The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-28 00:00:00

soca an utrift 4ews.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has been pleased
to confer on the Rev. J. Charles Cox, now curate
in charge ef Enville, Stourbridge, the degree of
Doctor of Lam, (LL.D ), "in recognition of the anti-
quarian knowledge and diligent research which he
has expended in examining arranging, and tabulat-
ing the valuable ancient monuments of the Dean
and Chapter of Lichfield as welt as in the author-
ship and publication of well-known aroba3ological
wot Its."

INQUEST.—An inquest was held on Tuesday at
the Queen's Ilead Inn, Beauty Bank, before Mr.
Miller Co:bet, deputy coroner, on the body of a
child named Maly Jane Short, who died under the
following circumstances. It appears that on Satur-
day last a load of straw was going up Beauty Bank,
and the child was at the back pulling some off.
ThP child WIS going' away fr,,ln the cart whin a
Dr.!, d Thomas 1-/ utchinstm, in the employ of
Mr. Bllncl, mirierat water manufacturer, was driv-
ing a cart, and the child tell under it, the wheel
passing over itBlneok and broke„it. Tkeittry 40tuvie4

vor :int of "Accidental death." -
ST. JOHN'S CONCERT.—A conceit was -given in •
the Corn Exchange on- Monday- evening for the
benefit of St. John's Choir and Organ Fund,—.4..
good programme was gone through, consistinf of
glees, part songs, duets, readings, and pianoforte
solo.—The follo‘‘ing are the gentlemen who
so kindly assisted: --Messrs. Bateman, H. Penley,
F. Perry, H. E. Platt, Mambers of the Choir,
Brooks, Masters Bateman and Taylor, and the Rev,
L. B. Penley._

BOARD 01 GUARDIANS.—Mr. Raybould presided
at the weekly of this Board yesterday —Admitted
5, discharged 7, *dead f. remaining 569 against 528,,
—Relief, Kingswinford £47 Os 7d, Stourbridge
£3l us 3d, Halesoweu £22 18s sd, Non-re4dents
£1 196 Id, total .4103 9s lid against £lOl Os ad.—
A petition was adopted by the Board against the
sale of intoxicatink liquors on Sundays'
• DRUNKENNESS.—At, the Police Court yesterday,
'before Colonel Fletcher, Messrs. H. 0. Firmstone
and T. D. Thomas, William Hill was charged with
being drunk at the [aye on the 21st inst.--P.O.
Wright found the defendant very drunk. Fined
2s 6d. and i:osts.—Thomas Lowe was charged
with being drunk on the 22nd inst. at Cradley.
P.C. Agg proved the case. Fined 2s 6d and costs.
Samuel Taylor was charged with being drunk on
the 21st inst. at the Lye. - P.C. Powell proved the
case. Fined 2s 6d and costs.—Daniel Westwood
and Joseph Price were charged with being drunk on
the 22nd inst. at Pedmore. P.C. Day proved the
case. Fined 2s 61 and costs.—Richard Noles was
charged with being drunk on the 25th inst. in the
public street. Superintendent Wheeler said that
he bailed defendant out to appear to-day. Fined
55. and costa; or in default 14 days.—Wisdom
Cartwright was charged with being drunk on the
21st at the Lye. P.C. Powell proved the case.
Four previous convictions were proved and de-
fendant was fined 103 and costs.—Williem Solely
was charged with being drunk on the 21st at the
Lye. P.C. Jones proved the. case. Fined ss. and
)sts —Arthur Hodgetts was . charged with being
drunk and disorderly and refusing to quit the Star
Inn, Lye.—Mary Ann Daviasaid that he was very
disorderly and refused to leave when requested.
Defendant put his fist into her face and called her
most dreadful names.—The defendant was a master
brewer at Halesowen —P.O Wright said he saw
the defendant. He was very excited and talKei
very loud but did not use any bad language.—
Fined 20s and costs.

OBSTRUCTlPN.—Alberflßradley was cdmrged with
obstructing the highway on the 22nd inst. P.O
Brazene: said he saw the defendant, with a number
of other boys on Sunday night, whilst people were
coming from church. playing at football in the High
S:reet, Lye. He caught the defendant and he nave
a wrong name.—The defendant's mother said he
waq sent to chapel but he did not go.—The Bench
said they should not fine him heavily, but he would
have to pay 2s pa.

CAUTION.—Simeon Mountney was charged with
driving a horse an i dray without having control
over the horse on the 24th inst.—P.S. Cope said he
saw the defendant going along Cleat with a brewer's
dray. He was fast asleep. Superintendent
Wheeler gave corroborative evidence.—The Bench
said it was a very serious offence. The should fine
him 103 and costs.

SCHOOL BOARD OASES.—JuIia Billingham wis
summoned for not sending her child to school.
Fined 1.8.

RATE CASES.—Five perions were summoned by
Mr. Bin is for non-payment of rates. Orders were
made for their payment.—Two persons were sum-
moned by Mr. Ta e, rat' collee•or for Belthrough-
ton. Orders were made for immediate payment.—
Two persons were summoned by Mr. Knowles,
surveyor of the Lye, for non-payment of rates.—
Or lers were made.

GREAT TRADE DEMONSTRATION AT
BRIERLEY HILL.
MR. HYMN AND LORD DUDLEY.

