New-York tribune., 1905-07-18
Thermometer Reached % Degrees
Same Predicted fer To-day.
How the Temperature Here Rose.
Temperatures in Other Cities.

1t was the hottest day in the year. and the
hottest July IL in a quarter Of a century yester-
day. The mercury climbed TO 90 degrees with
out a struggle and was unwilling 10 give up its
formidable position. The mercury on ther-
mometer tackled TO the roof Of the Postohfce
hovered between 1O1 and 1O2 degrees The
scores of employees beneath it, in the shade. were
sweltering There We're nine deaths and thirty
eight prOstratiOns.
Yet with a continuation of this heat In sight.
seven hundred deIfverers OF ice went strike
because they have to work, they say. from =
or O'Clock in the morning to sometimes as late
as 10 or IL O'Clock at night The ice handlers
ride on the back platforms OF the wagons
and deliver the ice. They went strike
against the American Ice Company. About seven
hundred of them have declined to continue
work, they say. unless they receive more money
and fewer hours of work
As a result of the strike George W. Westall.
manager of the American Ice COmpany's plant
at Nos 52S to 554 West 16th-st- has asked ths
police of the West 2Oth-st station for protection
for those whom he has employed to fli the
strikers places. Mr.. WestaII said last night that
he had heard that the strikers were to make an
effort to kidnap assault the foremen. seven in
number this morning. and as a result of his re-
quests police We're detailed to protect the EN-
plOyes.
No. 437 West 32d-st.. arrested at 1Oth-ave
and 16th-st, charged with disorderly conduct
1t is said that he was interfering with those who
were working on the ice wagons.
The streets Of the city breathed heat Every
man. woman and child felt it. Though it was
the hottest day of the year. the heat wasn't OF
the killing kind. Old women stuck to their news
stands yesterday who sought the roofs of their
humble tenement homes last Tuesday and
Wednesday.
That it was not killing heat is due to the
fact. the weather AYERS. that the humidity
was low. While the temperature was 80 degrees
at 5 O'Clock. the humidity at this hour onls'
~ degrees. Last Wednesday, when the mercury
climbed to 50 degrees. the humidity corre-
spondingly high increasing the death rate and
causing almost twice as many prostrations az
were reported yesterday.
But it was hot day. nevertheless. and every
body felt it. The Park Department officials felt
it TO such a degree that they concluded to let
the all night habitues OF the city parks stretch
themselves full length on the grass for several
nights until the hot spell is over. Every park
from the Battery to The Bronx had its quota OF
ragged urchins and tramps stretched full length
on the green.
1t was great day for the railroads, the fer
ries the excursion steamers and the soda fOun-
tains The man at the fountain was the hardest
worked in the city. 1t was constant phtzz.
phizz phizz and a dip to wash the quickly
e-nptied glass and then phizz. phizz. phizz again
Saloons and the penny cream men also did a
large business
CHILDREN SUFFER SEVERELY.
In the tenement districts the youngsters who
were not fortunate enough TO be out of the city
and they were numbered by thOusands-were
tagged out by the hot sun. Some OF them could
Tr~f,o d, I,TT
ways. others huddied the rooftop. where
anxious mothers watched them. The youngster
who got out OF the city yesterday was happy
one There were excursions in some Assembly
districts, which depleted the child population.
The floating hospital Helen c. JuilIiard gath
cred 1.OO2 mothers and children at three West
Side landings yesterday and took them for the
usual sail on the bay. The trip was the gift OF
John d. Crinnmins who a year ago celebrated
his birthday by giving the cost OF trip to ST.
Johns Guild. and followed the same plan this
year The trip this time is given exactly two
months after his birthday.
The number Of applicants for admission to-
the floating hospital continues the largest for
several seasons: 6,232 mothers and children were
carried last week The demands the guild
for the care of these large numbers are taxing
it's resources greatly.
The weather man last night predicted that.
while to-day will probably be as hot yester-
day. if not hotter. there may be cooling
breeze and then
1t was also hot yesterday at Coney Island
No deaths and few prostrations are reported
from Coney. Every press agent on the island
sent in assurances that neither the livestock
used In the various shows nor a human being
was injured by the heat. so that the shows will
go on as usual to-day.
The recent hot spell, ii is said. did not prove
fatal to one OF the $50 horses used IN the Boer
War Spectacle at Brighton Beach Major y.
Kingston and his staff are carefully watching
every individual horse in an effort 70 prevent
death among the animals.