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VOL. VIII.
COLUMBUS, N. Q., THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1903
N0.52.
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IBANK CLERK1 SHORT.
Will Be Prosecuted by tne united
' States.
HELD MDER ARSEST IN ATLANTA
Mailman Sims, a Trusted Employe ol
the Gate City National Bank,
Charged Heavy Defalcations.
Atlanta, Special. G. Hallman Sims, laa
collection clerk for the Capital City
National Bank, has been placed under
arrest by United States Deputy Mar- Wm. Carry Sanger, Assistant . Secre-
shal Scott, upon a warrant sworn out tarL?f Wa,r w,n0 said:
. , , c, . , , "The Federal government, in accept
by President Speer, of the bank, ing thesQ monuments becomes charged
charging Sims with embezzling a sum Witn uty of guarding them and
estimated at nearly '$94,000. Sims is keeping fresh in the memory of the
nmv hfild at : thfi Piedmont Hotrl hv
, . v,i u f
the deputy marshal. He refuses to
talk about the affair. .
The first suspicion of a shortage in
Sims' accounts arose Saturday. Expert
i .i.
dUUu""ut!l immcuiaic" ucsu "uin
on the books and it was soon disclosed
that l;:rge sums had been abstracted at
various times, extending hack sev
eral years. The warrant was then
sworn out by the president of the
bank. Sims had been in the service of
thp bank for 8 years and was consid
ered one of their most trusted em
ploycs. He moved in exclusive circles
-or Atlanta society and was a young
man of fashion.
Prominent outside bankers have
made a thorough, examination of the
Dank s condition and have given out
a signed statement tnat it is abso- l
mteiy saie. a portion or tne detaica-
uon i cuexea uy aims Dona ana ne
also owns some property, which will
ue iurned over to tne Dank. The direc-
xors brata tnat tne amount or tne de-
laicauon nas already oeen cnarsred to
unaniaea pronts. National Bank Ex-
amincr Desausseure also states that
10 iu. uu uau6Ci. oiuis, wuu
nas admitted nis guilt, will be prose-
cuied by the United States
govern-
mcnt. He is unmarried and i
4U
ot ioos. L. Sims, a prominent mer
chant of Kirkwood, one of Atlanta's
suburbs
Wabash Strike Over.
i
St TVinfR ... SnMfl? ATtor fniii.
moivUis of controversy between the
'employes of the Wabash road and the
officiate c! that system, during -wlijch
at one time a strike was imminent ar.d
was rrewnrcd only by dn injunction
restraining th employes from vacating
their pc?, and which injunction was
dissolve J last Wednesday,-the differ
ences were finally adjusted and ' the
controversy satisfactorily settled. Offi
cials of the brotherhoods representing
the employes declare the settlement is
satisfactory and is a sweeping victory
for organized labor. The Wabash offi
cials declare that 'all differences with
the employes have been finally termi
nated in a satisfactory ' manner and
that their future relations in all prob
ability will be-most harmonious. The
following are the main points em
braced in the settlement: Twelve par
cent, increase for conductors, brake
men and baggage men in the passen
ger services and' 15 per cent, for con-
dueto:s and brakemen in the freight
service over the rates which existed
January I, 1302, west of the Mississippi
.river. For the firemen, increases were
grame.1 on' the Canadian lines in ac
cord anc? with the Canada South-am
division of the Michigan Central. On
tbn lines in the United States mate
rial increases and improvements in
working conditions were granted the
hrenif East of the MississiDDi river
t
rates will be brouzht uo to this
standard v;ien competing lines in the
same territory shall grant similar in
creases. The yardmen received a sub
stantial increase, varying in different
localities: There is an entire revision
of rules applying to all classes of train
service. This was the main bone of
contention and was granted inits en
th-ty. -
To Discuss Heavy Subjects.
Philadelphia, .Special. The seventh
annual meeting of the Academy of Po
etical and Social Science will be held
in this city on Friday and Saturday,
April 17 anl 18. The general topic for
discussion vail be "The United States
ana Latin America," and men promi
nent in diplomatic circlesrbpth in this
country and in Latin America will
speak on the relations of the United
States to South and Central America.
