The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-16 00:00:00

WORK AND WAGES.

On Weice3da.y a meeting of miners emoloyed at
the Rewley Hall Colliery was held at the Bull's
Head Inn, II wley, under the presidency of Mr. 13.
Winwood —The Cheirman stated that the employe •
1194 offered to allow them P 3 cwt, to the tub of coal,
instend of 19 cwt, and 17 cwt. of slack instead of
16 cwt. as at pre.ent It was contended that the
tubs should be weighed acco:dine to the Ant of
Parliament If they accepted the terms suegestert,
it would b a contravention of the Act of Parlia.
m-nt The employer bad said that a portion of the
tubs -h It'd go over the machine, but if the whole
of the tube were renrranged and weighed it would
entail a new machine being laid down. There was
also the question of the (laymen and ho-se driver,
working ever, which would have to be rectified.
He hal ree. ived a tel,gram stating that the vestien
in dispute roceeded from loading rnbbi.h with
,lack. The men must be determined to have a
more sati4aeto y settlement of the dispute than was
offned. Mr. Must stated that he understood full
n,wer had 13-en given for the tubs to be re-examined
and that they ought to have commenced that day
A tee lution was passed for the men to remain
on -trike until all g:ievances are redressed. In the
if,etnoon a depntation of men wa ted upon Mr.
Niorth, when a sati-factory agreem, nt was arrived
at, and the men will resume work at once

•,•cps TIMELY RESCUE OF A CH/LD
(From the Redcar Gazette)
"The following interesting facts regarline the
timely revue of a child have just been breught to
licht, and are merle puhlic by due au'llority of tie
father of the little child, who is Mr, W. H. Hew,
the well-known baker and grocer of Re tear. aid
and whose n'ace of business is at 23, ilieh Sirset.
We may add that the publishers of this paper, being
familiar with the facts, are in a position to perconallv
vouch for the entire accuracy of the part;celars
given. Aa the incident is no doubt of decided
im ()Rance to parents, we gladly become the
me lium brineina it to the notice of the public
"Some little time ago the young daughter of
Mr. Haw became the victim of an acute bolily
affliction of a rheumatic nature, which attacked the
arms and legs of the child, so that these became
elsrmingly swollen and painful. Notwith-eendiug
the steps which were taken to relieve the little
sufferer, her ease became so serious that she not
only was cenfined to her bed, but was unable to
tern her body from one side to the other. At this
cri ical point everything having failed, Mr. Haw
rememb,re I having read in the Redcar anti Salt.
burn Gazette regarding a medical discovery which
it was clahne ' possecsed ahno t magical pow r to
drive away pain. He procured ale ttle of the
same, and made an application in accordance with '
the directions. To his agreeable sur,trise aid
satisfantioe, the pain and swelling began to dis-
apnear immediately, and in the astonishingly short
time of twelve hours the child could walk across the
room, and when only three applications had I een
mild, the pain and aw..llleg had entirely left her,
and she is now quite well. Mr. Haw very aptly
remarked that a remedy possessing such wonderful
power as St Jacobs Oil, which is the article used
on the child, should be made known by every
legi imate means, as by its use no doubt untold
suffering would be avoided.
.‘ While the foregoing doubtless confirms what
has been said and published recently with re-
ference to the marvellous pain-banishing and
healing properties of this wonderful Oil, our
attention has been drawn to a still mere startlieg
ca-e than that above r ferred to, and the faets of
which have likewise been carefully substantiated.
Mr. George C. Ctllins of Newman Street, Oxford
Street, London, writes :—" I desire to acquit'ut y u
with the m trvellous recovery of my mother, aged
fifty-seven, who resides in Berwick, Wilts and who
for many years hes been a helpless cripple from
rheumatism. She W4B unable to move without
assistance, end continually suffering pain, mach of
the time enduring the most intense agony. Her
hands were swollen to such an extent teat she had
not been abl to see her knuckles for a long time.
Her feet likewise ltad become quite def °tined.
During her long suffeting she had trie I ?army
thugs without obtaining any relief and she gradnall
grew worse, until she, as well as I, had given up all
hope of her ev r legaining her health. Hearing
reeently some of the wonderful accounts of how
St. Jacobs Oil cured pain, I procured a b ttle,littie
expecting she would derive much, if any. b.n fit
from its use. But incredible as it may seem die
the vet y first application of this stir rising oh, s e
eenlia walk abut witl.out feeling any ittconvenience,
and the swelling of hr hands had become so far
re.tuced that they began ones more to assume their
natural shape Continuing the applications, a e
was in a few days able to walk as well as ever ehe
couli", and without xperiencingany pain whatsoever.
She also r,gainsd the free us - of her hands, and
she is, it taut, entirely cured, for she has had no
return of the trouble. She e
sotOti,
its Ilya-Yduae wtoelltharnede
str woman, and her ca
b. ttles of St, Jacobs Oil, which, to quote the old
adage, has certainly shown in my mother's case
that it is worth its weight in gold. She desires nis
to say that she regards it as the most wonderful
thing in the world, and you are quite at liberty to
make what use you like of what I have written.'
"Facts like these must convince even the most
acceptical and prejudiced ot the immense value of
the medical discovery referred to, and the pub itt
will agree with the propietors that there can be
nothing un- busine,slike in their advertising its
astonishing merits to the world."