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' r. Wit X , 4-4 'i- ESTABLISHED 1867. WILMINGTON, IS". C., TIJUIISDAY; JULY 7. 1892. PBIGrt FIVK-CKT mm- TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. At Vlcksburg, Miss., Tuesday night, two men were taken" from jail and hanged by a mob. A mob at Wes ton, W. Va., took a negro frcm jail Tuesday night and hanged him. Three hundred Pinkerton detectives were sent by boat to the Carnegie Iron works at Homestead, Pa., yesterday , morning. When the steamer reached t'ae landing at 4 o'clock about 5,000 of the locked out workmen, women and children had gathered on the river bank. A pitched battle ensued In Thich twelve or fifteen . men were wounded, five of them Pinkerton men. Some of them will die. The Pinkerton men began the fight by firing into the crowd. The Pinkertons did not leave the boat. 7 The Railroad Com mission has caused the Richmond and Danville railroad to purchase new steel rails for the Murphy bracch of the Western North Carolina road. On complaint of citizens cf Charlotte the Carolina Central wa? notified to im prove its schedule between Wilmlug ton and Charlotte. The Commission also called on President Elliot for tho reason why the Wilmington and Wel- don railroad did not list for taxation in New Hanover county ever - t9C0,fl00 of personal property listed lest year. It also caused this road and the Atlan tic road to give . fruit shippers better freight rates. Tho conferees on the River and Hartor bill have about come to aa agreement. A joint resolution has been introduced in the Senate for adjournment of Congress on the 20th. There was rioting in , Jacksonville. Fla., yesternBy. Tha town is full of armed negroes and several companies of State troops have been cabled out. The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Geo. D. Johnston to be Civil Service Commissioner. The silver men of tho House are making slow progress toward getting the Sen ate Silver bill before tho Coinage com mittee. CHAIRMAN SIMMQNS. Tbe 9tat Democratic KxecnMye Com mittee Elfct Hon. f. ITJ. Klraniont, or Newbern, Clialrmau. Raleigii, N. C., July 6. Special. . Tbo Democratic State Executive committee met this afternoon. The attendance was remarkably large and all, save one, of the candidates for State offices were present. There was a dis cushion of the outlook and alsoof the plan of campaign. It was decreed that tho campaign snouid ba aggressive nnd .lhat 'itDCghi- to begin not earlier than the middle of August, though the local canvassers could begin sooner. There were bad reports .from a few counties, notably Chatham and Vance, as to the extent cf the Third party dis affection. Tho meeting expressed its intention to carry the State by i:0,0C0 majority for Cleveland and Carr. The committee met again to-night and devoted Itself to the election of a chairman. El Chambers Smith was re-elected but declined to serve.- Ex Congressman P. M. Simmons, of New bern, wa3 then elected" and accepted the ' position. Ex-Governor JarviV came was not presented in connection with the position, as he had stated he would not accept it, but proposed to do active campaign work. The nominees for State offices did not make any sug gestions as4 to the selection of the chairman, but left it entirely to the committee. i AFTER THE RAILROADS i The Railroad Commission Work. Improvements on tbe ITIurpby Branch Tli e Wilniluston and Charlotte Passeucer Schedule Taxation Freight Hates. Raleigh, July 6 Special The Railway Commissioners upon complaint as to the condition of the track on the Murphy branch of the Western- 2sorth Carolina railway, notified the authorities of the Nime that improvements must be made. Notice was today received from the general agent. Col. A. B Audrtws that 500 tons of steel mils have bi-ea secured and will beat once placed on the road. Complaint was made by the citizens of Charlotte In regard to the bad schedules of the passenger trains between Wilmington and Rutherford ton on the Carolina Central railway The commissioners notified General Manager Winder of the Seaboard Air Line to furnish the relief desired. The attention of the commission Tvas called to the failure of the Wil mington and Weldon railway to list for taxation in New Hanover county nearly $000,000, of personal property which the road listed last year. Notice was issued to President Elliott calling for the reason of this failure to list. Complaint having been made by shippers of melons in the eastern part of the titate that the rates on the Wil mington and Weldon and the Atlan tic aud North Carolina Railways were excessive, the commission has had a new rate made by the roads which proves satisfactory