On Monday evening a great gathering of work-
ing men took place at Brierley Hill, for the purpose
of inaugurating a trades federation for mutual pro.
tection, and as a preventative of strikes. The
' demonstration commenced with a procession, beaded
by a brass band and banners, arid a meeting was
afterwards held in the Town Hall, from which the
s4ats had to be removed to accommodate the great
numbers who sought admittance.
The chair was occupied by Mr. J. Husaelbee
(glassmakers), besides whom there were on the
platform Messrs. Hyndman. (Social Democratic
Federation) Packwood (glassmakers), Blackshaw
(glasecutters), Holmes (amalgamated tailors),
Snead (glassmakers), Chailinfieworth(ironmoulders),
Tandy (ironworkers), John Burns (amalgamated
engineers), Southall and Winwood (miners).
The Chairrn..n briefly opened the proceedings.
Mr. Packwood (glefsmakers), moved—“ That in
the opinion of this meeting the time has arrived
when it is highly ureessary, in the interests of
labour, f r a federation to be formed of all trades,
with a view to co.mnon action for the benefit of all,
and the me tiux pledges itself to use every en.
deavour to bring about such a desirable result. He
considered that if such an organisation were formed
the working men would find themselves invulner—
able to the attacks of tyrannical employers in bad
times, anl able to linpro :e their positiims in good
times

Mr. l3lackshaw (glasscutters) seconded the
motion ite said one ot' the rules which would
-overn tie proposed (a•ganis ition p-ovided that
e
on'y after alt other means of settlin ; a diquite hid
fai ed should a stri,ce he res itttl oin any of the
federated trades.
Mr. Helloes (amalgamated tailors) supporte3 the
r. solution, and addressing himself to the unorgan•
is-d trades, said that during the pist few years the
organisAtion to which he belonged had not only
been able to protect their own interests, but also to
assist other trades by contributious amounting o
upwards of 2,000
The Chairman then calle,l upon Mr, H. M. Hynd-
man, who. he said, was about to be expelled from
the New University Club simply because he had
stood up for the rights of the working men—
("Shame ")
Mr. Hyndman then delivered a long address.
He sal I That similar federations were tieing formed
all over ,he country, the object being to show the
drones it the human hive that they would be
allowed to work, but not to rob. He was in rec .
of a telegram fm the Scotch miners, offering their
hearty sympathy wit the movement inaugurated
that night, and promising assistance—(applause).
Speaking of the r dative positions of employers
and employed, he pointed out that Earl Dudley
a useless man if ever such existed— realis
4-00,000 annua!ly out of the blood and sinew of
the colliers and ironworkers, and yet he believed.
whAl his wife care arnont?, them she was cheered
imly because she had given a paltry XlOO to the
Dudley Free Library. Leone L •vi had stated in
his book that the averaze weekly wage in that ,
district was 32s a we:Ac—("011, oh"). He believed
that 16s. a week was nearer it. Now, if they had
their just earnings, they would only have to work
about two and a half days to earn 324. a week.
For every four blows of the hammer, three were
struck that the capitalists should drink champagne
and strut about as great men and owners of property
He strongly urged the importance of labour repre-
sentatives in Pacliatneni,, which, as it stood, was
simply a tuiddlif and upper class club,
The resolution was then put and carried with
loud applause.

Mr. Snead (glassmakers) moved :—"That the
various traries of the district be requested to as.
semble as soon as possible after this meeting, and
elect representatives on a gene-al committee to co-
operate with the South Staffordshire and East
Worcestershire Tracks' Council, for the purpose of
drawing up a scheme of federatim, the said Council
havilg signified its heatty desire to further the
movement." lie said the trades included in the
Tales' Council were in a good sttte of organisa-
tion, and they were now holding the right hand
of fellowship to the other trades at the district.
Seconding the motion, Mr.Challingsworth (iron.
moulders) said that as themasters were federated,
it became nece,sary for the workers to be federited
as well.

Mr. John Burns (amalgamated engineers) sup-
ported the resolution, anti s •id that the time had
arrived when skilled and unskilled labour must
unite to protect itself against the common enemy
Trades unions had done good work, but a nn'on of
trades unions would present to the capitali,t class
an irresistible phalanx.

Veto of thanks to the deputations and the chair-
man concluded a most suee.!ssful meeting.

KIDDERMINSTER

VESTRY 'MEETINGS —A ve4try meeting WAS held
in St. Mary's Chantrv, on Wednesday morning, to
nominate overseers for the borough. Mr. Th Inas
Cope presided.
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and Harvey Preen were nominated. Mr. Manes
suggested that it was desirable that there should be
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foreign of Kidderminster. The Rev. T. L. 111-11g.,-1-
ton presided at the meeting. Messrs. B. Ilipw,;
W. Chadwick, W. L. Fawcett, P. L. Blith 'ell, A.
, Dougall, and W. E. Wadeley were also presciit.
The fol owing were elected waywardens for the
ensuing year: Mr. C. Bannister for the hamlet of
Hurcntt, Comberton, Hoobrook, and BI irlcedlwn ;
Mr. Herbert Tepstill for,the hamlet of Wribbenhalf,
floarstonq, Netherton, Blackstone, Oldring
Stone, and the Lea; Mr. John Bach for the hamlet
of 'rrimpley, Habberley, Franthe, and Paxton.
STEALING A Do.—At the Borough Police Cs irt, .
on Wednesdap William Pountna7 was char, ci with

Stealing a dog, the property of John Moore, of St.
John's Terrace.—Evidence was given ,that the dog
was found in a hamper in defendant's cart, and he
alleged that he picked it up to protect it from some
other dogs, and woad to have put it down again.—
The Bench fined him 203 and costs, or twenty-ono
days' bard labour.