Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-02-26
Miscellaneous Items !!
PERTAINING TO DIFFERENT SEC.
TONS OF THE UNION.
Pittsburg, Pa, Flooded.
To Exclude Chinese from British Col.
umbia-Seizure Of Struggled
Oplum-Et c@teri.

A Pittsburg, Penn, press dispatch
of Feb. q says: The water reached the
highest point about noon today, and
was almost thirty-three feet at Il stand |
on Sixth street this morning. For two !
squares people We're compelled to use
boats, and five squares on Pennsyl-
vania avenue were in the same condi-
ton. Fine residences on the latter
were surrounded by the water and the
occupants had to be taken out in boats.
Only one death, that eta little bov, has
been reported SO far. The Robinson
house on Seventy street can only be
reached by boats. Between Sixth and
Seventh the water pours through in
great torrents from the river, flooding
half the square along Liberty street,
where n arly all the commission
houses of the city are. They are badly
flooded and the loss will be heavy.
The lower portion of the Allegheny is
like the city of Venice for dozen
squares, and people are moving about
in boats. On Robinson street, two
squares from the depot, there is nearly
four feet Of water and it is possible to
row a boat for Il mile al ny the street
The water reaches the first floor of
many residences. Big prices are
charged 10y owners of skit1s, and in
some cases boats were coniistic.lted and
turned over to the people in charge of
a patrolman. The artificial gas works
in Allegheny are submerged and no
gas will be furnished tonight. Sew
eral explosions of natural gas occurred
this morning but did not cause serious
damage or loss of life. Hers Island
iron bridge, erected after the flood of
1884, has been swept away. There
will doubtless be considerable suffering
in Allegheny as result Of the floods.
There is no further trouble at Johns
town, where the waters are receding
rapidly.
The question of the exclusion of the
Chimes has been revived in Victoria,
and is receiving much attention.
Some time ago the dominion pariia-
ment imposed a head tax of $50 upon
all Chinese entering Canada, but this
has proved to be no restriction what
ever. The same evils that led to the
successful opposition to Monaghan i'm
migration in the United States are OBJ
served by our neighbors across the line,
and they are clamoring for relief.
The Australian colonies, also, are eager
to be rid of their Asiatic burden. A
head tax there much larger than in
Canada does not appear to be effective
in keeping them away, and there are
now 10000 Of them in the colonies.
Beyond question Caucasian and Mon
golian civilization can not live together
in competition. White labor must
either descend to the level of the other
or be driven out. 1t is not a question
of sentimental rae antipathy, but of
irresistible laws of nature. If we
would maintain the dignity of labor
and have the laborer useful citizen,
the head of family and a valuable in
tegral portion of the body polite, we
must preserve him from competition
with labor that is servile in its instincts
and demoralizing in its tendencies.
Doubtless the citizens of British Col
umbia who recognize and suffer this
evil will have as hard Il time cOnvinc
ing their fellow Canadians of the just
<~f ~ ~ rf ~
of their motives as did the long-suffer
ing citizens of the Pacific coast soutl
of the line. We have, also, another
reason to hope they will be successful
in their efforts to pass restrictive laws
since it would close the greatest dool
through which the Chinese now I'M
lawfully enter the United States
West Shore.
A Pittslurg dispatch of Feb. 10 says
A strike in the Connellsvil'e coke re
gion was inaugurated this morning
and by tomorrow morning every min'
and coke works in the region will b
closed. About 10000 miners went on
today and they will he followed to
morrow by 5000 coke workers. Tn
strike is against reduction in wage
and for advanced wages of IL C pc
ton. A long struggle is inevitable
The workers SAY they are well prepare'
fora strike. They declare they cal
maintain 1t for a period of nearly tire
months lefore anyone will suffer.
riot occurred at the Fort Hill cox
works today. A number of drunke
HungariOns attacked Yard Boss Snydt
and beat him numerically. The
also beat man, who was assistin
Snyder, SO badly that his death
momentarily expected.