The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-16
Havoc of the Wind.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.-THE storm
sylvania In this city scores of houses were
unroofed and the walls of many partially
constructed buildings blown down. The Ro-
man Catholic Church of the Nativity, which
is being constructed at Belgrade street and
Allegheny avenue, was damaged to the
tent. Of $4,000. While the gale was at it's
height, the stone wall on the east side of
the edifice was blown inward and two huge
blocks of stone crashed through the tempo
rary roof and into the basement, smashing
a costly new organ. The ship Ivy of
Bath. Me-, broke from her moorings. and,
yard, was badly damaged The grand stand
Of the. University of Pennsylvania athletic
grounds was blown down. Fire and police
wires throughout the city were rendered
imperative by trees and other obstacles
falling across them The officials of the
telegraph companies announced late in the
day that the wires were in fairly good
shape. and that communication in all di-
rections has practically been restored.
In the vicinity of Lancaster nearly all the
roads were. blockaded with fallen trees
The wind blew with terrific force. and de-
molished tobacco sheds and outbuildings
by the score. A high brick stack at d. B.
Lands & Sons grain elevator was blown
across the tracks of the Lancaster & Read
ing railroad, and travel was delayed for
several hours. At York two inches of rain
fell and the electric light wires set fire to
a warehouse in the business center of the
city. Timely discovery prevented a seri-
Gus blaze At Easton many TELEPHONES ZONES
and general damage was done.
The storm was also severe in New Jer-
sey. At Burlington the wind demolished
Johnsons stove factory. Electric light
wires were torn from their faStenngs and
the city was left in total darkness. The
yachts Carrie Enger and Blue Bird were
blown ashore at Egg Harbor and number
Of oyster boats on the Mullya river were
badly damaged. The brigantine branch of
the Reading railroad was washed out in
many places and the tide carried hundreds
Of tons of hay off the meadows.
GIass-Workers' Strike.
PITTSBURG, Oct Il. - Monday morning
will witness the Inauguration of the fight
between the United States Glass Company
and the American Flint-glass Workers
ficials of the firm will light the fires in
Kings factory on South Eighteenth street,
and thereafter endeavor to operate it with
nonunion men. Monday is the last day, &C
cording to the circular issued by the COM
pany, upon which old employees may apply
for work. That the men will not seek their
old positions is certain, as, acting under
orders from the union, they are already on
strike. Yesterday officials of the company
were quite reticent, the only information
obtainable being that the factory would
start. From another source 1t was reliably
ascertained that the management had Sc
cured some nonunion men who had worked
in the tumbler factory at Rochester. These
men will be on hand. The cots as we'll as
cooking utensils are already in place in the
factory, and the nonunionites may use the
factory as a boarding house during the
trouble The request for additional police
protection made to-day by President Pag-
ley may be granted, but South-side glass
blowers say there is no danger of the
unionists interfering in any manner what
ever. The strike, which begins tomorrow,
will be the first that has occurred in the
flint-glass houses of This city since 1887. AT
that time the same manufacturers now ar
rayed against the union made the fight.
After a struggle lasting five months the men
gained their point. Since then the scales
have each year been amicably arranged.