The Mena star., 1898-04-06
W ITHOUT WARNING.
Levee Breaks and Scores of People
 Are Carried to Death.
Appalling Calamity Visits shawnectown. nL-whoie Town Under Many Feet Of Wster--Death List May
 Reach 800.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 5.-Nearly ished in flood that swept over Shaw neetown, H., last night on the break. ing of levee of the Ohio river. Houses were turned and tossed about like boxes The people had no warn. ing. Those at home sought refuge in second stories and on house tops. Those in the streets were carried before the avalanche of water. In the center part of the town some brick structures stopped the rush of water for few minutes, but about two-thirds of the dwell. ings were lifted from their foundations and fioated out into the current of the river. After few minutes large house that had started down stream with the others caught fire. A num- Der of houses that it struck in its zig. gag course caught fire and the people on the roofs were obliged to intrust themselves to improvised rafts. Be- sides those who were on the roofs os the sound buildings, it is believed large number of the inhabitants man. aged in one way or another to make their way to the high hills back oi the town or to houses in the higher section of the village itself
 No offers have yet been made to search for bodies the attention of the relief parties being directed almost entirely to the distribution of supplies and making the homeless as comfortable as possible. The relief work is we'll organized. Tents and blankets sent by the governor yesterday will be promptly distributed. Those who escaped lost everything and their homes are in ruins. Hundreds of peo- pie have not been rescued from the houses in which they were imprisoned, others are still in the treetops and still others are afioat on the waste of the torrent. Late reports say the en- tire levee will be destroyed by morn ing and every frame house in town is certain to be dashed to pieces. The wind is blowing 35 miles an hour with rain that cuts like glass, Every means Of assistance is used to provide food and shelter to the hundreds of homeless refugees. Absolutely nothing has been saved in the city. The stores and oth- CT business houses are Aoooed to the second floors. All the streets are under water from ten to 30 feet Provisions are constantly arriving from all the neighboring towns. A relief train ar rived here last night, but owing to the high winds and roughness of the water at the ferry crossing, all attempts to transfer the provisions across have been abandoned. Gov. Tanner yester- day afternoon started from Spring. field 100 tents, blankets enough for 800 people and sufficient amount of prepared food for the immediate relief of 1,200 people.
 Twenty Thousand Affected by a Strike.
 CHICAGO, April 4.-Three thousand journeymen carpenters went on a strike in this city this morning. Men to the number of about 20, 600 were laid off on buildings repairs, etc, as they cannot work unless the carpen- ters do. The strike is due to the re- fusal of the journeymen to agree that no work shall be done for bosses out side of the Builders association.
 Six People Drowned.
 PIGGoTT, Ark, April 5M. Wehren- dorf, his three children and sister and brother-in-law were drowned in St. Francis river, near St. Francis yester- day afternoon. Their boat capsized. None of the bodies has been recovered.
 Twelve Buildings Burned.
 CHARLOTTE, N. C., April 4--Fire at Rock Hill, $. C., yesterday morning destroyed 12 buildings, involving loss of S25O, 900 upon which there was m insurance of $i50,000 distributed in 16 companies.