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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21
The Great Strike and Its Causes.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 3.-The Evening
News publishes an interview with ex-Sena-
tor Mcdonald in regard to the great strike.
Mr.. Mcdonald thought that the country
was now in position to see clearly the effect
of the high tariff on industries. The dem
onstfation was positive that protection
does not protect. Iron manufact urers were
especially concerned in the advocacy Of pro-
lection theories. Iron is doubly protected /:
first, in an import duty Of 100 per cent. /;
second, by patents on steel rails owned by
the companies forming the American Iron
and Steel Associations.
Yet the wages of men employed in the
thirteen mills owned by them did not rise,
notwithstanding the immense profits result
ing from the boom in railroad building the
past two years. These profits had not in
ured to the benefit OF the Iaborers, although
the cost of living had appreciated in every
way. Mr. Mcdonald cited an instance de-
veloped IN a suit in Philadelphia, which
showed profit in one mill Of 900 per cent.
Mr.. Mcdonald did not think it was anoma-
lous for men to strike on q falling market.
Great bodies move slowly, and with extra
ordinary high prices of all the necessaries
of life, aud the fact iu the face of the work
men that the profits out of their toll by
owners had been tremendous, it was rather
natural that they should strike, and strike
hard. He thought the manufacturers were
in good position TO hold up their end Of
the fight for the reason that railroad build
ing had suddenly stopped, and they would
be enabled TO dispose of their surplus stock.
Crude iron, which had been going into
steel rails, could now be put intoother man
ufactures, consequently the end Of the strike
could not be predicted. The cause of high
prices he attributed 10 the short crop, and
believes there would be revival Of business
should the fall crop be a good one. The
short crop in America and fair crops in
Europe cut of the export. Coin balances
were against US. Gamblers held the sur
plus product, and make quotations. The
prosperity of the country rested upon its
expectation Of its product, and free trade,
it was to be logically concluded, would be a
blessing to the iaboFer, as insuring him
wages commensurate with the cost Of living,
and would Be regulated By natural laws Of
competition.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21
OVER THE STATE.

Geo. W. johnson, ex-sheriff of Hancock
county, Mississippi, was arrested in New
Orleans last Monday week, for embezzle-
ment of county funds, and taken back to
Bay st. Louis.
The Chester recorder announces the death
of Mrs. Eliza Boyd, mother of Messrs. T. D.
and S. R. Boyd, at Hockey, Texas. She
was known and loved by great many peo-
pie in Choctaw county, Mississippi, where
she long resided.
The vote for Mayor of Yicksburg stood ::
T. G. Birchett, 1144; Fred Lloyd, 842.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21

JOHNNY CURTIS, the 19-year-old youth
who eloped from St. Louis, not long since,
with Mrs. Jennie Dixon, has gotten heartily
tired OF his escapade and gone home, leav-
ing Mrs. Dixon at San Antonio, to get
back the best way she could. It appears
that an elder brother of the young Lothsrio
went to Texas and arranged the separation.
Mrs Dixon's family are anxious for her to
return to st. Louis, and her brothers, it is
said, have vowed vengeance against young
Curtis, and it is believed they viii endeav-
or to kill him. The husband has instituted
a suit for divorce.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21
The Tariff COmmissiOn-Th Democratic
Senators Practically United Against
the Nominees.

