Show SHORT STORIES In Now York yesterday 250 < Wi East Side Enrinontworkers went on strike and It 13 predicted 15000 more will follow Heavy rain during the pist fortvclght hours has again overflowed the I Mohawk river and the lowlands above Utica N Y It Is iHlluved the oats hay and corn cropa will bo very small The Peary Arctic steamer Windward from Xw York Julv lltb l Jan arrived at North Sydney CD She will coal and proceed north today being Joined by Mrs l > ear and her daughter Acting Coy VrlRht Secretary Ferguson and Cons Hell and Blabcc will accompany Con Clmffee on his return to the United States The party will sail on the tnlted Slntes transport McClellan September SOtli SOtliThe condition of Hilary A Herbert formerly for-merly Secretary of the Navy hue inn liroved and ha has been removed to Af ton Vn where It la hoped conditions will be more favorable for his rapid recover re-cover A majority of the board of director of llio Southern Baseball association Issued I an order Unit any club In the Southern lonnuo which pbiys with the Memphis club when either Ihirlos Frank I or Pitcher Pitch-er St Vraln Is a participant shall be lined silo SIMThe The delegate of Hie GoldHeaters union to the Central Federated union Now York reported to that body that a general gen-eral strike pf KolIbciilers to rnforco i a demand for an Increase of wapni will RO into effect In New York and several oilier cltlca today Certain modifications which tho Slate department > In lbr protocol governing govern-Ing tho construction of the proposed Panama Pana-ma cnrml before It nssumca the sluiiu of ii treaty have been transmitted by Secretary Secre-tary lay I to Mr Concha time Colombia Minister nt WafhingLon The 1 plan of Korstmlzation of tlio AB plmll Company of America and the National Na-tional Anphnlt compnny which companies arc In the liunda of receivers made pub lie today provides that the property nf the oompinlrs shall bo acquired by a new corporation to hare a capital of JiOBO0 < v > Th < nnthrucltc houdnuartort at Vllkca barre will he J reopened on Tuoaday when President Mitchell and the district presi dents return from the Indianapolis convention con-vention After a conference the I subordinate sub-ordinate I ofllccrs will return to their homes and take charge of tlc distribution of the relief fund |