South Wales Echo

FACTS AND FANCIES. The style of house that will accommodate two families at the same time has yet to be invented. A logician is a man who can figure out to his own satisfaction that two and two make five. A woman will forgive a man anything except his failure to ask to be forgiven. Before lending a pocket-knife it is always a good idea to rap the ten-cent, pieces out of the handle. JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.—Belle And to think that De.sdemona was murdered on account of a handkerchief ?—Jack So ? Did she use musk ? A VILE SLANDER.—He: Do you know you were slandered the other day by one of your lady fritnds?—She: What did she say ?■—He She said you were musical. HISTORICAL ITEM.—Teacher To what circum- stance is is principally due that Columbus dis- covered America ?—Tommy I suppose to the fact that the country wasn't discovered at that time. IN AN ICE-CREAM PARLOUR.-Mose Schaum- berg Vat flavors have you got ?-Waiter We have strawberry, vanilla, and all the other flavour.?.—Mose Schamberg Osh dot so ? Den bring me some ice cream flavoured with garlick. A friend was visiting Mr Oscar Wilde one day recently, and found him hard at work cutting superfluous dialogue from his new play. Isn't it infamous ? he asked, looking up after a moment or two what right have I to do this th, ng ? Who am I, that I should tamper with a classic ? A distinguished bishop of the Episcopal-Church arriving late at a small town one night, found the hotel door closed, and hammering at the door for admission, a neighbour stuck his head out of an adjoining window with, "Say, stranger, knock like h-I to which the bishop replied, I don't know how." Once, when taking breakfast at a Yankee hotel, a visitor complained that the eggs were not fresh. If you want fresh eggs. waiter, always buv them in Chesterfield" (a county just across the James). "How come Chest'field eggs better'n Henrico egg*, sah?" Because, you rascal, the Chester- field people are too poor to keep theirs long." When Daniel Webster visited these parts (says thp Boston, U.S.A, Globe), for the purpose of delivering his Bunkbr Hill oration, he was enter- tained at the house of a Charlestown merchant. This jnercnant was so embarrassed by the honour of the g-eat statesman's presence that he brought out not only one but several decanters of the best liquor he had in the house. Mr Webster care- fully searched out the vsssel containing the brandy, and poured from it a drink that to-day would be generally termed a bath," and drank ttie lici-lor in a few complacent gulps. The anxiously obliging merchant inquired of Mr Wet,. ster whether he would not like a glass of water. The senator looked up calmly, and in his most magnificent tones replied, urbanely I thank you, sir, but I am not thirsty. This anecdote of Artemus Ward is related by Don C. Seitz in the May Cenury Leaving the little theatre in Twenty-Third-street, in New York, late one evening, Artemus Ward, Charles D. Shanly, and Neil Bryant broke out in a joyous carol. The song was interrupted by one of the then despised metropolitan policemen, who roughly ordered them to stop the noise. At this rude interruption, Artemus stopped his song, and turning, threw himself upon the broad bosom of the astonished policeman, and gave way to a gush of passionate tears. His friends endeavoured to calm him, and the embarrassed officer, half choked by his warm embrace, begged him to desist, which he did. with the declaration that the metropolitan policeman is the noblest work of God.' This sentiment secured escape and a con- tinuance of the song."

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I YANKEE YARNS. I I The Beginning. I Ana it came to pass that a certain woman bad; divers beauties of person. But it chanced, also, that those beauties were of such a nature that they were hidden by the man- ner of garb that was commonly worn. And the woman spake, saying,— 41 Woe is me, that I must be scoffed at unjustly as one devoid of graces Her days were full of lamentation and her nights were sleepless with mourning. And there came to this woman a vision. In this vision she saw herself arrayed in a strange fashion. Yet attirad was she in a way that displayed her loveliness. Then rose she rejoicing. And she clothed herself after the manner of the vision, and was exceeding glad. In the end she spake again, saying Behold I am a dress reformer." And in her day and time many women gob on to her scheme, and the land was full of dress reformers. I Apt Scholars. I I Uncle Jack What school do you go to, my little man ? Johnnie (aged seven) Ths public. Uncle Jack 'Spect you can say your two's? Johnnie Naw we don't do nothin' like that. Uncle Jack Don't you learn any 'rithmebic ? Johnnie 0' course This is how we do you just do it; with me an' give the answer soon's I stop. Ready ? 25 and 7 and 9 and 5 and 6' take away 12. add 7 and 6 times 3 times 8, add 24, divided by 31 how many ? Uncle Jack, Lord alive, boy, that takes my breath away. Guess I need a little fresh air. Hello, sissy, do you go to school, too ? Minnie (aged eight): Oh, yes. Uncle Jack I suppose you can spell-cat-for instance. Minnie: No! we don't have anything like that. We write our spelling, and it is always something instructive. Give me your pencil and I'll write one of the sentences we'll have to-morrow. Uncle Jack looked somewhat mystified when he received this sample—" Balanus, of the genus cirrhopoda includes all cirrhopods destitute of flexible stalk, with symmetrical stalk." A fortune'll never do thsm any good," he muttered. I'll go study nature awhile." Couldn't Help Himself. I In a Chicago restaurant. A stranger who has been vainly endeavouring to attract the attention of the waiters, leaves the table and thus addresses the proprietor,— Seems to be pretty bard to get waited on here." Yes, seems so." "That feller over yonder appears to be all right. He hadn't more than sat down before half a dozen waiters ran to take his order must be a, prince or a duke, for I never saw such a lay out as he has ordered. I suppose, though, that you get so much money out of him that you have given orders that he shall have special attention." Don't get a cent out of him." Ah, he must be some friend whom you delight to honour." "No friend of mine." Then why do you let him eat here ?" 41 Can't help myself." Why, how does that come?" Well, you see, he is one of the striking waiters of a restaurant up the street, and if I do not turn the house over to him all my waiters will quit."

