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NUMBER 26.
WILSON. 1ST. C, JULY 20, 1899.
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flVE WEN SHOT DOWN FIGHT LIKE FIENDS
AT CLOSE QUARTERS'.
f SHERIFF MS SHOT M FROM. BEHIND
The Whole County Armed and in the Saddle
More Battles Expected to
Occur To-day.
London, Ky., Tuly 18 Messen
gers arriving here this morning co
roborate the report which cahie last
night that five men were killed in a
pitched battle in Clay county.
The battle occurred at Hacker's
school house, near Little Goose
Creek, yesterday morning. I
Deputy Sheriff Hacker had arrest
ed Robert Philipott, and while before
a magistrate preparing to give bond,
somebody shot at him from behind
The tiring then became general, and
when it ceased Robert Phihpot, Ed
Fisher, Aaron Morris, Hugh and Jim
Griffin were dead, Green Griffin mor
tally and Granville Phihpot seriously
injured. 1
To-day nearly all the county is in
the saddle, heavily armed, and more
battles are expected.
ANOTHER INJUNCTION.
IGNORES THE ROUND ROBIN.
Protest of Manila Correspondents Receives No
Attention at War Department.
80111 SIDES CLAIM. VICTORY
Washington, July iS. It is said j NO TROLLEY CARS RUN AFTER MIDNIGHT
this afternoon, officially, that the War
Department would pay no attention
whatever to the "round robin" of the
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Manila correspondents.
The protest will not be sent out,
nor will explanations be asked. It is
intimated.that most encouraging news
has been received from the Philip
pines, and that the solution will be
much better than is believed generally.
ANDERSON INDICTED FOR MURDER.
Miss Watson Killed Herself With Poison He
Had Given to Her.
Danville, Va., July 18. Dr. John
C. Anderson has been indicted for
the attempted murder of Miss Wat
son, who committed suicide after
writing a note to her parents charg
ing that Dr. Anderson had given her
poison with which to end her life. Dr.1
Anderson is supposed to be in Cana
da. Watson, the father of the girl,
has brought suit against Anderson for
damages.
SLOW START THIS MORNING.
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RQMlJIIPfRINTFNDENI BEATEH BY STRIKERS
Rescued By Police After Severe Handling The
Strike Committee Dissuade New
Men From Working.
HEAVYFIRE LOSS.
Four Hundred Thousand Dollars Goes Up in
Smoke No Casualties Reported.
Cincinnati, O., July iS. The cast
mg plant of the Addison pipe and
steel foundry near North Bend, w-as
completely burned last night.. Every j
thing except thestanding cranes and
the walls of the building being de
Judge Simcnton Enjoins State Officers From
Collecting Increased Taxes.
Ashevil'e, N. C. Julv 18. Yester
day at Flat Rock Judge Simonton
granted an order restraining the col- stroyed. Three hundred men were
lection of the increased taxes on the at work when the Are began. The
Seaboard Air Line. Atlantic Coast joss js estimated at four hundred
Line ana boutnern Railway, and di- thousand dollars
rects that these roads pay on the
189S assessment. This is lower, by
nearly ten million dollars, than the
assessment made this year by the cor
poration commission. '
The further hearing of the case for
a permanent injunction is set for hear
ing on September 30.
Brooklyn, July' 18. No trolley
cars were run after midnight, and they
were slow getting started this morn
ing. . .. 'j
When operations were resumed
this morning the company was em
barrassed by cut wires and obstruc
tions placed on the tracks.
Both Sides Confident.
Both sides expressed confidence of
winning the strike. This fact being
apparent, there were fewer cars run
ning at 8 o'clock this morning than
at the same time yesterday. Cars
were running on every line except the
Fifth avenue, though at irregular in
tervals.' Rossiter claims that by this after
noon every line will be run on sched
ule time.
Cniet ibevery said this morning:
"I regard the strike as broken, and
believe that by to-night all will be
over.
Pines Denies the Assertion.
Master Workman Pines savs Dev
the Metropolitan cars except the ca
bles will be tied up.
Using Dynamite.
Brooklyn, July 19. Either strik
ers or their sympathizers tried to
wreck an elevated structure at Fifth
auenue and Thirty-six street with dy
namite early this morning. If the
hands that did it had not been clum
sy the chances are that the effect
would hsve been disastrous. An ex
plosion wrecked two pillars and tore
a big hole in the street, but as few
cars were passing at that time no
body was hurt. The damage was
repaired by five o'clock this morning
and the regular schedule resumed.
