Cleveland County Leader. (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 14, 1894 Page: 1 of 4
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Cleveland County Leader.
V( >L 2.
LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. SAT! UDAY, -IULV I I, 189-1.
(PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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NUMBKlt 28
PURCELL DENTAL OFFICE.
Drs. McCONN & SEW ELL,
fWKCKHi, I. T DENTISTS.
NEAL SMITH,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
LEXINGTON', - OKLAHOMA.
Office "with L. Gwynuo.
| unfon, < nine Bros', union N<<. 1. Hard
wood Finishers No. 1, Wire Worker*' The chairman of
union No. 1.Horseshoers' iruion. Ilors^**'commit tee suggested that
ott\
A. A. DUNN, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN INI SURGEON.
^"nrEFX. |T
Oftiooio Parcel! National Sunk
DE.R.A. THACKER,
PHYSCliN AND SURGEON.
VERY LiTTI.E INTERPERENCh'
WITH TRAINS.
SMALL MOBS ARC EASILY DISPERSED.
Mayor Hopkins (alls on (lie (iflvvrnof
for Another Regiment of Troops --
All Trades tiiiotn to Strike
Uatiaunuuv Morning If |*ull-
mau liefuMi-s m trbitralo
— Pullman's Podlion.
J. H. EVEREST,
Attorney At-Law,
OKLAHOMA CITY, - O. T.
i
Pand c(i practice a Soecialty. Office room
I. Opera House Miotic.
fc. H. HAKIM- ('. I„ BUTSfOHI).
HARRIS k BO'l'Sl'ORD,
L A-W-Y-E-R.-S.
l'ractice in nil Courts.
F. P, MUSELY,
Attorney-atLaw.
LEXINGTON, o o o o o O. T.
practice iu District, Probate ami
Justice Courts.
J AS. A. SHAVER,
NOTARY PUBLIC
STSXOliK APIIER au'l TYPE WIH1ICR
Special attention piven to the taking of Dep-
opsltlous. All Natorial work executed prompt-
ly. LEXINGTON, o. T.
A. NiOODEMUS,
AttorneyatLiaw,
Will practice ia all the Courts.
LEXINGTON, - - - OKLAHOMA
A. P. HAMMEK,
Attorney At-Law.
OKLAHOMA CITY, - . O. T.
Will practice io all the Courts of the Terrl*
tory. Land office practice a specialty.
Rooms ii nud 7 Opt ra Route uiock, Land office
buildiug. Lock box 27.
J. L. ABERNETHY,
Attorney-atLaw.
LEXINGTON,
OKLAHOMA.
Will prctlce in nil the Courts of Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory, and give prompt at-
tentioo to business.
Rollers by permission to Hon. .1. K Jones, r.
£ senator. Arkansa : H( n James W Butler,
Judge of Third Judicial Circuit, Balesville
Ark: Hon John B McCalcb, Judge of Sixteenth
Judicial Clrea t, i • euioa Shade, Aril
I ^offic* three doors East of I'oitoffice.
L, GWYNNE,
Justice of Peace
AM Attorney-at Law.
I KXINI.InN 1'IIKi IN( r.
Will prncliee in Probate ;ind District Conrts
Real Estate papers carefully prepared.
( oJlectiopt solicited and reu.ittauces prompt-
ly mad°.
LEISURE HOURS
MADE PROFITABLE,
l!y Subscribing for the
LKXiNOTON LKADEH,
Lexington. Oklahoma.
•I Hi IS. VINCi ST.
I I CI.KMKXT.
VINCENT & CLEMENT,
ABSTRACTORS
NOUMAV, - oklahoma
Wo have the only sel of Abatrnct Book# « f
« leveland county, and arc prepared lo furnish
Ahutraets of cillier cliy or farm proper!}.
