The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-23 00:00:00

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

CAVTION To CAnTEns. Georg,.: Tompkins we;
charged with not havirg proper cov.rol over h::Q
horse and cart; on the 13th inst. P.C. Eaves proved
the e,se. Fined ss. 1

ASSAULTING TIIL POLICE. Walter Garvey was
charged with being drunk on the 16th just, and Was
further charged with asaault'ng Sergeant Jones (U
toe same d rte.—Mr. j. J. Corbet defended. P.S.
;Tor es said he was taking a man 7named Stanton to
the st tion, when definc.'ant cin,ght hold of his arm
and tried to pull him away, and also clught hold of
his coat aid tore it. Def,udant was drunk.—P.C.
Hew h c.-nmhor ted Jon:s. Mr. Corbet addressed
: Bench for the defence, and cruitended that ti ere
was u c:s, for him to enswer.Slrah Gibbons and
Gibbons were called for the defence and said
that Gary, y did n.,t iou&) Jo: ei —Thomas itanon
was then ( harged with being drunk and assaulting
Sergeant J..ie s, P.Cs. Davis i.nd -Cleat% on the 16:h
Corbet defended. P.C. Davis said ho
' was in Coventry Street on the 16th inst, when he
saw defender,: there drunk. He told him to go
home i,nd he bgan to use bad langinge. Sergeant
Jones told him to go home
.but he would not.
Witness puihed him off the footpath and defeatism
struck him on the site of the herd. P.C. Heath
• said def,nclat,t 95:4413ted him by kickinz
Jone 3 sai defendant kicked him several
titues.—Mr. Corbet addre,s3d the Bench and called
four witnesses for the defeuce,arvey was fined
5i and costs for drunke,,nes,, and the charge (rf
assault was disthissed. Superintendent Wheele
proved a number of previous convictions against
Stanton, uho was fined 5s and cos- s for drunktn-
ness, and 20s az:d costs for the assaults.

CH. ARON OF STEALING A WATCH.---Ilary Dlvis
was charged with stealing a watch, valued £2, the
property of Lavinia Pardoe, on the 16th in,t„—Pr9-
a_cwrix said that on the 16th inst. prispner w.is in
a room in her tatlvr*s house, the Anvil Inn, Lye.
A watch waa en tha tale in the marl room, Pro-
rix left the room ior hide an .hour. Chad s
Taylor and George ParCo3ivere in the rJom. Wtoi n
she rtturntd toe- watch w:s gone. • Mt sister was
in the room—Rosetta Pardo° sai3 she saw prisoner
, come into the house. When p iairer came int') the
room her sister's wa.ch was on the table.—Charles
Taylor said he was at the Anvil Inn, on the 16th
Inst. He saw prisoner come in and go out. She
was there abut half an hour, and he was there all
the time hhe sat at the table where the watch
and chain was on.—George Pardee gave corrobora-
tive evidence.—P.S. Cope laid that from informa.
tion received he apprehended the prisoner and told
her he wailed her ott suspici n of stealing a watch
tro.n tl e Inn, Lye. Se said 'Tye not been
at t'ar,lo,'s to-dar. ' lle afterwards charged tier
with ste.aling a wat:!l., ti.e prope,ty of Lavinia
Pardee, on th 3 iGh inst.-I'.S. Jones proved some
previous convictions. The Bench retired to con-
sider their -verdict, and on returning into CourL, Mr.
Firnatt,ne said the ca-e a zaiust her was on., of the
gravest suspicion, but they were not fully co:. vinced
tlat she took the watch, and they gave her the
benefit of the doubt.