to shippers,. I A BLOODY CONFLICT. A PITCHED BATTLE BETWEEN MILL ! MEN AND THE PINKERTONS. Attempt to Land Three Hundred Pinker ton Detectives at Homestead Keltel by a Mob Heavy Firing Ten Men, ! Including Six IMnkertonP, Killed The Pinkertons Surrender. -fl . ' T- -r . ' I . . rrrrsuumi, jra., juiy o. At an early hour this morning 300 Pinker ton detectives arrived in Pittsburg irom tno .East. They were quietly marched to the Mouorgahela river where they were loaded oa barges and shipped to Homestead. At 2:15 o'clock the news of their arrival spread rapidly and when the steam tug Tide, towing the- barges, arrived at Homestead there were 5,0C0 people waiting to meet them. As soon as the Pinker toos attempted to land they were met by; a firm refusal from the men and a battle followed. The Finkertons 0p3ned fire and at tbo first volley two workmen fell. This enraged the crowd and they bore down on the Pinkertons with rt-sistless force. Nobody stopped to it quire whether the new comers were deputy sheriff-, Pinkerton de tectives or non union laborers. i After the exchange of shots the j crowd grouped on the bank fell back and climbing . over a heap of rubbish, rushed toward the big trestle leading to the Pemicky railroad bridge.l Prob ably 300 of the men stood their ground and returned a disultory fire with their revolvers at the Invaders. ! These shots did little or no apparent damage and the plucky band finding their weapons ineffective, slowly fell back before tho withering fire of Winches ters. - 1 Tho first shot of the engagement came from the barges. It was aimed at a big Hungarian at the water's jadge. 1 no ball went wide of the human tar get, but was the signal to the Pinker ton men to begin, and for fully ten minutes they" continued to fire. The first man to fail was Martin Merry, a heater in one of the mills. He was shot in the side and fell face down ward in a pile of'ashts. Closo beside Merry stood a big Hungarian. He stooped over Merry's prostrate body ana as ne was in the act of raising him he staggered and an instant later fell by i the side of his comrade.! This bloody spectacle roused tho drooping spirits ot the crowd and with a hoarae cheer half a dozen men rushed to the place where Merry and'the Hungarian lay; They picked up the bodies and carried them behind the trestle. One cf the rescuers, a Welshman, who rt fused to give his name, was shot in the left leg just as he raised Merry's head from the ground. j Meryy and the Hungarian were car rifd oyer a trestle work to the Pem ickv tracks and then taken to the office cf Dr. Purmau, on Dixon street. The doctor after a hasty examination announced that both the men would probably die. Five more of the strikers were wounded, two cf them very seriously, but they were spirited away ny their friends and it was impossible to get their names. . ; The shots of tho strikers were also well aimed, as four Pinkertons are re ported dangerously wounded. The finkertou men did not land. The excitement is at fever heat at Homestead. It was exactly 4 o'clock when tbe steamer and targes were sighted by the watchers gathered on river bank a mile below -the! town Directly the fleet was sighted! their messengers, mounted on fresh horses, started for Homestead, shouting as they', went in advance of the dreaded barges. Some one notified the! engineer at the electric I light works and for a second's time the harsh voiced whistle sounded a general alarm. The peopie responded with wonderful alacrity. There: were ola men and young men, elderly women, mothers with their babies in their arms and any number of children. The throng heaaed toward the river. The day! was just dawning and clouds of thick grayish vapor hung over the waters. Suddenly from out of the shadows were seen the lights of the steamer. On either sidt of her were the barges. The moment the people on the back caught a glimpse of tha flotilla ; thej made a break down the road toward the works. When the head of the- line reached the city farm fence, which had been built out several feet into the water, fifty men or more used theh shoulders s battering rarxs and almost in a twinkling had battered down tbe barrier. Once through the fence the crowd poured along the steep embank ment skirting the river fence of the Carnegie company and, despite the mud and uneven character cf the ground, made rapid headway. It waf a strangely silent crowd. A few words were spoken and these sprang from tM lips of the women who were appar ently as anxious to participate in the conflict as their husbands, brothers and sonsi From Homestead to tho pump house it is a good two miles, but, al things considered, these half drestec men and women