"The policy of the United" States in
Conflicts Between Europe and Latin
America,'' is one topic to be discusse
and will result in consideration of the
Venezuelan question.
In Hands of Receiver.
Akion, O., Special. Ths plant of the,
Aultrnan, Miller & Co., manufacturers
of agricultural implements, was, late
Saturday, placet.', in he hansa of a re
iver, on application or Hon. George
f- Crouse, president of the company.
e and H. P. Mcintosh, of Cleveland,
Mclntosn. of Cleveland,
re acnninrPrt rerelvera: The liabili-
ait - V'r - azt-
deeding that amount -
DEDICATION OF MONUMENTS.
riany Confederate Veterans Attend-
Governor Durbln Makes Speech.
Shiloh "Battlefield, Special. Indiana
dedicated and presented to the gov
ernment Monday, the 22 monuments
erected at a cost of $25,000 in honor
of the 22 regiments that State had in
the battle of Shiloh. Two special trains
and a fleet of passenger boats brought
600 people from Indianapolis this
morning. General Lew Wallace pre
sided at the dedicatory exercises. The
monuments were presented to the State
by Colonel James Wright, of the In-
J? a s 1- T.MM hnri
commission wmcu u
bin presented the monument to the
government and they were accepted by
people a record of the deeds which they
commemorate, in creating ana kesp-
these national narks, the country
Is not merelv nernetuatins: the fame of
brave men, it is not only emphasizing
the fact that a united country thinks
with pride of the valor of all the heroes
who fought in that great struggle, but
n js nntHns? into visible form the con-
viction of the people that examples of
brave and faithful oerformance of
duty should be ever honored through
out our land. We should never forget
the lessons of the war, but imperfect
ly learned if we think of them as only
helping us to bear ourselves bravely
in the face of an armed enemy. In
times of peace there are battles to be
fought and victories to be won, the
effect of which upon the destiny of
mankind are as far-reachine as the re
suits of an armed conflict. Honor, cour
age, integrity, devotion to principle
foi-fv.fni norfnrmonpp nf rintv
ar8 just as essential to the greatness
nf a free nennle ss couraee and self
sacrifice are to the success of a fight-,
, nrmv
The nnttnnai mmmission w-as renre-
onnt w niT,Qi Toiov. Pattorcnn n
Memphis Tenn flnvernor Frazer of
Tennessee, was represented by General
Gordon, of Memphis. Senator Aioert
j. Beveridee. of Indiana, made the
principal speech.
Arthur Pennell, Defaulter.
Buffalo. Special. The Commercial
publishes a story in which it is al-
leged that Arthur R. Pennell, who
was killed in an automobile accident
on March 10th, was a defaulter to the
extent of from $150,000 to $200,000.
The story. The Commercial " says, !
leaked out as the result of a legal
dispute over two life insurance poli
cies, and is to the effect that Pennell;
induced friends who had known his
family and the family of his wife, to:
place money in his hands for invest
ment. He acted, in fact, as their finan
cial agent. He would inform them of
some good investment wrhich he had
come across, which would pay an ex
cellent rate of interest, and they
would send him money. The money
which was sent to him for invest
ment, it is alleged, he spent, and
when interest payments fell due he;
made the payments out of his own:
pocket. Wallace Thayer, who was
Pennell's attorney and intimate
friend, is referred to by the paper as
saying he had suspected irregulari
ties, but that he had no proof of any;
such wrong-doing, !
Incidentally, it has been learned
that Pennell made provision for th
payment to Mrs. Edwin L. Burdick
of several thousand dollars out of
his life insurance. Pennell carried
over $200,000 life insurance, in order,
The Commercial says, that after his
death the Eastern estates to which he
had defaulted might recoup the losses
whiVh thev had sustained through
him.'-In his will Pennell named as ad-l
ministrator of his estate, his t brother
J. Frederick Pennell.' He left to his;
administrator sealed instructions that
upon his death he should make good
in full out of his estate losses which
had been sustained through his de
f nidations..
