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F VOL. XI. COAL CONFERENCE FAILS' President Asks in Va:n For Resumption ot Mining:. PROPOSITION OF THF. MINERS Th? OprrHtiirn Rfjfct th? Ortor of the j Striker** I.easier* to As bltrot? nml | Mine Cool I'ondiiiK i* UrcUl in ?They Make n licqnetl l*or FmlerM Troop*? The l'lea of the t're*I.Vt?t?Th? Outlook k*" ? v? iiMiiiiKiiiii, i >. y .? i ue con: tiriliP I conforpui'o in President Roosevelt's | nick *00111 in the temporary White j House resulted in .oial fe'Utre. :mi I the | two parties are. to jtitige hy their inn:: nor and words, further apart than ever. The miners offered to put their men , hack at work Immediately, provided i the operators would agree to leave the j issues to President Roosevelt to deeide ' and agreed to abide by his decision or j hy the decision of a tribunal to 1h? ap- ! pointed hy him. Tlie operators reject ed tliits proposition utterly, and would) consent to nothing tjiat Involved any i recognition of the Miners' I'nion. They j offered to make concessions, but in- j sistcd tin leaving each employer free to 1 deal with his own men. The representatives of the minors ! claimed that lite main quesihni was; the public need for l'nel, niitl Mr. Michell argued that acceptance of his proposition would fell 'Ve the public distic s. : lie maintained tlint whatever might b. ; tiie merits of the strike, the question of the people's need for coal would he j instantly v tiled, and he laid stress <>n the'fuel that he did 001 propose 10 keep ! the men on strike until the President's I award was made known, hut was will- 1 lug and anxious to put them to work j at once and let tliein keep on mining coal until Mr. Roosevelt's? decision <>r ( that of his tribunal was made. The operators insisted that to allow any ! such settlement of the case would lie! to surrender all that they were lighting | for. Some of the operators sttgg 'sted that. | Instead of dealing with Mitchell, the j President should send Federal troops i at once to Pennsylvania. Mr. I liter! was the first speaker, and he hinted at this. Mr. Thomas gave a stronger sugjftVTiou, and Mr. Markle made It stronger. He openly demanded In so many words that the President "put tile Federal trnniw In tlw? ftr?li1 " 'fl,.-, I same idea w:is carried out l>y tlie nth-J ef s. ' Mr. Wilcox went so for .is to recall i the action of President Cleveland in I 1894. and to say to Mr. Roosevelt: "IT . thp National (.overnment would lit,., euforep the law with equal promptness thQ strike would end port vook." The conference was jUidcd into two parts. The morning conferew e. which began at 11 o'clock, was short and formal. Mr. Uoose\olt made his speech of appeal, urging l?oth parties to settle their differences on the ground of patriotism and pointing out the public need. Mr. Mitchell then made his offer to leave the question to the President and put the men to work. The operators. Mr. Mitchell says, rejected the proposition on the spot. All this was by word of ntoutli, and It was agreed j that what each side had to say should | ln? put in writing and submitted at the | afternoon conference. The morning meeting did not last twenty minutes. President Itoosevelt greeted the representatives of the miners with the same marked cordiality that he showed to tiie operators. Mr. Itaer and his friends nnd Mr. Mitchell and Ills comrades bowed politely to each other. The conference started off with good feeling. At 11.11) it had come to ft close, and the two parties to the meeting as guests of the President came down stairs and went away. The President had rend to them the address which set forth his reasons for (-filling them Together. The President's statement follows: "I wish to <arll your attention to the j faet that there are three parties af- ! feeted by the situation In the anthracite trade: The operators, the miners nnd the general public, I spenk for neither (be opcrntors