Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-04


and of trained judicial mind. He is a
good deal of a wag, Withal, and some
very amusing stories are told OF his prae-
teal jokes and waggish ways when the
duties OF his office are laid aside.
AUSTIN.
WATCHES OVER-PLENTIFU
The Illinois Company Reduces It's Out
put-Other Labor Affairs.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Jan. 3.-The Illi-
nois Watch Company has issued an order
to take effect Monday placing the en-
ployes upon eight hours labor daily.
The factory has for some time been ope-
rating with 900 men, being only half of
its full working force. The company now
has on hand large surplus stock which
it has failed to dispose of in Eastern mar
kets. This result has determined the di-
rectOrs to make reduction. 1t is under
stood that they will run only on the
cheaper grades of watches.
THE BURNED TUNNEL.
BRISTOL, Jan. 3.-The tunnel on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which was
set on fire by strikers early yesterday
morning, cannot be used for the passage
of trains. The tunnel, which is about
1000 feet long, has solid walls of coal on
either side and these are still burning.
Three or four hundred feet of the TUNE
have caved IN. None OF the incendiaries
have been apprehended, as they did the
work in disguise and cannot be identi-
Fl ID. The Hooking Valley Railroad CON-
pany this afternoon put into effect an
order prohibiting the cOngTegating of idle
men about their depOts and freight yards.
1t is not positively known who fired
the tunnel, but it IS supposed that it was
done by strikers, on the theory that an at
tempt was made to destroy the tunnel in
order to prevent the shipment of coal
! oyer the road from the syndicate mines.
| The destruction of the tunnel would cut
off Shawnee, Dickinson and McCuneville,
| where work has been steady all summer
| and up to the present time. Fifty feet
more of the tunnel caved in to-day, and
| the firemen were withdrawn, as they
could do no good. 1t is thought that they
| will have to burn out.
! Two more boxes of guns, sent from Pitts
| burg, arrived at Newark to-day, directed
! to james O'DOnnell, who is under arrest
| at that place for aiding and abetting the
! strikers IN the destruction of property and
attempts against life.
ALL QUIET IN THE HOOKING VALLEY.
COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 3.-An was re-
ported quiet at noon to-day among the
strikers in the Hooking valley, although
trouble was anticipated tonight.
AN IRON CLAD CONTRACT.
CHICAGO, Jan. "A copy of "The IRON
clad contract is published here which
the miners in the employ Of the Hooking
Vally Company are compelled to sign.
The contract runs for year, ands binds
| the miner to abide by such rules and
regulations as the company may prOmul-
gate and not to be absent. The pay is
| about 80 cents per ton for coal mined and
| properly screened. The miner stipulates
| that he will not join any strike or join
any combination to secure an advance in
| wages, and if he violates any of the pro-
! visions of the contract he fOrfeits all
claims for coal mined and not paid for.
A CUT OF 10 TO II PER CENT.
EAsTON, PA, Jan. 3.-All the en-
| ployes of the Glendon Iron Company, ex-
| cept common laborers, were to-day nOti-
| fed that their wages would be reduced
| from 10 to u per cent. on Feb. l. The
| employees of No. l furnace, who were sus-
| pended after the stack had been blown
| out, have returned to work, and are now
| preparing the furnace for blast. AS no
| change has been made at the company's
| shops in pursuance of the order made
over month ago for the hands to seek
work elsewhere it is believed that the
men will not be suspended.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
has ordered its loading gangs on the main
line and branches to be reduced from six
to five men. Twenty of the cOmpany's
| bridge carpenters have been suspended
until spring.
The employees of the Oxford Iron Com
pany, at Oxford, n. j., have been notified
that if they submit to a reduction of 20
per cent. in their wages the works will
resume operation. The men are in doubt
whether much work will be done before
April and therefore are not anxious to
reply to the offer. All the works at Oxford
are idle, and should they continue closed
all winter business there will be exceed
ingly dull and many people will be CON-
PEELED to seek work elsewhere.
At Altoona, Pa, the silk mill of G. A.
Dorney g. Co., and the furniture factory
in the same city will resume operations
on Monday. The former has been idle
three weeks.
MINING CORPORATIONS SUSPENDED.
SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 3.-The opera
tions at Bellevue, Hampton, the Scranton
Coal Company's and Oxford mines, and
the Archibald mines of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Company,
have been suspended for the present on
account of the dullness in the coal trade.
1t will also be necessary to reduce the
number of hours of a days work at the
mines which are to be operated. These
| colleries are well supplied, and it is not
likely that many of the suspended en-
ployes will find employment in them.
From 1000 to 1900 men will be thrown
out of employment by the suspension.
A STRIKES FAILURE.
PoTTsTowN, PA, Jan. 3.-The strike
at the stove works of Buckwalter g. Co.,
at ROyersford, was declared at an end to-
day by the Moulders Union. The union
men can now accept the 10 per cent re-
duction without FORGETTING their member
ship. The strike lasted eleven months.
CONSIDERING A POSSIBLE CUT.
FALL RIVER, MASS, Jan. 3.-The Board
OF Trade held long session yesterday, at
which the question as to a reduction of
wages was discussed. The members are
not willing to talk, but it is learned on
pretty good authority that the board has
decided to cut wages 10 per cent. during
the present month. Notice of a reduction
has not yet been posted in the mills.
TO RESUME AT REDUCTION.
CANTON, o., Jan. &C. Aultman &
Co., employing 800 men, have decided to
resume work, after three months sus-
pension, at a reduction of 10 per cent. in
wages.
NAIL WORKERS To STRIKE.
BELLEvILL, I'LL, Jan. 3.-The Western
Nail Mill, running $50 machines, an
nounces cut of from 80 to 80 per cent. in
wages. Great dissatisfaction exists
among the operatives. Some have quit
work and a general strike is said to be
imminent. The establishment employs
| about 600 men.
PEMBERTON MILLS TO RESUME.
LAWRENCE, MASS, Jan. 3.-The Penn
berton mill will start on full time Mon
day, employing 1900 hands. The Law
renee Duck Company, employing 1900
hands, announces a general reduction of
8 per cent. in wages to go into effect
Monday.
Am Crazed with ToOthache,
and serves you right for having neglected
to use SoZODoNT. Had you done so your
| fppfh would have haau Go11ud Got the