Caldwell News-Chronicle. (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, October 12, 1900 Page: 5 of 12
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iUat lUni. I'*., October 0. -President
Mitchell tiMlnjr issued a eail for a coú-
venUon uf mine workers of the thrw
diat rifts eomprlalng the anthracite Held
to BUft m St-raiiton, IV, un Frltluy
vest at bull.
The boale of rvpivMPututiuti will l*o
one vote for eaeh buudN ppnotm ou
atrik*. or. if desired one delegate majr
Wprew-nl m« many mm 800 mint* work-
er ; but no dek-jptie «bull be allowed to
«asi more than live votes.
Tbe iMUlnK of the . all by President
Mitchell la a long etrlUf lu tbe direc-
tum of lirUítflug the «ret cool minera'
strike to a <-k #e Genuine eutUf action
«su eapretwod tinlay by Itoth minera
cud pei-*on* directly ivunected with
the «oal mining Industry. that tbe eon-
it si to approaching an end. Bnalneaa
throughout tbe entire anthracite coal
field I practically at a atandatlll. It
la believed the convention will not be
a long on*, as It la believed tbe atrlk-
«ra will almost unanimously a wept the
advance In wage* There la, however,
• paealhlltty that tbe introduction of a
propon!I Ion to nUdUh the «tiding wale
tjnotbi-r to have the operator* to
the result wig g killing Jim had Jnst
bought a Winchester rito and shot
"Hob In tbe liack of tbe bead. Bob fell,
but crawled to the door of the bouse
wbero his tether lived and shot Jim
twice with a alKMbooter. making two
aerloua woiiods near tbe grolo. Jim
then allot Hob lu the top of tbe head
nguln, killing him. Mlierlff (llover
11 ought Jlui Hindi to town hint hlgbt.
I he father waa not at home at the tima
of tbe light, only their mother and sis-
««ra being pneeciit. Clue of the alatera
(Hinted at the funeral of Hob Snell
yesterday aud la in it dangerous' condi-
tion ou account of heart trouble. Jim
Knell baa a wife aud several children,
but the dead man waa unmarried.
luprrredouUMl Ktiak.
Mamphla. Tenn.. October •.—A apo-
dal to the Commercial-Appeal from
New Or lean . I*.. says ¡ The ruah of
Texas cotton through thla port la giv-
ing riae to unprecedented conditions.
I'p to date the Texaa and Pacific haa
brought #0,000 balea more than last
year, counting from September 1 to
date. The Southern Pacific freighter
HI Sud aalled yesterday for New York,
a large portion of ber cargo fielng
n ade up of cotton. The Excelsior will
sail today and tbe B1 Dorado on Wed-
nesday. Thla makea three boata la
three days. Usually aall Inga take
place every other day. A lees encour-
aging feature of tbe ruah Is the fact
agree to s yearly wage contract the j «hat some alxty teamsters atruck for
terminal km of the strike raiglu )<<• ¡ htgher wages. taking advantage of the
•«mewhat delayed. President Mlt.-bell I demand for their services Their ul-
«III call the convention to order and ! "malum was not complied with and
will preside ov. r It. session*. S en ""art will be made to fill their
Notion* of a t0 per cent adratoi- In
wag * aud u mluction In the price of
powder wen- po«t«f] t<Mlay by M. 8.
Keinuierw A to operating the Bendy
Bun colliery. ami t'oxe Bros., operating
ell eoHteric* The notices are elmllar
to those put up by the other rómpanles
last w«-k. •; K. Mark I.- A Co.. Calvin
Pardee A Co., Dodson A Co,sud the Sil-
ver Rook Coil Company are the only
torn pan b* hereabouts thai have not
ye( off. f«-i| an Increase These four
r?ii<< ro normally employ upwards of
KWO men
N*w lornaanl t*«a.
New York. October 9 The an-
nouncement that th« Cook locomotive
*erks In Peterson. N J had received
an order tor Mghteen euginee (or the
Southern Pseiflr has reused rejoicing
anionk u e locomotive works In Pater-
eon. ss since the cloetnx of the Bog*
ere' works the outlook for engine build-
ing bee been rather discouraging. As
the engines ere to be built lu a hurry
a night end day force will be organ-
ised Th« work is to begin at once,
and the men heve been promised
steady emplorment for six months.
Already 100 men who were formerly
In the Bogere' works have secured
employment Bach of the locomotives
to be built will weigh 100 tons end
tbe cost is ostfcroated at f 10,000 each.
