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'.:..".AX)iiE Oi.:;..uvi::i !' r ' :, u V..s 1- Hilvcrtiii int. Hum Lc-q ! t . . a V asbington aud AUi-usU, j Try c -or uxaaaaruu iruiruruvru ltuuiulj 1 I CHARLOTTE, N. C , SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20 1S92. VOL. VII. .NO. 42S. 1 ill w...- A A 0 JUDICIOUS ADVLUTIhlNU. K11U1 c many (in oIJ business. Revives umny a dull busiuess, Kiuhiom mmiy a lost uualniMfe, Haves many failing butlni-sft, l'rervos many large luiM m-tof, . . Severe success ia any business.- - if , ;:,': ' r i, : Tilt CHARLOTTE OBSEUVEU : ' : 18 : pTtfEiiksfADVEUTisiNOM rWABmNGTON and atLanta,: r9 Write tor rate card. k - 7 PEOPLE'S COLUMN.- TRW CENTS PER LINK EACH INSEBTIOH STORE FOB BENT Tbe Duncan stand, 219 Esst Trade Btreet.(awit) 8. U. Howell. ,CHAS. 0. HOOK, ARCHITECT. ' WANTF.D-Bvery respectable unn in Char lotte to advertise in the Observer, It is raufby about W.000 people every day. -t CHA8. C. HOOK, ARCHITECT. 1 TAVB your fine Dress Shirts and other TJn "II derwear miule to order at . 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(., Fine Granulated, Cut Loaf, and Pulverised Sugars at - ' J. Q. bhannonhouae, Agt Jr """" Desirable Improved property, tth ward, gor- ner lot. two story dwelling, fine shade, six blocks from iquare, prioe and location at office. , - , ' - W. 8. ALEXANDER. " Fresh r-deaned Canary .Bird Seed - ,at i " - . MURPHY & ATKINSON'S, t 'r Finger Rolli at 10a per dozen, delivered ' fresh every -day from Pasuacht'a CityBakqry. You come in, we'll do the rest if you want anything is plain, or faucy i groceries. The T . Progressive Grocery." IT'S ALL STUFF. " : ' STh talk of buying ' Drugs cheaper elsewhere than IntJhar lotter'You can't do ltOive us r'a chance and we will prove yon can't. - We compete, with' any : body aud we .want your trade, Yon come to see ,ua or we will come to see you. ' - 7 BURWELL & DUNN, Wholesale and Retail Druggists, ' Charlotte, N. C. ::tL WE MEAN WHAT, WE SAY f r , . . S' When we say that Charlotte Is 7,; ahead n the Drug business as In ' other things, and it goes without - , .aaylngthat ...7 , . fc( " R. H. JORDAN 4X!0., ' - ' ' 7rr ahead In Charlotte. Yoo v7ij-; will find the evidence! ol this M l"W IWIV, Ulli tllW V , and Tryon st. 'Jo and see. 7 C BAINS 1 i The best key chain on the mark et ' Will not ruat nor tarnloli. Made of , Aluminum,- Impossible to break - them. 5 n BOYNE 4c PADQEE, , i i Ceadlnf Jewelers. ,: dutts: , GOLD, PEARL and 7 7 ' CRYSTAL PAINTINGS a J - LATTA PARK, 4 7 7 ;' , ' IN LARGE TEN i' : ' MONDAY, TUESDAY and ; .l il ' v . WEDNESDAY nights. Admission only 10 cents. ; JORDAN 0 nCOTT,- Jordan fi ocprr, T, THE OltLT EXCLUBIT8I.T Wholesale Drug House iatlic ' Carolinas. " ' ' KBTABLIBnED 1891. ' " JNo-OU .Goods, i Everything ; New and Fresh. - A TRIAL ORDER SOLICITED. Satisfaction as to Quality and IVce Guaranteed. 7 THE DI.CUNK VSL COTTON. Dally Price Current Show an Enormous Shrinkage In tli Value of the Staple. 1 The daily price current and .market nortof llill. Jountaine & Co., of Bt. ,ouls, under date of August 15th, Is as follows: - C ' "v': Blute our report on the luih the cot ton markets have declined continuously, New York leadin email breaks, Vo to the 30th of July the world Was Mured by the New York dealers that if the Hatch bill was shelved cotton, would ad vance rapidly, even with the large sur plus, ana tnat it coma sianu n great im provement in crop conditions. On the 5i0th' tbej Hatch WUwa irirtaajly fcated, and Senators from the South were the recipients , of congratulations from the New York cotton exchange for hat infff aided in- disposing -of -this much- vexed subject. Taking contracts for the coming crop, then, as a basts, ana com paring them with the market to-day, you will-flee that the values of a crop of 8, 000,000 bales ia $20,000,000 less than on that date. Two years ago to-day a bale of middling cotton was worth in Bt. Louis 157.60. : To-day it is worth only 3fl. ; A crop of 8,000,000 bales at values as then would have netted the South t4fi0.000.000. The same cron at to-dars values would only be worth 1280,000,060, or say a shrinkage of $180,000,000. .This enormous declito in the value of one of America's (almost exclusive) greatest ex port products ,haa passed beyond consld--eration as matter of interest alone to the South, but is a national calamity, and is causing serious thought by dealers in all products vtit,:immer''teeiisietfvFev' unless there la a reinstatement "of values the entire country will suffer, and only foreigners will reap the benefit from the Southern planters' misfortune, and a few protected industries in the East; for we have' no like decline in manufactured cotton goods in thia-coontry, and the following dispatch, copied from the As sociated Press this morning, speaks for itself on this subject: ; H -" 7 y . 'JTAIili KrviB, Mass., AUg. 14. l'UD- lished returns from the mills here for the past quarter show that they are now en- ovine the most prosperous -season ever known in cotton manufacturing in Fall River. Thirty-one corporations, repre senting forty-six mills,- have paid dlvi- aonas oi o;k5,sbu on a capital or f us,- 128,000. The total dividends paid , for the corresponding quarter ' of fast year amounted to $233I250. v '"The above shows the manufacturers (if this statement is correct), have in creased their profits over 100 per cent., while the producer Is not receiving over two-thirds of the value obtained for his cotton in 18W, and there has been no reauction in the cost or production pi cotton. -v.iii.: V-" -;?