New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-09

w., what is really going on at the meetings
so.se t,uai d Orsay. Mere conjecture is all that
st tn. can obtain to work upon. Spanish
op.nr,ors have fallen two points 10 ~ 10 francs
Eran {, per cents have dropped three points TO
o.; philippine bonde are not listed IN Paris.
ar on the Paris Boursc In regard To other
ieevrif,es likely - be affected by the decisions
80 The Peace Commissioners is hcreful. expect
o. % moderate rise. especially In Cubans.
r,s strike OF the Partisan workmen. which
,.rsn with the terrassiers or lowest grade OF
49,. ,.horers. has spread 20 the niasons, iron
.r,ors stone-cutters, truckmen. plumbers. lock-
r.,,hs carpenters. joners. painters. decorators
..a other housebuidng guilds OF the two
-arsd thousand houscbuildlng worlSnicn IL
n.r,. forty thousand are on strike. carrying on
.-et,ons under Socialist or colleo'ivist leaders,
v',,b discipline and organization like those OF
..,ou army. outlying pickets of twenty men
.,srd guard over all buildings and sneds, ana
s.a by force well-d,sposed r.en from con-
craving work These picHets are hourly v'sitcu
o,.srr SQUADS Of strikers. mounted oil bicy-
". who communicate with the leaders OF e9ch
ia These remain In permanent session day
"a r,rht ut the Bourse du Travail. when
,.odouarters OF the whole movement
y. rnnrsday night the Municipal Council
'. paris supposed 1t had ended the strike
nsr.uadins the contractors TO hnnui
It contracts and agreeing 10 pay u-
,,r from the city treasury the sixty CEN
.,,os ner hour which the terrassiers demanoeu'
~, ,errassicrs at first consented. but su'''
.,.r,,y declined 10 work unless the other pu""-
- suyds should also benefit by prcpor'ioha'"
,..r.ase Of WAGES. AS some OF these puiiue's'
.vn,ed stone-cutters, for instance receive q"
,,.dv 2S cents an hour. the inoreas 10" asNeu
-. o.ould prove ruinous. To-day only '"o ii"'
Ava men remain at work on enormous wi"
.,ruc,lons connected with the eNh'oi"o" ,'"
.,s me,ropoitan railway. and owing u ''c
.,roats of the strikers these men cannot N'N'
,,o ,vorksheds where they are ohil9eu l" e'cOP
ed GA, their meals. Consequently iron p0r'
49,, .,e barracks have been brought 10 '''o
"a. and the workmen supplied with So'o'c'"
nations. .,o, ,ro
All the buildings in course OF CONSTRUCTORS ''e
sua-aed day and night hy cavalry ana ihia""H
:, the line The Minister of war o'ehe''.
rb.noine. has strengthened the garrison u
p.,ls by regiments from Orleans, Oher'res'
Rouen and Nantes. 90 that Generai "u'i'"'. -
~. Military governor Of Paris has under his
orders nearly sixty thousand men, Oh "'''"
thirty thousand could he concentrated ~ TWO
hours notice ut any point within the CITY ''ri'S'
The Government ia taking every precau'io" u
keen the strike movement entirely separate rom
snv future Dreyfus disturbances MoaI""''e
peaceful workmen. contentod with the'f "'sD'
.,o hu,rsd by a handful Of disconnected profess
,ional agtators and compelled to remain i'Ir,
A, nublic meeting at the Bourse du Travail
n general strike last night was ofhcia"F PRIV
claimed and efforts were made to cXtehd I" ~
every branch Of industry. The temper oil th'se
meetings is illustrated by workmen hsh'ns'
'~yhere shall We get the necessary money W
.ort,nue n general strike" To which came the
ready reply: Never mind the money we can
thunder the bakers arid butchers shops when
ever we like" NJ. Henri Rochefort WHO never
misses an opportunity TO fish in troubled waters
encourages the general strike by iniamne COL
torals: and the subscription fund opened FOR the
strikers by his paper the "lntranslseant' AZ
ready reaches 10000 francs.
NJ Picard. Commissioner-Gene OF the EF-
abition Of 1900. in an interview this morning
says:
It's impossible any longer TO conceal inc inct
that the strike is not quickly ended the success
III the exn,hition viii he seriously compromise9'
sfor II viii be impossible TO open II on Aprli 49,
1900. The strike. II confined to the terrasslers'
could not do us much harm. because the cxcava-
ton and foundations are already nearly com
pleted and in this respect we are two months
ahead Of our schedule time but the present
comes at the worst moment possible Nearly al
the workmen employed at the exhibition are
fully satisfied With their wages but they arr
bullied by the hot headed outside asitators. who
threaten to kill or maltreat those who work.
All work on the Champs de Mars and the Es-
planade des Invalides is at an absolute STAND
still Two OF my best building firms have closed
altogether and the situation is already most
serious.
The arrival Of NJ. Liotard. Lieuterant-Gov-
ernor OF Upper Oubangui and his enthusiastic
welcome by Count Brazza and Prince Roland |
Bonaparte gave temporary effervescence TO |
the Fashoda excitement. but absolute confidence |
prevails at the Foreign Office that salts |
factory arrangement is only question OF time |
NJ Delcasse has proved his Willingness to come /,
to a speedy settlement by directing Major Mar !
chand to send his report to Khartoum. whence |
II Will be telegraphcd to Cairo and Paris pass |
Ing through English hands, in order 10 gain time !
NJ. Delcasse cannot agree to the abandonment !
Of Fashoda as a condition precedent to discus |
SION This would place the Cabinet in the light !
Of yielding 10 the threats Of the London press !
but Downing Street is said to be now aware !,
that NJ Delcasse has several proposals under !
consideration any one OF which is likely to !
prove satisfactory TO both France and Ems ana. +
While strikes and Dreyfus clouds darken Paris !
the rest OF the country Is rejoicing In vintage
which promises to be the best and most proh'a' I
tle for many years, and bids fair TO compensate
for the disappointments Of the vintage OF loo''
Experts declare that the vineyards OF burgundy /
have reaped greater advantage from this ex-
cepionslly dry season than those OF any otner |
part Of France. and predict that 1898 VIII he
known as red.letter year for the growth OF |
Beaune. Chambertin and Clos Vougeot' ana mat
Its product will be unequalled by any other Vin'-
eye since 1861 which was the great burgundy !
year Of this century. The vintage in the Boz
deaux district gives yield Of exceptional quail
'sy and maturity. especially for good table ciaret'
A.. -. lie l,ot