Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 25 May 1894 — Page 4

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FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1894

MANY have been called but few will be chosen on June 2.

NF/\Y YORK has A new compulsory educational law, just what every State ought to have.

IT will soon be time for another bond issue. The Democracy is running- the Government deeper and deeper into debt.

COXKY has been sentenced to twenty days in jail and to pay a line of §5. Hi leafier he must "keep off the gra

1 iu candidates are all happy. Each thinks he has a cinch on the nomination for the office he seeks. It is unnecessary to say that that there will be some disappointments.

KUKOMO has turned anew leaf in the way of Sunday saloon closing. Hereafter the thirsty 'tippler must abstain from 11 o'clock on Saturday night until 5 o'clock Monday morning.

THK wind is tempered for the shorn lamb, that is to say that the delegates to the county convention can listen with equanimity to the plea of the candidate for the reason that it is too wet to plow anyhow.

KEY. IIAYDKN RAYHUKN, a pioneer Methodist preacher living at Kokomo. now in his eighty-third year, has solemnized 1,202 marriage ceremonies during his sixty years in the ministry. Elder Vaneleave must surrender the championship to Father Ray burn.

THK new Public Printer, Mr. Benedict, made a wholesale removal of employes from the Government Printing Ollice last Saturday. At one fell swoop he sent out 7f0, most of whom -were women, who left the building with tear stained faces. Another 700 •are booked to g'o soon. As an axman

Mr. J! enedict may be considered a success.

TIIH mines of the United States produce in a year 1,500,000 ounces of gold and (10,000,000 ounces of silver. Forty times as -much silver is produced as "gold. In 1880 the gold mined was 1,700.000 the silver mined was 30,000,000. The rate of silver mined to gold lias been steadily increasing the price of silver has been steadily falling.

The bullion 100 cents in monetizaticu Cents.

,lue of a silver dollar was the year of its deit is about 00

tariff debate has been on now

seven weeks in the Senate and at the rate of progress made during the nearly two months it has been under discussion the end is far from being in sight. It is safe to say, however that a vote will not be reached before August. No man can foretell the result. It may pass the Senate but it must run the gauntlet of the House and a conference committee, and just what shape it will be in when it reaches the President would be as difficult to say as to predict what would be the Democratic platform in lS'.ti,

T.1I1 Indianapolis Sentinel this morning speaking of the compromise bill and the Senators who will vote for it. says:

Unless they change their course, and either abandon the system of concession to individual Senators, or expose the Senators who are demanding such compensation for their votes, the Democratic party will have no choice but to repudiate its leaders in the Senate or be repudiated by-the people.

The above must have been written before the editor knew that every Democrat in the Senate voted against tabling the o"system of concession." The Sentinel will be all right in a few days and will be throwing up its hat and yelling at the top of its voice in favor of the surrender.

A TKXT book on Charities, published by the professor of that subject in the Chicago University, constantly refers for his authorities to the best books obtainable. More than half his references are to the proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections. showing the esteem in which he holds the papers and discussions of that body, which is composed of practical men and women, officers of State boards as well as of private charities.

The twenty-first session of this Conference meets at Nashville, Tenn., May 2lid to 28th, which is further South than the Conference has ever been before. Membership is open to any person interested, and a specially large attendance is expected from the South.

A'CITY OF ROM KS.

"Crawfordsville is emphatically a city of homes," said a prominent and leading citizen to TUB JOURNAL last evening, "and with a proper amount of public spirit it could be made the most beautiful and most desirable little city in which to live in all this country, east or west." This prominent citizen Tittered the words of truth and soberness. A city is just what its citizens make it. Given the right sort of people, and a desert waste will be transformed into a garden that shall bloom like the rose and a straggling settlement into a beautiful and thriving town. Given the wrong sort of citizens, and all the advantages of soil, climate, geographical position and wealth will go for naught. We cannot hope for large factories: and besides manufactures do not make the city. It is the city that 'makes manufactures. And what is the right kind of a citizen? lie is the man who does not kick against every improvement proposed. He is the man who favors good streets and well paved sidewalks with stoneocurbings. lie believes in well lighted streets, for he knows that vice and crime hate electric lights almost as much as they do daylight, and they delight in darkness, lie believes in ample school facilities, commodious churches, and a good public library, lie believes in preserving the public health by a good system of sanitary sewerage, lie has intelligence enough to know that there is not a cottage in the city but would be more healthful for the occupants if it was supplied with a good system of drainage. The right kind of a citizen knows the distinction between the virtue of econo my, which avoids all waste, but spends money freely for all public improvements of whatever nature, and the vice of parsimony, that spends nothing unless absolutely compelled to do so. lie knows that taxes must be moderately high in a growing city, and that if low taxes are a desideratum he must go to a place that has stopped growing or that never has grown much. The right kind of a citizen, too, will see that the back part of his premises is as clean as the front part. The wrong kind of a citizen sees none of these things and does none of them. If there were no kickers and drones Crawfordsville, while it is already beautiful, could be made an ideal city of homes.

