Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1891 — A DESPERATE BATTLE. [ARTICLE]

A DESPERATE BATTLE.

GOV. BOIES, OF lOWA, ASKS AU> FOR CHEROKEE. The Puteh Co onies of the West TnriiesWIU Make a Fine Display at the World’sFair. FIERCE LABOR RIOTS IN WASHINGTON. Several Lives Lost in a Tattle Between, striker* an I Non-Union Men. Matters at the Franklin (Wash.) coal mines have assumed a still more threatening form, and Colonol J. C. Haines, wired to iseatt e for another company of mi it a to report at once and tobring ammunition, camp equ page, and rations for a week s service. Porter Rob. neon, one of the mine bosses, was brought to tho city by a military guard, charged with killing Tom Morris and Ed J. Williams, leaders of the riot The first authentic information concerning the riot was received from Franklin. At least 1,000 shots werefired during tbe r.ot, which lasted about thirty minutes and resulted in the ceath. of Tom Morris, a white striker, whowas killed instantly; Edward J. Williams, who was shot through the abdomen and died six hours Jater, and th» wounding of four strikers, two women and one colored guard. The trouble commenced with the return of the train, at 7:40 p. m. from New Castle, which contained a number of Pinkerton men who had escorted a load of negroes tothe latter mining t amp. The guards say that when the train was pulling intoFranklin it was fired upon by some of the white miners in ambush, and that while no one was hurt bullets whistled through the windows of the train at a. lively rate. The guards returned the tire from the windows, and the eug.necr seeing the danger put the train under full head and t an it to the depot, which is inside the dead line. When the train had stopped tho white miners commenced firing upon the negroes’ camp, 'j hey were between twomes, as the outside miners were situated on the fiats below and oi. the hill abovethem. The negroes went perfectly wild, and all the eflorts of the guards could not restrain them. They kept within the camp l.nes, and poured vo.ley after volley upon tho miners on the fiats, whorep ied with squally as much vigor. The miners on the hill kept up a good fire, but were answered shot for shot by the negroes. After the shooting intense excitement prevailed among the negroes, and they gathered about their camp in groups,, threatening to make another charge upon the white miners. They were finally quieted by the officers of the company. Three companies of militia are now camped betweeu the strikers, and the negroes.

GOV. BOIES APPEALS FOR AID. Tbe People of lowa Asked to Assist 500 Homeless Persons in Cherokee. Gov. Boies, after surveying the flooded district at Cherokee, lowa, issued the following proclamation to the peop e of the State: To the People of the State of Iowa: You have heard of the affliction which hasfallen upon some of tho towns of our State. I have made a personal examination of the; condition Jn this city by coming here and going over the flooded, districts and find that at least seventy-five families have lost everything and some twenty-five morehave lost most of their household goods and much of their clothing, while their dwellings have been greatly injured by the floods. In addition to this loss of hemes, and furniture and clothing the county at. large has suffered greatly in the less of nearly every bridge, both iron and wood, within its limits. A careful estimate places the number of families which require help at once at 100, thus making a population of about 500 that require and will require for a considerable length of time to be cared for by the charity of our people. In addition to the above many of the surrounding towns have alsosuffered greatly, aud will necessarily be compelled to appeal to the people of the State for aid. In view of this calamity I recommend that the Mayors of the several cities of the State and all other charitably disposed persons immediately take steps to organize proper committees to solicit aid for these unfortunates, and see that the same is promptly forwarded to David H. Bloom, Mayor of Cherokee, for distribution am ng those of this city who have suffered losses, and to such persons as may-be named by the roper authorities of the other towns which have suffered from the same calamity. All contributions so forwarded will be faithfully applied to the purpose for which they are sent Let contributions be prompt and liberal. Hohace Boies. At Dubuque a public meeting was held, and $2,000 will be forwarded to the relief fund.

DUTCH COLONIES AT THE FAIR. They Prom ie to Make a Most Interesting" Exhibit of Their Natural Wealth. Lieutenant Roger Welles, Jr, of the United States navy. Commissioner to Venezuela and the neighboring colonies, reports that tho Governor General of the Dutch Colonies in the INcst Indies, composed of the islands of Curacoa, St. Martins, Bonaire, Aruba, St Eustache and icaba, has accopted the invitation toparticipate in the exposition, and has appointed a commission to take charge of the work. Phillip Walker, formerly chief of a, division in the Department of Agriculture devoted to experiments with American silk, has been placed in charge of the preparation of the extensive exhibit of that industry which the department proposes to mako at the World’s Fair. The work will be under the supervision of Assistant Secretary Willetts, and will be done in the museum of the Department of Agriculture. At a meeting of representative shoe and leather men held in Boston it wasdecided that New England could raise $15,000 toward the construction of tho shoe and leather building at the World’s t air, for which subscriptions are being received from all over the country, and t’>e committee made plans for securing" the necessary subscriptions. The first garnets and nearly all the peridots found in the Unit'd States aro collected from ant hills and scorpion ucsts in New Mexico and Arizona. Analtsis of individual beets indicate, that maturity more than size determines, the sugar contents of the beet A high weight of leaves, as compared with the roots, was no evidence of higher sugar" content, but rather tbe reverse T ie irony of fate is again illustrated in the fact that tho old home of Alexander H. Stephens in Marietta, Ga., is now owned by a negro. We know men who ar3 very pionswhenever God vets them in a tight, p ace.