The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 173, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 16, 1886 Page: 2 of 8
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We to feed f.nj keep tbein warm,
lint the ctraiu is jjreftt. Just at
liresett all here confidently expect that
(ialvf bton and Houston will send clothes
Hud provisions. There were six men
picked up alive in Sabine lake by the
Laura 1'., but they all were so; exhausted
that they died before reaching Orange. If
Galveston p?op)e should forward anything
for the homeless at Babine, medicine and
carbolic acid should be included. The
stench in some of the lagoons is becoming
almost unbearable.
FROM THE SCENE OF DISASTER,
tptain Anderson Reaches Galveston from Sa-
bine and Give s His Experience oi the
Terrible Storm.
Captain John Anderson, of the schooner
Bilas, which was wrecked at Sabine
during the terrible storm of Tues-
day night, arrived at Galveston from
Beaumont yesterday and gives a very
graphic description of the terrible storru
which carried death and desolation into aa
entire community. Captain Anderson with
his schooner has been engaged in tli9 trade
tietwecn Galveston, Sabine Pass aud
Orarge, and had up to the time of the fatal
storm made nearly 000 trips, and while the
master of the little vessel of 1-1.51 tons has
made many a trip m other waters thau
along the Texas coast, he says he has never
jet in all his seafaring experience had
such an eventful experience as befell him
at Sabine on Tuesday last. He had lauded
his vessel there on Tuesday morniug at
Harris's wharf to load with cotton for Gal-
veston. He had taken on some tan tons or
score of cotton, when the sky became sud-
denly overcast, and about 1 p. in. a stiff
wind commenced to blow from the north-
northeast and the water began
TO ltlSE RAPIDLY.
The weather in the forenoon had given no
indication of this sudden change, and rtie
increasing velocity ot tho windaud rapidly-
rniuf; tide gave general alarm. He imurj-
diately tiieu to it-are the wharf aud anchor
outside m a plate ot safety, and witu the
hfsislatce c.f s.even men besides his o vn
new ol three he could not acoitnplish this
till al.otHiV or 0o'clo-k p. ra., when h« final-
5v got out into the channel and lowered three
anchors. Tho wind biowiug than at a ter-
jiBcrate soon swept away his sail, and
about 7 p. in. the Silas commenced to drag
ter anchors ard drifted ashore. The cur-
rent was running at a terrible rate and car-
lied his little schooner crashing through
the city. 1 felt—says Captain Anderson—
instinctively that there was death aud
desolation all around rae, and probably
helpless women and children floating and
screaming for help under the very gunnels
of my vessel, but. thank God, if such was
the case the roar of the sea and the wiad at
least relieved me of the pain of hearing
their cries of agony when I was not in the
position
TO RENDER THHM All).
The night was dark aud the noise of the
heavy sea and wind was deafening, drown-
ing every other sound save an occasional
crash of "some falling house, which broke
tbe aionotonyof the roar of the wind aud
splash of the waves, and made itself heard.
Every wave washed the deck of
the Silas, and myself and crew
weie seaily blinded by' the long exposure
to the salt water in our eyes. The first ob-
stacle my vessel encountered, after getting
into the city, was a collision with the resi-
dence of Captain Hyatt. We went into the
house with a terrible crash, tearing away
the aft rails and davit of mv vessel. From
here we dragged westerly, and about !>
o'clock stiuck the railroad grading, which
is raised about four and one-half feet. We
could not get over it, but dragged along the
grade in a northwesterly directionfor about
two and one-half miles, when we sprung a
leak and went on our beam end. We began
to
think our time had come,
but in this condition we were carried about
a quarter tarther when we felt the vessel
going down and immediately got into the
rigging, where we held on rocked by the
wind until 3 a. m. Wednesday. The wind
hauled ground to the east about 10 o'clock
Tuesday night. Between 8 and 0 o'clock,
>ays Captain Anderson, it blew the hardest
1 ever saw. We had no way of ascertain-
ing accurately the velocity, but I think the
rate must have been at least eighty miles
an hour, a regular hurricane. The heavy
sea began to run out about 3 a. m. Wednes-
day and we came down from the rigging
tnd sat upon the top of the cabin, watching
for daylight with Its terrible develop-
ments, and there we remained till 10 a. m.
