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Show IHE SALT LAKE TIMES.' TUESDAY AUGUST M.m AFTER SUNSET. V' ' Fho vast and o!wnn oompsny of cloud Around the inn' death, lit, tooMnadinwJ, - Cool into aliy wan; M night enshroucU Ths level pasture, creeping up behind Through rolceles Toloe, o'er lawn and purpled hill And honed moad, her history to fulfill. Oows low from for off Jortns; the loitering wind Blgbi in the liedite; you hear it if you will Thoujfh all ths wood, alive atop with wingi Lifting and sinking through the leafy nooks. Seethes with the clamor of a thousand rook. Now erery sound at leagth la huah'd away. Those few are aocred momenta. One more day Drous la the ehadowy gulf of bygone things. William Ailing bam. EMPIRE I MEAT : MArIeTV ED.raimoraop. ann retail dealer In Choice WHOLESALE Lamb and Sausages of all kinds. All orders delivered from No. 31 S. West Temple. A T-- THIS MONTH: . Hammock - - $ .75 rath $1.25 Tom Hyson Tea, per Hi $ is m iamrnts 11 " 1 3 oj. Ice Cream Freezers 1.25 - icolirel Japan Tea, pr 11 M " .75 i oJ. Ice Cream Freezers 1J talrt Japan Tea, " .75" 1.25 J. let Cream Freezers 21 ten Japan Tea. " .30 " .50 IceTonps - .10 TTioqp fi-nnd- q Are First Quality. Call, and examine them am .mcpp numerous other Bargains we offer our customers, THE FAIR. 13 west First South Si SALT LAKE MEAT CO. Wholesalee Dealers in Dressed Beef Pork, Mutton, Veal, Smoked Meats and Swift's Hams, Bacon & Lard R0LA5D & SAMPSON. Cor Third South and Fifth Wett Streeti. KELLY & COMPANY Printers, Blank-Boo-k Makers and Stationers. No. 40 W. Second South St Salt Lake, - Utah) Our facilities for doing First-Clas- s Job Print-ing are of the nowest and best. Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. Samples of Railroad, Mining, Bank and Mer-cantile Work always on hand. Complete line of Office Supplies, embracing the most approved Labor- - Saving and Economical Inventions. Prices Low. Call on Us. D. VAN BUSKIRK. OFFICE OJf T. C. STE33IMS The Van Buskirk Investment Co.' GENERAL REAL ESIAlE BUSINESS TRANSACTED. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO TflJ FORMING OF SYNDICATE! AGENTS FOR EASTERN CAPITAL We do not handle SNAPS, but GOOD BARGAINS! EXPERIENCED OPERATORS and Members of the Rial Estate ExohasoS I79 MAIN STREET, corner Second South. jPabst Brewing C( (Formerly PHILIP BEST) 2vHj-w.tj"i:ee- , wia Export, Bohemian, Hoffbrau and Select Blue Ei Keg and Bottled Beers shipped immediately upon order. TEE FAMILY TRADE SOLICITED FREE DELIVERY! TELEPHONE B. K. BLOCH an Co., 15-- 1 7 COMMERCIAL ST.' Ageni GEORGE A. LOWE, Sealer in All Kinds of First-Clas- s Agricultural Implement- s,- . "3CHUTTLER FAPM AND FREIGHS WAGON3, CoHus Buggies, Mods ai Road Carls of every description. Steam Engines, Leffel Wheels. j : - .. . . WAREJHOUSE3 STATE ROAD BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND SOUTH. -E-XCLUSIVE DEALERS I-N-FINK 3 Wi a hi ii 5H-- " ' ' Sole Agents for James Means7 pl J Spencer & Kimbal 160 Main Street. J. M. STULL & COMPANY, FIIE INSURANCE AGENTS First-Cla- ss Board Companies Represented. No. 22 East First South St., Salt Lake City, Utah. E. SELLS, J. TUCKER. H. W. SELLS. Sells & Corripany, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Lumber. First South street, opposite 14th Ward Assembly Rooms. P. 0. Box 1078. , ' Old Pioneer ar4 of Armstrong & Bagley. -::- -W. J. KING-::-- Dealer In. TINWARE & HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. 279 im Main Street, Salt Lake City, DHL , Two Star safety bicycles for salo cheap. Pembroke's, 18 Commercial st. Call and see my new line of Spring Suiting worsted pantabonings, eto. W. A. Taylor, 45 . Second South. MTIJs slilpjiiM "TO ALL PRINCIPAL POINTS EAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH THE CITY TICKET OFFICE. liiiioii - Pad SYSTEM. MOUNTAIN EIVI310N The Only Line carrying the UniW Overland Mall. Direct CoanasW1; . . tweeu all Points NortU Mi w, NEW TIME CAR UTiH CENTRAL DISTRICT. I THE EAGLE FNDDRT MD MACHINE COMPANY Telephone 814; : ; 424 1VEST FIRST SOUTH, : : f. 0. Box 485. Examination of Teachers, A second examination for teachers who uro applicants for positions in tho public schools of Salt Lake city will bo held at the Twelfth district school building, beginning Tuesday, Septem-ber 2nd, at 0 o'clock a.m. This will be open to all applicants who have not as ypt presented tliemselves for examina-tion, as well as those who failed in the last to secure a passing grade. J. F. MlLLSPAUGH, Chairman Board of Exam'rs. No trouble to show Desky's second addition. Call at d'i-'i- 'i h building. "uger irams Arrm and Lea?e at Salt Lake City as 101101. V FKOM THB NOB. going NORTH. , WMfe and CUh & Northern! t lc 10:n0a.m- - Local Express ' FROM THM SOUTH. Mllford Express ' GOU!a