The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-06-20
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Longshoremen Again in Trouble-serious
Confiagrations Uptown-aIiss
Gordon Endorsed by
Labor Unions.
New Orleans, La, june II. 1905.

po1npGo o9 1lies leSs lsiebuIe. seem TO b
again bone of contention betweei
the ship agents and sDevedores on thl
one hand, and the longshoremen oi
the other. The question in dispute i.
concerning the number of men EN-
p1oyed to roll cotton on the wharf
ana while It IS an apparently trivia
matter IN itself, it serves to show ths
feeling existing on the river iron
between labor and employer. Eaet
side doggedly refuses to give an IneF
more than Is absolutely necessary
and IS prepared to dispute any threat
ened gain by its opponent. Ore i:
reminded OF the old adage, .sconviuct
man against bis will" It appears
| that outside interference IN Iaho4
tronoles does not always bring The
results anticipated when d supposedly
sasl FACTORY compromise has beer
reached.
| New Orleans was visited by two
destructive fires on Tuesday uf }asi
week ln which several Blocks, aggre-
gazing many thousands of dollars
worth OF property, were totally de
stroyed. The section between Maga
zine, Constance. Berlin and Milan
| streets was near wiped out, iDei1lli.
lug q number Of business houses Id
Magazine street. John Jung, vet
eran furniture dealer, was found next
day buried in the ruins of his store
haVlng lost his life in an effort to
save some valuable papers. The other
hfe, Wnlle lesser in scope. consumed
nearly the whole OF the square
bounded by Delachaise, Frankiin.
Saratoga and FOucher streets and en-
tailed property loss of over So. eco.
| Organized labor has IN several meet
lngs held lately endorsed the actions
OF Miss Jean Gordon, state factory
inspector, and thereby repudiated R.
r.. Lee, labor commissioner, and
obners who have been endeavorinp to
GUST Miss Gordon and discredlt the
work she has done while in her posi-
tlon. The action of Lee in attempting
to use labor nniouism as a catspaw TO
pull out political chestnuts for him
sell and In conducting a poIitica cam
palgn against a woman whose ability
/ and energy are greatly needed ii.
directing the crus ado for shorter hours
TOR working women aud children.
rs desplcable and it is a relief 10 know
that ne IS alone in his fight.
Early Wednesday morning, Pietro
Glacona, an Italian wine merchant re-
siding at lll3 Chartres street, the old
home-place of Cen PIT. Beauregara.
shot to death three members of the
Black Hand who had been blackmaiI.
ing him and probably fatally wounded
fourth member of the gang.
The quartette had repeatedly extorted
small sums OF money from Gfacona,
as we'll as Quantities of wine for which
they never paid, and according to the
merchants story they. had come to IN
sist on obtaining larger amount of
money, making threats in order to
gain their point, wnen the old Italians
patience having become exhausted he
seized q Winchester rifle and shot ali
four OF them. Black Hand letters are
becoming common again in Little
Italy and the inability of the police
and the Italian vigilance COMMITTEES TO
find and punish the authors has
caused deep CONSERVATION and alarm
among the better class OF residents in
that section. Giaeona and his SOP.
who was also implicated Id the shoot.
ing, were both placed in Jail under
formal charge of murder, but there Is
every likelihood that they will be
speedily released and exonerated. as
their speedy vengeance meets with
the entire appreciation of the city.
The river at this point has been stead.
lily rising aud is now at the hjghesl
stage since 1908. The steamboatlanG ino
between Canal and Lafayette streets
is under water and small Ieyee h as
been thrown up along this stretch to
prevent the water spreading back into
the streets along the river front.
There is little danger, however, Of the
water going much higher, ard the only
uneasiness felt is over the possible
giving way of some Of the weaker
portions of the levee when the affsr
goes down owing TO theirhaving become
softened by the continued food STAGE.
Work on the closing of the crevasse
at Beka plantation, ten miles below
the city on the Algiers side, is pro.
crossing rapidly from all accounts
and will likely be finished this week
A large area was flooded by this
break, causing considerable loss ia
the planters in that neighborhootl
The remainder OF the levees below the
city, however, are believed to be Der.
fectly safe.
The suit brought BY John Fitzpat-
rick s, Tax collector, against Virginia
Reed, The negress paraInour of Charles
q. Lettens who was recently sentenced
to the penitentiary for embezziing
thousands of dollars from H'ifzpat.
rick S Office, was dismissed Tuesda ay az
IN the case OF non suit. The tax col.
lector sued to recover several amounts
from the negro woman which he
claims Ietten had given her from his
stealings, but the court held that
there we're no grounds for action
Eighty one girls and fifty-four BOYS
received diplomas from the public
high schools of the city last night at
their joint commencement exercises at
the Tulane theatre. The presentation
OF diplomas was made by Hon Al e.
Wilson, president of the Orleans
school board.
Special celebration exercises are
being planned for the Fourth of July.
to be held at City Park. The militia
commands of the city have been in
Vited to participate and it is the in
tention of The committee to make it a
military field day, with exhibition
drills for infantry, artillery and cav
airy, military contests and exercises,
to conclude with grand display of
fireworks at night. The affair no
doubt will be a deserved success.
Word from the senate at Baton
Rouge brings the news that the racing
game has been positively done away
with IN this city, and the race6raek
touts ard gamblers who have found
this burg such easy picking in the
past will oe compelled to pursue their
vocations elsewhere in the future.
From present prospects there is little
likelihood ofraee meets being given in J
this city. KRATS.