Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-11-17
TELEGRAPHic NEWS.

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tives of the bone and sinew. the mus.
Gle and energy of the toling millions
of the United States filled Odd Eel.
lows hall this morning at the open.
ing of the twenty-second annual con
tion OF the American Federation of La
Dor. 1t was an assemblage of Draw
ny. fine looking intellectual represen-
tatives OF the toilers. and one that
must Immediately have impressed it
self on the minds of the spectators.
The hall was handsomely decorated
with the banners and flags of the local
labor organizations, several hundred
members of which occupied seats in
the rear.
Promptly at ten o'clock President
Samuel Gompers. Secretary Wilson
and the other officers and members
of the executive committee mounted
the rostrum, escorting Messrs. Arran-
lale and Edwards, the fraternal dele
gates from the British Trades Union
congress. Their appearance was the
signal for uproarous and prolonged
applause. the delegates rising and
continuing the enthusiastic greeting
for several minutes. After quiet had
been restored welcomes were express
ed in behalf of the state of Louisiana,
the city of New Orleans and the labor
unions of the municipality, and appro-
pirate responses were made by Presi-
dent Gompers and several of the dele
gates
These formalities over Secretary
Wilson proceeded to read the call for
the gathering and then called the roll
rhe latter showed an attendance of
lelegates the largest in the history of
the federation's conventions. Those
present represented every trade and
industry of the United States and
came from almost every state and ter
ritory of the country. Among the
states most largely represented We're
Pennsylvania, Illinois. Ohio, Michigan,
Indiana. New York, Missouri and Col
orado. New England sent numerous
delegation and the showing made by
the Pacific coast states ecipsed that
of previous years.
The feature of the opening session
was the annual address of President
Gompers. The paper was of great
length. but from start to finish it was
listened to with the closest of atten-
ton on the part of the assembly. The
address dwelt at considerable length
with the prosperity of the country in
general. 1t showed that last months
have been the most remarkable in
The history of labor organizations in
. h., l,.t tV
growth has been greater by 80 per
cent in these eleven months than in
the twelve months preceding.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Nov. 13.-At
the opening of the twenty an
nual meeting of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, President Gompers
dwelt on the great growth of the or
ganization. which has added 900
new members. He said that nearly
all of the recent strikes We're merely
for more money and shorter hours.
He scored the coal barons for trying
to browbeat the president, against
compulsory arbitration, and for re-
opening the whole Chinese question.
DENVER, Colo, Nov. l3.-It has
been definitely ascertained that the
Republicans have carried the State of
Colorado. A jollifcation meeting
will be held Tuesday night, when for
mer Senator f. o. Wolcott will be
the principal speaker, and Governor
Peabody will head the parade. VOL
colt wired from New York that he will
surely be present Tuesday night.
NEW YORK. Nov. 13.-It is cur
rently reported that John w. Gates
ieals. He was caught long in the
slump and compelled to throw many
line securities overheard in order to
save himself.
SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 13.-The
steamship Oregonian is preparing to
sail for China, Japan and other Orien-
al points with manufacturing exhib-
It's. 1t is probably the biggest trades
extension advertisement in the world s
history.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov 13.-An at
empt was made last night to steal
some rare volumes from the Carnegie
library here. Five other places were
entered by burglars.
CLEVELAND, Nov. Ex-senator
Hanna denies the statement that he
intends to retire. He says: There
is no truth in the story nor founda-
ton for its publication" :.
DENVER, Colo, Nov. 13.-While
irying to drive over the railroad
tracks this morning three employees of
he Denver Union Water company
we're run down by a train and proba-
bly, fatally hurt. Thomas II. Stutt is
dying, and J. E. Hadigan and Ada
Henderson was seriously hurt.
MANILA. Nov 13.-Eight deaths
from cholera are reported today. This
makes fifteen in all, and several others
are sick among the soldiers. The Fifth
Infantry is the severest sufferer.
DETROIT, Mich, Nov. l3.-This
morning the bank wrecker. Frank G.
Andrews. arrived at the Michigan
states prison. He was shaved, meas
ured and put in prison garb and set
10 work to commence on his fifteen
year sentence. He stood the ordeal
well and declared it was temporary
Inconvenience and that he would be
ont in April for a new trial and would
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