Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30
SCARED BY M,KlNLEY.
EUROPE STILL TALKING OF TRYING RE-
TAllATlON.

American Beef the I>sue at q Local Elec-
flou in A. twerp- Preaching by Tt le-
phone-An the News of the Old World.
rBY DUNLAP's CABLE CoMPANY.1
LONDON, September 29.-The papers are
filled with kilograms from all parts of
Europe describing the probable effect OF the
passage of the Mckinley bill. the injury
the prospect of that event has already in
ficted on numberless industries here and on
the continent, and noting the number of
memorials and protests from suffering man
ufacturers and employees, with which Gov
ernment Offices have everywhere been In
undated. The Austrian Minister OF Com
merce has invited the Governor OF Lower
Austria, and the Vienna Chamber of Com
merce to send him full reports of the pres
ent condition of the mother-of-pearl indus
try as on Saturday thousand workers were
locked out in consequence of the new tariff
enactment. The continental press generally
is Indignantly discussing the measure and
clamoring for retaliatory action by the
States, while Germany is considering the
policy of prohibiting the importation of
American beef. The Vienna Neue Frefe
Press alone seems to comprehend the argu, .
ments of American protectionists, and admits
that Europe is only reaping what she has sown.
In alluding to)the opinion expressed by Mr..
Chamberlain. that the temporary loss OF the
American market will ultimately inure to the
benefit of British trade, it says that this view
is in accordance with common sense. and adds:
"lJ is perhaps being too sanguine to hope that
the passage of the Mckinley bill may fore
shadow a better political confguration of civ
ilized Europe. isolated Russia on the one hand
and isolated America on the other. The Euro
pean powers, including France, ought by this
time be convinced of the community OF their
vital interests and to allow other differences to
sink into insignificance."
There is considerable excitem ent at Antwerp
over an election for members of the City
Council that will occur on October 10. The
chief issue is whether American live beef shall
be admitted without being subjected to the
present quarantine of 45 days. The Protect
ionists and Clericals secured the enactment of
this regulation which makes high prices lnev-
table. The public demands. in its own inter.
est. that the importation of American beef
be conducted without any restriction. although
the business is conducted BY Englishmen
The Berlin police officially warn the public
against the man who, calling himself Count
Dion in Vienna, attempted to decoy bank
messenger into his room to rob him. and last
week endeavored to treat a postman, having
valuable registered letters in his bag, in similar
fashion. They say that the swindler, who took
the name of Lane at AK and pretended to be
an Englishman, has long, pale face and dark
brown hair and false mustache. He speaks
English with German accent.
The labor dispute now raging in the Scotch
black country will come to a head unless
something unforeseen happens, within the next
day or two. Scotland IS threatened with the
greatest industrial crisis ever known north of
the Tweed. In consequence of the attitude Of
the men the iron masters have determined to
damp down all their furnaces. and the present
week will see every furnace in Scotland extin-
guished.
Count Nugent has been arrested at Erlau in
Hungary, CT miles from Pesth, being accused
of assaulting Chief of Police Harvath who was
drunk at the time. Two heutenants, Tachy
and Della RIva, are also implicated. The
officers of the Sixtleth Infantry are forbidden
to appear in the streets, as they appear TO be
aggressive to the public.
Canon Wilcox preached in Christ Church,
Birmingham, yesterday, under novel conditions.
Telephone transmtrers had been attached to
the reading desk and pulpit and the wires led
to receivers in London. Manchester, Derby.
Coventry, Kidderminster and Hanley 30 that
the entire service was heard in those places
with perfect distinctness.
Mime. Patti writes from Wales that she goes
to Russia at the special invitation of the Gar
ina In fact, her engagement partakes of an
official character, it having been concluded at
the instance Of the Russian court.