The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-24 00:00:00

SATURDAY: APRIL 24; 1880.

NEWS PROM AFGHANISTAN.
The l'a follit
publicawinz h bee sent from the India Office to the
Pera :CT tiason :—n

(From Viceroy, April 1, 1880.)
"On the 16th, night, a large body of Pathans over-
Powered, after gallant resistance, the Dubrai post,
between Chaman and Candahar, held by local levies.
Almost all the defenders killed, including Major
Maudby, Road Commandment, who had halted there.
"A number ofkar Pathans were also collected
on Peshin border, Other gatherings reported since
diVersed.
;Sir R, .Bandeman is conc,erting with General
-"aYrg ':neasures for securing our communications."

-Under date Bombay, April 19, a Reuter's telegram
34378 :—The Bombay Gazette of to-day publishes a tele-
gram from Quettah announcing that an officer and a
I)4rtY of the 19th Regiment of the Bombay Army
have been massacred beyond Quettah by a band of
1,000 Pathans and men of other tribes.
It is (cared that communication with Quettah will
be tut off.
'Xhe road between Quettah and Candahar is blocked,
4lt rid the telegraph wire has been cut. 2,000 Pathar.s
4111111" k, parallel to the force under the command
Colonel Burrows.

'ME LABOUR MARKET IN AMERICA.

from Philadelphia, the Correspondent of Ths

Tinte4 says :-
I,The movements of the labouring classes of the
united States for higher wages, as developed during
the put
week, may be thus briefly summarized, the
Pntlemande of the men being in Most cases granted.
4.he
elv York piano-makers are all at work, having
tcured the increase of 10 per cent. asked. The New
Xork ca
toe rpenters have asked an advance from 2 dole.
3 nAijo 3 dqls. per day, and fifty employers, having
raen have already conceded it. Fifteen hun-
rod New 'York carpet-makers have obtained 10 per
advance. The New York fresco-painters have
Ileked an advance from 3 dole. to 3 dole. 50c. per day, to
rgice effect Aprill4. There are about 2,000 longshore-
Wen on strike in New York, not so much for higher
rtlgest aS for a compliance with their trade-union
This strike affects several of the large steam-
companies, and one or two are reported as com-
Prom;
---11'ng with the strikers. Five hundred of these
strikers on the East River piers have been idle a
month. In Btriking for an advance from 30c. to 40c. an hour. The
New Orleans the 'long-shore men are
,ra:in hands on the Cumberland and Piedmont Railroad
In West V. •
irginia had compromised and resumed work.
1-als strike stopped coal shipments from the Cumber-
4and bituminous reV 0-*ma , but work there has been re-
this week. ,ach side made concessions. The
Isaltimore and Ohio Railroad on April 1 adianced all
'wages 10 per cent. The movement for a.dtancim; rail-
ZciaY,Wages has reached New England, and the pay on
e iroY and Boston Railway has been put up 10 per
.erit. Several strikes for higher wages are reported on
New Jersey Central Railway among the truck
tabourers, who do not thinf 10 per cent. a sufficient
~,,n'ivance, but ask an increase from 1 dol. to 1 dol. 25c.
ithere has been for several days a strike of 600
L.biourers at the coal-shipping docks at Port Johnson,
evr York Harbour, but the szike has just been corn-
Premised af-1 dol. 80c. per day. At the same time the
tiag, es for similar labour at the neighbouring town of
All
uzabethport were advanced to that figure. At the
entbwn, Pennsylvania, rail mills, 200 labourers are
idle in consequence of a strike by the heaters for an
advance of 6c. per ton. The moulders at the
K'cemil2g machine works at Hoosie Falls, near Troy,
Y ork, have secured 15 per cent. advance. The
Strike at the knitting mills, at Cohoes, New York,
continues partially. The employers have made
tirrangements with several classes of labour and have
tn.:craght in outsiders to replace some others.
deratelodvances of wages are generally conceded.
tailors in Philadelphia are preparing for a demand
Z4OF an advanced schedule of prices which, if conceded,
111 give about 40 per cent. increase. The glass-
ewers of New Jersey, involving a very extensive
crganization, have all resumed work, the employers
eZliceding most of their demands. The carpenters of
1 yriy City, Pennsylvania who have been getting
.
60,.°A. sc. and 2 dole, per day, have struck for 2 dols.
• The furniture-makers at Reading, Pennsylvania,
risk 20 per cent, advance, but have not yet struck.

