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THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] TORONTO, Feb. 16. The Mail Independent says:—We have made inquiries in nearly every constituency in Ontario, with a view to eliciting impartial opinions as to the result of the forthcaming elections in this province. The tendency of the replies in the aggregate is decidedly favourable to the Liberals but, possibly, the most significant summary of the situation is the following, which is the key note of a great many responses:—"Unless Sir John Macdonald can give the people some more positive assurance than be has so far given, that he really intends to adopt more liberal relations with the United States, it is almost certain that he will lose this county, which has always gone with him."

FEROCIOUS MURDER OF A WIFE. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, Feb. 16. John McMullen, of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, has murdered his wife, mutilating her in a shocking manner. When the body was discovered ¡ in McMullen's house it was naked, and a red-hot I poker bad been thrust into it a dozen times, and with a red-hot tongs he tore great strings of flesh from the body. The room described as resembling a slaughter-house. After committing the murder McMullen fled from the house, acting like one insane, and threats of lynching him were heard.

STEEL PRODUCTION IN AMERICA. [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT. J NEW YORK, Feb. 16. The President has sent to Congress a report by the Commissioner on Labour with respect to the cost of producing steel and steel rails in Europe and America. The report embodies the result of an investigation which has extended over several years. In prosecuting his inquiry the Commis- sioner had access to the books of the leading manufacturers, aad directed his examination of the figures they contained to ascertaining the difference in the cost of producing steel in Europe and America, and the possible bearing of such difference upon the tariff rates. The cost of producing steel rails in America ranged from 2A "79 to 27-68 dollars, whereas on the Con- tinent of Europe the cost was from 18'7 to 24'52, and in Great Britain it averaged from 18*58 to 21'90 dollars. The commissioner states that the labour cost per ton of steel rails should be less relatively in America than in Great Britain or Europe, because American producers dispense with one expensive process, which is still adhered to by many foreign producers. Materials in America moreover are purer, judging from the experience of the three principal works in the northern district. The entire direct labour cost in America, Great Britain, and Europe was respectively 11*59, 7*81, and 8*10 dollars. The heavy freight charges for trans- portation benefit America in some cases, but in others they place the United States at a serious disadvantage, as for example at ports where there is water competition with European manufacturers. As illustrating the practical working of the freight rates, the manager of one of the largest steel companies in America stated that the difference in the cost of producing steel rails as between Chicago and England did not actually exceed three and a half or four dollars, but the freight rate from Chicago to New York was five dollars, and this constituted heavy protection.

FATAL DUEL IN RUSSIA. [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT. J ST PETERSRURG, Feb. 16. A duel with pistols, which arose out of a trivial dispute, has just been fought in the suburbs of Krasnoe-Selo, near St Petersburg, between Prince Vadbolsky and M. Lomonossow, both of whom were lieutenants in the PamoskytRegiment of the Imperial Guard. M. Lomonossow, who was a descendant of the celebrated Russian poet of that name, was so seriously wounded by a bullet from his opponent's pistol, which pene- trated his abdomen, that he was conveyed to the local hospital, and died there in the arms of one of his comrades soon after his admission, the last sacrament having been administered.

ASSASSINATION OF A FRENCH OFFICER. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] PARIS, Feb. 16. A note with reference to Tonquin is published in to-day's official journal giving particulars of an act of piracy committed in the province of Upper Muong, on the Black River. The admin- istrative post at Ohobo was attacked on the night of the 16th January, and the commanding officer, Captain Rougery, of the Marine Artillery, was murdered while asleep, two of the employes also being killed. The garrison consisted of thirty- five Muong levies, and these fled at the first alarm. Measures will be taken for the prompt punishment of the pirates, and for the reorganisa- tion of the administrative services in the province.

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THE LATE GENERAL SHERMAN. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] NEW YORK, Feb. 16. General Sherman will be buried at St. Louis. The remains will leave New York next Thursday, and will be escorted to the train by a procession, consisting of President Harrison, the Vice-Presi- dent, ex-Presidents Hayes and- Cleveland, and a large body of troops.

