New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-03
FOREIGN LABOR INTERESTS.
THE TRADES UNIONS CONGRlos-AID FOR THI
AUSTRALIAN SrEIKERS-A SHlPPISG
UNION F,!,NEp

liverpool Sept. at The session OF th" Trade
Unions Congress to- day Mr.. Wat president "t the
congress. delivered All addrc,, III which lie -ad h.
hoped the results Of the congress would encourage
Great labor revival. Never before in the history "f
trades unoni,m had there been such rrnarhah!" d"
yclopmcnts as had recently occurred. The time had
undoubtedly arrived 20 try cn"rretically 70 N""urr
working day Of eight hours. lie did not fear that
an eight hour day would Injur" British trade. lie
did not think that a bill providing for such working
dav should be forced through the House Of Commons
Immediately irrc> pcciIvc Of TIE wishes and desires "f
the industries affected but there Wa 10 rca~ol :" hy
ali eight hour day should not b" cone edcd Immediately
IN t,,,e occupation, which, unmi,talliy wan',1! H..
lie advocated direct representation Of labor In lirlla
mcnt state control OF the rway,. and solution of
the land question by nationazatpn
resolution offered by one OF the delegates
censurng the COMMITTEES appointed by the last con
gSc,s for It's failure u draft bill for presentation 10
the House Of Commons providing for legal working
day Of eight hours 1t had been instructed t" do by
the congress- The resolution Occa'oiicd stormy
debate. II WAS finally rejected.
London. sept 2.-Thc Poplar Snvoiorcs' Society
hac arrccd TO levy all assessment Of . shllings upon
each OF its members for the purpose oi aiding the
strikers I'm Australia
The long projected shipping union vas s fprncd IN
10 deal with labor questions throushout the void and
esp clly resist the tyranny OF the ai" uno"' +"
pr",eoi. ts shipping interest The Official ,p of
HE neet. SAYS that several passenger lines and most
The union represent. capital Of s1O00ooooO
The night wOrkincn In the Plymouth Mrriiyr col
lieiy have quit WORK Eighteen hundred persons arr
W.Ihourne> Sept o-The Australian cI,ast slippng
TRADE lla, partly resumed. The places made vhcant
on the vessels by the strikers nav been nlica IN
NAM casrs by nOIrunon men The eit'iat on al the
gaswOrls in this city, arising rom tue strike Is IN
proving. . .,. , J., 49,
durtIOn Of wages the Iaborcrs employed BY the Panama
KaiIroad Comp west out Oh II strike yesterday.
svdney s. s. w. Sept. AT a meeting Of
ploycrs OF ali classes today, held under the an,pi,
Of The Employer, Union aud the steamship Assoca
ton n WIS resolved that the time had arrived wien
II was NECESSARY for employers and capitalists to form
Dr0;ective association and cooperate IN hgitlng the
battle, OF the community against assi!s,i'e ihi1is,i
An Enploycrs' Defence Association was accordingly
co,,tltIted and committee was appointed 10 drait
!. scheme OF colonial cooperation: fnnd vas also
started u assist the sIipowncrs III the night against
their striking employees.
ATTEMPTING TO KILL RUSSIAN GOVERNOR.
81. Petersburg sept. AT Mini Novgorod u dav
q voung man named Vladimirof accO,ted Governor
General I,aranof and requested an Interview, on the
pretcncc that he had important secret u lmpa.
The Governor General about TO acquiesce. wh'n
the young man suddenly drew Il revolver anu nr1 al
BaranofY. The bullet went wide OF ts narn. nov
over. and before he could fire srOnd siot tnc
man WAS seized by anders and handed over to the
police.
ILLNESS OF THE KING OF PORTUGAL.
Lisbon, Sept. 2.-King Charles Is suffering from an
attack Of typhoid fever the result Of drinking polluted
water The attack is not and no alarm Is felt
regarding his condition.
PROGRAMME OF TIE SOCIALISTS.
Berlin, Sept "a meeting OF Socialists wss
held here last night st which the editor OF tho