The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-22
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

A dispatch from Norway, Mich,
says: NEARLY 1000 iron miners are on
strike here. They formed procession, Sc
cured a band and some flags and paraded the
streets until thoroughly chilled. They then
made demand upon the Superintendent of
the Ludington mine for an advance In wages,
and assaulted and threatened him until he
complied. The chief officer of the Chaplin
mine took IA train for Milwaukee,, and the
strikers say they will stop the pumps unless
they are given more wages. The Sheriff has
been sent for, and militia will probably be
called out"
Paris and the whole French nation
have been thrown into a state of commotion
by an attempt upon the life of Prime Minister
Ferry. A young man, evidently a crank had
made repeated attempts TO obtain an inter-
view with NJ. Ferry, but was met with n re-
fusal each time, and was finally ordered of.
He made believe TO go away, and finally
slipped in behind some visitors, and reached
the library unobserved. The usher again
ordered him to leave the building. On this the
youth changed his tone, and said eXctedly:
II came to see NJ. Jules Ferry and kill him.
AS cannot kill him will kill you" Suiting
the action to the word, he pulled out re-
volver and placed the muzzle against the
breast of NJ. Philibert. Very luckily, before
he could fire, NJ. Philibert managed TO close
with him. and both rolled struggling on the
floor. In moment several officials and
visitors threw themselves upon the
youth, and, after considerable resist
ance, managed 10 disarm him.
The young man then drew two pieces of
paper from his pocket which he quickly put
into his mouth and swallowed. He was taken
TO the policestation. The name of the would
be assassin is Carrieu. He is not insane, but
fanatic, and has been constant attendant
at anarchist gatherings.
DIR. j. H. Finley and Ed. Smith, in
Jured in the railroad disaster near Streator,
ILL.,, are dead, making eight victims in all.
The balance of the wounded are on the road
to recovery. The wrecked coach was literally
splintered to pieces, and the only wonder is
that any one could have been in there and
come out alive. The engine drove more than
half way through the car, crushing the floor
into the smallest possible fragments.
All around lay portions of the wreck
wheels, cars, fragments of doors-all
ate. ting the fearful force of the
shock. Several pieces of skin, with nails
attached, from scaded, shriveled hands,
were picked up The jury of inquest found
that the coming train could not have been
more than 400 feet away, as it came
down from the north. The passenger
train had been driven forward perhaps
Conductor Mat Kennedy, of the fated passen-
ger train, gave straightforward account Of
the accident. He was tagged about forty
rods from where the accident occurred.
When the train Stacked up for the hagman,
Conductor Kennedy went to the engine TO
find out what the obstruction was. The train
ran along slowly until it had approached
within ten car-lengths of the gravel train,
in front, which the switch-engne was
unable to move. Seeing this, he ran TO the
rear end of his train and ordered his brake
man to flag the freight which he knew to
be behind him. The brakeman got the flag,
but had gone but about four car-lengths
when the freight came crashing down the
grade, and the engine was buried in the pas
senger-coach.A The freight was a wild train,
and should not have run faster than eight
cen miles an hour, and should not have
been closer than five minutes behind
the passenger, which it was not.
The new standard of time was gen.
orally adopted throughout the country on
the 18th of November. The Government
clocks will not be changed, by decision of the
Attorney General, until authority is fur
nished by act of Congress.
Secretary Folger has issued another
call for 900 of per cent. bonds.