GRAND REVIEW OF TROOPS AT CAIRO. [FROM OCR CORRESPONDENT.] CAIRO, Feb. 16. To-day the Duke of Cambridge reviewed all the British and Egyptian troops stationed here on the Observatory ground about three miles from Cairo. General Walker was in command of the combined parade, whilst the Sirdar, Sir Francis Grenfell, was in com- mand of the Egyptians, who numbered 1,520. The British force numbered 1,592. All branches of the service were represented. The march past was excellent, especially the Dorsetshire Regi- ment and the Egyptian Artillery and everything was done splendidly, showing what tremendous strides the Egyptian army has made under the tutelage of British officers. At the close of the review, the Duke of Cambridge ad- dressed the officers of both armies, saying that it had given him the greatest pleasure to witness such a magnificent review, and he remarked that the British and Egyptian forces acting together was a happy combination. His Royal Highness said he would tell the Khedive how pleased he was at what he had seen on parade.— Crowds of people witnessed the movements of the troops, who were of a most interesting description. Amongst the crowd was Count Herbert Bismarck, which was delighted and astonished at the manner in which the Egyptian Army performed the parade movements.

DARING ROBBERY IN A LONDON BANK. A CLERK RELIEVED OF. BIS, 000. NO TRACE OF THE ROBBERS. A most daring and completely successful rob- bery was committed on Monday afternoon from a clerk in the employ of the Bank of Scotland. So rapidly and skilfully was the theft committed, that the police entertains scarcely any hope of the robbery being traced. About noon, two "walk "clerks in the employ of the Bank of Scotland left the chief office of that institution in Lothbury, and proceeded together in the direction of Bishopsgate-street. One of the clerks was a young fellow named Mackenzie, only 17 years of age, who has been but a short time in the service of the bank. In Cornhill the two clerks separated, Mackenzie going to the National Pro- vincial Bank of England in Bishopsgate-street, and his companion to the Capital and Counties Bank opposite, and to a branch office of the Central Bank of London, the arrangement between them being that they should meet after performing their respective duties and returns to the Bank of Scotland together. Mackenzie entered the National Provincial Bank of England s office and, proceeding to the counter, laid his satchell upon it. The satchel is of the character usually carried by walk clerks in the employ of banks, Stock Exchange, and other firms, and had gilt letters upon it forming the name and. address of the bank, Bank of Scotland, Loth- bury." As, he laid the satchel upon the counter he felt a touch upon his right shoulder, and turning around was asked by a man of gentlemanly appearance standing near whether he could direct the questioner to the Union Bank of London. Mackenzie replied, and a moment afterwards turned to the counter, and found that in the few seconds his head had been in the opposite direction his satchel had disap- peared. Mackenzie was almost stupified when he realised the great loss which had been sustained and the responsibility which rested upon him. He looked anxiously and searchingly about the bank, but there was no one leaving the bank in a hurried or suspicious manner. He imme- diately made his loss known to the officials and clerks of the National Provincial Bank, but the theft had been committed with such astonishing celerity and skill that no one had noticed anything of the proceeding. The satchel was about fourteen inches long, by six inches, and contained Bank of England notes to the amount of £ 11,590. There were no bills nor gold, and many of the notes will be readily dis- posed of by those who have obtained possession of them. There are, however, seven notes, each of £ 1,000, dated March 14th, 1890, the numbers of which are as follows 68,920, 69,538, 69,602, 69,603, 69,604, 69,515, 69,516. There are also four notes each of jS500, numbered 78,978 to 78,981, dated February 14th, 1890. Mackenzie, unfortunately is unable to give any definite description of the man who asked him the way to the Union Bank, except that he wore a light brown overcoat and felt hat, and was of gentlemanly appearance. A young clerk, named Dagan, who was in the bank at the time, heard of the robbery during the afternoon, and attended at the Bank of Scot- land, and stated that at the time in question he noticed a man with a light overcoat and felt hat standing near Mackenzie, ana that a taller man was with him. Both the men are described as of foreign appearance, but neither of those who noticed them can give any description of their features. Superintendent Me Williams and Inspector Out- ram, of the city police, who have the case in hand, regard it as the work of a gang of robbers who have been engaged in other similar transactions, some of whom have previously been convicted for robberies of this nature. Their theory is that a watch has been kept upon Mackenzie for a con- siderable time and that advantage was taken of his youth and inexperience at the first favourable opportunity which presented itself.

