Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-10
STARVING lRISHMEN.


Work of the Authorities.
By Associated Press1
CORK, Jan. 9.-WhiIe a meeting of the
Board of Guardians, of CloniaIky. was in
progress to-day, mob Of about 100 laborers
from the seacoast neighborhood suddenly
broke in upon the Board. Needless of the
remonstrancces and of the show of resistance
made BY the police, the laborers insisted
upor having hearing. The Guardians
finally consented to listen to the spokesman
of the party.
The latter said that they and their families
were literally starving, and that they had,
Individually, not been able to earn shilling
In six months. They demanded work, and
told the Guardians that they were driven to
desperation by the suferings they and their
families endured. The Guardians promised
to do their utmost to relieve their distress,
but the means Of the Guardisns are limited.
Miss ParneI Enters the List.
DUBLIN-The Freeman's Journal to-day
publishes letter written by Miss Anna
Parnell, sister of Charles Stewart <Parnell,
and classes Miss Anna Parnell as being ''the
most remarkable woman of her time" say
ing that she maintained the struggle
againstcoercion in 1881 and 1882 after the
Land League had been suppressed and the
leaders imprisoned" In this letter Miss
Anna Parnell says that she has no opinion
as to which side is right, aud suggests that
"if the Home Rule Associations revived on
National. independent basis, it would pro-
tect and prevent the interests OF the country
from suffering through the conflict. What
is there to hinder Mr.. Gladstone and the
Liberals from repeating, after the next cleo
tion what they did after 1880? They
do not tell us why the Conservatives
may not give home rule. English parties
change like Irish parties. but not so fast.
They do not explain if racial hatred is eI-
tinct, why the brutal, bloody Balfour is
where he is; why the British party, whether
Liberal or Conservative. always receive a
mandate to persecute Ireland, nor why,
when the Liberals are out of Office, they are
the only body entitled to represent the
British race"
The Caroline News at Madrid.
MADRID-The news that has reached
here via San Francisco and New York, as
to the era OF Insurrection and bloodshed
existing in the, Caroline Islands, between
the natives and the Spanish troops quar-
tered there, has caused great sensation
here. 1t is feared that the United States
may claim heavy damages from Spain for
losses suffered. by American citizens. The
Americans here hope that the action of Ad-
miral Belknap, in dispatching the Cruiser
Alliance to Ponapi in order to protect the
American missionaries whose lives and
property were endangered, will have ben
e6cial effect. Further and more detailed
news from the Caroline Islands is anxiously
awaited.
(,lasrovu Rusinose Man Tob Dort
GLAsGow-At meeting of leading citi-
zens Of Glasgow to-day a committee was ap-
pointed to confer with the Board of Direc-
tors of the railroads in an endeavor to bring
about some settlement of the railroad strike.
Considerable enthusiasm was aroused when
a number of prominent merchants who send
or receive large quantities OF freight over
the railroads, announced, through gentle
man who acted as spokesman, that they
were per .ectly willing, if necessary, to pay
an increase in freight charges on condition
that this increase would result in the pay
ment of higher wages to the striking rail-
road employees.
A Massacre In New Guinea.
BRISBANE. AUsTRALIA-Advices re-
ceived here from New Guinea give an ac-
count of atrocities which have been COM
mitted by natives. The reports say that
the Tugaree, the head-hunting tribe of the
islands, made an attack on q village, aud
during the raid they massacred 40 of the in
habitants and looted a large number of
dwellings,. The tribe threaten to make an
attack on some villages near the Govern
ment post, held under the command of
Magistrate Cameron, who has charge of the
Western district. A force of armed con-
stables has been sent to the assistance of the
magistrate.
The West End Worked Up.
LoNDoN-A decided scare was ex-
perienced in police circles here to-day, upon
the announcement that the Socialist ele-
ment OF the unemployed masses of this city
had determined to march in procession
through the aristocratic West End. The
police reserves were hastily called out, and
large numbers of mounted police in the
suburban divisions we're ordered by tele-
graph to report to the police stations about
the West End. The rumor turned out to be
canard. The Socialists, it seems, had not
even contemplated the march referred to.
The Worst Winter of the Century.
LoNDoN-It is now the seventh week of
the prevalence of frost throughout the
ment OF the severity of the weather. From
John O'Groat's House to Lands End the
country is wrapped in snow and canals and
streams are icebound. Even a number of
tidal rivers are frozen fast. For duration
of the frost period. this is the greatest winter
of the century, and in point of severity, the
winters of 1913 ana 1914 alone exceeded it.
Mutiny on an American Ship.
TrurpDoor-TbaA A N, q r;oay ch; ~ T ~ d;,n,
Captain Colley, which sailed January Z
from Barrow for New York, has put into
Holyhead. Her crew mutinied and fought
among themselves. Several of the men were
severely wounded with knives. The police
were sent for, and the mutineers will be
taken into custody. The United States
Consul has been notified.
Catholic Missions in Africa.
CoLoGNE-The Catholic African Asso-
citation has granted $4,000 marks toward
building a missionary steamer TO be used on
Lake Victoria, in Central Africa; so, 900
marks to be distributed among the various
Catholic mission stations OF Africa; 90, 900
marks toward the training of German mis-
sionaries, and 5000 marks for the Catholic
sisters in Africa.
A New African Uprising.
BERLIN-The Berlin Tageblatt has re-
ceived advices from East Africa to the effect
that the natives of Lamu have arisen against
the settlers, having been melted by Rakari,
the deposed Sultan of Vitu. The British
Consul has asked the Sultan OF Zanzibar to
send troops to the scene of the trouble, as
the position of the English inhabitants is
very critical.
A Portuguese Crisis Imminent