eu- - Juab. Proro. Lehi, Ironto"n"'and V;," fl t,a-m- - J"f, Prova. Lobl, Ironton ana J;I) reka Express ....... reka Express l. 1." - ul:tlP-m- Mllford Exprsss Jj Our line of Bathing Suits is still com- - Sleto. We are agents for the Brooklyn Co.'s celebrated goods and will guarantee them in every particu- lar. Bast-Terr- y Mer. Co., VS2 Main stree Hi ani Montana MacMnery Coipany C. P. MASON, Manager. Headquarters for all Classes of Machinarv. KockBreaken,, Wall'8 biAh ComJrS&X catmg Oils, Mine, Mil and Smeller Supplies, Silver, Gold "2d ConceaS Ig Mills erected and delivered in running order. , . Maine Oice and Warerooms 259 S. Main Street, Salt Lale D. S. V:; AGENCY, BUTTE, MONTANA. One car of folding bods and four of assorted furniture, 'new styles. Please call. Barrett Bros, uaja. and. Nevada District.-'- For Garfield Beach, 'aalhrl'!?' ron thb ,;.JJ .. ,?: ?a-- From Garfleli BeaoU, ally J I0:a.m " ", - .. ' .:n.m 4 " u ;p.iu .'..:. " y0i u 3:4.-p.- ' ' " f.S :p.m " " " ti " u Jjp.m " is .. !:p-- " " '1 tExcept Monday and VVy-- P m " " - Except Bonday. S. W. ECCLES, q p RESSEGUIE, Cen'l Passenger ' Ajent. lienarai MiJ Bemored. W. E. Hubbard, real estate and in-surance, has removed his office from 121 Main to 150 Main. i sense to expo80 Wmseil. to our fire oy daylight. He knew that there were at least two of us, and perhaps he feared that we numbered five or six. He had only to wait until night came to get a more even show. As the sun went down and the dark-ness settled upon the wood we crept nearer the house, and when we finally got settled it was at the roots of a tree not over twenty feet from the door and directly opposite. While the night was a fairly dark one the door could not be opened without our hearing and seeing. It was our idea that along about mid-night it would be suddenly flung open and the men would leap out to the right and left, and therefore neither of us slept. Indeed sleep, with the myriads of mosquitoes swarming around us, would have been impossible. There were times when it seemed as if we would be eaten alive and when we had to lay down our guns and make a fight for it. At about 1 o'clock there was a pounding on the door of the cabin and the thick voice of a negro called out: "Hey, you white men out dar!" We did not answer until he had called several times and he then announced: "Marse Traver ar' dead an' I want to surrender." "When did he die?' I asked. "Jes" "bout an hour ago. One o you shot him dis mawnin' an' he's befn bleedin' all day." I had fired upon him and I felt quite certain that I had hit him, and so this statement seemed very reasonable. After consulting for a bit we called to him to throW open the door and come out, but he answered: "Ize done afcared vou'll shoot me AN OUTLAW. The surrender of Kirby Smith let loose upon the southwest a horde of dan-gerous men, and by the time the govern-ment had established its departments and military posts hundreds of the late rebel soldiery were little better than outlaws. The strong hand of the mili-tary authorities soon downed the major-ity, but thero were others who preferred to die in the woods or swamps rather than retnrn to ways of peace. When they had been given a reasonable time to come in, and when it was seen that they openly dolled the power of the gov-ernment, they were outlawed and a price set upon the heads of the leaders. More-over, small detachments of soldiers hunted them down, and army scouts went out in pairs and had many a Btir-rin- g adventure. While these outlaws were ls most of them had been guerrillas in the war, robbing both friend and foe, and the regular rebel soldier who hud made a regular surren- - down." "But we promise not to fire if you do not seek to escape." "What's de time o' night?" "About 1 o'clock." "Den I'll wait 'till daylight afore I cum out. Den you kin all see dnt I want to surrender, an' go up to Helena and jine my wife. I didn't dun want to be Leah, but Marse Traver made me cum?" This plan suited us just as well, and everything went along quietly until day was just breaking, when Bastrop sud-denly roused up and whispered: "What infernal fools we are! Don't you smell the rat?" "No." "I'll bet a hundred to one that the nigger was giving us taffy. They have dug out under the logs on the back Bide while we were waiting here." It struck me that this was the dodge he had played, and leaving my comrade to watch the door I mode a circuit to ap-proach the cabin in the rear. The first thing I saw was a pile of fresh dirt close to the logs, and this was proof that the outlaws had escaped. The talk of the negro was a part of the plan to throw us off our guard, and he had probably gone with Traver. My first thought was to advance to the cabin and settle the question, but as I was about to leave my cover I