Though having drifted through and out of
the city, we could see that Sabine was a
thing of the past, and of the twenty-five
Insiness houses iu the lower portion of the
city and some hundred or more residences
ONI.Y A KKW STRAGGLING SHANTIES
remained. Going a little back in tho narra-
tive, Captain Anderson said he had neg-
lected to mention that between 10 and 11
o'clock Tuesday night a big iiouso washed
from the city, came floating by and struck
his ship another heavy blow. About
o'clock iu the morning, while the crew of
the Silas were sitting upon the cabia-top, a
yawlboat was dashed by containing a sin-
gle occupant, Mr. Jos. Smith, who cried
out for help, but was beyond their assist-
ance. About 10 o'clock iu the morniug
Captain Anderson and his crew boarded a
small boat and went back to Sabine to get
some supplies. Ho found fiat the store of
Mr. Gus. Hegby was the only one left la
town, and it had floated about a block
from its original locality. In this store
were found the families of Captain II.
Plummer and Captain Lipham. Their
homes having been washed away, they had
gone there
as the only place ok safety,
ftud had been sitting upon tie counters all
night. Captain Anderson f >uud nothing to
eat in the store save can go jds such as he
itau ou board, and going back to the
schooner remained there until Thursday
niciEiog et 10 o'clock, when they were
taken up by the rescuing party which had
come down from Orange with the steamer
Lamar. From this point Captain Auder-
ton's narrative became more general in its
scope aLd does not follow a continuity of
events, but gives such information of the
incidents ot the storm as came under his
personal observation.
The Lamar, arriving Thursday morning,
began the work of iescue, and prosecuted it
as thoTOUghlv and systematically as possi-
ble. The waters had by this time so sub-
sided as to permit of a small boat living in
it. and fifteen smail boats were launched
aid manned by the rescuers from Beau-
mont and Orange, some sixty in all, who
went out in various directions
GIVING SUCCOR AND RESCUE
IF Mr. Jos. Smith, who had drifted by the
srhconer Silas, Wednesday morning, was
rescued at Aurora, some fifteen mile? from
Sabine. The wife and daughter of Captain
John Stewart, captain of the life-saving
station, had also floated down to Aurora by
catching on to floating drift and were also
faved. The current was running at least
twenty-five or thirty miles an hour. AVaile
Captain Stewart was trying to rescue ais
family by getting them into a boat tho
mooring parted and his family were sepa-
rated—his wife and daughter drifting down
to Aurora, while a son and a man with the
family were drowned. Captain Stewart
and another sou were saved by catching to
a wrecked house.
Among the most distressing scenes re-
lated by Captain Anderson was the case of
Mr. Otto Brown. His family, consisting of
a wife ui.d two small children, were at their
home determined
to perish together,
when about S o'clock* Tuesday night the
house came down with u crash, aud t.a»
iather and mother were called upon to wit-
Eccs ti e heartrending sight of their two
little ones c> ushed to death. 2fo time coul-1
be Jest, however, in the endeavor to save
their own lives, and to better facilitate their
movin en's Mrs. Brown had;donned a suit
of her husband's wearing apparel. A raft
ui>fi soon improvised, and upon this the
Mrtekcn hw-bfttd and wife clang as th-j
. , 1 v l i f e of lift*. Ttiis bopo w is s-jja d:s
f.owertr, as the heavy sea sooa
purlfd 'if; ft and the two -s-ere so >a r-ep t
ikl*d. mr. brown wus pi-.-keo u(j t!:-j n-?xt
jcoinii'j: by fl-e sfeari t::ir F > v!er, mi i \i '-
Hjowpiv nr of iMe re-cuiog Oo'.ts <».i
Xhcrstiay tcvrcicg, about t-voaty t.yj m'.'.-is 1
THE GALYESTuN DAILY NEWS, SATURDAY. oCLObER 16 1886.
from the pass, whither she had drifted,
both alive.
THE rescued.
In all about 150 or 200 persons were res-
cued and taken aboard 'he Lamar, which
returned to Beaumont about 12.30 o'clock,
Thursday night. Captain Anderson did
not charge his memory with the names of
all the rescued, and not being a resident of
Sabine knew but few of them. He remem-
bered, however, besides those already men
tioned, that among the rescued passengers
upon the Lamar were Mr. Crain and family,
l)r. Perkins, quarantine officer, and his fam-
ily, and Mr. Heury Plummet' and family.
