The sun., 1893-07-23
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hNo7HER GREhT T LABOR WAR SEEMS
TO BB INEpIrABJE

"nEer-tney Dccuue w tneS
Are Playing Into the Employers Hands
aud win he Badly Benten-Tbc Home
Rule Biii VIII Reach the Lords In Three
Weeks = Eugene Keiiy's $4,000 Renit-
tnnces for the Irish Cause-Tryon VIII
Not he Held Solely Responsible for the
Victoria Disnster-Terribic Ravager of
Cholera at Mrccn-The Rome Scandals.
LONDON. July 22.-Another great labor war
is apparently inevitable. More than half the
miners OF Great Britain. numbering 3000OO
men. have decided not to submit to the reduc-
tion OF wages ordered by the proprietors. It
will be a strike or lockout in which the mon
will probably be badly beaten. Labor Is In q
far weaker position, both morally and In re-
sources. than in the great strike Of the cotton
trade last autumn. The men are really play
Ing tho employers game In stopping work.
The supplies Of coal. on account OF the warm
spring. are ample for many weeks. The price
has already advanced sharply on account OF
tho threatened strike.
Tho weakest point OF the mems case Is that
they refuse to arbitrate. The mine owners
offer to prove that coal is produced only at a
loss. with current prices. Tho reduction Or
dered is not 25 per cent. OF the net wages, but
only 25 per cent OF the advance granted four
years ago.
It is extremely doubtful II the Durham and
Northumberland miners. numbering 100000.
in addition to those named. will join the strike.
The memory OF a similar folly is too recent
with them.
The struggle. II II comes, will by no means
be the peaceful test OF endurance which the
cotton operatives and masters undertook. 1t
will almost surely develop into national caam-
ity. which will be peculiarly intolerable in tho
present condition Of industrial depression and
the poverty OF the masses in Great Britain.
The end Of the first stage OF the home rule
campaign 10 In sight The financial clauses
only OF the bill remain to be disposed OF in the
committee. Mr. Gladstone will make no fur
! ther concessions. either to the Irish National
ists who declare the burden Of taxation i'm
| posed on Ireland too heavy. or to the English
| members. who argue that the quota demanded
| is too small. The arrangement applies for six
| years only. and 1t is almost certain that the
! bill In its present shape will pass tho com.
| mittee.
1t is now generally dmitted that the bill will
reach the Lords about tho middle Of August,
and tho Tories have practically abandoned
further struggle In the Commons. 1t Is clear
also that the Lords. instead Of rejecting the
| measure In contempt without debate. will dis
| cuss its merits before recording their disap-
! prevail The Parliamentary history OF homo
| rule for the next few weeks seems. therefore.
| tolerably clear.
There has been no heart In the Opposition
| since Cham berlain's premature eSultation over
| the Irish representation clause warded OF what
seemed certain Government defeat It was the
| only mistake made BY the great Liberal Union
| ist in the savage campaign which no led. It
was q fatal one. and tho opportunity will
hardly arise again.
Eugene Kelly's $1,000 remittances are be-
| coming regular and most gratifying feature
| Of the home rule fight The money is needed.
and It is we'll used
| The proceedings OF the Victoria court mar
tial although no new facts OF primo impor-
| tance have come out. are followed with In
tense public interest No light has been
thrown upon the real mystery OF the dis
| aster. which was concealed In Admiral Tryon's
| brain. It is becoming evident. however. that
the sole responsibility will not be placed upon
tho dead commander. The questions put by
the courtindicate that Capt. Bourke especially.
and Admiral Markham in lesser degree. will
be held to have fallen short Of their full duty
| in the emergency.
The danger. however. that the duty OF dis
| obedience which most people consider the dis
aster teaches. may become greater peril than
| that which Tryon'B subordinates failed to
| meet is point that was tested on Thursday by
| Admiral Seymour. commanding the squadron
engaged in the maneuvres Of the Channel feet
The fleet was proceeding in double columns
in the same order as before the disaster of
| Tripoli The flagship suddenly hoisted Ad-
miral Tryon's fatal signal. Columns turn
sixteen points inward" No response was
| made for some Moments
| Then. almost at the same instant, every ship
| in tho fleet responded Don't understand
| signal" meaning OF course, We understand
| perfectly. but We refuse to obey The signal
on the flagship was imm ediately changed.
Every English newspaper referring to tho
incident. stupidity assumes that the signal was
| given by mistake. and solemn comments are
| made upon the escape from the danger in-
volved. When 1t 10 considered that signal
| does not become an order until every ship has
repeated 1t and 1t has been hauled down on tho
flagship. the object Of Admiral Seymour's test
becomes apparent Trying tho discretion Of
| commanders by I'm possible orders Is not lik ely
| to be extensively practised In the navy.
Details Of the ravages Of cholera In Mec-
| ca are even more terrible than stories
from Russia last year. DR.. Chafry. the Egyp-
| tan delegate to the Sanitary Council OF Alex
andria reports that the number OF deaths is
! more than twice the official figures. There
were $4,000 pilgrims In Mecca when the
| cholera broke out At least ten per rent. died.
besides large proportion OF the native popu-
lation Of 60 900. He adds that at Monna II
has been impossible to bury the dead who
were piled up in different places In the neigh
borhood At Mammal were also found q
quantity OF bodies unburied. Returning from
Monna to Mecca. the route was strewn with
corpsea In the Interior Of Mecca. bodies were
lying In 4 state Of putrefaction. When 1t was
| decided to carry them to the cemetery they
| were left there three days unburied. owing to
the absence Of sufficient number OF grave
| diggers.
| Tho semi Official newspapers OF Rome have
this week tardily and reluctantly confirm ed
The Suns assertion that over 100 Senators
and Deputies were directly or Indirectly In tho
pay OF the Banca Romana. The people now
clamor for the publication OF the com rlete list
Of the guilty men and full particulars OF the
transactions in which they wero engaged. THE
| SUNS correspondent says desperate efforts
! are being made even now to suppress
| tho matter. The latest effort to this end