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w V fcrl VOL. 2. NO. 43; ' SOUTHPORT, H. C., THUBSDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1891. PRICE FIVE CEITT8. THE WORLD'S NEWS. :o: A CONDENSED SUMMARY OF A WEEK'S DOINGS Iarj(e Fire and Lm of Life at I-oulaville Uavagra of La Grippe In Kurupe Heavy Gale In Great Itrltain Michael Davltt Wonrwletl. Til L'K-SI A V, DKC'KMHKB lO. The Fort Worth, Texas, iron works 4ias failed, giving $100,000 as their liabi lities. Col. Wm, W. Clapp, for many years editor of the Ronton Journal, died suddenly Tuesday night at his winter residence in Boston- Tallon Hall, once a member of the noto rious French-Eversole faction of Kentucky, who ltas a record of having killed ninety men, was arretted at Memphis, Tenn., yes terday morning. A bill was introduced in the House of Delegates, at Richmond, Va., yesterday, providing for separate coaches or apart ments for white and colored people on ruilro&lftrains. A lire in Louisville, Ky., yesterday, de stroyed nearly $750,000 worth of property. Five men were killed by falling walls and Jive girls were burned to death. It is feared that later reports will show greater loss of life. The Hoard of Regents apointcd to con-. siiler propositions and select a site for the Presbyterian South Atlantic University,. will report favorably on Augusta, Ga. It vJ'ill be built at a cost of MX),000 by the four Presbyterian synods comprising South Carolina, . North ' Carolina, Georgia anil Florida. roKKiax. During the past week there were $40,000 "casts of influenza in Berlin: children were esecially affected. A dispatch trthe London Times from Tien-Tain, China, says: Some Christians have lieen massacred near Pakouscibc by banditti and an undisciplined mob,. The military commander, who connived at the mafcsacre, has committed suicide. FKHAY. I.KCEMHKU 11. A $25,000 fire occurred yesterday in the brewery of Christian Schmidt, at Phila delphia. )ne man was killed and several injured in a wreck on the Illinois Cent nil railroad near Areola, III., yestenlay. Eleven prisoners broke jail at Galesburg, III., on Wednesday night and are still at large. All were in for serious offences, three of them being burglars. Humors caused a big run yestenlay on the Lowell Institution for Savings, at Lowell, Mass. The bank is considered one of the soundest in Massachusetts. A strike is in progress among the tele graphers on the line of the Southern Pacific railroad. From Ticson to Yuma not. a man is at work, and in the other direction there are only four between Tucson and Paso. Hundreds of cases of influenza are under treatment in St. : Louis, Mo. City and Gov ernment physicians and business and pro fessional men are prostrated in many cases. Ten professors in the St. Louis University are under the care of physicians. FOREIGN. A new loan of 45,000,000 florins will le issued by the Government of Holland in January. Dispatches from Guatemala state that financial difficulties are daily becoming thicker and election excitement is intense. " I arge crops of grain have leen lost in the Madras Presidency. India, owing to the drought in that section. Famine prices for eereals prevail in many districts. . In upper Austria the influenza is epi demic, and a large number of people are prostrated. The disease has attacked the horses, and it is reported that in the large dragoon barracks at Wels its ravages were particularly severe.and that many valuable animals died. SATURDAY. UKCKMIIKK 1. A fin, yestenlay. in Henry Batterman's dry goods store, in Brooklyn, N: Y., did - damage amounting to $200,000; insurance amounts to $185,000- The San Antonio (Texas) Grand Jurymen after thirty hours In jail for contempt, were liberated on bond to abide by the de rision of the State Court of Appeals. A Columbia, S. C. negro nam,cd Henry "Suber, has confessed that he alone is guilty of the murder of Thornton' Nance, for which ten negroes are under sentence of death. The latter will be released, . v " R. G. Dun & Co's weekly review of trade says: As the holidays draw near all the signs indicate a large volume of busi ness at present, with growing confidence of improvement in the future, except in parts of the South, where the low price of cotton has a depn'ssing influence. Exports for the past week were 44 per cent, greater than for the first week in December of last year. Failures for the past week 820 against iKW for the previous week FOREIGN. The Permanent Building and Investment Society of Melbourne, Australia, has been defrauded of $275,000 by one of its officers A proclamation was issued yesterday at ort au Prince, Haytt, by President Hip- I'Hte, announcing a general amnesty to political offenders The furious gales and heavy floods have weakened', and undermined the ancient and massive walls by which the greater portion of the City of Cheater, Eng., Is en floseil. SUNDAY, DECKMBKR 13. The American Federation of Itbor will meet in annual session at Birmingham, Ala on Monday. Many delegates have already arrived and t lie auditing committee is at work looking over last year's accounts Three persons were killed yesterday in a collision which took place on the Mobile & Ohio railroad near Murphysboro, Illinois. The Mechanics Mill at Attleboro, Mass., was almost entirely destroyed by fire yes terday. The loss will foot up alout $40. 