made the journey in racord breaking time. Once there they gathered in one solid mass, the womai nr. nt least, most of them on the out- skirts- The front rank of this solid wall cf humanity stood at the water' very I edge and every moment ! the crowd grew in numbers and determi nation. ! L iSldwly the Tide brought her si lent consorts down the channel. (Just below the Pemicky bridge she partly turned her prow toward the shore ano then amid the shrieks of steam whis tles and.angry groans and hisses from those gathered on' the banks the occu p3nts of the boats stripped for action. Each' one of them was armed with Winchester rifla and each rifle was I loaded to Kill. Slowly the boat -edged towards the linding anc when the keels of the barges grated on the sand the grim faces of the invadert were within a few feet of their oppo- nents gathered on tbe i-hore. There was one lonely instant of awful silence and then a bright flash and sharp re port announced that thej first shot of battle had been fired. Almost immediately after the first shot fired the firing became general on both sides. At first thej strikers re treated, and for a moment it looked as though they were completely routed. but the men. quickly rallied, and al- though they retired from the immedi ate vicinity of the boats.they held their own and by sheer weight 01 numbers compelled the deputies to proceed with caution. Up to this time! no one had attempted to leave the boat, but sud denly fifty or more of the Invaders at tempted to jump ashore. The strikers responded with a 6barpj volley and so thick add fast ctne the bullets that the deputies retired to the simi-shelter of the lower deck. It was in this at tempt to force a landing that the Pink erton men sustained their most serious Iofs. Their Captain was carried to tha pilot house of the steamer. .One of his men informed an Associated Press re porter that, although the wound was cenoup, It was not fatal. Directly after this episode b:th sides re&ted for a few moments, and then after another sharp voile?, which did lit'.le or no damage to either ide,-hos tilities ceased. Fighting was resumed shortly after 7 o'clock and continued half an :om hour. Thousands pf workmen other places are reported marching toward Homestead to reinforce the workers who have made such vigorous and un- exoected resistanca to the attempts to land the hated Pinkertons. In the second j engagement Henry Streigle was killed. Some workmlen have built fortifications of steel bars on the river bank and oyer 1,00G men are in it. Al ready four workmen have been killed. Thft men rolled barrels of oil to tbe rivsr to burn out the Pinkertons. Six more Homestead men were shot at the second attempt, j At 8 o'clock the captal of the tug died and one of the Pinkerton men deid. ; ; 1 HoMESTEAt), Pa., July 6. A steamer camg down the river shortly before 11 o'clock this morning to take off the Pinkertons. who were imprisoned in their barges. There was1 a large num ber of new men on the boat. The mo ment itreached shore a regular fusi lade took place. The steamer bad the American flag on her bow. The men say it had assistance for the Pinker tons imprisoned in the barges. At all events a fusilade began in which the strikers, the Pinkertons and the per sons on the tug tcok part. It continued ten minutes and was mixed with hoarse, derisive cheering from, the men in the mill. Cannoneers across the river fired, three cannon balls at (the steamer. Their aim was bad and one ball, enter ing the open hearths department, took off a man's head. The njumber." killed is now ten and eleven are wounded. The strikers now claim that, besides the captain and pilot, foijr other men were shot and fell from the barge. Oae Pinkerton nan becoming des perate, jumped off thej rar ajid,; tried to swim. " He waV drowned. The pilot of the steamer was killed. The roat was drawn off and proceeded down the river. The men have telegraphed to have it held at the lock. Pittsburg, Pa. June 6. Sheriff Mc Cleary wired Governor Pattison that he was unable to cope with the Home stead mob. The situation is very grave. There are 5,000 strikers on the ground and unless something is done prompt ly there will be great loss of life. Hakrisburg, Pa., Jujy 6. In re sponse to the v telegram of Sheriff Mc Cleary of Alleghany county conveying the information of the riot at Home stead, the Governor promptly respond ed that the local authorities must ex haust every means at their command. Homestead, Pa., July) 6, 1 p. m. A flag of truce was displayed by the Pin- tterton men and was shot down. It was j i -. i aoisieu a seconu iime wiin tne same result. ! The third time the flag was I riaoiea witn