There ere about 1000 men In Patereon
who were employed in the Rogers' lo-
comotive Works. Three weeks ago
Mr. Rogers announced that he would
oloee the works and quit the bnalneea.
Tbe city has since been making efforts
to save (he Industry
places.
l.lkmlt (tatuad Two
I.ondon. Octolier 9 Only four re-
salir out of the twenty one constltu-
ercle* polled yesterday In the perils
mentar)- tteneral "lection* have been
thus far announced Them- show that
tbe liberals have gained two noata, one
at Garmenthahlre and the other,
airnngely enouah. in the Rad llfTe-
Harnsworth division of Southeast l4Ui-
c:i hlre whb-l. has hitherto gone
strongly conservative It looks there-
fore. ae If there mlnht be a slight
rrectlon In lh<- county pollings but
thla will be too late to IT<-ct the gen
eral result seriously The Daily Tele-
graph saya It understands that the
oablnet has resigned as n formality
and In order to enable any necesant-y
reconstruction
Wimmf t« Mnvo ( ntl«in,
Washington, Octolier 9 —The ship-
ments of monay to the New Orleans,
Bt I /ouls and Chicago aub-treiwurlos
tor the movement of the cotton crop
aontlnuee from the troeury. The ahlp
mente for yeaterday were 1400,000. On
Saturday laat the total shipments for
thla season amounted to 910,440,
against I6.4S6.000 for the same period
laat year, showing an Increase of near-
ly twice tbe latter amount. Of the
total amount New Orleana had re-
ceived $3.400,000. The treasury olfi
«Isla resard the shipment* aa showing
ss snsanally prosperoua condition of
(BttoSsstS.
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rkmMMr M«k.
New Vork. October S.—The Mg
iranaAthuitlc liners Campania. Penn-
sylvania. Ktblopis. Kms snd half a do-
sen others which sailed from their
docks yeeterday were compelled by
the heevy fog to anchor In the lower
bay laat night. They all passed out
early yeeterday. but there was still
ranch fog, making It necenaairy for
(hem to proceed with great caution.
The Old Domton line steamship Homp-
ton. bound from here to oNrfolk, ran
Into and sank (be Philadelphia
schooner A. A. Shaw, coal laden,
bound for Provldenee. three mile* from
Northeast Knd lightship, early yester-
day morning. Captain Smith and
seven men comprising the crew of the
schooner were saved and brought hers
on tbe Hampton. The Hampton was
running a ten-knot speed at the time
and struck the Shaw In the denee fog,
cutting ber slmoet in two.
OU Mea fee
low m
gseMe ef Mm 4laee>
Will l>eek lata the
St J-ouW. lio.. October Ml.—At 11
/clack yeeterday morning, while st
i bo PL-tutors hotel, requisition papera
trom Uoverttor Buyers of Texas were
landed to Governor Roosevelt of
*tw York iisking for the extradition
cf Jobu l>. Rockefeller. Henry M.
Kiaglcr and other Standard Oil mag*
Maten, chatglng them witb violating
rbe anti-truat laws of Texaa. The pa-
lters were handed to the Oovernor by
Cullen p. l'homus. couuty attorney of
MeLetmau couuty, Textis. Governor
I'oueevelt seemed surprised at tbe
tocelpi of tbe imiters and examined
litem carefully. in (espouse to a
query as to whether lie Inteuded to
c>ke auy uctlou in the matter, be re-
nhed lu tbe affirmative aud aaid that
he Urtendeu to < onsult tbe State at-
torney Immediately upon return. His
secretary, Amos (1 . Ktiapp, stated
tlmt the Governor could not act upon
the papers, as be was not actiug in
bis ofllcial capacity at present, his
I ost being filled by blcuteuant Gov-
trttor Woodruff. He added that ac-
tion lu tbe matter would be deferred
until their return to New York.
Tbe iudlctment under which the pa-
pers were served wss handed down
;n ISM, chitygiug Rockefeller. Flagler
in d other Standard Oil officials with
selling oil lu violation of I he anti-
trust laws of tbe Slutc. At the same
t me a requisition was made on Gov-
ernor Stone of Missouri fur H. Clay
Pierce, president uf the Waters*
l'terce OH company. Governor Flower
<vas also served, but in each case the
feuveraor* paid no sttentlon on the
pound that the parties served were
not fugitives from Justice.
Ow«|MtlM mt NikdM GmBraMl.
