The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-08-11

were not unpacked from the boxes
on the barges till one man had
been killed and five wounded. The
strikers made a breastwork of their
women and children and thus pre-
vented the Pinkertons from shoot
ing at them. He further said that
the acts of the strikers after the
surrender of the watchmen would
be disgrace to savages," yet be-
cause done in the name of Amer
lean labor it is upheld by some
newspapers and political dema-
gogues. He declares that Oh the
trials for murder it will be shown
the Pinkertons' acts were legal.
McLuckie, one of the leaders of
the strike, has been released on
bail. He received an ovation at
Homestead and was drawn through
the streets on a carriage by his
followers.
The situation at Wardner,
Idaho, is about the same as at
Homestead. The strikers having
been defeated and the mills are
now being operated by non-union
men, protected by troops. Nearly
all of the men who took part in
the slaughter of the defenceless
and fleeing non-union men are in
Jail waiting trial for murder. Evil
dence is fast accommodating to
prove that it was butchery worthy
of savages. The troops will doubt
less remain till the fall.
Foreign News.
Henry Adams, of New Hamp-
shire, and James D. Walton, an
Englishman, to settle a dispute as
to the relative courage of Ameri-
cans and Englishmen, agreed that
the one who should first plant the
flag of his nation on the edge of
the crater of the volcano of Colima,
Mexico, would be declared win
ner. When they reached the noun
tain, smoke was issuing from the
crater. The guides stopped
some distance down the side and
watched the adventurous climbers.
When near the top there was a
sudden eruption and both were en-
quilted in the molten lava.
An effort will be made, it is said,
to block Gladstone's plans by keep
ing the present Ministry in office
as long as possible.
The Canadian Government is re-
ported to be preparing to enact a
retaliatory law raising tolls on the
Welland Canal to meet those on
the 800"
The London Times has an article
in which it intimates that Glad
stone is too old to take the manage
ment of Cabinet. However, the
G. O. NJ. is at work making a Cabi-
net. Home Rule, it is said, will be
forced to the front.
A prisoner at Glasgow has con-
fessed to the authorities that he
was implicated in the murder of
Lord Leitrim, shot in April, 1876,
from ambush. The prisoner also
states that he was concerned in
the killing of Lord Mountmorres,
in county Mayo, 1880; and that
he was also hired to assassinate
the man who killed informer
James Carey.
1t is reported that 100000
will be spent on the Notifications
of British Columbia. Mackenzie
Bowel, Minister of Militia, and
General Herbert go West shortly
to look over the ground. If
the indications can be relied on it
will not be long before the work
will begin of throwing up line of
defenses which will make Victoria
fortified city and the naval sta
ton at Esquimalt invulnerable in
the event of war
The German Kaiser is to receive
q great reception on the occasion
of his visit to England.
Pope Leo has ordered special
services to be held in all Catholic
churches on October 18th, in COM
memoration of Columbus.
Deadly Heat.
Terrible heat has prevailed IN
the Eastern and Western States
during the past week, and has
proved the most deadly that has
been experienced in twenty years
The mortality in the tenement dis
tricts of New York, Philadelphia
and Chicago has been frightful
children dying by the hundreds
The deaths from sunstroke vii
aggregate several hundreds. Ii
the Williamsburg sugar re
fneries six hundred mer
were Frustrated and severa
E deaths occurred. In Chicago anC
New York, horse car travel wa
blocked and there was not suffi
, Gent force to cart away the dea'
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