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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 16,-1892.
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SAVAGE SLAUGHTER.
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TtB Strilers FtsJit lite Hostile Mm
ss tte War Patn.
CAUSE OF COKFLICflXC. REPORTS.
Only Such Dispatches Were Scat Out as
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Leaders tf the Mob Dictate.
HBFCOEEH ARRIVE IN SPOKANE.
AmuM-iiv Onenlv TalkedLauding the
Savagery and Censuring: Lawful
Action.
Spokane, July 15. Newspaper !
norters and evervbody suspected of
sympathy for the victims of the savag
ery of the mob in Cceur d'Alene are
under strict svrvellance, and it is almost
impossible to get anything reliable from
the seat of war. A few enibryotic an
archists held forth on Howard street
yesterday in this city. The slaughter of
the innocent men and the destruction of
valuable property in the Cceur d'Alenes
-was landed, while, the government was
censured for sending troops to quell the
riot. One fellow, who was evidently a
stranger to soap bubbles, went so far as
to suggest an attack upon the banks of
the city here, provided the rioters in
Cceur d'Alene were successful. These
anarchist sentiments were hot rslishable
to the, Americans present and the
sponters gradually slunk ont of sight.
This city is the rendezvous of refugees,
and the"ir experiences tell of a savagery
succeeding lawlessness showing .that
i the instincts of civilization were thrown
to the winds and all that is vile in
human nature has been brought to the
surface in that region. The annals of
western -ruffianism have few blacker
pages than that upon which must be
written the deeds of the men, who fol
lowed up the fleeing miners, and finding
them unarmed, terrorized and defense
less, shot them down in wanton sport
and robbed them of their little belong
ings. It is a source of regret that jus
tice can never hope to lay her hands
upon the men who hare done these vile
deeds. It is unpleasant to realize that
men capable of such acts will, in all
possibility, escape the gallows. Their
immunity from conviction is a reproach
to the law, to organized labor and to
civilization itself. With the coward's
instinct they cloaked their identity
under the darkness of night. Already
they have been swallowed up in the
maelstrom ot turbulent humanity that
has such thorough control of life and
property in the- troubled districts.
None can be found to give them up,
none to point them out to an avenging
public. They will probably continue to
wander at will, compliant to the law
where the law has force, but ready for
fresh deeds of violence at the first lapse
of regular authority. All reports to the
effect that quiet has been restored at
Wardner needs undoubted confirmation.
SEEDS OF DEMAGOGY.
The Moral
and Legal Rights of Capital
and Labor.
From the Spokane Review.
1 ne seeds of demagogy spread like a
flash and take root in an hour. A few
days ago the proposition was laid down
in the senate of the United States that
the employer has not the right to dis
charge the employe ; that there must be
; one form of law for the person who hires
five men and another form of law for
' the person who hires 500 ; that large
manufacturing establishments are pub'
' - lie institutions and subject to the popu
: lar will of the community, and . that an
; employer who has given work to a crowd
i of men for several years must be com
,-- pelled to go on hiring those same men
at whatever wages they see fit to aek,
. . regardless of the.conditioitof the market
. or the pressure of competition.
That amazing doctrine has found a re-
.9 e pensive echo - in the Cceur d'Alenes.
"If capital has the right to discharge
, men like as," exclaims one of the strik
ers, "soon one of the worst, forms of
slavery . would prevail.'.' But capital
has not discharged the men in the Cceur
i'Alenes; they have simply discharged
themselves. Capital has simply refused
to let labor lay down all the propositions
of the contract.- -It Lad relinquished the
privilege of employing . whomsoever it
desired to wort in Its-property, but "has
. protested against the dictum ' that it
must also be a silent partner in the reg
ulation of wages. ' - " j
It is wildly preposterous to say that
labor is justified in meeting this deter
mination with mob tyranny and nihil
ism of valuable property. If that prop-
Jjsition ts defensible in a high wage,:
camp like the Cceur d'Alenes, it must be
defensible in every section of the United
States; and upon this reasoning uni
versal nihilism is demanded. It is hu
miliating to know that the forms of pop
ular government have brought us to this
at last. It is pitiable the way politic
ians and partisans are permitting them
selves to be awed into defense of the de
crees of force. ,
The trouble springs from a confusion
of the moral and legal rights of man. It
is readily seen that the old and faithful
employe has a moral claim upon the
employer: and it is lamentable that too
often this obligation is ignored and
ridden down by the requirements of
competition. But the old and faithful
employe has no right to take a rifle on
his shoulder, and a bomb in his hand,
and set up. a lawless enforcement ot a
moral right. With ' more reason could
it be said that the child had a right to
go with dynamite in hand to the parent
who had offered it a worsted suit instead
of broadcloth, for in the family circle
there is a close approachment of the
moral and legal obligations of the
parent.- "
False public sentiment is even more
responsible for the Cceur d'Alene tragedy
than are the active participants. There
can be no question - that long brooding
upon their troubles has convinced the
strikers that their course is just and
justifiable. They at least cannot be
charged with demagogy.' But a false
public sentiment has pandered to these
views when it knew they were wrong.
