Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-05-08

WIN begin atonce. The tailoss claim |
thsy ars now working Tor starvation
wages, great many Of them not being
able to earn moro than IS week. and
they Will submit no longer. They cav
they will be sustained in their action bv
several trades-unions in this CITY. Il
said work Is already suspended in sever.
d shops.
BURNING OF the DETROIT PRE- PRuA
OFFICE.
An associated press dispatch of April
18th from Detroit says ct s O'Clock this
morning, an explosion Of q gas main
leading into the F|se Press building took
place. The gas ign,ted instant aneously.
and tho whole edi6ce burst into flames.
There were 1T that hour in the building
the chief pressman, two mailing clerks,
the night engineer, and five pressmen,
oil OF whom escaped, after the fire
broke out, two ofthem being slightly in
jured. The Free Proe Company occupied
two four-story buildings on the corner of
Woodbridge and Griswold streets. The
burning gas, ascending through the
stairway, ignited at once every floor of
the two buildings. As effort was made
BY the pressman to put on safety hose
and throw stream Of water on the fire
below but was abandoned as futile. The
presses were stopped and the forms of
the paper were saved. The city fire.
men were promptly on hand, but de-
spite their efforts the two buildings were
thoroughly Quilted by the fire. The
presses, of which there were twelve,
and the machinery of the Free Press
were more or less damaged. The Job
rooms contained about $4,000 worth of
material, which was utterly destroyed.
The loss is estimated at $4,000 with nm
insurance of 49, 900.
HARD TIMES.
A Boston special under date of April
18th states that the Matapan paper
mills have shut down on account of
dull times and want of orders. The dis.
patch says these mills are the oldest in
America and have not been closed be-
fore for over one hundred years.
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
A Paris dispatch dated the 2Sth of
April, states that over one hum
dred thousand had already arrived to
witness the ceremony of the opening of
the exposition, Wednesday next, May
lat. The prices of living has advanced
but not TO the extentd. that was feare
The exhibition will not be in full trim
until the beginning Of June. The build
ings are finished but the exhibitors nre
behind hand.
DEADwOoD FLOODS.
Advices from Deadwood under date
of April 2Sth, says the warm weather
for the past few days has caused the
rapid melting of snow in the mountains
which has swollen the dangerously
high creeks that run through Dead
wood. This evening a rain storm set
in, and 1t is feared that portion of the
business centre of this city will be seri-
ously damaged by the food.
The district court was adjourned
to-day on account Of water
flowing into the court room.
All deeds and papers are being remov-
ed from the recorders Office, which lies
in the path Of the raging waters, to a
place Of safety. Large gangs of men
are ut work tearing down bridges and
small buildings that obstruct the free
passage of the water.
MOLLY MAGUIREs.
A Pittsburg dispatch under date Of
April 9th says there are indications
Of general strike of coal-miners in
this vicinity. About 200 employed in
the Castle Shannon mines went out to-
day. The Monongahela mines are
nearly all out. Those employed along
the Pennsylvania Railroad say they
will quit work in u few days unless their
demands are acceeded to. The trouble
is in regard to wages and time of pay
ment. The miners now receive q
cents per bushel. They want 3. They
are paid every four weeks. They wan,
the time shortened to two. Efforts are
being made to effect compromise.
Nearly 100000 bushels of coal left
here by river to-day for Southern ports.
MORE OF 1T.
Belleville, Mo-, advices under date Of
April 9th, state that all the coal miners
in that region have struck for higher
wages. 1t is not unlikely that all IT,
miners in ST. Clair county, and possibly
the adjoining counties, from which ST..
Louis draws much the largest part Of
her coal, will Join the strikers.
INDIAN STRIKE
San Antonio advices Of April eth
says another Indian raid is reported on
the northwest frontier Raiders were
seen to-day near Escondido, be-
tween Forts Concho and Stockton,
where the mail-rlder was killed
last week. These Indians are irons
the Fort Stanton reservation. The