The Commercial adds that Pennell
had contemplated suicide for two
vears and savs the fact is known that
he tried two years ago to throw himi
self in front of a train at Peekskill
and to make it appear that his death
was an accident He stopped off at,
Peekskill on the way from New York
with the intenticnof committing sui-
that wav. but his nerve failed
him. Recently he-told the story of the
Twvsvm incident himself. During the!
Pan-American Exposition he sought
for days for an opportunity to comj
mit suicide in a manner that would
make it appear accidental. He" had1
an idea that he could be run over m
some way while at tne expusmuu, uuV
he never could nerve himself ujr to
the, point where he could throw himj
Pif under a train or drop under th6
wheels of a trolley car.
Nezro Lynched.
T.m1 Rock. Ark., Special. John
Turner, colored, was lynched at War
ren. Ark., for an attemptea assam
Mrs. W. H. Neeley, a white wo
vu i - -
man. This attempt occurred last x
day and the negro was arrested Sat-
before Mrs. Neely.
who positively identified him. Shortly
after midnight a mob broke into the
jail and, taking Turner out, strung
him to a limb in front of the; court
house. Turner denied his guilt : to tM
last; The body of the negro was leff
uiuajr .
for the coroner, who cut it uuwu tii
i w. .,Qo whirh
forenoon ana -utm a u "-v,
developed that tne iyncuius "
the hands of unknown parties. ,
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
Meets With Great Ovations t at AH
Stopping Places.
A BIG SPEECH IN ' MILWAUKEE.
He Addresses the Wisconsin lleglsla-
!j
ture and Afterwards Speaks to a
Much Larger Audience.
j
Milwaukee, Special. President
Roosevelt was the guest of the Mil
waukee Merchants, and Manufactur
ers' Association at a banquet fat tne
Plankington House Friday nigh V the
occasion being the climax of jt;he day.
The President sat in the centre of a
long table with other guests of honor.
At his immediate right, sat , unitea
States Senator Quarles, while E. A.
Wadhams, president of the Milwaukee
Merchants' and Manufacturers Asso
ciation and toastmaster of) jthe oc
casion was seated at his left. After the
banquet had been served, Toastmaster
Wadhams introduced President Roose
velt who responded to the toajst "The
President of the United State's." The
President took occasion to gve his
views oh the subject of trusts!
Mr. Roosevelt's I speech in part fol
lows: . J' I ij
Mr. Toastmaster, Gentlemen:
I wish to speak to you on the ques
tion of the control and regulation of
those great corporations which are
popularly, although rather Vaguely,
known as trusts; dealing mostly with
what has actually been accomplished
in the way of legislation and in the
way of enforcement of legislation dur
ing the past eighteen months, the
period covering the two sessions of
the Fifty-seventh Congressi j At the
outset I shall ask you to remember
that I do not approach the subject
either from the standpoint of those
who speak of themselves as anti-trust
or anti-corporation people, nor yet
from the standpoint of those jwho are
fond of denying the existences of evils
in the trusts, or who apparently pro
ceed unon the assumption that if a
corporation is large enough , it can do
wrong. d
DESTRUCTION OF BIG CCjRPORA-
. TIONS NOT DESIRED.
I think I speak for the gieat ma
jority of the American people! when I
say that we are not in the least
against wealth as such, whether in
dividual or. corporate: that we merely
desire to see any' abuse of corporate
or combined wealth corrected and
remedied: that we do not desire the
abolition or destruction of bigl corpora
tions, but, o nthe contrary, recognize
them as being in many cases! efficient
economic instruments, the results of
an inevitable process of economic evo
lution, and only desire to sjee them
regulated and controlled so far as may
be necessary to subserve the public
good. We should be false to the his
toric principles of our government if
we discriminated, either by! legisla
tion or administration, either for or
against a man of either his health or
his poverty. There is no proper place ,
in our society either for the fich man
who uses the power conferred by his
riches to enable him to oppress and
wrong his neighbors, nor yet for the
demagogic, agitator who, instead of at
tacking abuses as all abuse's should
be attacked wherever found! attracks
property,, attacks prosperity attack
men ot wealth, as such, whether they
be good or bad, attacks corporations
whether they do well or ill, and seeks,
in a spirit of ignorant rancor to over
throw the very foundations upon
which rest our national well-being.