NEW YORK PRICES. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM. j NEW YORK, Monday.—Moneys easy. Stocks at the opening were strong, and a general ad- vance took place. The market at the close was dull, but firm. Cotton on the spot closed quiet at previous rates futures have been irregular, finally leaving off dull. Petro- leum—a steady market at former values Lard opened strong, but afterwards gave way, and closed weak. Wheat has had a firmer ten den cy, due to the decrease in the visible supply. Flour closededull but steady. Corn, owing to the decrease in contract stocks, closed firmer. Sugar has met with only a quiet trade. Coffee firm, with more inquiry and better prices. Tin easy and without quotable change. Iron remains un- altered and closed dull. Copper nominal. GOVERNMENT BONDS AND RAILWAY SHARES. Quotations Feb 16 Feb 15 Call Money U.S. Gov. Bonds 21/} P" c 2% p.c Ditto, other Securities 2,2p.c 2%,P-C Exchange on London, 60 days sight 4.85 A ^.86 Ditto. Cable Transfers J-88 k 4.88 L Exchange Paris, 60 days sight 0.19/8 5.19% Exchange on Berlin—Days..— ion/4 io/8 Four per Cent. U.S. Funded Loan 120/8 120 Western Union Telegraph Shares 81 Atchison, Topeka, & S. Fe k £ >fc Do. Do. 4p.c. Mor 78% 78% Do. Do. 5p.c. Income.. 45y4 44/8 Baltimore & Ohio 89 89 Canada Southern Shares —. 51 5? /a Canadian Pacific 74*4 74 Central of New Jersey 117% 116% Central Pacific Shares. 29 291/* Chesapeake & Ohio Common 18% 18% Chicago, Burlington & Quincey.. 87ys 86 Chicago & North-Westeru, Ord 107% 106% Chicago & N. Western Preferred. 135 135 Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul 55% 54% Chicago & Rock Island 69y8 69 Cleveld, Cin., Ch., & St. Ls. 0»d. 63l/4 62% Delaware & Hudson 137% Delaware, Lackawana 138^% Denver & Rio Grande Shares 19 18% Denver Preferred 60/2 GOV* Illinois Central Shares 96% 96% Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 111% lll/8 Louisville & Nashville Shares 75/ 74/g Michigan Central Shares 91 Missouri, Kansas, and Texas — 12 12 Missouri Pacific ■ • • • • ■ ™« New York, Lake Erie, Western 20/4 1^/4 Ditto, Second Mortgage Bonds ,59/2 New York Central & Hudson River 1™ }9$A New York, Ontario & Western, Ord i'lA 16 Northern Pacific, Common «s/« ^s Northern Pacific, Preferred 'g /s Norfolk & Western Preferred — ?o Ohio and Mississippi Ord. Shares 18 18 Pennsylvania and Philadelphia 0 Philadelphia and Reading Shares MA od/ Philadelphiai&Reading 5 p.c. 1st Inc 54/2 Do. do. 4 p.c. Mort 81% 81% Union Pacific Shares ?5'8 /<J Wabash, St Louis, & Pacific ,5., Wabash, St Louis, &c., Pref. Srs. 1°% 1B '« COTTON AND PRODUCE MARKET Cotton, day's receipts at U.Sts.por 12,000, 10,000 Cotton, day's rec'pts at Gulf Ports V'nrvi Cotton, day's export to Gt Brit'n.. 23,000 1,WU Cotton, day's expt to Continent.. 8,000 10.000 Cotton futures, Mar. delivery 8.61' 0.0^ Cotton futures, May delivery 8.9/ Cotton,middling upland New York 9% Cotton, middling New Orleans 9+& Petroleum, crude at New York 7.10 7.10 Petroleum, sta'dardwhite, N.York 7.20 7.^0 Petroleum, st'd white,Philadelphia 7.50 'I-50 Petroleum, Pipe Line Certs. Mar. 79% 80 Spirits of Turpentine 4OV4 40 Lard, Wilcox's Spot V 5.90 5.87% Tallow, Prime City 4fi Sugar, fair refining Muscovados • 5% 5% Do 96 p.c, Centrifugal. 5% 5% Corn, New mixed, Western spot 63% 64 Corn futures, Mar 52 61% Corn futures, May 5934 59% Spring Wheat, No. 1, spot 117 H7 Wheat, red winter, on the spot 112% 112% Wheat,delivery Mar uo% H0% Wheat, delivery May 106% 106% 4 Coffee, fair Rio 191/4 19V4 Coffee, good Rio 119% 19% Coffee, Rio, No. 7, Low Ord., Mar. 16.95 17.00 Coffee ditto, May delivery 16.55 16.60 Flour, ex. State Shipping brands.. 3-05 3.8G -4.05 Iron, No. 1, Coltness 24-00 24.00 Tin, Australian .— 19-85 19.85 Copper, Mar., 14-25 14.25 Steel Rail 28 28 Freight Grain Liverpool steamers ^/jd 2%d Freight Grain steamers London 2%d 2%d Freight Cotton to Liverpool 6-32 6-32 Silver Bullion. 99V4 100% Wheat, Chicago, May delivery. 97% 97% Corn, Chicago, Mar delivery 51.¡A 51 yg 37 37