nor tlie miners, lint for the general imblie. The questions at issue which led to the situation siffect immediately the parties concerned?the operators and the miners, hut tiie situation Itself vitally affects the piddle. "As long as there seemed to be a reasonable hope that these matters could he adjusted between the parties it did not seein proper to me to intervene in any way. I disclaim any right or duty to Intervene in this way upon legal grounds or upon any official relation that I b?ar to the situation, hut the urgency and the terrible nature of the oatustrophe impending over a large portion of our people in the shni>e of a j winter fuel famine impel me, after much anxious thought, to believe that my duty requires nie to use whatever influence I personally can to bring to | an end a situation wi.un. i..... - I - .. .'riiiiiif literally intolerable. "I wish to emphusizo the eharaeter of the situation and to say that Its gravity is such that I am constrained urgently to insist that each one of you realize the heavy burden of responsibility upon him. We are upon the threshold of winter with an already existing coal famine, the future terrors of which we can hardly yet appreciate. The evil possibilities are so far-reaching. so appalling, that it soenis to mo that you are not only justified in sinking, hut required to sink, for the time being any tenacity as to your respective claims in the matter at issue between you. "In tny judgment the situation imIterettvolv reontros that vi>n nmet uooo ORT F( the common i?l:tne of the necessities of tlie public. With oil the earnestness there is in me. 1 ask that there l?e an immediate resumption of operations in tlie coal mines in some such way as will, without a day's unnecessary delay. meet the cry ins needs of the people. "I do not invite a discussion of your respective claims and positions. I appeal to your patriotism, to the spirit that sinks personal considerations an.*", makes individual sacrifices for the general good." The aftci .eoti conference, which began at 3 o'clock, lasted two hours ami was exceedingly heated. Hitter language was used, and fists were waved in the air?not to emphasize threats, hut for the purpose of gesticulation. At the close of the conference Mr. Iliter came to the door first, and when he saw the array, turned to his associates and said: "Well, look here: we l:.v.e get to run the gauntlet, and we v. v ns well go together." Keep interest was manifested in tlie eont't rfiicc on tin* part of tin* publio. Tin* sidewalks and street in front of the temporary White lluuse were thronged with people, who anxiously awaited the result. Newspaper men lined either side of the entrance to the White House, from its doors to tlie street. , The President treated his visitors with flue. wt*il poised courtesy, ami from anything lie said neither side eouhl eoiieeive that it.* felt displeasure in their attitude. Vet. after the conferenee, he sunk- to Attorney -lienors! Knox, Postinatster-Heueral Payne and Srerotnry iloiu ill severe erllielsm of tin* unyielding position of the operators. What, if any. will bo the next step taken in Washington to veaeli a settle uifist <m nil' trouble is problematical. A tuciu:>i r nl" tin* Cabinet. who saw tlio i'rcsMciit after the conference, said: Tin* conference lias ended without settlement. Tlie President is profoundly disappointed. II*' siill hopes for a favorable rosult. There will it*' 110 I'urthor ?onfcreuce. hut what has !>??. ?t , done may lead to something etfeetive i here or elsewhere. There are intimations that unless the parlies to the eontroversy make a move shortly to reaeh a settlement, the President will eoiunumieatr- with (inventor Stone of Pennsylvania aud stt.