Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-21

terested in Il and likely TO push Il to
speedy solution.
THE GREAT ART SALE.
The sale Of the late Mrs. Morgan's
art treasures was remarkable one
from the point Of view Of the ease with
which money is coming forward nova.
days for articles Of which present pur-
chasers had not any idea At all
few years ago. Not one American in
ten thousand ever heard before Of the
Peachblow vase, and now $4,000 i3
paid for a vase not larger than Al orii.
nary champagne-bottle, and more blor-
ing is INDUCED in about il in Neg
York than the whole Of Italy won
be guilty Of at the discovery Of a nsE
Raphael, or the whole Of Spain
at new MuTillO. Consider.
ing that the sale was a forced ono. AMI
that Mrs. Morgan, Whea making her
collection, was buta yerg poor Judge Of
art. and made All her pnr,ha ,os on the
advice OF professional agents, the col
lection realized very fair price. for.
although il cost her nearly L000,o 200.
81 200, 600 realized a. the sell, l. Under
such circumstances great deal OF
money. IL appears thar Mrs. Morgan
never saw some Of the thing, sold IN her
collection. Such. at all events, was
the case with Six pictures which. a, =
leading picture-dealer IN New York tells
me, arrived from Europe a, h., shop
when Mrs. Morgan was so sick that
they could not be sent TO her house.
AN INTERESTING DIVORCE CASE.
The divorce cases mentioned above
interest Wall street for more reasons
than one. To begin with, men impli.
Gated in them were we'll knogn in the
clubs and at the Stock Exchange. Mrs.
Stevens. who was Miss Sampson AMI
whose father was the largest share
holder in the Chemical Bank-the
wealthest institution in New York
owned good deal Of property
in and about Wall street. Her
conduct for some time past Is
well known among society people
in New York, and her infatuatior
for French nobleman Of grea, his.ori-
ca name. but exceedingly shady con
duct, brought about the present divorce.
The amusing part OF the affair is It Is
the wife. not the husband, who ge,' the
divorce, and that the wife of the a1re-
said erring Frenchman, who is also an
American girl, has recently obtained
in her turn divorce in France. The
idea of Mr.. Stevens falling to supply
his millionaire wife with the uess,a
ries Of life Of course makes al DBL
"boys" thrust their tongues in t..,
cheeks with a suppressed laugh.
TURMOIL. AGAIN.
The Turnbull case T., altogether iii
ferent. Nr. Turnbui's Infamous cln-
Duct was first made pnbli. b, the exc
pulsion Of Mr.. Loub1t irou thc mon
Club and the former 3 attempt o. inllcs
tie son Of q welLkuown comm1Ilre 0t
the navy to commi. Wiat LEGAL books
call that horrible crime whi.hc2ul0t
be mentioned among Chr!auAn-.'
Turnbull lied from New York AMI took
refuge in Washington. whore some OH
friends procured nun small situation
in ore OF the Go,cram,n. Offices.
Two or three o's.r fs,ao1a5'e
divorce cases will sh,rly come 40 in
Newport. x. J., where the proceeding
seem to be more easy and can be kept
more secret than under the lags OF the
State Of New York. Among others
may be mentioned the case of a son of
the well-known banker. Belmont, All
another in which the rich AMI hsais)ms
sister Of one of Mrs. Iaug.ry'5 iau-
mate friend, IS implicated.
LABOR TROrHLrs.
Tie great strikes now going Do al
over the country are in reality the ITS,
adequate external indications OF move
ment, deep and strong, that has been
going on in the United States Tor some
years past, and that, IN turn, - bat a
phase of movement wide as our c.gili-
zation. The new wine IS beginning %
ierment in the old bottles. The strug-
Gle against chattel slavery Is over. The
revolt against industrial slavery has
begun. What the Knights OF Labor
mesn is the application to industrial
warfare of the principle Of the massing
Of forces on the point Of attack. Their
organization is to the trades what the
trades union is to the individual worker.
And its spirit is that Of the unity OF
the interests Of labor-a spirit only be-
ginning its work.
Whether the strikes now in progress
are won or lost can make little differ
ence in ultimate results. They are ike
affairs Of outposts at the beginning OF a
life and death struggle between great
nations. On which ever side lies the
advantage, neither side can refrain from
pushing it, while neither side can be SO
decisively beaten that il will not rally Is
forces again and make a new stand. No
defeat, and no series Of defeats. can
now deprive labor Of the conscious
ness of power, aud monopoly has to-
much at stake and has too long been
accustomed 70 rlle TO be conquered l.
this way into more than hollow truce.
Action must beget reaction. aud cOm-
bination provoke counter-combination,
for there are behind the combl.ants on
either side the mighliest Of forces.
The spirit Of the age, the rising spirit
that proclaims the equality Of men. AMI
bids the newer Of wood and the Ira sea
Of water aspire to the full estate vi q
freeman, meets economic conditions
that tend TO grind the masses into hard
and hopeless seryitude.
WHAT THE STRIKES MEAN.
1t is idle to cry peace where there is
no peace. and TO imagine that the
preaching Of moderation can only avail
when the strongest Of passions are
reused. These strikes mean war, and
that civil war; not a war between or
ganized States, like that whose epoch
has with us just closed, but war be
tween organized factions within the
State. which ranges neighbOr against
Deighbor and draws lines Of battle IN
city streets. 1t is the House OF
Have and the House Of Want "
that are coming into collision and thai
every where jostle each other. To De