000; partially insured. Wheatland Minn., i. suffering from a diptberia epidemic. The schools have been closed Seven deaths have already taken place among" the children and many more are down with the disease. The widow of the late S. S. Cox, was presented yesterday, at her home in Wash ington, D- C, with a magnificent vase of silver, by the officers and men of the life saving service of the treasury.- The gift was to express their appreciation of the labors of her late husband in ln half of the service. FOREIGN. A severe gale at Hong Kong has sunk several Chinese vessels and caused the death of many sailors and laborers. A cable from Constantinople says that the Porte has suppressed the French news paper Le Stamboul, for alluding in an offensive manner to Emperor William of Germany. The boiler of the Italian steamship Cala bria, from Geneva to Naples, exploded yesterday morning when a short distance from Geneva. The steamer sank almost immediately Twenty-one out of thirty three ersonson board, were drowned- MONDAV, HKCKMHKK 14. W. B. Summers, agent , .of the Georgia Central railroad, at Atlanta, Ga , has dis appeared and foul play is feared. The workmen of Carnegie, Phipps 5c Co of Pittsburg, Penn., are again dissatisfied and a strike is threatened. John A. Logan Jr., who has been very ill at his home in Youngstown. Ohio, is said to be now on the road to recovery: The man who exploded the dynamite bomb in Russell Sage's office recently has been identified as Henry L. Norcross, a Boston broker. Fire did $25,000 damage yesterday at Cincinnati, Ohio, to the immense seven story Fountain Building. It was occupied by several different firms. KOKEIGN. A Spanish loan of $50,000,000 has been arranged to le issued December 30. The latest reports from Rio Janeiro are to the effect that the city is more quiet and the confidence of financiers is returning. A Brussel cable says: The congregation of Mongolian Missions at Sehcnt has re ceived news confirming the report that 500 native Christians have been massacred in the Paton district. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 15... It is reported on good authority that there are no less than 8,000 people under treatment for grippe, at Nashville, Teun. A bill taxing dealers in "futures" and another to prohibit Chinese coming into the United States, have been introduced in the Senate. EdwardfcM Field, of the defunct firm of Field, Lindley & Co., has been arrested in New York, charged with grand larceny. He was locked up at police headquarters. Maj. Godfrey Leapart, State Representa tive -from Lexington, S. C, died at his home, yesterday, of grippe. He was sixty years of age and one of the best known men In his section. Two hu dretl armed men with blood hounds, are hunting the murderers of the two women and children near New Smyrna Florida. The munler was discovered last Saturday morning, having taken place but a short time before. FOREIGN. Michael Davitt, the famous Irish leader, was seriously wounded yesterday in a riot which took place near Waterford, Ireland. The Portsea Island Building Society, which is among the largest and oldest in stitutions of the kind in Great Britain, has suspended. The value of the securities held by the society amounts to 700,000. A cable from London says that great damage was done in South Wales by the recent gale- The wind was accompanied by heavy rain. Many pcrsous were killed or injured' by falling trees, roofs, walls, chimneys, etc. "WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 16. John W. Daniel has been re-elected U.S. Senator by the Virginia Legislature, with out opposition. A convention is to be held at Montgomery Ala., in January, the consider the advisa bility of decreasing the acreage of cotton in the South. The entire works of the Watkins Wire Spring Company, at Lockport, 111., were destroyed by fire on Monday morning, causing a loss of over $i),000. They em ployed seventy-five men. All compositors working on four of the principal papers in Philadelphia, have gone on a strike. They ask for an increase from 40 to 4o cents per thousand ems. John P. Richardson, of East Carroll parish, La., who owned fifteen plantations inxusiana and Mississippi and eight large morrantil establishments in the same States, is dead. He was the largest indi vidual cotton planter in the world. The announcement to the world that Brunswick County Totes to encourage railroad building, will increase the value of every acre of land in the County, before one mile of road, is built. DEVOTED TO THE BEST WASHINGTON NEWS. :o:- FIRST WEEK'S PROCEED INGS IN CONGUKSS. Re-arrangement of Committee. 