Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-22
Long Island Whales.
THE GREAT MONSTERS or THE
DEEP FREQUENT THE OCEAN
WATERS THERE.
Policemen Sent For to Suppress Nude
Women Bathers-Storm Raging
Along the Coast.

SOUTHAMPTON, LONG ISLAND, N. T.,
July IA terrible storm IL raging
along the coast Of the island and, while
the ocean is sublime when still, 1t 10
grand while in a rage. I presume the
storm will drive of the whales refer
red to In the following from the
World:
"Compared to the finback whale,
the sea serpent of ancient memory II
a harmless occupant of old ocean.
Competition has laid this wondrous
monster of the deep low and the I'M
back is present in such force a. to
overwhelm the summer resort liar and
to threaten the summer resort indus
try itself. The valuation Of whales
cannot be accounted for or scientific
grounds, but they are reported from
nearly every seaside resort ON the
coast, and especially along the coast
line of Long Island, where great dam
age has been done to the fshermen's
nets. The whales run In schools, Wis
ible on the surface of the water at
times for q length of more thana mile,
and carry everything before them. 1t
Is the rule at some of the resorts, &C.
cording to a ~veracious pioneer who
returned a few days ago from q tour
of exploration, to brighten the whales
of by beating tin pans, in order that
bathers may enter the surf in safety.
This statement appeals to the imagi-
nation, but I am inclined to attribute
it to the habit of prevarication, which
is peculiar to newspaper men while
visiting Long Island. 1t is true, how
ever, that deep sea fishing of the
coast in small boats is extremely dan
gerous, and that this feature Of the
outing at the seaside has been quite
generally abandoned"
1 had expected to capture a few
dozen whales, but guess they will "get
away" as do the big fish.
Storms do not interfere with surf
bathing,n mo matter how dangerous they
may become. OF course, when the 9
is high you must not wear too many
clothes. They understand this at Bath
Beach, as the following indicates:
"Hollo therel Helloi Is this the Bath
Beach police station9 Yes3 Well,
hurry up. Send all the police you have
down to the pier at my hotel"
swell, what is it7" asked Police
Captain Burford. SIS It a case of MUIR
der or a riot9"
"No. There r three women swim
ming in front Of my hotel. They have
no clothes on land my guests are up In
arms"
"Who do you say7"
ST mean the women guests. The
men are all down at the pier. Hurry
upi"
About five minutes later two rounds
men and a patrolman reached the
pier. They saw two men and q woman
swimming in the water. They might
have worn aeshings, but the patrol
man who says he is not near sighted,
swear they were nude.
"Come out herei" shouted the pa
trolman.
"Come and get u.s." said the woman,
and then she Owed under water and
SWAN away. The two men followed.
The landlord said that for some days
his guests had been shocked every
afternoon by the appearance of
women In a nude condition.
"Ill put a stop to that" said the
Captain. Then he stationed a patrol
man at the wharf with q boat.
eff you find any Of those women
coming round here in that outfit then
you arrest them and bring them to
the station house just as they are,n
ordered the Captain.
"Aye, aye, sir" said the patrolman,
and then he took up his station to
watch for the Walkries coming home
from Walhalia.
am glad to see that the strike will
likely be settled by arbitration. A
tribunal of arbitration would be q
lightning rod that would conduct the
threatening current safely to the
ground. Nothing Is needed to insure
the creation of such a tribunal but the
consent of the operators. The strik-
ers have pledged themselves to SUBJ
NIT their case to arbitration and abide
by the result; Bishop Potter, who
more than any other man in the coun-
try possesses the confidence of both
sides in the controversy, has express
ed his willingness to cut short his
European tour and accept a position
as arbitrator, and President Mckinley
has declared that if requested by both
employers and workmen he would
be ready to take action. Everything
waits for the operators to give the
word.
This country has outgrown the
stupid inhumanities of the ssIabor
war;" with its brutal repression on
one side and its reckless excesses ON
the other. It believes that the time
has come for the adjustment of the
relations between employers and en-
ployed on the basis of justice and mu-
tual good will rather than on q COM
promise between hunger and the
greed for profit, with hatred over all.
The coal strike covers too much
ground and affects every mans home
too nearly to be overlooked or treated
as a matter OF merely private inter-
est, 1t is of as much public Importance
as the session of Congress, and it can
no more be allowed to run its course
without interference than two states
could be permitted to settle Q boun-
Diary dispute by mobilizing their Ma
tional Guards and repelling all sug-
gestions of compromise.
The sooner the operators agree with
the miners to ask President Mckinley
to appoint q tribunal of arbitration
the sooner prosperity for everybody
viii be in sight.
Strikes are among the calamities Of
this age, Of which we, who live In AM
drain county, know but little. When
the hired girl and the wife both strike
Il "a k-~ Ill.,