The Lamar had also picked tij> a crew of 0
from the Mexican schooner Hercules.
estimated loss of life.
At 2 p. m. Thursday it was estimatodthat
abcut 107 people were missing. Among the
residents of the town were some fifty or
sixty negroes, and the loss among this
class is proportionately larger than among
the whites. Mrs. Junker and her son are
amoDg the lost. Captain Hayatt and Mr.
Junket- had gone to New Orleans and were
on their return homo the night of the
storm, while the family of Captain Hayatt
were at Sour Lake. Captain Hayatt and
Mr. Junker immediately started to Sabine
to rescue, if possible, Mr. Junker's
family. They went by train
within ten miles of the pass
and waded, swam and drifted the balance
of the way—Mr. Junker only to find that his
family had been swept away. Among
others reported to be lost are Mrs. Pomeroy
and children, Mr. H. King, wife and child.
Mrs. McDonnough and her daughter were
lost, while Major McDonnough and a son
were rescued. The body of Mrs. MoDon-
nougk has already beeu found. The water
is yet too high to find the bodies, and it is
thought that many of them have drifted in-
to the high marsh. What is known as the
lower portion of the town is
COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED,
the town Mr. Arthur McReynolds lost his
with only a few broken-down shanties left.
The residences on what is known as the
ridge, extending out from the town about
seven miles, fared better, though many of
them were washed away, and all more or
less inundated. In the business portion of
store, warehouse, and also his residence.
He toot his wife out in his arms, when he
saw his house was going; the heavy waves
tore her from him, and threw her violently
against a passing house, which was the
last seen of her.
how the news was carried.
The news of the terrible disaster at Sabine
was first made known at Beaumont about
noon on Monday, when two young men, oae
of them named Dave King, weat from
Sabiue to Beaumont la a skiff, a distauce
of about thirty miles. The same day a
schooner in the'Sabiae river picked up two
men that were drifting across tho lake,
some twenty three miles from Sabine, and
took them to Orange. A committee of
twenty citizens went from Beaumont to
Orange that day. and with forty citizens of
Orange, formed the rescue party that went
out on the Lanu.r, and reached the scene of
distress Thursday morniug.
THE SHIPPING.
There were but few vessels in port at the
time, the Silas, steamtug Fowler, aud the
Henrietta, a SO tons burden schooner. The
latter dragged her anchor, and was carried
about five miles inland. A sloop was in
course of construction in a building at Sa-
biDe. The building fell, and three men
weie drifted out in the hull of the sloop,
which dragged its anchor about fiteen or
twenty miles up tho lake.
at johnson'S HA you,
where some OOOor 000 people live, the situa-
tion is reported to be even more appalling
than at Sabine, where the water was nine
feet over the town. The Emily P. has been
sent out to Johnson's bayou with a rescuing
party, but up to the time that Captain Aa-
cleieon left it had not returned.
THE STORM AT SABINE.
Eetcription of the Damage, as Detailed by a
* Eea Captain—Wrecks on the Coast.
The schooner C. F. Olilsen, which was at
Orange, Tex., during tho recent blow,
reached Sabine Pass Thursday evening,
and sailed from that place yesterday morn-
ing, reaching Galvestoa duriug the after-
noon. Captain Ericsou reports that at
Orange the water rose about four and a half
feet in half an hour, but beyond the blow-
ing down cf the Catholic church, there was
no damage sustained. He describes the
condition of affairs at Sabine Pass aa ter-
rible, but was unable to furnish a list of
the drowned or missing, having neglected
to take memorandums, but the number
supposed to have been lost is placed at
seventy-five or eighty. The lighthouse
buildings were washed away, only
the tower remaiaing stauding. The life
saving station is intact, and but one house
is left standing in the towa. Captain Eric-
son states that tho marsh between the pass
and Orange is strewn with the carcases of
cattle and horses which had been drowaed,
and that furniture and other household ef-
fects are strewn over the country for miles.