Twenty-One Arrested.
Brooklyn, July 29 Twenty-one
men were arrested to-day on suspi
cion of being the parties who dyna
mited the pillars of the elevated rail
road on Filth avenue early this morning-
Stocks Recovering.
New York, July 19. In Wall
street this morning Metropolitan and
III STABBED HIE ASLEEP
A WILSON NEGRO HAS A CLOSE CALL ROB
BERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.
ASSASSIN STRIKES JUST BELOW THE HEART
Tracked Down by the Officers Found Hanging
To the Slats Beneath
a Bed.
. Saturday night between nine and
ten o'clock the hand of the assassin
got in its work in Wilson.
Warren Barnes, a negro about fifty
years old, was dozing on the piazza
of his home, near the colored Metho
dist church, when fte was aroused by
a stab .just below his heart. His
outcry alarmed his people, who
found him in a chair on the piazza
with blood oozing from his breast. , A
physician was summoned and medical
aid given the wounded man. While
FREIGHT HANDLERS STRIKE.
to Troubla Unless. New Men Come More Pay
for-Work Demanded.
New York, July 18. Forty-four
freight handlers of the Lehigh Valley
railroad at pier 44 on the North
river struck this morning. No trou
ble is anticipated as the men have
Qisappeared. The company expects
to be able to replace the men in
which case the men threaten to make
trouble. The men received seven
teen cents an hour for day work and
twenty-two for night work, While
they want twenty tor the former and
twenty-five for the latter.
NOT FAST. ENOUGH.
The Shamrock May Not Get the Cup. Opinion
of an English Yachtsman.
Cowes, July 19. Richard Grant,
late secretary of the Royal Yacht
Squadron, said in an interview today
that he liked the appearance of the
Shamrock better than he had at first,
but he did not believe her'capable of
recapturing the cup, as she should
have beaten the Brtannh by at least
lorty minutes.
serious the wound may not' prove
Brooklyn Rapid Transit sold off, but fatal.
a rally brought the price up, the Met- An investigation was entered into
ropolitan recovering all but a quarter and Mr. esse Mayo', getting a clue,
per cent. liad Barnes' wife to swear out a war-
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Officers Sent Out. rant for a nepro bov named Claude
New York, Tuly 19. When word Jones. ine tacts leading to trie
was received at police headquarters search for Jones were these:
that the Madison avenue men were W arrea Barnes was in the habit of
openly threatening that they would shooting ! craps and . betting with his
abandon their cars at noon, Chief companion. On Saturday he had ,
Devery immediately sent a large won some money on a key game
force of officers all along the line to from several negroes, among them
arrest any men they saw abandon the the boy Claude Jones. Saturday
cars, under section 635 of the Penal night Warren had a drink or two
Code, which relates to obstructions on aboard, and alter visiting tne Dulcner
highways. ana also ine oarkeeper went nome.
Receiving Double Pay. He sat dovvn in the Piazza and dozed
r. t-i f..i r:j r I oft. Claude lones was after the
DruuK.iv 11, J uiy iy. licsiucuuxus- - ,
siter said this morning that tne strike 3 s
was virtually over. The faithful em
.erV- & '"".m isinform ed. The com pany
are running fewer cais, oniy running
across the bridge and back, and do
not pretend to make full trips.
Strike Committee Meets Scabs.
The strikers sent a committee to
meet the men hired in Philadelphia
and try to dissuade them from going
to work.
Superintendent Baldwin, in charse
of a car at the barn at Fiftv-eKdith "w vm
. j T"i j - j The police are still watchful to pie-
bv four strikers and severely beaten.
him after he had by strikers.
All hope the strike on the elevated
lines has been abandoned.
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The ranks Says There Is No Strike.
ployees of the company are receiving
vent riotous and mischievous attacks
ax-
Death of Rev. L. J. Holden.
The police rescued
been roughly handled.
Strikers Reinforced.
and, O., July 18.
Cleve
of the Big Four strikers were to-day New York, July 19. So far the
Warren. He slipped upon the piazza
and eot the money and a bottle of
whiskey from the negro. Not satis
fied with this he drove his knife into
his sleeping victim about two inches
below the heart and made oft. But
he had been seen and officers were
soon on his track. ,. He was located
on Sunday morning in a house in the
negro section beyond the railroad
Rev. L. J. Holden, pastor of the
Methodist church at Snow Hill, died
at that place on Saturday, aged 59
years. His body was taken to Rocky
Mount Sunday' for burial,' accompan
ied by his wife and ten children. He
was a half brother of the late ex-Gov.
