Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1904 — Page 5

i , \ Are You Interested in the South? DO YOU CARE TO KNOW OF THK MARVELOUS DEVELOPMENT NOW GOING ON IN The Great Central South? OF INNUMERABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG MEN • OR OLD ONES-TO GROW RICH? Do you want to know about rich farming lands, fertile, well located, on a Trunk Line Railroad, which will produce two, three or four crops from the same field each year? Land now to be had at from SB.O J to $9.00 an acre which will be worth from SBO.OO to $190.00 within 10 years? About stock raising where the extreme of winter feeding is but six (0) short weeks? Ot places where truck growing and fruit raising yield enormous returns each year? Of a land where you can live out of doors every day in the year? Of opportunities for establishing profitable manufacturing industries; of rich mineral locations, and splendid business 'openings. If you want to know the details of any or of all these write me. I will gladly advise you fully and truthfully. Q. A. PARK, General Immigration and Industrial Agent Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. LOUISVILLE, KY.

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WILL BE FOUGHT OUT

Chicago Packers Say the Battle Is on Now and He Will Win Who Can. &lOTS BECOMING FREQUENT Union Leader Would Do Some More Negotiating—Teamsters Stopped at the Yards and Forced, Protesting, to Turn Back. Chicago, July 28. —All the live stock handlers at the stock yards have goue back to work. There are 700 of them. This Is the first break in the strike. The men will handle live stock for the packers Involved in the strike, as well as for the independent packers. Chicago, July 27.—The packers have abandoned thoughts of peace and are preparing for a struggle to the end. Barney Cohen, president of the State Federation of Labor, announces that he will seek another conference with the packers. The supposition is that he Is inspired by high labor leaders who want a settlement of the strike. Picketing has commenced at the yards, and the first move of these forces was directed against wagons filled with meat At least twenty of the big wagons were stopped and compelled to tarn back. The teamsters protested that they had not yet been ordered out, but their arguments were of no avail. Packing House* Are Running. Despite the strike, the packing houses are running, after a fashion. Large numbers of non-union men are being received, some of them being skilled workmen. The packers assert that this force will be increased, from day to day, until the normal number is reached. The packing concerns have made contracts for electrical power and. if necessary, will be Independent of their engineers and firemen, although the steam powerplants are running with non-anion help now. Blotiug Hu Startod tu Earnest. Riots are started continually along tile boundaries of the stock yards. Almost hourly reports of men who had been beaten into Insensibility and of women chased by strikers or knocked down in the streets reached the police. The only persons punished so far for turbulence are twelve negro non-union employes of the yards, who visited saloons along Ashland avenne and Halstead street after midnight, and then fired their, revolvers in the air. They .Ware fined 125 each by Justice FitsgerakL They pleaded for leniency, but the fact that they had aroused the entire police fofce stationed at the

yards and caused agitation among the strikers militated against them. Attack on Bread Wagons. Before the drivers of four Heissler & Junge bakery wagons loaded with bread reached the stock yards a score of pickets swarmed over the seats and pleaded with the drivers to turn back. The drivers refused, and at Exchange avenue and Halsted street the mob tore them from their seats. The wagons were partly demolished and the bread scattered in all directions. After emptying the wagons the strikers told the drivers they could drive back to the firm's headquarters. This they did. although the wagons were in bad condition.

Another Sympathetic Move. An unexpected complication arose when the freight handlers employed at the stock yards station of the Chicago Junction railroad went on strike. The men gave as their reason for quitting work their unwillingness to handle meat turned out by non-union workmen in the packing plants. Should nonunion men be engaged to take the places of the strikers a strike of the union switchmen may follow. With the switchmen out It would be only a matter of a short time until the strike would spread to the other employes of the railroad. The only other alternative is non-union teamsters to do the work the railway does.

TEAMSTERS GET THEIR ORDER All Tboae Employed by the Pocking Hon*** Are Striking. The sympathetic strike at the stock yards is complete today. The belated sanction to the teamsters joining their brother workmen in the general strike was given last night by the officers of the International Teamsters’ union, and the 700 drivers employed in the packing industry inChicago quit work. This means that when a wagon containing meat to deliver to the retailers anywhere in town leaves the stock yards there will be a riot all along the line. It is also stated that officers of the International Teamsters’ union have issued orders calling out all teamsters in the employ of the big packing companies at Kansas City, St. Louis and Boston. The packersannounce that they have T.OOO new men at work. With all the union workmen out on strike the only additions to the ranks of the strikers are about 100 teamsters who quit work as Individuals, preferring to do this rather than wait for an official order to walk out, and the waitresses in the restaurants at the stock yards controlled by the packing companies. When Swift’s waitresses struck some of the stenographers in the general offices offered to do the work, and when the superintendent tried to reinforce these by asking others to help fifty women stenographers walked out of the building in anger. The onion organisations recalled

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their ultimatum prohibiting their mam* ben employed In the independent plants from killing live stock purchased In the stock yards, where the animals are being handled by non-union employes. The labor leaders took this step after the Independent packers had pointed out to them thht if such an order was carried out It would be a benefit to the big packers.