We guarantee absolnle corivctuess at our
work, i orrespondeuce so'.i.dted
SHOTO HOUSE
llcst$la dsy lious' in the nt< Don't for*
get io slop w it|) m<" wjun in Lexington
l HAS. 13ARSHAW, I'rop.
LEXINGTON. - tiK I.A lloM \
W. T. KING,
DBAYMAN
Daily Trips
I I XISGTON,
to and from Purcell
CHARLIE l'ETRIE.
Contractor - and - Builder,
I.EXI NGToN,
OKI. MIOM \.
Fatimatcs furnished on Application. Pi ices
featouablo and consistent. Guarantee satis*
BARBER SHOP.
Hair ( uttlng and Sha\ing done in llrst-clnss
Style. Also the tluest llaii Vigor made. Will
«urn grar hairs to natural color shaving, 10
ecu? flair cutting, 2. cents, rail and see u«.
BOOKER \ ELK I N, Props.
1 ^Agents for Wlahlts ("ans.)Steam Laundry
i lotliing received on Mo i<l:o an I returned on
Saturday. Lkmsmov, Oklahoma
New Barber Shop.
(Two doors West of the sboto House )
HENRY MORITZ, Prop.
Li \in*iio.n , * • Oklahoma.
Sha\i"e flairCutting snd work pertaining
io H Irst-elass liaibei sno|>, neii I? and prompt*
Jy executed Y.\eiythln# m at and clean, ( all
once and you will need no imitation to repeat
your visit Don't forget th« place
Sharing. 10 erul •; h'ur cutting cents i
Chicago, July 10. -Everytiling was
| quiet lure this morn lug* and the feel-
ing was grow ing that there would b3
no more serious rioting. The roads
are all moving their passenger trains
and a number are .starting their
: freights. It is quite clear that the
mobs of yesterday were composed
chiefly of idlers from the packing
houses and that very few railway men
were present. President Cleveland's
proclamation seems to have been very
effective.
1 he postal authorities say there is
less interference with the 'mails to-
day than on any day since the strike
began.
Last night firemen were called to
extinguish many incipient blazes in
cars standing in isolated places.
'I'llere were no largo gatherings of
rioters for tlie purpose of wholesale
destruction as on previous nights.
Early this morning at I'orteith and
Emerald avenue a packing house firm
| attempted to move some dressed beef.
; 1 lie strikers discovered this and tried
to intimidate the teamsters. The po*
liee were called and the crowds re-
sisted efforts to disperse them. The
police then tired a volley over the
heads of the strikers which caused
them to disperse. Six of them were
• arrested charged with riot.
Later some boys -nd idle men who
had gathered at the corty-ninth street
i crossing of the Grand Trunk road
' threw stones at a squad of state mi-
litia. The latter first made a charge
i upon the mob and then, on a renewal
of the stone throwing, fired a volley
into the crowd. The crowd escaped
into adjoining houses and it was not
learned whether anybody was hurt.
Six freight cars were burned thi
morning before daylight on tho
Illinois Central tracks at Burnside.
• I oh ti Hepner, Ed fiogftn, John
Coloran, John Grady, Ben Lcuatid
and Hubert Blair were found at the
tire and arrested on suspicion of being
firebugs. They were taken to Ken-
sington police station and were fined
S'.'O each by Justico Kobbins.
Little work was done in the stock
yards to-day. John It. Shciman an-
nounced that no attempt would be
made for a few days to resume. Ar-
mour Co. sent out 100,000 pounds of
dressed beef before daylight tlii^
morning to the city markets. It was
shipped iu wagons guarded by yard
employes. The commission men >f
the yards have organized for the de-
fense of property inside the yards and
protection outside will be delegated
to special police otticers.
The committee of seven appointed
by the labor leaders at I'hlrich's hall,
called upon Mayor Hopkins promptly
at 10 o'clock to-day and asked him to
arrange for a citizens* committee
drawn from influential businessmen,
which should undertake to induce
Pullman t« submit to arbitration.