WASHINGTON, June S.-Immediately
after the adjournment of the Senate to-day
twenty-four of its Democratic members as
sembled in caucGs to interchange views on
the fitness of the Presidents nominees for
Tariff Commissioners. No attempt was
made at caucus action on the question, and
at the conclusion of the conference every
Senator was left free to vote upon it in ex-
ecutive session according to his own judg-
ment. 1t was developed that the Demo.
cratic members of the Senate are practically
unanimous in holding that the Commission
is unfairly constituted, and should be re-
jected. The ground was taken by nearly
all the speakers, including Senator Bayard
and some others who voted for the Tariff
Commission bill, that the proposed member
shipof the Commission is wholly inconsis-
tent with the avowed purpose of the bill,
which contemplated an impartial investi-
cation, and looked to recommendations that
should be free from the suspicion of self
interest.
It was asserted that two of the nominees,
namely, Messrs. Hayes of Massachusetts and
Garland of Illinois, are saIaried officers of
high protective tariff association, and
that third, Mr.. Porter. is sstipendiary of
the same organization Messrs Oliver of
Pennsylvania and Kenner Of Louisiana nere
criticised as being likewise champions of
protection for special interests, who
might well be expected to combine with
the above-named members in the in
terest Of high tariff generally. Mr.. Under
wood of Georgia was referred to as Gan OBJ
scure mar" nominated at the instance of
Georgia protectionists, and Mr. Amber of
Ohio, whom Senator Pendleton declared be
had never heard Of until nominated for a
place on the Commission, was generally be-
Iieved By the members of tae caucus to be
also friend of high tariff. Mr.. Wheeler
of New York had It was said q leaning in
the same direction.
So far as can be ascertained tonight there
are only two of the Democratic Senators
willing to vote for the confirmation Of the
Commissioners, namely, Messrs. Brown Of
Georgia and Jones Of Louisiana
On the otherha il Il understood that
Senators Van Wyck and Ingalls, will vote
with the body Of the Domocfats against
confirmation. In this event The determine
ton Of the question viii pr0bzbly rest with
Senators David Davis and Malone.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21

AN able minister of the Gospel is re.
ported in one of our exchanges to have
said in the pulpit, that sit was not sin
to be rich and there was no merit in
being poor But though distinctions in
the possession of worldly goods were
providential, it was a sin to accumulate
wealth amid poverty. There should be
a limit to the disparity between man
and man. That Vanderbilt should have
amassed SIS, 100000, while the poor of
New York were starving for bread, was
a crime. That money should be hoard
ed by great monopolies, while it might
be put into general circulation, thereby
lending assistance to needy thousands,
was sin. 1t was a means of under
mining society and government. While
it was damaging to the whole people
that some should obtain untold wealth
when others remain in extreme poverty,
it was not proper to indulge in commun-
istic feelings" Legislation which builds
up favored classes, and accumulates
wealth in the hands of the few at the
expense of the many, is whatencourages
communism.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21
"a annnowdarr Aenaot.

]. q. r., 10 Augusta Chronicles, Cor.
An eminent statesman tells me that he
does not like the signs of the times az home
and abroad. They have, he says, gum
powdery look. Europe is honey -combed
with secret orders aiming al the life of the
ruling dynastiea. In America the South is
il ferment again about race issues. The
same is true Of the Pacific Coast. In the
North the laboring masses were never so
menacing. The next great revolution viii
Be what Is known as q Social uprising. The
signal vii. be given ii this country or ID
Europe, but both will Be affected BY it.
No time IS fixed for the initiation Of che
movement but it viii probably come when
lest looked for. The very elements seem
70 Be III sympathy With Il, for they are
filed with unusual commissions and eccen-
tricities The whole earth IS distempered.
Rich and poor ara arrayed against each
other, and loss Of faith 10 supernatural
religion dem0nizes the extremes Of human
ity. With such conditions Of anarchy and
eruption. how can order and tranquility
preTaill
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21

OK the 10th, Mr.. Hawley from the
Military Committee of the House re-
ported joint resolution appropriating
$4,000, or so much thereof as may
be needed, to furnish food to people
made destitute by the Mississippi floods
in the State of Mississippi. He said the
planters there had been paying field
hands Interpretation of being remunera-
ted by the coming crop, but new food
had dissipated these expectations, and
made necessary this additional provision.
The joint resolution passed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21

If Judge Kelley believes that the Tariff
Commission will adjust the tariff in an
equitable manner, and that all tariff mat
ters should be left to that tribunal. why did
ne propose the other day to increase the tax
on woolen clothing to eighty-6ve per cent?
Why does Mr.. Mckinley persist in bring
Ing forward his proposition to increase the
tax on hoop-iron, which comes out of the
Southern planter pocket? The protectors
lists are SO greedy that they can not wait for
their packed commission to make report
They are determined to pile additional tax
burdens on the people.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21

The Pail Mall Gazette says: A selsct
committee of the American Senate has just
reported in favorof female suffrage. Amer
lea has taken one distinct step forward on 3
road which Englandmay yet have to travel.
And not England only. The Times reports
that for the first time two Bengal ladies
have succeeded in the fine arts examination.
Even IN the unchangine East, il seems,
women are beginning 70 light for new 80.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21
Mississippi. Colored People Going to
Mexico.