SKXATOK GOUMAX made a speech in the SenateWednesday in defense of the compromise tariff bill now pending. He denounced the Wilson bill as it came from the House and as to the bill reported by the Senate Finance Committee he said there never was a time when it could have received a majority of the votes of the Senate. In other words the Senator's speech was a complete repudiation of the Chicago platform and a defense of the various trusts, such as sugar, whisky, iron and steel, and coal. Immediately following Senator Gorman's speech Senator Teller, to test the Democratic sentiment and to ascertain whether the entire Democratic side of the Senate had made a final and complete surrender to Gorman, moved that the bill be tabled. The result was that every Democrat and every Populist rallied to^ the standard of the Maryland Senator and voted against tabling the bill. The surrender is complete. Democratic newspapers hereafter will not be compelled to put tip a sign, "Keep off the Chicago platform." No Democrat could be induced to touch it with a long pair of tongs. It is as dead as Tip, the elephant in Central Park, and its carcass smells to heaven.

TIIK Mttnufaeturcr. a Philadelphia publication, says "Under the wise provisions of the McKinley tariff about one-fourth of all the tin-plate consumed by the American people is now produced in this country. The growth of this new industry has been so rapid in three years that there is no longer any doubt of the development here within a few years more of the ability upon the part of our mills to supply the whole of the domestic demand. This remarkable movement toward independence in the matter of the pro duction of an article used more largely in the United States than in the whole of the rest of the world has been made without injury to the American consumers, for prices are now lower than they were five years ago."

TIIK pension list is to be made a "roll of honor. The widow of Dr. James S. Atlion is to have a pension. Dr. Athon was a notorious Indiana Knight of the Golden Circle and rebel sympliathizer, and did all that lay in his power to carry Indiana into secession, and yet his widow is to be pensioned. Oh, yes, the pension list must be a "roll of honor!" The next step will be to pension the widows of Bowles, Milligan and Heffron.

THK Pennsylvania Republicans yesterday unanimously nominated General Daniel II. Hastings for Governor. The Keystone Republicans expect to make his majority not less than 100,000. The platform is a ringing declaration of Republican principles and charges upon Democratic policy the idleness of 2,000,000 workmen, and incalculable shrinkage in the value of property, a stagnant commerce, and a depressed agriculture.

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W OTI-IElt CANDIDATE. Hon. .James T. Johnston, of Parke county, has announced himself as a candidate for Congress from the Eighth district before the Republican conven tion. This gives a candidate to every county in the district except Mont gomery and Fountain. It is not too late, however, for candidates to bob up from these two counties. Besides exCongressman Johnston there are Dr. M. L. Ilall, of Vermillion, (Jeorge W. Far,is, of Vigo, J. M. llalliday, of Clay, and Judge G. W. Puff, of Sullivan. The time of holding the convention has not as yet been fixed. It should not be held later than the middie of July, so that the nominee whoever he may be will have time to make a thorough canvass of the district. Notwithstanding the large Democratic majority in the district it is thought by well informed Republibans that it can be overcome and the present Congressman who is certain to be the Democratic nominee can be elected to stay at home.

CHICAGO lntcr-Ocean: The sugar bounties in round numbers cost Uncle Sam $10,000,000. Put it made sugar cheap and plentiful. The tariff as formulated by the Democratic Senate will bring in upward of 8-10,000,000, and nine-tenths of it will be paid from the pockets of the laboring masses. The party which was so worried over "the poor man's little dinner pail" and "the robber tariff," which added about one-third of a cent to its cost, is a wonderful party.

THK House has voted to withhold any appropriation for the Civil Service Commission. This is an indirect way of killing off the reform of which Grover Cleveland was such aloud and vociferous exponent, and is another stab at the Chicago platform. This only emphasizes the hypocrisy of the platform when it declared in favor of this gur-reat principle.

TIIK Republicans of Clinton county will hold their nominating convention on Saturday, June 2. The delegates will be selected on Friday, June 1. the day before the convention. The short time intervening between the time the delegates are selected and the time the convention comes off is a time-saver— to the delegates.

TIIK Wilson bill reminds the St.Louis Glohe-Dcinocrat of the gun which had been so often repaired that nothing remained of the original except the touch hole.

MR. CLEVELAND'S remark that ••public office is a public trust" should now be amended to read that "public office is a Sugar trust."

