New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-09
Commons was passed unanimously, and reso-

lu<ion for the payment Of members.
The congress. OF COURSE Is all for eight hours
as the limit for daily work. or forty-eight hours
per week; and 1t does not stick at tribes 10y
vote of 25S to B 1t passed Resolution IN favor
of a law limiting the hours Of labor TO for'y-
eight per week In bakehouses. with an amehu-
ment adding "all other trades and occupations
but excluding miners who Wish never 70 "oih
more than eight hours day. nor more ina"
three days week. II passed resolution 'ha'
II ought 10 be q penal offence for an employee
to bring extra labor into any district where ''ie
supply is sufficient. This was explained as "ea"-
ing "blackleg" In other words non-unio"''',
labor and passed. 1t turned out the reporter VI
THE Scotsman" because that paper - HUI
unionist. 1t voted I. a. only trade union ""ee'
should be allowed in Government factories II
resolved that trade unions should not be liable 10
be sued in courts of law for the ehioros'i,7"'
n, their agreements or for the acts OF their
members. Labor is to make ana auf''his''' 80
own law II said the mover. trade unions are 10
be subject 10 the courts there VIII scarceS oe
one union left The congress has. in fact put
a plain alternative before the country: ei'her "o
trade unions or all trade unions above the law
"Ths Freeman's Journal Of last Saturday pup
Nshei a letter from Lord Tweedmouth 10 MI
Justin Mccarthy inclosng check Tor 'tlVo iro'''
Mr.. Gladstone for the Irish Parliamentary iuhu'
together with one Of like amount for himsen'
Instantly The Dublin Evening Herald a far-
nellite organ, declared 1t the price OF ueacher'
10 Ireland That was the signal for controversy
which has ragged ever since. In which nearly every
promineht member OF the Irish Nationalist party
has had share. English Radical Journals
Joined in reluctantly and feebly evidently thinh-
ing least said soonest mended. Unionis' jour
nails The Times" at the head. recalled tri-
umphantly the scene In the House Oh Con''''o''
when the Irish ferceiy resented Lord Wolmer's
description OF them in the House itse'f as "ei
cenarie." and when THE Times" for repeating
Lord Wolmer's assertion was solemniy ao'noeeu
pui,tv Of a gross and scandalous breach OF the
privileges Of the House. Mr.. Sexton then sa'u'
"Ne,ther to the Government of this country nor
to any rich English partisan has any me,"oe'
Of this party ever been indebted for one penny
nor over will be-" The unlucky prediction az the
end of this sentence seems to have preVeh'eo
Mr. Sexton from taking a hand In the very AMI
mated game now playing.
II is however not only Unionsts and anti
ParneI,tes who comment on the transaction.
Mr. Healy came at once 10 the front with letter
saving that a bad blunder had been committed
and charging it upon the Dillonite wing OF the
anti-Parnellite party. THE Freeman" retorteo
that Mr. Healy's letter "a bitter and Insult
ing diatrbe" while Mr.. Davitt denounced MI
.IIealy as disloyal and unfriendy. Then sudoeh~
w. the thing grew complicated Mr. MCCARTHY
telegraphed that he knew nothing about the CIT
cular in response to which Mr. Gladstone anu
Lord Tweedmouth sent their checks, put thoush'
It would be stupid rudeness' 10 reiuse 'he
money. A desperate effort was made 10 reheVe
the party from all responsibility Tor the circuai'
I'm, q finally came out that 1t was sent by a com
,r,ttee Amounted at a meeting called by Mt
Mccarthy, Mr.. T. P. OConnor and Mr.. J. r. X.
OBrien. with Mr.. Dillon present Mr. CConnor
presided. and appealed for British support. ana
the resolution adopted invited contributions from
British friends
There the matter stands. but the commotion IN
the Irish ranks amounts TO CONSERVATION
REORGANIZATION OF the party Is said TO De imm-
nen.. and the anti Parnellites themselves. we are
told regard the crisis the most serious since
Mr.. Parnells death.
Mr. C,hamberlain's speech at Liverpool on
Wednesday, contains at least one passage which
rcrnexes his opponents. He has often been
tainted with having changed front toward the
House Of Lords He answers Let there be no
mistake In times past the House OF Lords have
occasionally set themselves against the opinion
of the people When they have done that they
have never found In me a defender. They may
do II again. and II they do. shall denounce them
as strenuousy as ever did before" What per-
plexes Mr. Chamberlain's Radical critics Is his
steadfast adherence 10 a principle. The princi-
ME is that the will OF the people ought to prevail
II the House Of IrdI resists II. he attacks them;
if the same House as.,rts the VIII or the people,
ne defends it in thi. action. II the LORDS nave
msinterpreted the will Of the people. let the peo-
,,,e decide between them and the House OF Com
mons
That has been Mr. Chamberlain's position from
che beginning of this controversy but they who
essau him have never been willing that the peo-
pIe the nation, should have an opportunity OF de-
Gliding They refuse TO give them that oppor-
t,,nttv Ministers will not dissolve; they will not
appeal TO the country. They are not bound TO-
but until they do they are not entitled TO say
that the House Of Lords. though not elective
docs not represent the real views OF the country
ON those matters respecting which II IL re-
preached. Such Is Mr.. Chamberlains posiuon'
and 1t is a difficult one to attack with success
The Scotch miners strike seems as far as ever
from its end The vote OF the miners to accept
z,xnencc reduction remains without effect. No
rronosals had come from the owners. The SIX
: hence reduction was the suggestion Of wel-mean-
ing outsiders The owners say they can no more
afford the extra sixpence than the extra shilling
II is doubtful whether a still further reduction
may rot be necessary. The owners losses have
been enormous: they have lost their contracts
and much Of their other business. Whether
they can get it back they do not know. Mean
time many Of the miners have gone to work at
the reduction originally fixed by the owners.
and the remainder no prospects OF doing bet
ter.
The English Miners Federation, in obedience