Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-05-11

CHICAGO, May Twelve hundred blast men employed by the Illinois Steel Company, struck today. The strike is expected to extend to other departments Two furnaces were shut down at noon The men demand better wages and ask more help.
 WAsHINGToN, May 7-Attorney Gener. al Olney began to speak on the income tax cases at 2.20. He said he was unable to feel the force or appreciate the jus tice of the courts opinion that rents of real estate were not embraced in ths scope of the previous decisions of the court legslizing the income tax. He urged the reconsideration of the courts recent decision exempting rents from the scope of the income tax law.
 WASHINGTON, D. O.. May 7.-Consid- e.able excitement has been created by the announcement that the agents ol the Belmont, Morgan syndicate have been purchasing gold of western miners and that there is sn evident attempt to corner the gold market.
 LONDON, May 7.-Oscar Wilde was re- leased on bail today after furnishing a personal bond of S12, 300 and two sure. ties in s6340 each. The suretles were Lord Douglass of Hawick, eldest suryiv. Inz son of the Marquis of Queeusburry and Rev. Stewart Headlam, a graduate of Cambridge University.
 HoNGKoNe, May 6-The situation on the island of Formosa is serious and fears are entertained for the safety of foreigners there. British and German marines have been landed at An-Ping on the southwest coast, to protect the foreign residents, and rskau harbor, south of An-PlnR, is being pstrolssd by blue jackets in armed launches.
 The black flags are mostly unruly The black flags are the irregular forces. They are not in China's pay, though sometimes she has little authority over them. Warfare is their profession and they depend upon it for bread and they raid and rob Chinese and others indis- criminately. They have DO law but the commands of thelr leaders. They are much bolder and more warlike than the average Chinamen and have little fear of death.
 The French were greatly troubled by them m Tonquin. It is sad that If the Chinese can turn the black flags upon any specially hated enemy they consider It great stroka ot enterprise. It is also said when the French, during the Ton quln campaign, complained to Viceroy Ll Husg Chang agaIn=t the outrages of the tlBck u g, Lo demand thEt be secure their punishment, the vicsro, said he had no more control over them than the French had, they were rob bers and China lad disavowed them.
 A Hong K ng dispatch to the Times states that the governor of FormOsa says its concession to the Japanese wIll produce a rebellion. He declares he has lost all control of the soldiers and that foreigners must save themselves. The leader If the black flags has ap> peaided 10 his men to carry out his original orders te prevent the Japanese from landing on the islands. Placsrds written by tbe iiLerati have been posted in conspicuous places and circulated among the peOpe, calling upon them t. resist the Japaueee, a ssy that If the island is to be csG-G to any nation they prefer it should be gwen to Great BritaiD.
 A dispatch from Paris says the Temps has a telegram from St. Petersburg stating that Japan Las replied to the protests of Russia, France and Germany. Japan agrees to renouDce possession of the Lisgo Tug peninsula but says she will retain Port Arthur This ccmpromise leaves inti.s ell tee dangers that the powers wish. d tc avoid. Fresh representations lave been made to Japan and the negotiations are actively proceeding.
 A Berlin dispatch to the Times says; has occurred t9 diminish the nope Of an in mediate settle ment m con- lection with the Chinese Japanese reaty, thoua h it would te difficult to | ay upon what basis it will be. It IS probable the compensation to Japan for | Oregoing possession of the Liao Tune | peninsula will be the payment by China | # an Increased indemnity.
 A Standard dispatch from Berlin says: The details of the negotiations of the towers in connection with Japan gre se- ret, out it IS known that Russia will be atisfied If she gets slice of Manchuris harbor that is free of ice. ,hould the Japanese war party persist a opposing any alteration in the peace reaty, Count Ito, president of the Js- anese council of ministers. will prob ply be sacrificed to save the situation.
 WASHINGTON, Ps., May 7-"The Chi ese govern ment has but itself to blame ,r the loss of the war with Japan. Gov rnment officials high up in China were l the employ of Japan both before and urirg the war. The enemy in most ases anticipated all our movements" Such was the startling announcement ade by Captain P. Nortoh McGriffen, lst returned from ten years' service
 the Chinese navy. He was comman- er of the Chen Yuen. 'I was in the hospital and not in ,mmand of the Chen Yuen at Wei Hai lei as was reported" continued the ,ptain. "Had I been in that fight I ( lould not be here now, as l should r ,ver have given them the satisfaction catching me. The Japanese had an on clad agreement Tn which mo quar- r to foreign dogs was very conspicious hen we went into the big battle of f alu made all preparations to keep 1t of the hands of the Japanese, To c
 plain I would have killed myself be- P re being taken for torture. Now that a @ war is over, l want to say there is ot on the previous fair name of Japan 1ich never can be effaced. Without s @ word of warning before war had u en declared their fleet bounced down
 the defenseless Row Shing and sent r r with 10000 souls to the bottom. It r' $ one of the most cold blooded tricks tt