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THE SHIPPING FEDERA- TION'S MANIFESTO. REPLY BY MR WILSON. THE CONDITIONS OF PEACE. At the usual meeting of unionists held in the Colonial Hall on Monday night, Mr Wilson took occasion to reply to the manifesto of the Shipping Federation issued that morning. Before doing so he announced that the South Shields branch had voted JE500 to the strike fund—(applause)— and that the London trades unions had resolved to support them in every possible way. He went on to refer to the clause in the manifesto which.f declared that under the authority of the Board' of Trade shipowners had long exercised the right to engage and pay off crews on board their vessels. This was perfectly true in some cases— on board the Atlantic liners, for example—but shipowners were doing it now who had never i done it before, and who did it because they thought it the best way of killing the union. It was said that this signing on of crews on board the vessels was done because" of the violence used at the Shipping Offices towards non-union men. He gave that an emphatic denial, and pointed to the condition of things which had existed during the strike at* Cardiff. Here they were engaged in one of the greatest struggles of the age, and, although they had been waging the battle for ten days, not a single man had been molested at the Shipping Offices. (Cheers.) With regard to another clause of the manifesto, he agreed than every man ought to fulfil his r >ntract; but if they were going to carry a union orew the agreement must be that none but union men should sign. With reference to the shipment of non- unionists abroad, whenever their men deserted. or died abroad they were perfectly willing for the owner to sign on non-union men. They were also prepared, when a unien crew were signed on, to hand their union cards to the captain, and if any of the men were absent from duty. and the captain or shipowner would send their cards, they (the union) would punish the men for being absent. (Applause.) They. would go a step further. Where the; shipowner had been put to any expense in procuring substitutes for any union men who neglected to join the ship they would recoup him. (Hear, hear.) That, he sub- mitted, was a fair and reasonable offer. (Ap-, plause.) He had offered those conditions timee out of number. In one instance, where a ship- owner had engaged a union crew and one of them did not turn up, the union fined the man 30s, and sent it on to the shipowner who had been put to that amount of expense. But owners and cap- tains had refused to take the union cards, so that deserters might be easily identified by the union officials, and the reason for their refusal because they thought they would be help- ing the union. Instead of helping th. union. they wanted it to perish. (Hear, hear.) The next paragraph in the manifesto was that they should maintain the right as individual shipowners to sign on their men when and where they liked. If they made that claim why should not the men say that at individual sailors and firemen they would exercise the right to sign on where they liked (Hear, hear, and applause.) It cut both ways. What was the reason the Mercantile Marine offices were established ? Prior to 1854, the ship. owners, with the aid of the boarding masters, were doing what they were doing in Cardiff I to-day. They were stealing men out of foreign ships, and signing them on in back cellars and