DALLAS, TEX, June s.-A large company
of well-to-do representative negroes from
Mississippi passed through this place last
night en- route to chihuahua, Mexico
They will prospect in the mining and agri-
cultural regions, and if the country suits,
and they can secure property cheap and the
Mexican Government is friendly toward
them, they will settle there and be followed
in the fall by 200 of the best colored families
in Mississippi. The plan is to establish a
colony.
There must be mistake in describ-
ing these people as from Mississippi. We
have heard of no movement of the sort
in this State.)
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21

New YoRK TmEs If the South would
have healthy, varied. growing and perma-
nent system Of manufactures. il would DO
we'll to fight shy of the extreme protection
ist policy. Whatever they may have been
done years ago, i i useless now and worse.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21
A sinner,s Father.

ssPa, am I 4 little sinnerf' Yes, my
son We are all sinners And, papa,
the Bible says the devil Is the father Of ali
sinners. doesn't itT' ayes, dear l believe
L does.'' sThen, papa, are you the devil
Il is ofIspring's logic was TOO much for nm,
and he slipped out ofthe room without an
swerinr. YOnkeFs Gazstte.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21

They are dying with yellow fever at
Havana at the rate of thirty a week.
Cases of the disease are quarantined at
Philadelphia. The occasion calls for
vigilance by the National and State
Board Of Health.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21

HOLLY spRrSes REpoRrER Prof. W.
Il. Magruder, of Canton, has assumed con-
troll of the educational department Of the
Jackson Comet. He is s polished writer
and finished scholar and win make his de-
partment all that it should be.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21

Tn nGreenbackers have talked against
monopoly out Of Congress, and voted
With the monopolists in Congress.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21
curTINa az ExPoRrs.

because wheat and pork and other Ameri-
can products can not to-day be sold in En-
gland in competition with the home pro-
ductions. The coin balances are against Us,
and the gamblers holding the surplus of last
year make the market quotations.
He further says that the present strike
and its phases can be used in eloquent illus
tratiors of the fraud Of the protection theo-
~, and believes the workmen will realize it.
The prosperity of the country rested upon
its sxp0rtati0nof its products and free trade,
it was to be logically concluded, would be 3
blessing to the laborer, as insuring him
wages which would always Be commensur-
ate with the cost Of living, and would be
regulated by natural laws Of competition.
Their experience ought to demonstrate to
them that high tariff, which IS blessing
to the capitalists, i Of no benefit 70 them !;
for capital does Hot ordinarily do the gener-
Gus part, and is interested only il securing
the greatest amount Of labor at the lowest
cost.
Senator Mcdonald has made speciality
Of the tariff question for several years, and
bis views are interpreted here as foreshadnw-
ing very pronounced stand 70 Be taken BY
the next national convention il that direc-
ton IS indicated ID bis xpges sion Of opinion.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21
Famine in west Virginia.

A special from Danville, Va, says reports
from Patrick county state that {, 200 persons
in that county are starving. The drouth
last year greatly curtailed crops, and in
many portions Of the county hundreds OF
people are croWding around settlements
imploring aid. A load Of corn was received
at the c0urthouse few days ago. Before
il could be distributed hundreds OF starving
women and children crowded around the
vehicle, imploring to Be given quarter 81
4 peck of the grain. A courier who has
Just arrived gives heart-fending accounts OF
the situation. The court-honse IS crowded
with men, women and children, begging for
bread Three hundred Of them had not
tasted morzel of food for two dayR
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21

