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ARE Determined.
RUPTURE OF TRADE UNIoNIsM IN
GREAT BRITAIN IS AT
STAKE.
BIOGRAPHY OF LORD rENNYsoN
Literary London Engaged just Now
in n Discussion of the Recent
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termined struggle between the employ
ers and the engineers, of whom iO,OU0
are now idle, continues with almost
certainty of bringing about general
strike throughout the ship-bulldlng
establishments of the country, lnVolV-
ing another 20, 600 men. No one in au-
thority has the smallest hope of set
Element being arrived at this side of
Christmas since the employers fed
Grafton has declined the mediation of
the board of trade and has refused to
confer with the men. The strike has
already entailed the loss of So, 10000
and is calculated to reach 100000 600 by
Christmas
The railroad employees threaten to
add to the chaos. They are to hold
great conference at Birmingham in a
few days and will formulate demands
which the companies say it is impossi-
bic for them to grant, and in the event
of the latters' refusal a general strike
of 10000 railroad workers, which will
probably mean the idling of 100000
others, will follow.
The Liberal newspapers, headed by
the Daily Chronicle and the Westn1in-
ster Gazette, are advocating war to the
death and have opened subscription
lists, urging a levy upon all unions in
support of the striking engineers and
to befriend trade unionism, whose very
existence, they say, is at stake.
In the meanwhile the entire naval
programme is disjointed Work on
dozen warships is at a standstill, and
several others, which ought to have
been launched during the past week
are still on the stocks, and must re-
main there for an indefinite period. The
engineers have sent a manifesto to the
public appealing for funds and saying
they are going to fight to the finish.
Anthony Hope, the novelist. is among
the passengers who sailed for the Unit
ed States on the American line steamer
Paris today, The creator of 1.-The Pris-
ener of Zenda'' goes on no new mis-
sion. but to follow in the footsteps of
the many English writer's who have
acquired American dollars by plat
form readings.
w. S. Gilbert, after so many years
of distinguished success as comic
opera librettist, with Sir Arthur Sulll-
van, returned to serious play writing
only to score failure. His new COM
edy. the Fortune Hunter which was
tried upon the Birmingham public, has
fallen fiat. The critics are unanimous
in their verdict that the play lacks the
elements of strength and popularity,
and that no amount of carpenterlng,
tinkering or revising could lnfuse lie
Into it. This, after Mr., Gilbert mad an
nounced, seemingly without thought of
the possibility of failure, that he had
resolved to forsWear comic opera for
more important work. Now it is being
recalled that he promised his public
after the disastrous "Brantingnam
HOY
years ago, that he would never repeat
the offense.
TENNYSON'S BIOGRAPHY.
The biography of the late Lord Ten
nvson. the poet laureate, which is at
tracing so much attention just now,
is contained in two thick volumes full
of interest, and repeatedly emphasizes
the poets regard for the United States
and his earnest desire that the parent
country and it's offshot shall ever
dwell in unity Writing to Longfel-
low. Tennyson says: I'VE English and
Americans should all be brothers as
none other among nations can be, and
some of us, come what may, VIII al
ways be so, l trust.
Tennysons biographer writes that
< Emerson, Whittier, Walt Whitman,
Lowell and Oliver Wendell Holmes
that, through them, he kept alive a
spirit of kinship with their country
men. Americans, the biographer fur
Their says, not only loaded him with
appreciation, but also loaded him with
pipes. Writing to the Duke of Argyll
in 1867, Tennyson said: Il am sorry l
did not see the Marquis of Lorne but
I'll call for the Calumet sent me by
Longfellow. 1t is odd that Americans
always send me pipes and tobacco. as
If I care for nothing else IN the world,
and their tobacco is not my tobacco,
nor are their pipes my pipes, birdseye
and Guilty being more to my fancy
than the costlier things. But, how
ever, I do not mean to undervalue
Longfellow's gift"
Letters to and from the queen are
full of interest They occasionally
touch upon politics, but are more fire.
quently personal. Writing to Tenny-
son regarding the peerage conferred
upon him, the queen said it was "a
mark of my recognition of the great
service you have rendered to litera-
ture, which has so great an influence
upon the world at large" Her majes-
ty added: How I wish you could
suggest means for crushing the horri-
bic publications whose object is to
promulgate scandal and calumny,
which they invent themselves
After a visit to Queen Victoria. Ten
nyson wrote to her: During our con-
versation 1 felt a touch of that true
friendship which binds human beings
together whether they be kings or
cobblers."
1t has just leaked out that at New
market last week Mrs. Langtry won a
social triumph under interesting cir
cumstances. The Prince of Wales, ac-
cording to the report, noticing her alb
sence from the jockey club enclosure.
asked for an explanation from the
stewards. Upon this being forthcom-
ing, the prince dismissed it as being
quite inadequate, in view of Mrs.
Iangtry's position as a horse owner
and as generous supporter of the
turf The upshot was still accordin Or
to the story, that Mrs Langtry was in.
vited to resume her usage of the en-
closure, but Mrs. Langtry, it appears
was angry at the manner in which
the invitation was conveyed to her
and she refused to re-enter the encIos.
ure unless personally invited by one of
the stewards. This, it would seem.
was finally done.
The fall season of grand opera at
CGvent garden, which the old Carl
Rosa company gives each year. was
begun Monday under unusually favor
able auspices. Several singers of the
first-class have been specially engaged
for the London season, and the manage
ment is negotiating for the services of
others. One of the stars whose appear
ance is looked forward to with interest
Is the Chevalier Scovel, whose engage
mont was announced by the Associated
Press before it became known in Lon
Don. He will make his debut in London
as Tristan, With a cOmpatriot Alice
Esty singing Isolde. The proportion OF