Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-03-12
TeLeoRApHlc sREv,rles.

"a ' ANs>Ah, DA-. MHIfh - ne
special train chartered by George
Gould yesterday. which was taken
with the understanding that II was to
make all possible speed between Jack
sonyille and this city. made record
breaking trip. covering the entire dis
lance of l72 miles In l52 minutes, scv
enty miles OF this "trip we're made IN
just sevcnty-iwo minutes. which Is
probably the fastest time ever accom.
pilshed In this part Of The country.
NEW YORK. March a.--on special
iralns. given right Of way 10 make
record time. three of the mosi power
fni railroad msRnaics IN this country
arc being speedeh toward this city for
what is believed to be a conference
respecting railway adjustments in the
far west The msgnaies are Morgan
Gould. and Hartman The FIRST ar
rived IN Tampa yesterday from Cuba
Gould covered the distance from
jacksonville 10 Savannah. i72 miles
In is2 minutes and II expected 10
reach New York thiR afternoon Har
riinsn h enroute from New Orleans.
Trouble over the Southern Pacific and
threatened litigation against tho Union
Pacific are supposed 10 be the cause
of these hurried trips
ST LOUIS. Mo. March . 9-Atiorn-
eyk representing the Wabash railroad
employees this morning filed their an
swer in the federal court TO the tempo
rary Injunction forbiddlng thom 10
strike The court waa asked 10 r"t a
date on which 10 hear the application
Tor dissolution Of the Injunction.
The answer " n complete denial Of
the Intentions attributed 10 m"mb"rs
ef the brotherhood OF Tralnmen aud
Flrcmou President Ramsey is accns
cd of being arbitrary. and unrcasona
blc. denying conferences and refusing
10 treat with The employees The nm
sNor Rtaioa that his offer 10 deal win
th,. employee individually was taken
No by them ana written authority
fran twelve hundred presented 10 him
II 10 alleged that he refused 10 consid.
er
= denial IL made that there " an mn
lawful and malicious conspiracy To
force the Wabash to employ none but
union men The brotherhood Is claim
rd IN bo legal
The alleged conspiracy to interfere
with Interstate commerce is formally
disclalmed and defendants aver they
nuVcr threatened "maliciously" io or.
der strike The Brotherhood is de
clarcd TO be- a voluntary bcneciai ~
ISOLATION
FERGUSON n G. March 9As q
result Of poisonous gases left In the
wingo Of The Settle l. mine yesterday
tour men ara dead and two injured
here No blame IN attached 90 the
mining company pr employee, ah The
accident soems 80 have been npayoid
able The remains OF The dead men
nro al Miners Union hall ana tho on
tire camp ~ IN mourning
MEMPHIS, Miss, March The
Mississippi here stands at aps feet
this morning slightly over the danger
line, having Increased threot"n,hs ot
u foot In twenty -four hours The rise
~ becoming rapid. 30 fees being pre-
dotted for tonight The situation ~
sssss4' ttsssalI's.s.i-s- 80 N7s-s .
and government engineers sr" IN con.
ference regarding Htcps Ia fofcHiop
all waAhou,s In the lcyceH The great
est alarm IL f-l, Tor ID. situation a,
carrn,herrvillc. Mo. and Walnut
Bend
NEW Noitk March BITTER wnr
Uf national scope between labor aud
capital directly involving the liycli
hood Of FROM a0n VnN ga lnH npA fami
lies. nov soems certain uo begin un
MAY Iron manufacturers un ths
one side aud their employees on III.
other are carefully inyinR their plans
for the ijtanic struggle
The manufacturers nj secret con
ference here permanently organized q
national association io neht wage de
mands on the part pi structural Iron
WORKERS throughout the United states
Forty hrmh were represented nj The
secret conference The forty concerns
billion dollars The associauun has
nlcciod an executive COMMITTEES
which viii appoint local executive
committees tor all large cities Ia tho
United Statos
should the structural iron unions
persls, in iheir demands FOR higher
wages. ilc association plil take aR
gf"ssiys action. Witch may result Ia
strikes nnd luckouts Involving possibly
400 900 iron workers A general iock-
out throughout the country will be or
d.red by the association before Il will
consent TO pay higher wages than
thosp now being paid
NicW YORK, March The excite.
meni of Saturday on tb" Stock Es
change WAS repeated and intensified
today The scene ON The hoor OF the
EXCHANGE was very lively, the attend
ance ot brokers being enormous and
selling orders Immense during tho frst
half hour.
Boston. Philadelphia aud the middle
west dumped la a great mass of soil
iug orders II made everything lopsy
mryy.
The Colorado Fuel a Iron company
suffered decline of nyc and a half
points Everything went tumhiing
down and ihc market was fcvcrish.
onion Pacific. southern Pacific St
Paul ana Manhattan were The only
ones TO hold their own