Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-25
Caused BY Strike on Little Railroad
In Wales.
BRITISH SHIPPING AFFECTED
Experts Opiniob of London's Un-
d,
derground Electric Roads.
FOREIGN MEMS AND GOSSIP

anything else in England this week, be-
cause 1t IL closely related to the coal supply
and the manufacturing vitality Of the king
dom The Tai Vale railroad carries the
product OF nifty thousand coal miners into
| Cardiff. The fifth day Of the strike sees
small quantities Of the best steam coal
commanding 80 shillings. All the Cardiff
factories are shut down, and the merchant
feet are unable to leave the harbor because
they have not been supplied with coal.
Most OF the mines. are still pilng up coal
at the Dit mouths. All will probably be
idle In another week.. The cause Of the dis
pute Is that 2,0OO railway servants want
half penny an hour more, and are upheld
IN that demand by the Union of Railway
IN the treasury and a strike income of f., 900
q week.
Trouble Brewing Elsewhere. g.
interviewer with the discussion anent the
coal scarcity, trouble, Is brewing elsewhere
In the railway world The Great Eastern
men have handed in an ultimatum demand
Ing increased wages, and threatening to
strike If this Is refused, The probabilities
are that American coal will be imported.
Inc arrival in. the Thames on Thursday
evening OF the British steamer Queenswood,
with 1000 tons of coal, and the sailing of
the BRUSH steamer AEmstor from Norfolk.
va. va, on Wednesday. with 1900 tons. des
" Y,
anord text on which hangs abundant specu-
lation- English--Write rs seem to ia Ike a
melancholy SATISFACTION in pointing out
americas exhaustless coal supplies ana
the ultimate certainty that large exports
Will be made from that country.
WARNINGS to PassengePs.
Passengers are requested to beware of
gambling" This penciled notice was post
ed In the Campanias smoking room when
she arrived week ago Several Americans
who had lost rather heavily at poker after
the game compared notes and decided to
repudiate their debts, being convinced that
they had been playing against card sharps.
ranchman. whose paper" debts amounted
to over f1OO0. The winners were two New
lorkers. who were apparently unacquaint-
es! with each other when the Campania
legged that he, had Been cheated He paid
f1O and notified the winners that he would
pay the balance Of his losses when they
produced satisfactory references. He also
telegraphed from Queenstown for detect
I've to meet the steamer at Liverpool. One
did so. but BEYOND telling the victim that
the winners were "w'eil-known sharpers. he
The taking hy American bankers Of the
exchequer bonds seems to impress the
Shah of Persia Immensely. The St. James
from Paris or2fthe subject 1t says:
The shah rs convinced that financial
reasons render the alliance between France
and Russia less important every day, be-
cause Francois tired of giving money to
Russia The only Sfiation that can give
money to- Russia Is the United States. The
shah has briIliantoidea that by cultivat
ing friendship with America he may Sc
cure himself against Russia. whose rela-
very close BEFORE fehhs, ST.
r. London. Electric Roads.
Mr.. Charles Stewart Smith. member of
the New York rapid transit commission,
who has gone to Scotland to visit Mr.. and
Mrs Andrew Carnegie, has devoted con-
siderable time to studying both the Paris
and London underground electric railroads.
Il have been afforded every opportunity to
study the workings of both systems said
Mr.. Smith to representative of the Asso-
ciated Press, Especially in London, where
have ridden during almost every hour of
the day, and i am prepared to make q
complete report to the commission on my
return to New York. The London electric
railroad is certainly great Improvement
over anything London has ever had. But,
after all, It IS not rapid transit in the sense
we understand 1T In the United States. The
distance from the Bank of England to
Shepherds Bush Is 400 yards short of six
miles This Is covered in twenty-five min
utes including thirteen stops. THIS is done
by means Of two sinEie-track tubes which.
Of course. prevents the running of express
trains. The New York line will contain
four tracks. and express trains will run
from the city hall to the northernmost end
of the island in from eighteen to nineteen
minutes So r.
1.-The engineering work In London is adj
mirable and, the 'Solling stock Is an Inn
provement even ON that of the New York
elevated railroad. as the cars are better
lighted and better furnished"
ApOgee of Social Season.
The middle OF August finds London In
apogee Of the season. while the exodus Of
returning tourists, is limited only to the
carrying capacity Of the outgoing steamers
Mr.. c. A Gillig, who Is an expert at cal
culating American travel in Europe. said
to q representative OF the Associated Press:
1T is nonsense, to talk about $50 600 Amer
leans crossing the Atlantic at this season
Their numbers are always exaggerated
There Is only a certain number of trans-
atlantic lines. each limited to number of
ships of well-knOwn capacity. Going over
the question with a little care. I estimate
that there will be about IS 600 Americans in
Europe during the season. The tide of
travel Is western now. and until October l
will be tremendous. The Oceanic took 800
cabin passengers Wednesday, and the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse $50 to 800. The
fact that eighty-sfx Americans left the
Charlton Hotel that day shows how strong
the homeward procession" Is"
1t Is not often that-sany American resi-
dent In England secures a. place in Vanity
Fairs portrait gallery and far less IRE,
quently does the subject OF these pleasant
caricatures resent them. Not so little
Johnnie Rein. however. who IL the SUBJ
ject Of this week: Sd cartoon. Reif who
cares more ABOUT Kittens and candies than
Il could forgive alem for the unnatural
position of mye. hands. but why did they
want to turn nv bi .tss hail. into shock OF
Mary Anderson (Sfs Antonio Nayarro
admits that sAe Is not as young as when
playgoers knew her-but she has confessed
to having received a shock at a bazaar held
in Broadway, Morcestershire the other day
when the rector or religious community
told her she was aymother to them She
made a little speech. in which she re-
marked: II appsomawhat overwhelmed by
the clerical compliment. but he might have
Addtdoasl sidings.
The BaltimoTe apd Ohio Railroad Com
pany wilr 1t 10 said. soon begin work con-
structing aifddtSonalnsidings at the princi-
pal stations along the Metropolitan branch.
Surveys were made within the present
week From 500 to 1000 feet of additional
siding will be put IN at Rockville, Gathers
burg and Boyd's, respectively, and prob
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