1C ij. Mill Keeping Quiet. Col. Polk and Ir. Maeune. feenator I'enTer In troducing 'umeroa Hills. " Washington-. Dec 14, 1891. Con-' gross has not accomplished much dur ing its first week, but nobody sup- posed it would. The Senate lias been engaged the most of the time in a general rearrangement of its commit- tees, made necessary by the large number of new members, and it i. doubtful whether it can do much more than hold a few executive sessions for the confirmation of the long list of Presidential recess appointments be fore the Christmas adjournment. The house was in session a few minutes on Saturday but the only business done was the announcement of the members of the Committees on Accounts and on Mileage; then an adjournment wa9 taken to Wednesday of this week. These three day ad journments. will be kept up until Seaker Crisp gets ready to announce the committees, or until the regular holiday: recess is taken, and from present indications the holiday recess will be taken before the committees are announced. President Harrison has nominated Representative Culbertson, of Texas, for the democratic vacancy on the Inter-State Commerce commission, and Judge Culbertson will at once tender his resignation to the Covernor of Texas as a Representative in Congress. His acceptance of this appointment is regarded here to-mean that he will not be a candidate for the Senate, against Mr. Mills, before the Texas legislature, should an extra session of that body be called in the Spring. Mr. Mills' position in the House is just now the cause of much specula tion. He has not been offered any chairmanship by Mr. Crisp, and some say that he will accept none. He says nothing, and keeps himself secluded the most of the time. President Polk of the Xational Farmers' Alliance says there is not a word of truth in the report that he would take steps to bring the old charges against Dr. Macune before the executive committe at its meeting here next month. He says that Dr. Macune enjoys the confidence of all of his colleagues on the executive com mittee. He also says that all state- ments concerning the loss of strength oy tne Alliance are iaise, ana mat tne organization is stronger to-day than ever. Ex-Clerk of the House McPherson, who dropped into "the soup" with the advent of the democrats, was present ed with a silver tureen by his em ployes when he retired. It seems that nicy imSu iuu. wuu.ii wuu.u no, ua 4ui suggestive. ,m euurt is iu u ...out- y- sentauve vvneeier 01 MKu gan, bftv tb FTnns nass a. resolution ex- . .- t-iti XI- 1.: a. . r puugmg irom iu lauiu. m xcauxu- : t t. .l 1. 1 tion oi censure wmcn tne iui iiouse passed upon Representative Bynum, of . m l'T ii.ii Indiana, for abusing Speaker Keed. It is expected that the bringing up of tms oia tning win precipiiaie a Diner . "L partisan row on the floor of the House, and for that reason conservative mem beis of all parties would prefer its being left alone. Attorney General Miller has designa ted special counsel to bring suit m the State of New Hampshire against one of the New England railroads, in or der to get a judicial decision as to the legal right of railroads to issue free passes. He thinks the Interstate Com merce law absolutely prohibits free passes. .Senator FefTer has introduced a bill to amend the immigration and natur- i;-fttin ltfi- alo nn tn P-rant ser vice pensions to prisoners of war; to i - - - i - i1 initanc fur tiiftir navmHit And to reieal section 2 of the Pension Act of June 11. 1S90: to reduce tho num. lr of nension ratings to ten and to j- -. abolish pension agencies and to lessen tho expenses of examining boards. Tim sAinr. irentleman has ofiered a resolution directing the committee on Finance to inquire and report as soon aSs practicable as to the actual expen- ses attending the business of money lending, as conducted in the United o . K-l-. r.t W rrsnn The resolution was referred to the Committee on Finance, and unless Senator Peffer kicks up a rumpus that will be the last of it. Senator Plumb's old free coinage INTERESTS OF SOUTHPOBT AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY. bill has been introduced by Senator Stewart, of Nevada, changed only so as to make it compulsory to coin all the silver taken to the mints into dol lars, instead of bars. Senators Cullom and Mitchell have re-introduced bills for one cent letter postage. Senator Paddock has done likewise with his bill for a permanent tariff commission. Two Senators, one democrat Turpie, of Indiana, and one republican Mit chell of Oregon, have introduced joint resolutions providing for the adoption of a Constitutional Amendment pro viding for the election of Senators by airect votc 01 tne people, - Senator Turpie has given notice that he will peak. on the reIution this week. Senator Plumb has introduced a bill for the retirement of National bank notes, the free coinage of silver, and the promotion of international free coinage of silver. i afr MSSB-m- NORTH CAROLINA. Clipped From Valuable Kirliu(ra Kroiu the Old North State. The (iatling Gun for the First Battalion Naval Artillery, X. C. S. U. organized in this city, has arrived. The maximum fire of this gun is at the rate of 1,'JOO shots per minute. Clntrbilti ( 'lnoiiicJf. A gold " mine "has been discovered on what is known as thtsfftett's. place, about three miles southwest of