Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-05
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

NEW YORK. Nav LIT is estima-
ted that at noon todav one half mil
lion men had struck for higher wages
or recognition of their unions in va
rious parts of the country The dis
turbed conditions are due largely to
unfnlflled promises bv employers. II
is believed that as a rule the employ
ers. contractors and mill owners will
accede to the final and positive ac-
tion of the men, and that the strikes
will he of short duration. The pros
naritv of the country warrants It,
and the sudden rise in the necessa-
ries of life makes better wages nee
essarv Should the various strikes
reported TODAY continue throughout
tho present month. the loss to both
sides would be enormous Outside
Of the mines thirty thousand men
struck todav in PENNSYLVANIA alone
| SpRTNGFIELD Nav About
? 600 miners in SnrinGfield and Alt
ton Chioaoo sub-districts Of tho Illi-
roie coal fields. struck toda~ owing
double shift system
READING Pa. Nav Carpenters
planning mill hands and hod carriers
rrmhariro one Thousand struck TODAY
pc tho new wage scale have not been
sipned
YOUNGSTOWN Ohio Nav l.
Two tboueand hnildire tradesmen laid
down tools TO-DAY to enforce an eight
hour dav
JERSEY CITY N. J. Nav Ma
chi-irts and benchmen In twelve
roldine and saw mills struck rodav
for eight hours day About two
thousand are out
PTTTSBURG. NAV Fifteen thou
sand carpenters, bricklavers. plumb,
ers hod carriers, and bridge workers
are on a strike. two thousand of the
latter going out today Higher
wages and new working rules the
cause
BUFFALO Nav Five thousand
carpenters. plumbers and iron work
ers went out TODAY Sixteen con,
tractors signed the union contracts
but fftv refused.
| ROCHESTER,. N. Y. May 1.-Five
hundred coal wagon drivers struck to.
dav for higher wages.
GLOUCESTER, May 1.-Seven
hundred Guarrvmen struck this morn
ing demanding nine hour day.
CALCUTTA. MAY IA disastrous
and fatal tornado swept over Dacca
and vincinity today. Several villages
We're razed Over four hundred were
killed Dacca is in Bengal, one hun.
dred miles from Calcutta.
WASHINGTON. May promptly
at $50 this morning w. H. Moody
until today representative from Mas
sachusetts. took the oath of office as
secretary of the navy ad interim at
the secretary's private office. John
d. Long the retiring secretary. was
present. as was also the Massachu
setts delegation of navy bureau
chiefs.
WASHINGTON. May 1.-The for
NAL transfer of the navy department
from Secretary Long to the new sec
retary was quite interesting, The
president took quite an active part
and his kindly expressions for Long
had the ring of deep regret over his
departure from the cabinet family.
NEW YORK. May ]. After ser
vice of twenty-One years Charles A
Tinker today retired from the posi-
tion of general superintendent OF
the Western Union Telegraph compa
nv, and was succeeded by Belvidere
Brooks formerly assistant at Denver
Mr.. Tinker received as token ot
affectionate regard costly remembran
ces from old associates upon leaving
TODAY
DENVER, May Rev. Chas. S
Olmstead this morning was conse
: Grated bishop of the Episcopal dio
ocese of Colorado, by most elaborate
ceremony, in St Johns cathedral.
There were sixteen visiting bishops
and over one hundred priests aidet
at this the first conservation of al
Episcopal bishop held in Colorado
Bishop Tuttle of Missouri led the pro
; cession at ten O'Clock from the par
| ish house to the cathedral. Following
!; him came Bishop-elect Olmstead anC
priests accompanied by the choir
The church was packed to the doors
! The Right Reverend Coleman OF Del
aware delivered the sermon and thei
followed the ceremony of consecra
tion by Bishops Tuttle of Millspaugh
Kas.. Hare of South Dakota, White o
Michigan. Graves Of Laramie, Leon
ard of Utah. Gailor of Tennessee an'
Brown of Arkansas.
At the conclusion OF the services
Bishop Olmstead received the visit
! ing clergy at his parish house
, PHILADELPHIA, May 1,-At tn
Holy Trinity church this morninI
Rev. DR. Mackay Smith was conse
; Grated Episcopal bishop and co-adjuta
tor of Pennsylvania. The ceremon
: was elaborate and interesting an
: well attended by leading easter
churchmen. The conservation wa