Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-19

steady and just administration OF the las
would reestablish there elementary plin,sr
Piles Of civil society. He trusted thai .re
House and country would continue 70 ssp
port the policy that had done 30 mucn i''
ireland.
AT the end of the debate the vote was
taken on Mr.. Parnell's amendment 70 t a,e
address, which was rejected by so7 70 INV
votes.
THE MINISTERS AssAILEp.
I,oypox. February is.-The Pdl-hdt
Gdzeyc says that feebler course than Una.
proposed TO be taken by the Goyernnens
on the report OF the Parnell Commission
could not be conceived. The ministers
are without any opinion, yet they dare h9e
be silent. The resolution which Mr.. W: n
Smith. Government leader. says ne wouiu
introduce in the House next Monday. ask;
ing the House to accept the report ana
thanking the commission, will be haooy
and neTveless.
In the probate, divorce, aud admiralty
division of the High Court of Justice 70
day Justice Butt refused TO grant an apph-
cation made in behalf of Captain O'Shea
for writs Of attachment against the mana:
gers of the star and the London edition OF
the New York Herald for publishing certain
comments relative 10 tho FACTION for divorce
brought by Captain O'Shea against bis
wife. in which Mr.. Parnel is named as the
correspondent. In the case Of the Pre-
mans journal Of Dublin, against the mana
GERS of which paper a similar application
was made, the Court imposed a fine of flOO,
besides compelling him to pay the costs Oh
action.
PROMISES TO woRKNoMES
BERLIN, February 1S.-The opposition
papers are making q great noise against
the official pressure in the elections as eA-
emplifed by General de Verdy du Nernols:
He promised them that the Government
would spend thirteen million marks IN the
erection of improved dwellings for WORK
ingmen and warned them OF the same time
not 10 vote for the opposition candidates;
This air of the buying of sutfrages Is OF
course too good an opportunity 10 pc loss
bv the opposition in q hot political can
vass.
LIMITATION or HOURS.
LONDON. February ia deputation OF
miners to-day visited the Earl Of Dunraven
and Lord Randolph Churchill, both, OF
whom assured the deputation that they
favored the limitation of the working h0urs
bv the State. The deputatiOn also called
upon MIR. Gladstone. Addressing them, be
said that consideration must first be gwen
to the fact that some worknen were Will
ing TO work more than eight hours gay,
and then to the question whether tue
miners were entitled 10 separate treat
ment. He was unable TO give the deputa-
ton any pledges himself as to his course.
He must be free TO act according 10 MS
judgment.
MINERS STRIKE
LONDON, February 1s.-Seven hundred
miners nc AberdGre, Wales, have suucklor
an advance i'll their wages.
Pans, February 1S.-The miners employ
ed i'm the two coal-pits at st. Euenne have
struck, owing to the dismissal OF one OF
their felOw-wOrkmen. The strike mas
caused much agitation among all the
miners at st. Etienne.
At a meeting of the men employed by the
st. Etienne COal-Mining Company gene
raj strike was determined upon.
TIE BASIS or THE LABOR CONFERENCE.
GENEVA. February is.-The Swiss Gov
eminent has issued a programme when Is
to form the basis Of the labors ana IN
quiries Of the labor conference. 1t ln-
cludes the following points; ,e
In what degree, If at oil, should theotate
restrict Sunday work! -,
What is the minimum ago below when
the employment OF children IN the lacIo-
ries should be prohibited
What should be fixed as the maximum
DAVIS work for workmen or women under
should tho hours of compulsory. at,
tendance at school which il now required
by law be counted as part oil the gay
work for juvenile workers.
Should the maximum length OF day
work for juveniles vary according TO ayes.
and during what hours should working
time be fiXedg .,
What restrictions are necessary IN the
emplOynent of women and children III I'M
healthy and dangerous occupationsI
Should the State permit the employment
Of women and children in occupations car
ried on at night-timey
How can the State best put into effect
and enforce the labor regulations 1t
makes ,
Finally. the programme submits 10 the
| conference proposition for perlOdlcal Ia
| Dor conferences. which will become an
established institution if this conference
approves the idea.
CONCENTRATION, REGRET, AND DEHASD.
LONDON. February lS.-The Council of
! the Liberal Federation has passed reso::
| lutions congratulating Mr.. Parnel and
| his colleagues upon the result OF the
| investigation, regretting that the au-
| thors and all persons responsible for the
| forgery were not called TO account 10y the
commission, and demanding that the
Government offer reparatlon TO MIR. far-
nell.
THE DUKES FATHER.
PARIS. February ls.-Mr. Boucher, m
| Orlandist member of the Chamber OF
| Deputies. has received from Havana q
cable dispatch from the Count of Paris,
| the father of the Duke of Orleans, in which
he saws: ] am proud of my son and pleased
with the attitude he has taken, but i am
really concerned on account OF his SEN
| tence.
TO INCREASE THE NAVY.
ST. PETERSBURG. February 1S.-It is the
| intention of the Russian Government t.
commence the construction of several
| large ironclads and cruisers during the
| coming summer.
TO ACT AS ARBITRATOR.
BERNIE, February ls.--Switzerland will
net as arbitrator in the dispute concerning
| the boundaries between the Portuguese
possessions and the Congo Free State.
THE PARDoNISG POWER.
PARIS, February lS.-An inspired article II
| the Soir indicates that the exercise of the
| hardening power in the case of the Duke OF
| Orleans win depend upon the DIXIE himself
or his father appealing to President Car
not.
COSTLY GAS STRIKE.
LONDON. February 1S.-The report of the
gas company upon the recent strike shows
| the cost TO have been S250,0OO.
STEAMERS IN COLLISION.
Sixteen Lives Reported Lost-One vesse
Sunk.