RIOTING STRIKKR FATALLY HURT Negro When Attacked by t Mob Fire# a Deadly Shot. While an attack was being made on some colored men as they were leaving the stock yards John Stokes, one of the strikers, was shot and fatally wounded by one of the negroes. Stokes, together with fully 100 companions, it is said, rutshed on the negroes, and one of the latter drew a revolver and fired Into tha crowd, hitting Stokes, The police were close at hand and succeeded In scattering the rioters after considerable difficulty. The fact that many of the new men In the worksaTe negroes has infuriated the strikers against this class of the population, and a negro’s life is In danger pretty near anywhere outside the yards. A negro about to climb upon a street car at the entrance to the stock yards was dragged to the street by a moband beaten until unconscious. When the police arrived they announced that the colored man was dead, but In the course of an hour he was revived by physicians and will recover.

TROUBLE AT SIOUX CITY Cudahy’* Manager Calls for Protection —Strikers Disclaim Violence. Sioux (Sty, July 27.—Serious disturbances In the stock yards district led William Watson, manager of the Cudahy plant, to call upon Sheriff Jackson for militia to preserve order and prevent the destruction of meat products sent out from the Cudahy packing house. This demand was a surprise to the sheriff, who had not heretofore been called upon for aid. Several delivery wagons have been interfered with and overturned. Two arrests were made at the instance of John G. Brodigan, secretary of the local firemen’s union, w'ho says the disturbers are not packing house men, and the strikers do not desire to bear the onus of their misconduct. The engineers and firemen employed at the Cudahy plant, numbering about thirty men, have quit on telegraphic orders from Chicago. Non-union men were ready to take their places. Manager Watson declares the plant is running almost ns usual.

IN FEAR OF THE FUTURE Sooth Omaha Fire and Police Board Ask* Help—lnjunction Sustained. Omaha, July 27. —The tire and police commissioners of South Omaha held a meeting and decided that they were unable to cope with the strike situation, and that they would call on the sheriff for assistance. Many special policemen have been sworn in recent ly, but the commissioners decided that they were not sufficient to preserve qniet i Judge Munger, in the United States district court, denied the motion of attorneys for the South Omaha packing house strikers for a modification of the injunction restraining them from picketing, intimidation and in other ways interfering with the non-union men brought into the yards by the packers.

All Qniet >t Kansu* City. Kansas City, Mo., July 27.—The allied trades remained at work owing to the non-arrival of the sympathetic strike order from Chicago before closing time, while nearly 100 strikers, tired of waiting for benefits from the Chicago headquarters, returned to work at the Armour and Fowler plants. J. A. Cable, secretary of the International Coopers’ union, said: “I do not expect the coopers to go out, regardless of what the other allied trades may do” The strikers were quiet. Knmeron* Assaults at St. Jo. St. Joseph, Mo.. July 27.—Numerous assaults on non-union men in the vicinity of the packing houses continue. The managers of the packing plants complain that they cannot secure adequate protection for theiremployes and charge the police with being in sympathy with the strikers. To this charge the police enter a strenuous demal.

ROOSEVELT IS NOTIFIED

President I* Informed of Hl* Nomination by the Republican National Convention. Oyster Bay, L. 1., July 28.—President Roosevelt was notified formally of his nomination for the presidency by the national Republican convention. The ceremony took place at his country home at Sagamore hill, three miles from this village. In accordance with the wish of the president the ceremony was made as simple as possible. The formal notification of the action of the convention was made on behalf of a committee representing every state and territory in the Union by Joseph O. Cannon,, speaker of the house of representatives, W hen Speaker Cannon rose to deliver his speech of notification he was greeted with applause. At the close of Mr. Cannon’s address, the president advanced to the veranda railing, and standing under a great festoon of American flags, delivered his address in response to the notification. As he faced the assemblage he was warmly applauded. His address was devoted to the achievements of the Republican party daring the past seven years. At the conclusion of the address President Roosevelt held an informal reception and received the congratulations of the committeemen on his speech.

