The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1874-07-18 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

COMMITTALS FOR MURDER.—At Oldham police Court, on 111,,,1ay, John Snape and Watt Jackson were committed for the wilful murder of James Harrop by kicking. Thomas Macdonald, who recently killed a woman at Plymouth by beating her with a bedpost, and afterwards attempted anicide, was on the same day committed for.tn;aL.,,  NATIoRAI, A.RICULTURAI —LABOURERS' UNioN. —At a meeting of the F.xecntive Council, at Learning. ton, on Monday, it was reported that there were 2,590 labourers Rtill out of work, 1,71.4 of whom are in the New. district. These returns show a decrease of 14)0 Pee the district, and a decrease of 000 generally. A Psebemes for t9OO was drawn forth.. porposie of relief, as against 11,048 it the minions week. The work of tiotgratiOn•was being poebed 'forested ropidlt: 'Mr. CrickAlsitieet'seeretary. Ifewswitet, Wet filitbet couraging rootlet the nitwit that seedeiwprthe hawsers were really giving way, and many men had been taken on at an advance of one and two shillings a week.  hills part of the district, it is stated, says the Post, that when the Cannock Chase Collieries were started, seine years ago, there were no dwellings to be had in the immediate neighbourhood, and to compensate the work. men for the distance they had to walk to and from work, they were paid 3d. a day (or stint) more than their fellows working in other parts of the district more favourably circumstanced as regarded house accommodation. Although since then Chase Town has sprung into existence, and houses become more plentiful. the higher rate has prevailed, both there and at the other collieries on that side of the Chase. Under these circumstances, it seems only reasonable that Brownhills men should ask to be placed on the same footing as the men at work at the Chase. The anomaly is heightened by the fact that coal at one colliery, at least at Brovrnhills, js selling, as our reporter was informed, at 10d. a ton higher than the Cannock Chase coal. As to the condition of the men and their families after so prolonged a struggle, the general suffering appears to be less than might hare been expected, especially bearing in mind the recent failure of monetary supplies from head-quarters : and what there is of a severe kind is sought out and all,iated. The men speak in most grateful terms of the kindness of the tradespeople of Brownhills, who have given credit—or "trusted," to use the popular term— to a very large extent, in addition to contributing about £l7 towards the relief of the non-unionists : and special mention is made of the generosity of the proprietor of the Railway inn—Mr. Showell, Oldbury—who, since the middle of May. has given a large piece of bread and cheese and a half-pint of ale daily to every miner applying for it. His hospitality has been partaken of daily by from 200 to 280 persons. The miners and tradespeople of Trench, Pennington Wood, St. George's. and Oakeneutes. Shropshire, have also contributed liberally, there having during the last two weeks reached Brown. hills from these places quantities of bacon, sugrr, tea, &c., &e.. some 300 loaves of various sizes, some few being leviathans, nearly a yard in length. From the same localities about 116 loaves have been sent to West Cannock, and ..82 to Mr. Griffiths, for the relief of the most necessitous cases in the West Bromwich district. This, of course, in addition to the levies, which have been well paid in Shropshire.  , I'4