THE London Daily Telegraph says "Na-
ture, while she specially built the human
form to stand habitually erect, has special
ly decreed that men and women should oc-
casionalIy rest themselves by assuming a
sedentary position. Almost every medical
authority on the deformities of the human
body has drawn attention to the fact that
standing too long operates in vicious di-
rection, which, by elongating certain
muscles, weakens them: that from the
necessity of changing position in order to
rest the muscles it occurs that when people
are standing they alternately balance them
selves first on one leg and then on the other,
but most frequently on the left; and that
girl with weak spine, after standing. up
right for some time, generally does not keep
her feet in the same line, but places one
above the other. Curvature of the spine,
albeit temporary, is the result. The habit
of standing on Que leg-a habit almost un-
avoidable in standing too long-induces the
shoulders to lose their horizontal level.
The one opposite to the projecting hip be-
comes higher than the other, and the spine
becomes deformed laterally at this part.
TodenY seats to female shop assistants is
downright cruelty
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-21
Le KAaIAeE Ds ooNvEEANOE.
sonssrs Hrsr tnADeE)

P,1a a, The Hississippi Press Contention at
Matches, June s, 1857.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-06-10
NORTHEND MIN ES.
The Ore in Union Making Towards
Sierra Nevada.

Sierra Nevada.
Enterprise of Wednesday At the Union
Consolidated mine m upraise has been
made from the north drift on the 5000
level, at a point 80 to 40 feet from the
south line of the Sierra Nevada. They
have passed through some fifteen feet Of
quartz and from five to Blk feet of good
milling ore. The full width of the deposit
has not yet been ascertained. 1t is widen
ing toward the north and appears to be
making" in that direction. From present
appearances it is thought that the deposit
will extend into the Sierra Nevada ground.
This week they will extract over 600 tons
OF ore.
On the 2700 level of the Mexican, the
Wine which was started twelve feet east
of the ore deposit is cutting some seams of
ore. There are indications that the de-
post of ore at this point is turning down.
ward, and it may yet be found to dip to
the west. 1t is a good indication that the
qualification off to the eastward in the
vein appears to be becoming more vertical.
West drift No. Q on the 2700 level is
still cutting streaks of low-grade ore, and
the west drift on the 1900 level is in much
the same kind of material. A joint Ophir
and Mexican winze is being cut out on the
1900 level, and sinking upon it will be
commenced next week for the 5000 level.
The south drift on the 1900 level Of the
Union is in ground 30 soft that close tim
bering ia found necessary. The vein ma
terial Is of the most favorable character,
and contains numerous streaks Of quartz
that give low assays. Indeed. the ground
everywhere on the 1900 level is OF the
finest character. No better or more favor
~able-looking ground was encountered about
the big bonanza in the California and
Consolidated Virginia.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-06-10
$4,000
A Miner Gets the Full Amount for
Injuries Sustained.

Injuries Sustained.
The most important civil case during the
last term of the Second District Court,
saws the Silver Reef Miner, was that Of
James F. Muldoon VS.. The Horn Silver
Mining Company. This was a case wherein
the plaintiff sued the defendants for the
sun of $40, 600 damages, for injuries re-
ceived by him on Oct. 10, 1881, while in
the employ of said company. The evil
dence disclosed the fact that while the
plaintiff was at work some 25 or 80 feet
below the 400 level, the cage loaded with
timbers descended, and without notice or
warming being given, and caught plaintiff
in such a manner as to cut his neck badly
and otherwise injuring him in such a way
as to render him an invalid for life. The
above statement of facts was clearly
proven by the plaintiff. The defense re-
lied on the we'll known rule Of law in such
cases, that an employer is not responsible
to a servant for injuries caused by a fellow
| servant engaged in the same common en-
| ployment, and also that plaintiff himself
contributed to the negligence which caused
| the injuries. The case was watched with
| great interest, it being the first one OF the
kind in this district. The arguments to
the Jury lasted nearly a day and a half,
the attorneys for the plaintiff occupying
about two-thirds Of tho time. The case
went to the jury at 8 ?. N, Thursday, who,
after celebrating three hours, brought in
a verdict for the plaintiff Of $40, 900, the
full amount claimed. Argument for q
new trial will be heard in September.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-06-10
SHORT Hand,

Short hand Is Q study which should be
pursued by moro young nen than now give
attention to it, IT is Of vast value in bus
mess. An officer Of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company said to the writer Of an
article on this subject in the Virginia
Chronicle not long ago when speaking Of
the fact that several hundred young men
had made application for a vacant low
salaried clerkship in the San Francisco
Office of the corporations "If I had a boy
and wanted to put him in a way Of ad-
vancing himself in life, | should have him
learn short hand and biography in addi-
ton to the usual business knowledge of
clerks. I can find a thousand young men
any day by putting an advertisement in
the newspapers, who are competent to keep
q set of books, but they know nothing else.
and who can telegraph, we always have use
for"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-06-10
WheeIbarr0wed for Soda.

