The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
CONS|STORY IS
 OF WIDE INTEREST
Pope May Appoint Another
 Cardinal in America
PEOPLE GO ON STRIKE
Are Advanced in Small Italian Town of Bari-Priest
 Kills Another

Rome, September 14-(special. )-The consistory to be held at the Vatican will be of peculiar interest to American Cath olics because 1t has ben reported at in tervals in the past fortnight that Pope Plus would appoint another cardinal in America. A number of names have been mentioned, among them Monsignor Thom- as F. Kennedy, rector of the American college in Rome; Archbishop Ireland of Minnesota and Archbishop Farley of New York.
 For some time rumors have cropped up at various times which had for their purport that another cardinal Is to be appointed to the American cardinalate. There has been much speculation and other names have been mentioned in ad- dition to those which I have quoted. | Archbishop OConnell of Boston may | also be mentioned
 Monsignor Kennedy Is a figure stand | ing prominently in the forefront both in affairs of the Vatican and in Catholic affairs in the United States. He keeps in as close touch as possible with the lat ter and is we'll known to many leading American Catholics.
 Monsignor Kennedy Is the person in Rome through whom audiences with the pope himself are arranged, and it is thus that he has become personally ac- quainted with many Americans. He is a talents. and 1t is, moreover. well known that he is one of the prelates in whom the holy father has great confidence. Terrible scenes of riot and bloodshed have occurred at the Italian town of Bari, on the Adriatic coast following a. general strike among all classes of work CTS.
 The strike Is the direct result of con- and in house rents, and the townspeople rose in masses.
 Thousands of the poorer people. unable to meet what they regard as the fresh extortions of the landlords had had mo- tice to leave their dwellings within 24 hours or to suffer eviction. With this possibility hanging over them and driven to desperation by hunger. an angry mob, 1000 strong, marched through the streets and practically forced every business, private and municipal. to come to standsti1i.
 Tramcars that continued to run were wrecked and the conductors and drivers roughly handled. and shops whose own CTS refused to close them were plundered and in some cases burned.
 Police and soldiers who had taken up positions in public and other buidinss were driven out. and the buildings were set on fire. The property of unpopular landlords was visited with special sever | ity. many houses being broken up and burned
 l There was constant firing In the streets between the mob and the landlords. and five people were shot dead Thirty sol ders and about 5o civilians were taken to hospitals. many of them being dan gerously wounded.
 The fury of the people has by no means exhausted itself. and the authorities are anticipating further trouble. | The authorities believe that tale of great dramatic interest and romantic de- tall lies behind the recent murder of Father Meneghollo. parish priest of vi- cenza, who was shot to death by an- other priest. Angelo Tirapello.
 Meneghollo had obtained Tirapello's s suspension on the grounds of misconduct,
 nsubordination and lack of mental bal ance. Tirapello appealed to Rome, but when his appeal was dismissed he de- termined to be revenged and waited be- hind the altar with a rife until his vic tim emerged from the sacristy.
 The congregation was panic-stricken. and the assassin took advantage of the confusion to escape to the open country.