The Monmouth inquirer., 1911-08-24
SETTLEMENT REACHED
IN ENGLISH STRIKE
Train Service Partly Resumed
on All but One una

uu MI JUL uilU LILO
The terms of the settlement Of the
strike In Great Britain are generally
accepted BY the railway men through
out the country, and the men claim
q victory. Many have resumed work
but numbers Of them are still out The
expectations are that everything VIII
be In full swing again In few days,
though It is probable that the majority
Of those who went out win have re-
turnad to work Immediately.
There are some exceptions. The
Northeastern company is still at log
gerheads with its employees. The
company had not participated In the
scheme Of 1907 and therefore is not
affected by the settlement of the strike
The manager of the company has is
sued notice to the msa that they VII
only be taken on as the Company may
require thsir serYjces, The situation is
to be considered by the railroad board
and until 1t has been the conditions Of
reinstatement viii not be DISCUSSED
Train service has been partly resum.
ed, but for several days possibly it win
be. restricted. The men are equally
stiff Tipped and declare that they viii
not return until 1t is agreed that the
mln,-sun wage shah be $3.50 week
with eight hours work At big meet
ings ut New Castle. York and else
whore on he Northeastern this senti-
merit scs indorsed Pickets are being
malnr~incd ana there is very little
traffic. i,,sh troops to the number of
$500 hHsa heen sent to work. There
are l.i};l strikers at Carlisle who re-
fI1se Tie fPr1s Of the settlement At
Manchester the men are divided
ernrp. Paul Geidel, the boy
accused of the mur
der of William Il.
HArp6NiNGS. jackson In the Hotel
IIoquois IN New York on July % last,
came before Judge Crane for trial In
part Of general sessions Getdei
when led to the defendants seat was
q wreck. His eyes were red with
weeping and he stumbled to hts chair,
planted his elbows on the counsel's
table and buried his face In hand
kerchief His mother assisted counsel
for the defense In the selection OF
jurors.
When Oliver Locke, a negro wife
murderer, was paying the penalty for
his crime at the penitentiary In Eddy
vile. Ky, the condemned man,
through whose body 1000 volts Of
electricity was coursing, struggled
twenty-eight minutes with superhu
man strength and finally broke tn.
leather straps that bound his arm.
and legs to the death chair. Aftes
breaking the straps the negro topp.e
to the floor and apparently succunDe-
but an examination by the prison
sicians revealed the fact that he 80
slowly revtving. His body was
strapped to the chair and 2,5G.
of electricity was turned on. 80 ~.
minutes elapsed before life ~. s.,
tinct.
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the abuses that arise from the 49,.
difference IN the laws OF divorce =.
marriage throughout the states ,.eg
resentative George w. Norris a.it =,
e. Howard have introduced res
tons requesting President Taf, Ia =.
the governors OF the states to - /,
representatives to congress of ,.e.e
gates to be held In Washington
formulate a uniform law of marri -:
and divorce and to submit the "a !,
to the legislatures.
Mrs. Roberta Corwtn Hill, the dauga
ter OF Norris @. Menges, horse..ia.
and real estate operator of Sheepsheao
Bay. LEFT this country on the White
star liner Olympic and, according to
her friends, win never return to her
uatfye land Mrs. Hill was imprts.
oned for three days IN the Tomhs last
February after her conviction fm
smuggling a $1,000 sable coat into
this country.
George Brown, ranchman Of Re-
doka, 8. D., fell from a horse three
days ago and was pronounced dead
During the funeral services he sat ND
in the coffin and without assistance
climbed out, to the horror Of his sor>
rowing friends. Brown says he was
tn g trance and knew all that was
cotug on. He teared hetng buried
alive and succeeded In breaking the
trance.
In the next few days persons In
various parts OF the country viii re-
cssye letters addressed to themselves
years ago. Several mai sacks that
were lost during the food Of 1905 have
frst been found IN the bed Of the Pecos
river, near Albuquerque. n. NJ Their
coutants were In such good stats Of
preservation that they were mailed to
their various destinations.
The dtrigible balloon In which MeI.
vim vantman Will undertake to Cross
the Atlantic has just been completed
at Akron. O., and within a few days
Il win be shipped to Atlantic City. N.
J.. where vaniman viii start for Eng.
land. Francis A. Sieberling who gave
81 N 0o0 RI a0anoe the frfy, hrniro q