El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-19
LtBOR MEN CLOSE
MEETING At BISBEE
SeybOrn Williams Dies Sud
denly; Madigan Drinks
Acid for Water.

Bisbee, Ariz., Oct. 1S-The State Fed
Grafton of Labor convention came to
an abrupt and unexpected end. when
a motion was put and carried with out
a dissenting voice to take a sine die
adjournment The action followed the
selection of Phoenix as the next place
of meeting.
It was apparent upon assembling OF
the delegates that they were tired and
ready to go home. Whether the two
big nights which had preceded, one de-
voted 10 dancing and the other to
rOusing time in general, had anything
to do with it is a matter of surmise
only.
President Davis. of the state Fedar-
alton declared following adjournment,
which he greeted with evident relief,
that there was the likelihood that he
would not take the chance of Dresid-
ing at the next assemblage at Phoenix.
the arduOuS week here having given
him all and more than he cared to go
through with again Mr. Davis had
a situation TO deal with that defied
all ordinary parliamentary usages, for
the reason that most of the delegates
knew nothing about parliamentary
rules and declined TO be instructed
- Two highly important measures, con-
Sidered in advance of the federation
assemblage as constituting the main
work that would come before the body,
were left in the discard when the con-
ventiOn adjourned These were the
blacklist and the so percent American
employees in all mines and works in
the state.
Most of the delegates from out of
town left for their homes on the at
ternOOn trains. There was an eX-
preston of disappointment that both
governor Hunt and senator WorsIey
had not visited the convention. The
convention lost life from the time that
it was learned that both candidates
had decided, upon the advice of their
political leaders on the floor, to keep
away.
Dies Writing n Letter.
Death came suddenly to James Sey-
born Williams. Very shortly before
his end, if not at the moment, he was
writing to his niece, for whom he had
much affection. telling her of his re-
gret that she could not accompany him
on a visit to Phoenix.
I have had a bad cold for three
months, and as usual, my heart'-ab-
ruptly and tragically ended the last
paragraph on the sheet of note PAPER
He was seized with the fatal attack
as he wrote, for the sheet lay on the
floor. where it had probably fallen from
his stricken hand.
The niece. Mrs. Lillian Mitchell, is
expected here from Tucson. She Is
with the Mountain State Telephone
company, as inspector of operators in
the state, and is widely known. BY
the terms of instructions left in a note
addressed to judge NJ. J. Brown. which
" III serve as a VIII, Mrs. Mitchell viii
receive all the effects of the deceased.
These are believed to be considerable
James s. Williams was born in Georg-
Ia in 1868 He went to Phoenix in 1886
from Chattanooga, Tenn. and worked
as brakeman. IN 1889 he came to
Bisbee and went to work in the mines
He was a resident of the city evef
since.
Drinks Acid for Water.
Edward Madigan awakened some time
between o'clock and daylight, and fol-
lowing custom, reached for bottle of
water he kept by his bed. Drowsy. he
poured a cup full and drank carbolic
acid. from which death was apparently
instantaneous. as evidences of a strug-
gle We're lacking when the, body was
found on a call being sent to Madigan to
get up. The cOrOner's jury learned
that Madigan kept a bottle of carbOlic
acid by his bed and was in the habit
or dlsinfecting his room on leaving it
each morning. He was % years of age,
and born in the district