heard a noise inside which satis-fied me that at least one of the pair was still there. If so, he would shoot me as soon as I exposed myself, as there was no chinking between the logs on the back side of the hut. After a few min-utes' reflection I felt that I had sifted the plan. Traver had left by the hole, not for the purpose of running away, but to circle around to our rear and then croep up and shoot us. It had now come to be broad day, and I moved swiftly to get back to Bastrop. I had to make a considerable circuit, and as I approached the spot, dodging from tree to tree, I heard the report of a rifle, followed by a ringing war whoop. Next instant I saw the outlaw before me, holding a smoking rifle in his hands, and I took a snap shot and dropped him in his tracks. Next moment another rifle crackod, and I heard a yell from the negro, followed by a call from Bas-trop. I advanced to find him sitting on the ground with the blood flowing from his head, and at first I thought he had a fatal wound. An investigation, how-ever, revealed the fact that he had had a narrow escape. The bullet fired at him by the outlaw had raked his scalp and knocked him down, but he had jumped up just as the negro flung the door open to come out, having a rifle in his hands. Bastrop had fired upon him and sent a bullot into his shoulder, and the fellow was rolling around on tho earth and howling like a wolf with pain and fear. Traver was stone dead. The bullet had struck him in the head, and he fell in a heap. He had a Winchester, two revol-vers and two knives, and there was such a look of ferocity in his face that we had to turn away from it. The nr-r-o was also well armed, but the wound had taken all tho fight out of him. He had been with Traver for three months, and admitted to having had a hand in several serious crimes dur-ing thnt period. We took him to Hole-n- a, where he suffered amputation of the wounded arm and died soon after. New York Sun. der had no sympathy with them. In September, 1860, word came into Helena that an outlaw named Bill Traver had taken up his retreat in the woods a few miles below and on the Mississippi shore of the river. Indeed, the word came to us direct from him and was brought by a colored man.. Not being able to write, he had to send a verbal message, and it was to the effect that he hated the government, had killed fifty Yankees during the war, and now dofied the military force to capture him. Wil-liam Bastrop and myself, both being on duty as scouts, were detailed to investi-gate. Tho order detailing us meant this: "You are hereby granted ten days' leave of absence to kill Bill Traver, out-law, or to be killed yourselves." The negro disappeared after delivering his message, and we waited two days before making a move. We were then set across tho river in a skiff at night and left to pursue our plans. Traver would be expecting us to approach his retreat in front and by boat, while we proposed to go in by the back door, if at all. He might lie in the woods and he might not, although the negro was honest in telling his story. We doubted if any human being conld live in the woods at that season on account of the torment of the insects. We had in mind an old cabin in a clearing two miles back of the river. A squad of fifteen of us had once captured five outlaws in this cabin, and in the fight two more had been killed. For this reason no one would occupy the cabin, not even a negro squatter. Whether Traver would be affected by a like superstition we did not know, but proposed to find out. We each had a Winchester and a revolver, with a pack of provisions, and an hour before day-light we were in hiding close to the cabin, When day broke we saw that the door there was but one was shut, and that an old coffee sack had been nailed over the only window. Those were evidences that the house was occu-pied by some one, and frum our ambush behind a log, and only pistol shot away, we kept a closer watch. , It was about 8 o'clock in the morning when a colored man came out of the cabin and built a fire on the ground and began to cook breakfast. We could smell the frying bacon and catch the odor of the coffee, and we felt sure that Travor or somo other white man was inside. It took the man about half an hour to prepare the meal, and during this interval we made up our minds that we ha never seen him before. When he had everything ready he went to the door and called, and five minutes later Traver appeared. There was no mis-taking him, as he tallied point for point with tho description given us, He was a ragged, dirty, desperate looking fel-low, and he was evidently in bad humor. He kicked the negro aside and sat down to his breakfast, and for ten minutes he kept up a continued growling and curs-ing. The negro retired