New-York tribune., 1886-11-14

The settlement of tho Packingtown strike
a1 Chicago seems to be only matter of detail.
New men oy hundreds have applied for work
in the place of the strikers and If the Knights
of Labor do not allow their own members to
90 back soon, they may find when they get
ready to go that there is no chance for them.
The leading Knights are shrewd men, and
aouhtless see the weakness of their present sit
nation clearly enough Mr.. POwderly was
right when he told them that time vas not yet
ripe for the eight-hOur movement Now they
know it.
A letter from The TRIBUNE's regular cor
respondent in COnstantiuOple will give the
reader an excellent idea of the difhculue
which the sturdy Bulgarians are struggling
with in their fight for self-government. Up
and down through the land goes the Russian
diplomatic agent, Kaubars, roaring out
threats of every kind if Russia's will is not
obeyed, while all Europe, including England
and France who are always bOasting of self
government and liberty, look on with calm
indifference so long their financial interests
or their national prestige lis untouched. The
sympathy of every true American will go out
to the unhappy Bulgarians, but unfortunately
that counts for little.
More encouragement for young men to take
wholesome interest in athletic exercises is
offered by the establishment of the Manhattan
Athletic Club in new quarters in Fifth-ave.
Its new house there, which 10 described at
length elsewhere in The TRIBUNE, will be
opened this week. Judging from the uses to
which the different rooms are to be put, social
life among the members will be more esteemed
tho hnmp Of fha Naw- York
Athletic Club at Sixth-ave. and Fifty-fourth-
st.. where every thing has been made to give
way to opportunities for physical development.
In this respect the opening of the Manhattan's
house in the most fashionable street of the
town must be regarded as an interesting ex-
periment. Every one will wish the managers
entire success.
The holders of gas stock in this city have
always walled plainuvely in public when 1T has
been suggested that the price of gas ought to
come down; but it is said good authority
that in the privacy of their own homes the
directors have never entirely given way to
despair. The demand for the light which
they dispense grows continually, despite
the increased use of electricity; and if
their dividends are reduced the improve
ment and enlargement of the companies
works do not look like immediate bank
ruptcy. The fact is that gas still holds Its
own in New-YOrk for Illuminating purposes
and if the directors only had the wit to make it
cheaper, new domestic uses, such as heating
and cooking, would be developed To claim,
however, that gas is better for lighting the
streets than electricity is ridiculous. Any
one may judge who will walk in Third-ave.,
where the former is burned, and afterward
stroll in any street where the electric lamps
sputter.
Mrs. Campbelrs article in to-day's TRIBUNE
deals with the methods employed to furnish
the public with the strangely cheap goods that
crowd the bargain counters" 1t appears
that one explanation of the low prices at which
these goods are sold is, in effect, that they are
stolen being procured by fraudulent repre-
sentations from women who are never paid for
their work 1t is not pleasant to learn that
foremost among the swindlers of women are
women who have beea work rs themselves,
but the fact is only fresh illustration of the
pr0verb that ian old slave makes q bad
MASTER Just the same thing has occurred in
Ireland, where the worst rack renting has been
inflicted by tenant farmers upon sub-tenants
The statement how ever that no law can be
upon workingwOmen demands serious con-
siderstion. II the fraud can be proved laws
can certainly be framed to meet it. The pict-
uTe presented, of blind greed and head0ng |