounded were a number Of children,
the return generally showing that in
nocent persons suffered heaviest. The
final figures of the casualties will
closely approach $500, the original
estimate made in these dispatches
The stories of the discovery Of great
heaps of dead in Presena district, as
we'll as many other sensational stories
printed by the local papers, like the
statement that over four hundred rev.
olutionists are still holding the Prok-
haroff mills, turn out, after invesuga-
ton. to be untrue. There has been
no fighting at the Prokaroff mills
since Saturday. An eyewitness or the
surrender of the last batch on Sun
day says that two Of the ring leaders
were shot without even the SEM
blance Of trial.
Berlin, January 3: The railway
administration placed orders last
week for 10000 freight cars, at a
cost of $4,000, 900, with manufac-
turers In FIVE countries, stipulating
delivery by the middle Of February,
beside utilizing the car works of Ger
many. Inquiries made regarding the
reasons for urgency resulted In op-
tanning the statement that the order
ing of the cars was a precautionary
measure, the general staff desiring to
be ready to move troops If necessary
by the 1st of March. This Is only a
proper measure of prudence, 1t was
affirmed, in view Of the extensive mill
itary arrangements going on in France
which, among other dispositions, in
clude the movement towards the
German frontier Of six regiments OF
artillery. or $50 guns. The ordering
of these freight cars, each Of which
would accommodate 40 soldiers or
would enable the authorities to trans
port material, is only in consequence
OF the French preparations and must
not be taken to indicate any hostile
design on the part of Germany, whose
peaceful intentions remain uachang-
ed. The step taken is due to the
conviction long held and acted upon
here that the best preservative Of
peace is complete preparedness for
any eventuality. The word war is
not used because such a word in
itself would be provocative and
every interest, both in and outside
the government, shrinks from such
a possibility unless it be small
group of military men. The govern
ment will probably regret the publi-
cation Of this intelligence but its
transmission seems necessary to a
proper understanding of the drift OF
events and of how both France and
Germany are Strengthening their d.
plomatic position on the eve of the
Moroccan conference by material
preparations.
- John w. steel, known as Goal Oli
Johnny, who in seven months in 1852
suuandered a fortune of $3.OOO,OOO
and earned the reputation of being
the most remarkable spender in his
tory, is dying on the Fee farm, near
Franklin, Pa. At his bedside his
faithful wife is his sole companion.
He has the necessities Of life and
nothing more. His last forty years
have been spent in grief because of
his earlier folly Coal Oil Johnny"
was 20 years old in 1861 when his foster
mother was blown to pieces while
trying to ignite fire with coal oil.
That accident gave Johnny his nick
name, also a farm under which were
oceans of oil and a bank account of
$60O,000,s. He had to wait a year to
get possession of his wealth, and for
twelve months he plotted and plan
ned how he could cut a figure with
his fortune. His record as a spend
thrift is told in book written by