Ashe- boro. The property on which' the mine is located was recently purchased by the Asheboro Lumber Company, who have put hands to work to open up the mine. Wilson Mirror. Our town was greatly excited last Sunday by the alarming cry of fire. J ust as the congregation was coming out of the Episcopal church it was no- ticed that the old house east of it, and occupied by a colored woman named Mary Evans, was on fire. By. prompt and judicious work the fire was extin guished before much damage was done. Chatham Record. A large force of convicts is now at work laying the track on this end of the southern extension of the Atlantic Coast Line R. R , and about one mile a day is completed, when the weather admits of full time being made. It is expected that the through trains will bo running north and south by the middle of next month or the 1st of February. Fayetteville Observer. tv,o ,a k.; ,! k ., r: in .ira.imnrr tv... r;0r 1 VM J V. lilllllV III V4 -A M aVa which when completed, will make Rocky Mount the head of navigation on the river, are now only a short dis- tance below the raiir0ad bridge. Gen, Kansom promises to giye Rocky Mount water navigation bv early spring. And so it keeps on, a great railroad center, and soon to have steamboats as well. Rocky Mount is at the top. ryonnuf. Deputy Collector Holland arrived here Saturday evening from the Fed- .J Coun at Raleigh wkh j G. W'hittington, who was convicted of . . .. , fi f lQQ I ' i J 1 and Junius Cutts, who was also con I . t , - .. vie ted ot the same onence ana sen tQ 2Q . m . .j tQ & i - fine of ei00, and placed them in jail . srvft . Both are - . mi , , ff ... countv..Vmlv;(A . I " On Tuesday last at Shore's ferry on the Yadkin River there was quite a serious accident. Owing to the recent rams the riverjiad risen about seven feet and the current was very strong but the ferry man attempted to cross with several men and a team when the wire broke letting ferry-boat, car go and all drift down the river. The ferry-man was badly injured both his arms being broken and seriously bruised elsewhere. No one else suf fered injury. Ttcin-City Sentinel. News received here Monday morn ing of the death in Hickory of John F. Murrill, editor of the Hickory 7Vm OW;w, waich sad event oc curred vesterdav iiiorning. Tho cause of Mr. Murrill's death was pneumonia, and his illness lasted only four days. Mr. Murrill was a native of Onslow county, this state, and waa about 60 years of age. lie has been in journal ism for a number of years. He waa a forcible writer, and was well known throughout the state, especially among the editorial fraternity. Mr. Murrill leaves a- wife and three children to mourn their loss II. A. Murrill, president of the Hickory Printing company; Mrs. S. D'Anna, and Paul MuiTlll. AshertUe LiUze. A half million dollars cornea into Brunswick County, before the County issues a dollar's worth of Bonds. liALEIGH'S BUDGET. A CORRESPONDENTS VIEWS ON RALEIGH AFFAIRS. Railway CraalwUa. IMtvct Tax Moaejr The Hiypwalwf MeMthlarn Tb Pralteatlary Farm. PraSU mt th Expoaltloa SIT.OOO. Raleigh, X. C. Dec 15. The re port of the railway commission is completed, after a great deal of work. It shows that much has been accom plished. Many new things about the railways are disclosed. It has been no trouble to secure information from the roads ; in fact "they have had no contentions or differences. The com mission has at all times been consider ate and courteous. It is by such methods that good work is done. There will at the end of the present year be rather more than $100,000 of the direct tax money in the State treasury. It is invested in four per cent bonds. It is absolutely impossi ble to say whether there will be left anything of the total sum. Some say there will be a balance; while others contend that the uttermost farthing will be called for. Collector White of this revenue dis tnct has gone to Washington and the surmise is thajL the commissioner of revenue has called him there to talk over plans for suppressing inooiishin ing. A year ago all the collectors met there and elaborate plans were made to rout the moonshiners. They amounted to but little, as even in this county there are estimated to be thirty illicit distilleries. The only way to catch the moonshiners is by restoring ; the old system of reward for their capture. That is the proper method and it will now do the work, since public sentiment is fortunately no longer with' the-miserable moonshin ers but against them. More convicts have been sent to the G000 acre farm in Northampton county, lately leased from Senator Ransom, and 125 are now at woik there. Tho uso of the thoroughly disciplined convict labor works won derful changes in the country. Farm ing under such conditions means something. The new management of the penitentiary is in all respects re-' markable. That institution not so many years ago used to cost $120,000. Now it yields a revenue. It is pro posed, that out of those earnings a State orphanage with white and. colored departments be maintained. There is good judgment in the sug gestion. The sheriffs are slower