Mayor Hopkins referred them t< the
committee appointed for this purpose
bv the city council a week ago, and
they arranged to meet that committee
at 1 o'clock. They told the mayor
that they were under orders to report
early Wednesday morning.
The mayor lias called oil the gover-
nor for another regimclit of state
troops.
ALL TRADES MAY STRIKE.
I eaders of Many of I lie I liietgo t nions
Vale lo f ollow |>el «.
I'iik ago,July 10 \t I: l." o'clock this
morning, after an all-night secret ses-
sion, the union leaders of • *hic-h^o de-
cided on a general strike Wedni'sday
morning at r o'clock unless by noon to-
morrow Pullman will agree to arbi-
trate or eonie to Eiomj form of agree-
ment with his striking employes.
That all was not harmonious, not-
withstanding fiery speeches by Messrs.
Sovereign « f the Knights of Labor,
Uebaof the Atuericau railway union
and other labor leaders, is evidenced
by the fact that it was I o'clock
thi' morning when the convention
finished balloting.
An idea of the widely diversified in-
terests involved in tlii latent mo\e-
tnent may be gained front the sub-
joined list, represent ing but a portion,
however, of the industries uffccted,
representatives of these lodges being
actually present: Trade and Labor
assembly, t entral Labor union Paint
em* District conneil, ( lothiug Trades'
nerv IV . I ineO,
s' coiim c .I'uildiii:
, stone Cutters' conn
rs' u n i'1 ■ 11 J tin lot
n, Journev nan Plumb
Tilelayers' union,
union, Ste.itu l^itter?
•ii. Carpenters' nnioii
. of Labor assemblies,
\tnerican Musicians' union l" ' sliip
Carpentjis' union, Stationary En-
glneers' union. Meat Butchers' union,
*.'80, Harness Makers' uniou, Hohemian
Central Labor union * oat Procter#'
Xuil Workers' union, ll''>t"its' unv-r
Holier Workers* uniou. Waiters' union,
I Sprinkler* Fitters' union. Teamster's
I union, l urnitueo :in<) Carpet Sales-
men's union. Dry Good's Clerk's union.
Clothing Cutters' union, Capmakers'
union, leakers' union No. Cioak*
makers' uniou. N■ s. :i and I. Carriao-e
and Wagons Makers' union Beer
j Pump Makers' union. Stationary En-
; gineers' union N«> l uited Engine rs'
union No. International Machinists'
union, rinaLrie.il stage Employes*
union • abinct MaksovV union, Allied
Iron Ti nles eunneil. Metal Trades
council, Bakers" council, seamen s
union Typographical union Architect-
ural Iron Worker- Carpenters..loiners.
I i.i .... l uminers. Gastitiers ijimv.-I
| Hoofer.- Metal « . rniee and S .v lljhl I President Vvieke-, aTVbe otliVV-
| worki'is. I in and Slieet Iron workers. < Pullman eompanv at* ' o'clock.
J Steam Pipe and Holler Fitter-. Coal \ chairman of the eonne l t
j ileaver-. Painters .lourueyinen Lath- ' tee explained to him tie-
Electrical Worl-
cDuncil
coniuiil-
ijtce of five prominent business men be
invited to visit the Pullman eompanv,
not as arbitrator.^, but to determine
!f the Pullman company had anything
to arbitrate, lie aisu suggested that
the committe consist of two officials
of the Pullman company, two promi-
nent citizens to be appointed by the
judges of Cook county and the fifth to
be chosen by the four.
A committee representing tin* labor-
ing men appointed a subcommittee of
three and they, with the council com-
mittee,^ went at '! o'clock to coiit'er
with \ ice President Wickes the
Pullman company to see whether he
would submit to the investigation of
the committee of five.