In consequence of the extraordinary
industrial changes of the lst half
century and notably of the last two or
three decandes', changes duly mainly
to the rapidity and complexity of our
industrial growth, we are confronted
with problems which in their present
shape were unknown to our fore
fathers. Our great prosperity with its
accompanying concentration of popu
lation and of wealth, its extreme speci
alization of faculties, and its develop
ment of giant industrial leaders, has
brought much good and some evil,
and it is. as foolsh to ignore jthe good
as wilfully to blind ourselves to the
evil
REMEDIES
FOR A PORTION
OF
THE EVIL. . !
The evil has been partly , jin inevi
table accompaniment of tiie social
changes, and where this is the case it
can be cured neither by law br by the
administration of the law,! the only
remedy lying in the slow change of
character and of economic environ
ment. But for a portion of the evil, at
least, we think that remedies can be
found. We know well the danger of
false remedies, and we are against"all
violent, radical and unwisj change.
But we believe that by proceeding
slowly, yet resolutely, with good sense
and moderation, and also with a firm
determination not to be swerved from
our course either by foolish clamor or
by any base or sinister ' influence, we
can accomplish much for the better
ment of conditions. 1
FORMER SPEECHES RECALLED.
' Nearly two years ago, speaking at
the State Fair in Minnesota, I said:
"It is probably true that the large ma
jority of the fortunes that I now exist
in this country have been anjiassed; not
by Injuring our people, but as an inci
dent to the conferring of great benefits
upon the community, and this, no mat
ter what may have been th conscious
purpose of those amassing them. There
is but the scantiest justification for
most of the outcry a eainstl the men
of wealth as such;. and it otight-to.be
unnecessary to state that: any appeal
iica direitly qi- Indirectly! - leads to.
t
suspicion and atred among ourselves
which tends tt limit opportunity, and'
therefore to si at the dcor of success
against poor nran-Of tale t, and, final
ly, jShlch entails the possibility of law
lestiness and violence, Is an attack
upCn the fundamental properties of
American citizenship. Our Interests are
at bottom common; in the long run we
go n or go down together. Yet more
and more it is evident that the State,
and if necessary the nation, has got to
possess- the right of supervision and
control as regards eat corpora
tions which are it' l l V iires: nartlnn-
larly as regard- zreat budness
combinations v v , -lve a portion of
their imports fitThtn the existence of
some monoK " .' endency. The right
should be e3013 with caution and
self-restrains, ut it should exist. bt
that it may be invoked if the need
arises."
Last fall in sneaking at Cinclnnatf
I said: "The necessary supervision and
control in which I firmly believe as
the only method of eliminating the
real evils or the trusts, must come
through wisely and cautiouslv framed
Jegislation, which shall aim in the first
place to give definite control to some
sovereign over the great corporations,
and which shall be , followed, when
once this power has been conferred, by
a system giving Io the government th
fiill knowledge which is the essential
for satisfactory action. Then when this
knowledge one of the essential fea
tures of which is proper publicity has
been gained, what further steps of any
kind are necessary can be taken with
the confidence born of the possession
of power to deal with the subject, and
of a thorough knowledge of what
should and can be done in the matter.
We need additional power, and we
need knowledge . '. . Such legis
lation whether obtainable now or
obtainable only after a constitutional
amendment should provide for a rea
sonable supervision, the most promi
nent feature of which at first should
be publicity; that is, the making pub
lic, both to the government authori
ties and to the people at large, the es
sential facts in which the public is con
cerned. This would give us exact
knowledge of many poiDts which are
how. not only in doubt but the subject
oi fierce controversy. Moreover, the
mere fact of the publication would
cure some very grave evils, for the
light of day is a deterrent to wronk
doing. SUIT AGAINST THE FEDERAL
:-:v- SALT COMPANY.
