The Potteries Examiner : — 1879-02-08 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

AND MURDER. A Lloyd's agent at Singapore telegraphs that the Australian vessel Kate W•tters, while on a voyage from Hong Kong to Foochor, was scuttled, and the officers all murdered by the Chinese crew. I The vessel has since been captured and taken into Singapore. 'rhe Kate Waters is a barque of 580 tons, owned in Sydney, New South Wales.  antinhigh W Iges inea could succeed in binning down the wages id id all labourers, mechanics, and attire,na of every DESTIWIrrYVE Free is LoxDon.—A aerions Are, kind to Ige. or 14.5. a week, and it would follow natnrally which threatened at one time to he of a very destructive that workmen would no longer be able to character, occurred this week in Wormwood-street. City. pay to tide per week and up to ss. per , About half.past nix a policeman gave an alarm that there week for a cottage. Working men would hare wan a tire in the miner part of one of Iforniman'e tea to r itrograde back to a lower social position. Sanday warehousce. Flamm; imon burnt out of the top windows, suits of clothes could not be made of expensive cloth, and it Was not long before the roof itself was in a blaze. and their hoots, hats, Am.. would have to be of a much The bnilding contains five floors, and in 140 ft. long by commoner kind. There might be fair employment for SOIL high. Steam engines came from all directions, cloggere, ft.:llan WeaVera and cutters, but it would be a and at one time there Was as many as twtive steam and bad job for the best ekilled shoemakem and West of sin manual enginve in full play. Fortunately there waa England cloth weavers: and owners ef cottage property an ample supply of water, but unfortunately, owing to would be amongst the first to feel the evil and ruinous the great height of the etroctrire. the firemen had to run effect of starving wages be working men generally, their hone through an adjoining bnilding—Homan's boot Every reduction of wages reduced the purchasing power I manufactory—in order to reach the miner part id the of the working dames, and crippled all kinds of trade house. When the roof fell M, which it did not long at home, and it waa impossible for their home trade to I after the five war discovered. the firemen were enabled be brisk unlese the working cheers all round had work to pour immense volumes of water on to the to do and fair remuneration for their tabour—(hear,' lames. By this 'mans the fire was got under in abon hear:. Mr. Brown Wan DO believer in low wages, but two hours. The three ripper floors won: nearly liernt under entsting circumstances he could not me any other out, while the ground and first floor were severely way than to advise the miners in his his district to damaged by both fire and water. The fire came down accept the least of two evils, and work on at a small ; the lift direct to the gronnd floor. Wormwood; street redaction rather than enter into the ills of what might '1 is a narrow thoroughfare, and in the vieinity there are turn out to be a protracted and runious strike. Capital! hocks of warehouses stored with all kinds of valuate had been mimpplied, but working men were not to he' material. Memrs. Superintendent ilatiihnnee and held restainsible for the maladministration of capital.. Holmber were in °barge. The whole of the booko, liana works had been stopped; a areal number of banks I valuable papers, including warrante for the delivery of had failed, which had disturbed the induntrial and non, I ten born the several ten WardlonWS. Were fortunately mermal part of the nation. and the tiovernment had' Wed. This enables blesses. II °mimeo to carry on done no little to prolong the present depression of trade their extensive business without any serious harem. that wasthe chief cause of 60 much starving and suffer. ton. The premises and stock are fully covered by i,g amongst the teil.ng millions of the country— insurance.