The joint committe
mil
• f the
The
linn i t-
eiucnt Fin*
is hers, Marble Cutters, Mosaic work-
ers, Hridge and Structural Iron Work
ers. Hoisting Engineers. Marine En
gineers, llod Curriers and Building
workers, Marble Polisher.- Mosaic
Setters and Mosaic Helper* Car-
builders ami kindred organizations,
Brass Finishers, Brass Moulder.- He
tail < lothiers, Coope.'s, Br6wers and
Malste.s Hrooin Makers. Iron Mould
ers. Machine Wood Workers, press
Feeders. Trunk Makers, Tin and
Sheet Iron Job Workers and Tile Lav-
crs Helpers.
Hcsides all these an efY« rt will be
made to get out tlie einplovcs of all
surface and elevatvul transportation
lines in this city. Although these
men arc poorly organized, the leaders
of the great strike movement believe
that the majority of them can be iu-
duccd to strike.
A committee of seven was appointed
to wait on Mayor Hopkins to endeavor
to have him make a last effert to
bring about arbitration. The <:om-
mittee is composed of J. Wr. Hastie,
'I .1 Elderkin. E. J. Lindholm, .J. .1
Rvan, James Currie, A Cattermull and
Thomas I. Kidd.
It is claimed that a number of the
unions, including the printers, the
marine engineers and the brick
makers, will refuse to be bound by
the order and a very large perc rntage
of the other men are already idle bo
cause oF the general shut down which
has resulted from the coal famine.
Among the resolutions adopted
were the following:
Hc-olved. Tliit a committee of twenty-one
l>e appointed by this meeting to wait on the
city council atitl req test that it d on md of th-
president that ho wlthariw from th'1 ritj th-
United State-i troops now in our midst.
The following letter w as ordered
sent to Governor AttgeM:
To Governor Altgeid In view of the (>•
cupat ion of the state of Illinois bv armed
forces of the United States wit lout pro -er
demand bavin/ been made by the constituted
authorities cr the state and in defiance of the
constitution:
Kesolved That a committee of two bo ;ij>
pointed by this moot in: t ) wait noon th« <it\
council and request of it that It demand of
President Cleveland the withdraw! «-f the
Untied States troops from thecitv. Wc in-
sist that your excellency uhe le«a! stops to
compel tho withdrawal or said arniv forces at
once and p!c.i p your e<ceileruy the Nuppon
ot the law loviiw or autzed trad"- in Cinca o
iu the accomplishment of tin rcjul!
Grand Master Workman Sovereign
of the Knights of Labor said this
morning that lie bad determined to
delay the order for a strike of his
order until Wednesday.
Tw o national, presidents have ar-
rived in the city and had a eon fere nee
with President Debs and othc.
officers of the American Hailwu v Un-
ion. They are John McBride of the
Mine Worker's association and W. I
Malion of the National Associat ion of
Street Car Men I'licse m ike five na-
tional officers that are now in the -it \.
the others being General Master
Workman Sovereign of the Knights of
Labor. J. W. McKinno. of the Broth
ern >od of Painters and Decorators and
and Council of the machinists.
nit i
ief
CUARDED BY STRIKERS.
1 li«* tort seott Yards Carefully I'roteel••«(
by l he ICx-Kmployes.
Four S« ott, Kan., JulylO The .tit)
railroad men now idle in this city on
account of the strike have delegated
from among their members a sufficient
number of men to guard the property
and yaitls of the railroad companies.
It was believed that some attempt at
arson might be made by an element
w hose interests were not at stake and
the strikers kept a strict watch. No
one except railroad people were al-
lowed to enter the yards.
The firemen's brotherhood has voted
ft) strike lifter several days of agita-
tion. and no fireman can be induced
to take an engine here. Firemen on
all trains in here are compelled to
i ravel on to Kansas < itv or Springfield,
making a 200 milo run. Passenger
trains arc more regular, but no
freights are moving.
