Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-06
JorTlNGs.

LONDON special There is q growing
feeling among the master cotton spin
ncrs of bolton in favor OF joining the
present lockout. They are in favor of.
reducing production by some mcans,''
ana efforts are being made to induced
the spinners to consent to three days1
work in the week. One of the leading
manufacturers say that. whatever
weight may be allowed to the view that
the S%pinners' Federation would not
have supported the %Stalybridgc Spin!
ming Company in the dispute with their,
hands by Il general lockout in their be-,
half If the state of trade had been bet
ter, it is evident. from u glance over
what has been said and written in pub-l
lie for months past, that some trial,
of strength between the Employers,
Federation and the trade union ANAL
gamation has been looked upon as all
most inevitable. I
The quarterly report of the General,
Secretary of the Executive Council of
the oldham Card and Blowing-room|
Operatives Association says: The past
quarter has been an evcntfui one in
many ways. 1t has been u powerful
federation of capitalists formed for the
purpose of defending the interest of the
employer and TO attack, whenever they
think proper, the position OF the worker.
We have watched the growth of this
great combination with keen interest;
knowing we'll that u interests and the
interests of the members of the fe.!era-
ton were in Il certain sense antagonis-
tic. and we have OH many occasions
warned members that ere long We
must be prepared TO meet the forces of.
nnrhHnS fIn rrnNf0sf nhfrn finn nf
capital which, at any rate. this district
has ever seen. The challenge at war
has at last been issued, and we arc on
the eve of IL struggle the result of
which no n u plainly sec.,
OTTAWA, Ont, special: The collectors
of customs at Vancouver, Victoria, Ma
naimo, and New Westminster, b. c.,
were notified by telegraph of the re-
newal of the modus vivendi between
Great lritain and the United States in
relation to the fur sealing fisheries in
Ichriny Sea. The proclamation APP.
pears in the official gazette. The ar
rangemcnt is to remain in force two
years. the respective governments
agreeing for that period to prevent the
taking OF seals in Hehring Sea, except
$3.50 for the %sustenance of natives.
Offenders will be liable to seizure by the
war Ships of either nationality and will
be handed ovc to the authorities Of the
nation to which they belong for pun
ishmcnt. There are in British Column
bia sixty vessels engaged in the sealing
business, to whose owners the prohibit
ton means u serious loss. The fleet is
now on the southern trip. following
the seals up the Pacific. This voyage
is not usually very r~emuncrative, and
is taken principally in ordcrto keep the
crews together so that the vessels may
be in readiness for the Rehring Sea
summer trip. The British Colulnbians
were hopeful that the proclamation OF
the modus vivendi might be delayed I'M
Til the fleet had sailed for tho northern
waters.
GEAssE special: Mrs. Deacon left
France to avoid being subpenaed as q
witness at the trial of her husband on
the charge of manslaughter for the
killing of Abeille, which will begin May
20. Deacon. who is now out on bail
must surrender to the authorities five
days before the trial.