--t'-vi '-"-o "As to the future of the market, we have no prophecies to make at this time. The bears are confident, from long suc cess, and claim that the immense surplus outweighs decrease in acreage and un favorable crop conditions, and further claim that the crop has improved won derfully in the last two weeks.: Strange as it may seem, there appears to be no bulls left. '.i-. - . . "We ''hoar much complaint of the methods of the contract market, as now conducted, as being entirely in the inter ests of the bears, ; They claim that when a contract is made for wheat it specifies '5,000 bushels No. 2 wheat;' for corn, '6,000 bushels No, corn; for short ribs. '50.000 Dounda. fully cured and sound but if you make a contract for cotton the Seller can tive the buyer in lot of 100 bales anything from JBuucomoe county lintcrs to middling fair, with as many colors as Joseph's coat, and so seasoned with Dixie sand and dust that it is good for no commercial - purposes known to the spinning trade of this country or Europe, and that a stock of 800,000 bales of this so-called cotton has made values for 17,000,000 bales of cotton produced in the past two years,,,; -i . -They claim that a contract sua l read, each and every 100-bale lot, stating the grade to be even running of one of the standard irrades. and should soecifv that it ehoMld-be olthw upland- oa Orleans cotton; that u this change was mado it would to ' some extent make option dealings legitimate and posftlMy prevent a market carrying a stock of 300,000 bales from selling over 30,000,000 bales in one season."'- . - jr- "We give the above suggestions as we have heard them, with the hope that it will have tome good , effect in causing business men to look into this subject that is now of so much interest to all sections of the country.' and especially theSouth."' Nominations by th People's Party of This District -An Aason Doctor for Cengre. Special to the Observer. . v ' ; . ;':,; Rockisoham, N. C, August 19. The People's party convention of the sixth congressional district met in session here yesterday with 84 delegates and seven of the nine counties represented. 8. E.Swayne.of Brunswick was elected chairman. Dr. A.A. Mayuard, of Aason was nominated tor Congress on the first ballot and W. P. Edmonds, of Robeson, . " T '' ' 1 ' i 1 l m'' i J ' ' i was chosen on nrsi uaiiot lor prcsiaen' tinl elector. Victim Dead, Slayer Escaped; ' Special to the Observer; ' -, "t WiKBTOK, Nt C.i Aug. 19. Fred Sher rill, the colored mail shot here Sunday night by Thomas Ylnflon led this af ternoon.' The murderer, has', escaped. The mayor of Winston to-day offered a reward of $100 for ' his , arrest, and de livery to the city author! ties. ' Womea Cause the Trouble.- Taluottoh, Ga Aug . 19. James Davis shot and killed Bill Parknian, two miles from this place to-day. Parkman's wife had cursed Mrs. Davis In the morn ing and Davis whipped her. Farkman went to Davis house and told him that he was going to kill him. . Davia (hot him with a double-barrel shot gun, kill lng nun instantly, uavis surrendered. , ; Failures for the Pas Week. ' 7 Nxw Yobk, August 19. According to R. G. Dun & Co's. weekly report, business ailurcs occurring throughout tho count' r during the last 7 days number for the umtea mates 173 and for Canada Z3. total of 197, as compared with 180 last week and 181 the week -previous, and 216 for the corresponding week of last year. I. SUannd R.l. M Vnttna - h6 . , , . . ,. CttAULKSTOir, 8. C, August 19. XffC( second bale of the new crop of South Carolina cotton came to this market to day. It came from Orangeburg county, -Trouble with striker a Kinur; EtMiRA, N. Y.; August 17. The 20th separate company and dttu battery of LLoghampton have been ordered here on a fast special train.- An attempt to move traius at Wavorloo met with resis tance and the railroad otllcials tear a general riot, . FIGHTING AND BLOODSHED. MILITIAMEN AND HINEK9 KILLED. Miner Attaek the Fort and are Repnlsed The Uatllng I'reU Their Liberating the OowvleU-Capt. Anleroi Capturea and Held a x.Uostage Reeralta Cap- : tared en. Carnee Mold Coal Creek . A Number Killed and Other Wounded- The Situation Hourly Grows More Bert- ; uus. p''L'-' 'KC?'-'V'i'l'y-'' i f KkoxviLle, Tenn. Aug; 19. Reports received here are that 150 soldiers Whipped 8,000 miners at Coal Creek yes terday.. It J gaUUbat torsive mbeno dead, ana nearly twenty are wounaea. The fight began yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. A committee of miners waited on Gen. Anderson yesterday and -asked him to surrender. They said they had had enough of - bloodshed and wanted peace, out tne convicts were to oeiurueu over to them and the soldiers capitulate. Gen. Anderson told them to go back and wait until the Governor acted, but only death stared them in the face If they attacked the fort. . . r - J ' -.. A few minutes before 2 o'clock the miners began the . attack. There were 3,000 of ,. them, armed with all sorts of weapons The return fire was ordered by Gen. Anderson, and a blaze of fire from every side of the