It has been the breeze that has fanned
the spark of insurrection. It is more
reprehensible than the mob itself.
Martial Law at Homestead. '
PrrrsBUBG, July 15. While martial
law has not been officially declared, in
Homestead it has taken place to all
practical purposes. ' This result was
caused bv illegal arrests by special
policemen yesterday morning, when two
additional companies of troops with
twenty rounds of ball cartridges and
fixed bayonets were detailed to patrol
the town. They were instructed that in
case of an arrest by the police for any
manifest breach of the peace, drunken
ness and the like, they were not to inter
fere, but in all other caees they are
take both prisoner and policeman be
fore the provost marshal, and if the ar
rest is illegal the policeman will be
punished.
Gen. Snowden puts it euphemistically
by saying the military will- co-operate
with the civil authorities in preventing
illegal arrests, and it is somewhat more
certain for the preservation of the peace.
It was reported yesterday that the town
was officially declared under martial law,
and the strikers were not at all pleased
when they heard it, as they thought
presaged an immediate attempt to turn
in non-union men. Neither are the
lockedrout men pleased with the action
of the Carnegie men in other mills
threatening to strike unless a conference
is granted at Homestead, as they believe
the others can do them good in case of
long struggle in remaining at work, and
neipmg tnem nnanciauy.-
. Another County Heard Front.
. Detroit, July 14. While the eyes of
all the world are turned toward Home
stead and the trouble is on every tongue,
Detroit has at her very doors a case that
in twenty-four hours may differ only in
the numbers involved. , Wyandotte, but
ten miles away, has in the Eureka Iron
and steel company a counterpart of the
Carnegie trouble. The company refuses
to sign the amalgamated scale, although
their 4C0 employes remained at work till
Saturday, hoping for a change of front.
The firm has announced that the ' mill
shall never open up- except as a non
union mill, while the 400 employes say
that with that the case it shall never
open.
. r .' The Price of Wheat. .
Pacific Farmer. .. There is no good
cause why the price of wheat shonld not
be as high this year as it . was last, as
official reports of the Russian prospects
show that the general outlook is much
worse than it was in the early part of
last summer. Locusts have destroyed
the crops in Caucasus, and in southern
Russia the crops have been ravaged by
worms and field marmot. This is worse
than it was last year, because there is
now no old grain in sight.
The Weaker Teasel.
Washington Post. The Rochester
Herald says: "Stanley renounced his
allegiance to the United Slates that his
inordinate lust of power might be grati
fied ' by a seat in the English parliament.""-
This is not true. ' The! woman
tempted him and he did eat. He was
persuaded by the importunities of that
smart wife o'f his. Henry is the weaker
vessel of the two.
A GANG IN MINNESOTA.!
They Mf Iw and Order Ja tie Quiet
I Tillage Bf Barns. -
THE MCKINLEY BILL OF COURSE.
Somc of Senator Palmer's Higher Law
Friends Get Away From Illinois.
A WHOLE POPULATION' TERRIFIED.
Georce Small. Carnegie, Van B. !
' Lashmntt, and All Such Men Mont
be Pat Down. -
Axoka, Minn., July 15. The village
of Burns, across the Mississippi river,
from here, is in the .midst of terrors and
the town practically in . the hands of a
gang of desperadoes, who are" burning
buildings and threatening the lives of
citizens. George Small a wealthy and
prosperous. farmer, has been very active
in his efforts to lodge one of the ruffians
behind the bars, for criminal acts. A
warrant was sworn out against one of
the gang, but it bas never been served.
The whole populaco of Burns was terri
fied and thegang'8 actions were continu
ally causing annoyance. The grave
crime of arson has been laid at their
doors several times. Monday the hand
some residence of Small was set on fire,
but after a fierce fight by lbe family
and neighbors the flames were extin
guished. On Wednesday Small was
in " Anoka, and in the evening word
was brought to. him that his elegant
residence had again been set on fire by j
unknown desperadoes and totally con
sumed. The sheriff and citizens will
make an endeavor to get at the culpits,
and things are in such a condition that
no man's life is safe and all go armed.
