New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-21

nations whose standard is gold
The reception of Mr. General Booth which
BEGAN last Friday in the English Channel, Is
understood TO have been finally completed on
Wednesday evening at Exeter Hall in the Strand,
London. The reception in the English Channcl
followed by further reception at Nouthamp-
ton, by third at Hyde Park. by a fourth IN the
Agricultural Hall, Ellington, by n fifth. TO when
the public were admitted, AT Exeter Hal, ana
by sixth in the same place. in which Only Sal
Va;iOnlSts were allowed 10 participate. may
have omitted one or two, but these VIII DC
. enough 10 show that nobody has ever been before
/ much received in so short a time. Ills wei
come 10 London was we'll organized. The cere-
monies were those with which a long course of
Salvation Army tactics has made everybody
neutrality-suspicious., brass bands, tambournes.
halc'uiahs, staff officers mounted on fiery stceds
over which their control was imperfect. the army
with banners. the public without banners and
in rather rough form, and finally the General
himself in barOuchc and a Salvation UNIFORM,
with military oycrcoat and a tall hat.
When he spoke on Monday at the Agricultural
Hall love feast, he laid aside thc taii
hat and ovcrcoat lie thanked the vast audience
for his unprecedented reception He had come
home. he said, to the spot where the Salvation
Army had been Graded. 1t had been their Beth
lchcm, and if it had not been stable, il had
hccn very like one" Ills children wanted to see
him. he added, and he rcJoccd in the nppellation
Of Father The Salvation Army believe in hav-
ing father, papa, a popc-if you choose to
style me So A. q father speaking 10 his children
lie would say: God Almighty has made you n
great halleluph electric waving light Rc true tn
your God and IL your general. Love one another
| love You. You can reckon your general
through time and through eternity This adj
dress is described by hcarer powerful in
paris and delivered with great fire. 30, no
doubt was the address on Tuesday in Exeter
Hall when Mr.. Booth dscoursed upon THE duty
of giving q cup of cold water 10 the poor, and
something more soothing in this climate. lie
referred hopcfuly 10 the heavenly Exeter Hall, y
rs a place where there would lc 10 cold no frost
20 misery no Influenza He talked of the people OF
Ia>tbournc as awl breakers, and hope To overcome
them by tie help Of Il smart lawyer who
would wait for his fees AMI rcireshcrs until the
cause was won and he had got ifomc TO the Cers-
tial City" This lawyer has not yet been found
He expressed the wish that he had cishty-rght
children instead of eight. lie announced TIE cs-
tabli.hmcnt of a match factory, "althoush he had
known more about Luciier than luciier matches
before" He had been guided dvncly' to buy
land M 500 an acre. which in three years would
hc worth $500. People in Australia, continued
Mr.. Booth had put of dying in order 70 Ncc MIN
While in New Zealand ihcy nad had blessed holy
meetings and had made profit on them. fInallN.
on Wednesday nc thanked his Salvation cohorts
for their welcome long drawn ont and begged
fhom mot 20 lay il any thicker lest his
humility mi-At disappear. II" had looN"d al
mon on h, inurncv. ne said with th" cy"N ol
his Saviour and had tried t. show to them some ~
Uie comraS.ion' Sir Henry Pir'te' had Troc.anicd
him n eccond Bismarck What hc proclaimed Nir
Henry Parkcs he forgot to sav. And 50 ihc rc-
cepfion ended ard the regular business Of saliva
zion will now proceed as before.
The coal strike and the Coal Por'ers' Union
came Ia IN cnd together. We were told l'st
SATURDAY, evening hy the least scrpnlous Of tlie
socialistic labor organs that tho strike had ended
in "A complete victory for the men. There had
hccn ~ doubt. attempt 10 represent thc sccrc-
tary Of the Coal Merchants Union rs having with
drawn what was called the boycotting circular Of
the cuplovcrs. II was no' a boycltting circular,
bn, a proper assertion of the legal and moral
riaht OF ihr employers 10 hire labor when AMI
where they could get il in the open market. II
,,;,s not Withdrawn by the secretary, who had
no power 10 withdraw II. II not Withdrawn
bv The coal merchants, whose last act was 10 re-.
affirm their resolve cmh'dicl in that clrcullr. II
ceased 10 hc operative il - far aS the conl por
irrs complied with It's terms and vent back -
work side by 81 with non union lah,rcrs whose
dismissal they hal tried 10 compel AMI had failed
About 900 men had struck. About onc-fonrth
Of them tried t1 carry on the strk'.
the rest returning 10 work on Mon
day. IIy "Wednesday they had all collapsed,
and all who could cct Iac' were once
fG~c a.: work. They he'd crircd absolutely
nothing. They had lost FROM three days 10 a
week, wae-s AMI their union. proudly pro-
claimed 1T jhc start as Tie best Organized union
n London. had gone 10 pieces. The Camcrons
against whom the strill' began. took back Just
twelve old hands out of 300. The places Of
the Others had been filed bY free lahorcrs whom
the VI ssrs. Cameron refused to discharge. II
was not cred table 10 the union or 10 the men
10 cndcavor 10 force the employers 10 break iaith
with III, labpicr, whom they had engaged when
their own men deserted them: but suca unimpply
i tie uniform policy of the unions II Is the
complete failure of the men and their union on
TIM, and every other point AT issue which Tie
evening organ of socialism described rs COM
pl~c victory. u. W. D.
TIE GREAT cNOWSIORM N ENGLAND.
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