ANOTHER VICTIM OF FINN REVENGE

Von Plehve, Russian Home Minister, Killed with a Bomb. f) ASSASSIN AT ONCE ARRESTED Himself Mortally Wounded, Prob ably, by His Own Device. ACCOMPLICE IS ALSO CAPTURED Minister Dies Like the Emperor Alexander, the Assassination Taking Place in the Street While He Was Driving. St Petersburg, July 29. —As Minister of Justice Muravieff was driving to the Peterhof palace to report to the emperor the assassination of Von Plehve stones were thrown at him, and his carriage windows were broken by unknown persons. St Petersburg, July 29. M. von Plehve, minister of the interior, wa9 assassinated at 9:50 a. m. yesterday by a bomb thrown at his carriage while he was driving to the Baltic station to take a train for the palace at Peterhof, where he was to make his weekly report to the emperor. The assassination is believed to be the outcome of a widesrpead plot, the exist-

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ence of which has been suspected for several days. Numerous arrests have already been made,? including that of the assassin, a young man who is believed to be a Finn name Leglo, and who is now in a hospital severely and perhaps fatally injured by the explosion of his own bomb. Aagasfcln'g Accomplice Captured. An accomplice of Leglo, also apparently a Finn, but whose name is unknown, has been arrested. He had in his possession a bomb which he tried to throw, but he was overpowered by the police just In time to prevent great loss of life. The assassin wore a brown overcoat and a railroad official's cap. He stood on the sidewalk just as Minister von Plehve's carriage was about to cross the canal bridge near the station.

Threw HU Bomb Only Too Well. The minister was escorted by a number of detectives on bicycles, and one of them jostled the assassin, who then rushed Into the road and threw the bomb after the carriage. The missile struck the hind wheel and exploded with fearful force, killing or wounding over a score of persons. Minister von Plehve and his coachman were killed outright, and an officer of the guard was fatally Injured. TERRIBLE FORCE OF TUE EXPLOSION Paving Stone* Ground to Powder—Everybody In the Street Hurt. One of the cyclist detectives arrested the assassin, who endeavored to escape, though wounded by splinters in the face, arm and abdomen. He made no attempt at resistance, however, when seized by the detective, and confessed his crime but refused to give his name. The police immediately after the explosion arrested a suspicious individual who took refuge in a hotel opposite the scene of the tragedy. He carried a bomb similar to that thrown by Leglo. As soon as the police saw the bomb they scattered, but an employe of the hotel rushed up behind the accomplice and pinned his arms. The force of the explosion was so terrific that it not only broke every window within a radius of half a mile but reduced the heavy paving stones to powder, heaved up the pavement and flung a heavy piece of the iron work of the carriage across the canal, severing the thick mast of a barge, which fell, stunning the captain of the barge. Everybody in the street was knocked down and more or less bruised. IMPRESSIVE RELIGIOUS RITES Began an the Scene of the Murder—Continned nt Plehve’* Heme. When the officers of the law, headed by Minister of Justice Muravieff, had terminated the necessary formalities by drawing up a written report of

the crime the mangled remains of the minister of the Interior were conveyed to a humble chapel adjoining the station, the windows of which miraculously escaped destruction. The priests and people, with characteristic Russian piety, at once Joined in a solemn requiem. The square In front of the station wasfilledwith a reverent crowd of peasants and laborers, and the busy hum of traffic was silenced. A no less impressive service was conducted at the minister’s stately residence in the evening to which only intimate friends were invited by M. von Plehve’s assistant, Pumovo, who is temporarily in charge of the ministry of the interior. The magnificent staircase and the reception rooms were draped in block. The body of the minister was completely covered by a white shroud, which concealed the ghastly mutilations. It repowd in a black and silver casket in a corner of the vast hall, surrounded by luxuriantpalms. Gen d’armerle and non-com-missioned officers stood sentinel at the head of the casket, while at Its foot were two high officials of the tryThehallandtheadjoinlngrooms which are decorated in the Byzantine style somewhat resembling a church, were crowded with distinguished personages, including Grand Duke Alexis, the high admiral; Admiral Avellan, chief of the admiralty; Prince Hilkoff, minister of railroads; Minister von Plehve’s associates, M. Wahle, M. Duranovo and M. Sevastianoff, and the members of the diplomatic corps in full force, including Spencer Eddy, United States charge d’affaires; Sir Charles Hardlnge, the British ambassador, and M. Bompard, the French ambassador. A special edition of The Official Messenger contained only a brief announcement of the death of M. von Plehve, and the intimation that an official requiem would be conducted. Minister of Justice Muravieff went to the Peterhof palace to report the assassination of Minister von Plehve to Emperor Nicholas. His majesty did not leave the palace during the entire day although he had arranged to go to Oranienbaum (nineteen miles from St. Petersburg! to attend the consecration of the new harbor. The empress has not been informed of the tragedy in view of the hourly expectation of her accouchement.