Searching parties are out loakiug for dead
bodies, and up to last night had found aud
buried twelve corpses. The houses iu the
town, with the exception of the one noted
as standing, are utterly wrecked. A large
number of people had already left, aad a
steamer was expected to return yesterday
for the purpose of taking still mire of them
to Beaumont.
Captain Eiicson states that a courier had
arrived from Johnson's bayou with the re-
poit that 100 lieople had been drowaed
there, tut that tliis report was deemed an
exaggeration. The steamer Emily P. had
been dispatched from Orange to Johnson's
bayou Thursday with provisions and medi-
cal supplies.
The schooner Silas, of Galveston, is high
and dry on the beach, and the schooner
Heniietta, of Lake Charles, was driven
several miles inland, aud a Mexicao
schooner is also ashore. AU vestige of
the wharf at the pass has disappeared, aud
the site of the town, even Thursday, was
coveied with mud and water. Some peo-
ple were saved, after having been driven
i through the marsh for miles by tho rapid
| currents.
The custom house steamer Penrose,which
1 lelt Galveston Thursday, was seen at the
Pass yesterday morning by Captaiu Eric-
son. and a party from Her was aslioro near
the lighthouse.
Ihe crew of the Mexican schooner were
picked up by the steamer Lamar, which was
promptly dispatched from Orange with a
relief committee as sooa as the neivs of the
disaster at Sabine was received. T.je
schooner Silas is not thought to be much
hurt, and has most of her cargo still
aboard.
AmoDg those lost Captaiu Erics,"m names
Mr. Wilson, who was stopping at Mr. Stew-
art's, and a son of Captain Stewart, Mrs.
Plummer and Mrs. Pomeroy, aud two child-
tec of Mr. Brown. Mrs. Brown was sup-
posed to be lost, but has since been reported
saved.
The windows, doors and ceiiiag in the
lower story of the life-saving station are
tore, the boat is ashore about live miles
lrcm the station, and the cistern is four
miles away.
Two schooners are reported ashore near
Johnson's bayott, and the water there was
said to bavo been six or eight feet deep aad
tl.e ) rairies and marshes are covered with
the debris of dwellings, furniture, aud the
carcasses of farm animals.
When he ii-ft the pass at 7 o'clock yester-
day morning Captain Ericson states that
ti e water was rapidly receding, and the
wind cast-northeast.
KOUJfTZ.
Tcrr ge by the Storm Along the East Texas
Railway.
Houston, October 15.—Mr. George Hall
reached Houston this morning from
Kt-uLlz, on the Sabine aad Eist Texas rail-
way. lie j.'-ys the'daniHge from tin storm
alot.g that read was vers* severe. At
Kevritz tie wind first assuro:d ugly pr>
pmtions Tuesday night, a', the timeb' i v-
:i)' ijuile hard, ic ojcliu.lcd Cor.cj'j llw
Liglf, iucreasioff iu violetuo at-: niag'y '
with each moment, until early in the morn-
ing, when it blew a perfeot gale, uprootiag
trees, tearing down fences, etc.
Two sawmills at this point,
owned respectively by D. J. Wilitaun
& Bro. and the Snelling estate,were thrown
to the ground and completely wrecked. Be-
yond this no damage to houses was noticed
by Mr. Hail. Along the road between
Kountze and Rockland, the termiuus, tho
work of destruction was very great, feaces,
small houses, trees, etc., being wrecked aad
in many instances lying across the track,
interfering with the passage of trains.
Damage to a lesser extent was noticed from
Kountze to Beaumont. Mr. Hall was com-
pelled to wait twenty-four hours at
Kountze for a train, reaching Beau-
mont last evening. The whole country
out of Beaumout to Rocklaud is under water
and the many creeks are over the bottom.
Mr. Hall corild give no information about
Sabine Pass further than that already pub-
lished.
Wm. Weiss, a prominent mlllman of
Beaumont, sustained a loss ot $1003 by
action of the wind. He was in Houston
when his mill was damaged.
Aid Badly Heeded.
Houston, October 15.—The following tele-
graphic dispatch was received this evening
by Captain C. C. Gibbs, general freight
agent and land commissioner of the South-
ern Pacific:
Beaumont, October 15.—Contributions
should be sent to the relief committee,
which consists of S. F. Carter, B. F. Ed-
wards, Wm. Weiss and L. R. Levy. There
is nothing left at the pass. All the people
must come here or to Orange. Nearly 100
are here. Money is badly needed, as these
people are destitute. ^V. C. Avbrill.