to a log ten feet away, and while he made no reply to the abuse heaped upon him, ho did not seem much disturbed by it. There was no doubt that Traver was well armed. Had he not considered him-self perfectly safe he would not have stirred outdoors without a weapon. While he had been outlawed, and whilo we knew him to be a robbor and mur-derer, we could not kill him off hand. Either one of us could have sent a bul-let into his head from our ambush, and we knew that he would shoot us down like dogs if he had the chance. We final-ly decided to flank him right and left, and hope to get so near the cabin as to cut off his retreat to it when we called upon him to surrender. I passed to the right and Bastrop to the left. He had the best cover. Whon I had accom- - Slished half the distance the negro rose up, alarmed by tho breaking of a twig, saw me, and uttered a whoop. Bastrop rose up and demanded a surren-der, while I fired on tho outlaw. In an instant both men wore in the cabin with the door shut, and our gome was blocked. We dropped to the ground, and five min-utes lutor one passing by could not have told that there was a human being with-in twenty miles of the spot. After a quarter of an hour of the deepest silence we moved back until we came together. We had caged our man, and the negro was evidently a bad ona as well. We had the advantage of being able to command the only exit from the, house, but there was no telling what sort of a dodge Traver would be up to as an offset. We decided to guard the door and windaw for the day at least, feeling certain that the outlaws had no supply of water in ihe cabin. That day seemed long enough to make a full week. "We were tormented by mos-quitoes, had only hardtack to satisfy our hunger, and our thirst was quenched with water unfit for an ox to drink. We were constantly expecting to see the men open the door and epriug for cover, nly a few feet away, and the situation was a constant tax on the nerves. Noon came, mid afternoon came, the sun went down, and not the slightest move had been made by our enemies. Had we not seen them rush into the cabin and shut the door we should have said that the place was untenanted. Traver, though a desperate man, had toomuch executive board, knifjhts of labor, meets with our unquaUlied approval. Second Ths course pursued by W ebb towards Powdorly nuii the knights of labor, notwithstanding his declaration to the contrary, evidences a purpose to disrupt and destroy labor organizations on the New York Central & Hudson Kiver railroad, as was done by Austin Corbin ou the Philadelphia & Heading. Third The policy of Webb is despotic to an extent that outrages every prin-ciple of American citi.enship, and if generally adopted would, if successful, reduce American workmen to a de-graded condition. Fourth Webb, bv the employment of Pinkerton thieves, thugs and murderers, vile wretches from the slums and broth-els of New York and other cities, to kill workingmeu if they dared protest against his rules and strike for their rights, is a crime of such enormity as will associate the name of Webb forever with those who, dressed in a little brief authority, havo used their money to secure and degrade their fellow men. Fifth That the efforts now being put forth by Webb to destroy the knights of labor would, were the cir-cumstances changed, In like manner be made to destroy the organizations of engineers, firemen, conductors, train-- , men and switchmen, and if successful, it is only a question of time when a sim-ilar effort will bo made to seal the fate of other labor organizations. Sixth Webb, by the course he pur-sued towards the knights of labor and the representatives of labor organiza-tions, has shown a disregard of the principles of a citizen's sovereignty by every American worthy of tho name, and, considering only his money power and tho corporate power of the company he represents, his acts, which speak louder than words, say in tho language of W. H. Vanderbilt, once the autocrat of the New York Central: "The public be damned." Seventh-We- bb supports this arrogant attitudo toward workingmon and labor organizations by assuming that the New York Central & Hudson Kiver railroad is pri vat 5 property, and that his acts in the treatment of his em-ployes is in no sense a matter of public concern; that he can with Impunity discharge men and remand them to idleness and poverty, and render thera homeless wanderers without giving any reason or explanation of his conduct, disregarding the fact that the corpora-tion for which he plays the autocrat is a thing created by laws, in the making of which the men ho seeks to degrade have a voice, which onco unified, will bring his corporation to the bar of jus-tice, where his millions and the other millions he represents