^vst that the S:at*? of Pennsylvania might properly take positive steps to terminate the ] struggle." When President Mitchell and his as- j sorbites returned to their hotel the j leader of the striking miners made a i statement about the conference to ! newspa]>?r representatives. Mr. Mitch- ' el! said thai after the President had j rend Ijii* statement to the conference j the turners' committee at once pro- I posed to refer the questions and isstt * j of the coal strike to the l'resident for auJ 'cf.Ul,-!P. The operators promptly > ! "**".i.->eu "tiie propositi"". Mr. Mitchell said: '"h was evident to i the miners' representatives that the 1 coal operators have neither regard for i their former employes nor for the publie, which is suffering so much for lack t of fuel. "As a consequence of the refusal of the operators either to grant concessions or defer to impartial arbitration ihe eoal strike will go ou. "1 am lirinly convinced that the miners will win, although we deeply ivgivt tlie refusal of the railroad presidents to defer to the wishes of the nation's Chief Executive. ''Thn * * * . ... , . .oiwviii va|m csseu Hie Hope | that there would bo no lawlessness in tho coal Holds, and tlio representatives of tho miners assured him that ovory effort would bo exerted to maintain l>oaoo." Tho operators had nothing to say for publication, and it was announced at the temporary White House that President Roosevelt had no comment to make on the results of the conference. BAY STATE REPUBLICANS. Nomirato u State Ticket llrnitril by Jolin I.. Ilntrs, of r.oMton. Boston. Mass.?The Bepuhllcan State conveutlon has nominated a ticket headed by John L. Bates, of Boston, for (Jovernor. ("Jenernl Curtis (Juild, Jr., ?>f Boston, was named for I.ioutennnt-f Jovernor. An unexpected attempt to amend the platform caused a sudden but very brief storm. Former Representative | Frank M. Fitts, of Sonierville, moved 1 an amendment to the platform In tlie form of n plank for reciprocity with Canada, and an immediate revision of the tariff, so as to include free coal, free iron, free steel and free hides. After a short, heated discussion the amendment was overwhelmingly defeated. The platform as adopted indorses the administration of President Roosevelt, declares that the policy ol" protection, which is the cause of the country's prosperity, should be adhered to, commends the ffold st. itiiird. opposes 11lcg.-U trusts and corporations, and approves of the efforts of the President to end the coal strike. VERMONT'S NEW HEAD. Tlie I.cjjlHlwtnrc Klect* <Jcncri*l .lotin C. M ? I Montpelier, Vt.?A summer of pollt| leal strife over the question of a new (Jovernor for the (Jroen Mountain State I enuie to an end when the Legislature, j in convention assembled, elected flen| eral John <f. MeCullougb. Republican, | of Bennington. Mr. McCulInugh received the support of 1G4 members of the convention, i'ereival W. Clement, the high license local option candidate, received V.? votes, und Felix W. MeCettrlck. the Democratic candidate. 45. S. Stanton, Republican, of Roxbury, was elected Lieutenant-Governor, the vote standing: titan ton, 181: Agan (local i option). 35; May (Dem.). 37. MI] MlT MI EL, S. WED COLER DEMOCRATS' CHOICE The State Ticke' Nonvnated in Convention at Saratoga, N. Y. COAL STRIKE MADE AN ISSUE ! Th? Public Own*r?hlp and Operation of Anthracite Mine* Advocated After the Kxerciup of the llicht of Kminrnt !>??main?11c very 1 tar red Out of the Convent Ion?The Platlortti Adopted. Saratoga. N. Y.?The New York Dem- | ocratio Stale ticket is as follows: l'or Governor, P.ird S. Color. of Itrooklyn: Lieutenant-Governor. Charles N. Hulger, of Oswego; Secretary of State. Frank H. Mott, of Chautauqua: Controller, Charles N. Preston. of T'lster: State Treasurer, George It. Finch, of Warren: Attorney General, John C'uuneeii, of Frie: State Kugineor anil Snrve; >r. lticharil W. Sherman, of Onehla: Judge of the Court of Appeal*, John Clinton Gray, of New York City. Tile four striking features of the convention were the wild demonstration over the unseating of Pcvery. the attempt of Nathan Straus to persuade the convention