The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-02
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NEW YORK, Dec .28.-Organizet labor in New York City is planning [ monster demonstration by having 2 parade of POO. GOO working men who will carry placards denouncing the jailipg of their leaders. Feeling is becoming intense on the part nf the laboring men all over the United States and the Unions will not give 'nI hope of saving their leaders.
 SYDNEY, Dec. 2S.-Hugh Mcintosh fight promoter of Sydey will offe' James Jefferies $50. GOO to meet John s,n who defeated Burns on Dec. 25. This is very tempting offer to over- look but to those who know him best it seems duobtful if the offer will have any effect on Jefferies, who is making money with his fight pavilion near Los Angeles, also in the saloon business, he having one of the finest saloons in the United States. Not only this, Jim has frequently stated that he will not fight a colored man under any condition.
 SEATTLE, Dec. 24.-Froln the re- port of Liutenant Orchard and Super intendent Ingram the work of con- structing roads and trails in Alaska is to be resumed during the coming year. These officers are purchasing immense quantities of supplies which will be shiped to the different points ready for activity as soon as the sea son opens. They hope Dy the end oi the coming season to build more roads and trails in Alaska than has ever been built before in like period oi time. The government realizing tine great possibilities of the dist ict arc seeing the necessity of making travel! ing for the musher and team men bet ter so that supplies and mail can come and go at regular intervals This has been onc of the great needs of Alaska and will be a benefit bey nod calculat- ion.
 DANVILLE Dec. 26.-A serious riot occurred between a mob of stri- king miners and deputy marshels hert yesterday in which two were killed and three were wounded. Five Fed eral marshrls were stationed on the premises of one of the coal compan- ies to enforce the restraining order handed oown by the court few day ago which caused the arrest of severa of the strikers for not obeying it.. This aroused the anger of the miners who as the day progressed collected in large crowd becoming, mora ano more excited. They pl lccee ded to thu mine where they were ordered to dis verce by the marshals. Immediately l& hes began to fly and a shot wa fired by a member of the mob with tile result that the officers fired with the above result. The situation is very grave at this time and additional men are heinz sworn in to protect the property of the mine owners.
 FLUSH ING, L. I. Dec 2t.-In the case of the Haines brothers for the murdur of Editor Annis of the Burr MaIntosh Magazine. the state is daily weaving the web of evidence closer around the Haines brothers by prouu. cling evidence which the defense can- not hope to over ,om, Lieutenant
 1aines is feeling the weight of ev : dence produced against him and from his dejected appearance is fast losing rope. When the state today produced Il letter written by Thornton his broth ar Lieuenen Haines, in which he de- nounced Annis as scoundrel and the herayer of his ''Lieut. Haines" wife, the defense recieved severe shock. it has been declared all along tha, rhorton had h, t ing to do with the nurdur and knew nothing of Lieuten. ant Haines intention until murdur hat actually been done, then he pro- tected his brother from violence until placed under arrest.
 SYDNEY, Dec. 26. Tommy Burns he heavy weight champion of tns world was defeated by Jack Johnson in their battle, for the championshil of the world last night. Johnson Wal Il marvel in his defensive work ant the end of the fourteenth round hat Burns in helpless cOcditiOn wher the police stopped the bout. Nearl. twenty thousand people witnessed the fight which was fast and furiOu. from the tap of the gong in the Hrs round. Burns adopted his usua tactics of rushing hut Johnson by hi, marvellous defense was abe to avoit the punishing body blows of Burns t, a great extent, although Jonhsor seemed ip distress on a few occasionl
 he evidently had the fight well. il hand and ia now the first negro heavy
 weight champion of the world,
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Unio' Labor men are using every effort t, secure a reverse in ths sentence of tn, labor leaders in the judgement hand ed down by Supreme Justice Wrigh
 in the case of Gompers, Mitchell an'
 Morrison by making a personal ap
 peal to the President, and hop
 hrOuh the good o flee of tue Presiden
 to save their leaders. It is claime
 by union men that such an notion O
 the part of the justice only adds to tn