THREE CHILDREN POISONED. I I Yesterday morning- three children, named Alexander, Davidson, and Greta Martin, aged six, four, and two years respectively, and whose parents reside in Relvellyn-street, Keswjqk, were fatally poisoned through eating some fish, which they had picked up on the previous day. It is supposed that the fish had been thrown out, and that some disinfectant that had been sprinkled over it led to the fatal results. An inquest was opened last evening and adjourned.

A BOY'S SUICIDE. I Thomas Barnett, a lad of 14, committed suicide in a most deliberate fashion at Bradford yester- day. He wsis employed at the Ivy Mills, owned by Mr W. Grayson, and shortly after noon was working in the cellar with another lad. On some excuse be got the other boy away, and then taking a spindle band, he fastened it to the top of the doorway, and deliberately strangled him. self in a noose at the end. No cause can be assigned for the act.

MINERS' MEETING IN THE RHONDDA, Important Speech by Mabon. HAULIERSABViSED TO RESUME WORK. THE HON. MEMBER MOBBED. Action of Rhondda Miners Condemned. .PONTYPRIDD, FRIDAY. The events of to-day carried with them no prospects of immediate pacification. The out- look is threatening, the gloom has deepened, and the day's proceedings yield no ray of hope. Yesterday, there was a crumb of comfort for many in the fact that at the Glamorgan Collieries at Llwynypia, work was proceeding as usual, and that many pits in the Rhondda Vach were still unaffected. But, to-day, there came a change. The resolutions of yesterday's mass meeting at Tonypandy had an effect even beyond the most sanguine hopes of the strikers' leaders, for this morning the Llwyny- pia men succumbed to the taunts and the persua- sion of their fellow-workmen, and the extensive pits of the Glamorgan Collieries had to suspend operations for lack of workmen. The contagion spread also to the Rhondda Vach, with the result that the Tylorstown Colliery is now numbered among the many that are idle. Along the busy valley, extending from Pontypridd to Treherbert, the only pits at work were those in the neigh- bourhood of Penygraig; and if a rumour gener- ally current to-night be true, they also will be "on stop" before these lines are read. In the Rhondda Vach, the Ferndale and the Mardy colliers carried on operations as usual, but from Tyiorslown to Porth there was a complete sus- pension. In the Garw and Ogmore Valleys, things are getting from bad to worse, and, if indications count for anything, it is safe to pre- dict that on Monday the coal trade of Mon- mouthshire and South Wales will be entirely paralysed, and underground workmen will j assemble in their thousands, aye scores of thousands, to exchange views round the famous Rocking stone on the Pontypridd Common. It will be a sight well worth witnessing. What a change a few days bring forth 'Twas only last week that the bards of Ynys Prydain assembled on this self-same spot and awoke the echoes with their cries of "Peace. But they cried Peace, peace, when there is no peace," and on Monday this historical spot, sacred to the associations of bardism, will be trampled by the feet of a multitude of militant miners mar- shalled in battle array The scene of the strtig, shifts daily. On Tuesday the hauliers marched n Pontypridd on Wednesday they poured into !■• 'entre Drill-hall; on Thursday, reinforced by their comrades, the miners, they climbed the steeps of the Tony- pandy hills and to-day witnessed the assembly of 7,000 men upon the Griffin Field at Pentre. Here Mabon faced the men, and, with undaunted courage, addressed them in words of truth and wisdom. His speech, delivered among the din of excited opponents, is worthy of careful and deliberate perusal. The hon. member had no hesitation in telling the men that they were in the wrong, that they should return to work. but they listened not. The disgraceful hustling of Mabon that followed, and the unjustifiable exclusion of Daronwy on the pre- vious day, are blots upon the good name of the workmen ot South Wales, which time itself will not easily efface. There is a fear that the divi- sion in the ranks of the men may lead to a rupture of the races. Let there be no reflection on the chairman of In his day'sgathering.lfor though an enthusiastic advocate of the hauliers' claims, he spared no effort to secure a fair hearing for all. It was not his fault that Mabon was not allowed to repeat his speech at length in Welsh, or that the few who attempted to address the crowd in the language of the Cymry were denied a fair hearing. But the very fact that these blunders were made led to ominous grumblings, and often was the remark beard, Letus Welshmen go together." 'Tis a grievous pity that this should be so. There are signs visible of a coming storm, but caution and moderation on the part of those responsible for conducting these huge gatherings may yet avoid a disaster which many fear may at any moment take place.