A VIOLENT INEBRIATh —George K mberley,
labourer, of Bromsgrovc, was charged with Leilg
d!unk and di- orderly, on tie 10th just, at Olds‘,in.
toed; he was fuctLer charged with assaulting P.C.
Eaves whilst in the execution of his duty. on the
16th. ic evidence weht to show ;lilt P.C. Eaves'
saw defendant, w o was drunk a;AI very disoraeriy.
On taking defendant into custody, he . becatno very
‘iolent, kicking the oiliz.er s,2verley on the leg, and.
thre times on the temple, rendering him insensible.
Defend;,nt was fined 5s sad costs, for being drunk
and diso:derly ; in default 14 days; and 40s and
costs, or one month for the assault, the terms to
be consecutive.

THE MINER'S STRIKE.
MEETING AT DUDLEY.
A mass meeting of the men on s-rike was held on
the Porter's Fieles, Dudley, on W edne-day n:orn-
ing. Conitgimts were preeent frem all part. of the
district, amemitine altogether to about 4.00, men.
Mr. S. A. WhiteUS, who preside l, express d
reg-ct thit the stale° still coatinued ; but he be-
lieved they wee e justtfied in what they wi-re doing,
because th- y had se malty people of ell chisees on
their side—(cheers).
The Rev Charles Le9ch, of Birmingham, thin
adtbessed the meeiing. He had come, he sad, to
express rynipathy with the miners, their wives, and
families in ti.e tri üble through whicli they were
peseing. lie was pled they we re not tea-tele set of
men, but were wiliing to x%ork It they could be
deal justly v. ith—(chr-ers). The sympathy 01
many of ilia public was on their side—(hear, hear).
Settee traste:s cared mere for their horses and dogs
than they did their weekraen ; for slice men, he
believed there we's in etore a (earful day of reckon-
' ing—(chters). Woltuen had rights as well as
duties. Their duties were to be honest to their
masters, and their rights wore to have enough to
lie, epon—(Clicer-). At this point a large detach
it nu of Gi cat neon, headed by a bra si baud,
matched on to the field, and was louely cheered.
Preceediug, Jr. Leech said he we s told that the
mrsterst could not wake the pits pay. If that was
so he was sorry ; hut he could not understand it,
sce,ng that in 18139, when the price of coal was
lower the mu n were paid a higher rate. He had
be n to!cl that the Earl of Dud:ey and other ern-
pl. yers had not got their money from their
workmen. If it was-so how did they get it ? here
cull be tio wealth withou( labour. He believed
that the Earl of Dudley had working for bin] 4,000
miners, and the sum of .28,000 which his lordship
had spent in the purcha.,e of three vases would pay
these men fee; pence a day for six months—(ch..!era).
The miners had been accused of being spendthrift el.
He would be sorra? if that were so ; but still it was
no business of their masters. How was it, he a-ked,
that to many thousands were assembled there that
morning, and who were willing to werk, were steni-
ing idle. He was told that it was .because they
refused to accept the arbitrator's award. He be-
lieved Mr. Rowlands, the :;rhitrater, to be an up-
tight, honest man, and an able lawyer. But why
did they allow a lawyer, who knew nothing about
their wages. He was told that they were to b:ante
for not accetting the award. li ey had asked for a
reason fer the award, and for an intetview with the
arbitrator and masters, but each of these requests
had been refused, 'Feat was.unfa'r to them. They
had insisted that in the arbitration a basis of 3s 8d
per cl,ty shou.,d• be taken. If that were not carried
let tfie masters cows forwatd and disprove it. Tbov
had insisted that no year during which the shidit g
scale hed been le existence shoeld be taken by the
arbittater in arriving at a decision, but that undie-
s attdine had been violated—(cheers). lie urged
tly; men to be firm and calm, as tha public were
beginning to . thick that the masters' refusal to
meet the men was oxing te their having something
to keep baek—(lemi
The Rev. F, Pair (West Bromwich), in the course
of an address, aske.l how it ,as that the Sandweit
Palk Celliety ii nipany. at their meeting in liir-
ntiug,atn, en Taeaday, ex; re ;sed a determination
to le ii,t the denand tor IL P o,ct rate of wages when
he (Vie gpetike.) knew (het thy were all the time
paying it.
Other speakerr followetl, and the usuil rest lu-
fives to "play on' -till their deman Is for the old
rate of wages is a-ceded to was unanimous y passed.