In November, 1902, the Attorney
General directed that a bill for an in
junction be filed I in the United States
Circuit Court at San Francisco against
the Federal Salt Company a cornora-
ioti.. which had "been organized under
the laws of an Eastern State, but had
its main office and principal place of
Dusiness in California and against a
number of other companies and per
sons constituting what was known as
the salt trust. These injunctions were
to restrain the" execution of certain
contracts between the Federal Salt
Company and the other defendants, by
which the latter agreed neither to im
port, buy, or sell salt, except from and
to the Federal Salt Company, and not
to engage or assist in the production
of salt west of the Mississippi river
during the continuance of such con
tracts. As the-result of these agree
ments the price of salt had been ad
vancei about 400 per cent. A tern
porary injunction order was obtained.
which the defendants asked the court
to modify on the ground that the anti
trust law had no application to con
tracts for purchases and sales within
a State. The Circuit Court overruled
this contention and sustained th
government's position. This practically
concluded the case, and it is under
stood that in consequence the .Federal
Salt Company is about to be dissolved
and that no further contest will be
made.
A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT.
The above is a brief outline of the
most important steps, .legislative and
administrative, taken during the past
eighteen months" in the directipn of
solivng, so far as at present it seems
practicaoie Dy national legislation or
administration. to solve, what we call
the trust problem. They represent a!
sum of very substantial 'achievement.
They represent a successful effort to
devise any apply real remedies; an ef
fort which so far succeeded because it
was made not only with resolute pur
pose and determination, but also in a
spirit of common sense, and justice, as
far removed as possible from rancor,
hysteria, and unworthy demagogic ap
peal. In the same spirit the laws will
continue to be, enforced. Not only is
the legislation recently enacted effec
tive, but in my judgment it was im
practiable to attempt more. Nothing
of value is to be attempted from
ceaseless agitation for radical and ex
treme legislation. The people may
wisely, and with confidence, await the
results which are reasonably to be ex
pected from the impartial enforcement
of the laws which, have recently been
placed upon the statute books. Legis
lation of a general and indiscriminate
character would be sure to fail, either
because it would involve all interests
in a common ruin; or because It wouid
not really reach any evil. We have
endeavored to provide a discriminat
ing adaptation of the remedy to the
real mischief. - :
ALLEGED REMEDIES TOO DRASTIC
Many of the alleged remedies advo
cated are of - the unpleasantly drastic
type which seeks to destroy the disease
by killing the patient Others are so
obviously futile that it is somewhat
difficult to treat them seriously of as
being advanced in good faith. High
among the latter L place the effort to
reach the trust question by means or
the tariff. You can, of course, put an
end to the, prosperity of the trusts by
putting an end to the prosperity of the
nation; but the price for such action
I seems high. The alternative is to do
I exactly what has been done during the
Ute OlLth Conie&&. u.th. : ha just
ciosed that Is, to endeavor, not to de
stroy corporations, but to regulate
them with a view of doing away with
whatever is of evil in them and of
making them subserve the public use.
The law Is. not to be administered in
the interest of the poor man as such,
nor yet in the interest of the rich man
as such, but in the interest of the law
abiding man, rich or poor.: We are no
more against organizations of . 'capital
than against organizations of labor.
We welcome both, demanding only
that each shall do right and shall re
member its duty; to the republic. Such
a course, we consider ' not merely a.
benefit to the poor man. We do no
man an injustice when we 'require him
to obey the law' On the j contrary, if
he is a man whose safety and well-being
depend in a peculiar degree upbn
the existence of the spirit of law tend
order, we are rendering him the great
est service when we require him to be
himself an exemplar of tt spirit.
v Sailors Desert;
Norfolk, Special At police head
quarters here j it; was7 j; stated tfiat
Captain Thomas, of the receiving
ship Franklin, now under quarantine,
on account of diphtheria, ;had notified
he police to arrest and hold all sail
ors from that vessel found in Norfolk.
The police say jthat between 50 and
100 sailors deserted the jship on ac
count of the quarantine. I
Campbell Resists.