ounets and nardiy enougn of it was left to hoist again. The mill workers have heard that the militia has been ordered here and now seem determined to rid the place of'everv Pinkerton man before the troops get here. The men on ootnJ sides of the river opposite the barges containing the Pinkertons are lying in wait for some of the detectives to show them selves. The men tire at every moving object on the barges. An occasional shot comes from the barges. It is thought same of the Pinkerton men have been wounded during the skir mishing. A car of oil wa3 set on fire for the purpose of setting fire to the ooats but failed' to work as intended. The oil flowed down the bank but did uot burn far out on the water. Pittsburg. July 6. IJpon receipt of the Governor's telegram refusing to interfere until all means had been ex hausted by the county officials, Sheriff McCleary wired back the following dis patch: "After a personal visit to tho Homestead works yesterday morn's ing and careful inquiry as to the sur roundings, I endeavored! to gather a force to guard the works but was una ole to obtain them. I then sent twelve deputies, almost my 64 tire force to Homestead, but th?y were driven from ;he grounds. The mill owners early ihis morning sent an armed guard cf 3';0 by the river. The boats containing this guard were fired on khile on their way up the river and when they at tempted to land at the company's ?round3 were met by an armed mob, which had (taken down the company's fences and taken pos session of the landing. (An encounter ensued in which a number were wounded on both sides. Several are reported dead. The coroner ha3 just informed me that one of the guards ha3 just died. The guards have not been able to land and the works are in possession of the mob, who are armed with rifles and pistols and are reported to have one' I cannon. The guards remain, in the barges near the landing, having been abandoned by the steamer which towed them there. The civil authorities are powerless to meet the situation. An armed and disciplined force is needed at once to prevent further loss of life. I would. mercjore, urga immediate action on your part " j - As no effort had been made by the sheriff to secure a force of deputies - I sent out yesterday ,nhe Governor, after iviuir me iaiiure 01 tne twelve men consultation with Adjt. Gen. Green land, sent " the following message to Sheriff McCleary: "Your telegram! indicate that you have! not made any attempt to execute the law to enforce order, and I must insist on your calling 1 I A - . upuu me citizens ior an aaequate num ber of deputies." ? On receipt of this telegram the Sheriff immediately issued the follow ing proclamation : "All eood citizens are hereby summoned to appear at the sheriff's office to morrow (Tnursdav) at 9 o'clock a. m. with arms and subsis tence to aid the sheriff in suppressing the.rjotr.ow in progress at Homestead." In explanation of his failure to secure additional deputies, Sheriff McCleary said: VI believed it would be suicide for ine to take my men there. Five hundred deputies couid do nothing morse than a dozen. Besides, I have been Unahlfi tf fiP.-.nrf rriAn fhev a'l refuse to go." Pittsburg, July 6. Pittsburg has had-another experience of labor riots, and! this time, as during the fearful scenes which were witnessed during the ; railroad riots of 1877, blood has been shed, life jeopardized and valua ble property placed in danger. This time there was no destruction of props erty, but the mob was thoroughly well organized.' well disciplined and had an efficient officer at the head to conduct operations. The force embraced all the men employed in the extensive plants of the Carnegie. Iron and Steel com p'ahy at Homestead, some eight miles east ofj Pittsburg and the battle, which for blood-thirstiness and boldness of ex ecution has not been excelled in actual warfare, waged from 4 o'clock in the morning until 5 o'clock this afternoon and only ceased when the force of Pink erton's, brought to the place to sup press the ; strike, unconditionally sur rendered, (leaving their ; arms in the barges ' in which they had been trans ferred to the works. The riot to-day was the culmination of the trouble which have been brew ering at Homestead for the past month. The fCarnegie company submitted a scalejto govern their workmen in the steel plants and announced that it was their ultimatum The scale made a sweeping Reduction in; wages of skilled men f and j it was officially announced that unless the terms were complied with before July 1st, the places of the' workmen would be filled by others. This was' followed by a prompt refu sal on the part of the company to rec ognize