The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-07-09 00:00:00

THE STRIKE IN THE CHAIN TRADE,

A mee!ing of chainma kers wig held, on M *natty
afternoon, in the Sal vati,n Army Barracks.
unler the preselen:y of ?dr. T. lioreff.—
The Chairman slid that nearly the whole of the
operatiges were now on strike, bat there were a few
who had not yet complete their 'orders The whole
(Atha trade woul I soln be at "play," both in the
faotorio and in the chainehops Fle-impressei upon
the meethig- the noces&ty of rahint tinihg the 44.
list when they had gain.el i?. tiley were to giv
way, as thy had done in past. thy a.) )n
be in a much worse pos tion than they were in days
gone by. They must plaee confidetide in eaah other,
and be united, for withou; union little cduld be
done. He hoped they would alwa.ys remain 1)yal
to their union. They were perfectly aware that
some masters were always doing what they could to
get chains manufactured at the lowest possible
figure. When they knew they had such masters to
deal with they ought to firmly demand the reco4—
nised list.—lt was resolved to continue the strike.

KIDDERNITNSTER.

-DEATH or Mat WILLIAM TALBOT.—A venerable
and highly respected inhabitant of Kidderminster
pissed away on Satur ay in the pe on of Mr. Wil-
liam Tdbor. The deceased gentleman was born on
the 4th of Ju'y, 1806, and. would, had he Blvd tili
Mendez, have attained his eighty-first year. Re
was a'imWed as a soLicitor in trier Michaelmas term
of the year 1628 Very early in li eho was clerk of
the Court of Bequests, which was a Court for deal-
inal. with smell deb's, and in 1847 when that Con it
ans abolished he was appointed Registrar of the
Cott: Ty Court. an offi e he held until a few years
ag when his advanced age caused him to give it 'up,
awl his e!cl, at son, Mr. H. Talbot, was appointed
to discharge Oa. duties. Ho took a very active part
in politics on the Liberal siete, and was for many-
years agent for that peaty in Kidoertuinster He
was also a member of the Palle Hall Compary
waich built the Toan Hall, and was one of thos,
who promoted the formation of what is now
known as the Old Cemetery. He was one of the
directors of the laral Gas Co loamy,. sad took a
dtep interest in the New Mt eting House, and was
prominent member of the conga gation attending
that plaee of worship. fie leaves a wife and grown-
up family of four sons and two daughters He has
,ucetimbeti after an i;ln as of three weeks. His re-
•ifitins were interred in the fainity vault at the Old
Cemetery onWeclitesday last
CHA.MBM OF CoMMEIIOB.—The monthly meeting
of this Chamber was held on TnesdaT ;Mr J. H.
Pearse prevideat) in the chair --The 01-.1.k read
letters from the Great Western and Midi-aid Rail-
way Compnies as to the coanectien of certain of
the pas,9etwer t 'sins of the two companies at Wor-
cester. Memotials had been sent from the Kidder-
minster, Worcester and Bristol Chautaers clu the
subject, but the a tptations t ,e companies stated
they would make s from July did not mend matters
as regarded the 9.17 a.TT . train from Kidderminster
and the 735 a.m. train from Bristol, which just
miss otner triins at Wo;e,estt r. By direction or the
,rlciel commit:, ecf t e Chqualy r, the clerk hvi
. .
written ag tin, 'oil th,r pre,a it the the thamtbiitly *don
al ration of th s, trains icspeo.wely at Worcester,
so as to catel trins witell how left inonediately
',dote tneir art val. Au oeltnowleoarde, t thi•
letter had been received Pi tsbiert mentioned
that he a tended tha ju, ilee, so. vice at Westminster
Abbey on the 21st June, in putsuatice of the in-
vitation he recoivod as president pf the Chamber,
ad said he was deeply inter, sted by all that he saw
and heard.—The Prasldent a,,.ain drew attention to
the charge made en Sct tch elt«pres and said that in
thee days it was a tax upon trade, lie moved ilia
tile subject be brought before the attention of the
Associaced Chambers, to cie if s :me -acou,o - could
act be taken to secure an talapa..adan- Mr. llurcher
lecanded the motion-whi4:ll ws, eanh-d. Mr. Bur-
elnr. drew.
_at trent ton ta the desiratdrity of a tram.% ay
atawaen the tailany station and a pout near the
wu llalh, and said it wall,' he a creat public
convenime. The President sUg;olite(l Viat Mr.
!lumber si.onid bring hp sutjeet before the sub-
commi. tee of the Chatnb r.
lows CouNciL,—.l4lo monthly meeCng of the
Ceuncil wa. held on Wednes 'ay, whet. the Mayar
(Mr. P. Tempest-Hanford) presided —The thanksof
the Council were given act the Jebite Catutaittee for
the bouble taken in connection with t e JUbilee
rejoieinge ; also to Mr. Comber, Borough Surveyor.
for his fv.sistance; to Mi-ssrs.Tempkirisen and Adam
for lending the shed for ale old peopie.'s dinner ;
and to Mr T. S. Bucknall for ltnding te field in
which the-fete' we:B held.—A ktti.. wi,s rrc. ired
from Mr, Icans. soheitor to Mr. .1, Pri! ten, s a Lig
that the public, presentation of tie park by Mr.
Br inron to the to*l3 %valid take plate on ugu-i
let, when Mr Brinton invited the Mayo' and Cor-
poration to a dinner at the i own Hall. The
presentation would be So arranged /SE n t to inte&re
, with the Weavers' Fete, rvich h t.i be held on tie
same day,--On the motion of "A..dertuan lows Oren. Mr Brinton's invit,tion was !.ccepted.—The
.reports of the rarioaa committees were adored, and
Mr James (Chairman. of tie Health Conant tee)
called•attent ion to the v:ry low death-rate for the
mon;h, which was 13 p.r 1,000. and to the ear. Iler t
healthef the town in spite of the very hat weather.
—The Mayor said that whenever the derttlarate
was high it had Unfortunately been Made a very
great deal of by these who were anxious te injure
the town, and be hoped the prevent satisfactory
facts would be as widtly -tirade know:a—ln view o
the great waste of water in the present dry season
it was decided that -water should only be sappie.d
by meter to refrigelators and for atefing witc.ens,
—Mr Clayton was, on the merlon of the Mt4i'ata
added to the Free Library t onimAte, . •