New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-01

ON THE LABOR ouEsT1oY-sTRIKEs STILL
PREVALENT - LORD SALISBURY TALK
ING AND MR.. GLADSTONE WRITING
SCHOOL BOARD SCANDALS
MR.. MALLoCK's NEW
sooK-pERsoNAL.
ny CABLE TO THE TRIBuNEl
Copvrisu. 1859 BY The Ne''- York 1'7o'"''
yuaor Nov 30-Mr Eugene Schuylers
.rooob % the Kbedive on his reception as American
Consul General in Egypt has excited remark. lie
= .ono,,ed n have said: " II the cooperation
- the United States be thought useful for COM
- -. .ho nowers of the mixed tribunals, Tighten
nr ths financial burdens or aiding the develop
ment of Egypt. Your Highness may be assured
that such cooperation will never be lacking
That is interpreted by the English to mean that
English authority and policy IN Egypt Will DC
backed up by the United States. support lroni
the State Department at Washington Whlie 'H'
pla,ns was Secretary of State would once have
surprised the English Foreign Once put tney aio
hecinninr 70 understand Mr.. Blaine better. There
ran be no question as 10 the wisdom of the pohcy
which he has now announced in Egypt, where all
real authority is and must continue to be bnghsn'
in whose rule lies the only hope of prosperity
for that country.
Nor is Egypt the only country wnere an Anglo
American policy will bear good fruit both to
England and the United States " The Times
Of Thursday publishes a long letter from Mt
Stayelev Hin on the North Pacific seal fisheries
which is an interesting account OF TINS industry
from the Canadian point of view OF MIR. hlli
who is a lawyer holding a brief for the Cahauiah
traders The letter is chiefly important because
H. appears where it does, and because OF Inc
Times's" comments This journal IN one sentence
declares that the dispute, when careluily sil.eu'
is one between rival traders, and In announcer lhan
q crave question Of international law is raised
by the American claims to close Behrlng oea aglns'
Canadian fishers. The question does not admit
30 doubt cries the leading journal; and it throws
over Selden the greatest lawyer OF his day. as
coouv as il does Mr. Staveley Hill, who certainly
,s not the greatest of his Mr.. llilfs letter Is
angry THE Times" though positive that Nr'
Raine is wrong keeps cool, and rejects the poSsi-
hilitv of 'any permanent misunderstanding on sucn
a matter between England and America.
Tho latest letters from Mr. Stanley are even more
xonoorl,abIe than those first published. lie has at
,sst completely captivated the English pupnc' ooth
sc;entifc and general. GcOgraphers recognize MS
now discoveries as Of high value, whlle Ills "u-
ventures and his power of VlVldly oescrlpihs uhoi
have impressed readers as never before ANY u"9
.aa,r br;ng news of his arrival on the coast. but
.hor sav,that England is not likely TO see him be-
fore the end of January, if then. There are hlh'S
that he may take charge OF British EaSt Alrlc"'
and others that great anneXations IN Africa may
be looked for and that Mr.. Stanley VIII bear sway
over vast territories which are to hy the brIush
flag Neither money nor men, nor official backing
will fail him. and there is according to these san
zuine views, once more some hope that the hir,o"
slave trade may be stiaed. Portugal has hau
notice from Lord Salisbury to quit those parts OF
South Africa which she had annexed on paper
Lord Salisbury is this week among the
nronbets He too. declares the wages quesnoh
n be the question of the hour, and he symia-
tbizes with the workingman. Everybody sympa-
thizes with the workingman, end nObodys Nmpi-
thy Is more keen than that of those who nave
something to do with politics. But LORD Siil9-
bury. instead of RELOCATING political economy when
il becomes inconvenent, TO the planet saturn SUI
regards il as thing of this earth. lie tells uhe
workingmen plainly that the amount OF wages
which they will receive depends upon the Jaw
of supply and demand and upon the laws OF the
market Like Mr.. Morley, he opposes the eigh'-
hour law. and he seems inclined TO consider emil
grafton some remedy for the ills from which the
masses suffer.
Worllingmen. however, show less and less dis
are more and more resolved TO take the settlement
of wages and other social questions into their
own hands, if they can. The most restless of them
ell are now the miners who all the week have
been holding a conference at Newport Their
chief demand was at first for eight hours under
ground and no more. Upon this they seemed
to be unanimous, but they adjourned the question
Of striking for eight hours till the question OF
a strike for more wages has been settled. wages,
they admit have advanced since the beginning
of the year 90 per cent, but they demand anotner
10 per cent and resolved to give notice 10
terminate existing contracts, and 10 strike II
necessary TO secure the advance. All the strikers
are to be supported by the resources Of miners
all over the Kingdom, and there will be no COM
promise and no surrender. COlliery owners say
that il is impossible 10 pay whnt the men now
demand, and there is a prospect OF dear coal
and much trouble.
The miners are far from being the only
agitators. Strikes still extend. The Maxim gum
makers insist on the abolition Of plece-work Inc
iron-moulders of Sunderland want 0 per cent adj
vance, and the masters offer now and next
March. Cardinal Manning never far off when
agitation is going on, presdes tomorrow over
meeting Of shop-assistants who want shorter
hours The Northeastern Railway men are holding
meetings all along the line They, too, want what
they undoubtedly oushO W haNe shorler houis'
Thousands of gas workers Of various companies are
AZ open war with their directors One company,
hrnsley. has yielded, and gives 20 per cent ad-
vance at intervals. The MoSSley Company has
now done likewise, and others are following. The
doclers. with or without Cardinal Mannings help,
are as restless as ever Pay for meal-times is
the cry of the grain -trimmers and
they have got it, The Welsh signal
men like the Northeastern are medi-
tating strike for further concessions though
they have already obtained an increase Of pay and
reduction Of two hours The Clyde engineers