In the United States district court
to-day an injunction was issued r«
straining all strikers and other per-
sons from interfering with or obstruct
itig the running of freight and pa
sengcr trains and from compelling,
induclug or attempting to
intimidation or persuading
lar employes of the road
to do their duty. The
Hallway union inc
some 2.000 in numi
the restraining
heads the list
indut
the regit-
to refuse
\ meriean
un all t he roads,
are named in
order, and Dubs' aamu
Ma< I.
council.
Iron Moiildet
Trades' eoune
c I, Blaster*
Plumb rs' iinic
ers' union,
Rricklayer
Helpers' unlo
\" i ICnights
WILL NOT
ARBITRATt.
Itejerts
I lie I tillman ( umpuio 1'oslflv
the Latest I' oposltIon.
t Hit \oo, July 10 V committee of
seven representing the labor union?
of the eltv met the committee of four
from the city council at 1 o'clock and
Tiftera full discm ion as to the grav-
ity of the case, the council committee
was informed by the labor committee
that unlesa the Pullman compauy
agreed to arbitration to-morrow night
all organized labor in Cook ?ouuty
would (Ji.iit v , i b
I of the request, ami after a I
consultation w ith his attorney he re-
I fused emphatically to receive tiie
| proposed committee of the. ••The
j Pullman company.' he said, "has notli-
; ng to arbitrate, ami we mu-t rofiis -
| torcceivetheconiniitt.eetowhie.il you
j refer. Our company lias not receded
j from the position taken at the incep-
tion of the strike. This is final.
BLOODSHED AT HAMMOND.
Our Kioti
l\ ilN il i
Niintber of !'•
t Hit \iio, .1 n ly 10. The rio
Hamuionil, 1ml . euliniiiate«l
i a conflict between
lunpauy Ii, 1 iftecnth
day a ft ermion
the mob and
United States
Killed.
CiiwtLb* I'lkis. uKit a laborer
\\ ounded.
\ ie I or Vttcler. fatal: v
Willi on t iiupbeil, -hot through both leg.'!.
Mrs Kicmdn/, shot in knee.
Vli t. i liltu*. .-hot iu I'v
Unknown man shot through the waist
\ number of other people were
slightly injured, but were carried
a way by their friends and secreted
!"ini it will be impossible to learn the
exact number of wounded.
The trouble began Saturday night.
1 he rioters kept their work up all
night, burning cars and disabling en-
g lies. \esterday morning they
burned a Pullman ear. Most of this
work was done inside the Illinois
state line, and as soon as the Illinois
militia arrived on the scene the mob
retired into Indiana and jeered at the
lll'OODS.
About 0 o'clock a great crowd
gathered again about the Monon
V/JX't. Several freight cars were over-
tWuVii mid
tracks blocked. The sheriff and depu-
ties were powerless to restrain the
mob, and as tliero was no hope of the
Indiana militia arriving before late
an appeal was made to the federal
authorities in Chicago, and Company
B of the Fifteenth infantry was sent
out at once.
The troops were stationed about
the Monon depot as that seemed t-o
be the center of the rioter's attack,
and their presence quieted things for
a while, and the blockade on the
tracks was finally raised at I o'clock
in the afternoon, and several passen-
ger trains pulled through.
This seemed to anger the mob, and,
with an increase in number.- its pas-
sions grew to a frenzy. Tlie reguiars
were greeted with oaths and shouts
of derision, and volley s of sticks find
stones were showered upon them.
The men stood their grounds, how*
ever, and kept the mob for sev-
eral hours from approaching
the buildings. Hy o'clock fully
f>,000 rioters were ass 'inblcd. They
had been aroused by their leaders to
a frenzy tluit made an encounter with
the soldiers ceituin. Several times
they rushed upon the company of
troops, imit were met by fixed bayo-
nets and driven back. \t last, how-
ever. the entire body of strikers made
a determined rush towards the depot.
"Make ready, tire!" was the com-
mand, und the thirty-five Springtiebls
rang out in response. A second vol-
ley quickly followed the surging
crowd. The first volley staggered
tlieni and the second stopped the in as
effectually as if they bad run against
a stone wall. Several men were seen
to fall, but they were taken away by
t heir comrades ami the extent of their
injuries could not be learned.
