River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-13

scope, and threatens to ruin utterly one Of
the most valuable possessions 81 the newl,
formed Wllkesbarrc and Lebigh Coal Com.
panics.
The Labor Troubles.
THE Washington Manufacturing Company.
oi Gloucester, ~ J., discharged about seven
hundred OF It's employees who had insisted
upon an increase u wages Soon alter the
wives and children OF the men discharged
surrounded the superintendent Office threat.
enlng the destruction OF himself aud family.
They were soon, however. sent 10 their homes
BY the authorities
lHE laborers on the Brooklyn reservoir
works have struck TO compel an advance IN
wages demanded. All Of the Italian portion
OF the strikers soon afterwards resumed work
when thoy were setupOn by the irish and Ger
man portion. a desperate hight followed. in
which an tools were turned into weapons. and
several participants were seriously wounded.
The police subsequently arrived aud arrested
the leaders ci the not, seven ct whom were
sent to prison.
4 DESIGNATIONS paper says 500 NJ the Erie
Railway mechanics at the Susquchanna de.
pot, including all IA the great shops, have
struck and are lying nlle. Tho men demand,
as condition upon which they win resume
work, that their wages shall, be paid them
every saturday night.
IRIS rumor,d that the Pennsylvania Rail
road Will return to the rate Of wages paid
prior 10 January lst, wSel general reduction
~ 10 per cent. waa made
The temperance Movement.
THE crusade against tho evil Of rntemper
auce il fa-t assuming definite shape, aud
promises 10 be 81 more importance in sen.
eatloual view, at loist, than Was at drst an.
uclrated. II Is din nit to name a locality IN
which the moyement has tot been iuaucuratcd
with various results m each but the crusa-
d'rs seem e. bc determined 60 bring the mat
ter % a successful issue, and are strainiug
every nerve 10 accomplish the purpose aimed
at. Va some localities the scuiicrs are numor-
ou., but those mo really appear to- have any
interest pa the war are ia the ma
leuty, al least 1t 20 appears from
the latest accounts In lew places
the crusaders ate subjected Ia pcrse-
~ termed Christian lor,,tnde, aud are VIII
ling to suffer almost any indignity II they can
AID the cause. Numerous CAGES 1T pcuItenl
Tum-~ollcrs are reported. aud stu, again, 9th.
crs are reported who cannot, boy any az,
known to the lair crusaders Doe prevailed
upon to give M their business, which they
claim b. Just aud legal one. ao hong q they
iuihl the requirements ct The ltn. he war
has attracted the attention az ulereymeu
throughout thorouuly, and numerous and
varied are the opmiau, ,Npt,ss'd. The
Rev. Henry Ward Ec,,hrr expresses
the b,hcf That Tins revival ut Religion m the
dire t'n ~ temperance, under the auspices 81
women hy Inc usttuusut1lty Of personal
duplication with men aui PRAYER unto tod,
+ indeed ph,uom,uon worthy OF study and
admuauon Itts WORTH, " stud, rs alt uho
love tn trace lhe operations ~ the human
mind "a communities aud itis wotthy oi mon,
than admiration bN those who t,ho,c M work
ia- tor the uurih, alton oi man Whatever
MAY b, M, circumstance aud conditions oil
the western women. their work "a A noble one
and men rboult cuucIsc their mistakes Will
leu'ncy aud rejoice m their -u'C. ~ viii
great Joy, because t,ty man should reloic'
in everything that tend. 70 pluck hI7 fellow
man from thc burning.
John b. Cough the ttmp'raucs rcv,alist
has not ~ Vet taken any pant in The ptoscn
onslaught against tue demon destroyer, an'
from reports d is not likely that us voice Wl
not be- heard ~ publ, IN regatd Ca it. lie Ia
however ,Nrrrss,d hla OPINION nr,satd "a Ia
present movement aud stated that d, dad no
hook with favor upun the women IN then va
pom rum ehors and believed that latte o. u
good would come II IT, No. considered IN
Lewis the hrst nsaliouah-toi tho age, an
that he was engaged m l,adipg the pt,scr
movement Ter nothing more than To- graui
hi- ardent desire for -snsatonalinm. Nj
Cough said Dec md not approve oi women -
ing through the streets praying and singing
and would not allow, under any cousidera
ton his wife "a utc,,z intugaEo IA such Al
enterprise.
N'y,r, ,u th, history u any previous tom
rerancc Mars, h5. such GENITAL interest hc,
manifested, both ty tboso Vh, WEI, agaus
The traffic and tte-, Who .,,h CO. n,,tt ia
impending doom ~ the rum d,mou. pyorl
20 all sections ot thu county lt, cnh-tcd II
che ,auS,, aud tho q, ultIs Watched with
arcat deal ul anxiety.