fort belched out. Some were killed outright, and some woundetL :.At the ttockadeifeey stopped. and men clambered over the walls to re lease the convicts. The fort is some dis tance from the stockade and higher up. The doors and entrances were thrown open hd the miners were at last in pos session. Thev began to order the con victs to leave and had them all captured when uen, Anderson assembled ail his soldiers at the side the miners were on and, moving the howitzer to that side, began to bombard them. ' The miners stopped in the work of releasing con victs and turned to get out of the way. Again and again their leaders begged them to fight but they rushed down the hill to escape the furious onslaught of the soldiers. With never a halt and never a rally they reached the bottom of the hill, bearing 12 dead and more , than 20 wounded. '1 hey hurried-far out of the sight and reach of the guns. They then collected their snatierea ana wounded forces and it is feared there are more than a half, hundred wounded and more dead than reported. . CAPTAIN ANDERSON STILL CAPTIVE. He I Veld as a Hostage There are Over 1,000 Hea In the Mining District ana More will Follow. ; Chattanoooa7 TojiiiI, jlngustl 193 Nearly 1,000 armed men under fearless leaders now race tne angry miners ana fights are renorted on all sides, -Rail road men tell various stories of battles. Captain Keller Anderson, commanding Uoal creek, is sun captive ana will pe held as hostage by the miners. Carnes swears to liberate the captain and the men will fight to the death tor him. A special received this afternoon says that the miners are withdrawing before the troops and posse. The force of men now in the field in command of Carnes la com posed of men of rare nerve and. pluck and they can be depended upon in any emergency. The force' la as follows: First Regiment. Col. H, L. Fox, 250 men: Second Regiment, CoL A. R, Taylor, 250 men; Third Regiment, Col. Cator Wol ford, 150 men; Independent Company stationed at Coal Creek Under Capt. An derson, 150 men; is. uattery, xtashvtiie, six inch steel gnn and latest Gatling, with 27 men under Lieutenant Heist; citizens' posse from Chattanooga, Capt. Ic L. Watkln8, 200 men: citizens' posse, Knox ville, Capt. D. A. Carpenter, 200 men; citizens' pogao, Nashevillc,, Capt. 8. A. Cqnsidine, 30 men. This makes a total of 1,257 men now at Coal Creek ready for any sort of wr- vice. yx--------v-. - - BKINFORCGMBNTS ATTACKED. The Miner Fight from Ambush la the - rtr-Viirr HepnHeTherr Lo I Bupposed to b Heavy-Of the MlUUa Four are Killed and 81 Wuuuded.' ' v CLtHTO!.Tenh.rAttirU.sri9. General Carner, at the head of the Chattanooga contingent, reached here at 8 o'clock last night. He was warned that dynamite had been placed on the track and he dis embarked his men, formed them in col umns and started on the march to Coal Creek. - The night was dark and the road wormed through the heavy timber. Five miles east - of Clinton the advance skirmishers '; of -- General Carnes' force heard .- voices in the timber and challenging- were-answered with a volley which seemed to be ail around them. No one was hit and the skirmish line fell back on the main body, which was now rapidly advancing. The firing Increased, but tne militiamen stood to their work like veteians. In ton min utes the miners were in full retreat, car ryinc with them several dead. Four of their dead were left ' behind them In the underbrush. . ' Gen. Carnes' casualties amounted to four- dead and six wounded. Their names were not obtainable, as the men wore placed in improvised ambulances and taken forward on the march to Coal Creek.: - , , Eighteen Soldier Captureef-Twe Killed. - Knox vn.i.i Tenn.v August 19. Eleh- teen of Uol. wooiiord s regiment Under Alaj. D. A. Carpenter were captured by the miners early this morning and Bruce Given and-Tom Carter, of this city, were killed. - vYoolfora u colonel of the Bee ond Regiment, and under him were the Knoxville volunteers and deputy sheriffs under Mai. carpenter. 'i ney icrt the train at Offutts and started by a round about way to relieve the garrison at camp Anderson. In crossing Walden's bridge they were fired upon from am; bush. They made a good fight but eigh teen of the volunteers were captured In trying to re-capture - their ' tjomrades, Glvens and Carter were killed. One re port says ' Waltham was killed at the same time, while another equally as well authenticated report says he was killed in a skirmish this morning. Waltham came from Abingdon. Va., and Is a mem ber of an aristocratic family. : Gen Carnes wires that the miners have failed to deliver Capt. Anderson as they promised to do, and that he will compel them to do so. Miners carried Ander son into the mountains" and they evl dently intend to make the delivery only on defeat or pledge that the convicts 111 be taken from Coal Creek, : l"' v reemenU for the Militia Start for 'IS -'i-?VO v" -' Kkoxville, - August 19. A " special train carrying the Springfield Rilles, 50 men; the Montgomery Guards, of Marks- ville, 50 men; 75 volunteers from Knox ville,- 25 from Nashville and 20 from Chattanooga, left at 11 d'clock. The train also carried provisions for a week': campaign. An oflicer of thff Springfield Rifles said to a reporter that his cora- pany intended to rescue Capt. Anderson if it took every man