The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-22
FROM BEYOND THE SEAS.
IMPORTANT ACTION OF THE
SHIPPING FEDERATION.


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LONDON, oct. 2l.--The Shipping Fedora
tion contemplate taking a step Of serious
importance. IL has resolved TO maintain
the freedom Of contracts and enable every
man it employs to work on his own terms
without interference, whether he belongs to
the unions or not. Members Of the Fedora
tion find themselves driven to take the eX-
treme course OF ordering every one Of their
ships, at every port Of the kingdom, 70 be
laid up until a reasonable state OF things
is brought about. The only alierna-
tive OF this course is TO hand over
vessels 10 trade unions and leave the
latter TO work them as they think lit. Ac-
cOrdingly, instructions were despatched
Yesterday 10 the officials Of the various dis
tricts where the Federation is represented
TO take steps periectng the Organization,
| so that whenever the executive council
finds 1T necessary 10 give the signal. all
ports of the Kingdom shall be prepared TO
act simultaneously TO support the general
scheme, and make such stand as VIII
eflectually break the back Of opposition. II
this measure is carried out itwlll elect not
only the industries directly concerned in
the shipping trade, but the mining industry
as WELL for the reason that the serious DE-
crease in the means Of transport, the coun-
| try will find itself involved in one Of the
gravest labor crises ever known.
When the shipping Federation was first
formed it was regarded as a desperate rem
edy 10 meet the necessities Of the case, but
the most serious difficulty the ship owners
have TO face arises not from the trouble OF
engaging free labor crews, or intimidation
fa.Hll
of cooperation carried on by their Oppu-
nents. For example, the steamer Ariedne
| was loaded at Barrow 10y the owners own
men. who were uniOnists. She had a crew Of
uniOnists aboard. She proceeded 10 Birken-
head docks 10 discharge her cargo mo
three Atlantic lines, but the DOckers' | mon
| at Barrow ieleqhOned Birkenhead asking
the union here to block the steamer.
This done, tne owners asked the reason of
the action. The reply was because
only such lmeans Of pressure could be
brought TO bear on the Barrow dock owners
to compel them to discharge non-umon
men. In order TO secure "A discharge OF
their vessel, the owners had il taken 10
IIanley dock, but when half the cargo mad |
been removed. the DOckers' Union delegates
induced the Carriers Union 10 withdraw and |
the carriers to stop work again. Another
instance was furnished yesterday. The !
coal tippers VINO were loading vessel mt
Swansea were called out by an order To
compel the owners to pay higher wages. |
The engineers employers decline to toll
crate the cOerciye system to which 1t IL I
sought TO subject them, with the proposed
federation of sailors, dOckers. and other |
kindred ORGANIZATIONS. This system Of CO.
erCiOn is likely to attain proportions which |
may be altogether intolerabe.
THE IRISH LAND-PURCHAsE BILL.
1t now transpires that Balfour had made |
an arrangement with Parnell whereby the !
latters proposals and ideas were to bc em-
bodied in the Land-Purchase bin 20 be pre- |
| sented at the last of the session OF Parlld- |
ment. Parnell Unexpectedly proposed a
scheme for limited purchase Of land, and !
the proposition appeared SO fair ana un0b- |
iectonable that the Government was scrl- |
Ously considering il. The curiously re-
spectacle tone of subsequent speech
by Bafour when referring 10 Par
nell and his plan suggested toI
watchful observers of public affairs that !
| something was i'm the wind. 1t Il now |
alleged that this compact over the Land |
Purchase bill is practically settled between |
these leaders. but bitterly opposed by III |
lon and O'Bren. 50 violent did tney make |
their opposition that il broke up the deal |
and the Till came to nothing. Ii Is now |
asserted that 40 angry was Bdliour al this /
that he rtvenged himself by the Iipperarl /
prosecution.
| IRVING VISITS TENNNsON.
Henry Irving paid visit to Lord Alfred |
TennysOn Sunday, at the latter's residence. |
All-WOrth, BlackdOn. The poet was In |
GOOD health. After dinner he took an eX-
tended walk with Irving.
| EXPERT JEwELRY THIEVES.
| During the last few months the iashiona-
| BILE Jewellers. both at The West and IN The |
city. have been victimized by a gang of cN-
| pert American thieves, consisting of man |
| and two women, who are always stylishly /
dressed. The method on which they worked |
is as follows: They selected some iirst-class
ieweler as their victim, and sislled his sh"p |
Then they asked To be shown bis choicest
diamond goods, and whilst they were beias
shown they diverted the attention OF
the shoD-man for a moment. In that in |
INT one Of them is able 10 secrete some /
valuable jewels. Yesterday they were ar
| rested by Detective Eagan, of Scotland |
wards. ard some other officers. They are 1
Robert Alfred Wright, fifty years OF age !
Canadian, who is described as JeWelier' |
and Frances Irving, aged twenty-nlne, an
| American. who said she was "A married WO-
man, and Alice COady twenty-eight, also !
| an American. 1t appears that they called |
about noon on september 10Th on Messrs. /
| Edward. at No. ! Poultry, T.. c., and were /
shown some valuable jewelry, including !
diamond breach and a pendant with large 1
sapphire as centre stone. They made an
excuse for not buying anything, and then
| left. Shortly after they had gone the man |
| ager missed the brOach and pendent. Gu
| riously enough, few days after Mr.. /
| Bretten brought TO Mr.. Edward idrgs
sapphire stone. which, on eNamina-
| tion. be recognized as the one |
which had formed the centre OF
the pendant that had been stolen. From in |
| formation Britain was able TO illrnish' tbe
stone was traced TO bullion dealer named |
| Parker, at the West End, who purchased IL
| from the male prisoner for +3s.
| PROPERTY RECOVERED.
Through the instrumentality of Laws
| American Exchange. the whereabouts Oi
| me three prisoners were traced, ana ON tne |
male prisoner three contract notes relating
| 10 iewelry were found, as well as jewelry |
| valued at about 1 l3O. ms morning ne
handed TO the detectives the broach
| which he had managed TO con-
ceal, and which is worth tlJO. When
| the women were taken into custody, dla- |
| mond earrings and other property, worth
about GlO0, the proceeds 1t IS OeieNed ci
| the robberies, were found on them, as well
AZ a diamond broach which C0ady was al
| tempting TO conceal IN her hat. III addition
;, these Yaluables 800 in bank notes WaS
o1,o found on them when they were |
SeIi Il appears that they intended leaying Tor
America on oneoi the steamers ersra, on sat y, 5e
Nay. usy.,;an UoiIse Police Court this morning |
with abViS the THEFT, and after some formal eyl;
dence had been given they were rehAhde1
SSs for week. In addition 70 the properly at
ready mentioned pawn llchei ,ho nor NJ ~
"r;soner who had moreover deposited tlo'
~ Lows Exchange, Charring Cross.
wrignl's aliases are D. Z. iaso iison, ,,,so Jonn
Williams. Harper, ana irving. ne ,e,r prison
ers arrived i'm London during the latter par'
Of June.
WHOLESALE THEFrs.
MIR. Benson, one Of the largest iirms oi
Jewellers ON Ludgate Hill ana Bond street.
says: "rhe revelations OF ms case are our
m their infancy. Every leading. Jewe!er IN
4 ondon has been yictimized, and our house
j. perhaps the only one of the leading people
in the trade who has escaped"