Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-11-06
Scraps and :faets.

ter, England, last Monday, between
representatives of employers and COT
ton operatives, the employers gave a
months notice of their intention to
make a 5 per cent. reduction in the
amount of wages of their employees.
As the operatives throughout the north
of England have already declared that
thew will resist a reduction in their
wages, it seems probable that strike,
affecting 100000 persons, which may
last for months, entail the loss of
$3.50 ,OOO, 900, according to The Pail
Mall Gazette, and also possibly bring
about the ruin of the cotton industry
in that country, will begin on Decem-
Der l. Later in the day it was an
nounced that the representatives of
the employers and the delegates of the
operatives had come to an agreement
to submit to arbitration the proposition
to reduce wages 5 per cent.
- The count of the silver in the
treasury, says Washington dispatch,
NAV show larger deficiency than
was anticipated when Treasurer Rob
erts ordered it begun two months ago.
The big vault contains 100000, 900 in
silver, and all but $2S, ,000,0 900 of these
dollars have been counted in two
months. Treasury officials will not
give out the amount of the shortage
found, but admit it is over 5000. The
count will last for several months yet
It progresses at the rate of about
$75O,OOO a day. Twenty-eight wo-
men do the counting of the silver dol
lars. They sit at four long tables, and
the Jingle of silver is heard in all d.
rections. Each counter has tray be-
fore her. With dollars stacked high
this tray holds $1,000. AS tray is
filled sealer takes charge of it, puts
the dollars in bags, and 'ends them to
the weighers, any discrepancy in
weight calling for another count.
Whatever loss the count shows will
fall on former Treasurer D. N. Nor
gan. The count will cost the govern
ment $4,000.
- The New York World got hard
lick as the result of the success of the
Tammany ticket last Tuesday. The
World was against Tammany and The
Journal was an enthusiastic supporter
of Van Wyck. The Journal, of We'd
nesday, contains the following "These
are the terms in which the New York
World, which formerly professed to
be a Democratic newspaper, referred
Yesterday to Judge Robert A. Van
Wyck, then chief judge Of the city
court and now mayor-elect of Greater
New York, chosen by the voters Of
almost a clear majority of the entire
citizenship of the metropolis: TO
propose such ridiculous creature for
the Office of mayor of Greater New
York is a shameless insult to public
intelligence. To elect such contemp-
tible creature would be an act of in
sanity that would proclaim to the
world our utter unftness for self-gov-
ernment.' Will The World have the
courage now to stand by its position of
yesterday and assert that the people
of New York are insane and utterly
unfit for self.government, or will it
prefer the alternative of branding it.
self as an irresponsible and unpatriotic
slanderer?"
Mr.. w. J. Bryan, on Wednesday,
gave out the following statement in
regard to last Tuesdays elections ::
"The returns are so incomplete that
it is impossible to discuss yesterdays
election in detail. The Republicans
everywhere endorsed the Republican
administration, and in view of losses
sustained by them in almost every
state, it would seem that Republican
politics are not being endorsed at the
polls. The sentiment in favor of the
Chicago platform shows a healthy
growth throughout the country. Per-
haps our opponents will now admit
that silver is not dead. The attempt
to secure international bimetallism has
proved failure, and it is now more
apparent than ever that the people of
the United States must legislate for
themselves on the financial question.
Free and unlimited coinage at l6 to l
is nearer now than it was q year ago.
High tariff upon gold basis has dis
appointed those Republicans who look
ed to it for relief. Taken as a whole,
the returns are very encouraging. l
think I voice the sentiments of Demo-
Gratis, Populists and silver Republicans,
when 1 say the fight will be continued
with even more earnestness until the
gold monopoly is broken and the mon
ey trust is overthrown. The fusion
forces increase their percentage in
Nebraska, and probably their actual
majority"
Dundee, Scotland, News, October
Is: Captain William Oldham, of Not
tingham, has announced his intention
of crossing the Atlantic alone in what
is, beyond doubt, the tiniest craft in
which the voyage has ever been under
taken. The little vessel, which has
been built of steel, under the direction
of the adventurous mariner who is
about to enter upon this foolhardy feat,
is only 8 feet 2 inches long, and with
a 2 feet 2 inch beam and depth of 3
feet 6 inches. She is to be propelled
h., - 1o,hIa hlo5a5 corou opd for the