Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1897 — IRELAND IN DISTRESS. [ARTICLE]

IRELAND IN DISTRESS.

CROPS ARE A FAILURE AND FAMINE SEEMS CERTAIN. Cereals Rotting and Potatoes Fit Only to Feed to Cattle—Reanlta of Persistent Rains—Miners’ Wives in a Hard Fight. Famine Threatena. Inquiries throughout Ireland fully corroborate the alarming predictions of the failure of the harvest and a consequent impending famine. Cries of warning to the Government are rising in a crescendo scale from all parts of Ireland. From Mullingar, one of the most prosiicrcus parts of the midlands, a correspondent telegraphs: “The crops are now irretrievably destroyed. It will be impossible for the farmers to make anything of their cereals this year, as they are quickly rotting. Prayers for fine weather nre recited" From County Wexford, noted as one of the richest in the country, the tidings are: “The green crop may be described as a gigantic failure in County Wexford this year. The greater parr of the potato crop is fit only for feeding cattle.” From Fermanagh, in Ulster, a correspondent telegraphs: “At a meeting held here to ask for a reduction in rents, the parish priest presiding, declared that not since ‘black 1847’ has the prospect for farmers in this district been so bad. In several places the potatoes have been a failure. Hundreds of tons of hay have been ruined by the heavy rains and floods.” At a meeting of the Board of Guardians at Mitchellstown, County Cork, the chairman said: "The potato crop is generally a failure, while the otner crops have been hopelessly injured by the unparalleled inclemency of the season. We are on the verge of a great agricultural crisis.” The Government has adopted no measure yet to cope with the threatened famine,

FIGHT WITH DEPUTIES. Coal Company’s Effort at Eviction a Complete Failure. The efforts to evict the striking miners of the Pittsburg and Chicago Coal Company at Orangeville, one and a half miles from Gastonville, Pa., resulted in a riot of no mean proportions and the utter failure on the part of the company to accomplish its object. When the news spread that the evictions were to be attempted the whole vicinity about Finleyville, Gastonville and Orangeville became wildly excited. About 7 o'clock at night twenty deputies from Washington. Pain the charge of Chief Deputy Joseph H. Wetherill, reached Finleyville, where they were met by a large crowd of strikers and their friends. Each deputy was armed with a Winchester rifle and a revolver, but in spite of this the strikers, headed by liJtt Polish women, closed in on them and the deputies received rough treatment. They were gradually forc?d back, and finally retreated to Gastonville, where they were followed by a crowd of about 2(W men and women. At Gastonville the deputies took refuge in the office of the company, where they were kept all night. The building was bombarded with stones and bricks and an occasional shot was fired. At 7 o’clock in the morning the trouble of the night reached a climax when the deputies sallied out from their besieged quarters and started to Orangeville. Each one carried his Winchester in his hands and his revolver was exposed, but these bad no terrors for the besiegers. Headed by the women, the strikers rushed on the deputies with stones, clubs and pickhandles, and blows fell thick and fast. One of the big women wrested the rifle from a deputy’s hands and struck him on the head with it, inflicting serious injury. Almost every man in the posse was cut and bleeding and several were seriously hurt. One had his right hand almost severed by a sharp stone. The officials of the company say no further attempt will be made to evict the miners for the present.

AT TRADES UNION CONGRESS. Nearly Four Hundred Delegates in Attendance at Birmingham, The trades union congress met in Birmingham, England. There were 390 delegates present, representing 1,250,000 unionists. The Parliamentary committee reported that the legislation in many decisions of the courts during the year 1807 was not based on the principles of equity and justice and was calculated seriously to injure the cause of labor and give capitalism an unfair and improper advantage. standing of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore ...77 33 Washington. 40 Cl Boston 79 35 Brooklyn ....50 64 New Y0rk...73 39 Philadelphia. 50 64 Cincinnati . .64 46 Pittsburg ... .48 63 Cleveland .. .57 55 Louisville ...49 66 Chicago ....51 63 St. L0ui5....28 86 The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: W. L. VV. L. Indianapolis. 85 32 Detroit 65 58 Columbus .. .77 43 Minneapolis. 41 86 St. Paul 77 47 Kansas City.3B 89 Milwaukee ..73 50 G’nd Rapids.3s 85 Apaches on a Rampage. About 1,000 Apache Indians are off the reservation and are scattered through tne Pinal and Superstition Mountains, in Arizona, killing deer and gathering wild fruits. None of them is provided with passes and all are armed. They have committed only minor depredations around thi ranches of the region, but the settlers-are alarmed and are on guard. Sorry They Did It. Colbrado Democrats have discovered that in r their haste they nominated John A. Gordon, a Cleveland Democrat, as candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court. Gordon was the leader of the bolters last fall, who repudiated the Chicago platform and Bryan. Thousands to Help Tote. Mrs. Richard Milliken, widow of the wealthy New Orleans sugar planter, has presented the Charity Hospital with $75,000 to found a children’s building, which will include a kindergarten Teamsters at Skaguay. Leroy Tozier, writing from Skaguay, says: “As a blockade is on and with those now here and coming 5,000 people will be compelled to remain here until spring or return home. Some have horses and wagons, and such are making from W 0 to SIOO a day.” —— Many Families Made Homeless. Thirty-five families were rendered bouaeleM to-night by a fire in the Kaw Wrer bottoms, near Kansas City. An entirs Wock of frame buildings was destroyed, entailing a property loss of $60,MB. Many poor fwaita lost all their horns hold affreta. “ ? *£■■■