to do it. A largi crowd was at the station to tee the tram depart. No attempt was made to run trains on the Knoxville road, other than for military service. Miners Uepulaud and Coal Creek Taken By the Soldiers. In a battle between the soldiers and the miners Private Waltham, of the Chi howie Rilles, of this city,and three miners, names unknown, were killed, Three miners are known to have been wounded. When Gen. Carnes arrived at Coal Creek with his regiment the telegraph ofllce, and in fact the entire village, surrendered without opposition. On the way the soldiers were attacked by a large body ot miners. The tire was returned and con siderable shooting was done for about 10 minutei. s The tainer; sent up - a flag -cf truce and surrendered.' The battle oc curred about 111:80. Waltham was a clerk in the East Tennessee Railroad ofllce In this city and was 23 years old. . Gea. Carnes Holds Coal Creeju ' : - wires that he is ia full control of every thing at Coal Creek..; I -j, .vi,' v BeLnforeemeata forth aftaai.' Khoxvillk. August. 19:-A ; report reaches here from Jellico that 200 miners employed in the mines near Carbon have captured a freight train on the Louisville b JNashville ltallroad and are on their way to reinforce their brethren' at t?oal Creekr-frj-a::?': Hfmphls Voluuteers 'Jksslataae. ': MEXFBis. Tenn.. ' Ang. 19. In re sponse to the sheriff's Calffor volunteers to gQ .to voal ureeK to relieve uen. Carnes, Anderson and other Memphis ians a huge number of people 'assem bled in the court square this morning. If orders are received 500 men. armed and equipped, will leave tor Coal Creek nnuer command oi u. w. uoraon, an ex-Confederate officer, of experience. There is much anxiety felt here over Gen. Anderson ana tne garrison at Joai Creek; which is. largely- composed of Memphis troops. - ' -; ' . KAD BKOt'tiHT BACK : " TILLK. TO ' KNOX Full and Accurate Reports fey Those who Were en the Ground Miner Seem to Have the Best ef It Faiv ' KsoxmLE, August 19. At t o'clock train bringing the bodies of, three volunteers who were killed at the battle at Coal Cnek this morning, three who were wounded, and the 125 volunteers who went to the front last night, rolled into the depot Three thousand people were gathered at the station, ana the eir cltement was greater. tnaiLjkt anylime " since the trouble began, when the train stopped the men, who bore every evidence of actual service on the field of battle, poured out of the coaches and formed into a. line through which their dead was carried in military stvle. The company formed with arms reversed and marcnea oemna tne remains oi the aeaq to the court house. Not - until the arrival ot this train was it possible to get a correct statement of the battt and the exciting incidents, Four men were killed in all.. The dead militiamen are: John T. Walthall, of this city, railway clerk, aged 23,-, , . v. . . ' Jiruce lllvins, farmer, lvaQX.jcouniy, aged39."" ' r h; - ' mumamen of the 2d regiment,-(name unknown) and supposed to be from Chattanooga. me wounded en tne side oi tne mili tary aret Thoa. L. Carty, lawyer of this city, shot through the left groin; injuries may prove iatat ; ttamucl U. Uflskel. prominent lawyer and Democratic politician, slightly injured. . - r. .. j out Milton, laDorer.Biightiy wounaea . Two miners were killed.- They are George Miller, of Coal Creek, and Geo, Nell, of Oneida, i -' v " John Wilson, a miner of Coal Creek, was slightly wounded in the heel. j. w. uout, a business man or tuis city, and one of the. volunteers, was badly Injured by falling over a ledge of rocks. The battle commenced at 6:80 o'clock this a. m., and lasted nearly half an boor. 4Jofc w eoif ora's-soiuiersp-who were along with tho Knoxville boys, were captured. They were soon retaken. The volunteers- and - one-' hundred soldiers of , the t Second j regiment reached OBlrtS, a small village miles this side of Coal Creek about 11 o'clock last night. After thoroughly discussing the situation and conferring by V wire with Brigadier-General Carnes it ' was decided to go to the relief of Fort An derson. Major D. A. .Carpenter, who soldiered in that vicinity during the war and who is thoroughly acquainted with the topography of the country, took command ot thenv The night was dark as pitch and the loneliness ot the . road was depressing. The sides . Of W aiden Ridge are very steep and are covered with hu;e boulders and ledges of sand stone. Over these obstructions the brave fellows, many of whom had never been in the mountains before, - climbed and descended. Their clothing was torn and their bands and faces were scratched by the brambles. Just as they started down the mountain, north sldo toward Fort Anderson the, men ' were divided Into tauada under command of Captain W. L. Ledgerwood, General D.DV An derson and Uol & L. Wooiiord, respec tively. Soon after, - three men,;, all uniformed . and claiming . to ; be friendly to the soldiers, appeared and of. iered tflnpllot ; thoeglment:dowji,ihB mountain, w iiuout suspicion tne troops followed them into a well planned ambus- cade. , ledgerwooa s men were in front. At a point within a quarter or a mile of Fort Anderson the firing commenced from behind. The stars and stripes at Fort Andersoif were in full view, and the men were feeling relieved at the near approach of fortmcations ana were , lok ing with each other when bullets began whistling about their ears. Ledger wood's men bad passed the ambuscade before firing commenced and they received a volley of bullets , in the back. Carty, Walthall; Glvens and Heiskel were all in this party. . .. 