JAMESTOWN.

Madam Rumor says there will be a wedding soon. 0.15. llultz is keeping books in the bank this week.

Mrs. Heckerthorn. of Lebanon, is visiting Mrs. 01 Henry. N. 11. Orear and Win. Darnell were in Lebanon Wednesday.

The sweet girl graduates are getting ready for commencement. Miss Johnson, of Lebanon, was the guest of Mrs. Ilulity this week.

James Lowery, of Indianapolis, was seen on our streets Wednesday. Miss Sallie Frekes, of Greencastle, is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Heady.

Rev. Dale will preach a memorial sermon here next Sunday afternoon. Miss Nettie Steele is in Lebanon visiting her cousins, the Misses Perkins.

The 4tli of July celebration will be under the management of the K. of P. lodge.

A number of Jamestown sports attendedg the ball game at Lebanon Tuesday.

The friends of Mrs. Mabel Smith Coleman, of Crawfordsville. but formerly of Jamestown, will be sorry to hear of her death.

Charlie Lowery. of Indianapolis, came through on his bicycle Monday and will spend several weeks with friends and relatives.

xniiiKii TWO. •.

Corn about all planted. si D. C. Jackson has stomach trouble. & J.W. Kellison was at Israel Patton's last week.

I). E. Elmore Sundayed at Joe Lafollette's. Albert Suiton was in Darlington last Saturday evening.

Miss Lyde Vanarsdall was at S. D. Ivellison's Saturday. Scott and Walter Cowan spent several days with Eston Jackson.

Kig 'Sugar Creek banks are lined every Sunday with folks from the city. Mrs. Dave Jackson and daughter were at J. W. Kellison's Sunday evening.

John Cowan and family and Dave Jackson and family spent Tuesday fishing.

J. W. Kellison worked for Da%Te Jackson one day last week replanting and plowing corn.

The flood around here did damage in general. It washed a road bridge away and covered Willis Jackman's planter up with logs and rubbish, and covered his field with logs so he can not continue planting corn until he clears his ground. It also washed some of James Evans' corn so far in the ground that he never found it again.

What they say: That Hadley Kellison's horse that has fistula is better D. C. Jackson has corn to plant over A1 Clark has plowed his corn both ways Wright Willis has improved his farm by putting up slat and wire fence tht Blooming City scribe is dead people ought to gather up the wood that was Hying in the air around the corn fields Homer Elmore picked his ducks the other day and realized I quite a fortune in feathers everybody is busy.

SLAIN IN A RIOT.

Indiana Strikers and Workera Fig-ht at Little's Station.

TWO ARE KILLED AND FIVE WOUNDED.

6trlkers Prevent Work at the Mission Field Mines Near Danville, 111.—Gov. Altgcld Refuses to Call Out the

Troops.

MIXERS IX A BATTLE.

EVANSVILLE, Ind., May 24.—News has been received in this city of serious trouble at Little's coal mines at Little's station on the Evansville & Indianapolis railroad. Two hundred and fifty miners from Washington and other mines in Daviess and Pike counties, armed with rifles and a wagon load of ammunition, marched to Little's mines Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of compelling the force at work at that point to join in the strike. A pitehed battle occurred about 5 o'clock between the strikers and those who have continued at work, in which five men were wounded and two killed. For some days past deputy sheriffs have been stationed as guards at the mines, but they were disarmed and driven away by the strikers. The strikers evidently intend to remain at Little's, as they have gone into camp and broug-ht about sixty days' provisions with them. The miners disarmed six deputy sheriffs, who were trying to make arrests, and fiqally put them to flight. More very serious trouble is looked for. A company of state militia is in readiness to march at Evansville and will be ordered to the scene of the trouble forthwith, as the local authorities are too limited to be effective.

Riots at MiHsion Fields.

DANVILLE, 111., May24.—The striking miners are in complete oontrol of every mine in this locality. The only mines that have held against them until Wednesday morning were those of exMayor John Beard and the Mission Fields mine of the Consolidated Coal company, 6 miles west of Danville. Wednesday morning a delegation of 250 strikers from Kelley ville suddenly came upon the Beard mine. As this was the third visit, when broken heads were promised instead of arguments, the men did not wait for a close approach, but broke and fled to the woods like a drove of scared sheep. At 11 o'clock a mob of over 1,000 miners, well primed with whisky, carrying bottles in their hands, started for the Mission Fields mine. They were armed with knives, pistols and clubs. In addition to these arms they had a covered wagon loaded with rifles.

Held at Bay.