MINERS' MEETING IN THE RHONDDA, I Speech by Mabon. I The Hon. Member Hooted. I The largest meeting of miners probably ever held in South Wales took place on Friday at Pentre in the Rhondda Valley. Late on Thurs. day evening the crier was sent round the upper portions of the Rhondda to announce that on the following morning a mass meeting of colliery workmen from that district would be held at the Griffin Field, when addresses would be delivered by Mabon and others. Accordingly, at an early hour on Friday, thousands of colliers wended their way to the Griffin Field, which stands immediately behind the Griffin Hotel, Pentre, the headquarters of the hauliers' central com- mittee. By 10 o'clock it was estimated that from 4,000 to 5,000 people had congregated. Shortly after- wards Mabon, M.P., accompanied by Mr W. Evans, sub-agenti to the Cambrian Miners' Association, and others appeared on the scene. 1 be honour- able gentleman at once ascended the platform, and invited those present to elect a chairman. Someone suggested that the chairman of the meeting of the previous day at Tonypandy should take the chair. Several other names were sug- gested, including prominent Federationists and equally prominent advocates of the sliding-scale. MABON, addressing the meeting, hoped that they would have no ill-feeling at the start. It was not very important who was chairman so long as they had a man who would try to keep order. Recrimination or bad feeling would not help them in the least. (Hear.) They might hold different views, but let them hold those views as men disposed to be fair to one another. A VOICE: You were not fair to Mr Brace in the Aberdare conference nor in the Cardiff con- ference. MABON: We have been fair-we have been thoroughly fair. WfJ have done nothing but what the majority of the workmen said was to be done, but it is no use going into all that now. Eventually a haulier from Treorky who has taken a prominent part in the strike was declared elected chairman, and it is but due to him tosay that in the turbulent scenes that followed he did his best to maintain order. The CHAIRMAN, in addressing the meeting, said that than gathering, from what he had learned on the platform, was convened at the request of the Pentre men, who, it appeared, held Mr Abraham responsible for what was going on at the present day, and held that it was Mabon's duty to state his views before the workmen of the Valley. That being so, let them give him a perfect hearing, and then decide for themselves whether they could agree with him or not. MABON then addressed the gathering, speaking alternately in English and in Welsh. He was not, he said, acting in accordance with his own views and dictates when he consented to address that meeting. His opinion was that as yet it was too soon for anybody to interfere in the matter or to try and arrest the course of events. He, however, it appeared, had been held responsible by a great many for not stating his views. As they all knew, he had never yet been afraid to speak out, even when he knew that his views were contrary to the opinions of the great number of his fellow-workmen. In all probability he was in that position that mornine, and they must judge for themselves. It was not necessary for him to trace the history of that movement, or to show how it had commenced. They were told at first that the movement was caused by the postpone- ment of the audit, but according to the report published of a meeting of hauliers held at Ponty- pridd on Tuesday, the hauliers now denied that the postponement of the audit had anything whatever to do with the strike, and that they were simply endeavouring to improve their posi- tion. The facts that they now had to face were these -that at the present moment they had a portion—a very necessary and a very serviceable portion—and the underground workmen in that valley had taken upon themselves to leave their work. not only without notice, but without intimating to their em- ployers what were their grievances. They had left their employment without giving notice of auy kind and without making any demand upon their employers, nor had they taken any means to suggest the improvement they deemed necessary. Now he need not tell them that such an action was a breach of two separate contracts. The law courts of the district were now dealing with the first breach, so that it would not be necessary to discuss that phase of the question.. The action of their young friends was, in his ex- perience, without parallel in the history of labour disputes. They bad seen many labour disputes in their district, but be"ibad never even known of any cessation of work of that kind having taken place in any part of the community that he had been serving without a reason being assigned in the first place for such a proceeding, or some request or demand mad e to alleviate the griev- ance from which they were suffering. In acting as they had done he unhesitatingly stated that their young friends had placed themselves entirely in the wrong. (Hisses.) He did htrahera WM a direct breach of the ogtotiaeut, not for a moment allege that it was wrong on their 1 part to agitate—what was wrong was the im- portant step they had thought fit to take. He knew of no such step having taken place even in communities where there was no machinery or courts to deal with disputes to which a party of men could appeal. But here in South Wales at the present day they had such machinery, they had a court which could deal with thosa cases. He referred to the sliding-scale. (Hisses.) They all knew that that machinery had been agreed upon in accordance with the desires of the vast majority of the working-men of Monmouthshire and South Wal es, and the present action of the which had been entered into on their behalf. He read the 17th clause of the sliding-scale agreement—(hissesandlaughter)—which bad been framed in order to meet all manner of disputes. The clause read :—" Both parties to this agreement pledge their respective con- stituents to make every effort possible to avoid claims or disputes at the collieries, but in case of any unavoidable differences the owners and their officers, together with their workmen, shall endeavour to settle all matters at the collieries, and only in case of failing to effect a settlement shali an appeal be made to the joint committee. It is also hereby agreed that in such cases no notice