Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-07-11

The railroad strikes in the west ii
many cases cut eff the supply G
provisions. In Denver the scarcit,
Of the potatoes caused by the riotinE
strikers, sent potatoes to 81 per 1ot
pounds.
The democrats in the Senate ar:
talking about reading Senator Hi
out Of the party because he voted
against the business uprooting tariff
bill After tho nexs election the,
viii want to read a good many bac!:
into the party.
\ FrEE CT the 18th of last June des
troyed 1900 houses in Honmura, ia
pan, and three days later an eartl,,
quake near the same place tum5Ied
down many houses, ard killed 2G
persons and inj 4red many people.
A CHILD Of workman 10 the mines
near Punxsutawn5y, Jefferson &c
died last week. The father Of the
ehiia daes not balong 10 the secret
F"eiaties # .ho sfr;l--. ~ -,
societies had influence enough to in.
duco the cemetcry association to re
fuse the burial OF The child in that
cemetery, aul that is another illus
tratiOn Of the Ignorant despotism
that the riotiag strikers SGT up where
ever they are strong enough.
Oh the 3gd Of Jaly, the Democrat
ic manufacturing smashing tariff bill
passed the United States Senate By 8
vote OF 50 to 81. Senator Hill, Dem
ocrat Of New York, who understands
the afIec, that such q bill will have
upon the manufacturing interests Ct
the county voted against il. The
Democratic administration has been
al work sirce las! Dece nber 10 get
tie bill through. It will now go to
the house ard when it gets through
there time VIII tell.
THE National League of Republ;-
c.n Clubs that rscently ) met il Den
ycr, did not pass a straddiing resoiu-
ton on the gold and silver question,
but they came out like honest men,
and spoke in favor of restoring uilver
to the position it occnpied before the
English bankers got N their work
upon the demonitization of silver.
TIE league passed the following res,
oiution on the silver question, We
DO not believe their will be perman.
ent return to prosperity to our coun
try until the full use and highest
position of silver shall be restored
and we favor such legislation as vii
bring this about.
THERE is place called Pullman il
Illinois, where the swell Pullman
cars are made The cars are nameC
for the man who invented them, ant
whose enterprise founded the tow
OF Pullman. Everything about tn
place . conducted to correspond
with the style and finish of the cars
II IS a swell town in appearance an'
pretension, but not withstanding tn
stylish surroundings required of e,
cry employee, Tie men employed i
the works there struck some Gay
ago on account of difference abou
wages
It is swell town, workmen and a
III appearance aud pretention and il
founder had ambition and bushes
ability to concentrate a plant theT
that employed between five and 81
Thousand men at good wages up
lasl year when the democratic har
times began to pinch.
Contracts fell off in number an
prices for cars were reduced by con
petition, and the force Of men VIZ
cut down, and the price of wage
was lowered.
The workmen declared that the
would 10 longer work for the wage
that were paid them and they struc
There is :. secret society called tt
American Railway Union preside
overly Il man named Eugene V. Deb
Debs took up the cause of Il
Pullman strikers, and said that 6
railroads that have leased Pullm.
cars running on their roads shall 1
longer run the Pullman cars, and {
all such railroads that refused to p,
off the cars, the men should strik
and that is h3w the strike on thirt
two railroads that center in Chicas
was caused.
The strikers would not allow OF
eli men to run the trains.
They stopped freight and passe
ger trains and brought about sta
Of confusion and delay il all cha
nels of business.
The general government was cal