the Amalgamated Association of Steel and Iron Workers as such, or to confer with any committee of work men short of an acceptance of the terms offend: , The cmen stated that .they wQuior'nev er submitt the proposed re duction and announced their determi nation to resist any effort on the part of the Carnegie's' to start up their plants with' non. union men. As both sides were determined, both proceeded to prepare for tho contest which cul minated in the deeds of violence and blood shed that were witnessed to-day. The contest wa3 precipitated by the workmen at Homestead by hanging H. C. Prick, president of the company, in effigy, and, in retaliation j the company ordered an immediate shut down of the works two days before the time pro vided by the contract under which the men were! working. e employes at once proceeded to organize for defense and the company erected a high board fence around the entire works giving them the appearance of ) an immense stockade, 'the sides being'pierced wjitb tort holes. Yesterday the Carnegie company announced their intention to proceed to make repair! and the ofli- cials asked the sheriff to appoint depu ties to nrotect their property. The sheriff sent a small squad of men to the works but the strikers ! assembled in force and notified them to get out of town, as no disaster was intended and no damage would be done to the prop perties. They even offered to bs sworn in as deputies and to giye bond for faithful performance of duties as con servators or the peace. When this of fer was declined the advisory commit tee, which had been directing the ac tion cf the workmen and which had held turbulent spirits among the work men in check, was immediately dis solved and allrecords of the committee promptly; destroyed. The developments to-day showed that the application made for assistance of the sheriff was merely for the purpose of covering what was intended to be a coup de main on the part of the Car negie company in clandestinely intro ducing a body of Pinkerton detectives into the mill enclosure. The detectives had been rendezvoused I some five or six miles below tbe city on the Ohio river, at which time mcdel barges had been prepared for them. The barges were of the best build and were used in shipping Iron rails down the river from the Carnegie mills at Braddock. The holds were fitted up with burks, cook ing arrangements and! other accom modations and as an extra precaution, as if in preparation for the siege to which they were subjected to-day, were lined with heavy steel plates on the inside, while the whole back deck was! protected in a similar manner. It was the inten tion that the men should reach the works about 3 o'clock ! this morning. but the guards, which were on duty along the river, got word of the threat ened invasion of the hated Pinkerton men and prepared to receive them. The barges were towed up tbe river by a tow boat, but long before tbe Pinker ton men reached the Homis' eaa thou sands of strikers had gathered on the banks of the river ready to give them a warm welcome, J When the boat attempted to land the workmen broke through the fence surrounding the mill and entrenching themselves behind plies of steel billets prepared to resist the landing. By 4 o'clock an effort was made to land the detectives, but the strikers met them and a, fierce battle was precipi both sides exchanging a heayy volley of shots. The detectives were all armed with Winchester rifles.but at the point I where the attempt to land was made there was a steep embankment and they were compelled so go in single file and were soon driyen back to the boat by the steady fire from! the strikers. The Pinkerton men were determined to land and they poured volley after volley into the ranks bt the strikers. Many of them were stricken down by the bullets, some of them being fatally irnured and others kllled outright. A9 the battle progressed the strikers took up a position behind a breastwork hastily constructed of steel rails and biltets, and from this! place of sfe refuge were able to pick off the detec tives as soon as they ! appeared on the deck of the boats and brought into u;e two cannons. I Homestead, Pa., July 6 At 5 30 the Pinkertons in tha barges hoisted a flag of truce for the fifth time. Four times previously it had been shot down. This time Hugh O'Donnell, , of the strikers, held a five minutes conference with the detectives and they stated that thev would go to Pittsburg with Sheriff McCleary. They were per mitted to land and take the train for Pittsburg without molestation. They ieit six aeau ooaies and all their arms on the barges. The incessant cannon admg had been too much for them and they