The National tribune., 1886-02-18

Labor have declared boycott against the
! Howard Oil Company, of Palestine, Tex, alleg-
! ing discrimination against their organization.
| The mills have shut down. The trouble arose
| over the discharge of an engineer.-Tbe
| boycott instituted against the DAILY Republican,
| of Wilmington, Del, on the 1st inst. by the
| Typographical Union and Knights of Labor
| was officially raised Saturday night last, the
| publishers OF the Republican signing an agree
ment TO employ union printers, pay union
| prices, and " TO make ample public apologies to
the organizations hereinbefore mentioned for
various uni just attacks published in the paper
aforesaid. ."-The coke workers strike is still
unsettled, and the operators are bringing
negroes from Virginia to FIJI the places of the
strikers.-About 20 men and boys employed
in making rules by Contractors Eddy and Kim
lock at the Stanley Rule and Level Company,
in New Britain, Conn, have struck. They de-
mand from five to 10 per cent. increase in
wages. The 500 striking weavers of the King
Phillip Mil, of Fall River, Mass, have re-
turned to work, the 10 per cent. advance hav-
ing been granted.-The Ponemah Cotton
Mills, of Taftville, Conn, Will advance the
wages of their l,5O0 employees 10 per cent. on
March 1, and reduce the hours of labor from
&c to 60 hours.
MISCELLANEOUS
Cutting the hair from the heads of young
girls has become quite common i'll Philadel-
phia. The miscreants contrive to get in n
crowd and then by the aid of 4 sharp pair of
shears clip the brads from their victims
heads.-The bark Huntress, which arrived
at New York last week from Brazil, was almost
sunk during the gale of Jan. 20. Ice formed
six feet thick on her decls-It is reported
that Brigham Young, President of the Nor
mon Church, has perpetratcd extensive frauds
in land entries in Utah. His plan was to
h1rr1 fnr,r- hnp=n N ba nf n
section and have man sleep in each room over
night. The next day each of the men would
make pre-emption claims and transfer them to
Brigham Young. The house would then move
on to another section, where the operation
would be repeated. 1.-The scarlet fever still
RACES at Shenandoah, Pa. During the past two
weeks the death of 200 children have been
caused by the scourge.-The recent rapid
thaw and heavy rains have caused great dam
age along the water courses and much de-
structlon OF property.-George .. Cannon,
the Mormon Apostle, who has been in hiding
for some time, was arrested on the 14th at
Winnemucca, Nev and will be taken to Salt
Lake to be tried for polygamy. Michael
Harrington, one of the six Fenian prisoners
who was rescued from New South Wales by
the American whaler Catalpa in 1876, died on
Friday last of pneumonia in New York city.
Mr.. Lansing Merchant, a wealthy man of
S2,,was married on the 18th at Albany, n. Y,
to Mrs. Isabella E. Wasson. widow of &c.
Marcus M. Toule, of Lake County, Ind,
wealthy landowner, was convicted in the Fed
eral Court at indianapolis last week Of obstruct-
ing the Z. S. mail. The act on which the con-
viction rested was opening the draw on bridge
and holding a north bound train for several
hours, in the attempt to obtain his price for
right of way for the New Albany Il Chicago
Raiiway.-The subscriptions to the fund for
the benefit of Mrs. Gen. Hancock amounted to
$l6960 up to Saturday night last. The latest
subscriptions are $1,000 each from Mr.. W. W.
COrcoran, of Washington. and Joseph Pulitzer,
OF the New York Hortd.-Miss Annie B.
Irish, Professor OF the German language and
literature at Wooster University, Ohio, died
Friday last aged % years, of scarlet fever.
Miss Irish was the daughter of the late Col. O.
II. Irish, Chief of the Bureau Of Printing and
Engraving under the Administration Of Presi
dent Hayes. While in Washington Miss Irish
was the Private Secretary of Secretary Schurz
and Librarian of the Department of the 1nte-
rior.-Isaac 2. Tally, on trial at Wilmington,
Del for the murder of Wesley Hanley, was
acquitted ON Saturday last He is very i'll, and
his physicians have little hope Of his recovery.
He was placed under the influence of a narcotic
and carried from the rt-house.-Mrs. jose
phine Fisher. of Chicago, is claimant of a
large estate in the Hawaiian Islands, said to
have been left by John Young, boatswain of a
schooner, who was left upon the coast, and
whose life was saved by Princess who fell in
love with him. He married the Princess and
became King Kanehameha's chief adviser. ac-
quiring great wealth and power lie died in
1885, leaving his fortune to his daughter, Queen
Emma. She died last April, leaving no issue.
Mrs. Fisher claims to be the grandnece of John
Young-The feeling against the Chinese on
the Pacific Coast is very bitter, and fears are
entertained of general riot. Troops have
been ordered to Portland, Ore, and Seattle,
Wash, Ter