The Portland daily press., 1879-08-23
EUROPE.
Labor Troubles in Great Britain.

Labor Troubles in Great Britain.
LONDON, Aug. 22-Two thousand chain
makers have struck at Stourbridge. There
was demonstration yesterday of 1000 unem-
ployed laborers in Glasgow.
The Oldham operative SplnnerS executive
committee has referred the question OF five per
cent reduction to the district meetings, on
whose action will depend whether a strike
shall ensue.
Home Rule Demonstration at Dublin.
DUBLIN Aug. 22.-The Home Rule League
held demonstration at the Rotunda last
night. Only four members of Parliament
were present, of whom Parnell was the most
notable. The body of the hall was crowded
with workingmen. The proceedings were
riotous The disorderly persons were remark
able for the hostility they displayed toward
the more moderate section of the Home Rnle
members.
The meeting passed resolutions in favor of
the obstructive policy pursued by their repre-
sentatives in the House of Commons and eX-
pressing the necessity Of purging the party OF
Several fights have occurred. The dissenters
from the resolutions after receiving very
rough usage in the hall were thrust out to en-
counter the tender mercies of mob awaiting
them.
Floods in Lancashire.
Heavy thunder storms caused the rivers to
overflow in the north and northeast parts OF
Lancashire, and there is much damage to
crops Some of the cotton mills on the banks
of the Blackwater at Darwen have been COM
PEELED to suspend operations.
Crushing out Nihilism.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 22.-Three of the five
male Nihilists sentenced to the military trl-
bunal at Odessa to be hanged, We're to be exc
cuted this morning. A woman who was SEN
fenced to exile in Siberia is only fifteen years
old.
Discomfort Among the Russian Peasantry
pafn hmm ri a
patch says very serious signs of disturbance
have been observed among the peasantry
The recent proclamation affirming the perma-
nence of the present disposition OF land was
designed to meet a grave and increasing dam
ger
The Greek Frontier Question.
PARIS, Aug. 22-The Republique Franchise
states that the powers have sent something
like an ultimatum to the Porte, giving 1t 40
hours notice to fix the date OF the first meet
ing of the Ottoman and Greek plenipotentia-
ries. Although the account is considered as
exaggerated it is believed considerable pres
sure will be used.
Foreign Notes.
A Warsaw dispatch says that court mar.
tial has condemned two peasants to four years
hard labor in the Siberian mines for opposing
the demarcation of their plots OF land, and SIX
others to various terms OF exile OF nnprlson-
ment for the same offence.
The London Times says the resignation OF
Childers from the dictatorship of the Great
Western Railway of Canada seems to be taken
as proof that something is really going to be
done about the amalgamation OF the Great
Western and Grand Trunk railways.
King Alfonso's Marriage.
MADRID, Aug. 22.-It is believed Grand
Duke Nicholas and Grand Duchess Catharine
of Russia will act as sponsors at the marriage
of King Alfonso.
Disastrous Fire in Bordeaux.
PARIS, Aug. pa despatch from Bordeaux
states that terrible conhagration is now rag
ing in that city. 1t broke out in the lower
quarter of the city, near the river, and at the
time of sending this despatch fears were enter
tanned that the confagration would spread to
the newer portions of the town, which contain
numerous handsome houses and public build
ings. The cathedral of Saint Michel, which
was built in 1860, Church of Saint Paul, which
was built by the Jesuits in 1916, and the
Church of the College Royal Tin which is the
tomb of Montaigne), are all said to be in some
danger from the confagration, as well as the
Grand Theatre and Theatre Rationale.
LATER.
The fire at Bordeaux has been checked.
Loss estimated at 1000 francs.
Poor Crops in Italy.
RoEE, Aug. 22.-The harvest in Italy has
been disastrously effected by drought and
parching heat. Considerable distress has been
caused in the Venetian provinces, owing to
slender yield of silk cocoons.