Last night at 1880, under the beautiful
starlight Of a poetic sky, Mr.. Peters, one
of the most gallant Of good Queen Vic
toria's subjects, but now denigened with
rs aa superintendent Of the Ruby-Dun.
derberg ian ugly name for such a manc
as this, to be sure), applied his muscles in
a most exhilarating exercise. On a wager,
as to the particulars of which the reporto-
rial mind ia in abjeot ignorance, he OBJ
tanned no chariot, but a truck from neigh
Dor Clute Of the big grocery on the cor
ner, and with a charming cargo, none
other than the fair corporal person of a
San Francisco belle, he did wheel the
same across the street to Doc. Schneider's
drug store, wherein is dispensed the seduc-
tive potion, with and without the stick,
called soda water, sometimes vulgarly pro-
nounced ''sody." The trip was made tri-
umphantly in the immediate presence and
company of a number Of prominent lady
and gentlemen friends. who saw to it that
no runaway took place. The return also
was made amid the applause and ad-
miration OF many other persons whom the
jolly spectacle pleased as much as it did
the young lady from San Francisco, who
allows no opportunity for fun to slip by
while temporarily out of Gods country
and sojourning in the land Of sagebrush.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-06-10
THE N BALL.
How the Folks Got There ind
What They Did .AfterWarls.~m

How the Folks Got Their nnu
Mhat- They. Did .Afterwards.
Agood many of our townspeople started
out for Brother Smiths ball at Pinto
Thursday evening, about twenty-five OF
the fair sex and nearly twice as many Of
the sterner sort. The journey out was
not altogether lovely. One wagon spilled
its load, and a little child's face was badly
scratched, but the line of vehicles went on
a few minutes later as though nothing had
happened. Some distance out of Town the
dust rose so dense that there was no
driver in the crowd but Charley Dean who
could be depended on to lead the festive,
but pebble-chewing procession. They fol-
lowed him so closely, for fear of getting
lost, that they nearly smothered him, and
he finally stopped and made a plain speech
to the whole outfit: CHOW, look here.
If you want to get to Pinto, with me in
front, you've got to let up on this jam. If
you don't, I'll just turn out and you can
go ahead while I camp in the s%agebrush.
I'll sachey around here, and you can sling
your partners somewhere else." He was
not bothered any more, and one driver
was so anxious not to make his guide mad
any more that he got far behind and
wandered two miles away up the canyon,
| to an Italian ranch. Anyway, this is what
he said. But the crowd hove in sound
and stout about $50 o'clock, and dancing,
to music from fab to midd]in'" was
begun at once.
The occasion was a jolly one; every
body seemed to be happy, and Brother
Smith received the sheckels with his usual
grace. 1t was the largest and most con-
genial crowd that ever assembled at Pinto.
Some of the males Of the party, either be-
cause they found partners in the dance a
little scarce, or else because it was too
much like work to dance, and sweat, etc.,
| started a game of bean poker for lemon
ade and sarsaparilla, of which articles the
best brands are kept by mine host at
Pinto. The ordinary luck Of our worthy
townsman, M. B. Bartlett, who was one
of the party of nine, seemed to desert him
entirely. He caught John Baker stealing
beans and he was seduced into doing like
wise; but he fell, nevertheless, losing five
games in succession. Nor is he a candi-
date for office, either. The absence of the
Courthouse boys, who usually contribute
so much to the life of such occasions, was
remarked upon. There seems to be some
dissatisfaction with Brother Smith among
them on account of some little back salary
proposition of theirs against which the old
man COMPATIBILITY bucked." 1t was
thought that they were getting even on
him by staying home. The party was a
success for fun and for money.