Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-16
FROM OTHER LANDS.
DISTRESS AMONG ENGLISH LABOR
ING CLASSES.
The Afghan RevOIt-0isturbances in Ire
land-CottOn Operatives Strike
doubts as to CetewayO's
Capture = Foreign
Iron Trade.
The Afghan Outbreak.

SIMLA, September l5.-lt Is now be-
lisved by many persons that the Ameer's
completely in the massacre at Cabul is
unquestionable. According to the lat
est information orders have been given
at Cabul for the stoppage of all direct
communication with the British.
LONDON, September l5.-The Standard
has the following from Candahar The
opinion prevails among the natives here
that the Ameer has declared against the
British. Reports reached here from
Khelat Ghilzea that the Ameer has
summoned the Ghilzeas to rise against
the British.
Cotton Operatives Strike.
LONDON, September l5.-The cotton
operatives on a strike at Ashton num-
Der between 5000 and 1000. The
streets are crowded by unemployed
men. Serious complications are aris-
ing at Preston. The operatives in the
mills of Herockers, Miller & Co., are ex-
pected to submit to the per cent re-
duction of wages, but the operatives in
the Sovereign mills have struck. The
Preston operatives association has is
sued protest accusing some Of the mas
ters OF exceeding the reduction mutu-
ally agreed upon, and recommending
curtailment in the reduction.
Doubts as to Cetewayo's Capture.
LONDON, September ia dispatch
Mnnh lA,,Lt nx.pto
as to whether King Cetewayo will be
caught or not. Sir Garnet Wolsley has
informed the chiefs that on the capture
OF the King their peace and prosperity
will depend, and that the districts al
fording him shelter will be punished by
the burning OF the kraals. A correspon-
dent at Ulundi states that the system OF
burning the kraals must force Cetewayo
to yield or die.
Serious Disturbance in Ireland.
LONDON, September IA serious
disturbance occurred at Lurgan, Ireland,
Saturday night, arising out of the stab
bing of a Catholic i'll partisan affray.
All the police of the town were called
out, and the conflict with the mob last
ed some hours. Several arrests we're
made.
Foreign Iron Trade.
GLASGOW, September l5.-In conse-
quence of the resolution arrived at by
the Scotch iron masters last week not TO
accede to the demand of the working
men for an increase Of wages until the
price of iron exceeds fifty shillings per
ton, fifty-four furnaces have been blown
out in various parts of Scotland, render
ing 5000 men idle.
West HARTLEPoRT, September 10
The first full cargo OF pig iron sent to
America for years, will be dispatched
this week.
Distress Among English Working Glasses.
LONDON, September l5.-Relative to
the apprehended distress among the
working classes in this city and pOpu-
lated towns in the Northeast of Eng
land, 1t is estimated that 10000 people
in the district referred to have been
thrown out OF work during the last three
wears. There are thousands of empty
houses in Darlington, Stockton and
Newport, that are also seriously affected.
The climax of distress has been reached
at marlborough.
Papal Affairs.
New YORK, September IA cable
dispatch from Rome to the New York
Freemdn's Journal announces that Rt.
Rev. F. Y. Leray, hitherto Bishop OF
Nachitoches, has been made admins
traitor of the archdiocese of New Or
leans, with the right of succession as
Archbishop. Rev. Mark S. Gross, a
priest OF Wilmington, North Carolina,
has been appointed Vicar Apostolic of
North Carolina. Reu. John Baptista
Brondet, a priest of the diocese OF
Nesqually, Washington Territory, has
been made Bishop OF Vancouver's |
Island, replacing Archbishop Seghers,
who has accepted and entered on his |
promotion to coadjutor cum jure OF Arch
bishop Blanchet, OF Oregon City.
Rumored Death OF the Csar.
LONDON, September l5.- A corre-
spondent OF the Daily Nns, at Vienna,
reports that the New Free Press publishes |
a telegram from Simpheropol which says |
great excitement prevails at Lavadia on !
account OF rumors of the Cars illness, |
death or abdication. The Czarewitch |
has been summoned to Lavadia. The |
Posts Berlin correspondent says that |
the rumors which have been current |
there relative to the indispositiOn OF
the Car are udfounded and mere street |
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