The Consolidated Coal company managers, seeing that the thirty-five deputies of Sheriff Newlon would be no protection, told their men they could quit work. Some availed themselves of this opportunity and started home. On the road they were overtaken by the strikers. Several of them took refuge in a dwelling house. The pursuing strikers were held at bay ly R. II. Harrison, armed with a rifle which he did not seem to be al'raid to usi-.

Disarmed a Deputy Sheriff. The strikers finally left the house on the promise of the men that they would not work any more. Before they reached Mission Fields President Ditzen read to the men the injunction writ issued by Judge Vail, restraining them from entering the land of the Consolidated Coal company, also from interfering with or intimidating tne men at work. He also informed them the law was against them. They laughed at him and said the laws wera only made for the rich and that they were not afraid of all the circuit judges and sheriffs in Illinois. When they reached Mission Fields they mada this threat good by disarming the first deputy sheriff they met and frightened the second deputy so badly that he threw down his YVinchester and took to the woods. The other deputies made no resistance to the intrusion of the mob.

The men who were remaining at work were compelled to swear that they would come out of the mines and stay out. Two refused and they were set on and badly beaten. In the neighborhood of Mission Fields the strikers fired more than 1,000 shots.

Troops Asked For.

The Consolidated Coal company managers say work will be resumed this morning. They also claim that Sheriff Newlon and the civil authorities are powerless to afford them protection. Sheriff Newlon virtually admitted this by telegraphing to Gov. Altgeld for a battalion of militia. The governor replied, refusing to order out the troops until the sheriff had exhausted every means possible to quell the trouble.

Moving on tlio 1'ivna Mines. PAXA, 111., May 24.—One hundred and fifty strikers from Decatur, Spring Valley and northern mining districts are in the city and are being strengthened hourly by larger numbers. Reliable information comes from Decatur that strikers are massing in all mining towns on the Illinois Central and are marching to Pana, and will force out the 800 miners now at work in the four mines here. The city is in great excitement

The mines here have been putting out 150 cars of coal daily, and the strikers seeing what it was costing them, have been massing and will come here with the firm intention of forcing the men out and doing damage to the mines. This trouble has been expected, and the citizens are prepared. The miners have been armed with Winchesters. Every precaution is being taken to repulse any body of men that may attempt damage.

Brazil Miners Forced to Quit Work. BRAZIL, Ind., May 24. Striking miners formed in groups Tuesday evening and visited every slope in the county where men were at work and ordered out the employes. All complied, and not a pound of coal is being dug. These slopes furnished coal fox the city only, and since they kav

ceased operations it is difficult to secure coal for domestic use. Mob at La Salle.

LA SALLE, 111., May 24.—A mob of 200 striking miners took possession of the Illinois Central Railroad company's property Wednesday afternoon and emptied all the coal out of the chutes on the tracks. The sheriff was called and with his posse finally dispersed the mob.

Ottuimva Feels the KfTects.

OTTUMWA, la., May 24.— Ottumwa is beginning to feel the effects of the coal strike. Unless the matter is settled soon the city will suffer. A week will run the coal supply nearly out and factories will have to close. The railroad ssignificantly sav they lia ve "other resources" for fuel, which is believed to mean oil and wood. All coal workers, except about 100, in the county are out. At Muchakinock 1,000 miners are camped, determined to bring 200 men out. Trouble can hardly be averted, as the men are all armed and as fully determined to remain at work.

Coal Strike Affects Mexico.

CITY OF MEXICO, May 24.—The strike of American coal miners has caused the price of northern coal to rise very sharply in Mexico. This, coupled with the attending scarcity of coal, is seriously inconveniencing many Mexican manufacturing industries.

POWDERLY SUES FOR LIBEL.

At His Instance II. I). Martin Is Arrested at Scranton, Pa. SCRANTON, Pa., May 24.—II. 15. Martin, a member of the general executive board of Knights of Labor, has been arrested for libel. The warrant was issued at the instance of ex-Gen-eral Master Workman Powderly. The charge is based on an interview in the .Scranton Truth in which Martin stated that Mr. Powderly had been susnended from the knights for retaining property belonging to the office of general master workman after the property had been demanded by the executive board. Martin gave bail in §1,000 for trial.

A LOSS OF $5,000,000.

KfTects of tlio Flood in Pennsylvania and New York. PHILADELPHIA, May 24.—Careful estimates of the direct loss caused by the floods in this state place the amount at 85,000,000. The damage in Williamsport alone will not fall short of 81,000,000. The entire tobacco crop of Northern Pennsylvania and southwestern New York has been destroyed. The streams generally are subsiding, but at some points the danger is not past. East Lewisburg, a village of 200 inhabitants, is entirely under water. The Lewisburg railroad bridge is irreparably damaged.

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