7' Bun Out of Coal Creek. :. Knoxville, Tenn.. Aug. 19. George Irish, a leader among the miners at Coal Creek, is in the city. He is supposed to have led the attack in the Bricevllle stockades a year ago. He says be ad vised the miners and their friends to let the convicts at Coal Creek alone. A meeting of a secret committee was held and he was given 24 hours to leave the county.. He says he will never return to uoal creek. ,-..-. i MJ. Ajadersoa r Kcleaecd. Kkoxvillb. August 19. Gen. Carnes arrested 250 citizens of Coal Creek and told the miners he would bold them as hostages ui til Maj. Anderson was given up. Mai. Anderson was turned over to Gen Carnes at 4:30 this evening '...r.:vr...ur i inij i .imi.iiji,ii .Jr-. i' Steamer Aground. ?. r False Cape, Va Aug.. , 10y Reports that the C&stlcneld from - Mocktnn, England, with a crew ot 20 men,- carry' lng a cargo of lumber, ran aground at this point yesterday, There was no loss of life and no assistance was needed. THE SWITCnMEN'3 STRIKE. EACH 6IDB EQVALLT DETERMINED. No Disorder Yesterday-It Will Be a right : to the Finish Open Question) as to , Whether the Trainmen Will Go Out-A ; Large Force of Troops on the Ground. ; i Buffalo, N. Yn August 19. The rail road officials profess to believe that the strike is Hearing its collapse' The men say that the battle is as yet beginning, and that it will include firemen,, train men, engineers - and : conductors, as necessity may require, until victory Is worn7 The BwUclimcB proless ViM to hold out a month at least. From ft union standpoint the present L strike differs from that of two years ago in that it has been regularly called and sanctioned by the grand master, - This strike will be a duel to the death be tween organized labor and its foes. The Twenty-second regiment arrived : at 4 o'clock this morning nd was posted on the-Tifft farm at the junction of the' Lake Shore and the Buffalo Creek Rail road., Nearly all the troops had arrived by 8 o'clock this morning, and General Doyle issued a general order establishing fifteen camps. There . are folly: sixty miles ot camp , to bo guarded, together with the roundhouses, i repair shops, freight sheds and depots. -;iy-siyy i When seen this morning, concerning the possibility ot kindred organizations such as the firemen and trainmen of the different roads taking a hand in the strike, F. F. Donovan, of the State board of mediation and arbitration, said: "No, I do not think thev will. It is my opinion the strike will spread no farther than it has.Hhough the - kindred organ izations might as well have it out now, for it will be their turn next. I know the switchmen counted on the co-operation of the trainmen but they are un willing to come out, and as for the fire men striking, whatever idea they bad of strlklngyesterday has . now been - aban doned. There ia no fear that trouble will come from the engineers for I believe all the roads have a 9 year contract with their engineers." '"How do you like the refusal of the roads to arbitrate'", "it was just as we expected, We did not suppose for a moment they would arbi trate the matter when: we proposed it and therefore w; are not disappointed; The presence of so many troops has put a quietus on the strike, and why so many troops Were sent there is a mystery to me." Chairman Purccll, of the board, also said that he had no knowledge that there was going to be a sympathetio strike. All is quiet at Camp Lehigh this morning. - All attention is being given to the movement of trains this morn lug. "- - ; ' ' : A railroad official said' this morning; "The railroads will never give In. I know that the employees are determined but the companies are equally so. If the strikers gain this point, there is no toll ing where the thing will stop. Next year is the World's Fair reason and if the strikers win their point they would have the railroads by the hip and would not hesitate to ask for any thing. .Now is the time to stop this thing and ttrMlgbris well be fought out if it does take all the summer." . . . ; " "How are the Central trains moving!" was asked "as usual," said Mr. Webb. "We have got our protection and we are doing business again as I said we should." The warm weather is beginning to tell upon the soldiers. There wore two cases of sunstroke in the 05th regiment this morning, .... -,.-.