I lie officer commanding the I nited
States forces ma le public the follow-
ing telegram received by him from
General Miles;
nit «
i' lo llaiiunoiiil
• er- This mak<
• troop4 plain
)l\ '
Mi
D KdS' PAST LIFE.
A New V ork Physician Considers Htm
I rretpmnllile.
Nkw Vokk. Julylo The Advertiser
this morning says:
Dr. T. IV K ibertson is one 'if the
New ^ orkers who know something of
the antecedents of Eugene V. Debs.
Dr. I
o'bertson is a specialist on nerv-
ous diseases and treated Deb.s in
April, Is'j-. , for a serious eas.i of dip-
THE TWO TERRITORIES
CONGRESSIONAL AND
SUMMARY.
LOCAl
News in General of Oklahoma am
the Indian Territory Pertaining t«
the Pale Pace and t!ie Rod Man,
At that time Debs was prominent
in labor ugitation and tin* editor of a
labor paper in Torre Haute, hid. His
system broke down completely under
'• instant alcoholic excesses an.I lie b:%-
caic.e a mental and physical wreck.
^ ith a letter of introduction from
t olon.'l Robert ti. Ingersoll lie came
to \, v York and was treated by Dr.
I'obcrt-oti. who restored him to some- j
thing like health again.
Dr. Robertson s\*nt a telegram to I
Debs Tliurslav night warning him
that he was in no condition to enter
into such an undertaking as the man-
agement of a great strike.
"I consider him to be almost, if not
quite irresponsible," said Dr. Robert-
son. "and I told him so in my tele-
gram. li's physical condition is not
god, and the effects of dipsomania
may affect his intellect. I have not
The assessed valuation of Oklahoma
county is 1,001,
The Button block in Oklahoma City
has been sold for SO,000
Oklahoma has now Beveinv-two pa-
tients in its various insane asylums.
Out of cases docketed in the pro-
bute court of Oklahoma during the
past three months *20 were divorce ac-
tions.
The Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indi-
ans have decided to use part of their
•SI,000,000 reserve fuud to improve their
alio tin en ts.
Monday was the hottest day known in
day ever known in Oklahoma. The
thermometer indicating 10s degrees in
the shade.
rived any answer to my telegram
John Mulatt and his mother were
run over and the latter instantly kill-
ed, by a Hock Island freight train at
El Reno Monday. They were crossing
I I suppose Mr. Dobs considers lhe tracks in the yards when the acci-
hiniMill insulti'il by l.oin;- ,-itllod ir- i dont happened.
ponsiblc. lie will break down Luther l'lii-dine.
pli.vsU-jilly nnd probably mentally as
soon as t |iK strain is over, if not be-
fore, and will probably relapse into
his former dissipated habits."
The Railway Age in its current
i sue has this to say about Debs:
Purdine, one of the jurors in
the Beall murder trial, committed sui-
cide at El Reno Tuesday by taking
poison. Punlinc w as one of the jurors
who voted to acquit Heal I. and had
been openly charged with being brib-
ed. The affair lias created a great
, - *-*«• • ioih.ii una m (in n ti. £ itau
, , ,.VVi\s Dwight, sensation, and all sorts of rumors are
afloat.
The case of the territory vs. D. Skin-
ner and wife of Mulhall and Earnest,
their son, for seduction of the 14-year
old daughter of Adam Shafer, Minnie,
came in Justice .Jackson's court Satur-
day. Earnest Skinner was discharged.
