The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-08
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To-Dav's Dispatches.
FOREIGN.
The Eastern Question.

BELGRADE, June 8.-The Servians con-
tinue with energy their military prepara-
tions while making efforts to obtain ad-
mission to the congress.
LONDON, June 8.-Lord Beaconsfeld
has started for Berlin to attend the CON
gress.
The Porte appears to have yielded to
the demands for Shumla, but has not for
the surrender Of Varna. Not Russia alone.
but Germanys likewise hinted to the
Porte that unless the fortresses were sur-
rendered an invitation to Turkey to at
tend the congress would be withheld.
With his failing health the Sultan be-
comes more capricious and difficult to
manage. Remarks have been prevalent
he was very seriously i'll.
ENGLAND.
LONDON, June 8.-Parliament has
adjourned for Whitsuntides holidays; the
commons to the 18th, and the lords to the
18th.
NEW YORK, June S.-Dispatches from
London say, the Lancashire cotton mill
owners are arranging to bring operatives
from the United States 10 view of the
continued lockout.
Apothecarie' Hall at GLASGOW, burned.
LONDON, June S.-The explosion in
Evans coal mines, Haydoek, yesterday,
occurred at IL A. NJ. Wood pit colliery,
which consists of two mines, Ravenshead
and Florida. The explosion was confined
to the last named. The men went to work
at 6 A. NJ, The condition of the mine had
been axamined as usual. and ten minutes
before the disaster it was to all sappear-
ances safe. There were 250 men 10 the
Wood pit colliery eighteen in Ravenshead
and the remainder in Florida mine. The
men 10 Ravenshead were got out imme-
diately, one dead; the others were much
effected by after damp. The two mines
are connected by tunnel and it was iu
the working of the Florida mine beyond
the tunnell that the explosion occurred
1t is the general opinion that every man il
that part of tho mine is dead. Explorers
have found dead bodies of men and horses
on every side fearfully burned and multi
| ated, giving evidence of the dreadful force
of the explosion. The men engaged iu
exploring the mine are working day anG
| night endeavoring to reach the place. where
most of the bodies are supposed to lie.
Great crowds Of men, women and children
| have assembled in the vicinity of th,
pit, and general grief prevails, nearl.
every family in the village of Haydocl
having suffered loss of one or more of it
members, No powder was used in th,
mines. The manager of the mine wen
down the shaft FIVE minutes after the ex
plosion and finding a number of men a
the bottom lying on their faces, opened th,
ventillating doors ard thus saved the live
of eighteen men. In the ravensheead tn
nine dead bodies already found ar
all much dis6gured. 1t will probably b.
days before all the bodies are recovered
Explorers have suffered greatly, and hay
had to be constantly relieved, large stat
of doctors being in attendance Crowds Q
women have surrounded the pit since th
explosion. weeping and begging for new
from the explorers, but on the whole th
people are very quiet and orderly.
LONDON, June 5-Michael Stett, spin
ner, of Bradford, has failed; liabllite
| fS4. 900.