AMERICAN NEWS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 54, 9 May 1874, Page 12

AMERICAN NEWS.

The general American news is most meagre. There is great excitement regarding the strike among the machinists on the Erie RailwayA detachment of troops, and the "Wyoming Artillery, with four fieldpieces, accompanied the pickets, and were stationed about the town and depdt, and the depot property was takea possession of. Trainswere despatched guarded by 400 soldiers. The Trade Unions are united in an appeal on the subject ot the labor organizations of the country, and insist upon making eight hours a day's labor. They held mass meetings on the 11th May to express their opposition to the- contract system at Government buildings. . Tyrrel, the correspondent of the c Cincinnati Commercial, snot at and killed the Hon. Harry Meyers in Convington. He was law partner with the United States Senator Stevenson. Meyers was counsel for Tyrrel's wife, who had applied for a divorce. The shooting occurred at Meyers's office while he was taking the deposition. The Louisiana House of Representatives voted 100,000do]s, to capture the outlaws in the western portions of the State. King Kalakua, of Honolulu, and suite, were enthusiastically received on a State visit to the various islands. They were entertained by the officers of the U.S. Benecia. A number of those who took part in the disturbance on the election of the King will be tried. At a fire at Charleston, damage was done to the extent of 200,000d015. Cuban despatches announce the killing of an insurgent colonel ana sixteen insurgents by the Spaniards. The New York strike continues. There were several earthquakes at B.ild Mount, North Carolina, accompanied with constant loud noise. The citizens in the vicinity are Seeing. Religious meetings are held nightly, and large numbers have mado preparations for the end of the world. , The temperance agitation continues, and there is great religious excitement. People are leaving their cattle and crops to. taku care of themselves. The Mississippi steamer Crescent City exploded. Sixteen were killed. The loss is 3GO,ooodols. . A large house at New York caught fire. The firemen heroically saved 11 families. A woman and three children, whom it was impossible to save, were burned to death. _ General Wolseley will be rewarded with the rank of Major-Uen-eral, and a pension of £7,500 per annum for two lives.