ARRIVAL OF THE VEGA AT
COPENHAGEN.
P"d'Writing from Copenhagen under date April 16, the CotTe-
"ent of Tire Times gives the following description of the
_ arrival of the Vega at that city :
Wednesday, April, 14, at 5.30 p.m., tVega
was signalled off Cape Skagen, the
Point o or t hheer n naos t
1 rr the
f Jutland, and was reported to have taken
ao eastward course carrying her near a en,
,Oressh of Sweden' on the height of Gothemburg.
g,reParations have been made on both sides of the
t'cauld for receiving her in the Kattegat and escort-
ingbohteris tc)puCrpoopseen-hNagveer lying.
Copenhagen.
.
The
steamers freighted
g. all ready ill the
n.f. r,u,„rs of Elshiore and Helsingborg, and in the
give the OLl_ Thursday went out to meet her and tg
sintaetaimv4erBlle4lerss.l ..ereetings of welcome back to her
the Lund '
the Ruli arrv; oremost among them was a large
-1-7-,..ng many hundreds of students from
-rnversity, and when the Vega had passed
st+ "en Promontory shooting out into the
Lea .egat from the Swedish Main, the whole squad-
n of fiat-decked vessels steamed out to her, the
zudenta intoning the Swedish national song-and the
the -r‘ii-cging'again with enthusiastic cheers, to which
v ega responded by manning yards and giving three ,
Lines three with all the vigour which her 20 men were
atPable. .A. screw.steamer even managed to get so near
re Vega and to follow her so closely that an official
rc'm Malmo could make a speech, of which some..
Patte were heard. A' very picturesque view pr_e
eented itself from the shores. From .Kullen south-
wards the coasts of Sweden and Denmark convsesrg!
Until the Sound, that worra's highway
_PI
wend
Yearly by
to
bending and
some 60,000 vessels, has narrowed down
0 breadth of a moderate river, . .
winding 80 that the sloping lands on either side
Seem to enclose it without offering any opening.
la this charming landscape the silver streak of the
eea is dominated on the Danish shore by the square
raasses of the venerable Kronborg Castle with its
Slender towers and spires, and on the Swedish by a
huge though half-dismantled tower, the Karnan; the
tr,ecanant of a fortress destroyed long ago. Between
frae two guardians of the Sound the Vega and her
'4'decked suite steamed slowly under national songs
,mid the strains of orchestral bands, greeted from the
14,arbour piers of Elsinore and Helsingborg by ringing
Cheers, wafted acrosa the waters by the soft.breeze, the
Whole scenery illuminated by the golden
rays of the
setting sun. It would have been impossible for the
Vega to have a more beautiful, more romantic return,
after all her toils and dangers, to the dear native
Shores.
It wag arranged that the Vega should stop for the
bight somewhere near the island of Hveen, and time
her speed so as to arrive in Copenhagen about ten
o'clock on Friday morning. When night came on, and
When the flotilla that had given her the first reception
had dispersed to the different towns along the Sound,
the Vega pushed on till she was very near the Danish
Fapital, where, fortunate to the last, she lay hidden
lo a fog, as completely as if she had been many miles
~c'ff• This morning, a little after nine o'clock, the
iNvedish-Norwegian Minister, Baron Beck-Friis, to-
getherlwith the Secretary, Count de la Gardie, and
their ladies, went out in a small tug to give the
explorers the first official welcomes. The ladies brought
rl>lendid bouquets for the two chiefs. The next visit
im from a deputation representing a committee
Lorrned for the purpose of giving to the non-
°°lllmissioned officers and men of the expedition an
raentertainment on the night when the leaders,
cers, and naturalists were to enjoy the magnificent
-07dPitality of the Copenhagen merchants. The
t
- Invitation. was heartily accepted, 18 of the men being
off to 0, and at the same time the promise was
btained from Professor Nordenskjeld and Lieutenant
-tialander that they would make a short call on the
lislght in question. Some of the companions of
xordenskjold preferred going northwards direct from
/gaPles ; but it had been Lranged that all were to
et again in Copenhagen, and so Dr. Kleiman, Dr.
xouxberg, Dr. Almquist, and the Russian Lieutenant
b rdquist joined their fellows on board the Vega Just
. efore the triumphal entry. A little after ten the fog
began to clear off, and the salute from the Vega,
answered by the same number of shots from the forts,
announced that she had Weighed anchor and was
Steaming forward. Shortly after she emerged from
the mist, her black hull being se high upon the
water that her white water-line was clearly visible,
..,__long pennant waving from her main top, the Swedish
,Yoion-flag on her stern. Not only the numerous
'rrong of vessels, stretching-far through the harbour,
out also the public and private buildings along the
quays were gaily decked out with flags, and when the
:un broke fairly through the clouds and spread the
''')g, the whole aspect was most attractive. Dense
crowds of spectators were collected on the harbour
tl'hierB and along the promenade exte.ndin, g along
the °ken sea and called the "Long Line.' When
e Vega 7 had let drop her -iiclior in the 1-I,‘te!, ha.rbour, a deputation from the Royal
uush Geographical Society, the president of
ruch is the Crown Prince, went on board,
1)ofllowed shortly after by another from the merchants
sl- CoPenhagen. Both were received by Professor
hiOl•denskjeld, who formally accepted for himself and
rti,''' companions the invitations generously given
at al, and showed his guests over the amall vessel
I,.si,has acquired such a world-wide fame. An hour
, iltCr Professor Nordenskjeld and the other gentlemen
° il
'i' Is.e expedition went ashore, surrounded by a whole
• wia of boats filled with cheering multitudes, and
ehas grepted on his landing with ringing and hearty
of Ts trorn the throng of spectators. The President
the "e Copenhagen Municipality and the Chairman of
°fie Common Council were present at his landing, and
w •rPcl him the capital's welcome. The carriages in
alting
aud to carried them at once to his Majesty the King
if a, v e his Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who
the illustrious travellers the most hearty recep-
-4
understand that Professor Nordenskjiild has
Li awarded the Grand Cross of- the Dannebrog,
sn.eutenant Palander a Commander's degree of the
leriiegicVer, and all the other gentlemen the Cross of
vsith -14 on board the Vega this afternoon, and was
vee ,E'reat civilityd, a very
taken. over every part of the
i
beesel• It is, small craft to have
ndee
audn: Lex Posed to so dangerous and toilsome azoyage,
offe 'l') a landsman at least, the accommodation
du l'ecl on board to officers, naturalists, and men
dtaag the eighteen months' abselro, and especially
the J 4 days of wintering in the ice appears
ex-,-.se !scanty. I was accompanied on board by an
,;.11,Fiencen. old sailor who had had t'he opportunity of
Passed
~ciho e Vega
when, in the summer of 1878, she
loblahai
_en oaltward bound, and my friend
eVerYclart la admiration of the manner in which
tear of the vessel had withstood the wear and
isti,,..nikii bsuUtcllasocroulise, the result not only of strength of
"'IS LOrStb:ouglat Careful management and un-remit-