New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-22

The energies Of the various sections Of the
various Irish Nationalist parties have been chiefly
employed this week in a contest for the control
of the Nationalist organ in Dublin The capture
| Of "The Frecman's Journal" by The National
| Press" would perhaps have been completed quietly
| had not side appealed to tn courts Certain
steps were found to be irregular and new meeting
! of shareholders had TO be called. 1t lasted four
| days and the proceedings of the liveest
| kind There were four or five contending parties.
| The Healy wing and the Dillon wing had pitched
| battle. Mr.. Gray seems to have supported Mr..
| Dillon and Mr.. 1lealy had the powerful support
| of Archbishop Walsh with eight thousand proxies.
There are those who think that the Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Dublin does not cut very dignifcd
figure in such wrangle but they have suggested
no means of keeping that warlike prelate ont of
| politics. The future of the Nationalist movement
| seemed at stake, as well as the fortunes OF the
| two newspapers. The most violent passions were
| raised the most violent language was used, or
what would be thought violent anywhere but IN
| Ireland. Mr. Byrne gave Mr.. Shechy the lie
direct and offered to fight him there outside.
and the next moment was expressing his utter
contempt" for Mr.. Dillon as leader and com
planning of Mr.. Healy's want of decency. Mr.
IIealy declared that Mr.. Dllon's action was baby
ish and that the whole contest miserable.
grotesque Mr. IIealy and Mr.. Murphy
delivered each other the lie. Mr. Gray. as
chairman accused somebody Of stealing papers
from his table Both parties, or all parties,
claimed Mr.. McCarthy's support, but somebody
observed that Mr.. Mccarthy led nobody but HIM
self. and that subject dropped. Mr. liealy
invited the chairman not to make ass of him
self and the chairman retortcd that Mr.. llealy
had insulted him in insolent manner. Nothing
dauntcd Mr. I1ealy accused Mr.. Dillon of mean
ing to rob him. Mr.. Dillon said that was false
Mr.. Healy next remarked that the chairman was
in colusion with the Obstructive members On
the fourth day; the gentlemen who had been en-
changing these amenities announced that com
promise had been agreed on, By which Mr.. Dillon
and Mr. Healy were both to become directors.
The compromise does not include everybody. and
some shareholders left the meeting and Will again
appeal to the courts. II does not heal the
breaches. any of thcm among any of the many
Irish factions The net result Of the four days
passionate conflict is to avert. nobody can say
for how long, the complete open and final disin-
trgTaton Of what once the high Parliamen-
tary party Ono other result is TO offer to Eng
land . rehearsal of Dublin Parliament; per
haps third is TO prove that when the Irish Use
hard words a few Of which | have quoted, they
mean nothing, nothing which prevents them
from acting amicably together aftcrward.
One more agrarian murder in Ireland.
farmer named Flynn, returning from Moae fair
TO his home at Gourock, two young daughters
being with him, beaten to death with stones
800 yards from his house His offence consisted
in taking a vacant farm which his murdcrcrs
thought he ought not 70 have taken.
A hody OF men calling themselves railway
servants leld another picnic in Hyde Park on
Sunday last, with the inevitable John Burns and
the IA thcr less inevitable Cunninghame Graham to
address them The railway servants want shorter
hours. and in thai demand the public is with
them. They want at the same time higher wages
for shorter hours that is point which the pub
lie will leave them to fight out with their en-
ployers Mr.. Burns. who is capable of original
views, explained the slowncss Of railway reform
TO be due to the squire ana the parson and the
lord of the manor. This will be news TO the rail
way directors and managers, but must be true
His statistics even more remarkable. In
seven years 73 per cent OF the $4,000 men en-
gagged in hunting were killed or injured; in
twelve years the rest were.
More important than the HYDE Park picnic is
the raid of the London Trades Council on the
London County Council. Mr. Burns moved in
the County Council that all contractors be com
pellcd to sign pledge to pay trade union wages,
observe the hours Of labor and conditions imposed
by the London trade unions, and that these hours
and wages be inserted in and form part Of their
contracts, and be enforced by penalties That is
a far-reaching proposal indeed, it would make
the County Council the obedicnt servant OF the
trades unions. 1t would, if adopted, as seems
likely, be used TO put pressure on all othcr en-
ployers Of labor; it would give kind of ohlci'l
sanction to the extortions Of the trade unions, and
tn
contract the arbitrator in his own case
ard the laborcr the master Of his employer. Inc
fate of it is not quite certain. An amendment was
moved to refer the subject 10 committee 1t was
lost by a vote OF 80 to %, and the subject Will
come up again next Tuesday Mr.. Gladstonc
letter to Mr. Shcpton il not one which his al
mircrs can read with pleasure. lie had rciuScd
10 receive dcputation on the cisht-hours ques-
ton. Profting BY his mistake, Lord SALISBURY
and Mr. Bafour acceded to the re quest MI Glad
stone had rejected. Mr. 1ilictt and others began
70 declaim this text, telling working audiences
that Mr. Gladstone was no friend OF theirs. 20
dangerous was this thought TO be that Nlr. "ad-
stone now writes to the secretary of the London
Trades, Council a humble episte. reminding hn
,h.t no said he would consider statement Of his
,,;ou,s and reasons on this subject and asking for
s,ch q document as might enlarge his knowledge
I'D assist him in giving il consideration. 1t IL
q rather melancholy spectacle
Tho Woman's Liberal Federation, which is the
p.;,,rosc League Of the Gladstonan party, came
no,r Going to pieces in consequence OF Mr. "lid-
a,or.,s war against female suffrage. IL might be
o,o correct TO say that the quarrel began before
Tho letter and broke out because of the letter.
The Federation is not, or was no', lci'ac
''srooc ,ssociation. Its business is TO get votes
hut uf.iu q
&c. advocatrs Of womah's rights the Countess
Cor,is,e NJ the head of them. They were de-
,ar,nired 70 carry over the whole body 10 their
platform. 10 this end, all means were thought
Good. scrupes were put aside. Outside sister
hoods yprc annexed by what inside was called