St Petersburg. October Tbe Bu
slat! general staff has received official
dispatches confirming the reported oc-
cupation of Mukden Meuteaant Gen-
eral Subbovltch enteiwl the city Octo-
ber 1, He advanced from Old Nlu
Chang on Heptmnber 24 with eleven
battalions of infantry, two aotnias of
Cossack cavalry and iorty guns and
sfter fighting two engagements routed
the Chinese army on September 27.
Before withdrawing the Chlneae
looted and fired the city. The Rus-
slans captured numerous modern
guns and Immense stores uf war ma-
terial.
forty I'frtflw Hilimi.
St Petersburg. Octolier !•. Five
ibouaaitd pligrinut aHaeiulded at the
Si. I lkanib-t monastry Iti the Porksoff
district for a religions festival. I>urlng
the night one of i he upper floors col-
lapsed and many of those sleeping there
fell upon those lielow. A | iini« wan
t aused by a false alarm < f fire and four
men and thirty six women were
c'Usbed to death, many others being se
i ieusly Injured.
Wrtkm Wtll l' r di>.
Shainoklti. Pa., Oc(ols r 0. This place
I* being Itamlstiiuely decorated In an-
ticipation of President Mitchell s visit
here tmorrow. From present indica*
t.ons fully 10.000 strikers from this
place and adjacent territory will | ar-
ndc- The men expect Mr. Mitchell, in
IiIr speech, will Intimate what course
the strikers' delegates shall pursue In
the forthcoming convention.
rtnl Oar of Matagorda Hie*.
Wharton. Texas, October ft. The first
en' of rice ever ralaed In Matagorda
county wn« ahlppcd over the Oanejr vai.
ley extensión of tbe New York. Texas
and Mexican railway, the Aral railroad
ever built through Matagorda county,
'i lie train was In charge of Conductor
F, II. Moore and Knglnecr John Hill.
The car went through with appropriate
streamers tyisf as fe* aldea.
Xsaa of the Off«inder*.
Washington. October 10.-The cab
Inct meeting yesterday, which occu
pi"d uliou*. ttvo hours and n half, was
d-voted almost exclusively to the Chi-
nese situation. Special consideration
i us given to the French uotc and ll
l« understood that a more or less detl-
i-lte conclusion was rnecbed as to the
nature of the roply which %vlll be
niade by this government, but it lias
101 yet be* n put in diplomatic form,
'ts purport will not lie made public
for the present.
It developed today that Mr. Con-
ger, In compliance with n suggestion
from Secretary Hay, had submitted
to the State department a list of ten
ot twelve names of Chinese officials
who were prominent lu the Boxer
n iveuient again*! (he foreigners and
lu a great measure was responsible
(• r the assault upon the legations in
I'ekin. 'lítese official*). Mr. Conger
relieves, should be Included with
1 rim-- Tuau and others lu any pun-
Ishinenis which an to tie inflicted
u|ion those who took a prominent
part in the I'ekin outrages. It is not
unlikely that the position of this gov-
itumcnt In regiml to the punishment
Of the officials will lie stated in reply
to the French note. Neither diplomat
t<-ally nor from a military point of
tiew has there been any change in
the Chinese sltutlon here since the
("ceptloii of the ITrench note.
Charged With k'or«rry.
New Vork. Octolier 10. R|ehnrd J.
t arroll, who for a titimlier of years
hj.a Ish'ii the chief money order clerk
In branch it of the postofficc In (his
city, wo* arrested today for forging
and rnisliik money orders. Carroll
was arraigned before Commissioner
Shields and Ills examination was set
for next Saturday morning. Bull was
set at littiOO. Thomas A. Jardines.
Hiditor of the |Mis(olllce, la complain
put In I he case. The nmount of the
alioged fot gerles la not yet known,
but It Is believed to bo very large,
f.krroll was a moat efficient elerk and
haa been employed In the poatofficc
for alxteen you ra
Twa AwMtnti «a th« t'aa* %'all«y.
Wharton, Texas, October 10.— Two
reel den ta reported y eats rd ay on the
Oanay Valley near Vaa Vleck. both
victima negroea. In the morning two
bandeara collided and threw Phillip
Williams to the ground, brulalng him
Isdly. In the afternoon Hanry Hodges
una run over by a bandear, breaking
t*ia lafl lag and InlloUnt aevere
brulaaa. Both patienu are doing well
under tie care of phyalclaaa.
