The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12
GREAT BRITAIN
TN A TURMOIL
Agitated by Her Indian
Troubles and Labor
Strikes.
Famine Threatens Ireland
and the Poorer Glasses
of London.
Popularity Of the Yorks Among
the Irish increases-klondi
Fever Raging.
fcopy righted. 1897. by the Associated Press. ]

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LONDON, ENG, Sept. IL. The pas
week in Great Britain has been marked
by effery scence in the labor world, The
quieting of the Indian troubles. with
more or less confession of tue Govern
ment's impotence in dealing with the
Ameer OF Afghanistan, and the defeat oil
the Marquis OF Salisbury in the case o.
the German hondholders in the dreary
struggle over the Gi8co-T Turkish peace ne
gotiations, which defeat has been caus-
lically criticized, and has been followed
by the Sultan sending winter clothing to
the Turkish troops in Thessay.
The trades union congress at Birming-
ham, which has been styled by Tom
Mann, the labor leader. as the "Congres
of Fatheads," adjourned to-day after a
session chiefly notabIe for the proposal 10
form gigantic trades union out of every
conceivable trade, in order to confront
capital with the threat of a general
paralysis of all industry and by the pro-
posal to stand by the engineers in their
present struggle. The balance of the
time of the congress was mainly occupied
with reaffi rming time -honored resolu-
lions expressing, as the Morning Post
says, 'pious opinio OF little value in
practical life.
Even the Daily Chronicle says: "We
ing political revival, but to 20 on pass
ing the same good old resolutions.
The ninth week OF the engineers strug-
gle leaves 22, 900 engineers, 10000 ;rIdes
unionists. $500 non-unionists and 5000 la
borers out OF work, with strike pay amount
ing TO f33,9 900 per week. New firms de-
pending on engineering are stoppinr
work daily and some OF the locomotive
manufacturers have posted notices as Iol-
!oas:
Eight hours a day with the present rate OF
wages would be o1s aStrous to the locomotive
trade OF England, in the lace OF American and
Continental competition. We, therefore, feel
1t our duty to counsel the men to refrain from
any encouragement or support OF the eight
hour movement
TIE so-called 'jingoism" in the United
States is finding an echo here. An anoEy-
nous correspondent has written a long
letter TO the Spectator, in which ne at
tempts to prove that the United States is
really fr!en tly TO Great Britain, In spite
of the American newspaper statements to
the coplrary. The Spectator replies TO
this letter saying: While official Amer
lea treats England as at present, can any
one believe in American friendliness."
The rise in wheat to 40 shilllngSs has
dragged up the price of bread 10 611d and
I'd, and in The poorest quarters of London
where bread is sold in slices the Loaf is
f.tchlng Is. On top OF this the MiHers'
National Union has started a demand for
fewer hours of labor, with threatened
strike if their demand is not accorded.
Since the announcement of the exten-
sive discoveries OF gold in the Klcndike
region the company promo ers of London
have been busy taking advantage OF the
newspaper boom given to this part OF the
world. Fifteen Kondike QImited) COM
panies which have recently started have
brou hit out capital to the amount OF
92,046, 883 sterling, of which + l., 137, 691 is
offered o the public. In the meanwhile
there is an immense demand for anything
Klondikian, in order to float further COM
panies in the spring of 1898.
United States Consul-General Burke has
received a very satisfactory reply 10 his
demand made 10 the Sultan of Morocco
for satisfaction and com ensation Tor the
assault made by three Moors on the pro-
tege of an American cilizen residing at
Tangiers. The assault was com mitted in
June last. The assailants are now in jail
at Tangiers. The Sultan has promised to
pay an indemnity and he has ordered the
prisoners TO be sent to Fez. Prisoners are
only sent 10 Feg for grave crimes. They
suffer the most terrible agony on the way
there; they are loaded with chains and
are starved and beaten all along the road.
In the interests OF human Mr.. Burke
objected to the transfer. and demanded
that the punish ment should be meied out
TO them in the loca! prisons. The Sultan
acct ded to this.
The result is all the more gratifying
when 1t is remem bered that the Moorish
authorities shrugged their shoulders and
refused 10 take any action in the matter
when Colonel Burke first demanded the
payment of an indemnify as result OF
the outrage.
The tour of the Duke and Duchess Of
York. which was continued to-day at
Glasgow, Scotland, where they met with
an enthusiastic rece ption. forms the SUBJ
ject of the heartiest congratulation in
many years, particularly in Ireland,
where the people, politicians and others
admit that Ii has done good deal for
Irish trade. The Duchess, for instance,
accepted a Galway hsher-cIoak from
Mother Doolev. The cloak was made at
a factory which Father DOGGY started IN
Galway, and already 100 of these cloaks
have been ordered. either in white OIL
crimson. The latter color is correct. The
Duchess won all hearts and the Duke was
almost as popular, though he did no: es-
cape critlcism.
Across tue rejoicings, however, fall the
shadows Of the coming famine. The Daily
Nation, after getting letter from every
pastor OF a parish in rural Ireland, says:
''Since black AZ tine Irish laborer has
never faced winter more full OF priva-
lion. The harvest is as bad as can be in
the west of Ireland, and it is pretty sure
that there will be not on y food but q
fuel famine. Not only are the potatoes
rotting in the ground, with the grain crop:
beaten down by rain and not worth reap
ing, but the turf cut will not dry. Unless
there is exceptional weather within the
next few days. ia anime is certainty
smith Arre,ted.