Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-09-04

various labor picnies and afternoon
| Chicago has 252 unions with one hun,
dred and fifty thousand members.
NEW YORK. Sept Fifty thous-
and toilers with forty bands paraded
today in honor of Labor day. Through.
out the procession transparencies ex.
pressing sympathy for the anthracite
miners. and condemnation of the op-
orators Contributions for the min
crs were gathered.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 1.-The Labor day
parade today was the largest in the
history of the city, One hundred
unions We're in line
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 1.-six
coaches Of a negro excursion train
from Birmingham to Greenvillf. Miss,
We're wrecked this morning near
Berry. Ala, Trainmaster Dudley and
twenty-five negroes were killed out
right and twenty-five fatally hurt.
NEW YORK. Sept. lit rained a
little here this morning and also in
Philadelphia and Washington yester-
day Labor day was joyfully celebrat-
ed. Forty thousand men and women
marched here Seventy thousand
were in line in Chicago and fifteen
thousand in Philadelphia. and though
the rain poured down in Plttsburg, ten
thousand were out there.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Sept. William
] BRYAN was the principal orator at
the Labor day celebration here today.
Two thousand men paraded.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Sept. Min
lister Wu was the chief speaker at the
Labor day Observance here today.
1T may not be generally known" he
said, that the Chinese recognize the
dignity Of labor. People are usually
divided into four classes: scholars. ag-
riculturalists. Iaborers and merchants.
IL will he seen that laborers lead above
merchants. In China neither birth nor
wealth counts so much as hard work.
The late Viceroy Lii Hung Chang fur
nishes an example of the self-made
man of China. The United States
and China are the only two countries
in which man does not lose caste
by going to work"
Minister WI said that It was right
labor should organize, and believed
that differences with capital would
be solved il the Chinese plan of profit
sharing he adopted.
WINFIELD. Colo. Sept. IA shock
ing tragedy occurred here last night.
Simon Amsdou and Andrew Malloy
are sutors for the hand of Aimee
Butt, pretty siXteen-year-old Miss.
Amsdon in Jealous rage yesterday
went cunning for Malloy and shot him
twice but not seriously. Gustus Jes-
tron, friend of the two men. immedi-
ately went after Amsdon, told him he
was fool to take such extreme meas
ures, and urged the two young fel-
lows to 20 to the girl and let her de-
eide between them Amsdon did not
take the talk kindly but got into row
with Jestron, resulting in his calling
the peacemaker n vile name. With
that Jestron drew his revolver and
shot at Amsdon. the bullet going in
inst above the heart Amsdon had
rife, and while he lay on the ground
he fired at Jestron. killing him in
stantly. The bullet also struck
Chauncey Bennell, a bystander, seri-
ously wounding him so that today one
man Is dead and three men are dying
from the effects of the fracas over
Aimee Bntt one of the pretty demure
girls of Lake county.
LONDON. Sept. IA report has
Just reached here that an "Onlcial
version of the Boer war written by
Dom Paul is about to be published.
He is reported as saying. THE Boer
war will be renewed within five
years"
TOPEKA. Kans., Sept six
thousand teachers were scheduled to
open schools throughout Kansas to-
day Owing TO the fact that four car
loads of books contracted for by the
state cannot be used. owing to an In
junction against the alleged trust.
Superintendent Nelson estimates that
majority the schools will postpone
opening The supreme court may de
side the Injunction tomorrow.
CASTERIES Santa Lucia Sept l.
The steamer Korona from Martinique
reports that when it left Fort de
France refugees were pouring in.
They said that Mount Pelee's latest
eruption caused the destruction of the
village of Morne Rouge and the village
of lie Carbet was inundated by tidal
wave II is believed that three hun
drod people were killed.
NIAGARA FALLS, Sept Carlisle
VI. Graham. who swan through the
lower rapids at Nlagara yesterday,
successfully carried out his plans and
after a thorough rundown claimed
TO feel no IN effects. Several times
he was in serious danger Of being
overcome by the rapids. but each time
he struggled through and managed to
reach the opposite shore.
POTTSVILLE, Pa. Sept 1.-The
trial Of two hundred strikers on the
charge Of rioting began here today. or
12G jurors drawn. all but three were
strikers.
TAMAQUA, Pa. Sept. IA com
pany OF infantry toured Panther val
ley today without encountering any
trouble. Three hundred more men
reported for work at Summit Hill to-
day.
wATERToWN. N. Y. Sept. 1.-The
splendid statute OF the late Governor