Nino sailors who were saved from the
vessel i Hercules, that was stranded near
Sabine, were sent to New Orleans to-night
The Great 8torm Explained.
Washington, October 15.—The storm
which has been working such havoc among
the coast towns of Texas was first heard of
by the si?nal office on the 10th instant as
beiBg southwest of Cuba and apparently
working its way slowly around the western
end of the island, and thence northward.
During that day and the next it was traced
upward toward the coast of Florida and
Alabama ana promised to expend its en-
ergies somewhere over northern Ala-
bama and Tennessee or making its
way across Florida, course northeasterly
high winds along the Atlantic coast, bat ia
this purpose—if for convenience the ele-
ments may be credited with a purpose—it
was defeated, since before it reaohed the
coast it encountered au extensive field of
high barometer and dry air covering the
Atlantic coast, which it was unable to pene-
trate or surmount. By this it was deflected
along the gulf coast westwardly, manifest-
ing itself in dangerous winds and high
tides at Pensacola on the lltb, its
outskirts touching New Orleans oa
the 12th and its full energy strik
ing the coast between New Orleans
aud Galveston on the afternoon of
tho 12tb. It was not a romarkable storm as
gulf storms go, and its ouly apparently ex-
ceptional feature was the route traveled,
piling up the waters before it and pouring
them upon the low coast of Texas.
A bout the time this storm was discovered
another was found to bo brewing in Utah.
It developed but little energy and moved
slowly eastward. Soon afterward a third
storru center appeared iu the extreme
northwest, north of Idaho, whose course
was southward. On tho li'.th these three
storms had reached the valley regioa,
where they were abreast. They
manifested no remarkable energy of winds
except in Louisiana, but created an im-
mense barometric pressure through the
lower Missouri vallev, Arkansas, the In-
dien Territory and Louisiana. Ordinarily
this line of low barometer would be ex-
pectPd to move slowly eastward, maintain-
ing its general character until it approach-
ed the mountain ranges, but in tnis instance
a very sudden change occurred. Between
midnight on the 13th aud the mor-
ning of the 14th an energetic
center had formed in the vicinity of
Davenport, threatening dangerous winds
in its passage from the lakes. Subsequent
reports froth its route, aud especially tnose
from Canadian stations, of this morning,
indicate that this storm has been one of the
most remarkable ia severity. The track of
the storm center has been lost, the telegraph
lines beiug down, but it is thought that ter-
rific winds are prevailing along the St.
Lawrence valley and the St. Lawrence
gulf.
The people on the coast of the gulf of
Mexico were given about forty hours notice
of the coming of their storm. It is doubt-
ful, the returns not being in hand, whether
Chicago signals were displayed before the
storm reached that place, but all points
east of Chicago were given ample notice.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
The Feeling in tho Cherokee Nation Concerning
Intruders.
Tahlequah, I. T.. October 15.—^corre-
spondent writiug under date of October 11
to the Cherokee Advocate, tho official jour-
nal of this Nation, published to-day, shows
which way the straws lie in regard to in-
truders. The innumerable intruders of this,
the | Sequayah district, Cherokee Nation,
are wild over "the recent decision of the
secretary of the interior in regard to
prima facie cases to citizenship
within the Territory and espe-
cially in the Cherokee Nation.
They, the intruders, are holding socret
meetings in this Sequayah and ad-
joining districts and are organizing into a
society, at which the notorious and defiant
intruder Jeff Watts is at their head. Resolu-
tions wero passed at their meeting, held
here a few nights ago, condeming the so-
litary for revoking the famous order mide
some'years ago to the United States agent
here "authorizing him t> issue protecting
papers to claimants who could make out
prima facie cases to citizenship.
Money is being raised by them
to fee attorneys and send delegates to
Washington during tho next session of
Congress. Surely the days of intruders
are darwing to adose in this country, and
the Indians think there never was such a
good president and secretary of the inte-
rior before. They feel as if thoy were
going to be protected, and that their trea-
ties with the United States government are
going to be observed and enforced.