not to nominate Mr. j Color, the declaration by William Hep- j burn Kr.ssell, the Chairman of the j Greater New York nomocracy, that 1 Democratic differences in New Yor.v City had hern buried, and lite declaration in the platform in favor of ownership and operation of the anthracite coal mines by the Federal Government. Scenes of great excitement attended j the unseating of Povery. The former i Chief of Police of New York City i forced his way to the platform and j made a speech in which he demanded his seat ie tin* convent ion. Finally Pevery was umcated by vote of the convention. Put four counties voted for his retention, lie made dire threats that he would holt the ticket aiiit siuutp lite State against llill and Ills party, lurt when he left for New York City lie addressed a crowd of his friends as follows: "I nm not prepared to say anything other than that lam a Democrat and will support the ticket nominated to-day. I was robbed of my : eat. hut that seems to he one of the incidents of the convention. Maybe I will have better iiiik nt'.M nine. The pint form adopted opposes trusts that injuriously silTeet customer nnil employer :t i:?l drive out small manufacturers. ami especially eomleinus the so-called Beef and Coal Trusts for "imvensoBtiniy the people of ik > essnrlos or life." Restrie!ion of the nmns3in^ of wealth is advocated, and the amendment of the tariff law hy plac'Vjj ' he nAoe.vv; ics ef life on tile frei> hsi is ncm.iuticti. , The Diugiey tariff law is condemned as a whole. The President is criticised for dilatory conduct, anil is accused of not wanting to offend the trusts. The platform asserts that tliu proposition to amend toe 1'ulted States Constitution to enable the henernl Unvmi.. incut to proceed against the trusts is a mere subtt rfr.ge to get delay; condemns the neglect of the National and State administrations to enforce the Sherman law; condemns the action of the (Jovernuient in its treatment of the Philippines; demands justice for Cuba in the mutter of trade by reducing the tariff to a strictly revenue basis and demands public ownership of anthracite coal mines by the right of eminent domain, and the payment of fnil damages to owners, so as to insure pence in the mining regions and relieve the consumer. The decimation regarding Nations) ownership of anthracite mines is us follows: "We advocate the National ownership and operatlot of the anthracite coal mines by tlie exercise of the right of eminent domain with just compensation to owners. Ninety per eent. of the anthracite coal deposits of the world being in the State of Pennsylvania, National ownership can be hut iu the Interest of the whole people. "Fuel, like water, being a public necessity, we advocate National ownership and operation of the mines as a solution of a problem which will relieve the country from the sufferings which follow differences between labor and capital in the anthracite mines. This course will insure peace iu the mining regions, and remove the cause for differences lending not only to suffering, hut oftitnes to bloodshed and insurrection. "It will relieve the consumers of coal, not only in this State, hut throughout the whole country; insure steady employment and ample compensation to labor; transfer children from the mines to tlie schools; insure, strengthen and preserve the stability of the business Interests and popular institutions of our country. Whatever difference? ?.r opinion may exist over other propositions of public ownership the propriety of that policy as applied to anthracite coal mines must be apparent to every citizen." The platform favors the plan of canal improvements, which provides for a barge capacity of 1000 tons for tbe Erie and Oswego canals and adequate and necessary improvement of other canals of the State; it urges a just ami equitable Excise law iu which the home rule principle shall be recognized; it syin- ; pathizes with the oppressed of the monarchies of Europe, and deplores and condemns the outrageous persecution of Jews of ltoumania, and also f,xvors the election of United States Senators by the people of th^-ir res'K 1 ti\% State*. . . I LL J NESDAY, OCTOBER STAGE HOLD-UP A JOKE Three Scc:stv Men Played Dick Turpins in Orange County, N. Y. The* FIit?I lllnnk Cnrlriilcf" At tti? I'lonrtr Coach, Ilolilifil tIt* i*o<l I.atrr M;u1p ICt-stl* lit ion. Middletowu, N. Y.