Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-20

The building trades strike which.
al the present time. Involves over for.
IN thousand men, still continues, but
there Il sufficient evidence TO war
rant The prediction that the differ.
enees between the employers and the
unions will soon be amicahly adjusted.
There Ii not much enthusiasm among
the men who were locked out and
many Of them would gladly so back
to work. III they only dared. Several
unions that had been ordered out,
like the electric workers, etc, have
refused 10 obey the orders OF the
leaders and have decided to return to
work. 1t Ii confidently expected that
soon other unions will follow their
example.
The most a~ggrayating features Of
tho lockout are the delay lii the com.
pletlon OF the subway and the preyen
tion Of the erection OF much needed
school houses. 1t IS estimated that
over twenty thousand school children
will BIO deprived OF their privilege to
attend school next fall owing TO the
lack Of school buildings. Over SIX
million dollars are available for the.
erection Oh new achoot houses, hut.
owing TO the lockout nothing can be
done, unless some Arrangement :.
made to exempt school BUILDINGS fn ii
the operations of The lockout, Act-
Ing Mayor Charles Y. Fort il Is very
anxious TO bring about some com
promise between the alite4 building
trades and the employers that will
make 1t possible to push the erection
Of the much needed school houses.
Strangers visiting New York are
greatly surprised at the dlmlnutiye
size of the city hall OF New York and
wondering how 1t Ii possible that
the enormous volume Of official busi
ness which Is inseparable from the
administration of d municipality of
the size md population Of New York;
can be crowded into so small a etruc
Tho puzzle Il easily explained,
however hy the fact that Iii reality
q few departments Of the city's
administration are actually located In
The city hall. Many departments are
scattered ALI through the city and in
he Parl Row building alone 243
rooms are occupied by various depart
nente Of the municipal government
\ n quite possible, that the leasel
or these rooms will not he renewed.
Is the owners OF the building and the
lily do not seem to be able to agree
the rental, The present Tense *.
this year and, unless m agree
ncnt IL reached, tho city VIII have to-
tho rooms now occupied and
move TO some other quarters. II is
generally admitted that New York;
reeds d new city hall of sufficient
dimensions to accommodate all dc.
partments. but the citizens do not
seem inclined To entrust tho Tammnny
administration with the erection III
expensive a structure as the new
'ity hall would necessarily have tol
Je.
Wall street Ii ma~nifesting consider
iblc interest In the coming campaign
md thoro Is no lack of men who are
to back their conviction that
Parker or Roosevelt would be-
Elected with bets on their reapective
candidates. Immediately after the ST.
.onis convention tho Parkerites were
almost even money on their
'andldate, but since then the enthu.
iasm has dwlndled considerably and
'ince the notification ceremony In !
ssopns hettors on Parker demand
much higher odds than a week ago.
during tho last few days quite n num-.
'er Of large bets We're made with odds
4 two 70 n In favor of Rooso.
'olt.
There IL no end of peculiar acct.
Tents In this city every week. One OF
he most unusual accidents ovcr
1890. t@E%!g .l@&&EF- EE5& -H Il II
snown llorc happened ii few days ago
= Central PARK. A man md two
women stopped with their autnmobile
u front OF the Casino for refresh.
nenls. One of The women jumped out
waiting for assistance, lostl
Ter balance and fell toward the ma,
.hine. Her hair was caught by theI |
revolving shaft Of the engine
her head wa pulled with ~irres-
thle force against the side Of thcIl
machine. Not until part of her hair
md aealp had been torn Off, could the
be stopped md the woman be
liberated, Her injuries were painful.
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