The National tribune., 1886-09-02

Makers Assembly, Knights Of Labor, has noti-
fed the proprietors Of FIVE local cigar manufac-
tories 10 discontinue the employment in their
factories Of children under IL years of age, in
accordance with the act of the Legislature, and
threaten to prosecute them IL their demand is
not complied With. Most Of the firms notified
disclaim employing children under the legal
age. IL is said the knights will give the own
ers Of the cotton mills the same notice
Sooenbergers nail mill, at Pittsburg, which has
been closed for several weeks. resumed work
on Monday Of last week. the employees having
decided 10 follow the example of the Wing Il
Mingo men and go TO work at the l7-cent scale
IL is quite probable that the other Pittsburg
factories will follow suit.-A large number Of
clothing cutters are on a strike in New York.
Some time ago the Union demanded that none
bat Union men should be employed in any shop
In the ClOthiers Association. To that the asso-
citation refused 20 agree, and in consequence Of
that decision the strike is ordered. There will
be al least 900 cutters locked out as the other
manufacturers Will sustain the two members Of
their association. This will throw out nearly
10000 tailors and their assistants. The busy
season n about commencing, and the outlook is
very dubous.-At meeting of the North
western Lumbermen's Association in St Paul
last week IL was decided 20 advance prices 81
per thousand on all grades Of lumber below first
fencing This was done on account of the in
creased cost in production due 20 advance in
the Price OF stumpage, increased taxes and extra
expense IN handling owing 10 the extreme low
water Another reason for the advance is tho
shortage OF over l000000,00O feet, as against
the product Of 1856, on the Mississippi and its
tributaries,
MISCELLANEOUS.
With 70,000.OOO bushels of wheat, California
viii have an income OF at least So, 600, 900.
ri,ar l,gt - haa ,f l..
The barley crop of n, 100000 centals will bring
in l6,0oO,000, as against 100000 last year.
A divorce case. after pending is years in
courts of Allegany County, Pa, has just been
granted. There have been 100 applications for
divorce made in that County during the pres
ent year.-The Ohio Legislature will be Pc
titiOned TO make an appropriation for a bronze
equestrian statue Of Gen. VIM. Henry Harrison,
10 be erected at the celebration Of the settle
ment of Cincinnati, which will be held in that
city Sept. D. lSSS.-Tbe business failures
throughout the country the last seven days
were for the United States III, for Canada SO,
a total of COW p. Page, OF Philadelphia,
arrived in Toronto last week on bicycle hav-
ing accomplished the journey of l.325 miles,
by way Of Bar Hsrbor Me-, Montreal aud Que
bee The other day couple alighted from
an excursion train on the line dividing the
States of Ohio and Indiana, and the woman
standing on the Ohio side and the man on the
Indiana side, the minister, with one foot in
either State, married them.-A new explana-
tion of the destructive fires occurring in the
pine forests IL offered. The pine resin exuding
FROM trees is often Of lens shape, and before it
thoroughly hardens frequently Of crystalline
clearness u is surmised that while in that
condition a resin lens may focus the suns rays
upon some light twig or resinous point and SO
start blaze that quickly eats up forest
Dickens's "0ld Curiosity Shop has finally been
located at IL Portsmouth street, London. Ii is
al present occupied by waste-paper dealer.
A Naugatuck man saw something green in
q cake of ice aud split the cake open. The green
thing was a small frog, which, after an hour or
two in the snnlights hoped about vigorously.
The use Of mOrphia by physicians 10 sus-
pend pain which they cannot cure is said to
have become an abuse. A Pittsburg man has
been found TO have 1000 hypodermic injection
punctures in his body. Many are said TO take
the injections tor the soothing effect when
nothing in particular ails them, and thus fall
into the habit, which is worse than drinking,
which is the natural consequence-tilass
floors are coming into very general use in Paris
Although they cost more at first they are found
cheaper in the end. The rooms below can often
dispense with artificial light and there is far
less fire risk. Glass, too, will outwear wood
many times.-Wm. Plummcr, Of Petersburg
Va, and Mrs. Virginia Edwards of New York
city, met in Chattanooga, Tenn, Tuesday to
get married, having been engaged for some
years The couple had taken their places be-
fore the minister when the lady discovered that
her intended husband was drunk, whereupon
she took the marriage license from the min ister
threw il in Plummers face, and shortly after
wards left for New York.-At a circus ex-
hibition In Madison, Wis, q sudden gust Of
wind blew Mrs. Henry Reif's hat under cage
which contained four large pRnthers aud their
keeper, and she stopped 10 recover il. As she |
did so q large panther thrust his fore paw out
OF the cage and caught her by the hair, while |
with the other paw it took hold of her by the
face and lifted her from tho ground. The |
keeper rushed upon the animal and beat him |
terribly. Mrs. Ref was badly gashed about the |
head and face by the claws OF the furious |
beast. Her condition is quite serious
The annual amateur swimming contests for
the championship Of America took place Sat- |
urday from the New York Athletic Club boat |
house on the Harlem River. There were two
heats and final i'm the l00-ysrd race In the
final III. Braun won in ] minute 29t seconds
There were 10 entries in the one-mile race. |
Robert p. Magee, Of Baltimore, won in % min
utes seconds.-SUnday afternoon the large
passenger steamboat Daniel Drew, of the Hud-
son River Line caught fire al her moorings at
Kingston Point aud was burned TO the waters
edge The Drew blazed mp amidships from a
bnrning shanty on the dock. The Drew was
one Of the largest and swiftest passenger steam
boats on tho Hudson.--Seyeral vessels arrived
at Gloucester, Mass. from the Grand Banks
report that on Aug. % they encountered gale
OF great energy. The gale is reported to be
the worst that has swept over the Banks for
years, and it is feared that much damage was
done and many lives lost.
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