The Iola register., 1886-05-07

TWENTY stone cutters Of Mayer & Sons,
of Newark. n. J., struck recently for. q
quart Of beer instead Of q pint The firm
| granted tho increase and the men went
back to work.
A PAsroRAL letter was read in the Catho-
lie churches at Montreal recently from Car
dinal Taschereau, oondemning the Knights
OF Labor a. Q secret organization, inimical
to theintsrests Of religion and good morals.
Tho Cardinal 1t was understood, before
issuing It. had conferred with all the pro
vfncial Bishops, who all agreed with his
decision.
TEE steel words at Beaver Falls, Pa, re-
sumed work on the 27th after two and .
half years of idleness.
81. LOUIS boss bakers, at recent meet
ing, refused to adopt the Central Labor
Union label for their bread. The refusal.
It was thought, would lead to q strike.
FIVE hundred employees of the Bruins
wick Bake Collender billiard table factory,
Chicago, have struck again because a nom
union lumber measurer was retained by
the manager.
The firm Of Rothschild & Sons, furniture
manufacturers Of Chicago and Cincinnati,
on the 18th decided to give its striking en-
ployes ten hours' pay for eight hours work
in order to finish outstanding contracts,
but to reduce the working force one-fifth.
An extensive strike for eight hours
among the switchmen and freight handlers
was threatened at Chicago on the 29th.
TIE tanners Of Milwaukee, Wis, number
ing 1000, have made q demand for eight
hours per day.
The Ohio & Mississippi railway has grant
ed the increase for which the handlers and
yardmen at StOrr's Station, O., struck
EVERY largo planning mill in Milwaukee,
Wis, has shut down, the proprietors having
refused to accede to the demands of the
men for eight hours work and ten hours
paw.
The Pope was reported reconsidering his
condemnation of the Knights of Labor.
The stonecutters and masons of Allie
gheny City, Pa, have Joined tho movement
for reduction of hours and propose to
strike unless their demands are acceded to.
The employees of the Allison car works,
Philadelphia, nearly 200 in number, struck
recently and ihe works will be closed down
indefinitely.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand men, of various
callings, were reported on strike in Chicago
April 50, and fifty thousand others were
ready to join their ranks in furtherance of
the demand for reducing the hours of labor.
GENERAL.
The Holy See of Rome has sent note to
NJ L. 4, r.
ending the "kulturvampf"
The American vessel seized recently for
an infraction of the Canadian fishery laws
was released afterward. it being the first
offense.
THE Prince Of Wales has been reelected
Grand Master of the Free Masons Of Great
Britain.
TAI Duck, the Chinaman who murdered
Captain and Mrs. Trickusham in Califor-
mia and escaped to China, where he was
captured, committed suicide ut Hong
Kong March g by hanging.
News of wholesale confiagrations comes
from several parts Of Austria. The town
Of Friedland in Moravia has been almost
totally destroyed by fire, during the pro-
gress OF which ten persons were killed.
The towns of Dubrowley, Dubejence and
Chirow have been completely destroyed.
The town of Sanok has been greatly dam
aged.
SEVERAL conspirators were killed by po-
lice at Ciudad Real, Spain. recently. The
parties were fomenting disturbance and
on refusing to surrender were fired on.
ONE thousand two hundred bags of coffee
and the baggage of the passengers was lost
by the wreck of the Pacific Mail steamer
Honduras.
THE Grecian Minister of War has re-
signed The prospects Of peace, therefore,
are reported much brighter.
THE London Daily Telegraph, referring to
Ala, said: 1--WE think it would be better
if Mr.. Davis allowed the past to sleep as
Lee and Benjamin did"
The Mexican Congress has passed law
the issue of $4,000 in copper
cents to be legal tender in sums not over
p cents and silver five cent pieces at the
pleasure Of the executive. The nickel law
of 1881 is repealed.
THE starch manufacturers have formed q
pool and advanced prices.
ANOTHER village and two towns have
been burned in Galicia, Austria.
A RECENT dispatch from Egypt says:
has consented to the proposition
that Ali Ria, formerly Governor of Har-
rar, shall undertake a mission to Wady
Halfa to negotiate with the rebels foS )
of hostilities.
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