THE HIGHER COURTS.
supreme court.
Tyler, October 15.—Affirmed: Lilly Har-
ris vs. Wm. Petty et al., from Anderson;
Mary J. Curtis vs. Wm. H. Holland et al.,
from Harrison; King & Davidson vs. B. D.
Sapp, from Nacogdoches; P. 8. Graves vs.
W. W. Allen et al., from Anderson.
Reversed and remanded: J. M. Farrh ys.
W. W. Winston etal., from Harrison.
Submitted on briefs for both parties:
Henry Brown vs. Blanton & Devereux,
from "Nacogdoches county; International
and Great Northern railway vs. Smith aud
wife, from Gregg county: Rowlaud A Bro.
vs. A. M. Murphy, from Smith county; P.
J.Willis & Bro. vs. F. L. Lowry, from Smith
county.
Submitted on briefs for appellants: L. &
H. Blum vs. Goldman & Sou, from Wood
county.
Submitted on motion to affirm on certifi-
cates: Annie and Charles M.uuilen vs. Rus-
seil ct al.. from Harrison couhty.
Parsons's Wife Talking.
Cleveland, October 15.—Lucy E. Par-
sons, the colored wife of A. R. Parsons,
the convicted Chicago anarchist, addressed
n small knot of people iu a prominent down-
town street to-night. A hall had been
rented, but the proprietor refused to per-
mit her to use it. She leaves co-morrow for
New York, where she says she will speak at
temper institute.
TiicI; What You Step Into
v. licit hl.ii'-. stt'pinto a pair of Hunan's
ami yon « ill tind ;• tiivt-elass article is
i i.<-1-tnT.) i -1. i.i U i' *11(1, to say nothing of a
: M v (!rnl <-t satisfa't.ion yon i^et before
r--a« briiKtl..' >n,J. sold by rJ.AlTO & DUO.
WORKMEN ON THE WARPATH
THE CHICAGO STOCK YARD TROUBLES.
Both the Packers and Men Resolved to Hold
Out—The Switchmen's Strike
Spreading.
Chicago, October 15.—The situation at the
stock-yards was further complicated this
morning by the refusal of 1200 beef-butch-
ers employed by Armour to go to work.
The Knight of Labor, Barry, sent here
from Richmond to try to effect a settle-
ment, says he is satisfied he can do no
good here, as the packers will not treat
with him as a member of the association,
and he will leave for Richmond immediate-
ly to lay the case before the Knights of
Labor convention. The packing-town, the
scene of tho great strike, was filled this
morning with crowds of men who stand
idly about discussing tho situation.
The order for the beef aud sheep-killers
to iti ike this morning was confined to Ar-
n our's establishment. The beef depart-
mpnts of the other houses are running as
musl.
After the meeting of District Assembly
f" adjourned, at au early hour this morn-
iLg, Delegate Barry said, referring to the
ordeiing out of Armour's beef men: We
have formally declared war on the big pork
speculator and it will be war to the knife.
1 shall get to Richmond now before the con-
vention adjourns. You may depend upon
it that Armour's meats throughout tie
United States will be an unknown cjuautity
in leES than three months. We iutend to
fight an aggressive battle. Armour with
his Mexicans will either be brought to terms
or he will be relegated to the position of a
retired, if not a bankrupt, pork-packer.
A CARD FROM THE PACKEaS.
New men to fill the places o' the strikers
continued to arrive during tho forenoon,
and this afternoon it was reported that Ar-
nour had 1500 men engaged. Tho twenty-
two packing-house firms at the yards this
alternoon issued a card to the public, in
which they say:-Having noticed published
reports of the remarks of Thomas Barry,
ot the committee of the Knights o£ Labor,
in which he throws the onus of the present
labor troubles at the stock-yards upon the
house of Armour & Co. and holds them
alone responsible for its results, we the
remaining pork and beef-packers of Chisa-
go, who have entered their protest against
the eight-hour system, do hereby announce
that we are unanimous in our action, and
that Armour <fc Co. are no more responsible
for the piesent circumstances than we our-
selves are individually and collectively.