-r- ' 7,000 Jlisw Tfork Troops at Bulralo. - AtfiAHT, N. Y August 197-Tbe '"early morning shows no practical change in I the situation here at general headViuar- ten anu uutu uruenu i oner ana uov ernor Flower are resting after yester day's hard work. Fully 7,500 men have been massed at Buffalo within the - past 24 honrs. There is no indication this morning that extra troops will be sent for, or, at present, will be ordered to the front. The total number of men ordered out is T,8fc-The Adjutant General thtnks nearly 7,000 or the men are in Uullalo 5,553 are held in readiness to go . at any .me. -r:r-7rr: Vaaderbllt lines lied Up by Striker. Buffalo,- N. Y.. August 19. The Lackawanna, Buffalo, Rochester & Pitts burg and the Western New York and rennsyivania roads are the only ones In full movement hereto-day and no one knows bow long they will remain in that condition. By the calling out of the switchmen on the Nickel Plate the en tire Vanderbilt system in Buffalo Is now tied up and the number of strikers is In creased by nearly 100. The roads In volved are now seven, viz r the Erie, Buffalo Creek, Lehigh Valley, New York central, west snore, Lake tshore and Nickel Plate. The Michigan Central runs its passenger trains into the New York Central station, but Us freight goes into tho yards by the suspension bridge and it employs no switchmen here. RICHMOND TERMINAL AFFAIRS. Charges of Bad Management and Crook. " dneAa Investigation to be Had. :, New YobsC Aug. 19. The advisory committee of seventeen of the Richmond Terminal security bondholders met at the oliice or Work, strong & Co.. this evening." There was afullAltendanceof the members of the committee, and a statement was read setting forth the purpose- which, by a unanimous vote, was adopted as oniciau. The statement charges thatu the investigation of the sub-committee shows that certain trus tees of the committee with their friends have profited to the extent of between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 in the sales . to the company of . the Georgia Central; that the company was made to purchase ii.sou.ow ueorgia state bonds at par and interest paying only St per cent, ft year, although the company was unable to borrow money ji less than 6 per cent.; that this purchase was coincident with sn attempt of one of the active directors to obtain a Seat in United States 8enate;that the drafts ot this same director to ft large amount were paid by the company .and that no vouchers are on file to show how this money was expended, i The committee announces that proper steps will be taken to force a restitution of monies wrongfully obtained from the company ana a strict Investigation will bs made in the past management. ; . Striking Switchmen Reported Weakening, Buffalo, August 19. Important news developed here this afternoon. It was that - Knights of Labor from eastern places are here to take the places made vacant by the strike of Ue non-union switchmen, and that the old hands who struck- Monday night are falling over each other ia their endeavors to be back in the emnlov of the New York Central road.- Another interesting thing Is that before to-morrow morning most all of the non-union Switchmen who struck will he back at work. The Central an Bounces that it intends to start its trains east to-night. REPUBLICAN MONEY IN IT. TIUJ THIRD PARTY'S SINEWS OF W A R. Houghton Believed to Have Drought It Dow a-A Campaign Which Will Stamp Some lien With Disgrace K'hoe of the Late Conveutlou-The Rare for Ihe Jus ticeship Narrowed The Caralelgh Fire ;: Mr. Stevenson's Dales. : Special to the Obrvr. - Raleiobt, N. C, Aug. 19. The with drawal from, consideration by tho Gov ernor ot the names of Judges Connor and Armfield in connection with the as sociate "Justiceship, leaves now In the field Messrs. W. D. Prudenr J. O. Mac-ItaeJ.VA'sfcin-F. Graves, Arm istead Burwell and R."j'T)cel1cs,'"'' . Collector White has. advices of the seizure near Broadway, Moore c.unty, of an illicit distillery.: The seizure was made by Deputy Collector Jones, and is tho first In some time. ; , , Gov. Uolt Is at Buffalo Springs, to remain until Monday. .Mrs. Ilolt and Mrs. Laird are there, as well as Mrs. C. B. Wright, Mrs. Minnie Bagley, Capt. E. B. Engelhard and Mr. John Duncan,. of Raleigh. : -.;,:7l n. : Mr. John Robinson ia attendlngthe fair at Red Springs, Robeson county. W. : J. Morcer, of Creswell; R. R. Wakefield, . of Lenoir, and R. G. Yaughan, of Greensboro, are. appointed notaries public. ' , 1 The drought, the "greatest" since "I880j is yet unbrokon. In the "rainless belts'' the farmers are repotted to be cutting their corn as it stands, so as to sve it for forage.:. The ears have not matured, owing to the lack of moisture. ' Many farmers are very despondent. The sum mer has certainly been ft trying one.' : - The races jesterduy were so fine as to delight thu people. -There are the best assurances that the races will be annual fixtures. ,, Money will have to- be spent on the track here. In tact several thous and dollars could be spent to great, ad vantage on the track and the fair ground. ' At t o'clock Sunday morning the first train will leave the new passenger depot here. Early as is the hour, many people will he present, There will be no demon stration at the opening of the station, the only real passenger depot in North Carolina. It is to be regretted that the event cannot be celebrated. " - September 1st and 2nd there will be a lawn party here in Nash square, tbe same place at which the notable festival and fir in sld of the Soldiers' Home was held two years ago. By the way, It Avarthat fair which made the Home pos sible, and thus It was doubly fortunate. One of the sights at the fire last nlgbt was tho flow of melted lead. The tau ks holding the acid were made of 240 tons of Ituu. Tiitie eie pools' of lead on the groubd, where Uiere were hollows. Most of the metal will be saved. r , It Is very quiet he. Literally noth ing is going on at any of the depart ments. The railway commission ofllce has been closed this week, there being no session.