The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-13
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
TGSoMINIoUS COLLAPSE OF TIE BIG
STRIKES IN LONDON.

UnIauo Decorations in Honor of Em-
,.ror william In Norway Princess
Beatrice and Her Husband Going on n
Tour Mrs. LanEtrY Looks Thin and
PAie-TryIng to Damage Mrs. Mackay's
Character - Marriage OF Mrs. John
Woods DauEhter-StarvInE Near sjuHkin
ocy1riOhL 1850 ~ THE Bun Printing and Publishing
Atsoddtton
LONDON July 12.-London has had this week
n surfeit OF sensations. Partial mutinies oc-
Cured in succession In the police force. Gren-
adler Guards, and postal service, and timid
folks barred their doors and windows In the
belief that a reign OF terror was about to COM
mence But at no time and In no direction was
there any real danger. The called mutiny re-
solved itself into q barrack yard military squab-
bic. the police mutiny proved to DO OF con-
temptible proportions. and the postmen's agi-
ta,Ion collapsed in udicrous fashion upon the
FIRST show OF frmness Ivy tho authorities. Tho
true PROPORTIONS OF the police trouble have
been moro than once pointed out in this cor
respondence. and events this week have fully
confirmed THE Suns prophecies A certain
amount OF unrest had long prevailed In the
force. but 1t never affected the long service
men. and any excuse for violent action was
taken away when liberal pension bill was
promised and actually placed before Par
lament but q number OF professional agita-
tors. headed by a socialistic penny a-lner. who
made copy and pence out of the reports OF
spurious meetings and mendacious manifestoes
purportinR TO be issued from the Policemen's
Union" succeeded for time in persuadlng
the credulous that something serious was
about to happen. But the Policemen's Union
never numbered among its members moro
than score OF bona-fde constables, and whom
1t issued its impudent orders to the l4OOO men
in the metropolitan force TO strike 1t was
obeyed by only fifty hot-headed young fellows
who were properly and promptly stripped OF
their uniforms and dismissed. Within twenty
four hours even these heroes were protesting
that they did not mean any harm by refusing
TO perform duty and were drafting petitions
praying to be reinstated.
The public excitement and agitation which
prevailed for short time was due entirely TO
the denizens OF Drury Lane and other slums
In the vicinity OF the chief police station, who.
in gleeful authorization OF anarchy, hocked TO
Bow street on Monday and Tuesday evenings.
Then the Government were seized with
panic and an absurd display Of force was
made but the breaking OF few heads by
police clubs sufficed TO convince the mob that
the constables were not on strike save where
the cranlums OF would-be lawbreakers were
concerned. and from that moment Sabbath
calm prevailed.
The grievances OF the postmen are real and
serious, but the mon went to work the wrong
way to redress them, or to obtain public help
or sympathy. At their meetings strangers
were suspected and assaulted. reporters were
kicked and cufTed. and the most violent Ian
guage was INDUCED in The union leaders
boosted and clustered. but when put to the
test they were proved to be lacking all tho
qualities necessary to conduct the struggle to
asuccessful issue. An unpropitous moment
was chosen for the strike and wrong methods
were followed from the first. Most OF the men
became disspirited before the fight began, and
whom the signal was given it was obeyed only
by few scattered stalwarts. who. as natural
result. were cut Off in detail by tho officials.
Tao movement was in truth mudded In q
most melancholy manner. The men have lost
all faith in their union. which Is in con-
sequence already in process OF dislntegration.
The humiliation OF Salisburys muddlin2
Ministry was completed this week by the
formal abandonment OF the remaining impor-
tant measures in their Legislative programme.
OF the ten principal bills referred to in the
Queens speech at the opening Of the session
only one. that for improving laws relating to
artisans dwellings, will have become q law
Wien the session ends. and that measure
would have shared the general fate but for the
good will of the Liberals. Several other bills
and projects introduced since the Queens
speech have also been sacrificed. The failure
could not well have been more complete. and
Il Is positively astounding In view Of the fact
that nomina!ly. at any rate, the Government
still has q large Parliamentary majority. The
only expian alton. and 1t Is the true one is that
the Ministerialists know that they are In a
minority in the country, and therefore dare
not attempt to force their measures through
Parliament. because such action might result
30 disastrously as to leave them no alternative
but to dissolve Parliament They can and
do now say that the Irish Land bill
and other fine schemes are merely
deferred until next session. when II the peo-
pie will only wait. they will witness prodgies
Of legislation and the rout OF the wicked Glad
stonians. This policy of make believe has kept
tho Government going for long time now.
and 1t may serve to keep them In office per-
hapS another SIX months unless the Ministers
again change their minds, which 10 by no
means improbable.
Tho new session will commence at the end OF
November. Within six months from that date
this kingdom ought 10 be in the throes OF q
general election.
The Prince and Princess OF Wales were I'M
able to attend Stanley's wedding, owing to a
iole-sIanuinR engagement TO open the Ma
floral Rifo Associations annual meeting at
the new camp at BisIey whittier the rifemen
have been compelled to move because their
shooting at Wimbledon, with its occasional ac-
commandment Of stray bullets. deteriorated the
value OF the Duke OF Cambrdges property in
that district Tho ceremony consisted in tho
Princess firing tho first shot, and very prettilY
she performed 1t. A new magazine rife was
supplied for her use, and carefully mounted on
stand to prevent kicking. Sir Henry Haford.
the famous shot, sighted the rifle to tho 800
yard range the Princess pulled tho trigger.
and tho marker siEnalled n bull's-oyo. Tho
royal markswoman was uproariously cheered.
and mono ventured TO laugh or in any way TO
throw doubt upon her performance.
Hrnco Henry Of Battenberg and his vito.
Princess Beatrice have started ON n Continental
tour which is to last about two months. The
iact is SO remarkable that polite society draws
Tue iniorence that the Prince has again boon
mailing himself unpleasant with his royal
Hother-in-law, aud tho not less malicious
reason assigned for tho phenomenal amount
OF liberty accorded 20 the young couple is that