realized that if ! they did not get out of their situation before night. none oi mem were uueiy to escape alive. : i THE STEWART SILVER BILL No Advance ITIade la the House Yes terday Toward Getting: it lSefore tlie Coinage Committee. Washington, July 6. The Silver bill has not adyanced one step to day That was the judgment oi tne con- servative members after the smoke of battle had cleared away. The silver men, who had yesterday jdeclared posi tively that they would not permit any business to be done until the Senate bill had been referred to the Coinage committeev decided this morning that they had better not attempt to obstruct that legislative favorite, the River and Harbor Appropriation bill, and tbe bars being tonce let down, it was easy for the managers of the Diplomatic Ap propriation bill to creep through with their -conference report.The Silver men were more willing to permit this as they realize that they had no immediate means to check the progress of the filibustering motions that follow one another with steady persistency when-' ever silver was foremost and disap peared whenever there was any at tempt to return to consideration of other legislation. They are getting ,very impatient at the failure of a num ber of men to return to theirpost of duty and it was threatened by some of them that they would try to secure the passage of an order providing for tbe punishment of deserters, but this is idle talk after the experience of preceding Houses. Nevertheless the whips have had some success and to-day the total of one vote was 224 with the promise of more to-morrow. It was said this evening that anti silver Democrats had decided to re frain from further opposition to the reference of the bill to the Coinage committee. This is probably prema ture, at least, but they will have a conference to-night to endeavor to ar range a programme. The Democratic .members of the Rules committee were in conference for two hours this afternoon. They proceeded upon the theory that this statement was,, correct and contented themselves with agreeing to pass in full committee to-morrov morning a resolution fixing Friday as suspension day when Tariff bills, the Utah Local Governmenfand some other measures can be disposed of. It can not be learned now whether the rules are to be suspended by a majority vote or, as heretofore, by a two-thirds vote. The difference is very material to the silver men. for under tbe first named order they might see their way clear to rush the Silver bill through. . Three 5Ien Hanged byfflob. New Orleans, July! 6. A Times- Democrat Vicksburg special says: Smith Tooley and John L. Adams, alias Tatch. were hanged to-night about 12:20 o'clock In the cout housa yard by a mob cf 700 white citizsns. The Warren Light Artillery declined to defend the jail and the crowd had no resistance. Tooley was found alone in his cell and was knocked down and taken out into the street! in front of tbe jail where he was cross questioned. Meantime Adams was! brought out. Henry Blake, brother of! the murdered man, pleaded with the (avengers, but in yain. Tooley was taken over to. the court house and finally to the court room In which were 600 people. Here the examination was resumed. . Both were cool.. The people! finally grew weary of the fruitless examination and a rush, was made down stairs with the prisoners. Both were then barged. Their crime was murder of Benson Blake, a planter and j merchant at Redwood last Thursday, the culmina tion of thirteen robberies and assassi nations within the past twelve months. Wheeling, W. Va., July 6. Edgar Jones, colored, who murdered Michael 'fiercey Monday night, was taken out of jail at Weston, Lewis ceunty, at 2:30 o'clock this morning by a large mob and hanged. i Washington, July e.The Senate today confirmed the nomination of JGeo. D. Johnston, of Louisiana, to be Civil Service Commissioner, vice H. S- Thompson, resigned, r , OUIt RALEIGII LETTER. IMPORTANT WORK OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. Good Gathering of Democrats Prepara tion to llecin for tbe KncatnptucBt The Raleigh and Cap rear IU11 road The Mytterlona Shooting of Talbot LaihUjr. I Messenger Bureau. ) Raleigh, N.c, Juiy 6. f The rains continue and the weather vano persistently points to the North east, us it has done ince last Sunday. The farmers are quite blue In this sec tion. Lowland crops are hurt badly. Col. John D. Whltford, who Is hero from Newbern, saya the truck crops are Iniured. A number of people in this section cut oats j last week, and, cf course, tbose thuscut will be damaged. There was a good gathering of Dem ocrats here to-aay. If any of tho Third party cranks think t'ae