-. .... : The greater part of the street talk is about the fire at the Caralelgh Phosphate Works last night. - Caralelgh is a manu facturing Suburb, not far from the Insane asylum.lt is for the most part in a bot tom, near Walnut Creek. The com pany has 200 acres of land. There is ft large cotton mill, which began work last Monday. A few hundred yards away are the phosphate works, with sev eral buildings of wood The acid build lug, which was burned, was over- 200 feet long. 'As stated, the fire was due to a bursting lamp In an employe's room. It appears that the water service was de fectire. By sn oversight, too, the threads of the hydrants are different from those in Raleigh, sj the city firemen can be ot no assisiancOv , .--:r.j; Tbe exact amount ot loss by the fire at the Caralelgh Phosphate Works is to night stated at $27,000, with $17,000 in surance, divided among eighteen com panies. Material was ordered to-day, ana the plan is to have the building ready again In sixty days. 'j A special to the Chronicle from Golds- Borosays that on the criminal docket "of Wayne county superior court an in dictment for trial next month of Dr. W. P. Exum, the Third party candidate for Governor, for carrying a concealed weapon aud threatening the life of Ar nold Borden, a loading citizen of Golds- boro. ;.v;- . :-.'.- The Republicans are now inciting the Third party people to alloge that the Democrats nave put Harry Skinner np to his speeches, which have certainly made the "nigger in the fence" mighty ciear.v it win oe Discovered later on, out certainly at same time, that the Republicans- have -inspired most of the Third - party plans and schemes. Half stands conressed. - When boge Harris attends a mixed caucus' of Republi cans and Third party men, ' - as he ssys he did last , Monday night, it shows that something Is going on under tbs surface, The caucus referred . to was not the one at which the Connecticut missionary Houghton spoke. . Houghton brought aid and comfort here in the way of dollars and cents and administered ft where It. would do the most good, ne bad tbe satisfied look in the early hours of the convention of a man who had finished his work in ft desired way and was ready to go home. When the secret history of this notable campaign stands revealed Jhere. wllLbe ft, stigma. upon some people as dark a any wkrch rested on the republicans or 1808. ' The Republicans and their annex, the Third party are also circulating a story that ex-Gov. Jarvls was behind the scenes at Metropolitan Hall and Inspired the ut terances and was the main spring of the acts of Harry Skinner. - Never was a grosser falsehood told. The only Demo crats on tbe stage were newspaper re porters, and the only "worker" was J. C. L, Harris. Even Chairman W.R. Lindsay. of the Third party, was disgusted with the convention ana at iu o'clock in the even Ins? he left and went to bed. - - - Marion Butler and "Governor" W. P. Exum certainly made a sorry day of it yesterday in their speeches in this county. Not a cheer for either, but two rebukes for Butler, one from Mr. Wayland Dowd, an Alllanceman, and one from a country man, were enough to dampen their ardor If they had any. - -v 1 " Mr. Dowd said that It was poor taste to make a Third party speech at a social gathering. The countryman said he and the audience did not propose to permit the use of language not fit for ladies to hear. Dr. Exum has few inferiors as a speaker. ...His "talk" was valueless, " The DemocraticState executive com mittee to-day porfoctod -Its arrangements for the six speeches ' by Gen. A E Stevenson, "as follows: ? Asheville. Sep tember 15; Raleigh, September 16; Golda boro, - Charlotte, - w liuungton, and r ay etteville on the following dnvs. ' The report of Grand Sire BusWe to be nhmlttflil la tl esivnrnira frand InAtr at Portland, Oregon, September 10, wtll show the largest gain in membership for tne past year evT mane in one year aunng wo oruer s history. The net m crease was 43,807. The memlf-rfi!!p i good stand and imiln.r was 8W,;:;: relief wtro . Tl-n 1 1" ! shows eHCTtij-iitent r Rebekah dc'Tcn .;..' revenue f-7,l,-iJ,(,; l.-l j A It US AND A 5! n I M 1 1 Furnihhed the Slitte et T((ni!'u v i Gov. Buchanan's Apili'.t: hi. Washisgton, Aug. 19. ThU num,U, ' was "Officially stated tliot ' " ! Grant, Acting Secretary of War, L. i to Ceived a telegram . from Governor. Buchanan, of Tennessee, requesting t'. War Department to furnish him v, it ft arms and ammunition to aid in suppress.:. 4nyrWiiSri?mlriers, !