this year than usual in settling their State taxes Strange to say the people in tho coun try are paying more promptly than those in the towns. The net profits of the recent expo sition are said to be $17,000. That is certainly a very creditable showing. Does this money go to the Southern immigration and exposition association as a nest-egg, a nucleus for the next exposition? The geological survey gives great promise of direct benefit to the State. It is now in progress in tho valley of the Roanoke river. Important dis coveries of marls, greensand and phos phates may be made there- Years ago there used to be in Halifax county the backbone of a mastodon, which was actually in use as a sort of a bridge across a creek. In all parts of the State there are wonderful things for those who know how to seek them. There is' some interest in the culti vation of lintless cotton, to be used for the making of oil. In that there is money, as for all seed there is a de mand. Speaking of cotton leads me to think of flax. Why is it so little flax is now grown in North Carolina? A century ago that and tobacco were the great staples. As yet no negroes are leaving the State for the far South and there arc no signs of departure. No more labor agents are heard of. The number of weather stations in the State, under the control of the State weather bureau,ls to be increased in early spring to 100. It now appears that the story pub lished in regard to the allegi confes sion of Felix Roan, of Caswell, that he and others killed Stephens, is j 0, without foundation. Roan's brothers have procured positive state ments to that effect, and say there was never any such confession. It is to be n-gretted that the publication was ever made. - President Butler of the State Alii ance sy be doesn't know whether the Third party will or will not mate rialize in North Carolina. The rt-pub- Iicans say they do not care wliether it does or not The idea appears to lie gaining in strength that the Alliance is losing ground. On many of its members it has a very tight grip, b playing on their prejudice, but there are certainly many leaving the ranks. An Alliance man tells me that there is a steady loss of membership. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. A Kt.MlT Vror of tli Wrk im tfc The Scandinavian Musical Society of Chicago will drill a chorus of per haps 1,000 voices for participation in the mnsleal festivals at tho Exposition. A design is being prepared for an iron lift bridge between the Agricul tural Rutlding and the opposite side of the canal. This bridge is to be so constructed that it may be raised 'and permit the passage of boats up the main basin to the center of the Expo sition grounds. A World's Fair Transportation Comjiany in California, organized by influential and well-to do men, con tracts to carry subscribers from any terminal point in the State to Chicago and return in Pullman sleepers, furnish food en route, six days' board at a first class Chicago hotel and six admission ! to the Fair all for. 1 80.00, payable in installments. Mrs. Iou Barnes of Vicksburg, grand daughter of tho late Col. J. W. Nailor, has in her possession the sam ples of cotton which her grandfather exhibited at the World's Fair in Lon don in 1851, and at tho New York Crystal Palace in .1853, with the medals awarded him at each. Tho cotton is still well preserved and Mrs. larnes intends to send it, together with the medals, for exhibition at Chicago in 1803. The publishers of Youth n Coinjtn- ion are perfecting a plan to .provide every school house in tho United States with an American Hag so that at a given hour during the dedicatory ex ercises the flags can be hoisted simul taneously from one end of the country to the other. It is believed that by this means the interest of young ' peo ple in the Exposition will be stimula ted. It is the intention of the Indian Bu reau of the U. S. (iovernment to make a complete Indian exhibit, occupying perhaps two acres. Representatives of all the leading tribes, especially those of a distinctive type, will be shown, together with their habitations, industries, etc. The Navajos will show their wonderful skill in blanket- weaving; the - Zunis, whoso customs have been a study for years, will make pottery and live in a "hogan," as they call r their peculiar residences the riutes arc to make water bottles of rushes. Then there will bo a great collection of relics, weapons and unten- sils. There will also be in operation a model Indian school under compe tent teachers. The wild, be-painted and be-feathered aborigine will be contrasted with the civilized or semi- civilized Indian of to-day. It is be. lieved that foreigners particularly will be interested in the Indian exhibit. South Dakota's World's Fair Com. mission has a canvassing committee of three energetic and eloquent men, who are rapidly raising tho $80,000 which the States, hopes to expend on its ex hibit. The desired $80,000 was first apportioned among the different coun ties according to population. The committee issued a very persuasive tnty-fiage pamphlet, an appeal through