-lt has lvcon.e known to all that the *?nsatiennl li??ltlup of the good coach ' !*io.? r" was n joke. When Horatio Wisner learned that the hold-up of the conch which lie and his brother have been driving all Slimmer betwon Ooslien and Warwick was a Joke, h said he would get even if lie had to wait ten years. The highwaymen who. with large revolvers and blank cartridges gave the coneliing party a scare were three society men prominent in the fashionable colony of Orange County. It was the last trip of the sca.-ott. and the hold-up was till that could he wished for Tin. women were frightened ni'i:\v o death but were overjoyed t<< -vce'ive tlit* rash utid Jewels taken from tlieni. Wlieu the robbery ? as reported at Warwlek great c\? iti nu nt prevailed, and it was late at liiabt before it became known ibai the hold-up was a hoax, and then every precaution was taken to shield the yoc.ii"- men. Their names became known, however, but there is no inclination on the pan of the Pioneer's pa*>? tigers to prosecute tlieiu. They were Amos i hat..'re:I:;ti. bonis T. Campbell and Wilbur Lawrence, all members of prominent orange County families :.nd leaders in society. The young men were recognized by i!. S. Wisuer, wlio was driving toward liosbeii. and met them af;er ;he l.ohlxxp. The young oatidits showed to Mr. Wisuer the iron < rsh box taken from the Pioneer and told him iliey bad held up the conch. This was while two posses were scan-bin;.; for tliem. Tile va!u:ibl"s tak -n frntii ; 11 - women passengers were urn i n> them. The young men are am t;e found. Innv ever, and iheir f rends will liave nothing to say of the afi ;ir. When tlie stage uri. -d in Warwick and the story in tile hold np was Sold, the news spread like wildfire, and the villagers gathered In the streets. Telephones uotitied Coshen and Florida and armed parties stare d out hi the dark to tiud the supposed desperadoes. Later the constables and other j.earehers dlseovered that they were victims of u practical joke. Their eomiiienis on the hoax were su!piinmu> hat pieinr squc. The residents of Warwick were ;aeliued to he angry. alder ihe .ruth was known, because u the thorough scare it involved. ' ho Pioneer conch s; led \y Mr. Wisner and ) ' ' pruse of ?iHVk\ otic ... ..;i; Th' two alternated as whip < :> 'die dsliy inps. I'he line was conducted t\>. pie.:- ".re rather than prolif. Ft tan he ween (losliou aud Warwick. wi h .1 -:.>u at Florida for a i h-o. PEARY RANKS AS COY MA NO. R. AUtanrnl in tin* (ir i !i < f i i\il l.u^iiirer* of llit* Navy Washington, I>. <- Tilt* Navy I u-purtnu-nt lias mad* on; a couiahs ion for the advancement of Civil Uiiaiu or Robert 30. I Vary, tin* Arctic explorer, to the rank ol' Commando;-. Mr. lVary now stands fourth from tli<> Is :??! of the list of naval civil engineers. While having the rank of Commander l!ir title remains that of Civil lOu^incer, only officers of the line lvrarins the purely military designations. Secretary Moody said that lie had not received any communication from Air. Peary in rejrnrd to returning to duty. In May. 1897. lie ohlttined five years' leave of absence, which was sule oequently extended to cover tic time necessary for him to rea< h the United States. STATUE TO KOSSUTH UNVEILED. A Tribute to tli* IIuncitrliiii 1'ntrlot V'ltnfmsl Ivy .10,000 IVupl#-. Cleveland. Ohio. A life size statue to the Hungarian patriot. Louis Kossuth VV'llJ lllirnllnil !