- The request has been "comn0edw1iIUl!d' 'ders have been issued : toJ forward ,t(TtiKr"?r Buchanan from Indianapolis 500 stands " of arms and 39,000 round of ammunition. A request was received from Governor Buchanan late last night asking the use of the anus and ammunition now stor ed at the United States Custom House at Knoxville. This reauest could not be granted by the War Department as these supplies belong to tbe Treasury Depart ment and are for use in suppressing of fenses against the Internal revenue laws. A request was also received for the um of the arms in the Tennessee State mili tary schools, but this was also refused, as these arms are a part of the educa tional outnts or the school and for - this purpose only. ': , .no can has yet been made by Govern or Buchanan for United States troops. . Our Nait Vice-President. Atlanta Journal. ' , ' "'..' lion. Adlai Ewlcg Stevenson has writ ten to a friend in North Carolina that ho expects to visit that Stnte during the campaign, and that he will make at least nve speecnes there, Air. Stevenson's parents moved from North Carolina to Kentucky, where he was born, and North Carolina, therefore, has a.special interest in him. - :;';. . r :;J; ' Tbe announcement that he will make several speeches in North Carolina' is in line with his recent declared determina tion to take an active part in the cam-. paign. uenerai Stevenson is a very ef- fectlve ' Speaker, and is ' perfectly at home ; on the stump. :v? He has boen -known - for yearti::::as iuona of thCllnost campaigners In Illinois, a State. where tho oratory of the hustings has always been at a high standard. His .speeches in the present campaign will do goodt Sndwq are glad to: know that he ' iu tends to give himself np so entirely to this work. We cannot permit him, to come so near to Georgia as North Caro lina and not - visit Georgia. : We must- have Gen. Stevenson in Atlanta between B-iwi-d the election.' He will receive Wu ovation here at " the hands of the thousands of Democrats who will gather irom an pans or me Mate to near the next Vice President discuss the issues of the campaign. The Postoffice Employes-Statistic la the . . Hecond Volume of the Blue Book. The second volume of the Blue Book. compiled b Mr. John C. Ames, superin- tendeni of documents of the Interior Department, has lust been delivered to Congress. This volume is devoted ex clusively to the postal service and con tains i,J3 royal octavo pages, giving the names, salaries, etc., of all persons en- ' gaged in this service, both in Washing ton and In tbe country at large. An ex amination of the volume hows the num ber so employed In the several branches as followst - fe-v'v;-. Postoffloe department and. suborj.-' -dinate bureaus..... ....i..;;. il.S40 Special mail service, i ... i-i.? . ; j -1,5:10 Mail messenger service. . .' . .'. ; , , ' It 6,910 Railway mail servicer, r';.-'-6.043 Postmasters... ........... 63,805 Clerks in postofflces . . . . . , . -t I 12,729 Letter carriers.,.: 11,941 1 ijt' Total. ;7;v.V.v.i;;v; :;7;7:7T7.10473ii3 In addition to these are the contracts for carrying the mall, with compensa- . tlons, fines. dodnctlonstcnrmks. as follows ; y,:,.:'-yiilJ,:--,..:, Railway service .7 7; , 2,201 Steamboat seryioe.', V. . .', .-ivi..;. i- 124 8tarservice.;;.';'r.-T;;i;:;;;;;t':;.'i7,548 Total number of routes. V..V. 19,9 The contractors are fewer in number than tbe routes, as many contractors .v scrveeach several routes. ' - ' v ' ? ; - - A Narrow Escape A Dangerous Window ' Fayettevillo Observer. . -j Mr. George M vrover's little 4-year-old " child had ft novel experience and most miraculous escape from tragic death uuV sww ftwspss WT VSB IJ n MsgfttU g VUr -r of the second story window of Mrs. U. Mrrovers residence on Hsvmount.Tt seems that the child foil from the bed on -which it -was sleeping during- the night, and' In a aeml-connctona ataln ' crawled out of tbe ' window, while sup posing It was getting back in the bed. its clothes coming in contact with two nails ' by which it hung suspended in the air, fifteen feet from the ground. Finally the nails gave way and the child fell to a plans pavement or cellar door below. - sustaining painful, though we are glad to say, not fatal Injuries. Had ihe nails not ' ' been there the fall would have no doubt caused almost instant death. It is a lit tle remarkable that Mr. J. H. My. over, ' now on the staff of the Charlotte On- BEBYEB, onjohe QocasknHad a.akuilar'".." experience with the same window, bis mother arriving just in time to save him from the awful fate awaiting him. :.; - '.NA beg Sentenced for Fifteen Years. v " Nowton Enterprise. '',.:i:""': J-i ' There is an old lady living near Paint Rock who has had a dog In an old corn crib for the last eight years for killing her chickens. She says she sentenced him for life but at the expiration of 15 years it he has proven a good record as to his behavior she will reprieve him. The dog's petitions for liberty can be heard at all hours of the day, but the old lady positively refuses to pay any atten tion to his prayers and Bays that the juugmept oi mecourt snail be carried out to the letter Jehu Wise Thinks Cleveland Will Carry Hew fork. ,;. ' Webster's Weekly. . ' - - - ' The editor of this paper had the pleas- , ure of a pleasant chat of an hour or two with John8. Wise, of New York, last wees, ue is satunea that Cleveland will carry New York State, and that the chances of his election are moro than good. Mr. Wise will be remembered by many as the Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia a few years ago agalust Fits Lee. He is still as pro nounced a itcpubiican as ever. Meeting of Cleveland and CarrClnb. -There will be a mooting of the Cleveland- and Carr Democratic club at tbe court house on Tuesday night, 2d, at 8 o'clock." We expert to have Senator Matt W. Ransom address the club and hope to have a full attendance ff tin: members of the club aud other riti -, ,- C. W. Tit-tr. rr, -Aufwt 13th, liWS. I'
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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