Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1897 — PRIESTS KEEP PEACE. [ARTICLE]

PRIESTS KEEP PEACE.

RESTRAIN THE MINERS FROM ACTS OF VIOLENCE. Sheriff’s Deputies Safe While Gobin Is in Command—Marchers at the Coxe Mines Returned Klondiker Keeps His Word to the Letter. No Plea for Mercy to Deputies. Widespread as is the strike in the Hazleton (Pa.) region, there has been no concerted action by the men at the different mines. All the strikers are working for the same end —an increase of about 10 per eent. in wages—but they go about as separate clans. Some of them are raising a side issue about the company store, where they are subject to its abuses, but others have no complaint of this nature to make. At the Coxe Bros.’ mines at Drifton, Stockton and Eckley the men are paid in cash. They had been uneasy, however, for some time and this uneasiness resulted in about three hundred men at Eckley joining the strikers. e To a great extent the strikers have been restrained from open acts of violence by the priests, whose influence prevails to a rentalkable degree. At several turbulent meetings which threatened to end in bloodshed the prelates have gone among the excited foreigners, commanding silence and forcing them back. They warn the men that to destroy the coal companies property is only to take food from their ewn mouths by shutting off future employment. The priests, however, have no plea for mercy to the sheriff’s deputies who shot the men at La-ttimer, and some ot them are active members of the committee that is to push the murder charges in court. It is now certain that no attempt will be made to arrest the deputies so long as troops are camped at Hazleton. General Gobin’s declaration that he will protect the sheriff’s men just as long as he is in command has cooled the ardor of those who were for going about the matter hastily. The strike leaders and their attorneys deny the right of General Gobin to enforce such an order, but they admit that he has the power. District Attorney Fell, it is said, is against an immediate serving of warrants, though he is interested in the prosecutions.

KEPT HIS WORD. Returned Klondiker Divides Wealth with His Old Partner. Eight years ago J. F. Taylor was engaged in business in California with J. C. New. Business was dull and they were compelled to give up. Without dissolving partnership, the men decided to part and made an agreement that should fortune smile on either they would divide. Taylor bought a ranch near Cedar creek, Idaho, where he now resides. New went to Alaska, and was one of the first to make a strike in the new gold fields, securing three claims. He hunted up Taylor last Sunday near Kendrick, in Latah County, and gave him a title to a hilfinterest in the claims. Taylor also received $27,000 as his half-share of the earnings of the claims. He has been offered SIOO,OOO for the claims. DRIVEN OFF WITH RIFLES’. Plan to Rob an Express Car Foiled by a Train Crew, A pitched battle took ptace near Foraker, Ohio, between the express messengers on the Wells-Fargo Express train on the Chicago and Erie Road and ten or twelve tramps, whose motive was robbery. The train makes no regular stops between Lima and Kenton, but when near Foraker the presence of the gang on the train was discovered, the train was brought to a stop and the men ordered off. They made a rush for one of the express cars before the train could get under headway. The messengers opened fire and held them at bay until the train got under headway. standing of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore ...83 33 Brooklyn ....54 G 5 Boston 84 35 Chicago 53 G 7 New York... 75 42 Pittsburg ... .51 (15 Cincinnati ..(57 50 Philadelphia .51 t>B Cleveland ...60 GO Louisville ...50 71 Washington .55 62 St. L0ui5....27 92 The showing of the members of the Western League Is summarized below: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis 92 34 Detroit 67 63 Columbus .. .81 43 Minneapolis .42 91 St. Paul ... .83 49 Kansas City .40 (Hi Milwaukee ..79 51 Gr’nd Rapids 36 92 Meet in a Foe. As a result of an attempt to send two electric trains over a single track at top speed in a dense fog, twelve persons were seriously and two in all probability fatally injured in a collision on the Suburban Electric road near Chicago. The accident occurred on Harlem avenue, not itr from the race track, at a time when the trains of the Suburban road were crowded with passengers. Chokes His Life with Gas. Paul Depierre, formerly vice-consul of the French republic at New Orleans, killed himself in his apartments in New York, by inhaling illuminating gas. Forty Perish Underground. A most serious accident has occurred at the Champion Reefs mines, near Madras. Forty persons are known to have been killed.

