Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-13
STRIKE SPREADING.
The Trouble with Chicago Plumbers
Extends to Other Cities.
KNOCKED OUT IN FOURTEEN ROUNDS
johnny Van Heest Defeats George stout-A
Prize Fight Held In an Indiana
Churchyard- Negroes and the
Tennessee Exposition.

CHICAGO, May 6.-The strike of the
building trades has spread beyond Chi
cago and is likely to involve important
work in a number Of other cities. Yes
terday the officers of the Plumbers
union and of the Junior Steamhtters'
union used the telegraph wires to stop
work on jobs being run by Contractor
Prentiss in st. Louis, D. NJ, Quay in Sy-
racuse, N. Y, Worcester, Mass, and Co
lumbus, o.; j. j. Wade in st. Louis;
Baggett & Co., Indianapolis, and Smith
4 Thomas in Columbus, o. The union
men claim to have received word
from all the places that the men have
stopped work. The situation in this
city was more strained last night than
at any time since the trouble began.
At meeting of the master steamtitters
the organization decided that it would
not grant the increase asked by the
men, but many members Of the organi.
zation made individual agreements
with the men after the adjournment of
the meeting. With the plumbers, it is
to be a fight to "A finish. Both sides
have delivered ultimatums, and say
they are prepared to sink or swim on
the proposition they have advanced.
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LEXINGTON, KY, May G,-The 90
round fight between Johnny Van
Hest, of Ashland, Wis, and George
Stout, Of Cincinnati, took place here
last night underline auspices of the Ma,
varre Athletic club, OF this city. Van
lleest weighed in at l91ll pounds and
Stout at l.0lg pounds. George Siler
acted as referee. At first Stout seemed
to have it all his own way-that is, he
came out of the rounds fresher than
his antagonist. Neither dealt very
heavy blows. Van lleest struck out
from the shoulder while Stout resort
ed to uppercuts, Stout's friends be-
lieved that he would be the winner
until the close of the 18th round, when
the knockdown blow on the chin from
Van lIeest's left was delivered. Stout
got up within ten seconds, groggy.
Van Hest knocked him down again
with n left and right in the face. The
gong postponed the real knockout till
the l4th round. One blow at the very
beginning of the l4th round foorcd
Stout and left him unconscious,
PRIZE FIGHT IN A CuuRcnYARD.
MuNcIE, Ind, May G.-rwo hundred
sports last night held prize fight in
the Forest Hill United Brethren
churchyard. The principals were Dan
Bailitf, of Lima, o., champion heavy
weight of Ohio and Indiana, and Gus
German, of San Francisco, champion
heavyweight of the Pacific coast
Bailitf knocked his man out in tn,
fourth round, after II vicious fight
German was nearly killed by Il blow
over the heart. Church people are in
censed that the affair should have oc
cured on church property, and have
succeeded il having special session
of the grand jury to investigate
NEGROES FIND FAULT.
NASHVILLE Tenn, May 6.-Thc col
ored people Of Nashville are disc sing
the ACCESSIBILITY of boycotting the Cen
tennial exposition. Some of them are
openly advocating Il quiet little boy
colt as counter to what they claim
was deliberate plan to keep them
from participating, in prominent
way, in the opening exercises last Sat
urday. The guards of the Auditorium
building, in which the opening exer
cses were held, made the executive
committee Of the negro department sit
in the gallery, and would not permit
any Of the colored men and women tc
take seats in the main body of the hall.