LONDON LETTER. Of it LONDON CORRESPONDENT.] [SPECIALLY WIRED.] LONDON, Monday Night. SOCIETY G AMBLING SCANDAL. Vem? Summers nor Mr Cobb got flUMr"100'1 ou.fc M1' Stanhope by the The o'riS re^ating to the baccarat scandal, man ecretai7 War, after his usual jQgt rier' r°de the high war-horse, but tjjatre finally dismounting he stated ^ould*3 Proceedin £ s were pending he °ffice sanc^0n the retirement of any ftie whose name had been connected with mor was not expected that anything qUe f. an this would be got out of the festen •>nS' Wllich least had their use in mili -S Puhlic attention upon the breach of reSu^ations, which, amongst other c°uiitry hQS mar this episode in a quiet IMBECILITY IN HIGH OFFICE." tion -fre some expectation that a ques- Treasu°U be put to the First Lord of the Vhjcj, reference to another scandal Csdled 1 + e.P]y agitating legal circles. I SUarded ten^on *-° it a week ago in such Which terms as are proper in matters interest they deeply affect public Very n *n ^heir private aspect of a io I nature- One of the best-known ^as now ventured in pointed done h" as^ whether nothing can be One by aryb dy." At present there is no tone}/' it; is felt thac a state of things only n" matter of wide notoriety, not circles, but throughout a felt ayg ranSe of society, cannot be long & jxwjT stated in alluding to the matter, yolVin miscarriage °f justice in a case in- the d e an.(i death had been averted by tViai fVlC^ (,hanging the venue so that the that Ql§ht come on ir» another court than P^esided over by what the Law imbep i^ calls The spectacle of case *n high office." A still later in which the judge, after Hot the jury, left the court and could diirin ?^nc* a space of three haurs, hi8 a,f yhich time the jury were awaiting feeji vnce on a point of law. The general /S that it is the duty of the Lord iti^j!01' to intervene before some step j lahle scandal happens, and if such a be nu- n.°t shortly taken, the question will raised in the House of Commons. ^TR ITK VFCT0RY AT NORTHAMPTON, of r anfield took his seat in the House Labm?1^0118 to-night, introduced by Mr the t tre and Mr Robert Spencer, both tW °Wn aiK* c°unty of Northampton being at«, ePreaented. The House was crowded the 1E^e' ani^ was a little curious that Pared eeninSi8hould have been so slight com- pact 4 enormity o £ the victory. The ti PPears to be that the Liberal opposi- BO a e House of Commons are growing ttium-nV?St0me<^ to a *onS succession of siaom • at bye-elections that their enthu- sm 18 used up. JV 1 .THE GREAT IRISH DEBATE. c6lla s speech in moving the vote of 5j0ri on the Irish Government, Mr John blieg v, d one of those magnificent assem- Boug1#^ only on .great occasions fill ths tl°0r 6 fof Commons. Every ^Ciib on tlic time ° T House was taken at prayer anions tj Randolph Churchill being he ff ef*r'y in their places, though ^eSkyit, e^ from a J.large majority bv hia a 23 soon as Mr Morley had resumed qUea^t- Mr Gladstone came in whilst front Were S°inS forward, and found the herla' enc^ already crowded, with MrjCham- jjgw..Jl1 comp»nionless at the end. Lord who, some hours later, took un tb^ division on the resolution Mr (,av.i!ey Put forward, came in when that 8i lwnan had got half way through his Mr p^ent arguments in support of it. old xe^ was also in his place, finding his thi Titers two or three places down the Co-^ .hench below the gangway. By an odd Mi. rr^enoe' more or less pleasant, he found Healy on his left-hand side. A >e further down, at the corner seat, was Justin McCarthy, Mr Potter interposing genial and portly presence between the 0 rival leaders. MR MORLKY-'S ATTACK. I Morley spoke for an hour and a delivering a speech that will in- Jabn parliamentary reputation. He of j^red under the disadvantage that much story he had to tell was not new. He told it all before at Newcastle, whilst tlj incidents of Tipperary were fresh in i(.e. public mind. On the other hand, so long ago that people have dig- t° forget the details, and were not Uo^hned to listen to the lucid statement w, Put forward. Not less able in its way ,sPeech of Mr T. W. Russell, the stitu einan elected by an Irish Liberal con- chiefe^y, who has come to be one of the bw^t and most gratefully appreciated Atj of the Conservative Government, tl&baf. Russell, though an effective ter- z, IIper, is not a particularly ready He prepares his orations °US^' anc* brings them down fairly liye] 6ri out. He makes his points with twf', animated gestures, and was rap- bejj applauded from the Ministerial > whilst the interruptions of the the £ Illeinhers occasionally lent piquancy to lot ] Ceedings. It was a clever speech, in the feature on which Mr Glad- ^tire]llerc^essly descanted, and it essayed ^teaf^ shift the issue and evade the raised by Mr Morley's resolution. ™*t^ th ™*t^