The deed is supposed to be spitework.-
Small was open in his remarks against
the gang. . The home of Thomas Gor
man will go next ; so says the leader of
the desperadoes. If the sheriff fails to
capture the gang. Gov. Merriara will be
asked to Eend a company of militia on
their track.
Teleeraphie J" lashes.
A London dispatch says William Wal
dorf Astor continues to make rapid pro
gress toward recovery. .The author of
the bogus dispatch announcing his death
is being diligently sought for. The dis
patch was signed "Clement," and the
family are surprised that this announce
ment was accepted as true by Astor's
New York agent. No one named Clem
ent is connected with the Astors in any
way, .. -
An independent Parnolite organ says
the select circle of liberals in London
last night received the announcement
that the home-rule bill was postponed
by an agreement with the Irish party in
order that some big reform measure may
be introduced in the coming parliament.
Tim Healy is elected to parliament.
There was much rowdyism during the
polling. Healy was assaulted and one
of his friends killed. ;
The. people of Hunter county, on the
Tombigbee river, Alabama, are abso
lutely destitute on account of the floods
They have appealed to the governor to
ask congress for relief. He has issued a
proclamation asking the people of the
state to contribute lor tne purpose.
Cholora is spreading with alarming ef
fect throughout Russia. The Astrakhan
Messenger publishes the details of the
recent ' riots at that place, growing out
of the epidemic. It says the mob held
the town two days. The hospital was
burned to the ground, and all the medi
cal staff more or less injured. . One doc
tor and his assistant were brutally beat
en by the mob and trampled to death.
Patients in the hospital were, carried to
the banks of the Volga, and . fed with
milk as a supposed antidote to the pois
on administered by tne doctors. ., Sev
eral euccomed to this extraordinary
treatment. Only the firing of . a volley
of infantry brought the. maddened mob
to reason, ,
' '' Alpine Climber's Luck. -
Review. ' Attempts to ascend '
Mt.
Rainier this season have, so far -proved
failures because of the cool weather this
spring, Which has piled additional snow
drifts on the mountain's slopes. ... All
lakes are reported frozen, and - it is
thought there will be neither grass nor
flowers before next month. From pres
ent : indications there will be snow in
Paradise valley, situated well up in the
mountains, all summer.
E.
CHURCH.
Rev. A. C. Spencer haa Tendered his Be
1 satlon TagnKaAt.
For THX CKBOXICX.E. .
Tab Dalles; July 15. As I have ten
dered.niy resignation as pastor of the
i Church, it might be well to make
report- of the work of the lust ten months,
considering MM 1 entered upon my
duties, witlvdissensions, and the great
fire leaving the church in a torn an
scattered condition, with only the school
house for services, it could hardly be
expected that much could be accom
plished jo ten months.
The summary of results however will
show a Jair degree of euccese. The new
church, the brightest and best in the
Columbia river conference, worth, with
the lot ou which it stands about $10,000
and now ready for dedication, with
small indebtedness, la a aumcient mon
uuient for ten months work.
Bat. this is not all. Our Sunday
school -records show for the last
quarter, ending with July 1st, an average
attendance of 121, with a good supply of
help of every variety.
The public congregations have been
large and their appreciation of the ser
vices have been shown by. the very lib
eral collections at every public service
The spiritual interests were not for
gotten in the materia prosperity, an
the class, prayer and Epworth League
meetings were well attended and, the
numerical results show a verv .good de
gree of success.
During the ten months twenty-three
have been received on probation and
twenty-six by letter, making a total of
forty-nine. Six have been reived into
full connection. Seven have .been bap-
tized, while only one of our number has
died during the time.
Our relation to the church has not al
ways been pleasant, but it is but the
outgrowth of a firmness to duty, with
out respect of party, or favor, and yet,
in conclusion, I wish to heartily thank
those who have, by voice, word and
deed, 'materially aided in making the
above success possible.
As I JtreeJt soon to remove to. the far
east, r (Bball never '. forget the many
friends I leave in this city, and with
those' who have differed with me, all
that I can ask of. them is, that I may be
"Only . remembered for what I have
done." Respectfully, A. C. Spencer.
; LET US ALL REJOICE.
The Wnulebscbe are Com lnr; Tra Li
' ' ". t - .Tr La. ... .
From the Pacific Farmer. . ; , ...