RUSSIAN VIEW OF THE DEAD MAN Hl* Taking Off nn Irreparable Lo**—Wn» Back of Great Reforms. St. Fetersburg, July 20.—The disappearance from the stage of public life of M. von Plehve is recognized by all acquainted with the Inner workings of the government of Russia as an irreparable loss. Von Plehve during his two years of office as minister of the interior left a profound mark on the administrative reforms which were slowly but surely leading the country towards more liberal institutions. It has been no secret to those who knew him well that he recognized the necessity of bestowing a large measure of self-government upon the people as soon as they had become fitted to receive it. M. von Plehve said to one of his friends recently that he was preparing the way for a modified form of the parliamentary system suitable to Russia. and for the revision of existing peasant and zemstvo laws which had been undertaken at his initiative, llis cautious treatment of these questions was dictated by the fear of allowing the revolutionary forces to get the upper hand, and this fear led to the repressive measures which were responsible for so much misrepresentation abroad regarding his true character, and also regarding his policy. He counselled the enforced Russification of Finland chiefly out of the apprehension that the revolutionary element in the grand duchy was becoming too strong, and that element, it is now believed, brought about his death. It was part of his plan that the Finns should share the liberties which were to eventually be bestowed upon the whole of Russia.

A sence from “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch,” at the Grand Opera House, Chicago,

THE ECHO OF A SONG.

To my fancy Idly roaming, cornea a picture of the gloaming. Cornea a fragrance from the bloaaoma of the lilac and the rose; With the yellow lamplight streaming I am sitting here and dreaming Of a half-forgotten twilight whence a mellow memory flows; To my listening ears come winging vagrant notea of woman’s sioging. I’ve a seme of aweet contentment as the sounds are borne along; ’Tis a mother who is tuning her fond hear} to love and crooning To her laddie such a sleepy little, creepy little tong. Ah how well do I remember when by crackling spark and ember. The old-fashioned oaken rocker moved with rhythmic sweep and slow; With her feet upon the fender, in a cadence low and tender. Floated forth that slumber anthem of a childhood long ago. There were goblins in the gloaming and the half-closed eyes went roaming Through the twilight for the ghostly shapes of bugaboos along; Now the sandman's slyly creeping and a tired lad half sleeping When she sings to him that sleepy little, creepy little f| So I'm sitting here and dreaming with the mellow lamplight streaming Through the vine-embowered window in a yellow filigree. On the fragrant air come winging vagrant notes of woman's singing, 'Tis the slumber soog of childhood that is murmuring to me, And some subtle fancy creeping lulls mv senses half to sleeping As the misty shapes of bugaboos go dreamily along, All my sorrows disappearing, as a tired lad I'm hearing Once again my mother's sleepy little, creepv little song. —New York Times,

EDITORIAL FLINGS.

Some day, when the worm has turned, we shall have the fathers’ congress, —Atlanta Constitution. The Massachusetts legislature has passed a law to abolish grafting. How simple! Why didn’t we think of that before?—Atlanta Constitution. Physicians are again advising against drinking wuter while eating. Many men carry the advice to the extreme of refusing to drink water while drinking. —Washington Post. A newspaper man has been appointed minister of finance in the Canadian parliament. His business experience should easily enable him to make a little money go a long way.— Atlanta Journal. The Kansas crops have been ruined by frosts, are being devastated by floods and will be obliterated by Insects. And yet the Kansas crops will be moved on time and as usual this year.—Chicago Inter Ocean.

TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

American newspapers every year pay in wages $80,000,000 and receive SBO,500,000 for subscriptions and $95,000,000 for advertisements. Americans buy about $500,000 worth of licorice root annually in Smyrna. The licorice from it is used almost entirely in chewing tobacco. Thorium, which gives the light from a gas mantle its intensity, was a curiosity twenty years ago, but hundreds of j>ersons are now making a living digging it in North Carolina, and the annual output is worth $500,000. One of the many proofs of the vastly Increased consumption of fruits among the American people is seen In the fact that in 1899 a little more than 1,000,000 bunches of bananas were exported from Honduras to the United States. In 1903 the total exceeded 2,000,000, and consular estimates put the probable aggregate In 1904 at 3,000,000.