The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-23
ssxrrIx. xosDA,. APRIL ~.


TIE INDUSTRIAL sIICATfos.
There have been 80 many reductions IN
wae-s sisses The ranIo of 1888 that labor Ii
clsro.~a 10 contest further reductions
The Grsas Northern railroad system. which
sxs<nds from 81. psui 10 Puget sound. Is
tied M: and In ofe3ience 20 the ordsr OF
the National Miners Conventions that
after II O'Clock noon. Saturday, April II,
no coal shall be mined in any state or ter
y.toYy whers the organization has control
until authorized by tn. executive board,
there is o great strike Of coal miners east
Of the Mlssss.ipai In progress that 10 likely
% involve 80 90 men.
The strike - for last years scale. 10 cents
Per ton being the basis. Ii means an ia
crease Of from - cents 10 Is cents per ton
on wages now paid In Pennsvlvania. Ohio.
Indiana and Illinois. Nearly oil the
union carpenters and painters in Indian
spoIis have gone on strike against re-
dueed wages The list Of unemployed In
Paterson. y. j., has BEEN swsIled by tho
strike Of 30 employees Of jute manu-
featuring company. The silk dysr and
weayers Of the city are also on strike.
In Ohio The opening of lake navigation
Was marked by strike OF the longshore-
men at Toledo. At Cleveland laborers
struck. ~ Bsiiairs 800 hands engaged in
the building trades. at Akron 1000 en-
pioyes In the Autograph works and at Con-
neiisviiie several hundred coal miners.
Among other minor strikes that have
recently been reported were 500 roofers at
Chicago: glasscutiers ~ New Bedford.
dyers at Lawrence and cotton and WOODEN
workers ut Lowell; wiremakers At Pitts
burg; eigarmakers q, Reading and New
York; silk hands at Dover and Summit,
n. j.; go overall workers ~ Dubuque
ore handlers at Ashland. Wis. and wooien
workers At Pittsfeld. Mssa
Every black cloud has q silver lining,
and Matthew Marshall in the New York
San fairly argues that the prevailing
strikes which are now pending or abso.
iutsiy in progress are proof tina, the psraly-
sis Of industry throughout the country
must he exaggerated, since with industry
absolutely PROSTATE strike for inereased
wages or against reduced wages would be
On ahsurdity. We quote
Now come strikes. not only in this
city, has all over the country, to demon.
straie still more foreibly that starvation
does not stare the mass Of wage earners in
the face. and that they possess the means
and the pincs tn cease work voluntarily
when aald "a often as they think il neces-
sary."
The times are really very hard. bat shey
are not nearly IS hard ~ they we're II
issT, one Of the most appalling and disas
trens financial revolutions ever known
which was consequent upon the eompro
mlsa tariff act Of 1855 under which indus
try and trade declined because Of insult
Gent protection. and foreign goods iiooaee
cur markets. A Wild speculation in West
ern lands. wiia sn enormously infla,eS
paper currency. helped GU; the ruin. Jus
rs false finance aud the threat Of insult
cent protection have brought us TO grle
since Cieveland's accession to the presl
aeney and the supremacy Of The ere.
trade" South in congress. ba: in issz ID,
been before or since that date.
In sofss parts % Pennsylvania AZ ths
time the people we're obliged % eivid
hank notes into halves. quarters. eighth
and SO on, and agree from necessity 20 as,
them ss money. Ia ohso. with all he
shupdanee. it Vas bard 30 set monsy {.
pay taxes The sheriff ef Nasksusuu
couaty, as stated by the Guernsey Tssars 81
the summer Of fs&a sold Al auction on
sour.hafse wagon as s. 80. ten hogs at q,
cents esch. Two horses (said % Re War;l
SO 10 So eaehl a. g. each. 80 COW. a
81 each. q barrel Of sugar 81 slso. ana
store Il goods ct that rate In Fix
county. Mo-. a. stated nv the Hanalba
.faseeHef the sheriff se3d three horses =
$50 each. one large OK at i2ss cents, av
saws. Tao steers and one calf. the lot a
$50: tsentv sheep at iaff cents each
tseaty four hogs, the lot - = cents; On
slsh;-dsy clock a. s2Sa. lai of tobacco
seven ~ eight hogsasads. AZ IS: sAre
stacks Of hsy. each AZ - csn.s. and on
stock Of 'aadet 81 - ceats These fact
asFNFAskNfA "a N'f'tsRks = Lie 81 nN1FE LAY
Rank loan. and discounts fell OF nor
than one-hAlf. the money loss 60 tn
coautry Nas not less thsa g. 90 esl Oh
All prices tel 80 saiaoasiy. rroaueslo;
was greatly dsns.RIsAs4. En4 in many Sc
pArtmeats practically ceased thousand
Of wor1inEfasa we're ldie. w3ta ae hs;Ss !,
employment and thsss tamll.r, safs4rt.,
fem want oar farmers wr~v w.thaa
markets, sAssr prrsaaets To,ied in ,hei
harms. their lands. teeralaw wsta Tich la,
vests, we're sold ey lie saeFaT isv dehi
snd ssxss. Ia she asxs SIX year agss- tSs
she revenue fell 81 = PEI e$at. ana r.
government MAS Obliged - eorrow none
a. elsh rates II interest 10 gay earrsa
sxpeasss.
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Ssaslor Morrill,. Of Vermont, wss 5