Yellow Fever in Nicaragua* Yellow fever has appeared at Leon, in Western Nicaragua. Several natives have died of the disease recently, and it is spreading. America Leads the World, The total length of the world’s telegraph system has now reached 4,908.921 miles, exclusive of 180,440 miles of submarine cables. Of this, Europe has 1,704,790 miles, Asia 310,085 miles, Africa 99,419 miles, Australia 217,479 miles, and America 2,510,548 miles. Weds in lale of Wight. Col. Gustav Pabst, a son of the Milwaukee brewer, was marrried at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, to Miss Hilda Leinp, a daughter of the millionaire brewer, W. J. Letup, of St Louis. Handed Till Dead. H. 8. Perry was hanged for the murder of Bely Lanier at Decatur, Ga. The doomed man was pale, but cool and col- ' Ejected to the last. On the scaffold he declared hia innocence of the crime of murder, and reiterated his statement that he killed Lanier to protect the sanctity of hia home. Lota of Gold in Six Months. Consul General Maratta reports to the State Department that for the six months ended June 30, 1897, there were received at the Melbourne, Australia, mint, 619,214 ounces of gold. This came from Australia and the surrounding islnnda.

GVATRMALA IN A BAD WAY. War Seems Almost Certain Many Failures Reported. News received from Guatemala is to the effect that the country is in a bad way financially and politically. During last month the following failures were .eported: Frederico Chacon, $800,000; Lorenzo Eissen, $1,700,000; Enrique Mentzo, sl,300,000; Ascoli & Co., $1,000,000; Bauer & Co., $800,000; Victor Matthous, $2,000,000; total, $7,000,000. All of these houses have been extensively engaged in the exportation of coffee and other Central American products and the importation of merchandise. Besides, a great number of firms have gone under for less amounts. The total is nearly SB,000,000, but is a trifle misleading, however, because it represents Central American money, which is very much depreciated in value. Reina Barrios, who was president and who declared himself dictator of the republic two months ago, is excessively unpopular because of his recent high-handed action and his cruelties. There is a demand that Brosper Morales, a lawyetaud former Minister of War, be chosen to succeed Barrios. To prevent this Barrios intends calling a session of the Assembly very soon in order to have himself confirmed as dictator. If he is successful war is almost certain, because the country will not longer submit to his oppression. If he is defeated war is just as sure, because he cannot afford to be driven out of office.

WHEAT UP TO ONE DOLLAR. eptember Option Goes to Soaring Under Cable >dv c •. Friday noon wheat was in good demand on the Chicago Board of Trade at the start at about %c improvement over Thursday’s closing price for December and 1c for September. For a supposedly defunct deal September went through some surprising gyrations, and it gave a good example of its galvanized style of agility by jumping to $1 within a minute or two of the opening. December first went through a little of its parallel bar exercise, swinging itself around so swiftly that it was difficult at times to see whether it was head up or head down. That was merely the preliminary to Its grand star performance of climbing up the backs and oter the heads of the bears, who flung up their hands in attempts to stop its reaching the dollar mark. From OSVfec to 9814 c to begin with it rose to 98%c, turned around and went baek again to 98%c. Then it dropped to 97%c and rose from that in a gradual way to 97%c. From the latter point to was the work of about twenty minutes, and those fluctuations were all within the first two hours of the session. Chicago received 269 cars, only twelve of them contract. Minneapolis and Duluth receipts were 496 cars, against 1,143 the corresponding day of year before. ARMOUR IN THE DEAU Narrow-Gauge Ro id to th? Yukon Up Copper River Is Proposed. A company is being organized in San Francisco and will be incorporated under the laws of Arizona which has for its object the construction of a narrow-gauge railroad from tidewater on Prince William Sound up the t alley of the innch-talked-of Copper river, and thence across the divide to a point on the Yukon River near the boundary line. The name of the company will be the Alaska Central Railway Company, and its capital stock $5,000,000. The promoter of the enterprise is Col. John Underwood, n former extensive railroad contractor. Associated with him, he says, are Elijah Smith of New York, the controlling spirit pf the Oregon Improvement Company, and John W. Cudahy and P. D. Armour, the Chicago packers, and one or two local capitalists. The proposed road will be übbut 322 miles long. Senator Perkins and Capt. Goodall are mentioned as possible members of the Board of Directors.