* *1 flrt.IKH) people. The ligltre was I lie work of a Hungarian sculptor. Andrew Toth. of IVhrrnzin. Hungary. Addresses were made hy Mayor Johnson, Senator liaitna. Congressnian Hurton and Coventor Nash. Addresses were also made in several foreign tongues hy eminent speakers. A street parade, in which Hungarian and allied societies participated, was held. Six thousand men wore in line. Prpililent Mope* to ICtxl I nil Strike-. The eoal strike was considered at conferences held at the temporary White House at Washington, in which President lloosevelt, Attorney-tleneral Knox. Secretary Moody. PostmastertJenernl Payne and Coventor Crane, ilf \fnfiQflpfltlktAtio * * nnin iliir! .mior a thorough discussion of the situation the opinion was expressed tlmt there was no warrant for Federal interference. The President, it was announced, will do all he properly can to bring about a settlement. I'oital Kfttlmtitra Arc Inrrciocd, The estimates of Postmaster-tlenornl Payne of the appropriations required for all the postmasters in the United States during the next fiscal year aggregate an Increase of ^14,700 over the appropriations made for the current year. Karttiquake ftlioclti In FrHiitc. Three enrtluiunke shocks were felt in the district of Moutlersen-Turantaiae, I Department of Savole, France. riME 8, urn. ON A WHEEL au accidout huin*.-ua ia a boLUo of Mi I Ulcer Rye mini! need not become a i body. If t hey do it rvtexic MUSTANG I will thoroughly, 411 ncntly cure these al is no guess work ab< iment is used m cui\ YOU DON! KNOW Mustang Liniment. Asu tic-a h? I PROMINENT PEOPLE. Senator Hoar makes elassieaT readJim liis recreation. I.eon Hamlet, sou of the French novelist. advocates a law forbidding Hi sale of fiction to women and children. J Lord Kosebery is expected shortly to start a new political party in Kuglaml, believing that Liberalism is played out. j Kdward M. Shepard, the well known New York lawyer, has withdrawn from ; i: ? law tirin oT Parsons. Shepard & i iipK'ii. 1 \V. I?. 1 iowells. lie novelist, is a tiro.'M ?<v despite his evenly odd 'writes hoih morning and ' 1 '7 'f *- ?. A la'iit o' t ii'i'iiian booksellers has ' P"tr. i.s d tic r?;rhls to th sterol l>e We 1 oi? the war In South Africa ' r ' ' ' at. _ 'V iliill'liS. Pr >.ir Orlh, of (bitting; n 1'niver- " siiv. will siiccci'il ihe infe Pre. "essilv j. Ill; i..ir Virchow as ilne'ivor of tic' 1 ::! ! >. ;iinl institute of lbrlin. <'harios T. Ycrkos is -'.aid to claim ihai : n arc merely in 1 licit- npprentIcos! <i? until tliey arc forty, ami that fflv ' ilic rine age of the business ! ,,:!l' ?! The ? -st |siid native opera singer in ' lJussii' is 1 he tenor SsobinofT. lie nets j IM.t'OO rubles a year about as much as ] Jian ile ltesake gels in America in three weeks. , Professor Walter A. Wyekoff, of I v Princeton University, is about to set I j out on a walking tour through Colo- j j rndo. in which he will observe thy social aud Industrial conditions. ( i King Edward is said to have re- L | marked, when, after his recent opera- c Hon. he was carried aboard bis yacht: ' "William IV. was ho. n a 'sailor prince.* i I It seems likely 1 shall die one." King Humbert, the late sovereign of ( Italy, was the most lieavily insured ^ ; monarch in Euro|M>, carrying $7,.rit>0,I immi. Edward VII. is said to carry $d,- ; 7r?0.tw?n. anil the Prince of Wales $2,- | hlMi.WO. I Curing a Balky Horse. An expert, states that the vice of I balking in horses is almost invari- , ably caused by Improper breaking and handling of the animal while young, says the Chicago Chronicle. , It is only high-strung and ill-temp- j ered horses that balk, and these are j handled with more success hy humor- j lr.<r ; ' , uu.i imiicmc cnail l?y SCV'TG mea- 1 suri-s, which generally make matters | I worse. It is almost impossible to ; I follow rules in a ease of this sort. ] What will succeed in one ease is use- ! leas In another, so that a driver must I exercise good judgment ? "horse i sense"?in handling a case. < A very good treatment is to watch i the animal closely in places where it : would he likely to balk, and with the < first sign of stopping the driver i should say "Whoa," then get off and loosen or pretend to change the liar- <1 ness in some way; also take- up a t foot and tap the shoo with a store. 