The opinion is gaining ground that a long
and bitter contest between the packers aaa
their employes at the] stockyards is in-
evitable. All attempts by delegates Barry
and Butler to negotiate or compromise the
questions raised by the strike have signally
tailed. The packers have not shown a dis-
position to discuss the matter iu an official
manner and the strikers are disposed
to regard this treatment ia the
light of a challenge. To illustrate
the general feeling among the pack-
ers: One of the most prominent
ones said to a reporter.wiieu approache.lon
the sr.bject, " We won't submit to any sys-
tem but that of tea hours tor a day's work
at ten hours pay; in other words, an uncon-
ditional surrender or nothing. I attended
a meeting the other day when the matter
was fully discussed, 'i'he gentlemen said
it had been determined on to
hire new men." He said the
green hands could be easily broken
in in spite of the statement of strikers
that their places could not be filled. " Of
course," said he, " it will take time to fill
all the houses. We intend to start the big
concerns going first. We.have advertise-
ments and men all over the country aud
already the men are beginning to come in
as a result of these agencies. Armour and
the Anglo-American will be runniug with
a full force next week. Whether
these houses are running full-handed or
not, the fight is practically won. We can
easily lay up for a few weeks or months
for that matter. Ten hours we will have,
and we don't intend to see any committee,
either. If the men wish to return to work
on that basis they cah do so as indi-
viduals."
The opinion of this packer was read to
the other packers, and was pretty generally
indorsed.
secured sieii.
Milwaukee, Wis., October 15.—Superin-
tendent Clark, of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul railway, says his road has se-
cured enough new men to move its trains
at Minneapolis despite the strikers. Up to
9 o'clock this morning the other roads in-
volved had not secured help sufficient to
mcve their trains.
worse THAN ever.
The switchmen's strike iu this city shows
a charge to day. The strikers in the Maai-
toba yards this morniug pulled the pins
from the freight cars and threw them away
to prevent tho cars from being moved.
There is no indication as yet of a settle-
ment of ihe strike. When 1 o'clock came
the men on all lines centering in this city
refused to go to work. The number who
went out is about seventy. Affairs are as-
suming a more serious aspect, though as
} et no trouble has arisen.
JOINED THE strikers.
St. Paul, October 15.—Abou1; a dozen
switchmen in the Manitoba yards in this
city joined the strikers to-day. Everything
is quiet and orderly. Nothing is doing at
the Minnesota transfer bureau. There are
no cars to go out and only two trains are to
anivefhis afternoon and some trouble is
then feared.
POLITICAL POINTS.
judge norton facetious.
Dallas:, October 1">.—Ju.'ge A. B. Norton
to-day wrote a formal acceptance of tho
Republican nomination for Congress for
the Sixth district in the course of which he
says: u I shall go to Washington with the
firm determination of discharging my every
duty and will not allow the speaker to foist
me in the chair to the neglect of the busi-
ness of my people. Nothing short of Grover
Cleveland's wish that I should occupy the
executive chair when he wants to
have a bully time with Brother
Belo in the Adirondacs, shall take me
from tho seat to which you elect me, and
even then my temporary absence will be
in the hope that I may be able to appoint
some hungry Texas Democrats to office,
for I believe that under the Democratic ad-
ministration they are entitled to everything
in sight."
Jerome C. Kearby, the independent can-
didate, to-night showed a newspaper peti-
tion from every county iu the district
pledging aim support, it contained about
-11(0 signatures of Knights of Labor and
members of the Farmers alliance.
anti-monopolists.
Belton, October 15.—Messrs. Rinkin,
Kingsbury and Carroll, anti-monopolist
orators, arrived in town last evening, and
together with several local speakers kept
up a spirited discussion of political issues
until near midnight. The antis claim to
have captured the audience.
may indorse george.
* New Yokk, October 15.—It is semi-offi-
cially announced that the Irving halt
Democracy will indorse the nomination of
Henry George for mayor.
Ctire of I4vor Coaiplaiitt.
Iowa Falls, Haudin Co., Iowa, June 1835.
I have been using All-cocx's Porous
Plasters for four years, and think I could
not get along without them. For a lonjj
time I was afflicted with a pain under my
right shoulder blade; I also had consider-
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Alicoek's Poious Flatter, on my back, aud
one cn nv chest. 1 kept changing the n
every four days, and as the end of tbreo
weeks was entiiely cured. E. S. Srsvuss.
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