IP
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l^m fnniYij |Q Mth*r Hi
locond noto ot
office, however, expecta Grant
to announce her adherence to tbe aac-
ond note, and atUI looxa for a reply
to the first
With re'rrence to the statement ca
bled from America that Great Britain
haa acted aa a mediator in effecting en
uuderatanding between Germany and
the United Btatae. a high foreign of-
fice official said that nothing waa of-
officially knwn regarding such a aerv-
Ict if It had been rendered, and that,
•i8 a matter of fact, there waa no neces-
sity whatever for a mediator.
No newa from Fleld Marshal Count
von Waldernee bee been received oi
ho foreign offce since tbe announce-
ment that he had taken charge. It Is
rnken for granted tbat tbe detalla of
H c organiuttiou are absorbing hie at-
trition.
Private dispatches say that tht Ger-
mana occupy the palace of the em-
presa in Pekln and that German rein*
forcementa consisting of two battal-
icfaa, two guna and cavalry under
Lieutenant Colonel Havel, have ar-
rived at Fekln from Tien Tain.
Mg farad* ot Mlamw.
Sbamokln Pa.. October 10.—Tbe
ct 'nera' parade bad UU00 men in line.
Prealden'. Mitchell was eutbusiaatlc-
ully received when be arose to ad-
dreaa tbe meeting after the parade.
Referring to the prospect of epdlug, /i _ i
ery other] if 0111|J
Aw y
tbe atrike, he said: "Every
sttlke that baa takeu place in tbe an-
«'iraclte region, baa been declared off
i > your officers. I want to aay, aa 1
have said before, that thla atrike will
t.cver end until tbe miners in conven-
tion end it for tbentaelvea. If you
1 • lleve that tbe operator* are in good
fi lib; if you believe tbe 10 per cent
to be enough; if you believe tbut they
iv 111 pay tlie 10 per cant for a year,
tlen you must decide whether to re-
turn to work. If you coutiuue ou a
t>rike, John Mitchell will be there to
help to do it I do uot &pcct thai
'his one strike will eradicate all the
>• t'ongs from wulcb you suffer. I do
not believe tbat the accumulation of
forty year*' of Injustice cau be wiped
o'.t at once, but 1 do believe tbat you
:«uve established an organlxutlcu here
that will either aucceed or give you
lrtprovcd condition of employment."
Return of Royal VamH.
Washington, October 10.—The Chi-
lean mlniater aaid yeaterday that if
' he- powers regarded it aa eaaential that
the emperor and empreaa dowager
should return to Pekln, he waa quite
confident thla could be brought about,
f.rst by giving positive assurances for
the pcrsoni,4 aarely of (heir majesties,
and then aa plain evidence of thia aa-
auranoe directing that the bulk of the
r.llled forces now <tt Pekln be with-
drawn to Tien Tain. Yang Tbuo or
some other point, leaving only a few
hundred troops at Pekin aa a guard.
Mr. Wu's statement was brought out
by the announcement he conveyed to
the state department yeaterday that
the Imperial family had postponed
their return to Pekln because of the
presence there of tbe allied forces.
Tarry Hanger Raanlnn.
Gonzales. Texas, October to.—This
is the first day of tbe Terry Rangers'
reunion, and Oonsales has put on her
holiday attire. Nearly every business
house In town is decorated with flags
in;d bunting, hundreds of yards of the
Inst being stretched on tbe awnings
i nd fronts of stores. A letter waa re-
celved yesterday by J. F. Mlllor from
t overtior .i. O. Sayers. stating that he
could not possibly be here. The cltl
sens of Gonzales had hoped to see the
jrovermir here, as this is the home of
his deceased brother, the gallant Cap-
tain W. R. Bayers, a former Terry
Hunger. The address of welcome will
be delivered by Hon. John 8. Conway.
Several or the Rangers arrived laat
night and a number will arrive today
—1 ■ 11 *
■.radars Will L,ma Their Meads.
Pekln. Sunday, vtn Th«n rain, Mon
•ay, nnd Shanghai. Tuesday, October
0 — A response to (he Get man demand
hue been transmitted to U Hung
( hunt',. This says that Ytng Men,
1 tcsldcnt of the ceuaorate; Yang Yl,
assistant ¡.rand secretary and presl
tb it of tli* civil lionrd, and Chao Sbu
( lilao, president of lite board of pun
iihincnt, «III lie decapitated; that
I rlnce Clung, Duke Tag I I,an and
I't Ince Yih will lie banished to tbe tin-
l<erlal military peatroada on the SI*
N-rlan frontier aa a fyrthbt punlah*
i ie«t for siding the Bogara.
.
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