Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-08-19

Will continue to do manual labor n,
before. regardless of their recent,
acquired political rights.
McKEESPORT, Aug. 1.-two bun
dred employees of the galvanizing de
partment OF the National Tube com
pany struck today. closing the works
The men will organize union.
PITTSBURG. Aug. 16.-Secretary
Tighe wires from Milwaukee that all
the trust employees at Bayview struck
today.
CHICAGO, Aug. ia strong
movement is on foot here to persuade
the steel workers in the South Chi.
cago mills to strike. Twice they
have refused. but the meeting Sun.
day night may have a different result.
JOLIET, Ill. Aug. 16.-With the ex.
ception of the blast furnaces. every.
thing at the Illinois Steel company s
plant is quiet, having been closed by
the strike determined upon by the men
at meeting last night. The strike
will cause the shut down of the steel
wire plant within the week. and will
likely close the Joliet Stove company's
works. the horse shoe works and the
bridge and iron works.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 16-The strik-
ers at Monessen have just discover
ed that the trust has been smuggling
men into the works through a trench
six feet deep, protected by barbed wire
and surmounted by fence leading
to AN obscure shipping yard The
strikers are jubilant over the Joliet
strike, which augments their ranks
to the number of 5000 and closes one
Of the most important plants of the
trust.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 16-The big
storm which ragged all day yesterday
is over this morning and the river
lakes and gulf are receding.
The property damage has been very
great but the loss OF life has been re-
markably small. Four negroes Kill
ed are the only fatalities reported so
far.
Traffic is shut off from this point.
| The greatest damage was done to the
Louisville & Nashville railroad. which
has already started the work OF re-
placing the washed away tracks. 1t
is expected that travel will be resum-
ed by tonight.
The water is also receding at Mo-
bile and the coast towns.
The loss to the rice crop will be ex-
tensive.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 16.-The
damage by the storm last night will
reach far up into the thousands. No
lives were lost here The dancing
pavilion at Lake View was washed off
by the waves. A Bucktown gambling
resort was destroyed. The west end
If the city was inundated. The basin
Of the canal overfowed its banks
flooding the entire second district
a thousand men are engaged today in
raising its banks. The steamer Nep
tune was pounded to pieces at her
pier.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 16.-The
gulf stream is rapidly subsiding. No
additional reports of serious damage
nave been received There is no tel
egraph wire working between here and
Mobile. but it expected that cofnmu-
lication will be re-established soon.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. 16.-A
Mobile dispatch says the water began
to subside at midnight, The large
lumber mill north of Mobile was de
stroyed and number of employees
are reported killed A heavy wind is
blowing there now.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-The bu-
reau of the weather department re
ports that the gulf storm hung off the
southern coast seven days and then
turned northward through Alabama
Nj danger to the gulf coast is now re
ported past The storm is causing
heavy rains in Tennessee today.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 1G.-At noon
he reports from Mobile state that
there has been no loss of life in that
vicinity from the effects of the storm
MOBILE. Augsst l6.-Communica-
ion with the outside world by wire
was resumed this forenoon. The wa.
ter is still receding, but is still very
high. An unknown schooner was
wrecked near here and six persons
oerished. Other fatalities are report
I'd but the reports have not been cot,
lirmd I
NEW YORK, Aug. 16-It was as.
eertained today that the Shamrock H.
is more than two-thirds Yankee. Hei
sails are American cotton duck, her
figging was built on the American
plan, and her many wrinkles to gain
speed were all borrowed from this
side of the water. If she wins. as
many yachtmen predict she will, ii
will in measure be an American vic
tory.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16.-The
transport Meade which sailed from
his port for Manila today had on
board a woman who is iourneying,h ,hall
around the globe to wed the man OF
her choice. She is Miss Rebecea Nil
gan. OF Wilmington. Delaware. and
her father. who is a clergyman, ac
ompanies her and will perform the
CEREMONY. She will wed Captain A.
". Foreman, of Delaware regiment
DENVER. Aug. 16.-George Dixon
md Young Corbett will meet tonight
l, the Colorado Athletic club TO de
eide the feptherWeight chamDiOnShip