to terminate contracts shall be given by their employers or their workmen before the particular question in dispute shall have been considered by the Joint Committee and they shall have failed to arrive at an agreement." There they had a distinct clause binding upon owners and workmen, and it was clear there that the agreement had been entirely broken. The action of the h.ii ierm was tantamount to their telling their employers, "We will have nothing more to do with the sliding-scale. (Hear, hear.) Our demand is made outside the sliding-scale." (Loud cheers.) He inferred from those few signs of approval that that action was considered by them to be a proper one. (Cries of Yes and 6, No.") He did not know that that meeting had been called to diicuss the sliding- scale arrangement, but he ventured to believe that if the effect of that agreement was fairly understood among the present genera- tion of miners of Monmouthshire and South Wales they would" not be at all anxious to do away with that machinery. They werenow being carried away by sentitnent-(Itughter, and cries of "It is not ")—but when they came to find out what was involved in such proceedings the laugh would be on the other side of the face. (Laughter.) Let him give them one instance. Since 1875 the coal trade of the United Kmgdom had been increased by 16% per cent., but taking South Wales alone they found that the trade of South Wales for a similar period had increased by 122 percent. (A voice: Where is the money for it, then ?" Laughter and cheers. Another voice, Where's our wages, then?") Their wages would even now stand a fair comparison. (A voice, 15s a week." Laughter.) They would stand a very favourable comparison with the work done. They would remember the words that were uttered by their'friend Mr Woods. In the Midlands there were 80,000 men earning only 10s per week. (A voice, "How much do they work then?" Another voice, "We don't get even that here." Laughter and cheers and counter cheers). The CHAIRMAN appealed for order. Let Mr Abraham, he said, have fair play, and you can all speak afterwards if you like. (Laughter). Mr ABRAHAM, continuing, said that fair play was all he asked for. Leb them look their position in the face what were they to do ? The action which had recently been adopted had divided the mining community in Monmouthshire and South Wales into a very large number of atoms. The good feeling which usually existed between the various parties and various classes in the collieries had been shattered. They found to-day one section of the working men holding secret meetings and closing the doors against their fellow workmen-aye, shuttingoufcmen whowouldhavetosulfer want and privation,-they and their families, as a result of the action taken by the hauliers. Still, these men were not allowed to have a word to say about the point at issue. (Loud cries of "Shame.") They were closed out. If this was Trades Unionism, where was their salvation to come from? The sliding-scale was preferable 10;000 times over to such a position as that. (Cheers and hisses.) His opinion was that the only feasible way out of this difficultv was this- that their friends the hauliers should resume operations. (No, never, and cheers.) By no other means could a peaceful settlement be secured, or these hauliers secure a bearing for their grievances. (A voice, "Aye, and come out in the winter, is it ?) Let them make their request in a regular way, and if they would do that-although he had not been asked or the slightest appeal made to the sliding-scale com- mittee—yet, apart from the insults he had re- ceived, he, as one of the representatives on the sliding-scale committee, would take up the cudgels on behalf of these young men. (A voice Uhat price?" Another voice: Five pounds a week," followed by derisive cheers and laughter.) They could go on msuiting him till doomsday if they liked, but such conduct was something very new in a Welsh audience. Welsh- men gave fair play. (Loud cheers.) They had never known of an Englishman being refused a hearing in Wales, but their friend Daronwy bad been refused a hearing on the previous day at Tonypandy. (Loud cries of Sbame," Yes," No," and a voice "Who sent Brace out?") Mr Brace turned himself out—(hear, bear)-for it was Mr Brace himself that told his friends that, inasmuch as they could not comply with the con- ditions of the meeting, they had no right there, and they a.U walked out. They were not turned out of any meeting. (Loud hooting and disorder.) out of any mee?i a?;dewch i ni, y Cymry, fyn'd o 'ma gyda'n gilydd (Let; us: Welshmen go from here all together), and cheers. The CHAIRMAN: Will you all be quiet. One half of this crowd can't hear Mabon if you con- tinue to keep this noise. MABON, concluding, said: Let me appeal to the hauliers for the sake of themselves, for the sake of the families of those of them that have families, for the sake of the thousands dependent upon them, for the sake of the women and children in this vast community, let me appeal to them, I say, to take this one rational course—the only course that can benefit their position—of resuming work and make their appeal for improvement in a regular way. If they are then not heard there will be a reasonable complaint to make, and a reasonable ground upon which to ask the colliers to come out and support them. (Hisses and cries of dissent.) If that is not done, my friends, you cannot surely fail to see that this action must inevitably lead to confusion and to chaos, and will end in disaster, in ruin, and in widespread con- fusion to the thousands of miners iD this valley. While there are thousands now working, is it reasonable that our men here should be idle ? While there are thousands working in Monmouth- shire and in various parts of Glamorganshire, is it reasonable to ask the miners of the Rhondda Valley to cease work, or to thrust this idleness upon thousands of men who do not agree with the measures that have been.dopted ? Even if the whole of South Wales were out to-day, would it benefit our position—(Yes, and cheers)—while Northumberland and Durham have refused to join in the general strike ? (No.) Much has been said about Durham men joining and so forth, but when it comes to the point, here you find the employers offering them arbitration as to whether it is to be an advance or a reduction, and the Durham men holding their position so well, that not a singla man of them will leave their collieries at the present time. We here are now being compelled to be idle, but I'll tell you this my friends, that some of you will nor, agree with me, that a day is coming, and that a very few weeks hence, when you will agree with me that the best course would have been to admit the wrong, to go back to your work and make your claims known through the proper channels. (Cheers and hissing.) MABON then proceeded to address the assembly in Welsh, when there was a good deal of inter- ruption. He appealed to the Englishmen for silence, and pointed out that the Welsh had listened patiently while he had been speaking in English. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN (himself a Welshman) observed that the Welsh should also be quiet, for many of them were making a noise. MABON repeated his advice in Welsh. He besought them to tell the hauliers earnestly but firmly that their duty was to return to work, so as to enable them to earn what was necessary for the maintenance of life, and to enable them to receive at the next audit the advance which was justly due to them owing to the improved condi- tions of the market. It served the purpose of some t people who tried to belittle the scale to keep them in idleness, so as to prevent them get- ting the advance which the next audit would show to be due. If they remained idle, and so did not send coal to market, they could reap no benefit from the advancing prices. (The hon. member then resumed his seat amid mingled cheers and hisses.) Shortly before Mabon concluded his speech, a cry was raised, "The Ogmore men are commg when all eyes were immediately turned to the adjoining hilltops, where scores of men were seen to be congregating from the Garw and the Ogmore Valleys beyond. A faint cheer was heard from the new comers, and several in the meeting gave a hearty cheer in response. The new comers rushed down the mountain sides, and the idea of a huge invasion presented itself forcibly to the mind. The mountain swarmed with human beings, all cheering to the echo, and greeted with responsive cries from the valley below. It was easily seen that these mountaineers were on the side of the strikers. Arrived in the Pentwyn field, just beyond the Taff Vale Railway, and in full View of the Griffin field, the reinforcements from the Garw and the Ogmore fell in with military precision, and, having b,"n marshalled in a long line, two deep, gave several rousing cheers, accompanied by the enthusiastic waving of hats, caps, coats, and kerchiefs. Having eventually crossed the railway and the river, they joined their comrades in the Griffin field, and then the assembly, which hitherto had been com- paratively orderly, became almost uncontrollable. The CHATRMAN secured a fairly attentive hear- ing. I believe, he said, that we all confer that the hauliers who have come out have broken the original rule but we also believe that it is nonsense to tie up a dog and offer him a piece of cheese. (Laughter and loud cheers. ) We believe further that if the sliding-scsle will hold us in the position which it has held us, it will starve us without us starving ourselves. It has been said that we came out without giving any intimation of our intention. The matter has been intimated many times, but we have always had a deaf ear turned to us. They will acknowledge no request that we make unless it comes through some channel or other to squeeze on top of it and squeeze it out of existenoe. (Laughter and cheers.) We know very well that our children will have to starve-that is, if they are going to keep us long enough-but it comes to this, that if our ohildrea will starve, then starve they will, because we are fighting a just cause. (Cheers.) It is better to starve when in the right than to feed on luxuries when in the wrong. (Loud applause.) I have nothing to say per- sonally against Mr Abraham, but I have a good deal to say against the sliding-scale. Let every man have his say, but we deserve the right of opinion as well as somebody else. (Hear, hear.) It has been said that the sliding-scale was the original machine, and the machine elected by the majority. We sy no. If the sliding-scale committee had been elected properly there are many works com- mittees that would not have had hole-aud-corner meetings as they did to send delegates to A ber- dare who were ignorant of what their powers were. The day comes now to show that the powers these men had at Aberdare were rotten powers. I have a proposition in my hand, and it is this— That this meeting is to be condemned for the manner in which it was called, inasmuch as the meeting yes- terday at Tonypandy passed that no more meetings of this kind is to be called, unless it, is called generally for South Wales and Monmouthshire, such as the one that has been called for Monday next at Pontypridd. Now if anyone else has a motion I will receive it. At this juncture the chairman of the previous day's meeting at Tonypandy (whohad arrived with the Oguiore contingent) climbed on the platform amid considerable excitement, demanded to know why the meeting had been called. (Cries of Shut up," Sit down," and Who are you 2") The CHAIRMAN appealed for order. Let the them behave likeaien and give the speaker fair play. A Voice Did he give Daronwy fair play yesterday ? (Cheers and cries of Down with him." The SrEAKKR said that what he demanded to know, in the name of all that was right and great was this—Who had called thatmeeting ?