The Springdale news., 1888-11-23
THE Woman's National industrlai

TIE Woman's National Industrial League during it's meeting ill New York, | passed resolutions protesting against the | admission of Chine into organized la bor bodies, and advocating the more gen. | eral employment of women in laundrles, etc, where Chinamen now make their 1 living.
 A SEVERE shock Of an earthquake | caused great exciteme ut in San Francisco. on the 18th. People rushed into the streets fearing that the buildings were about to topple down upon them. RESIDENTS in Milford, Mass, and vicin- ity assert that they felt slight continu- ous earthquake, on the 17th, lasting from two to four minutes, and tlat dwellings, were slightly shaken.
 FOURTEEN furnaces owners, employing 1 400 men, at Sharon, Pa, voluntarily ad- vanced the wages of employees, on the 1 17th, ten and fifteen cents per day. THE new Iron viaduct spanning the l flats at Cleveland, O., at an altitude of seventy five feet, and connecting the South and East sides of the city, was completed on the 17th.
 TIE parish priest at Du1manwav, County Cork, Ireland, on the 18th, at each mass took occasion to denouuce from the altar the murderer ot Lynch, and at each outburst of indignation urged the people to become detectives ill order to capture the criminal
 THE Ale Brewers Association of New York and New Jersey have decided.to lock out all their union employees ua- less the boycott against Daniel Steven sons ale and porter brewery is removed.
 THE city of Wabash Ind, will soon be illuminated with natural gas. 4 NUMBER of cases of typhoid fever were reported at the Soldiers Orphans school at McAlisterville, Pa., on the 19th.
 IT was reported, on the 18th, that all of the old employees of the 70" road who went out on strike last February and are still unemployed-about one- third of tho entire number-are soon to be restored to thelr old positions at the old wages.
 HEAVY and destructive storms were re- ported. on the l9sh, at ports on the North and Black seas.
 Ar meeting of coal operators and shippers in Pittsburgh, Pa, on 19sh, it was unanimously resolved to stop run ming coal for an indefinite period, begin ming December l. This action Is caused by the heavy stocks of coal at Southern river points. From 000 to 5,0)0 miners will be idle in consequence.
 TIE British steamer Texan arrived at New Orleans, on the 1Ith, bringing news from Port au Prince, Hayti, that the United States steamer Boston had arrived at that port and had made a demand for the release of the steamer Haytien Re- public, which was about to be acceded to when the Texan left.
 ACCORDING to the report of the Irish Land Commission presented 10 Parlia- ment on the 18th, Irish church property has depreciated in value owing to the difficulty of collecting rents and the so- cial condition Of the country
 TIE Alaska Commercial Company, which pays the Government for the ex- elusive privilege Of taxing seals in Behr- ing sea, having made several ineff .ctual protests at W ashin gton against allowing i Canadian vessels to encroach Il son their rights threaten to refuse to renew their i lease next year unless better Iotected.
 AN epide mic of dphtheria is raging in Wabash, Ind, q dozen deaths having been reported up to the 18th.