Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-10-19
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purchasable, and the only difficulty
about it would be thei polling. This
difficulty the Democrats think they can
overcome, as the machinery of the law
in most of the counties is entirely in the
hands of the Democracy. The Demo.
cratic papers, of course, say nothing
about all this but they, in turn, charge
the Republicans Of Ohio, Indiana and
other States of cheating and defrauding
them out of votes they claim to own for
the Republican machine.
The terrible mining disaster in Mid
Lothian, England, has come in due time
to illustrate, in a fearful manner the
tribute Labor has to pay to meet the
necessity of Capital having its profits.
There is not day passes but the claims
of shareholders profits must have their
tribute of Labors dead; but when this
lesson comes to us in letters of fire in
large text, 1t commands passing notice
from even the most thoughtless and un-
willing learners. In the latter part of
January twentythree lives were taken
at Cheshire in mine explosion; two
months later twenty lives were taken at
the tribute with sixty two lives at Maui
ricewood Pit, Mid Lothian.
A verdict was rendered here by the
jury which has been investigating the
accident which occurred on the New
York Central and Hudson River Rail-
road near Palatine Bridge on the night
of September 81, resulting in the death
of four persons and the injury of sew.
eral others. The verdict censured the
railroad company for gross negligence
in running the sections of their trains so
close together.
James Joseph Boyle, formerly assist
ant pastor of the Catholic Church of
the Sacred Heart, of Raleigh, N. c., has
been found guilty of charge of feloni-
GUS assault upon Miss Geneva White.
acre, aged seventeen years, organist of
the church, May II, 1889, and SEN fenced
by Judge Armfield to be hanged No
vember 80.
The nine wholesale cake, cracker and
biscuit bakers of Baltimore have en-
tered combination formed by bakers
to regulate prices. This means, Of
course, that the price for bread is to be
raised. and that the wages of the Jour.
neymen bakers are to be cut down. It
means starvation in little more pro-
nounced way to those who labor.
Francis j. Green. 3S years old,
plumber lodging at S5 Sixth avenue, has
for long tilne suffered from csasunp-
ton, but his applications for admission
to a hospital have always been denied.
On Sunday he swallowed a quantity of
muriatlc acid, and was taken to St.
Vincents Hospital. He admitted that
he took the poison as an excuse to get
into the hospital.
A committee appointed by the Metho.
dist Episcopal Conference to investigate
the charges against "'Rev." Colonel
John A. Danks, pastor Of the Mt.
Washington M. E. Church, of Austin,
Texas, has returned verdict finding
Danks guilty of immoral conduct, Of
threatening the life of a fellow man,
and Of defamation of character. Danks
was suspended from the ministry for
one year and reprimanded by the Bishop
before the conference.
|. An explosion occurred in the Bentille
colliery at Longton, Staffordshire. Eng
land, at an early hour on Wednesday.
There were seventy men in the pit at
the time, and of these only ten are
known to have survived. The pit is
completely wrecked, and search for
bodies is attended with great difficulty.
A large force of men was set to work in
clearing away debris and endeavoring
to reach the dead and dying miners.
The men engaged in searching for VIC
tins of the explosion have already
found fifty bodies of the dead miners.