(A. voice The Welsh." Another voice Who called yesterday's meeting ?" Cheers, counter cheers, and hisses.) Continuing, the speaker said that the meeting of the previous day had been called through the Press. We in Ogmore (he added) heard nothing of this meeting to-day, and if it were not that we had friends in the Rhondda we would not have known of it. And I'il tell y m what, boys, let Mr Mabon (or Mr Abraham) call meetings like this, and there is no success for the movement. (Hear, hear.) Lot us have an open board. The scale is for the three valleys, not for Rhondda alone so let us have meetings in the proper way. A Voice Why don't you hauliers have an open board ? (Cheers.) Mr WM. EVANS, sub-agent of the Rhondda miners, said he would explain why that meeting was called. (Cries of "Sit down," groans, and hisses.) It was called at the request of scores of the workmen of that district. There were hundreds of them who felt all this week that there was need of such a meeting. As to the meeting held in that field on Wednesday, no one knew of that except the readers of the Wcsttm Mail, and it was a meeting called in a perfectly irregular manner. It was explained afterwards that it was a few of the men of Gelli that had called it. The meeting that day had teen called in as regular a manner as any meeting that had been held since the commencement of the strike— not by means of an advertisement in the Western Mail. (Cheers.) The crier had been sent through the district from Blaenycwm to Heolfach inviting all to attend. The previous Speaker Why didn't you send notice to the Ogmore Valley to get us here ? Mr EVANS It is not a meeting for the Ogmore men, it is a meeting for this district only. The CHAIRMAN said that this kind of debate was out of order. Let somebody move an amendment. (A Voice: "Chook Mabon down then," and cries of Shame," cheers, and counter cheers. ) JOHN JONES, collier, of Ton, then endeavoured to address the meeting, but failed to get a hear- ing. Are you afraid," he asked, amid roars of laughter, to hear a little'man like me ? Your case must be very bad, boys. Let me speak, whatever you do. Perhaps it's too soon now, but you willltsten to me later on." Turning to Welsh, he cried, Fedrai ddim siarad yn Saesneg, a does bosit na chai siarad yn Gymraeg yn Nghwm Rhondda. Rwy' i yma cyn gem'ch hanner chi. Rwy'i yma er's wyth mlynedd a'r hugain ond, bobol bach, welis 'rioed mo'r dynion fel hyn or blaen." A scene of the wildest confusion pre- vailed, and the speaker was forced to desist. A Voice: Announce that there shall be no meeting until Monday, when every pit shall have fair play. Alr W. EVANS, who was greeted with derlsi ve cheers, then proposed the following amendment, but the uproar was so great that his voice could not be heard beyond a few yards from the plat- form While sympathising with the hauliers in their efforts to improve their position, this meeting is of opinion that it would be wise on their part to reconsider their position and to place their case in a regular manner before the Sliding-scale Committee—(laughter)—seeing that their action cannot but result in widespread suf- fering among many thousands of their fellow-workmen in South Wales and Monmouthshire. This was seconded, and the chairman at great length endeavoured to explain the motion and the amendmeut to the meeting. While voting was in progress, however, cries were heard, "We don't understand." The original motion was car- ried with a overwhelming majority; but it was observable that hundreds desisted from voting either way. The proceedings then came to an abrupt termi- notion. At this time the attendance probably numbered between 6,000 and 7,000 men and boys. Mabon, on descending from the platform, was immediately surrounded by the crowd, who hissed aed hooted in his face. Things were now assuming a very threatening aspect, whereupon a large number of stalwart Welshmen, from the ranks of the sliding-scale advooates, worked their way through the crowd and formed themselves a strong cordon around the hon. member. In this manner the crowd, still hooting and yelling, went out of the field into the road, and along the main thoroughfare to Mabon's residence. The hon. member and his friends entered the enclo- sure in front of the house while several scores of persons climbed upon the railings around. No threats were uttered, but the attitude of dozens present was unquestionably menacing. From the modest garden in front of the house, and over- looking the road where the multitude stood rending the air with their shouts, Mabon faced the men, and with a calmness that bespoke un- daunted courage, endeavoured to dissuade the miners from any further unseemly demonstration. "Friends," cried be, "if we disagree in our views, let us have no more of this. I shall be no worse friend of yours for what you have done to-day. Let the crowd now disperse in peace. This yelling and these insults can benefit neither of us." A member of Mabon's bodyguard cried out that the proceedings were disgraceful, but his protest was drowned in the din. Mabon and his friends then entered the heuse, and eventually the I crowd dispersed.

ALARMING FIRE AT CARDIFF, About 9.40 last evening information reached the Central Fire-station at Cardiff that a fire had broken out in the neighbourhood of Canton. The steamer Fire Queen was at once despatched, under the command of Chief Engineer Geen and eight firemen, and on arriving in Pembroke- road they found a saw mill, carpenters' shop, and stable, consisting of a brick and wooden building belonging to Mr Wm. Pic. ton, builder, partly in flames. The build- ing, being chiefly of wood, burned very rapidly, but soon after the steamer arrived the flames were speedily extinguished, and prevented from spreading to the timber yard. Pripr to the arri val of the brigade the Canton reel, in charge of Inspector Smith, rendered good service. When the Fire Queen arrived a further supply of water was obtained from a hydrant in Pembroke-road, and the fire was soon got under, being principally confined to the wooden shed or stable and the carpenter's shop above, which were, however, partly consumed. The timber yard was left intact. A large stock of timber was there stored. As it was, a considerable amount of timber and tools, which were stored in the carpenter's shop, was wholly destroyed, though we understand it is fully insured in the County and Northern Fire Insurance Offices. No estimate of the damage could be formed at the time, nor has any indication been discovered as to the origin of the fire. Thousands of people congregated in the vicinity, and con- siderable alarm was felt in the borough owing to the uncertainty which prevailed as to the locality of the fire, the general impression being that the Ely Paper Mills were burning. Happily, this was a mistake, though it served to attract large numbers of people to the scene of the eonflagra- tion.

GORED TO DEATH BY A BULL, I A young man named Arthur Gray, son of a farmer living at Iver, near Slough, entered a field on Thursday afternoon to ring a bull, when the animal turned upon him and almost dis- embowelled him. The unfortunate man managed to walk to the farmhouse, although suffering intense agony, and he was at once conveyed to the Iver Cottage Hospital, but died during the night.

