The Springdale news., 1889-01-04

oyer E stern Ontario anu the whole Of Quebec; damage estimated at s.50l00a. Aug. 2l-R ght Rev. $. s. HaFrs, Bishop of Protestant Episcopal diocese of Michigan died 1 ln London, aged A. Aug. 27-Interuational corn and seed m lrllet l Sept Hover 5)0 lives reported lost in re- l cent cyclone n Cuba; properly loss several million dollars
 Sept. a3-Ex Marshal Bazaine, of France | died at Madrid, Spain, aged =. Sep 26-Vaparaiso, Chill, flooded by 1 bursted reservoir and over thousand lives 1 lost and property damaged to the extent or Sep. as-E 'ward Hanlan, ex-champ on, de- l feaea in boat race in Australia by Peter Kemp.
 Oct. 1-Snow fell throughout England. Oct. 5-Pom King, ex-champion pusilist, died | in London.
 | Oct 6-Disastrous floods reported in the 1 province of Moukden. China; many lives lost.... Three thousand bouses reported destroyed and l many persons killed or seriously injured by 1 great storm at Nekagor, Japan -. Cholera l stll raging at Hoag Kong. | Oct. 8-Death announced of Sir Anthony Mus | grave, Governor of Queensland. 1 Oct. 9-Snow to the depth of six inches in Montreal, Can.
 Oct 20-By railroad accident caused by a | lands tide at Laterza, Italy, 100 persons were l killed and 5} others injured. 1 Nov. 6-Brtish Parl ament reassembled Nov. lc-Seveuty persons drowned in collis- l ion between steamers Tn Br sh channel Nov. 21-VIllaGe Of Naubecourl. France, total l ly des troyed by fire. thousands of people being rendered homeless and destitute M. Herten stein Pres dent Of Sw tzerland died at Berne
 Dec 1-President Dag of Mexico, took the oath Of office for Il third term.
 Der. G. Several mysterious murders in the | Whiteehapel dIstr ct of London occurred dur l Ing tie year, the Vet ms being outcast women,
 whose bodies were horr ply mutilated. | Dec. 2l-Authent c information received that Stanley, the African explorer, was alive and l well in August.
 Dec e6- General Louis Melii1o1 famous Rus sian officer, died al Nice, aged 64. | 91-Seyeral shocks earthQuahe eastern and northeastern parts of Spa n. INDUSTRIAL. 1 Jan. A strike of 5o00j m ners in progress in the Sehuylkil, Pa. reg onthe strike also ex- 1 ten Ing 10 the Lehigh region -. The Newark i (N. J.l Sl o ,maker's Trades Union decided to withdraw om the Knights Of Labor. Feb. 21-Great strike of engneers and fire
 men on Chicago, Burling ion & Quincy road. Three thousand employees ot the Edgar Thom- son steel works, Pittsburgh. Pa, discharged for refusing 10 ac ept terms of eomnauv.
 Feb. 29-Many strikers In Len ghtPa. mining | region ordered by k. of l.. to return 10 wora. Mar. 7-Str.ks of engineers on Burlington & Northern railroad 'uauguraied at Minneapolis Mar. 14-Judge Gresham decided aI On cago that railroad fould not lawfully suspend re- C proSal reiat ens wth Q connecting road through fear of prec pltating a strike.
 Mar l5-Str ke ina0guratei q engineers and fremen on the Atchison TopeNa Santa Fe system Two thousand employees of Mcclure & Co, coke operators at Scottdale, Pa, struck
 Mar. .9-AIob Of strikers att ack C., B. 6 C. tran III Chicago. Switchmen, eng neers and nremen III yards of c.. Nj. & St. P road strike. Apr. 4-Aoout 1Go9 strikers, alter several moaths idleness, decide to resume work at the Reading tPa1 Iron works, at reduction Tn pay sf f7s per cent. Apr "A shut down by coke producers in Connellsville, Pa. reg oa threw over 6.0J0 men out of work Employees Of Chicago brewers struck because proprietors would not recog- Il Ze authority of uaion. Apr. l6-Brewery lockout inaugurated in NsY York City.
  breweries strnck because of dlscaarge Of sev- eral u1os men.
 May Str ke in E lgar Thomson steel works at Bradd0ck. Pa, Gec.ared of by Knights of Labor, and men resume work at old rates. My About l,0O1 ron miners strike near Duluth, Miun.
 May I9-Boston Herald divides slo09o among employe or tRe profit-sharug plaa. My 2S-New YorK brewers declared long strike ended, and would take back none Of the strikers.
 Jun. 11-Annual convention Of International Typosraph cal Unien assembled St Kansas City.
 Jan. 15-Window glass factories of Pittsburg Pa, closed down, because Of disagreement Of workers and employers on scale of wages Jun. lS-Seyen eoSe works IT Connel sville, Pa-- reg on shut down because of strike Of employee.
 Jun. s0-All the iron mills in the West but 1a operated by non-unton men shut down because of sagreeInent as to wages. Jul. 6-Cnc nnati brewers strike, begun April II, declared eff.
 Jul. l4-Iron workers strike at Pittsburgh practically ended. nearly all manufacturers having gned the scale. Jul. Zf-Owners and operators of glass-works at Pittsburgh, Pa, agreed upon scale of wages. Operations 10 be resumed Sept. l.
 Jul. 3l-Six thousand coal miners n vien- tty of Pittsburgh, Pa, struck against redact on in wages.
 Aug. S-Four thousand street laborers in Du- luth, Miun., struck for increase In wages.
 Aug. H. Striking flint glass workers, 6,0G0 fn number, In Pittsburgh, resumed work at ln- creased wages
 
 collapsed, union men at work refusing to longer support the strikers.
 Aug. I5-North Chicago rolling mills shut down, throwing out 300 men.
 Sept 1-a.ost Of the glass bottle factories in the country resumed work after eight weeks shut down: slight advance Ill wages
 Sep. 5-Federation of Miners and Mine La borers, in session at Indianapolis decided Dine hours shall be days work after Sept I, 1889, and eight hours after Sept. l. lS90. ..-. Striking coal miners at Sherodsville and Sal.neviile. O. resumed work on operators terms after four months of dleness Sep. T-C- 4 Pillsbury 6 O., Minneapolis (Mlnn.) millers, divide S0,0J0 among employees on the profit-Sharing plan. Oct l3-Two thousand miners at Bocton, Ala, struck against reduction Of pay .... The great str ke on street railways in On cpgo set tied by eonlsromise and men resumed work
 Nov. 9-Sanford X Sons carpet mills, Amster- dam, N- f., shut down for some time, resumed operations.
 Nov H-Brakemen of the L., N. A. & c. rail- road on a strike Tt Lafayette. Ind. Nov E--Five bundre2 puddlers in American iron works at Pittsbuyn., Pa, struck against oh ange of hours. Nov. 17-Wages of l. 40O men employed in fur naces at Sharon. Pa, voluntarily advanced by employers 10 to 15 cents per day Large fur nace at Clymer. Pa. resumed operations after lying idle for several months. Nov. 2S-Lockout in New York and New Jer- sey breweries, proprietors stating no union men would thereafter be employed by thom l Dec. 7-The National Progressive Union ot M liners and Mine Laborers organ zed at Colum- bus, O., John Mcbride, of Ohio, beng chosen president.
 l Dec. 15-Samuel Gompers reelected presi- dent of American Federation of Labor in ses-