Mr. and Mrs. Skinner waived examin
taking the Keeley cure for
drunkenness, he used to brag much
to his fellow patients of what he was
tfoing to do some day for the working-
men "f the country. I was talking
re. . ntlv to a man w ho w as at Dwight
Hi the same time hs Debs (Debs
"graduated' on March 10, 1892, -but
who differs from Debs in having re -
trained from drink without backslid- ation and were placed under bond of
ing since then and lie told me much 8L*r 00 to await trial in the district
"•at was interesting of the style of co"rt-
Debs talk at that time. It was
the
n ml
talk of a sane man,
the light of recent events
it seems not unreasonable to believe
that as result of his years of drunk
ennc -s. r, ith the added strain of the
Keeley treatment and the still great-
•rain of his subsequent relapse
nit" drinking lif all reports are true),
l'"b mind has been affected and thai
!\7|- I''v
his fellow patients at Dwight, has
never made any secret of his ambi-
tions, w hich were not to w in for any
class of working men or for working
men as a w hole any especial scale of
wage - or any particular kind of treat
inert from their employers, but siin-
pl\ to put the working class in con-
trol of the government of the country.
IMPROVING IN COLORADO.
Plead VI it b strik-
arloiM J«oad«.
lo. The railroad
I ail Ii rlit llt'ii sent lo
ers I r-ilin on 1
Or:WF.it, Col., Jul
situation in Colorado is iiuprcving.
President Jeff'cry will try to open the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad to
llie West to-day. and with the aid of
the employes who have remained
loyal to the company protected by
United States marshals there is n good
prospect that he will suee.*ed.
\t , o'clock i special train pulled
out for the South, on which was a
e<>111uii11ee of twentv six employes,
represent!ng tlie engineers, condttc
tors. fir.'in.*u. brake men. switchmen
and telegraphers in this district w ho
have not refused to strike. Tliev went
to plead with the strikers at Pueblo,
Salina Grand Junction and other
points to return to work It is under-
stood that all will betaken back with-
out prejudice if they return at once,
but t his w III be their la-t chane .
The territorial Lpw orili League con-
vention, in session in Guthrie since
last Friday closed Monday with the
election of officers as follows: Presi-
dent. M. O. Stockland, 'Frisco; vice
president. Prof. Sampson, Kingfisher;
secretary, Miss Clark, Oklahoma City.
The attendance was large, and reports
showed the league to be spreading and
doing good work.
to give the Messiah dance on their res-
ervation. A party of New Yorkers is
sojourning at the agency and through
(lattery and money have persuaded
the braves to give a dance. These
dances are always attended with more
or less trouble, as the braves when
dancing grow mean and evil-minded,
but the .authorities hone to keep them
iu check. The Messiah dance is one
of the most wicrd and grotesque af-
fairs ever wituesscd by pale faces.
The Muskogee and Fort Gibson stage
was held up by six masked robbers in
the Arkansas river bottom Saturday
morning, and three of the passengers
and the driver were robbed of their
money and watches. The passengers
robbed were Mr. Norris of Fort Smith,
drummer: Colonel Joshua Ross, prin-
cipal of the Cherokee Male Academy,
and I. W. singleton: manager of the
Pheouix Printing company. They can
not identify the robbers, but they arc
supposed to be the notorious Cook
band, who are known to be hanging
around in that community . About an
hour later William Drew , a prominent
Cherokee, w as held up about two miles
away ou the other side of the river,
ami was robbed of !*so in money ami a
line postol and belt, lie recognized
me of the part ies who robbed him,but
Iocs not give his name.
Pa i
will
■once n i ra
ibufetl ah
A controversy between the United
Mates Marsha! and the sheriff of IJ
•ounty as to w ho should have custody
>f the person should have of the per
on of < V. How until, who is indicted
it Stillwater, in the United States
•ourt. and at Pawnee, iu the territor-
il court was heard in the district at
Guthrie Saturday. Bowman is an al-
leged cattle and horse thief, who op
•rated iu county and in the Osage
reservation, which is I nited States
territory, and the question as to the
authority to try him became an im
portaut one, lis the I nited states pen
ilties arc much heavier than those of
... the territory. Judge Dale decided
the worst trouble in Kansas at Dodge ' idled States had the first
i , i ii... < i . i* •hum on the prisoner, a
The
the ot
and "i
\ 11
situat
>p: rate I
* as soon as the !
d at ( lie \ enne can
g t he road at points j
•ir services are needed. On |
roads (ruins arc running ia
l IIcnvcr regularly.