DIABOLICAL OUITAGE NEAR SHREWS.
BURY.
ATIEAPT TO BULN A DEFAULTING
• - • TENANT.

A t Shrewsbu!.y Co .nty Police Court, vcsteraav
morning, Jane Joi!e3 was remanded on a cha ge of
coinznittin.7, a feat lui out age at PoDte,bui y on
Thur,dziy afternoon. Pli,ooer w:nt to thi cottage
of Sirs. M rgan, a tenant of lyrs, el.:lnlanded
som, rent which was in arrear. Alto Morgan
• is 65, faleci to pay. and was ordered to quit "the
bone. On he refusal pri-puer fetelv-d a paclio,k
..Ind fastened the door frean the outside, tricking
within the aged tenant and her two grandchildren,
dge I respeeively fi7e months and three years. She
tlien deliberately set fire to the straw thatch, which
was ye? y di7 ind burned fieicely. The khri (Is of
Ms 21,:rgan and the children brought some
labourers on the scene, und they rnanAged t bust
the door io and rescue the t-rriticA timates h2f,,re
the buitling was f nuirely gut ed. An adj2inilie
cottage wilt its contents was eo:ni,letely de-
stroyed.

whi :h was the purchase cl land for giving to the
inhabitants of Netherton a better means of e.ommu-
nication with t! e town.—Aft q. evidence had be,-n
taken as to the vari‘ats prop:,sed improvement,
the enquiry closed.

BROM iGROVE.

MAGISTEMAL—At the Petty Sessions on Tuesday
before Messrs. R. Smallwood and R. Hardin,ltisi
werd (magistrates), Robixt Dexter of Birminghie
as clarged with exposing for sale in Bromsgreve
ou the 12th inst.. a quantity of herriege,
which were foul and unfit for food. John Bevan
.nse ctor of nuisances to t)e Loial Bored, stated
tha on the evening of the 12 h. he saw defendent
orfeting heriings for sale in the neirket place widch
con-idered bad and unfit for feel. He se:zel
"fi.t4',,of the fish, and Mr. Carey the Mejlea
offic e- condemned them. 0;1 the folloe.ine• day Mr.
millwood made an order for them to be desroyed.
Def ndant deified that he was offering for sale the
I:sh that were seized. Pelice-constaVie Grinnell
stated th it he saw the defendant sell some of the
fish tint of the fiats that were seized to a women.
Dr. Carey said the herriegs were in a dreadful state
when he saw them at ti,e eolice station. They were
rotten ant quite enfit fer: food. Defendant said he
was employed to sell the herrings, which were quite
good-and eatable when he started from Birmingham
with them. The heat and the dust had made most
on the top part of the cart bad, and he put those
eiderneath and Oil 2 ot offer them foiesale. Thomee
Brooks, of Brearley Street, Birmingham, and John
Dexter, of Birtniugham, father of the defendant and
owner of the fish were called to prove that the fish
were rill te good when loaded into the cat tat 8i,.-
nenghatn. The magi-trates said the fish were very
bad and ought pot to have been exposed for sale.
Detmeant was fined 403 , and 31s costs.—At the
same Sessions Eliza Wiggins was charged with ue-
lawfully intermarrying with Edwin Milwatd, at All
Saints Church, Bromsgrove, on the 25th December
1878, her former husband, Charles Wiggins, to
whore it wits Bitted she was married at the leidepAid
eat Chapel, Bromsgiove, on the 8 h Si-ptewler,
1872, bAng then still alive. The prosecu:ion was
instituted by the first husband who was in C. urt.
Superintendent Jeffry prolueed: certificates of the
two matrieges, and Sarah Carter having given some
evidence as to the first cereincny, prisoner was re-
manded on bail for a week, her second husband being
one of nee sureeies.