Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-03-31
sFoREl0N JorTINos.

LoNpoN special The labor troubles
In Lancashire, which ended by COM
promise take rank rs the greatest
struggle between capital and labor
which the world has seen. The cam
paign lasted twenty weeks, involved
directly or Indirectly $4,000 employees
and cost in loss of wages alone SO, oOo,-
Geo. Each side was equally willing at
the outset 10 engage in the test OF
strength, and at last they were just as
glad TO call truce with honors even.
Great sacrifices have been endured
with no result, save that both parties
TO the conflict have had all the desire
for light taken out of them and the adj
santages Of mutual compromise are for
the time being fully conceded. The
operatives have in the terms of peace
conceded just shade more than the
iaasters, but there has been really 10
victory for either side. The Lian,
agreed upon for settling future dispute
seems to be the best ever before de-
vised. They provide the necessary
stability in the cotton market by limit
Ing all future changes in wages to 5
per cent. AT intervals of not less than
one year. There is great rejoicing
throughout Lancashire ard nest of the
mills viii reopen.
BERLIN special. Thore was a large
attendance aud much excitement at
the opening of the Reichstas in expee.
tatIon thai Rector Ahlwardt woul pro-
duce the documents which he claimed
would show fraudulent practices by
Bismarck with The Hebrew tinanciers,
by which the Government had been
swindlcd out OF enormous sums In
mediately on the opening OF the body
Ahlwardt arose and said he wished TO
lay few papers on tbe table. There
were excited cries demanding that he
furnish the House with all the docu-
ments eleven in mum Der, which he was
directed TO furnish. He said that after
Easter he would produce the remain
ing documents. After some debate u
committee was appointed TO examine
the papers already su omitted and the
body took recess for an hour.
CITY OF Nj #NIco special There is
great alarm among the people of the
Tonolu District, in tho State of Chi
huahua, over the terrific eruption of
the San Martin Volcano during tho last
two weeks. The volcano is In the
midst OF popu!ous agricultural cuun-
try and extensive coffee plantations,
and has been extinct for more than a
century. The inhabitants of the sur.
country have abandoned their
homes and fled TO a safe distance. The
earthquake shocks, which were fol-
lowed 10y one of tho most magnificent
and awe-inspiriug explosions ever wit
messed, occurred at night and lit up the
heavens for hundreds of miles around.
The l'ames rose up 1000 feet lava
poured down the sides of the mountain
in streams, destroying all crops and
vegetation at its base.
ROME special: The pope COMMITTED
his voice to tho wax cylinder Of
in a message of good will,
sa id to be designed for the President
of the United States. Having done
this, he said to the American who was
demonstrating the machine: II hand
you lhis message. Guard it carefully,
for it is the expression OF my love for
all the people Of the United States and
| wish you to deliver II with your own
hand TO the PRESIDENT" The message
was couched in Latin and by the pope's
special request VIII not be published
before it has been reproduced In Amer
lea
MALES special: Great interest Is
taken in the case for damages against
the Anchor Line Steamship Company
by the families OF al5 Italian immi-
grants vino perishcd in the wreck of
the Utopia in March, ls9i Ex-Premicr
Crspi aud Sig. Leblanc have been re.
tanned for the defense.