The sun., 1889-12-08

| n Wn1 eet forth mas the bonus nbeoiutolY BE-
ionged to the men unless In case Of willful mis-
behavior or Of strike Thereupon the men
rebeled. They thought II they signed for
twelve months the company would only try TO
Gst more work out OF them. and they saw also
an attempt to bind them 90 closely a. 10 break
| mp the Gas Stokers' Union. They would prefer
| 10 have their wages advanced dollar weekly
and to forego the fortnight annual holiday at
the oompany's expense.
Naturally the directors are indignant at hRv-
ing their gift treated in this way, and as RlsrGe
number OF employees have already signed the
contract they are determined TO abide By their
scheme. The stokOrs. however, who have
mainly held aloof from It have determined to
resist and the strike will commence In .
weeks time, unless soms Arrangement IL ar
rived at Already the men are preparing for
the struggle, and piokets are placed ut every
| railway station in London TO prevent new
| hands reaching tho gas works. South London
| 10 within measurable distance OF absolute
darkness, as there Is no electric light In that
region. and with the foggy season full upon
u.s. and sixteen hours OF night out Of twenty
| four the outlook is not inspiring TO those who
have the misfortune to live In South London.
Another great gas strike has already been
brought about at anchester. whore the corpo-
| ration owns the gas works. and where the men
turned out yesterday. Tho corporation is
making frantic efforts TO get new hands. and
has to some extent succeeded, but neyertho-
less Manchester is threatened with partial
darkness, the Same as South London. John
Burns is on the spot encouraging the men. but
he returns to London on Monday to organize
the other strike. By tho way. the chief agitator
among tho South London stokers 10 one Aus
| tin. . born orator and leader Of men. q good
workman. and man Of sound Judgment He
Ill kAh "a - l-Iz
The Strengthening Of tho London police
force By the addition Of 1000 mon was unex-
Dected. but the rapidly increasing area OF the
modern Babylon. and the labor involved in
watching the continual trade disputes is
| sufficient warrant for tho increase.
Mr.. Gladstone had o magnificent reception
at Manchester. and the speeches which ho do
livered have greatly animated and encouraged
the Home Rulers throughout the land. Bal
four has also been speaking at select ticket
| meetings In Glasgow and Edinburgh. he
said nothing new. and failed even to dish up
the old facts in an sppetizing or novel form.
The only thing at all remarkable about them
in truth. was the virulence with which he at
tackled his political opponents Tho National
istlorgan. the Freenan's Journal has made
week attempt to emulate tho Balfourian style
in the following editorial remarks:
Tho effeminately supercilious Mr. BAlfour.
tho Scottish Mary Ammo among politicians, the
pseudo aristocrat who diets himself upon pills
and saline mixtures. the theosophite philoso-
pher whose vRunted virility is open to 80 many
doubts, shall not wind up his Suspicious career
In tho manly clothing and manly accents which
he assumes when far away from ireland with
| out final exposure"
It will be interesting to many Americans to
know that Mr.. Gladstone returned homo to
| Hawerden after his four days campaign in
Manchester In undiminished health and
| sire myth. H0 escaped o cold. though. On
| Monday he rode In bitter east wind through
| tho streets OF Manchester barOhoaded. As Q
| rule the Grand Old Man takes cold easily. but
| he says he never suffers through going with
out his head 60 ar, and this he asoribes to In
variably disoRrding his hat whom working out
OF doors At Hawarden the Old Man expressed
himself as delighted with the unanimity and
enthusiasm OF the Liberal delegates ct Man
chester. He declared it sure auGury Of VIC
| tory.
Serious times are beginning for foreigners In
| France. A bill will probably be passed BY the
present Chamber which promises TO subject
all foreigners to capitation tax Of "a francs
| per annum and to impose upon all French em-
| ployers Of foreign labor further tax Of 80
| francs per annum for evory foreign workman
they may employ. The officially recorded
number OF foreign residents In France is
at present over 100000. but the Nationale
asserts tn at this figure is very much under the
mark. and that in reality the foreigners mum.
b0r 100000. the majority Of them being ar
tisans. workmen, and lRborers. . considerable
number Of whom. working at lower wages.
take bread out Of the mouths OF the native
working population. For instance. the news
paper alleges that cut Of 10000 foreigners
only 6.735 have an Independent income or
live on wages as domestic servants In foreign
families and it concludes that the remain
ing 10000 are 30 many parasites living
ON salaries which by right belong to the ma
tives Already projects are instructed to
warn by means Of posters all young men born
in France OF foreign parents that they must
present themselves forthwith at the military
bureaux of their respective mayoraltieS to
prove their psrentage. II they fail to do 80.
they will be liable to period Of imprisonment
ranging from one month to one year.
The City of Paris reached Liverpool on last
Wednesday. Her passenger list bore the name
OF tho Hon. s. LRsc0lles who informed his ad-
miring follow passengers that he was the
youngest son OF the Earl Of Hardwood. La
Bcellss was Q magnificent creature. He had
the biggest plaids, the highest collars. the most
Anglican accent and the best stSteroom on
board. No American who had ever seen Lord
article. and his grandeur was such that Vice
Admiral Sir Michael Culne Seymour and ]. B.
Partello. United States Consul to Dusseldorf.
felt that they were not In 1t At all In spite ofther
oficiRl station. The Honorable Sidney sat at
Capt. Watkins's table. He presided at the GUS
tomary benefit performance for the Soamen's
Hospital. He drank champagne at four meals.
played poker regardless Of expense. and went
broke.
TWAS not In the benevolent nature Of John
d. Elwell OF Brooklyn. who came over IN the
City OF Paris. to witness unmovsd the embar-
rassment OF member Of Brtains proud peer
ago and he paid the noble Lords poker debts
and stewards bills. sums amounting
to 900. taking LascelleS's check on the
London and Westminster Bank as col
lateral When ElWell presented this check
for payment he was told that no Lascelles had
an account there. and a telegram to the noble
Earl at Leeds brought the inform alton that he
had no son answering tho description OF the