Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-24
Scraps aud faets.

ture members of the Allen outlaw
band which "shot up" the Carroll
county court on March IA. lnciudlng
previous settlements. about SlZ'ooo
has been paid by the commonwealth.
Governor Mann today gave. w. ".
Baldwin q warrant on the state audi
tor for $2,300, the amount OF the re-
wards offered for the capture OF Sluna
Allen and Wesley Edwards. Detective
baldwin stated that Miss. Maud lro-
Ier. who went to Des Moines to mar
nv Edwards, and who unwittingly led
to his arrest, did not betray him and
would receive no part OF the reward.
The real information which the de-
tectiyes wanted, according to Bald
win. was given by her father, Frank
Iroler, who will be offered $500 for his
services. There has been no intima-
ton from Iroler as to whether ne Will
accept.
st. Petersburg, September 22: An
investigation Of conditions in Bulga-
ria discloses a unanimity OF sentiment
that that country Is on the eve OF
long cherished war against Turkey.
Unless the conference which the Rus
sian foreign minister, M: SazoneI,
will have in London with BRUSH
statesmen Is fruitful for Macedonia
the war party is likely to gain the up
perhand. The army Is already taxing
active measures. Railroad tracks are
guarded throughout their whoie ex-
tent detachments are stationed at the
bridges and requisition commissions
are canvassing the frontier towns.
Preparations also have been made TO
ACQUIRE ample provisions. The serious
situation is reflected in business and
foreign banks have suspended. Inc
specific policy of King Ferdinand Is
now CHALLENGED by a systematic pro-
papanda for war. The massacre OF
152 Bulgarians by Turks in August al
Kotschana has stirred the nation
deeply. Meetings have been held In
all parts Of Bulgaria, at which turkey
has been fiercely denounced. The IN
surrection of the wild Albanian tribes
has opened the eyes of Greece and
Servia, and for the first time Bulga-
ria faces the Turkish problem In ac-
cord with those two countries. More
important, there is an earnest convlc,
ton that the present international
situation offers the Bulgarians the best
chances of success, because II Is
thought that Austria will now decline
to move a wing to the triple alliance.
London, September 21: The prac-
ticaI division Of Persia between Great
Britain and Russia appears almost as
sured as q result Of the conferences
which Sergius Sazoneff, the Russian
foreign minister, has had with British
ministers. The newspapers whlcn are
in the closest touch with the Foreign
office. especially the Times, looked up
on recently as Sir Edward Grays
mouthpiece, are forecasting this ar
rangement and apparently preparing
the public mind for it. The necessity
of preserving order in the interests OF
trade Is the principal reason adVanc
ed. The Manchester Guardian ana
other Liberal papers, oppose the pro
ject bitterly. Since the signing OF the
knglo-R Russian convention in 1907 for
the maintenance of Persia's independ-
ence and integrity and incidentally for
the division Of the country into Brit
ish and Russian spheres OF influence,
there has been steady growth or tnls
influence and q corresponding SHRINK
age of independence in Persia. Ine
exact division of territory will not De
easy. The Russian papers claim Te-
heran. If the emperor gets the capl-
tai Great Britain's share will be de.
cidedly smaller. Some OF the Lloerai
papers bewail the disappearance OF
Persia as the buffer state and foresee
great increase in the British mlltaIy
establishment when the British Rus
sian boundary Is drawn across the
middle of what Is now Persia. NO
where Is the outcome OF the CONFER
ence between Sir Edward Gray and
M. Sazoneff Of greater interest than at
the capitals of the Balkan states, as II
Is believed that they have vital bear
ing on the crisis in the Near East, the
gravity of which, unless the powers
induce Turkey Immediately to intro
duce reforms in Macedonia, all are
agreed upon. The report in London Is
that BULGARIA., Servia, Greece and Mon
tenegro are watching closely the pro-
gress Of the conversations which began
in London today and will be continued
at Balmoral castle on Monday. There
Is no confirmation here OF the report
ed alliance of the four Balkan states
To make common cause against Tur-
key.
The state of armed peace which
has obtained in the Kanawha mining
district of West Virginia during the
past several weeks continues with very
little promise Of immediate RELIEF.
The trouble grows out Of a protest on
the part Of some 5000 miners against
the Objectionable methods OF the ope-
rating companies and the absolute re-
fusal of the companies to recognize OF
in any way have anything to do with
the International Mine Workers Union,
The complaint Of the miners Is that
for a long time the operating compa-
nies have been governing the miners
in accordance with arbitrary laws
made and enforced by the companies
and without consulting the miners
themselves. For instance, miner
charged with some breach OF the
peace, caused by drunkenness or oth-
wise, would be taken up by guards
employed by the company and respon-
sible to the company alone, q nne
would be imposed by some one In the
employ of the company and that mon
ey would be taken out OF the mans
wages and appropriated to the use OF
the company. The personal liberty OF
the miners had almost come to be a
thing unknown. The great majority
Of them, they claim, had been reduc-
ed to a condition of serfdom. The
trouble commenced when labor or
ganizers began to interest themselves
in the situation. A strike 1olloWeu
soon and the mine operators had to
call upon the state for help. Governor
Glasscock sent troops; but he recog-
nizes that the trouble is by no means
one -SlQeQ ana he seems tO ue uoliS OH
he can to bring about some kind or a
compromise. The miners, however,
insist upon recognition Of their union
as an absolutely essential condition
precedent to further negotiations and
the mine owners insist that recogni-
ton Of the union would mean the vir-
tual confiscation of their business. AT
the present time the Kanawha region
is an armed camp. Most of the West
virginia National Guard is on duty
there and many of the miners are
armed. The miners have been making
efforts to secure rifles and ammunition
sufficient to arm them all, but the
troops have been successful in seizing
most of these supplies in transit, or
capturing them after their arrival.
Mexico City, September 81: Ignor-
ing the usual channels Of diplomatic
intercourse, the American ambassa-
dor, Henry Lane Wilson, has made
peremptory demand on Gov. Matias
Guerra of the state Of Tamaulipas for
the immediate release from the jail at
Tampico of W. c. Nichols, an Ameri-
can fruit grower. Nichols was arrest
ed six months ago on a charge Of haV-
ing killed a bandit, Caballos, whose
apprehension the authorities had at
tempted for many months. The am