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The Aberavon Disaster. I INTERMENT OF THE-VICTIMS. I Affecting Scenes in the Rhondda. I Yesterday afternoon the whole of the uppe part of the Rhondda was in mourning to pay a tribute of respect to the 18 young victims of the Aberavon boating fatality, 13 of whom were buried in Treorky Cemetery. Long before the time specified for the funerals to start from the homes of the departed, the main street running from the extremity of the populous part of the valley down to Ystrad-Rhondda, extending over a distance of five miles, was thickly-lined by people awaiting the arrival of the mournful pro- cessions. All the collieries in the district were at a standstill. The weather was tine up to two o'clock, when a drizzle came on, but this did not prevent the residents of the various localities attending the funerals in thousands. The.funerals of David H. Thomas (17), Richard J. Lewis (14), John T. Prichard (11), and Maggie Harris (11), all of Treherbert, reached the Treorky Cemetery, and the burial services § were over about half an hour before the huge procession from the lower part of the district of Ystrad-Rhondda arrived in the graveyard The Rev. Mr Rees, pastor of the Carmel Chapel, and the Rev. Mr- Harris, Libanus Chapel, officiated at the sides of the graves of the four young victims. The Vicar of Treherbert and the Rev. Mr Roderick, curate, were present. The nine funerals from Ystrad-Rhondda, which is about live miles from Treherbert, were united in one huge procession, the number of vehicles in the rear containing the mourners, and tradesmen, and other residents from the district and adjoin- ing valleys, numbering thirty-eight, and it occupied over half-au-hour in moving round the corner of the road leading from the main street up to the Treorky Cemetery. It was the largest funeral procession ever witnessed in the Rhondda valleys, and estimated to contain 20,000 persons. All the business houses were closed, and white blinds were drawn in the windows of the cottages ranging from Tynewydd to Ystrad- Rhondda, a distance of nearly six miles. The coffin- which were elegantly polished and trimmed, were covered with floral wreaths and borne on the shoulders of the processionists in turn, that of the deceased young lady, Mary Powell, coming first, and those of Gwen Llewellyn (17), Mary Thomas, Cecilia Hopkins (19), David William Lloyd, Thomas Jones (14), Gwilym Rees, Jennet Dudley (22), and Char- lotte Cesar following respectively. The short intervals between the biers were filled up by relatives and friends. The choirs of the various denominations were united, and sang selections of the favourite old Welsh hymn, "Yn y dyfroedd mawr a'r" tonnau," with a most thrilling and touching effect. An affecting feature was the ap. pearance of the Sunday-school class of the late Mr Daniel Evans, fireman at the Gelli Colliery, one of the victims to the disaster. The two last conveyances in the long series of vehicles con- tained Mr T. P. Jenkins, J.P., Tonypandy Mr J. D. Williams, Clydach Court, member of the Ystrad Local Board and Pontypridd Board of Guardians; [and Mr Meredith, Tonypandy, and Dr. Thomas and Mr T. Llewellyn, Ystrad Rhondda. The Rev. Anthony Williams, pastor of Nebo Baptist Chapel the Rev. Mr DavIes, Hebron, Ton the Rev. Mr Bowen, Siloam Chapel, Gelli Rev. Mr Jones, Jerusalem, Ton Rev. Mr Lewis, Cwmpark Rev. Mr Davies, English Baotist Rev. Walter Davies, Bethel Rev. Mr Evans, Bodringallt Rev. J. B. Thomas, English Wesleyan, Pentre and the Rev. Mr Roberts officiated. The pro- cession, divided into many parts on entering the burial ground of the sections, each of which was led by a rev. gentleman, proceeded at once to the gravesides. The remains of the two little victims, Harriet and Elizabeth Brimble, daughters of MrBrimble, grocer, Tyntylla-road, Ystrad Rhondda, and those of Mary Thomas, servant to Mr Brimble, who also met her death in the boating fatality, were interred abouteleven o'clock yesterday morn- ing in the burial ground adjoining Nebo Chapel, Ystrad Rhondda. The Rev. Anthony Williams, pastor of the chapel, officiated. The funeral was attended by two or three thousand persons. The remains of Jennet Ann Meyrick, of tCeth Crossing, Ystrad Rhondda, were laid to rest in the burial ground surrounding Capel Rhondda, near Pontypridd, the Rev. Mr Jones, Ffrwdamws, Penygraig, officiating. The remains of Gwilym Thomas, 14 years of age, were buried in the graveyard adjoining Cymmer Chapel, in the lower part of the Valley, and those of the boy Atkinson, son of Mr Atkinson, landlord of the Bodringallt Arms, Ystrad Rhondda, were buried in the Lledr Ddu Cemetery, Trealaw. The body of Daniel Evans, 44 years of age, fireman at the Gelli Colliery, was conveyed from the residence of his brother, who was a curate at Briton Ferry, to Yspytty, Cardiganshire, yester- day evening, to be interred there. The Sunday School-class which he had taken with him to Aberavon at his own expense have sent a beauti- ful wreath to be deposited to-day upon his grave. The remains of Charles Lewis (18), Pontypridd, one of the victims, was interred yesterday after- noon, in the Welsh Baptist Chapel burial ground, Bedwas. Short services were conducted in the chapel and at the graveside, by the Rev. J. Thomas, Coedpenmaen, Pontypridd. Much sympathy is felt for the parents of the deceased, Mr and Mra Thomas Lewis, in their great trouble. Pathetic tncidents. I The little boy Brimble, about seven years of age, son of Mr Brimble, grocer, Ystrad-Rbondda, stepped forward to the graveside to look down upon the coffins containing the remains of his two sisters while the burial service was conducted in the ground adjoining Nebo Baptist Chapel, yesterday morning. He broke into tears and cried bitterly when some of the earth was showered upon the coffins. This was the child that the sailor, of Llwynypia, rescued by lifting him upon the keel of the capsized boat while it was being tossed about in the swell of the sea. The scene, as the little fellow stood peering down upon the grave, was a most painful one to the spectators around.—A touching incident is related of the late Daniel Evans, fireman at the Gelli" Colliery, Ystrad. Upon searching the pockets just after the body had been picked up on the beach, thirteen railway excursion tickets of the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway were found in his trousers' pockets. It appeared that he had taken the tickets from all the boys and girls in his Sunday-school class, immediately after going out from the Aberavon railway-station, for the pur- pose of keeping them safe until it was time to returnjhome. It was his custom to take the class away annually by an excursion at his own expense. Last year he took the class to Penarth, He was unmarried, about 44 years of age, and brother of the Rev. Mr Evans, curate of Briton Ferry. The children composing his class went round from house to house at Gelli on Thursday and collected over 20s, with which they bought a beautiful wreath, which was sent on Friday to be placed upon the grave of their deceased teacher, whose remains were interred at Yspytty, Cardi- ganshire, yesterday afternoon. I Another Body Missing. I Our Rhondda. correspondent writes :-1 am requested to state that the body of the orphan girl Elizabeth May Davies, about 13 years of age, from Ystrad-terrace, Ystrad Rhondda, is still missing. Public Meeting at Ystrad. I LMt evening at apublic meeting, held at the Jerusalem Chapel, Ton, a cordial vote of thanks was accorded to the directors, traffic managers, and officials of the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway and the Taff Vale Railway Companies for the services rendered by them in connection with the conveying of the bodies' gratis over the lines, and a similar compliment was passed to the mayor and the residents of Aberavon for their kindness.