HIS SHIP ROLLS ON WATER. Knapp’s Much-Talked-Of Roller Boat la Launched at Toronto. The much-talked-of Knapp roller boat was launched at Toronto, Ont., in the presence ot a great crowd of spectators. The vessel, which is cylindrical, is 110 feet long and 25 feet in diameter. At each end are two 60-horse power engines. Mr. Knapp, the designer, expects his boat, by means of the principle of rolling over the water, instead of ploughing through it, to shorten the time of a voyage across the Atlantic to two days. The vessel cost SIO,OOO.

Rcanlt of Recent Inquiry. From a high authority in the Navy Department it is learned that the influence of that branch of the Government will be thrown against the proposition to establish a government plant for the manufacture of armor plate for war vessels. The special board appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to inspect the Bethlehem, Carnegie and Illinois Steel Company establishments, inquire into the cost of armor and collect facts bearing upon the desirability of having Government armor plate works will not, it is understood, make a definite recommendation, bu* it will present such data that Secretary Long may legitimately frame conclusions adverse to the suggestion. The spirit of both the House and Senate Committees on Naval Affairs is against the construction of any more of the huge battle-ships of the first class and that those now under construction will probably be the last of the kind ordered by Congress. War ships have been growing in size until the limit appears to have been reached. The largest vessels, by reason of their heavy draught, are prevented from entering many ports where it would be convenient and desirable frr them to go, and they are so cumbersome and bulky, that they are constantly getting out of repair and are rarely ready for action on demand. Another reason is that experts in submarine navigation have found that it will be as easy to destroy a $5,000,000 war ship as it would be to sink a wooden hulk.

Missouri’s Drouth Severe. Late corn near St. Joseph, Mo., has been seriously damaged by the prolonged drought and the crop will be much shorter than expected. Early corn is said io be out of danger, but many fields of late corn will be good only for fodder. The hot, dry weather has also injured the fruit crop and pastures are burning up, with stock water scarce. The drought is the most severe for many years. Willard & Co. Assign. James R. Willard, Elmer Dwiggins and Jay Dwiggins, who compose the firm of J. R. Willard & Co., bankers and brokers, with offices in New York, Buffalo, Washington, D. C.; Philadelphia and Montreal, assigned to James L. Starbuck, with preferences for $20,000 to William H. Osterhout. It is estimated that their liabilities will reach $1,000,000. Feunclere'l in a Typhoon. Advices have been received that the British steamer Cheang-Hye-Teng, in the Shanghai-Penang trade, foundered during a typhoon while on the voyage from Penang tb Shanghai, via Yokohama, on or about Aug. 15. Twenty-one of the crew, nine of whom .were whites, are missing. Electric Cars in Collision. In San Francisco seven persons were injured in a collision of electric ears on Mission street Thursday. Wexler Asked to Explain. News received at Madrid of the capture •f the fortified town of Victoria de Las

Tunas by the Cuban rebel* has sauted intense excitement. This victory gives the insurgents control of the province of Santiago de Cuba. It is believed they will make Victoria de Las Tunas their seat of government, and upon it found their claim to the United States for recognition of belligerency. The minister of war nas cabled Captain General Weyler, asking for an explanation regarding the capture of the town, which is defended by seven forts, having two Krupp guns among their armament. The Madrid newspapers commenting upon the capture of Victoria de las Tunas, condemn Captain General Weyler.' The Imparcial says General Joovoller was removed from his command for a similar disaster in 1876. It is pointed out that the strategical position of Victoria de las Tunas is important. The government has decided to act vigorously and to immediately dispatch further reenforcements to Cuba if necessary.

