Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-08
LOSnoN NEWS.
Tho Labor Ouilook.--A New EVENING
PAPER. etc.

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LONDON, Oct. I'm the iron and
steel trades In tho north OF England
there Ia IA fall VI g. Id. Per ton ON the
price OF bars gud plates, anu the grow.
Ing scarcity OF ordoD mas compelled
tho reduction OF wages III per cent.
Scotch steel maker, propose 10 restrict
the reduction. Scotch mineral oil
| cOmpnnlea have given their WUrkmUu
notice OF "a reduction oi 10 per cent. In
the cotton trade the Federation Of Mas.
ter Spinner has decided on pcr
cent. reduction tho 1fst OF November.
The operatives makeR COuutor.pfOpnsai
for n short time, anu challenge the mss.
ten To strike, which would involve TO-,
900, 900 spindlos. Regarding the agri.
culture, the posiiion OF farm lAb0fcrs
In the midland counties will Illustrate
the situation In all the counties. Tho
farmers there have reduced wages 81.
PER day. The men are now getting
%. weekly. Many farmers have paid
oil their lahorers for the winter. The
local prices Of wheat " reducing cult.
vators 10 begging, and the agricultural
depression In likely to create greater
public clamOr ~ the various interests
OF landlords, farmers aud labOrers each
have power 10 sound the political
trump. Farmcis project national
agricultural conference, mt which re-.
duccd rents anu the creation OF "A land
court for liking rents will be adyo.
Gated.
London will soon hayo
a NEW EVENING PApER,
the property OF a syndicate, Of which
T. II. O'ronnor and Justin Mccarthy
are member. O'C0nnor will DO editor
AMI MCCARTHY leader writer.
Home Secretary Asqulth ~ visiting
in Dublin In order 20 discuss with
Morley the governmental policy In
reference TO political prisoners. The
government IA reluctant TO treat dyna.
milers Ia prison as political prisoner.
Asquith wants ~ detgin then, while
Morley wants 10 release them. Mr..
5chuadhOrat recently offered his resi-.
gnatiOn hs Liberal executive, urging
mis- increasing deafness, which made
II difficult for him 10 insure elective
management as IL desirable. The
leaders decline to accept his resigna.
ton, but viii relieve him'of q portion
OF his functions.
TIE SENSATIONAL REPORTS
current Of the prevalence OF a severe
depression In the commercial and
agricultural interests Of Great Britain
caused an Associated Press repTuaunta-
tive to mako special Inquiries. Oni-
clals Of the labor bureau stated that
while the prevailing depression was
considerable II was not unprecedented.
Taking the returns OF the whole OF
tho trades unions reporting during
September, 1--WE per cent Of tho mum.
Der OF woTkmen wefC shown 10 be out
OF employment The report embraces
l25, 900 union men. the ahipbuilding
trade IS the worst affected. Noxt
come the cotton, iron aud steel In ius-
tries. No signs Of Improvement In the
shipbuilding trade are likely to DO seen
In the ne luture. II seems probable
that not less than twenty to twenty
flve per cent OF th8 wOrkmen will soon
be iule. On the Clyde the wages OF
engineers aud ir1nioundeTs and all
shipbuilders will be reduced ten per
cent on Monday, while in Belfast
shipbuildeuB win be subjected 10 q
similar reduction November goth.
Among the Welsh tinplste makers
5000 men are idle and work generally
proceeds on Jay contracts only.