I Cardiff Murder. I I PETITION FOR A REPRIEVE. I Up till yesterday evening the governor of Cardiff Prison had not received from the Under- sheriff (Mr E. B. Reece) any definite announce- menb as to the day on which Collins, who is now lying under sentence of death for the murder of his paramour, will be executed. It is still believed, however, that the 21st inst. will be chosen. Collins keeps up his spirits extraordin- arily well, and pays every attention to the spiritual ministrations of Mgr. Williams, who visits him daily. At the requisition of the friends of the prisoner, Mr Joseph Henry Jones, the solicitor for the defence, has drawn up a petition for the reprieve of the condemned man. It is pointed out that evidence of Dr. Pringle went to prove his in- sanity, and on that ground the promoters hope to influence the Home Secretary in the prisoner's favour. The memorial is being numerously signed by the Catholics and Irishmen of Cardiff.

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Cardiff Land Rights. I Mr Beynon Harris interviewed. I The Bute claims to the foreshores and the other questions of land rights, to which we recently referred, are still engaging attention, and within the past few days the matter has reached another phase, and there is every indication that before long the question will occupy a considerable share of public interest. As has been shown, the issues involved are not identical in all the cases. That which has reached the most advanced stage is the case of the floating and dry dock, which lies upon the foreshore of the Taff, on a spot over which the Great Western Railway Company have obtained leave from the Bute estate to make the extension of their branch to Cardiff Docks. It is over this extension that the Barry Company will reach its new dock station. A reporter of the South Wales Daily News obtained, at his office yesterday, an interview with Mr Beynon Harris, who is retained in some of the cases. What," the reporter asked, "is the present position of this foreshore matter V Well, you see," Mr Harris, who is naturally rather reticent: in the matter, said, the principle involved in the different cases is not by any means a uniform principle." You mean that the decision in one issue would not be applicable to the others 1" "Just so. Mr Lang's case does not include all the points in dispute." What are the different issues in kho-several cas" V' 41 The difference is this, the rights claimed are intrinsic and fundamental as regards the Dum- ball's-road, Plymouth Wharf, and the Corpora. tion; and the others are rights of a possessory nature. The case of Mr Lang, then, would be decided by i mmemori al 43us torn ?" "Hardly. Cases where the inherent title is claimed are not now decided by immemorial usage alone, especially against the Crown." 44 Would not the Bute estate claim as grantees of the Crown ?" They might; but in any case grantees of the rown are subject to all equities affecting th grant; for instance, the title of the grantee datese only from the date of the grant, and is not coeval with that of the Crown." That is to say, in this specific case Lang's claim existed before the land was granted to Lord Bute ?" That, no doubt, is what we have te establish." 44 Could the Bnte estate claim the foreshores on any other grounds ?" "They might do so under the franchise." How so?" By the common law a port is a place where a subject is permitted to discharge customable goods, and the enfranchisement of a port belongs to the sovereign unless granted by him to a subject. What are the rights of foreshore ?" Shortly stated, they are the sell between high and low water mark at ordinary tides. They belong of common right to the Crown." Might they belong to a subject ?" Ob, yes, by grant or prescription and if not by these, under one of the exceptions—that is to say, as parcel of an adjacent manor, or belonging to a subject in gross." 41 Do either of these exceptions apply to Car- diff ?" No, they do not." 41 What are the facts you will have to prove to establish your claim in the other cases ?" Generally speaking, we should have to prove to whom the franchise of the port, of the soil of the shore, belongs; how they came to be vested in another." What would be the nature of this evidence ? That depends upon the circumstances of each case. "Then, will you tell me whether the same euidence which will be necessary to prove your title to inland property would serve you in establishing your title to the foreshore ? Certainly, the same evidence may be ad. duced but I would not say that any other evi- • dence must not be utilised." "What is your opinion of the chances of success in the other cases ? You can rely upon this—that I should. not enter the case for trial unless I was pretty well convinced in my own mind of the benefit to. my client.

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