Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-25
A General Strike Threatened.

General Strike Threatened.
POSTPONED FROM JUNE Is TO AUGUST Is.
MIR. 4. l.. White, the Washington correspon-
dent OF the n. Y. Tribune, is now in the coal
regions OF pennsylvania and he reports that
movement is On foot for a general strike Au-
| gust 10. Among other things he gives the fol-
loving report OF a conversation with manu-
The chances are" said he. ..tbat we shall
nave much more serious trouble within the
next two months than that which came upon
rs US so unexpectedly last summer. Prepara-
| all over the cOuntry-on the railroads. at the
| mines in many of the largest manu- acturing
estabishments-and nothing but the utmost
ana such preparations as will make it possible
| to crush out such movement instantly will
prevent one Of the worst calamities that has
| ever befallen this country
IF anything of the kind is contemplated,
why has it not already taken placer" asked.
IN line 10Th OF June was said to have been fixed
went with no disturbance, and the alarm
turned out to be false one. The experience
OF last summer, or course, causes apprehen-
sion but is anything. definitely known about
the plans OF the wOrkingmen on which to have
such an opinion as you have Just given?''
There is" he replied. THE talk in regard
than most people imagined. That day was
actually fixed, and the outbreak would GER
tainiy have taken place then, or soon after
but forthe preparations made to preserve the
peace by GOV Hartranft, of this state When
he called out the militia and made arrange.
mentS TO obtain uniforms and equipments for
them at the Frankfort arsenal, those who
were to have managed the strike called com
mlttee meeting in Philadelphia, and, after dis
cusslng the matter. voted to postpone the
that the country might be taken by surprise
That meeting was held IN May, believe. and
although several other important meetings
for beginning the strike has been changed. 1
know that there has been much more activity
among the h WforRngmen in preparing for it
What has been done at the SUBSEQUENT
meetings OF which you speak?"
81 have been unable to learn very much
about d tt them h One held in New York was at
tended by one Of my employees. AT that meet
ing it was voted that the workingmen at i'm
portant points must be armed, and a commit
lee r was ga aap2Glnted to collect money procure
purchase secondhand guns and muskets, and
to have those which needed repair put in or
mated points on the canals, lakes and rivers,
by water, whence they were to be distributed
IN wagons. This was to avoid suspicion, which
would certainly be aroused if they were shin
PED by rail- have not learned that any arms
have yet been distributed, but l know that a
committee W;t Tor that purpose was appointed in
Mr. White, writing from Wikesbarre, saws:
nSince | came here l have been told that
Bishop OHara has recently expressed the
greatest anxiety in regard to the possible Oc
cuffenceS or the next two or three months and
that ne is doing everything in his power, both
publicly and privately, to prevent those over
in the contemplated outbreak"
NEW USE FOR SILVER COIN.-The price of
silver is reported unchanged in London say 81
l3l6d. per ounce, British Standard. The future
OF silver may be greatly affected by the British
occupation OF Cyprus and proectoEate over
ASlatlc turkey. 1t will be desirable to have
some one coin for general use in the regions
now to be opened up in safety to the commerce
OF the world, and for disbursement in pay
ment OF labor upon the railroad and other pub
lie works that will be undertaken in Asia
Minor. Neither England nor any other coun
Try VIII want to send gold into these newly
and silver will answer for all ordinary pur
poses. If, therefore, the British government
should erect in Cyprus mint for tie coinage
OF silver on the same terms as i'll Bombay
open to every owner of silver, the rupee or
other silver coin SO issued would have a wide
held OF usefulness, and would gradually super
boarded in Asiatic Turkey. The additional
employment for silver thus furnished would
be at once relief to the civilized nations now
overburdened with silver, and great gain to
the impoverished people among whom it would
circulate. There can be little doubt that the
Anglo-Turkish treaty opens up to commerce
nations will derive some benefit from it. But
the most immediate benfit that could accrue
from that arrangement, so far as this country
Is concerned, would be the establishment of
Cyprus.-[N. y World.
NEW YORK's NEXT GALLONS SCENE
refer BreSnaham, who stands convicted for
the murder OF Michael Dauter and will ex-
pate his crime on the gall0Ws Oh Friday of
this week in the Canton Est. Lawrence COUNTY,
jail, is strange type Of the human family. In
his first published confession he declared his
motive for committing the deed was not rob.
murder, averred that an expression of hatred
Tor Pr0testants BY Daulter was the proyOca-
ton, denied striking Daulter with the axe,
and protested his Innocence of any other
crimes. The Rev. John T. Pearce, rector OF
Grace church, Canton, has been in almost con.
slant attendance upon the doomed man since
the sentence of death was pronounced. and
under his guidance BreSnaham has confessed
three murders aud become a thorough Chris
ilan: Sheriff Wheeler has had a new gaows
built for the hanging of Bresnaham. 1t is
very much like the one used for Van DYKE.
except that it is better made and has a differ
e 4t atrrangement for letting the weight fall.
DAY morning. and will be erected today or
tomorrow. The jail yard is an enclosure 7ox40
feet, and is walled up on all sides for two or
three stories: The galows will be erected OPP
goSlte the jail proper, in full sight of the win
doWs.-t Utica Republican.
A REMARKABLE CURE BY BLOOD TRANS
FUSION has been wrought in Boston. Cecilia
Merkel, child of seven years, was attacked
drst by diphtheria, next by reflex paralysis,
was despaired Of. Her father, who is a physi,
cian, consented to have the experiment. of
blood TRANSMISSION tried. Blood was taken
from the veins Of young man of eighteen,
and injected with a syringe into the chiIds
system. Subsequently the little one took cold
and began coughing with mucus rattle in
her throat, so that the father was compelled
TO afford artificial respiration. He then took
blood from the veins of his servant, a healthy
girl OF nineteen, and the effect of the trans
fusion was charming The child fell into a
peaceful peace sleep, and remarkable change
came over her. When she awOke she asked
ior her playthings, and from that hour her
improvement was rapid. Her father has
made this remark to Globe reporter: There
She was, growing rapidly worse and worse,
her nervous powers getting weaker and
weaker. She was sinking, and evidently
beyond the reach of all human aid and at one
time life itself had almost fled. The respira-
lon was not to be seen, her forehead icy cold,
her body purplish, and the beating of the
pulse could not be distinguished. Yes, sir,
without doubt, 1t was the TRANSMISSION of blood
That restored my daughter
AS RIGNOLD was engaged in delivering the
prayer with which Henry the Fifth goes into
Dattle, while playing at indianapolis a few
weeks ago, putty ball from the gallery hit
MN In the face with some force. The devO-
tlonal monarch turned white with rage, but,
except that he opened his eyes and fixed them
omlnOusly on the offending quarter, he kept
on With his lines. inst a he came tn ssA m ~