The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-09
LOCAL IMPKOYEMBNfs.
Strikes Continue to Have Bad Ehec' "'"
Business.

NEW YORK. June S.-Brads'ree'
Nearly ali the unfayorable business ness
| conditions Of the past three "e The Tow
tinue to exercise s,n1 ,nit is noted
are ~ practically local important ise
| tail trade at many centres haS reatbnr
| terfered with by unIasoia the mr.
| 80 49, further restriction OF the puI-
aha og nnn,er Of thousands Of wage
ea aS' by further industrial trouble or
! bv shrjnkage in producton. MOD VIZ
| icnce with attacks on IRE anu PiOpeiity'
tee' haon feature Of the SITUATION,
1avNess'tsting interference by State troops
az many localities. Production OK SOY
mi ~ has shown slight increase through
the return Of few mi ,sG;v sG increasing
osfect on industrial operations.
"A, lager eastern centres there rs no
enforcement in general business. fnhd
deinbia tobbers in dry goods report
be.ter spot demand. and the petroleum
market there is more active Dul Dal u.
move inbhers in clothing, as Wen as III
some other lines. have not sent out u'ui
rners as formerly. 49, o.,or,ro r,cb-
80" eavannan Jacksonville, ana Au-
enets more favorable conditions are re-
Srnr,ed At the first there Is q better ue-
mand for groceries ana pr0NIssio..i ~, 900
agricultural implements anu i., 80 EIorida
which IL quite active. Eastern io' i ,u'
ve@atabIe regions reported continued I'M, I'M
provement in crops ana 90. ,S,ia aT
Examination among merchants. w,ile a.
the Georgia centres. the t Fo and improved
a. mo or two. Elsewhere South Guinness,
Glow collections. and surplus luhos III
bank characterize business cohuitiolls'
There is little that is ,Ina5 r-pyeGm re-
tending evidences OF linlp V'ei
norted from the west
In g. Dan & Co. see 1t.
NEW YORK. June S.--R. G. Dun & Com
~ weekly review OF trade VIII say
The outlook for business seems llttle
better on the whole though me s Gbans 20
dtstincuish between mere replacement %
orders cancelled FOR want OF tuel' am, anu
INC new orders. Cancellations nave peeIs
heavy and II Is not clear that OrueIt vi
canal MAGNITUDE have gone 10 other
works that are able to All them. through
the agency OF strikes the interrup1ioi. W ",
Industry and commerce increases evsIy
week Hence Il is somewhat encourasIhs
that the decrease In payments through
clearng-hous is but d.3 per cent. LOT the
first week OF June: 272 at New York, but
only 1874 elsewhere. The decrease IN com
a-ison with 1899 IS about 81 ner cent
While II is believed that deferred WORK
will cause heavy production after the
strike terminates, the demand LOT pro,
ducts is at present much below general
expectations even at the East.
Other industries have been less affected
but many Of the textile mills even in New
England have now been closed Tor lack
OF fuel or Of orders, besides other concerns
in great numbers between the Atianuc
and the Mississippi river. The market for
goods is dull and weak, with further re-
ductions I'm price. and stocks visibly ac-
cumulating.
The banks here receive from the interior
about as much money as they loOose by
gold exports, though the crop-moving sea
son is close at hand. Customs receipts
are again &c per cent. less than year
| ago, and internal revenue - per cent.
| less for the week. Exports or domestic
| products have been exceedingly large.
| The continuance Of large failures are re-
| ported-2lS in the United States, against
300 last year; 40 I'm Canada, against ~ last
year The liabilities of failures in the
| month were sl3 305, 357-abOut s., $4,000 at
| the East, $4,000 at the South, and $500,
| 600 at the West. or the aggregate S5,l65,
| 025 was of manufacturing and sG,bo3, 4J5 Of
| trading concerns.
| STRIKERS FINALLY YIELD.
| Preparations we're about complete for
| the attack when the militia came down
| upon the main body of deputies, who
| were ordered by General Brooks back 10
| camp. The deputies were not inclined 10
| obey the orders. but being assured that
| the Governors instruction to the General
were to turn his cannon upon ihem II
| necessary to protect the miners from at
| tack, they withdrew and ordered In their
| auxiliary detachment. They are now all
| in camp at Gillet. Meanwhile. General
Brooks continued the march TO Bull Hill,
where he found the miners drawn up 70
receive him. He made them a speech, in
which ne assured them of the protection
Of the militia, and asked them to submit
to the service Of warrants by the sheriff
1t was agreed that the sheriff and two
deputies should go upon the hill to-mor-
row unarmed and arrest parties for whom
the former has warrants. a great number
Of these left last night for parts UNI
known, and all others who consider them
| selves seriously eliminated have made
preparations complete for leaving tonight
| The militia are camped tonight in Alt
man. The miners have all laid down their
arms, and the labor trouble is considered
practically at an end.
MISFns RFsIsr TIP TROOPS.
! COLUMBUS. June Sin n telegram 10
| Governor Mckinley tonight Adiutant-
| General Howe recounts the most stub
| born resistance to the troops on the
! part Of the striking miners yet expert
| enced. After driving the miners from the
| Baltimore and Ohio road at McLain's cut
| General Howe took his command to
/ Wheeling Creek on the Cleveland, Lorraine
and Wheeling railway. in Belmont cOun-
| ~. There seven hundred strikers held
! the railroad and refused 10 withdraw.
| The regiments were drawn up In line Of
! battle. This enraged the strikers, and
| they started toward the militia. The
| latter was at the same time ordered upon
| the strikers. The latter faitered. but
| held their ground. They did not offer to
assail the soldiers, but they stubbornly
| held their ground, and had 10 be pushed
| from the railway property by the troops
| The strikers cursed the soldiers. but
| only one stone was thrown. General
| Howe states that the troops are now
4 surrounded by strikers who are on the
hills. and every precaution is taken to
| prevent an assault during the night.
! Governor Mckinley is very anxious about
| the safety of the troops. as there is a