the press, and then began a crusade of epeschmaking oefore crowd ed public meetings throughout the State. South Dakota will be at Chi cago in 1893. Word' has been received that the Corvado Railway Company, of Bio de Janeiro proposes making an exhibit in miniature of its railway. It is the purpose to have large photographs illus trating the mountain route through which the railway j the bridges, the stations,. the hotel at the summit, and interesting scenery adjacent. They will have molded, in papier macho, the mountain of Corcorado- in miniature, with the railway laid down as in actual operation. The total length of the road is two mile. The rise from the station at the upper end of the road to the summit is 2,300 feet. Erery vote cast next Tnesday for the Bailroad Subscription, shows that the roter is in hior of progress and improTement, THE FEDERATION; :o LAIIOU CONVENTION I1EIXQ 1IKLI AT 11IUMINGIIAM. Talk mt rralag Vmimm mt U Iknim1 Orf-JilmlwM KlkU mt Vrnmrnr jrmdmwmlm UmUwnf KmpUjm mU Cmimi,u TnttUn. Bib-uxobam, All, December 14. The eleventh annual coarention of the American Federation of Labor met hero to-day. It is an event of great interest to all organized labor people, as it calls together the leading trade uniontsti; of North Am one and the representatives of 750,000 wage earn ers. The proceedings of this conven tion will hare a marked effect the industries of the country. The Amencan Federation of Labor is the largest and most powerful labor organization in the world. It lias done more to reduce the daily hours of labor, raise the" standard of wages and improve the industrial condition of women and children than any other labor body in the world. In 180G, at Baltimore, the American Federation of Iabor became promt nent. At that meeting questions of ublic domain, national debt, coopera tive association, vtrikes, convict labor. the eight hour system, and the ques tion of taking political action were all discussed. Among resolutions then passed was one favoring the speedy restoration ot agriculture in the-Soutb and the upbuilding of that section on the basis of industrial advancement Judging from the talks with the various delegates this will be the most important session of lalior people ever held.' The buna fide trades unionists are there in the vast majority. An attempt will lie made to bring tho labor unions of the United States into direct political action. The claim will bo made with loyal American workingmen that with tho labor orga nizations in politics as such, Anarchists and revolutionists will cease to attract attention; that it is only the constitu tional disbarment of discussions of a tolitical nature within the sanctuary of a labor organization that gives the wild-eyed disciple of llerr Most an opportunity to appoint himself a com mittee of one to harangue on tho out side or ose ou the inside as a repre sentative labor leader. Samuel (Jomjieri, President of the Federation, and P. J. McGuire, Inter national Secretary of the Carpenters and Joiners, and, in fact, nearly all the prominent conservative labor leaders. are swinging around to the belief of the effectiveness of political action,and it is generally expressed that a com mittee of twenty-five will be appointed at this convention to confer with re presentatives of the Fanners' Alliance, Patrons of Husbandry, F. M. B. A., Knights of Labor, Federated Railway Employes, and tho United Commercial Travelers at their contention to bo held at St. Louis, February 22. It is believed that a move will also be made to bring into active co-opera tion with the federation tho recently organized and powerful United Com mercial Travelers' Association in order that distribution may be controlled in the interests of the groat masses of the people. It is probable that an at tempt will be also made at this con vention to remove the headquarters of the federation from New York to Chicago because of the more advanta geous and central location. The Knights of Iabor at their last annual convention issued a letter to the federation in which the proposition was made to jool the issues of the two organizations, create an autonomy of action of each, and a recognition by each of the working cards of theotber The - modifications will doubtless be accepted. This combination of the two most powerful labor organizations in the world, if affected, wil. result in united efforts bv the whole of organ ized labor to obtain it demands. This is the first time the annual convention of the American Federa tion of Labor has gone south of Mason and Dixon's line.. Birmingham, the Pittsburg of the .South, was selec ted as the meeting place at the in stance of the Southern delegate, who desired to show to organized labor of the world the resource of the new South. The Southern members claim that the result of the convention being held in the South will be .to create an in pouring into that section of the haruy sons of the North and that great bene fit will thereby accrue u the South. The city is entertaining iu labor guests in handsome style.
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