GOLD AND DEATH. Steamer Cleveland, from the Ynkon, Brines Gloomy News. The steamer Cleveland with thirty miners from the Yukon and treasure variously estimated from S2OO,(MX) to $400,000, arrived at Seattle Friday night. Gloomier even than the advices of the steamers Portland and National City are the reports that the old Atlantic liner brings down from the north. Dawson and its tributary districts are hungry and demand food. There is a sullen note in the demand and the warning is to the transportation companies that continue to send rum to miners who want bread. The doors of the trading companies' stores at Dawson were closed and barred on Tuly 26, for they had sold all their provisions. Unsheltered Dawson has a mild epidemic of typhoid fever and a few have died for sheer want of necessaries that their money could not buy. There has not been licensed physicians enough to care for the sick. The lack of food will drive hundreds from the country, and it is expected that St. Michael’s alone will shelter fully 300 during the long winter. Nearly ever) miner on the Cleveland believes he has turned his back on starvation and reiterates the oft-told warning. The steamer Eliza Anderson of Seattle is probably a wreck near Kodiak and Puget Sound awaits in gloomy doubt for the confirmation of the disaster. The blockade of Skaguay has come to St. Michael's. There are nearly 500 men there unable to get up the river. The embryo argonauts hold meetings, but their protests and demands fall upon deaf ears. Ninety dollars’ premium was paid for passage on the Hamilton. The summer output of gold has veen very light and there may be a falling off in the winter production.

WORK GIVEN MANY IDLE. Labor Reported os Sharing In the Remarkable Revival of Busineaus. That labor is sharing in the remarkable business revival is shown by reports of New York trades unions that there is nn increase over last year of 34 per cent, in the number of men at work. Granting that this ratio obtains throughout the country among industries similar to those reporting in New York, the increase would exceed 340,000. The rise of 5 cents in wheat during the last week seems not to have been due to a flurry, but in answer to the daily increasing foreign demand. The average advante for the week in sureties has been $1.12 per share for railroads and 79 cents for trusts. Bank clearings for the week increased 45.6 per eent. over the corresponding week in 1890. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says, there’s no halting the advance. Business grows better in all ways, for while its speculative end breaks conspicuous gamblers for a decline, a steady increase in production, in working force, and in the power of the people to purchase is the feature which overshadows all others. The farmers are helped by higher prices for wheat, and while Western receipts do not show that they have marketed a tenth of theii crops, assurance of a handsome profit tc come prepares them to buy liberally here after. Because of this and the increase of hands at work dealers throughout th« country have started to replenish stocks, which is the great force at present operating in manufactures and trade, though distribution by retail trade has greatly increased.

PANIC SKIERS ON IRELAND. Reports Tell of Ruined Crops and Impending Famine. A dispatch from London says: “A panic Is spreading throughout Ireland over the terrible prospect of the apparently complete failure of the harvest. Reports from 110 parish priests from counties Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down. Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone, all tell the same piteous story of ruined crops, impending destitution and famine.” Agreement Ja Reached. The national conference of miners at Columbus, Ohio, accepted the 65-cent rate for the Pittsburg district, and the men will return to work in ten days. President Ratchford says it is as complete a national agreement of the wage question as the miners have ever had. Convicts the Bank Robber. *>Buck” Murray, the first of the Eldon (Iowa) bank robbers to be tried, was found guilty.