The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-04
ENGLAND.
SHIP FoUNDERED.

I LONDON, Sept. 2.-The British steamer
"Portugese" Capt. Hewes from New York
August II for Para and Macao has found
cred near an Island in the British West
Indies. Nineteen of her crew are known to
have been saved. The captain, first
and third officers, chief engineer
two stewards, boatswain and car
penter and one fireman are missing.
ARMENIA AND RUSSIA.
LONDON, Sept. 2-The situation on the
Armenian frontier is very grave The
Russian forces in that direction are being
constantly strengthened The garrisons of
Batoum, Kars and other fortified towns
lately have been increas'd d and the army of
the Cascasus is in full state of preparation
for an advance. 1t seems certain that Rus
sa will proceed at an early date to Ar
menia. Russia does not anticipate gem
era war, as result of such an eruption
believing that the triple alliance and
Great Britain would not go to any serious
length to save such distant province for
the porte. Meantime the sultan's govern
ment is showing a little more energy in
seeking to remove the causes of disaffec-
tions.
THE sTEENsrRAND FAILURE.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 2.-The brokers of Mr.
Steenstrand, the noted cotton dealer, whose
failure is announced, closed all his transac.
tions yesterday in accordance with private
arrangement, which provided for his pay
ing to them 66 cents on the dollar. The
speculations of Mr.. Streenstrand were the
cause of a heavy fall yesterday morning in
cotton, but prices recovered after 1t became
Known his transactions have been closed
Brokers dealing with him have been par
ticularly careful to have every thing hedged
har In ha
cotton market. A few young in
experienced firms are the " only
sufferers. A year ago Mr.. Steenstrand
possessed f200,000 Half of the amount
was obtained from the new salt union for
his interest in the Cheshire salt works. He
now has nothing but the furniture of his
house. His failure is attributed to fall in
prices and collapse of the cotton corner.
His losses during July and August are
estimated at 100000.
TRADES UNION CONGRESS.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. AT the session of the
Trades Union congress today Mr. Watkins
president of the congress delivered an ad-
dress in which he said he hoped the re-
suits Of the congress would encourage
great labor revival. Never before in the
history of trades unionism had there been
such remarkable developments as had
recently occurred. The time had undoubt-
working day of eight hours. He did not
fear an eight hour day would injure the
British trade. He did not think
that q bill providing for such
q working day should be forced through
the house Of commons Immediately, ir-
respective of the wishes and desires of in
dustries affected but there was no reason
why an eight-hour day should not be con
cedcd at once to those occupations which
nnmistakably wanted it, He advocated the
direct representation of labor In parliament,
government control of railroads and solu-
tion of the land question by naturalizati IN
A UNION AGAINST ORGANIZED LABOR
LONDON, Sept. 2.-The long projected
shipping union was formed in London
today. The avowed object ut the union is
to ceal with the labor questions throughout
the world, and especially to. resist the
tyranny of the trade unions, to protect
employees from terrorism and generally
promote the shipping interests. The
official reI ort of the meeting AYERS that
several passenger lines and the bulk of the
cargo trade were rep esented at the meet
ing. The union represent u capital Of
fl6p,00O
THE ARcHBIsHoP's GUESTS.
LONDON, Sept. 2.-Messrs. Dillon and
0'Brien are guests of Archbishop Croke at
Cashel. Both express the confidence OF
their forthcoming visit to America will re-
suit, in great good 70 Ireland. The flood
in the vicinity of St. Petersburg has caused
the destruction OF t50 workmen's huts on
an island in the Neva. About 300 other
dwellings were inundated. Several occu-
pants of the destroyed huts were drowned
The survivors remained in the water to-
their knees many hours before assistance
arrived. Among the sufferers were many
women.i