ceaso to bo po-tential in deciding questions of this kind. In view o fthe foregoing facts the su-preme council puts upon record its unanimous and unqualified approval of the strike on the New York Central & Hudson River railway, for the causes set forth by Powderly, as also the efforts made by Powderly to bringthe strike to an honorable termination. In this gen-eral expression of approval of the ac-tion of the knights of labor, the course of Webb is as unequivocally con-demned. THE POWER OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL in tho matter of the strike, has been ex-erted to aid the knights of labor through their representatives, to secure a recognition of tholr order by the of ficials of a rich and powerful corpora-tion, to secure for the workingmon, the victims of autocratic powor, a hearing, and to perform such other kiniUy of-fices as were proper under the demonstrating tholr sympathy and good will and thereby aiding tho knights of labor to bring the strike to a close upon principles of right and jus-tice, in this the council met with fail-ure, owing to the autocratic attitude of ' Webb. It now becomos necessary for the council to say that, owing to the fact that the order of the knights of labor Is not a member of the federated order of railway employos, the laws of the supremo council do not permit its doing more than it has done to aid the knights of labor and its inability to par-- , ticipate otherwise in the strike Is now known and appreciated by Powdorly. Referring to the laws of the supreme council relating to strikes, the matter is concisely presented as follows: In the first place, if the members of anothor organization on any railroad havo a grievance, it is submitted to the public olllcers of the road by a local grievance committee, In tho event of failure to obtain satisfaction, the chief executive officer of the order having a grievance is called upon, and, in connection with the committee, seoks to amicably adjust tho difficulty. If failure still attends the efforts to adjust the trouble, then the supreme council is convened at the headquarters of the railroad officers, with whom a 'conference is requested, $ . and its influonco is expected to obtain a settlement alike just to all parties. If failure still follows the effort to remove the cause of complaint, and the coun-cil, by unanimous vote, decides that the grievance bo of such gravity as to justify a strike, it will be promptly ordered, in which event all of the mem-bers of the various organizations em-ployed on the road where tho grievance exists, viz., liremou. conductors, train-men and switchmen, abandon their work. In conclusion, the supreme council places upon record Us appreciation of the manliness of the knights of labor employed on the New York Central in struggling to maintain a principle sacred to every workingmau and to all who lovo justice, and liopo for a tri-umph of right over a wrong as flagrant as ever stained the pages of history. Frank P. Sauoknt, President. Attest: W. A. Shkeiian, Secretary. left with His Toea. A man recently wrote to the London newspapers about an lad liv-iu- g at Bristol, who, being without arms, paints pictures by holding a brush in his mouth. It has since been discovered that thero is an armless man at Antwerp who has for years worked at copying pictures in the public gallery there. Ha oses his toes instead of his fingers, and can put his foot into the tail pecket of his coat, pull out his handkerchief and wipe his head, which is bald, all the while balanced on a high stool. Cor. New York Sun. An Illinois I'earl for a Ceontess. On Saturday Charles Ellis, an ama-teur fisher, found a pearl in the Peca-toni-river, at Winslow, near Galena, His., which he sold to an expert buyer for $600. The gem was one of the largest that has ever been discovered in these waters, of a dark, bluish brown tint, and remarkably lustrous. The pearl was seen by one of Tiffany's men of New York, who gave a check for $1,200 for it on sight. It is to adorn the coronet of a well known English count-- . ess. St. Louis Globe-Democra- t. ' Bicycling from Chicago to Boston, There were in New Haven recently two lady bicyclists about twenty years of age, who rodo there from Chicago. They are Miss Mortimer and Miss Chace, and they were accompanied by a brother of Miss Mortimer. They made the jour-ney, approximately 1,000 mih, in thirty-on- e days, averaging about fifty miles a day, resting several days and sightsee-ing along the way. Both wore divided skirts and rodo safety machines. The ladies remained in New Haven several days visiting friends, and then rode to Boston, their ultimate destination. Both are members of the Ladies' Bicycle club of Chicago. They will return home on the cars. Philadelphia Press. , |