The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-12
WEEK in GREAT BRITAIN,
Labor Troubles, Quietinq Of ludian
War and Other Events
UNITED STATES "JINGOlsM" ECHOED
Many Ont OF Work ON Account OF
the Engineers strike-Lord sa,ss-
bury's Defeat.

London. September 1.-tcopyrighted,
1897, by the Associated Press Tho past
week In Great Britain has been marked by
efferyeeence In the labor world; the Quiet-
Ing OF the Indian troubles. with more or
tence in dealing with the ameer OF Afgan-
istan and the defeat OF the Marquis Of |
Salisbury In the case Of the German bond
holders In their dreary struggle over the
Graeco- Turkish peace negotiations which |
defeat has been caustically criticised and |
has been followed by the sultan sending |
winter clothing to the Turkish troops In
Thessally.
The trades union congress at Birmins-
ham which has been styled by Tom Mann.
the labor leader as the Congress OF rat
Heads" adjourned today after session
chiefly notable for the proposal to form
gigantic trades unions out OF every con-
ceivable trade in order to confront capi'ai
with the threat Of general paralysis OF
all industry and by the proposal 10 stand
by the engineers in their present struggle,
The balance Of the time OF the congress
was mainly occupied with reaffirming t'mo
honored resolutions expressing, as the
| Morning Post says, 'pious opinions OF III
| tie value in practical life.'
| Even the Daily Chronicle says: we sup
pose there is nothing for 1t to do pending
political revival, but to go on passing
| the same good old resolutions
| The Sunday Review draws attention TO
| the marked development of the tide OF
opinion in the trades union congress In
| favor of increased help or greater restraint
directly from or by the state
| The ninth week OF the engineers strus-
gle leaves 20 900 engineers, 1900 trade
! unionsts $500 on-unioniets and 5000 la
borers out OF work with strike pay amount
ing to s165,000 per week. New firms de-
pendent on engineering are stopping work
daily, and some Of the locomotive manu-
tacturers have posted notice az follows.
Eight hours, with that rate OF wages will
be disastrous to locomotive manufacture IN
England In the face of competition with
American competitions.
The so-called "jingosm" In the United
States is finding an echo here. An anony-
nous correspondent has written long let
tier 10 the Spectator In which he attempts
to prove that the United States is really
friendly to Great Britain In spirit. not
withstanding her statements to the con-
trary. The Spectator replied 10 this let
ter saying: while official America treats
England as at present. can any one believe
in American friendlinessy
! John Howard Parnell. elder brother OF
the late Charles Stewart Parnell, and
Parnellite member or South Meath, has
written in reference to the so-called Paris
fund particularly that portion of the fund
which ia said to belong to the Parnell
estate. He says that $4,000 constitutes a
political and not a personal debt; 1t is one
which should be refunded out Of the gen.
eral Paris funds as 1t was borrowed by his
brothers from the Hibernian bank and
spent for political purposes. Mr.. Parnell
90 l.. Jto0r N H.
er's property, and especially his creditors
Of the money due"
The rise In wheat to 40 shillings has
Y dragged up the price of bread to 6H@7d
z and In the poor quarters OF London where
a bread is sold in slices. the loaf Is fetching
shilling. On top of this the Millers' Ma
tionsl union has started demand for few
p er hours Of labor with threatened strike
g Il their demand is not accorded.
Since the announcement OF the extensive
discoveries OF gold in the Klondike regioT
g the company promoters OF London have
e been busy taking advantage OF the news
!. paper boom given to that part OF the world
A FIFTEEN Klondike (limied) companies
. which have recently started have brough
= out CAPITAL to the amount OF f2.046, 6S3 o
!, which G1,137,691 is offered to the public
~ In the meanwhile there is an immense de
, mand for anything Klonkidian In order Z
a. flea further companies In the spring o
~ 1898.
:, France. which protects Catholic interest
- In the orient, has been appealed to by tn
= | none to prevent the success of the Zionis
re movement which is regarded with horror a
Rome. Mgr Bonetti. the apostle delegat
" Mt Constantinople, has been recalled t
u Rome In order TO devise means to oppos
'e the Jewish plans In their purpose to colo
is nize Palestine which plans. are not a
10 formidable as generally believed. II tn
oil statement Of Dr. Grunhuet, Hungaria
OF Hebrew and hoad master of the Germa
y, sohool at Jerusalem, are to be credite
IN there plenty OF good land there, but u
a. noverty of the Hebrews OF Jerusalem
terrible. out Of a population Of 5000
there are 10000 Hebrews OF which nun
her Is. 600 he asserts live in abject povert,
ID n ia announced from ODESSA that lai
A. Baron Hlrsch'e plan to colonlze the Al
=, oentine Republic with Russian Hebrew
has been abandoned In favor OF the estAi
on lIshment of the Hebrew schools In Ru'
ny STA. :.
ed received satisfactory reply TO his deman
az made TO the sultan OF Morocco for sati'
~ faction and compensation for the assar
made by thres Moors on protege OF
Amor,can citizen residing at T1ngier. TT
Assault was committed In June last. u
At ssssiIants are now in Jail at Tangier ar
=. the sultan has promised 10 pay an linden
no ritv and he has ordered the prisoners SO
as m Fez. Prisoners are only sent to Fee =
n. | v,,y. crimes They suffer the most tie
al. rble agony on the way there; they
al iosaed with chains and are starved al
10 heaten all along the road. in the Int
as ests NJ humanity, Mr.. Bnrka objected
~. transfer and demanded that the pul