The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

brother Of Joseph Brady. the Phoenix
Park assassin. is living in the Quarter
Latin. Inspector Moser, who has been
watching the movements of these sus-
pected Irishmen in Paris for some time,
under instructions from the British
home secretary, has gone to Bordeaux.
| 81. PErERsBURG; March 8.-The murder
Of Colonel Sudeikim has 80 thoroughly
frightened the masses that it is difficult
to obtain candidates for the police.
General Geresser has received his fif-
teenth letter threatening him with death.
He, however, moves about, attended
only by single officer.
PARIS, March S.-An Anarchist named
Mofphy has been sentenced to six
months imprisonment and fined 1000
francs, for advocating assassination in a
socialist newspaper.
PITrsBURa, March 8.-Many Of the
window glass blowers, who went to Bel
gium to work during the late strike,
having been promised big wages, have
returned, and they report that since the
settlement there, forty-oHe factories, out
of 150, have ceased operations, owing to
the great falling off in the demand, and
the manufacturers have been compelled
to reduce wages 10, per cent. Great dis
satisfaction prevails among the American
workmen at this condition of affairs, and
more emmigration to this country is ex-
pected. !
SAN FRANc1sco, March s.-The strike
of the Amalgamated Union nailers at
the Pacific Iron and Nail works. in Oak
land, which was ordered by the union of
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, is over, and $50
men have returned to work. s
PrrTsBURa, March 8.-The labor Off
cials are circulating a, petition here, to
be- presented to congress, asking an APP
preparation of $40, 900 of the surplus
for colonization purposes. This sum
would supply 10000 families with $500
each. A mortgage is to begiven on land
for payment in fifteen years, allowing
the settler to pay for homestead of $50
acres in pears at par; under ten years
at per csnt, and over ten pears at 2 per
cent. The petition is being largely
signed.
PITTsBURG, March S.-The district con-
vention of the Amalgamated Association
met this afternoon and remained in ses-
sion for six hours. The officers refused
to make the proceedings public, but it
is learned that it was decided to demand
that the present wages shall be paid next
year. Delegates were also elected to the
national scale convention, which will
meet in this city April 5, and formulate
the scale. -.a 80
ST. LOUIS, March s.-Two of the lead
ing glass factories in this city have
lighted their fires, and others will follow
in short time. The works at Alton,
Illinois, have also started up. This
gives employment to more than 1000
men, who have been idle for several
months. .
PIrTsBURG, March S.-The prominent
labor leaders organized the National
Homestead Association to night by elect
ing the following officers. President, A.
c: Rankin; vice-president, D. B. Sturgeon,
NJ. D.; secretary, NJ. H. Smith; treasurer,
JOHN Jarrett. Their objectsis to secure
homes for the workingmen, and to estab-
lish more harmonious relationship o be-
tween labor and capital.
P1TTsBURG, March 9.-Fires are lighted
in every green glass bottle factory in the
city except one, and work will be re-
sumed in few days at last years wages
The men have been out on strike
against reduction eight months.
The coal men are making pre- epar.tions
to send out 3,500,OO0 bushels of coal in
the next forty eight hours. The steamer
Mark Winnett tonight sank three barges
containing $4,000 bushels.
PARIS, March 9.-Legitimist circles are
excited over the reported plot to assassi-
nate the Comte de Paris. A Apackage was
handed in at the railway parcel Office in
Lyons, Friday, addressed to "Comte de
Paris, at his hotel, Rue Varenne, Paris"
1t was found on examination to contain
an internal machine. The package was
oblong, seventeen inches long and twelve
wide. The officials were led to examine
it by finding that the wrapping had be-
come" undone. They found in it fiat
metal box containing a clock move
ment and a quantity of dynamite.
The count was absent from his Paris
residence, having gone to Comes, Had
the package reached its destination and
exploded, the domestics would have been
the sufferers. S..
A dynamite cartridge exploded in the
custom house at Lyons to-day killing an
official.
The anarchists maintain strict secresy
concerning preparations for their mon
ster gathering 1t is believed tn at the
eighteenth instant is the date fixed for
the mass meeting.
PARIS, March l0.-An adva need Irish
Nationalist has declared that the Nation
alists are annoyed but in no wise dis
couraged at the failure of the dynamite
attempts. Determined perseverance, he
SAYS, will win. He predicted long
series of explosions in England in the
immediate future. The mechanism has
been invented which renders explosion
certain and about, obviates the use of
clock-work. Great vexation is expressed
that the 1rish-American waylaid by four
men early Saturday morning did not
prove to be Informer McDermott.
AT recent meeting of the invincibles
here, lots were drawn for the men to
accomplish the murder of McDermott.
This resulted in the selection of four
men. 1t was decided to seek McDermott
in other capitals of Europe if he was not
found in Paris. lyman, the supposed
notorius No. l, has been written to and
is expected in Paris early in the summer,