The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-04-03

A despatch from Mauch Chunk reports
that an outbreak occurred Monday morn,
ing at the Buck Mountain, Eckley, Drifton,
Jeddo, Ebervalo and Hazleton collieries.
A large number of miners started simulta.
neously at Buck Mountain and Eckley for
visit to all the mines in the neighborhood.
They disarmed the special police from
Philadelphia, stationed at Buck Mountain,
taking from them sixteen guns and revol.
yers. The mob then went TO the Jeddo
colliery, where policeman King was shot
and slightly wounded, and policemen
Warner and Meyer were badly beaten
with clubs. At each place they visited
the strikers forced the miners to accompany
them. At Mount Pleasant they had
parley with Mr.. Taggart, who Is paying
the basis of 1874, but it resulted amicably.
In the afternoon they paraded through
Hazleton, but after an exhortatiOn from
Father 0Hara they quietly dispersed.
Both branches of the Susquehanna con
tinued rising Monday but no disaster is
reported. The West Branch at Lock Ha-
ven was two feet above its usual height
above the dam, and four feet below. At
Williamsport the rise was .! feet, and the
ice at the lower end of the town was moved
distance of half mile. At Jersey
Shore, the ice moved 100 feet, and stopped
at the piers of the public bridge The
gorges at Watsontown and Glen Union
remained unchanged, In the East Branch
there was little change. At Wilkesbarre
the water was high enough to again cut off
communication with Kingston In the
main streap there was rise in places Of
few inches At Port Deposit channel
had opened on the east side of Watson's
Island, and it was expected that the ice,
which was passing ont so "nicely," would
float off without making trouble.
The manufacturers of firearms in this
country are as busy as bees in clover time.
Large orders from foreign governments
are now being executed. Turkey is hav-
ing 100000 Of the Peabody Martini rifles
made, Prussia lots of needle guns, Russia
100000 of Smith and Nelson's pistols,
while Spain calls for all that can be made
ofthe Winchester and other breech-loaders.
AT the Easter election of Trinity Church
New York, among the vestrymen elected
to serve during the ensuing year were ex-
Governor Dix, Governor NJ Ogden, Cyrus
Curtis, John Jacob Aston, Cambridge Liv-
ingston and John J. Cisco.
In the Bcecher trial the defence got
through with their list of witnesses on
Wednesday, except Mr.. Beeeher, who was
placed on the stand on Thursday. There
now seems to be prospect of tho trial
being closed, before the lapse of many
days.
Robert McKenna, leading Republican
politician Of Tennessee, has been sentenced
at Memphis to FIVE years imprisonment
for marrying his former wife's granddaugh.
ter in violation of State law.
The yellow fever has again appeared at
Pensacola The United States troops sta
toned there have been removed from their
barracks to a more healthy locality
A London telegram announces the fail
urc Of VIM. Thomas Henley, telegraph
engineer and contractor. His liabilities
are s2,500,000.
There are 2S,329 children in the public
schools of Baltimore, under the tuition Of
ga teachers,
The first iron ship was built in 1929 by
John Laird, of Liverpool, lately deceased.
The fee of Mr. Evarts in the Beecher
trial is $4,000.