Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-11


fatal gas exploded, black ruin was sig
nailed from the wrecked shaft, and
death swept over the Rlonda valley.
Seventy-tlve dead and many wounded
have changed the merry making to "wail
OF Woe" II is not many Christmases
since the Barnsley and Talk-o'-the-Hill
accidents fell upon the seasons festivities
and the Hartley calamity darkened the
early days of New Years. The Hartley
catastrophe compelled legislation IN the
direction Of "the double shaft" so that
there should at least be two ways of exit
from an exploded and II oded mine. The
latest accident of all Is a puzzle and
seems TO defy science The pit had been
inspected by owners and men imme-
diately prior to the calamity, and one of
the inspectors had only just left the pit
when the explosion occurred. The col
/ liery was run on scientific and business
/ principles and under tlrst-class managerial
control. DO you remember the first pa
/ per In Dickens "Uncommorcial Travel
err" He describes the last days of an
old year. The scene was The Welch coast,
/ not far from the Rhonda valley, where the
/ latest colliery accident has occurred.
/ Eighteen hundred and iifty-nine had but
another day TO live, and truly its end was
peace on that seashore that morning.
But lying on the beach and among It's
rough stones and boulders were the re-
mains of the Royal Charter, which two
months before had gone ashore in the
night, and Dickens on the last day of the
old year, had watched the divers at work
! on the scene of the sunken ship, the story
of whose loss and the letters from the
| friends and relatives of the dead are
among the most pathetic pages OF real
! life Dickens ever penned.
IRELAND IN ThE NEW YEAR.
| We stand on the threshold of the new
( year, and rarely have we had more
vague idea OF what is In store for US
| when the door shall open and the new
1 history begin. Mr. Gladstone is the hope
and fear Of the time. The heart of the
nation is not with him; the intellect Of
| the nation has no confidence in him. II
Lord Salisbury were backed with the votes
of good maiority, aud had with him a
strong working cabinet, with real cOnsti-
tutional control, all would be WELL lie
is a reliable minister and his influence
with constitutional governments is great.
But, unfortunately, his party is in Il mi-
nority, and the Liberals are not numerous
enough to act Independently. Any gov
eminent that reigned by the weight of
powerful majority would do the right
thing because 1t would be independent
and have no wick to trim. No ministry
without real power can solve the problems
that demand solution in this new year.
What will happen no one can tell. The
situation Is serious one, and Ii is made
more serious by the hurried and undlgni-
fled bids for Office which are being made
by the most turbulent minister that ever
imposed his strong will upon Englafd
Mr.. Gladstone began the campaign which
has Just ended with bitter denunciations
of the Irish chief and Lord Salisbury, with
a whitening scoIn of the rebel claims OF
the Parnellltes. To-day he is their apollo
gist and would be their mouthplece and
their ministerial friend. He has formula.
ted measure OF home rule, but hi
denies It's existence because he has not
put it on paper. The Daily News, whict
gave up attacking the Parnellites the
moment it was seen the Conservatives
could not have majority, has gone in fol
home rule with Gladstone, and on Christ
mas day 1t contained clever apologize
editorial in Justification of the Gladstone
position. sit is characteristic OF the
English mind,n says the Daily News
"even when it has come TO the conclusion
that something must be done, to shrink
back from the proposal to do something
definite; and when IL has made up IL,
mind that the time must come for actor
OF particular kind, 10 be startled at tn,
suggestion that the time has actually
come. To this quality, which is the veal
" side of the prudence AID caution
which have marked the his
I tory OF the nation, must IN part be
, attributed the revulsion Of feeling whicl
| Mr.. Gladstone's proposal to deal ut One
with the Question of home rule has eN
| cited in many minds" In spite OF Mr.
! Gladstone's declaration tuat ne has an!
! plan, but win prefer TO wait for Lore
+ Salisbury's first move, the Liberal organ
4 concludes that he has, and goes ON pre-
! pairing the way for it. The moderat
: men of both parties are anxious to b.
1 very generous to Ireland, and will be, NJ
! doubt; but the situation is not improved
: by the threats OF the Irish In America
o whose cabled utterances in the LondoI
r daiies are rather calculated TO stiiten TN
@ back nf the nation than TO promote KIND
. ly feeling. Mr.. Parne!l has more to fea
q lust now from his friends than from hi
q enemies. The American-Irsh are com
= plicating rather than ameliorating th
a position. They are reported to ihreate
n
n nell's programme is accepted, unless III
& demands are granted. At present MI
II Parnell has not stated what he wants n
n has promulgated no programme, unde
Il these circumstances 1t would perhaps b
" wise. it would certainly be better, fc
"a Mr.. Parnell, If the American Irish waite
4 until the ~English government know
! what his programme is before the
y threaten to annihilate the poor old coul
Il try if IL does not grant his demands,
i. Mr.. ParnelI were TO limit his claim
I within constitutional lines and promis
i to Great Britain patriotic allegiance
Il her united and imperial empires If I
+ were TO give frank promise that n
. agitation had constitutional limits; II
. honestly denounced crime and Journa
ls istic indictments thereto; il he gave I'll
:. government a real, broad, handsome OF
4 nortunity to take him by th
II hand. ne would then have bot
~ sides in true rivalry to carr
q out his wishes. But the nation bein
= in a generous mood, it will be dangerou
AZ TO trespass upon it with threats. In
~ proposal of the Daily News is, no douo
"a sufficiently inspired by Mr. Gladstone
=. T.. .aLa, Tor n fair Indication how Tar tn