Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-05-18


pointed to an important legal posi-
! ton.
BOSTON. Mass, May 1.-THE
prominent Boston lawyer, George II
Anderson, speaking at the American
Social Science convention today OF
some OF the responsibilities of capl
talistic organization, declared with
vigor that workmen's organizations
are to be broken down, and that labor
organization is an absolute condition
To any sound Industrial country. "lf.'
said Mr.. Anderson. capital fails tc
recognize the necessity of just laws
respected and obeyed, 1t may expect
little mercy at the hands OF its adver
saries when they discover their own
power. II socialism comes. the main
responsibility will rest upon the capi
talistic organizations"
One of the first big steps in the
deal was the taking over last week OF
the Washington & Canonsburg railway
interests at "A figure said to be sl,500,.
900. 1t is the intention of the new
combination of capital to build n
branch line from Indianapolis to Chi.
| cago, with other roads radiatlng from
various important centers.
BANGOR. Me. May IA forest
fire is sweeping over the woods near
| West Sebols The wall of flame Is a
mile wide. Destructive fires are re
| ported from Stratford, ~ H., and
Sandwich. Mass. The latter town is
endangered by embers driven by a
strong wind.
PUEBLO. Colo, May l4.-Frederick
w. White. manager of the Star-Journ.
| Al here, died here of typhoid fever
this morning. aged 81
| LO. LIE, Ky, May 14-In com
| pliance with the call of Chairman c.
| NJ. Barnett. the members of the Repub-
| lean state committee are in session
here this afternoon to decide upon
the time and place for holding the
| state convention to select nominees
| ior the state offices to be filled at the
| November election. The convention
will be late one, and probably will be
| leld in Louisville. The party leaders
tppear disposed to allow The state cen
| raj committee to conduct the cam.
,aign in preference to appointing
'eparate campaign committee.
CINCINNATI, o., May 14.-The po.
ice today caused the arrest in Mem.
er there for Edwin Pell. a saloonkeep.
er. on the charge of murder Letters
written to Mrs. Noble by Lizzie Nc
;ormick containing threats, and the
handwriting on the addresses of the
Express package of whiskey are said
70 tally and furnish basis for the ar.
rest.
The whiskey package broke in the
ocal express office last night, and EN-.
)loyes caught the contents and drank
some. Benjamin Flicker died after
wards in terrible agony of arsenic
poisoning, while William DAILY and
louis Burbank are in critical condi-
ion, and William Stevens and George
Eberly are quite sick yet. Pell is
brother-in-law of Mrs. Noble. and the
after said the Mccormick woman was
Intensely jealous of her.
ST. LOUIS. Mo, May 14.-Henry
Wellshan, a motorman, was found
dead in his wife's kitchen this morn.
ng. with bullet in his head. She
says he committed suicide, but is un-
| Ter arrest with John and Minnie Mey-
| ars, who reside in the house. Well.
shan who had been separated from
his wife, called last night to effect a
| reconciliation, but failed.
DENVER, Colo. May 15-The Citi-
zens' Alliance of Business Men pays
To ha tpf of ba
state court, and state that If neces-
5ary. they will pay fines for contempt
proceedings. The federal injunction
against the unions was postponed to-
| day, union attorneys agreeing to OBJ
serve the Injunction as though actu-
| ally issued.
DENVER. Colo, May l5.-The
strike situation grows more acute
hourly. Three thousand nine hun
| 1red and thirteen were out yesterday,
| and the total number out today reach
es nearly five thousand. Brewery
workers. beer bottlers. garment work
ers, retail clerks and horse shoers are
scheduled to leave their employment
before O'Clock tonight, and not to
| return.
| Labor has made no further effort to-
ward arbitration today and only the
efforts of the courts are being invok-
ed.
Injunctions are being granted to
both sides preventing general tie
up of business. Injunction proceed
ings in the federal court have been
postponed until Wednesday. There
is no violence, but great deal of bit
terness and recrimination exists.
| DENVER. Colo, May 15.-The gen
eral executive committee of the labor
unions today called out a thousand
more workmen. increasing the num-
ber of strikers to four thousand. The
men called out today are brewery
employees. retail clerks in department
stores. tailors, and blacksmiths.
NEW YORK, May 15.-Although
the men receive a percentage of the
profits in the Hecla Iron works OF
Brooklyn. they are dissatisfied. and
five thousand of them struck for
shorter hours this morning.
OMAHA, Neb.. May 15.-President
Donnelly of the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butchers Workmen OF