THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 9471, 16 August 1894, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

AUCKLAND, :At;ousT iq. Tiio Mouawai brings dates from Europe to July 25. - After a mouth's struggle tiltt' the part of the members of the American Railway Uiiioii 011 all lines using Pullman sleepers, tho strike was declared off on July 24. The movement involved all the train handlers with the exception of the conductors and engine-drivers. It was one of sympathy because Pullman, who, is a multi-millionaire, had, it was claimed, dealt unfairly and penuriously with his employes. The union therefore determined to boycott him, and members refused to handle any trains in" the make-up of which his sleeping cars were included. As a consequence there was no mail communication for a time on many of the Western and Southern routes. The business of the country became paralysed. The principal, centres of the strike Sacramento (California), and Oakland. , Most turbulent scenes took place, and were only quieted by puttingthe disturbed districts uuder martial; law* The local uylitia were called out in the first plaee,< but the soldiers fraternised with the strikers, especially at Sacramento and Oaklands, there refusing to charge the riotous train men or to fire upon them. It was different when the regular army troops, who had no sympathy with the strikers, came upon the soene of action. They quickly cleared the depots, and those .who hesitated to go, thinking that the regulars could be bluffed as the militia were, soon found their mistake. They were shot dpwn without mercy. Iu California the damage resulting from, the stoppage of business will take a long time to. recover. A despatch from Shanghai gives additional details of the assault by Japanese soldiers on July 17 on the British Consul at Seoul (Corea), which resulted in the landing of thirty British bluejackets to guard the British Legation. The consul was dragged fifty yards, and was beaten by the soldiers with their lists, while the consul's wife was pushed into a ditch. The consul was jllbecause he was seeding to,pass the Japanese sentries and to enter a bivouac of the troops. Formal complaint was made to the Japanese Minister, who made a curt reply and no apology. Thirteen men and women working in a field near Schwelzunt (Prussia) were killed by lightning on July 14. William Canty, a Canadian by birth, was arrested at Chicage on July 14, after a savage fight with a policeman. Prisoner, by his own confession, was an emissary from the Hatters' Union, Chicago, to assassinate President Cleveland, because in their opinion the members of the Administration of which he is head had brought upon the country hard times, under which the couutry, and particularly his trade, were suffering. Canty had no funds to proceed to Washington, uiul was found robbing a woman in order to obtain money, for which crime he was arrested.

Several rich Englishmen —to wit, Charles Fleisher, Henry L. Maud, Charles E. Denny, Edward M. Denny, and John S. Fallon, stockholders -have brought a suit against the Harley Peak Tin Mining and Manufacturing Company, and a receiver was appointed by Judge Lacomb, of New York, on June 29. The Englishmen had become auspicious after investing 3,000,000d01, and sent agents to investigate the mine. It is alleged that they fouiid that the American owners had only put up 280,000d0l in cash for the purchase of all the property, and that not more than 600,000d0l had been expended in working the mine and in building mills. The complainants want to know where their millions went to. The property is located in the Blackhill region of Dakota, and is said to be almost worthless.