The Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1864-10-22 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

BREAKING UP OF A STRIKE—The strike of the colliers in the Black country may now be considered at an end. On Saturday a meeting of the men on strike was held at Bilston, when Mr. Griffiths, a well known metal broker, addressed them, and pointed out how hopeless was the chance of the men gaining their object in the present state of the-iron trade. The numbers of the committee then proposed a resolution that the men return to their work, but the poor fellows could not tring, themselves at once to confess that all their past sufferings had been endured in vain, and the resolution was received in silence. A meeting of the committee was afterwards held, when they resolved to break up their organisation, and leave each man to do as he pleased. There is no doubt that this will prove the death-blow to the strike.  —• A PAINFUL SCENE IN A POLICE rOURT. —At Manchester Police-court, last week, a man named Harrison was charged by the overseers of the Man. cheater union with deaerting his two children, one of whom, a little girl of eleven veers of age, had become chargeable to the parish. ihe prisoner, it appears, heed in Manchester last winter for about three months, but in April last he went to Liverpool to join his ship, leaving his two children destitute. line of the two children was taken to Liverpool and maintained by the priiioner'a sister-in-law, the other being taken to the Mancheater workhouse. .1. warrant was issued for the prisoner's apprehension, and he was taken into custody  tverpool docks. P sister.ir  while on board a ship in one of the Lis He was at once taken to the house of his _ .in-law, who then identified him as the father of the children. The prisoner denied that he knew either his sister-inlaw cr the child. Hs was then brought to Manchester, and when confronted with the little girl declared that he had never seen her in his life. When the prisoner was brought into court the child wept bitterly and clung to him, evidently with the greatest affection. The heartless wretch declared he did not know her, and as she closely embraced him said, "Go away, I don't know you at all !" The scene was really painful, for while the child refused to be separated from him, her sobs and cries ringing through the court, the prisoner continued to disown her. It ass with the greatest difficulty she could be separated from him, but this having been accomplished, the prisoner was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.  SUICIDE BY A DISCARDED LOvER —An inquest has been held at Blackburn on the body of John Marshall, who poisoned himself by swallowing llioz. of laudanum, in consequence of his sweetheart having discarded him. The young man left behind him the following letters :  31y dear, dear Ellen,-1 write this as a last farewell, for before you can read this I shall have taken the cup of poison. Far, far better is death now than file; hut I shall die, believing I shall go to Christ. So farewell, and God Ideas you, and may we meet above Grant me one favour— that is, to are main my grave before you go home —Yours in death, JoHN MA11,1111.1. —Dear Father and Mother,— Weep not for me, for I shall be happy in Heaven, I wish you to sell all I have and pay what I owe, and take this warning and give your hearts to Christ and meet me In 1.1 eaven.—Your loving son,