The citizens of the Inland Empire are
in a high state of glee over the action of
congress in passing the bill which
authorizes the completion of the Cascade
locks by contract. This will be worth
hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly
to the farmers "of that - vast territory.
The citizens of The Dalles realizing this
had a grand congratulatory meeting up
on receiving the good news from bead'
Quarters last week. Well may The
Dalles people be happy because this will
make that city the head of navigation
for deep eea going vessels, because it is
claimed that any vessel can reach that
place that can reach Vancouver, the river
eettintr - narrower and deeper ' until it
gets beyond the Cascade mountains.
It is certain that the great freight
whalebaek vessels can take their, loads
of wheat and flour at this point, almost
two hundred miles inland, and carry
them to'China and other points bevond
the Pacific ocean.- The largest flour and
wopletf; mills in : the world should be
built at this place, as it is in the finest
wheat growing and wool growing regions
of the world, none of which would have
to be freighted over 100 miles in bulk
before ,,it could be manufactured into
flour ov. clothing and with, the cheap
cost of. water transportation . sent all
over the ; world. ,. Besides being in the
midst of these great natural product
beds, thi9 city is situated at the foot of
the famous Uelilo rapids wnicn lurmsnes
enough ' water power' to " turn every
machine wheel in the United States.
.... i '
' .Chicago Horse Market.
J. S. Cooper, commission - salesman of
horses. Union stock yards Chicago, says
the horse market for the week ending
Saturday, has been strong and active on
smooth, sound and well broken stock,
and this covers the whole range of horse
flesh viz :. block from l',200 to 1 ,450 lbs ;
draft horses 1,600 lbs ; good and medium
drivers, saddlers and coach teams. The
market compares favorably with any
part of the year, and is . uncomparably
better than the corresponding period of
last or Any former . year. Common,
green and thin horses low in price. No
quotations are given... - .
i .-.'- l-i. -Oreetlnc-'., . '
Dnfur dispatch I).' 'C.': Ireland has
. . . . . 1 1 TV.,,
now complete' control I me juaues
Cheosicle, and a much better man for
the place could not well be found in the
northwest. . V '
ICEPORT ' M.
BLOWING UP BRIDGES
Tic Caenr d'Alene Striiers Still f irt
. , imDesWoi
THREATEN TO BLOW CP THE MILLS.
Military Prohibit Carrying Passengers
Through Shoshone.
NO UAILltOAU TICKETS TO BR HAD.
The JKzpIoeiona Thought to be at De
Lashrantt'a Jlills Were at Rail
road Bridge.' '-'
-
Spoka.vie, July 16. The Fort Keogh
troops reached the scene of trouble yes
terday afternoon. Two loud explosions
were heard west of Mullan last night,
but as the wires are cut definite infor
mation cannot be obtained. It Is re
ported the miners threaten to blow up
all the mills if forced out by the 'militia.
The terrific explosion heard over in
Cceur d'Alene last night wa" caused by
the strikers' blowing up the railroad
bridges between Mullan and Wallace,
Mine owners of the. Bunker Hill and
Sullivan sent to Portland for u ' special
train to report at Tokea vesterdnv. It
is supposed that the purpose is to carrv
the non-union men back to resume work
Yesterday Gen. Cnrtis directed both the
U. P. R., and N. P.' R. companies not to
sell tickets of ' transport passengers
through the county of Shoshone. This
order will cause no delay to regular pas
singers, who, on making proper showing
to the military authorities, will be fur
nisned with passports. The order was
issued for the purpose of preventing di-J
turners from entering the affected dis
tricts. Another dispatch from N. J
O'Brien, to R. W. Baxter, Portland,
says : Everything is quiet in Cueur d
Alene. The troops are in possession . of
all points and ' the miners have dis
banded. No further trouble is antici
pated. The troops will probably remain
here some time, .
Only to be Seen Abroad. .
Union Journal. ' The mock modesty
of so-called society ladies, in ' staying
away from au entertainment given by
female minstrels, is very questionable.
Thousands of the beet ladies in the land
have heard Aimee, Alice Oates and the
fair Lyda Thompson, in Opera Boeuff,
with their whole company in tights, to
say nothing of the bullet introduced
in all the leading operas, in
which no less than two or three hundred
females are attired in tights; but all
that is eeen in the large cities, and of
course there is no harm in going' then;
but when they are at home it will not
do to attend. It is wicked. Consistency
haslong since lost her jewels, and we
fear they will never be found.
Two Partial allure.
Wasco News. '- The grain is filling bet
ter than was expected two weeks ago.