Democracy id uot lull of earnestness of puruou iney aro badly mistaken. Tjmorjua people have to take a back Beat. An eatue.it Democrat called my at tention j to tho fact that this I-. of all tbe times In the world, the time for un overhauiiLg of the county ad town ship chairmen and coramltues. Tacro are not nfew of these in the Slate. It it whispered, who arej not 4,truo blue." There ought to b-3 great care IhU year in the selection of registrars of flec tion, and the election Jaw ought to bo rigidly enforced. The i allied forces of the Republicans and the Third party will use all ttTorts to whip tho Demo crats in tho coming flection. Tho Third party's declarations as to tho Force bill show that it doo9 uot have any fvllng against that terrible ic.strumvnt ,of fraud and oppression.. ; x Mr. lljberi M. h urman, nominee for Auditor, cast tho queerest vote nt tho national convention. He tells tec that he gave one-third of a vote for Cleve land and two-thirds of a voto for Stevenson, aud that he was tho only delegate in the convention who thus voted for both the lucky men. Quartermaster General IlHrrell says he will le-vvo here nxt Moid ay fur Wrlghtsville, to put up tents and pre pare for tho encampment. Ho esti mates that there will) bo 650 officers and men at each of the' two encamp mcnts. - I . Tho Railway Commission U actively at work this week. It has had good fortune in settling many dUputeu by correspondence. It thus bettlcd claims for damages mad by F.j S. ltoyster fc Co., oflTartoro, against the Atlantic Coast Line and beaboard Air Lino railways, for alleged detention of cur loads of meat for a vveck.-It was thown that the delay was not the fault of either of these roads, but of the Chesa peake aud Ohio, ooo car having been billed only to Petersburg and tho other wrongly shipped tt Sutlbik. An interesting point a to delayed freight is as to tho right of claim against tho road on which tbo con signee lives.'. For itstanco II the At lantlc Coast Line bad) not received freight promptly and ipropcrly from . another road, as soon nsit vas apprised that such freight win rcaJy io bo turned over, or if it,had cot taknn ac tion promptly to InvePtigato tbe cauto of delay, there would have beeu liabll- The Railway Commission has a cafe involving tolls on a telegram went from Elizabeth City to Winston, uu which there was a double charge. The tele gram went via Norfolk and the xtn- pany alleged mat as it: wem ouisico the State to reach its destination, tbo State commission bad no jurisdiction over it. The United States Supremo court has knocked this idea into a cocked hat, so tbe telegraph company has abandoned that lino of defence and taken up another -that the line to Elizabeth City is a! private one, and hence can charge extra. That matter will be looked into,! for the com panic sometime operate leaped lines, It U claimed, claiming that 'they aio pri vate, thus getting double tollp. Steps have been taken herein regard to the building of tbe Raleigh and Cape Fear railway from this city to the Capo Fear river, near Averasboro.. Cooks of subscription are to be opened July 12th. This is the road of which tho first mention was made in thin corres pondence three weeks ago. It i aa important line for Raleigh, though short. The young man, Talbot Lasbleyr whose mysterious shooting ba been reported, Is In a bad way. It Is said the bullet struck tbe breast bone and was deflected downward into the abJo men. There are fears of blood poln ing. Many people now believe that tbe young men who were with Lashleyand also those.who were with the man who shot Lashley know the came of the shooter but will not rcvtal it. Mr. N. 13. Hroughton, tbe chairman, calls tbe Democratic' i District Execu tive committee to meet here Ju'y 13ih. Your correspondent aided Mr. Brough ton in looking up tbe da to. cf the com- ' mittee meeting in lSfXJ, and also tbe Congressional convention at which Bunn was nominated. One of the speaKers at that gathering; was Mr. Stroud, cf Chatham, who ! cow to be come tho Third party's candidate for Congress. Two year ago btrotd feald: I am a Democrat of Democrat?, a He brew of the HeDrewal'V The Richmond Trrmlnal. New Yokk, July 6. The adti- . - 1 sorv committee oi tue xucumuou Terminal security holders met to-day and authorized tne chairman to ap point a sub-committee of three to con fer with the bankers and arrange lor the reorganization of tbe system. Tbe committee will probably bo appointed to-morrow. Spencer, Trask & Co. with drew from the advisory xmmittee, giving as the reaion tho absence in Ku- ropeoi UfcO. x. reaooay, wno repre sented the firm oa tbe committee.
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