Richmond, Special. The answer of
Clarence J: Campbell, of Amherst
county, to alleged causes; of removal,
was presented in both houses of the
General Assembly. Judge Campbell
denies the right of the j General As
sembly to remove him and set forth
his reasons. One of his main conten
tions is that he holds offipe under the
new constitution;, which he swore to
support July 1, 902, and jthat the As
sembly, therefore, cannot hold him
amenable for any matters which oc
curred prior to that date.
Will Get Increase.
Denver, Special. Subject to the ap
proval of General Manager Harding,
an agreement has been
tween Manager Edson,-
reached be-
bf I the Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad,
tatives of the Order of
aind represen-
Railway Con-
ductors and Brotherhood
of Railroad
Trainmen. The new schedule gives the
passenger conductors and' trainmen an
approximate Increase in wages 7 of -"12
per cent, and freight men an increase
of 15 per cent. I
Four Burned to Death.
Raleigh, N. C.,i Special. A special
fcorn Franklintonj, N. C, says: "A ten
ant house on the land of I. H. Kearney,
about two miles west of here, was de-
! t .. . I
stroyed by fire Saturdayj night. The
house was occupied by Rufus Daniel,
colored, his wife' and seven children.
Four of the children who were sleeping
up-stairs were burned to death. The
roof was falling, in before the occu
pants of the lower room were awaken
ed. There were no windows in the up
per room and the children being cut
off from the stairway were suffocated.
Injured In Wreck.
Montgomery, ;Special.--Southbound
passenger train on the ; Louisville &
Nashville Railway, which left Mont
gomery Tuesday night, was wrecked
near Spprta, 85 miles sotiith of here
early yTednesdayi Two passengers, an
lnvad woman and a man, whose
names cannot be; learned, were injur
ed. The entire train left the track and
.the Pullman and day coaches were
badly smashed, i It is. said that, the
wreck was caused by misplaced rails,
supposed to be the work of vandals
Many Quit Work
-Chicago, Special Five strikes, in
volving over 5,000 men, jwere inaugu
rated Wednesday in addition to the
spreading of that of the tanners and
carriers which bejgan with 300 men out.
Two thousand of the latter refused to
go to work. Lake vessels are tied up
by a strike of marine firemen, oilers
and water tenders. Five 'hundred tail
ors demand rooms in which to work in
lieu of using their homes as a work
shop. Excavating teamsters called a
strike in all barns where the union
scale is not paid. Steam! fitters num
bering 700 struck
for advance in pay.
Unfinished Still.
A baby's boot, and skein Of wool, j
Faded, and soiled,! and soft;
Odd things, you say, and no doubt you'r
right, - ;:i 1 - - - '
Round a seaman's neck this stormy night
Up in the yards alort.
Most like It's follyj but, niate, look here.
When I first went! to seal
A woman stood on the ar-ofC strand.
With a wedding' ring on her small, soft
- - - hand, . i ,
Which clung so close to pie.
My Wile, lioa Diess ner: ,xs uay oeiuruj
She sat beside my foot, j
And the sunlight kissed her yellow hair,
And the dainty fingers, deft and flr.
Knitted a baby's boot. I
The voyage was oyer; I came ashore;
What, think you. found 1 there?
A grave the daisiek had sprinkled white,
A cottage empty, , and dark as niht,
And this : beside ths chair.
The little bodt.-'twas unfinished still;
The tangled skein lay near;
But the knitter had gone j away to rest.
With the babe to sleep on her. qulst
. breast, i
Ccwn In the churchyard drear. ,
4
NO MORE INJUNCTION!
Judge Adams Withdraws His Famous
Restraining Order
WABASH MEN MAY NOW STRIKE
The Court Finds the Statement That
the ilen Are Satisfied Is Not to Be
Credited.
St. Louis," Special. The injunction,
hssued March 3, by Judge Elmer B.
Adamj, of the United States district
eourt, at the instance of the Wabash 6
Railroad off icials to restrain the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen and
Firemen from . ordering ; a strike on .
tnat system, was dissolved Wednesday
in a decision handed down by Judge
Adams, a week after the hearing of
arguments for and against the remove
fcl of the legal obstacle.