1 Spend a few moments leisurely in this f-' way and in nine cases out of ten the ' animal will forget his inclination to t hallc and will go on at the first hid cling. It is also well to give a lump 1 of sugar or a handful of oats or an ^ apple. This will always produce better results than severe measures. g The nifl with & poor memory can u ever hope to b? a successful liar. VQ NO. 29. ntly *? it it A *rry till iliKl'irtolmvp ntlkrt"' uKa izlean Mustaitg Iiu&Brat. JU s or X Sores fixir.rc upon yorr ic your huilv, tor iwmm ickly "uO pcrma!l iclions. Tli ere mi r ; i i this Lni~ : will follow. i l.-fj t. lisotorwalil eanVoecr*.! :: liavn t joalatl if witli ah r at. the vr ry t??p LABOR WO?\LO_ Kansas farmers oHer as as i ua> mid tioarii for bai-rosters. .XII flu* minors in tine White Oak ?list i i? t of West Virginia bare returned to ivork. Sewer laliorors at Chicago have <iru<*k for au iiii'ivaHik twenty five to ifly rents a .Uiy. i l is said iiuit t fie Southern t ox tile nills employ rsV.fMMl eliildreri imHrn ii >oars of ajfe. I'snares in Ontario. Can.. find It. UlliouM (o nhtaut lyfj#. nm though if.To a day ami hoard Is-o.n*cre<I. Tit.' strike of tin* rhi-api Oily llailemployes lias lir<*;i eoon?roui?sod, 14.- inf/c. f> ?TT?fTw; j?ailiAi~ Many ismMfjs* Freiieh miner*. A;!Vi' rot<*<? to demand n oijjiii !i lar day. tliis to iurluiTh linn* aken for mrals ami Lit prrio;; to and i a: t heir work. Ain.mp: fhc working women in Ttel:ium there nrc %r!io earn less iian thirty rents a <i?ay linly !MMio aru morn than fifty ?*i*ntR and only t'o more tint a eighty rents ? day. Til.* work of orgaiu'xmr; the retail lri!?; clerks of lrkcll/imnv into a union 0 affiliate with the Kederalinti of l.aitir has hegun. An eiRhJ liour work l.iy will lie demanded by tlic union. There are now six cities in the Sheet total Workers* National A Ilia nee, vhieli wan formed reotittly, follows: Mdhoh iphkr, New l?t', ilrooklyn, 'ittshurg, < 'liieapo anil AI Is a tic City. Unskilled laborers are very scare at Muciunati, Ohio. The.- vai;e:< liave tone u|? from n?i? Stl a day, ami veu In Tha *dy ts paying 5l.7f? 1 day of eight hours. and utaoy jobs; liivt gone lieggiiiR. Workmen employed at the Cia d? lumi! .uulUlK3t\ Stl IHe * "/?!> it' Mexico. Mexico, went out on a strike .oently. The .strike was made licenusc i demand for more wupes and shorter lours <?r work, was nut complied with .J the cuipli^ers. He Wanted a Cab. Masons will appreciate the humor [>f this story: Few tnew in Brooklyn were bolter known or more liked than Sherlock, proprietor of The Abbey, an enormously fat Amphitryon, whose roasts were never interrupted by officious J n fiiters. When Sherlock wainitiated into his lodp.e in Brooklyn the ni^ht wan fearfully h?/t. On that famotis pilgrimage to Xeragalcm whic!> ill initiates are required to make his lerapiration rolled off in torrents, oil \ i n g a watery trial behind him Itlindfoldod he staggered along. inwardly praying for relief. The run luetor. not shortening so Journey an til'I 111 if ^ - _ ......17. wruwiDK tllll Ihf* igouy. happened to lie an old ac[uruntance of 8horioefc. who finally ee?|." nixed his voice. VT.ee. ho !;anl Xow, Konfloirion"- t't.re \ ere soveril initiates in Che fwiri.v -"your Jouricy is rn arly ended; >?w are within ?:? miles of Jerusalem.'"' Sherlock 'f.v(:otJ, "CJoorgo, clou t y-.ua think wo'd et: r hire u cab?" The r.zi\T woari"ss, wretchedness, a iij-ojsft and ib:prtir in I ho voice tac-ci hjti explosion hat broke up the cereirsotry.- New "ork i'icbw The Detroit river is wiflot of Ihe reatest bodio.? cT to world, PRregn ting cifihty t.wvc? t?jcu!-.u?' iji:ar? mi let of laha.