Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-03
TELEGRAPH NEWS.
NEW ORLEANS. July s1.-Twelv

Mississippi still refuses TO allow
any person to come into that state
without health certificates.
NEW ORLEANS, July 31.-The
shotgun quarantine has spread today
to many points and all through the
South the yellow fever panic is in
creasing Instead of growing milder
and The situation is serious Thou
sands OF men are thrown out OF work
by the stoppage of the fruit business
and the paralyZing of other Industries.
The authorities this afternoon are
hopeful of stamping out the fever
and the outlook is encouraging, only
one new case having been reported
between 1880 this morning and l
O'Clock this afternoon.
SAN DIEGO Cal, July 3l.-The
crew OF the steamer Athena which ar
rived yesterday were placed in quar-
autine on account OF sickness on
board Five of the men were brought
ashore. placed in the inspection hos
pitfalls and this morning 1t developed
tnat two of them had positive sym
proms of yellow fever.
JACKSON. Miss. July 31.-The
state board of health advised every
town in the state to appoint a health
Office with power to issue health GER
t.ticates at 20 cents each.
NEW YORK, July 31.-A terrific
storm which ragged mere last night
aud this morning resulted in ten
deaths and many injured at Coney Is
land.
NEW YORK. July 3l-Last nights
storm brought a great picnic part
very near their death on the Hudson
river near Yonkers Two barges car
rying an excursion party numbering
1000 were being towed by a tug when
the leader became unmanageable and
the barges would have been dashed
on the rocks mad 1t not been that
Yonlters tug hurried to the rescue
and by quick action prevented fear
ful disaster The barges were within
50 feet of the rocks when they were
pulled from their position of peril.
This mornings report of deaths by
the stonm are many.
RICHPORT, Conn, July 31-Two
people were killed here and a dozen
injured. and a dozen houses wrecked
Al Point Pleasant the storm caught
banker and his daughter while out
boating and drowned them. The loss
10 property will reach we'll into the
millions.
KANSAS CITY, July 31.-An-
nouncement is expected by oil pro-
ducers TO continue in the field at
Pittsburg. Pa. within a week. The as
sociation of MELONS, one of the
wealthy bankers OF the Standard Oil
company with the association of pro-
ducers is apt TO seriously menace the
Standards monopoly. Options have
been taken by MELONS on wells of
10000 barrels daily. The arrange
ment of the multi-varlous details
have alone delayed the announcement
that practically all the optioned wells
will readily be in operation.
1t is believed that a 650-mile pine
line will be constructed from Kan
sas to Port Arthur, Tex, to connect
with the largest Independent refinery
in the world. Scores of producers
have gone to Pttsburg.
The Smell Trading & Transporta-
tion company, British concern,
which wrested a large share of the
oil trade, especially in the Orient,
from the Standard interests, is with
MELONS.
A local banker holds all the con,
tracts awaiting word from Pitlsburg
to distribute them. Toe producers
give nice bonus in cash and stock
Tor each barrel of production.
PITTSBURG, July 31.-That war
will be declared between tne United
Mine Workers of America and the
anthracite coal operators at the ex
piration on April l next, of the pres
ent tnree-year working agreement, is
feared by the former and at least an
ticipated by the operators. John
Mitchell's speeches in his pro-union
campaign in the coal regions daily
are having at least one desired re-
sult-that of winning back to the
mine workers organization the hun
dreds VINO dropped out after the dec
iaration of three years peace. His
more recent addresses have taken the
form of fiat warnings to the toilers
that their welfare after April may
depend altogether upon their prepar
ations at this time.
It has been general knowledge for
at least two months past that the
operators have been storing immense
quantities of coal This effect is the
keynote of President Mitchell's ad-
dresses. He and other leaders see
In this accommodating of large guam
titles of coal preparations for long
siege. if struggle be precipitated at
the next conference. in Marcn, be-
tween the miners and the operators.
TIE fact that the operators are
storing such immense quantities of
the smaller sizes of anthracite is held
by President Mitchell to indicate their
realization tnat a sympathy strike on
the part of the bituminous men would
prevent another soft coal relief such