Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-09-02
rELEeRApHlc NEWS.

: Gus Conrad, were killed at the Nortl
/ Star mine. on King Solomon noun
tain, by cave in one of the Slopes
The accident occurred at 1890 yester
day forenoon. The men were retim
bering the stope and had succeeded
in getting quite an amount OF GROUND
caught up. They were in the act ul
pounding on some wedges to tighten
the timbers when the jarring this
made caused a mass of rock to come
loose, precipitating itself on the tim
bers and causing them to give way
Men, timbers and rock went down in
n mass. The poor unfortunates were
crushed to death in the debris.
T. j. Mccormick. the engineer at
the mine, happened to be standing
near at the moment and witnessed the
sad accident. He barely escaped
with his life. the rock falling SO sud.
denly as to bury him in the debris
above his knees. The attending
physicians found him suffering from
nervous prostration which is the worst
of his injuries.
Hodge and Tressider are Cornish.
men, while Conrad is Swede The
first named victim leaves a wife and
two children.
The bodies were brought to Sil.
verton last evening and today cor
oners inquest will be held over the re
mains of the three men.
| NEW YORK. Aug 29.-Frank P.
Sarg mt, grand chiefof the brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, who is now
| In tnil aitN guiI
81 think Shaifer has receded from
his original position and Morgan can
now afford to settle the strike"
Henry White, general secretary OF
the Garment Makers union said
"Shaifer has modified his demands and
made some concessions. The execu-
tive officers of the Amalgamated AS
sociation regard Mr.. Margan as fair.
minded man, but think lightly of the
officers of the steel associa-
ton. AS soon as the proper word is
received from Shaffer. jerks. John
Mitchell. Gompers and other members
the committee Will meet and try to
bring about a settlement of the pres
ent trouble"
When President Shaffer was asked
If he intended to incorporate the Anal.
gamated Association he replied.
Il do not know of any law in this or
any other state which provides for the
incorporation of labor union.
can see no reason, however why our
order should not be incorporated.
by special act of congress the
Knights of Labor were incorporated
but 1t was not made public at the
time. To incorporate our assocla
ton 1t would be necessary to petition
the legislature to enact law allowing
the matter to go before congress fol
special act"
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29.-Chair
man Hull of Iowa has arrived here
after five months of trip to China
Japan and the Philippines He Is
deeply impressed with the possibil
tiles of the new American possess
ions In the Orient. He says II Is the
best place in the world for n young
man of energy to make his mark but
il Is no place for people inclined tc
show a weak back" He says that
at present II is not safe for Americans
to settle far from the troops. but all
good Filipinos desire to have the ex
isting trouble ended and toward this
end they can do much to aid the au
thorities.
When the natives get the ideas out
of their heads that have been driven
into them by three hundred years OF
association with the Spaniards they
will eventually become good citizens
through the American system of ed
ucation, patriotism and industry
They VIII have to be governed with
lrmness and Kindness until this Is
accomplished, and it will require the
presence of 10000 troops of tho
Islands until the desired end Is ac
complished.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 29-The Knight
Templar conclaye will end tomorrow
Today Is being devoted chiefly to see
ing the sights. Many of the visitors
are already leaving town.
There is general enthusiasm over
the success of Colorado Commandery
No. ] of Denver. which took the com
petitive drill honors yesterday after
noon and won the first prize of the
$4,000 silver plate service. The Den
yer Commandery gave another exhi
bition drill this morning before ar
audience of 10000 people.
DENVER, Aug. 29.-The American
Association for the Advancement oI
Science was called to order at 10 a
m. today. The regular business pro
gramme was completed this morning
and this afternoon the scientists are
on an excursion to the resorts neal
Denver. Tomorrow the party will
make "A trip to Colorado Springs. ant
will visit the Garden of the Gods. Gler
Icyrie and General Palmer's countr,
seat. In the evening they will be en-
tertained at luncheon at the Antiri
hotel. On Tuesday the party will &c
I to Mancos and from there to tho ia
. nous cliff dwellings to make "A thor
ough study of the region.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 29.-Th'
Selby Smelter company now refuses