The farmers are not discouraged by any
means, as there lias been but two failures
in the the past ten years, and then only :
partial failures. - Win, Walker -seems to
be the most fortunate man in Sherman
coontv.. ' He has had all the rain on his
place needed, and will have - ft better
crop than he has had for several years.
The mystery is that while he has had an
abundance, his neighbors have had but
little rain.
t Mnat Get a Jog on. .
Astoria Examiner. . There is a great
deal of dissatisfaction at the tiresome
waits that are experienced at the Youngs
river boat landing, by passengers going
to Clatsop beach. Almost every evening
car or two of freight is loaded after the
steamer arrives, and always necessitates
delay of an hour to an hour and one-
half..-: No doubt Mr. Goes has a great
deal to contend with.in getting the .line
into -shape,, but some ; arrangement
should be made whereby the present
delay could be avoided. : ... .. :
Highest of all in Leavening Power
auaav .
r Settled.
Since the war of
Pendleton
1876 there has been bad blood between
the Bannocks and the Umatilla reserva
tion Indians. Prior to that time they
were very friendly and engaged in trade, .
the Umatillas exchanging ponies for fur
and buffalo robes. But in 1876 the Uma
tillas took up arms on the side of the
whites against the hostile Bannocks. s
The letter's chief, Egan,. was slain by
Ten-e-oa-itz, and a force of Bannocks was
driven through the Camas prairie
country by a party of Umatilla braves. -The
hearts of each tribe have since been
turned against each other, and there
have been no relations between them.
The Bannocks have just come to the
Umatillas for the purpose of restoring
peace and friendliness. ' They were well
received on the reservation, difficulties
patched up and the hatchet bnrted deep.
As is customary with the Indians a
number of presents was given to the
vieitors as a token m' good-will.
The Death of All Enterprise.
Boot and Shoe Trade. Members of
labor organizations should not only de
pend upon the strength of their union,
but try to improve themselves in their
craft to such an extent that non-union
men would not be wanted, because they
would be less competent. It is unjust
and unfair that there should be equality. .
in wages to nil members of Organizations.
If the Almighty has given one of us
gifts of brain or muscle of expertness in
handiwork, the just rewards of what we
can accomplish with those gifts Is our
due, and it is a wrong principle and .
death to enterprise and progress to deny
the reward of such gifts because a
brother is less endowed. It should be
.he aim of labor organizati jus to develop
and encourage their best brains and tal
ents as well as their poorest. '
The Worthless Dog.
Dispatch. Monday night Mr. Whipple
The" Kanr
"err
lost a fine cow." Chased by dogs and -worried
into a fever, the animal was the
unfeeling thoughtlessness of some who,
in idle wantonness and, disregard of ' .,
neighbor's rights will set the town dogs
onto every cow they see. It's a small ' "
and rather a poor business. Any cow in '
town is worth more than all the dogs, '
and if they can't live together the dogs
had. better go. The dogs wouldn't chase
either cows or chickens if not encour
aged by those who should know better.
When the cows come lioine laden with
milk, let them go their ways quietly.
A Chance of Mind.
Walla Walla Union'. We are firm in
the belief that Senator Allen is a better
friend to the improvement of the Colum
bia river than is Senator Dolph. We
think the Congressional Record will
show this. He has labored earnestly,
efficiently, with bis whole heart, for the
advancement of the interests of the peo
ple of Washington, and the people of the
state know this so well that all attempts
to convince them of the contrary will tie
futile.
For-the Arithmetic CI a a.
- Review. If it is dishonest for a man
to make several millions by controlling
valuable patents, how much more hon
est is it for a man to make a million by
loaning money ut 15 to 18 per cent? If
labor owns the profits of the successful
manufacturer and producer, it must owe
the losses of the unsuccessful employer.
A good many newspapers con Id stand
that sort of doctrine.
Baker County Lime.
Blade.. It may not be generally known
that there is to be "lime and marble
works located only about six miles south
east of this city and that already Mr. H.
A. Gossett, the owner, has a kiln of oyer
200 barrels almost ready, jo fire. It is
said to be the best quality of marble yet
discovered in these parts. Success to.
Mr. Gossett. .
Hllver Lie Dead. '
Review. And silver lies dead in the
house of its friends for the second time
downed by the democratic congress.
Grover Cleveland had spoken.
Sot Very Much.
Olynipia Tribune. Will ' jawsmiths
Voorhees and Palmer now rise in their
seats in the senate and blame the Cueur
d'Alene 1 mining troubles on the tariff?
Guess not.7
Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
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