The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-02-22
NEWS FROM IRELAND
ANTRIM

| The Belfast ship building strike has al
last been ended, the men agreeing to re-
sumo work on Feb. l. the dispute with
the BRASS finishers,- which caused the
second postponement, has been amicab.y
Isettled by the concession Of one shilling
per week, and the other conditions which
apply to the engineers. The apprentices
were to be started in a day or two. The
desire is to restore things to the condi-
ton in which they were in before the
dispute eliminated. The dispute with
the iron moulders is not likely to create
any complications, since it is understood
there is a disposition to come to a settle
lnent on the part of the masters. Thus
after an idleness of almost fifteen weeks
the men resume work permanently hav-
ing made few gains but hardly enough
to recompense them for, loss . OF
wages for a long. time to come.
The annual meeting of the Linen Mer-
chants Association was held on January
80, in the Linen Hall Library, Donega.
Square North Belfast. Mr.. I.avens NJ
Ewart, vice-president, in the absence Of
the president, Mr.. A. S. Matter. occupied
the chair. The secretary submitted the
report, which stated that the total ship
ments of linen piece goods from the
United Kingdom to all countries We're,
in 1895, 2O3 $50 300 Yards and t4oS2 $50,
as against 156, 254 GOO yards and E3.4e2,
'49S in 1894, being an increase OF 80 per
cent in quantity and Is per cent LII value.
The chairman, in moving it's adoption,
said they had reason to congratulate
themselves on the improved state or
trade. The report was adopted.
ARMAGH. 80
At the last Armagh petty sessions, a
farmer named John Graham was charged
with having seriously assaulted young
man named Baird, endangerlng ms lie,
The accused presented cross case Tor
assault against the injured man and his
father, and made information TO the eff
feet that when going home III company
with the injured mans father. the latter
started to talk ''party work, out OF
which fight arose, in front OF the Or
ange Hall, at Grange, in which Baird
was knocked. down, though he had com
menced the fight. The magistrates dis
missed the case
80 CLARE.
~ On Jan. .2S, news was received in En-
mis- that Mr.. Ernest Browne, the agent TO
Col. John ;OCa'lagha Maryfort, was
fred at. st BodyEe, on the previous even
ing. It seems that on the 18th number
Of cattle were found in one Of Col. OCal-
laghan's evicted farms ut Clonmoher. the
scene of some OF the most exciting incl
dents during the famous 'Bodyke civic
ton campaign, presenting symptoms Of
poisoning. Mr. tBrowne, with Mr.. e. G.
Winter,V S.. Limerick, drove from Lin
erick to Bodyke on the 9th. On their
return, alta point about half way be-
tween BodyEe and Bradford, voliey OF
shots was discharged from a grove some
distance from. the road: The bullets
passed above Mr. Browne and his COM
panion.4 Mr.. Browne, returned the fire.
but it. is not. known whether his shots
had any effect. - !,
At the Kilrush weekly Petty Sessions
Court, on Jan. rs. before Mr.. A. M. Har~
pur, r. NJ. (chairmaM, and Mr.. John Gull
ligan,. J. P, the much-evicted tenant
John Crowley, of Carmane, was again
charged with tresspassing with his cat.
tie at the suit OF Capt. Hector S. Vande-
leur. D. L., on farm at Carnane, from
which he had been evicted some time ago
by the landlord The chairman said
that, owing to the frequent repetition OF
this tresspass they would allow Is. a
head fine and 6s Sd. costs In all Crow
ley would have to pay in this case IL Is
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