While no one will express an opin- .
ion as to the next, probable" move on. .
ither side, remarks dropped indicate
a i r . .til m H a tn pf ,.
feet a settlement and .avert a strike.
But if a settlement shall not be ef
fected, the understanding seems to be
ereheral that a strike is sure to result.
At Wabash headquarters it was statedl
that amicable adjustment of the con- .
troversy is hoped for. The same senti
ment was expressed at tne notexs.
where are quartered tae few represen
tatives of the officials of the trainment
and firemen now In the city. Counsel r
for both sides spent ther afternoon in -conference,
but no agreement was
reached. ; ''":-'".
Judse Adams announced that court
would be in session and retain jurisdic
tion of the case. if desired, so that la
the event of any molestation of or in-
tTffirpnfft with. inter-State commerce
or the mail service, all its lawful pow
ers may be invoked to restrain the;
samex with the confident assurance
that they will be fearlessly and effect
ively exercised.
The temporary injunction was grant
ed by Judge Adams' on allegations
made by officials of the Wabash sys
tem that the defendants were conspir- :
ing to interfere with inter-State traf
fic and in the transmission of Unitea
States mails. Judge Adams In his de
cision says the provisional restraining
order was made without notice to the
defendants, under -the stress of the
fSfts disclosed by the bill and ,was
fully authorized by section 718, Re- .
vised Statutes of the United States, and.
was imperatively demanded f by the
general principles of equity jurispru
dence, recognized and enforced in many
similar cases in the United States and
England, and many authorities - war
ranting the provisional - restraining '
order in question in cases of conspira- ,
cies to interfere with inter-State com
merce and otherwise are cited in sup
port of this last proposition. ' -
Within the time allowed by the re--
straining order the defendants duly
appeared and filed their sworn answer.
denying the alleged conspiracy, in all
its phases and particularly denying any
purpose to -interfere with inter-State
commerce or the mails of the United
States, and especially denying that the
employes wore satisfied with wages and
conditions of thir service and , deny
ing the practice of any and all coercion '
or false representations to bring about
a strike; avering that the only pur
pose of the present defendants in con
senting to a strike was to better the
cendition of their members who were ;
in the employment of the railroad by.
the exercise of their undoubted right
to peacefully withdraw from such ser
vice until such timeas their demands
of wages ,etc, should be conceded.
The court, after fully considering all
the proof, finds that the statements of
tne complaint to the effect that the
employes were satisfied with their
wages and conditions of service are not
supported, irrespective of the ques
tion whether the men or the commit
tee of brotherhood representing them
first suggested the increase of wages
and change of rules, the . employes
themselves at.and for a long time prior
to the filing of the bill of complaint -were
dissatisfied with their wages and
conditions of service, and a real differ
ence of opinion existed -between the
railroad and a large majority of its
employes,- members of the brother
hoods, with respect to their wages and.
that the defendants as officer and com
mittees of the brotherho'ods were fully
authorized both by reason" of their of
ficial relation to their members' and -also
by direct written authority to represent-tnem
m tne effort to secure? .
mgher wages and cliange conditions of '
service and the proposed strike instead
of being officially 'ordered by defend
ants was a result of the vote of ; the
employes acting without coercion and
directly authorzing the same, v The
court further finds after a full exam
ination of the evidence that the charge;
of conspiracy to interfere with the Inter-State
commerce of ; the United
States or the mail service of the
United States, is not sustained. .
Crew Rescued. ' ;;. '
Cape Henry, Va., Special, -The three
masted schooner Benjamin Russell.
Capt. Cranmer, with lumber fronx
Bogue inlet, N. C, for ' New Havens
Conn., went ashore Sunday, one mile
south of Creed's Hill life-saving sta
tion. Her crew of five men were taken
off in breeches buoy. Her deck load
will be taken off. -:.r, " ' .
' Off ir 550.000. ;
Boston," Special The Consregationat
Educational Society received word
from Dr. Persons, of Chicago, that he
had made, ah - offer, of $50,000 as" a grift
to BolIin3 .College, Winter Park, Fix,
provided the college shall ra&e $150.
000 additional. Rollins College is aid-
Society; '
if