'i' points iu the state tlie
is improving.
DODCF. CITY UNRULY.
Strikem of t li«- SmiiI* I a Mlontt Train Men
mimI llii*>«irn <irms Trouble.
Totkka, Kan., July 7.—Xext to Ar-
gentine the Santa Fe Is meeting with
Will Stand hy 'f lielr Contract.
Wh iiita, Kan hihlo Division Nil
* of the order of Railway t onduet
•rs met at Eldorado and uiiuiiimousi\
idepted the following resolution:
olid uc U
O. R t
•a of Eldor
> remain In
Lot ihviij i. h ,
was received here i
dent Debs ordci in
Railway union men
and Nashville ron
sent stating that
grievances agaiust
fused to stril • .
An
A me i
ay fi
all
the Loiiis\
A roply
in.-ii bad
• road and
• an
i lie
Her loin
<•1 I If III h,
traffic is cor
the territor
trains arc at
ger train \
of sugar, rice
giving out.
situation In Oimtli*-
>U , July - Ratlvr
iplctely demoralized
,. Nearly all freig
a st iud(.till and pa^s*1
•I v irregular. Suppli
and other groi
' ity, where the strikers ma Ice fre-
quent demonstrations on the right of
way ami especially at night, shooting
at train men and discharging firearms
into the air. Deputy Montgomery, in
charge there, writes that the strikers
arc growing bolder every hour. Ho
sayt if this thing keeps up I will
bo able to -hoot a couple of them be-
fore night."
GULF TRAINS LAID OFF.
s|i I'm*«eligem on the .loptin and I lier-
ryialo llititloim Nunpeiided.
I ori Scorr, Kan., July 7. Six more
passenger trains on the Joplln and
Cherry vale divisions of tho Kansas
City, Fort Seott & Memphis road were
abandoned this morning on account
of the strike. They include trains 301
and 301 between this city and Jopliu,
403 and 400 between this city and
Cherryvale, and tor and 40S between
Chcrryvalo and Pittsburg.
I eb« May H Irrested.
t ircaoo.JulylO. U is said to be
probable that President Debt will
prisoner, and ordered
I hi in turned over to Marshal Nix.
I lie Osage t oal and Mining company
ittcmptcd to resume w ork Monday af-
ternoon for the first iu months, but.
was quickly stopped by striking miu-
•rs, who threaten bodily injury to the
ipcratoi- should the work hot be stop-
ped until all differences are settle J.
Flic United States Indian agent is on
the ground to arbitrate between
tin strikers and the coal company,but
with little effect, as the strikers say
they w ill not work or permit others to
work until the former scale ot prices
is restored.
Meric McBride of Wheelock, who
lias been attending Park College, at
Parkville, Mo., was drowned Monday
\i uiug w hile bathing in the Missouri
river. His body was not recovered,
.tidthe authorities of Kansas City not
itlcd to look out for it at that point.
The Duke and Dutcncs^ of Saxo-Co-
burg trotha gave a garden party Wed-
nesday at Clarence house. The Prince
find Princess of Wales and other mem-
ut
arc
under arrest by tomorrow afternoon j hers of the royal family were pre sen
or Wednesday morning Judge Gross* 'Ambassador Hayard and Mrs. Hayarr
eupis In the city and had the stuff of the I'niti'I St !tesenb.i m
ence to*dav with District
Milehrlst.
Attorney
Mr*. Warren liiyard and lier daughter
were auto i" tli >- e In artendnneo
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Childress, J. W. Cleveland County Leader. (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 14, 1894, newspaper, July 14, 1894; Lexington, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc108854/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.