Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-19

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overland from Paris to New York.
He will start from here on Thursday
next accompanied by Vicompte De.
chadof and George Harding. The
Russian government has given the
travellers every facility and has or.
dered relays of dogs and reindeers to
be provided at different stations In
the wilds OF Siberia.
| BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 16,-Young
John McGinnis continues to be a
thorn in the side of the Boston and
Montana Amalgamated Copper peo-
pie. The suit against the two cor
porations under the antitrust law
has tied up million and a half dol
| lars in the treasury of the Boston and
| Montana, and it cannot be touched
until McGinnis withdraws the pend
ing suits or the contestants effect a
compromise.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16-The stock
market was very irregular today.
Amalgamated Copper continued It's
downward course and went below 90
Other stocks recovered somewhat
Colorado Fuel gaining three and ?
half points.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.-Among
the appointments by the president to-
day We're the following: To be sec
rotary of the territory of Arizona,
Isaac T. Stoddard; to be collector of
customs for New Mexico and the dis
trict of Paso del Norte, Texas, Pat
rick F. Garrett.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16-Reports
were made public this morning that
the imports from Cuba are falling of.
Last year they We're s65. .OO0, 900 as
against s7i 100000 the previous year.
Exports, however. have advanced 80
per cent, while the decrease in i'm
ports is only 10 per cent.
LONDON. Dec. 16.-This morning
the grand jury found true bill
against Ann Odellia Dis de Barr and
her precious husband. Jackson The
pair are likely to get sentence of
life imprisonment. The Judge was
especially bitter upon the couple and
spoke vigorously of the horrible and
blasphemous character of the evi-
dence."
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 16.-Bitter cold
weather has prevailed here for the
past two days. The intense cold had
for one of its victims Joseph Novak.
editor of the Bohemian Voice. Mr..
Novak lived near Ingleside, a suburb
of this city, and was a victim of
asthma, On the wav to the train he
was taken with sudden snortness of
breath. He sat down for moment
TO recover. when he was frozen stiff
NEW YORK. Dec. ia remarka-
BILE gathering of men assembled here
this morning. brought together bv
the efforts of the National Civic Fed
GRAFTON. The purpose was to minim-
ize the dispute between labor and cap
ital. to solve the problems of avoid
ing friction between the two great
interests and bringing together the
workers and the employers. The re-
spouse from both sides was generous
and genuine. Among those who met
TODAY were President Schwab of the
steel trust. President Galloway of the
locomotive works. Senator Hanna
Bishop Potter. Bishop Ireland and
great many labor leaders President
Gnmpers and James Duncan were de-
1aved bv the storm. hut will be here
tonight. President Ryan of the In
ternational Union. president of the
National Ha'ters' union and all the
other labor leaders that could he
gathered were present.
Oscar Strauss, late minister to
Turkey presided at the meeting
Charles Schwab was the first speak
er He said he was opposed to la
bor unions as at present managed,
although he believed in them He
was equally opposed to trusts and
monopolies. Capital was unfair. OF
this there was no question So was
labor. The unions could not sue
reed because they took up the trust
methods and the methods of the cor
oorations were failing every day, be-
caused they were not based upon JUS
tice.
Was there a practical man with p
mind open to conviction, ready to
look upon both sides OF the shiel'
said Bishop Potter. He thought af-
ter practical discussion ali could ar
rive at an amicable understanding
common interests could be subserved
and harmony could he established
Europe was our market now because
EnroDe had been DESTROYED in its In
dustries hv the tyranny Of both
'tal and labor.
Senator Hanna also spoke. He
said he was in favor of labor unions
and gave several practical examples
20 prove it. whereupon three or four
laborers present arose and offered
apologies to the senator. saying that
mp to today thev had believed he was
m enemy TO labor and an enemy to
unionism.
The meeting was very harmonious
and excellent results are promised.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The
State department is making great eff
forts to preserve the peace between
Chile and Peru. In the dispute be-
tween the two former countries over
the Patagonian strip this govern
hos irttr to