Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-05-04

everywhere are expected to seize ev-
SOW the gospel OF noninterference by
the government with the rate-making
power Steps are to be taken to con-
vince the shippers tnat their inter
ests lie with the railroad manage
| ments rather than with a commits.
sion clothed with the power to say
what is fair rate and compel its
adoption.
One western railroad president de-
clared yesterday: THE railroads
are in life and death struggle. and,
OF course, we are going to do every
thing In our power individually and
collectively to defend ourselves and
our rights
| A second western president said;
We have delayed too long. We
should have had an organization long
ago similar 10 that possessed by Ba-
con to disseminate our views"
The eastern presidents took the in
itia,ive some time ago by establish
ing bureau under the management
OF j II. Maddy. who is also press
agent for the Erie Mr. Maddy has
| just completed transcontinental
trip from New York to Cnicago, the
Twin Cities, all the Pacific coast ci-
ties and back to Chicago by way OF
New Orleans. The purpose of the
trip was to visit the newspapers and
ask them to use matter setting forth
the railroad side of the issue.
Following this lead the western
| presidents have authorized Slason
Thompson to employ experts and be
gin separate educational campaign
in the entire western territory. Ex'
pense will not be spared in the at
tempt to make both campaigns sue
cesses from railroad standpoint,
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. May q
The State Bank OF Waverly, Mo, is
in the hands of Bank Examiners
Wade and Cook, and today was closed
by order of Secretary OF State Swan
ger. who said: I'VE examined the
bank on the 21st of last month and
found that about 100000 was supposed
l
We checked up these amounts as us
nal and then we discovered none oi
the other banks owed the Waverly
banks any of the sums charged
against them. The bank nad cap
ital of $4,000. The failure looks
bad Eugene H. Lewis. the cashier
left Waverly ON the 24th. We have
not vet decided whether or not a
warrant will be issued for his arrest
Information comes TO Ms that Lewis
has been specializing
NEW YORK. May 9.--The story OF
paper read before the National MI
nicipal League. in which was recited
the conditions in Minneapolis under
the reform administration OF Mayor
Jones Stiles p. Jones. the author ol
the paper, was kept away by illness
tary Rogers.
Minneapolis, it declares, has been
purified TO point where gambler:
have been refused the privilege OF
operating few square" places, de
spite their arguments that many
crookedly conducted games would ex
sist under cover Saloon men have
been forced to regulate their business
according to law. except as regards
Sunday closing, and women and tnt
saloon have been divorced. The cry
of the evil element that Minneapolis
was becoming a dead" town and tnat
lively money was going to St. Pau
brought from Mayor Jones the re
sponse that any Minneapolis money
that went to the other city was dir
~" money anyhow and Minneapolis
| did not want it, The social evil
problem was met by segregation.
CHICAGO, April 29-The team
siers' strike assumed proportions of a
| riot at noon today when caravan OF
wagons witnout escorts were sudden
ly attacked by striker sympathizers
| The drivers of the wagons immed
| lately began to shoot their revolvers
indiscriminately. and Charles Ledins
ky, a spectator, received bullet be
hind Inc left ear. and several Others
were seriously injured. Police swarm
ed to the scene from all directions
and arrested half dozen men.
The Employers association started
the wagons out without escorts in or
der to test the efficiency of the feder
al Injunction.
Eugene Cole a negro teamster. was
beaten up and arrested, charged with
shooting Peter Butler.
Victor Grimes, a messenger boy
was stabbed by other boys near an
| express Office.
The packing houses notified ther
teamsters today that they must de
liver goods to boycotted firms or suf'
fer discharge This means the ex'
tension of the strike 10 the stockyards
| district
CHICAGO. April 29.-President
Roosevelt may be asked to end the
teamsters' strike as he did the strike
of the anthracite coal miners. To
morrow's meeting of the Federation
of Labor will consider the matter.
The union men hope to take advan-