Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-03-28
TELEGRAPHIo BREvITIEs.

This morning the United Brewery
Workmens Union, numbering about one
thousand men in Tamaqua, Pa, ana
throughout the county, went on strike
for higher wages.
Anthony Griffin, aged 50, and William
Scott, aged 40, were killed by boiler
explosion at Griffiin's saw mill, at
Prettlow, Va, last night. Gritiin's
head was blown of.
AS a result of concessions made on
both sides, the strikers who, two months
ago walked out Of the McElwain Shoe
Factory, in East Manchester, N. H., will
return to work on Monday.
Alexander Balfour, the millionaire
promoter of various stock enterprises
and one of the active members of the
Widener-Elkin trolley syndicate, fell
dead in his Office in Philadelphia this
morning.
At the opening of the new Star
Theatre, in Chicago, last night, a panic
was averted by the police, who fought
back from the exists almost thousand
spectators alarmed by cry of sire"
which had been raised by an occupant OF
the gallery.
Brig. Gen. Leonard Wood, formerly
military governor general of Cuba,
sailed from Boston this morning on an ex-
tended tour that will end in the Philip
pines in the summer, when he will as
sumo command of the military depart
ment of Mindanao.
Within the last six months there has
been a shrinkage in stock values on the
Stock Exchange, in New York, of a bill
lion dollars. With the closing of the
market today it was figured up that in
twenty-one active stocks there was de-
probation in value of 1857, 200, 900.
1t has been decided by the Lowell,
Mass, mills that are affected by the de-
cision of the Textile Unions to strike
Monday, that they will not open Tor
work Monday morning. The agents say
that this is not lockout but move to
avoid clash with the strikers.
The new Central Railroad of New
Jersey steamboat, the Asbury Park, was
Launched successfully at 1899 p. m. at
Cramps shipyard, in Philadelphia. She
was christened by Miss Mabel Winsor,
daughter of Henry G.. Winsor, well
known bank president of Asbury Park.
Tom Allen, retired champion pugilist,
is planning to celebrate at st. Louis his
Gath birthday, April 29d, by marrying
a young widow less than One-third his
age. The bride to be is 81 years old.
She has been acting as his nurse during
an illness from which he is only now
conyalescent.
Damus Gobiel, French Canadian,
aged SO, employed in the AsphinoOk
Bleachery, at Jewett City, Conn.,, met
a horrible death this morning in the
mill. He was engaged in repairing an
automatic sprinkler, when his clothing
caught in a nearby shaft and he was
whirled about it nearly 100 times before
the machinery was stopped.
The mining village of Caledonia near
Ogdensburg, n. Y, was the scene of a
whitecap outrage last night. Fifty
masked miners took John Ranger, also
a miner, from his bed, dragged him a
long distance over a muddy road,
thrashed him and then ordered him to
leave the camp. Edward Sedwell who
boarded at Rangers was also ordered
away. Ranger had been ill-treating
for and not supporting his wife.
In a running fight at Bedford, Ohio,
between two alleged robbers and officers
and citizens, this morning, one robber
was instantly killed and another wounded
and arrested. The men robbed the
postoffice at Garrettsville, rihed pri-
vate house, stole horse and buggy and
boarded freight train for Cleveland.
They were followed from place to place
and finally intercepted with the result
given above. The wounded man gave
his name as James Bradley, of st. Louis.
"McFadden's Row of Flats" was rot
ten-egged off theI stage of the Star
Theatre in New York last night. AT a
signal, the banded Irishmen whose feel
ings had been outraged by the burlesque
performance of Irish characters, rose and
pelted the performers off the stage. The
assertion was made that the allied Irish
societies have banded themselves to-
gether to stop such performances. In
the middle of the uproar a roundsman
discovering a burning rag in one of the
aisles and stamped it out without the
rioting audience discovered what was
happening. The police think it was an
attempt on the part of the cOnspirators
to burn the theatre.
Six men from Breathitt county were smok-
ed out of q Lexington, KY, room in which
they barricaded themselves last night TO pre-
vent the arrest Of one Of their number for
smashing a mirror in saloon. Detectives
went to arrest the man and the others refused
| the officers admittance. Armed with re-
volvers they threatened TO kill the officers if
they entered. A fumigatOr burning formalde-
| hyde was placed under the door and turned
on The door was quickly opened and the
men arrested
MUTINY.-The British steamship In
duna, Capt. Robert Carruthers, arrived
at Norfolk last night with tale of
mutiny on the high seas. Five men at
tempted to take possession of the ship
after filing their irons off, and Fireman
Dival had TO be shot Nine men were
shipped at Philadelphia for the voyage
and the snip went to Pensacola for
cargo. There the men were paid off.
They refused 10 return TO the vessel and
were arrested. Five OF them were put
in irons, and four others we're left in
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