Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-03
ABANDON HOPE Of
MAKING REPAIRS.
Efforts to Rescue Thousands Made
Homeless by Mississippi
Floods.
A BREACH 800 FEET WIDE.
Trains Loaded With Live Stock Make
Dash for High Ground-Distribu-
ton of Government Ralions.

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abandoned hope of repairing the
breaks in the Mississippi levees about
T0rras, government and state officials
today centered their efforts toward
rescuring the thousands rendered hom
elesS by the flood and providing food
and shelter for the refugees. The
| breach at Torras was over 500 feet
wide today and water was pouring
through at a terrific rate.
A dozen special trains have been
rushed to the scene from Baton Rog
ue, and other points and blacks, whites
and live stock are loaded into cars
and a dash made for high ground.
Government rations are being given
out at Baton Rogue and it is esti-
mated that 1000 persons are being
cared for there and at other rescue
camps. Thousands will be added to
this number.
Fifteen parishes had been flooded
before the TOrras break and eight
more are now threatenen.
Chicago, May 3.-All Of Chicako,
except sections close to down town
district, was withoue its accustomed
newspaper again today. The SIX
hundred union newspaper pressmen
remained out, and after the publish
ers had succeeded in getting their
morning editions printed with the aid
of non-uuion pre>smen, the unioE wag
on drivers struck and refused to deli
YER bundles. Also the union news
boys declined to work and distribution
was impossible over most of the city
and all of the suberbs.
The union pressmen today made the
charge that the publishers were max
ing earnest efforts to install open
shop conditions in all their Offices.
The publishers declared the union men
were at fault and they broke the con-
tract under which they were working
by refusing to allow their differences
to be submitted to arbitration. Union
men call the situation a lockout, the
publishers call it strike.
A meeting Of the members of the
Allied Printing Trades, was planned
for today at which the question of
sympathetic strike by the printers,
linotype operators and composltors,
was to be considered 1t was stated
before the meeting that the local typo
graphical union has sufficient funds
to finance strike if it is decided to
call the men out, irrespective of the
attitude of the national officers. At
last nights mass-meeting of pressmen
large number of printers attended
and took active part.
An extra force of $50 policemen was
on duty today about the newspaper
Offices. When non-union pressmen
employed on the morning papers went
to lunch early today, policemen accom-
panied them, but there were no moves
on the part of strikers to indicate that
violence was intended.
The strike at this time has proved
boon to the Daily Socialist. A few
days ago the paper was compelled to
suspend publication for day for the
lack of funds. Today its circulation
figures show that more than lOo,oOo
Epapers were sold yesterday. A morn
1 inp edition had wide circulation to-
day.
New Orleans, La, May 3.-Having
abandoned hope of repairing the
breaks in the Mississippi levees about
Torras. government and state officials
today centered their efforts toward
rescuing the thousands rendered
homeless by the flood and providing
1 food and shelter for the refugees.
EThe breach at Torras was over ooo
fleet wide today and water was pour
4 ing through at a terrific rate.
| A dozen special trains have beer
rushed to the scene from Baton Rouge
and other points, and blacks, white;
and live stock are loaded into cars
and a dash made for high ground.
4 Government rations are being glver
#out at Baton Rouge and it is estl'
Emated that total of 115,0O0 persons
Ire being cared for there and at 9th
E rescue camps. Thousands will be
Id.FRadaS tn thic number