TRADES AND LABOUE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2004, 21 July 1892, Page 34

TRADES AND LABOUE.

(Per Press Association.) New York, July 13. The press state that the union miners of Idaho scut a car loaded with giant powder down a sharp incline against the walls of the works, causing an explosion which destroyed all tho non-unionists. The perpetrators havo yielded to the militia. Federal troops have been despatched to tho scene to assist in maintaining order. Tho troops have made a peaceful occupation of Carnegie's works. AiMied miners in Idaho have seized 100 nonunionists. The President has given orders to reinforce the troops in the district. July 15. The miners of Idaho are entrenched in a strong position, aud will oppose the troops. The manager of one of the miues has been killed, and his body terribly mutilated. The miners have captured several reporters and imprisoned them. Martial law has beeu proclaimed at Carnegie's homestead. The Idaho miners are dispersing voluntarily, but retain their arms. July 16. Twelve of the non-unionists who were captured by the unionists of Idaho on Thursday last were murdered in cold blood. • Those ou strike continue outrages, aud have destroyed two railway bridges by dynamite and cut the telegraph wires. They threathen to dynamito the Bank of Wallace, owing to its cashing the cheques of nou-uniou men. The military invest all the towns in tho vicinity of the scene of disturbance. Fifty non-union men have relighted tho fires in Carnegie's works, and the troops have had to draw their swords to prevent the strikers from interfering. July 18. The troops have arrested 5000 miners at Idaho, and a number of citizens whoso sympathies are known to be with tho strikers have also been placed in custody. Fifteen huudred strikers, well armed, aro entrenched in tho mountains, but the troops aro starving them out by preventing supplies reaching them. The men employed on tho railway lines converging on Pittsburg have refused to haudlo materials intended for Carnegie's mills. , Mr Carnegie was hanged in elKgy at Littlo Rock. Sydney, July 19. The exodus of minors from B.roken Hill continues, and thoro is liltle prospect of a, reconciliation. Washington, July 12. The Unionists at Ciour Dalene mines in Idaho evicted the non-unionists, killing nine of them, and blew up the works with gunpowder. July 17. The Idaho strikers conducted 200 non-union-ists away, threatening them with death if they returned. A discussion on tho Idaho strike took place in Congress. The opinion was generally expressed that the rioters have deliberately prepared for a struggle with the authorities. An attempt is being made to resume work with non-unionists, but a body of 200 wero charged and disporsed by the strikers. London, July 17. In tho course of an interview to-day with a representative of the Chronicle, Mr FitzGerald, labour member of the Now South Wales Parliament, denied the statement which had been published that tho success of the Labour party in the colony had frightened investors and injured trade. The circumstances of the present strike ab Broken Hill are thus related by the Sydney Daily Telegraph: — Some two years ago a general agreement was drawn up between the mine owners and the miners, the terms of which have been observed on both sides until the present trouble began. Recently the mine directors arrived at the decision that they could no longer continue to work the mines on tho day wage principle, and decided to substituto the contract system. This was objected to by the miners," and last week the directors gave notice that they would terminate their agreement with the men at the end of tho current month. The reply was an almost instant declaration of war to the knife. The miners came together in thousands, aud in a whirlwind of tempestuous excitement resolved to abandon work at once. The critical condition of the Proprietary mine suggested to^them an opportunity of bringing the employers to their terms at a terrible cost. It was pointed out that if work was continued to the end of the month timbering might be effected, which would enable the mine to be left idle with little loss save that of the output for months, whereas a sudden stoppage might involve incalculable loss to the owners. The thought ran like wildfire through the minds of the angry crowd, and the words were cheered, and cheered again. So to-day (sth inst.) the fires are out and the mines deserted. The earnings of thousands of men have ceased, and a wild and hopeless warfare has begun.