Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-24
Miscellaneous Views.
TREATY OF PEACE.

.;ros the terms of the settlement of the
Questions arising out OF the attack on
.Es German Consul Eisenstuck, in Mic.
s ara in 1876. The terms are: l.
The Nicaraguan government to address
Won Bergen note expressing regret fol
,he occurrences of the night of October
. oS and Nov. o6, 1876. 2. The German
asc to be saluted by Nicaragua. 8.
Thirty III, thousand dollars current money
70 he paid as indemnity to the German
consul. 4. The trial OF the parties who
u,ade the attack on Consul Eisenstuck
to be re-opened, and these to be pun
shed according to the laws of the coun-
trv Otherwise, Nicaragua to pay an
ADDITIONAL indemnity of 5000.
LABOR TROUBLES.
London dispatch of the 10th init
mates that there is prospect of trou-
bic among the employees Of the cotton
factories and adds that strike at pre-
sent would stop 5,95OOOO spindles in
tho first district and 15O, 900 in another,
and the feeling of masters and men is
Incoming stronger. Masters at Barn
lev. last night, resolved to cooperate
in the enforced reduction of wages !;
card.room hands ut Blackburn,
after hearing the report of the deputa-
ton which awaited upon the masters,
unanimously resolved to resist the re-
duction. The Viewers Association
advise that the masters be requested to
withdraw notices of the reduction when
weayers would continue work.
THE GREAT STRIKE.
London advices of the 18th give
further accounts of the great strike
among cotton spinners. The dispatches
say that the Manchester cotton masters
today received a deputation of opera
tive spinners, who declared they were
willing to accept a 5 per cent reduce
ton in wages, and if the masters could
not agree to it they would refer the
matter to arbitration. The masters re-
piled, declining both proposals, and adj
herring to their original resolution,
namely, that if Il strike occurred at any
of the mills where notice had been
given of the 10 per cent. reduction,
the remainder OF the trade shall
lockout at the earliest possible mo-
ment, and the amount derived from re-
duction at those mills which continue
work shall be applied to fund for as
sisting those firms whose hands strike.
Notices of reduction expire tomorrow.
A strike, which will effect 10000 opera
tives, is certain. The cotton operatives
held an open-air meeting at Burnley
to-day. Five thousand persons were
present The resolution of the mas
tiers in regard to the lockout was dis
cussed. The meeting enthusiastically
reafiirmed its determination to strike
unless the notices of reduction are with
drawn. An amendment in favor of &C
cepting the five per cent. reduction
only found five supporters. A crowded
meeting of Blackburn spinners also
unanimously refused to accept the re-
ductlon. About 1000 weavers, warp
erS, and winders at Preston unanimous.
y expressed willingness to accept a
five per cent reduction. They also re-
solved that all hands would continue at
work until all employers had been in
terviewed. The Blackburn hands have
already begun to come out of the mills.
1t is stated that such fixed determine
tlon to resist the masters, regardless of
the consequences, has never before
been evinced at Blackburn dur
ing any previous strike. Four
mills have withdrawn notices of reduc.
ton. A meeting of 500 operatives, at
Accrlngton, offered to submit to 10 per
cent. reduction if the masters ran their
mills only four days per week, and 5
per cent: If the mills ran five days. Sim
llar resolutions were passed at Church,
harwood, and Enfield. The lowest
ana latest estimate of the numbers who
would be affected by the strike is $780,
ooo. 1t is thought that the strike would
not much affect Manchester trade, as
mere are vast stocks of manufactured
GOODS IN all parts of the country.
THE RIOT LITIGATION.
A Plttsburg, Pa. dispatch of the 10Th,
Jays several suits began sometime since
IN N the United States circuit court in
lnnIladeiphla against thei Pennsylvania
railroad company to recover for
goods lost at Pittsburg in the July riot,
Tiil be taken up for trial tomorrow.
me object is to recover for a quantity
81 wool shipped from various points
ID. the west and destroyed in the
hhlsourg yard. AS they are test cases,
involving the liability of the road
as common carrier, considerable
interest Is felt in the result. The
plaintiffs will endeavor to prove
;nesIIiigence on the part of the company,
III allowing the goods to accumulate here
q" a. well lei as in its policy towards itsemploy-
Is. Inc defendant company will contro-
n vert these allegations, and, for this pur-
pose, have subpGnaed among Others. a
lumber of witnesses from Pittsburg.
TORNADO.
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