The sun., 1917-08-02
142DIEBY HEAT
400 OVERCOME
NCITYD DISTRICT
Many Plants and Offices
Close as Employees Are
Frustrated.
400 TRAINMEN QUIT
Mercury Goes to SO, Breaking
All Records on the Way
Cooler To-day, Prediction.
400 TRAINMEN

The story OF an unprecedentediy
weltering day was not told yesterday
In thsrmometrical records. most OF
which were smashed. but In the longest
lists Of dead and Frustrated ever tabu-
lated In national and local torrid weather
history. In the metropolitan district
alone lI2 died ana there were sent to
hospitals scores who cannot recover
From the mortality returns Of the Ave
horoushs of tha city avaiiabla at 10
o'clock last night forty-seven persons met
Death in Manhattan, forty-fvs In Brook
iyn and the rest siccumbed In the dis
tr,cts Of Queens. Richmond and The
Brcnx and adjacOnt regions.
The number Of PROSTATE 'ons- exceeded
100, taore than 200 of winch were In
Manhattan and 1:s In Brooklyn. wash
ineton estimated that more than $40
;errons had lost their live and more
.uan 500 had been prostrated In the ter
.Itoy covered by the unparalleled vis;;A-
ti,n.
The mercury got up to 80 at 1880
PM, duplicating the record Of the day
before, and while on its way 10 this
maximum Il created records for morn
Inc hours unexcelled In the history OF
the Weather Bureau here, reaching 50
at 8 o'clock. Its aspirations were
checked by two thunderstorms that
spilled little rain in Manhattan and
Brooklyn but that cooled the air con-
siderably and sent tho temperature down
in few hours to the 81 mark. A light
easterly breeze helped to refresh the
city
Cooler Days Expected.
The national and local meterologists
showers Of yesterday helped some. but
they are the mere heralds of a high
pressure wave that is coming this way
from the Northwest and ought to make
itself felt tonight. so that the ener-
vated city may come down of It's roofs
and In from its fire escapes and go to
bed in the usual way and get good
rest. The coolness may last several
Gays.
All the city was In shirt sleeves while
the ardent sun made things sixsle. The
proprieies were cast aside for comfort
In Little Italy. during the stagnant
early morning hours children slept. or
made an effort to sleep on the streets,
win curbstones for pillows. Thousands
took TO the roofs in all the tenement
districts and some rolled off to death
In the street. Babies who were pillowed
on fire escapes by distracted mothers
fell to the ground and were killed or
injured One Of the little ones killed
was Jennie Lombardi, 4, of Is Baxter
street.
Mayor Mitchell ordered the park com.
missioners OF all boroughs not to en-
force the regulation keeping felix's OF the
grass and thousands found rest, II not
comfort there. Engine IL In Henry
near Gouverneur, street, got out its hose
and acted as shower bath for a big Sec
ton Of the East Side. a multitude OF
small boys and girls In bathing suits
and plain skin, lining up to take their
turns under the spray from the nozzle
Industry Slows Up.
An alarm OF fire interrupted tho
spraying. but II went right on wher
the engine got back. and East Sids
mothers called down blessings on tn,
Fire Department in Yiddish and Amert
eanese
The wheels OF industry ceased buzzine
when 1t became apparent that the day
was going to set record for torridity
1he big factories and stores let ou
their employees before noon and wal
shipbuildns at the navy yard in Brook
lvn came TO a standstill at IL A. NJ.
when the superintendent in charge dis
missed 900 men to keep them in con
dton for work to-day.
More than 10000 men employed at tn,
Industrial plants in Bayonne. including
the Standard and Tide Water OIL. In
ternational Nickel. Babcock q Wilcox
Eloo Pacific Coast Borax. Texas OF
and Safety Insulated Wire and Cabl'
companies, were sent home and thu
Plants were closed down. after 20l
vorkmen were prostrated by the hea
ana those who were beyond frst ait
were sent to the hospital.
Many OF the woolen plants at Pas
aaio, N. J., closed, including the Botan.
worsted Mills, employing 5000, and tn
Forttman 4 HOFFMAN Company, EN-
Toying 1000.
Employers Give Holiday.
When 100 or more girls employed Il
he Charles William Stores on Mali
street, Brooklyn. were overcome in tn
morning the mana cement decided ther
mad been enough trouble In the building
and closed the establishment. which, !
was announced. would not be opene
until the end Of the hot wave.
Another Brooklyn concern to close II
doors was the Robert Gair Company. j
notified its employees early In the da
hst they might take a holiday at IN
expense Of the concern. There was n
reluctance on the part OF the 2.000 o
more on tho payroll In taking advan
age OF this unlocked for vacation. tn
danan Shoe Company. Boorum q Peas
and the Thomson Meter companies fol
lowed suit.
The New York Stock Exchange, IN
cotton Exchange. the Produce Exchang'
tne Consolidated and the curb markt
slackened perceptibiy In volume of bus
ness with only about one-half of III
normal number Of members OF each {
the trading boards present. Sales o
the New York Stock Exchange WEI
only 24s,100 shares, a pretty good ind
cation OF the fact that the mind OF III
public was on something else besides II
market Brokers on the Broad stree
.urn were probably less fortunate tha
lneir fellow members OF the professio
az the enclosed exchanges. for the
business is conducted In the open stree
ahd under the full glare OF the sun
rays. Frequent dsshes to cold drin
counters were about all that kept mar
OF them on their feet all during the da
In several OF the ofices OF Stock II,
.hfnKe firms women employees were Sci
nome Immediately on their arrival IN u
morning. others posted notices that II