The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-06

A considerable number of mill operatives |
at Fall River informed their overseers,
Monday, that they coula not go to work |
at the reduced wages, in spite of the action
taken on Monday evening, and It is
thought that but for the counsel of a few
Of the leading operatives, there would be q
general strike Immediately. There was
some excitement, yesterday, over report
that a strike had begun, which grew out OF
of the departure of crowd of operatives
from one Of the mills in consequence Of a
break ia the machinery.
The Comstock lode Of Nevada has been
lately the occasion of considerable excite
ment in the San Francisco stock exchange.
California street around the Bourse has
been literally alive with dense, seelhing,
surging, frenzied crowd, all anxious TO load
up on "Comstock." Speculation ran as
wild as in Wall street at times when Van
derbllt and Drew contendcd for mastery,
or when the iliterate Methodist - bear
fought terrible battles with Jim Fisk and
Jay Gould. Seats at the brokers' board
have recently sold for large sums. One
brought $50, 900, and the value of all, it is
asserted, il fully up to 81 ,600,0 900.
An upright boiler in the Frauconia iron
companys mills ut Wareham burst Mon
day morning at ) o'clock, completely de-
molishing the west end Of the building in
which 1t was situated and greatly damaging
| the machinery, but. though there were six
teen men in the building, nobody was kill
| ed. Edward Gallery is though to have been
| fatally hurt, however. and three or four
others were slightly injured. The build
ing was 100 by 100 feet in size, and fifty
! feet high it is owned bv William Il. COT
! fin & Co. of Boston. 1t is impossible to
estimate the damage yet but 1t is large, and
$50 men are thrown out of employment.
The cause of the explosion is unknown.
Advices received in New York from the
coal regions state that instead of the old
basis system Of regulating wages by prices
of coal at specified points near the mines,
il is proposed to fix uniform price of So
per ton for coal at shipping points near
New York. The committee appointed to
confer with operators in different regions
reported that all agreed to join the move
ment to bring down the wages, and that
there was concurrence as TO the percentage
of reduction that should be insisted upon
The miners will probably take n fortnight
to consider them and consult their brethren
of other regions. A strike is unprecedented
by some operators, but the general belief is
that there will be none.
Beginning Monday. all the throus! cv-
press trains on the Pannsylvin,a railroad
have two sets OF con ll'Ss,, one TO collect
the fares and the other to manage the train.
Tho old conductors, upon whom dev"vcs
the latter duty, regard this innovation as
an evidence of design on the part of the
railroad company to eventually remove
them and give their places to the new en-.
ployes The company are also engaged in
reducing wages of employees. The pay o.
the trackmen, which has already been con-
siderably reduced of late, has been cut
down again, so that they receive now bu
80 cents day. The pay of the men en-
ployed in the machine shops has been re
duced 3 per cent. commencing with the
new year, making 90 per cent within a few
months, and putting the men upon exceed
ingly short ra;ions.
The Chicago Tribune, assuming that Thu
, ''quadrlaterar Of racing parks in this
city, at Cleveland, Buffalo and Utica is tc
be broken up, next season, Cleveland be
{ ing left out in the cold, urges the forma
ton OF western turf congress, of which
Cleveland should be a member The effcc
Of such an organization would be, it think
to bring out purses enough to make it al