The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-16
LONDORS BIG STRIKE OVER AT LAST.
it Cost 81 o, 900 900 and Was Well
Worth the Price.
a Good Effect Noticeable Among tho
Victorious Laboring Men.
Lessons In temperance Taught by
Burns and hls LIeutenants.

LONDON, September 15.-The doekmen
formed a procession today and marched to
the Mansion House, where they were re-
viewed by the Lord Mayor and Lady May
Dress. The men, as they passed the balcony
upon which the Lord Mayor and his wife
stood, cheered enthusiastically. The Aus
tralian flag had the place OF honor In the
line. From the Mansion House the paraders
marched TO Hyde Park, where they held
meeting. An enormous crowd was present.
Perfect order was maintained. Four plat
forms had been erected from which Burns
and others made addresses. Resolutions
were adopted expressing gratitude toward
those who assisted the men during the strike.
The great strike has cost the parties con-
eerned over $40, 900, 900, ana, In view OF the
immense benefits, moral and material, con-
ferred, the price can scarcely be considered
excessive. For the first time In the indus
trial history OF London unskilled workers
have triumphed over capitalists, and.the ef-
feet has been invigorating upon the men
themselves as fresh sea breeZes sweeping
through the slumS Of Whitechapel. The
lowest class of day laborers hav9 learned to
respect themselves and each other, and
there Is good ground for hope that the i'm
proyement will be real and lasting. During
the long struggle John Burns and Tillett,
who are both total abstainers, never wear
led OF impressing upon the men the virtue Of
temperance and clean living, and II Is ON
record that no fewer than 200 of the strik-
ers have taken the total abstinence pledge.
One OF the most pathetic features Of the
struggle was BurnS's constant appeals to his
rough followers to quit wife beating and be
kind to children. In this respect, also, 1t Is
credibly asserted there Is already palpable
Improvement. Heneeforth the laborers will
be an organized body, and autonomy will in
duce self reliance. They will have better
and more certain wages, and less OF 1t will
go to the tavern keepers.
The New Irish University.
LONDON, September 14th.- The Irish
Balfour's bill for the establishment Of q
Catholic University in ireland. 1t says:
The Royal University will not be abolished,
because 1t Is required for n0n-cOnformists
and others unable to avail themselves Of the
advantages afforded by Trinity College, but
its establishment will be largely reduced.
With a view to the conciliatlon Of Ulster,
Queens College at Belfast will be maintained
and be empowered to confer degrees. The
annual saving from the extinction Of Queens
College at Cork and Queens College at
Galway, combined with the saving from
retrenchment at the Royal University, Is
expected partially TO meet the cost OF the
endowment OF the new university"
Foreign Notes.
Advices from Samoa state that quiet pre-
walls there at present. 1t Is expected. how
ever, there will be a renewal Of disturbances
unless effect Is given to the decision Of the
Berlin Conference.
The lunatic who threw stone at Prime
Minister Crispi in Rome says he did so be-
cause Crispi looked so happy, while the as
sailant had bad nothing to eat for two days.
The King OF Holland has again weakened
and his condition Is serious.
A financial crash Is reported imminent In
the Argentine Republic, where the premium
in gold has reached 125.
NJ. Carvillain, proprietor Of the Antwerp
cartridge factory in which the recent disas-
trous explosion occurred, has been arrested.
Erastas Wiman's Canadian friends want
| to run him for Parliament.
A Liverpool despatch, says the Cunard