Holden and was greatly beloved by
all who knew him.
and Messrs. Tesse Mavo. Roscoe
reinforced by five hundred linemen strike on the Metropolitan lines is a B an(J w C. Mayo soon had
anu neipeib. v.arb, nuvvevet, arc run- wca,t cuuii, uury a - , . . ham whpn fnnnH .
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mg out. rresioent vreeiana says
there is no strike, and he has no fears
ot trouble.
The main trouble, is on Second
ning on four lines. j "
A Strike Extended to New York.
New York, July 19. The Brook
lyn strike has extended to New
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York. This morning the grievance avenue, out mat, ne an otners, is
j I'runnine almost as if nothing had hap-
Spanish Workmen Strike.
Gibraltar, July ' 1 8. The Spanish
workmen employed on the fortifica
uons here have struck. A close
v,atch is being kept 'over the strikers
vvho are not allowed to come into the
Cit
r fear of!
serious rioting.
Killed in a Collision.
Columbus, O., July 18. Several
irsons are reported as having been
A Girl Hanged.
London, July 19. Mary AnseH,
aged 18, was hanged to-day at Hart
ford for the murder of her sister for
the sake ot tne insurance money.
She had clung to the hope of4 a re
prieve to the last. A fruitless effort
was made to secure the influence of
the Queen in her behalf.
committee of the Metropolitan Trac
tion met Master Workman Parsons
at his house after midnight, and at
3 a' clock this morning a strike was
ordered on all Metropolitan Traction
Company's electric systems in Man
hattan borough. The cable cars will
still run
The first car tied up was on the
Second avenue line at the Ninety
sixth street depot at 3: 10 this morn
ing.
Mob Captured Car.
'running
pened.
Democratic Timber,,
hidden under a bed, holding himself
close up underneath to the bed slats,
but a hanging foot betrayed him.
When arrested he denied all knowl
edge of the crime, and said that he
was hiding because he thought the
police were after him for gambling.
He was taken to jail and Monday
morning was tried before Justice ot
the Peace Roscoe Barnes.
In addition to the facts set forth
A Raleigh correspondent says the
politcal pot is already beginning to
simmer in the capital city and the above it was found that Claude hap!
names of many probable candidates threatened to kill Barnes for doing
are beine mentioned. In the list of him out of his money.
Democrats the correspondent men
killed
and
in a collision between freight
Germans Praise Dewey.
passenger trains on the Norfolk
western road at Haverhill, Ohio,
ths morning. -
Vienna, July 19. The Neu Freie
Press publishes an article on the arri
val of Dewey most emphatically
praising the Admiral.
'New York - Tnlv m fnttnn ViHe I U tjl:i:: nn. tUt- T-.o,c
-.3.50; Aug. 5.57; Sept. 5.61; victory in Manila Bay morally deci
tions :
For United States Senator one
hears the following persons discussed:
The mob captured a car at 5 oclock, F. M.Simmons, Jopsephus Daniels, R.
drove off the motorman and took the B. Glenn, irank I. Osborne and M.
car three blocks, where it was stopped H. Justice.
by obstruclions. The motorman For Governor : Chas B. Aycock,
was dragged from the car at Eighth M. H. Justice, Julian S. Carr, John S.
avenue. Cunningham.
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Only about ten per cent, of the For Secretary ot State: Dan
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men were out at 8 o clock, and cars Hugh McLean, Lhas M. uooke, 5
were running nearly as usual. A. Ashe;
More Men to Join Ranks. For State Treasurer:
negro
s sent
As a result of the trial he
was bound over to ecu;
bond, in default of which he -,i
to jail.
The latest report from Warren
Barnes is that he is resting well and
that he will probably recover.
Fire At Saratoga.
Saratoga, July 19. Congress Park
hotel, a favorite spring resort build
ing, and two blocks cf stores-, were
Ashley burned this morning. A number of
Cotton Market.
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ded the Spanish-American war.
The strikers claim that many more Home, Herbert W. Jackson.
will join them as soon as they hear of For Attorney General: Robert
the strike. L. Gilmer, Francis D. Winston, Jas.
A notice has also been issued lot a H. Pou. x
strike on Sixth avenue. s For State Superintendent of Public
It is claimed that before night all I Instruction : ' M. C. S. Noble.
other hotels narrowly escaped destruction.
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