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THE LATE KING OF HAWAII. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16. Intelligence received here from Honolulu states that the werkmen were busily engaged pre- paring a welcome to King Kalakana, whe was expected to return in good health, when the United States cruiser Charleston, having the body of the late king en board, steamed into the port on January 29th with the Hawaiian and American flags at half mast. A crowd of natives and foreigners gathered on the landing stage, and the United States sloop Mohican and H.M. sloop Nymphe hoisted their flags at half mast, and the yards were crossed. Business in the town was entirely suspended, and the native women, as the cruiser came to ancher, began loud wailing. At five o'clock in the afternoon, amid the booming of guns from the warships the body was landed, being received by a guard of honour composed of sailors from the Charleston, Mohican, and Nymphe, headed by the Charleston's Band playing a funeral march. A procession was then formed to convey the body to the palace, the streets being packed with people, who filled the air with lamentations as it passed by. Upon the mournful cortege entering the palace, the widowed Queen Kapialani appeared on the balconies and exhibited the most violent grief. Princess Lilinokalani, sister of the deceased king, was also greatly moved. The coffin was placed on a bier in the middle of the throne-room, with the king's crown, sword, and reyal feather cloak on top. In the evening the Cabinet met, and proclaimed Princess Lilinokalani as queen.

DEVELOPMENT OF ^BRITISH COLUMBIA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] NEW YORK, Feb. 16. The last tacks of the railway track uniting Fairhaven and the southern roads of the State of Washington with New Westminster in British Columbia were driven last Saturday, on the boundary line of which is situate the new city of Blaine, Washington, and Blaine, British Columbia. Governor Loughlin, of Washington, and Governor Nelson, of British Columbia, as well as 3,000 spectators were present at the ceremony. The roads form the connecting link between the Canadian Pacific and the new Trans-Continental Line which the Great Northern Railway Company are constructing. Mr Blaine, Secretary of State, telegraphed to the Mayor of Blaine, which is so named in his honour, as follows :— It is a most kindly feeling. My thoughts turn to you and your British brothers while you are about to perform the ceremonies connecting your wonderful countries by commercial union, and my most earnest wish and hope is that the bonds formed to-day may not be only of commercial union, but of a grander and nobler brotherly love that may unite in the end two nations in one perfect union, and that through your port of entry which, I am informed, will be established, you may be placed in a position to open a grand gateway to two mighty nations."

EFFORTS TO EFFECT A SETTLEMENT. MR MANN AND SIR W. T. LEWIS. NEGOTIATIONS DECLINED. GRAVE SITUATION. WIDE EXTENSION OF THE STRIKE PROBABLE. RESOLUTION TO BLOCK THE PORT. In pursuance of the policy indicated in his speech on Saturday, Mr T. Mann had interviews yesterday with the local repre- sentatives of the Shipping Federation and also with the manager of the Bute Docks (Sir William Thomas Lewis), Captain Rowe, and Mr Hawkins represented the Federation and the interview with them, as will be seen from the report below, was of a very satisfactory nature, leading to the expectation that the dispute might be settled. Proceeding to the Bute office, Mr Mann there saw Sir W. T. Lewis, who declared that the matter was closed, and that there was nothing to negotiate about that the old employes had left their work, and that the vacancies had been filled. Thereupon Mr Mann left Cardiff, and during yesterday evening laid the matter before the executive of the Dockers' Union. Also a meeting of the strike committee was held during the afternoon, whereat it was decided to "block" the port. The resolutions arrived at open out a very serious prospect, for the unions cannot afford to let the matter end where it now is they feel bound by the necessity of their position to carry the fight to a finish now that their approaches for negotiation have been peremptorily rejected. Yester- day morning was within range of prob- ability that the dispute would have been ended to-day, so far as Cardiff dockers were concerned, but therepulse experienced leaves no option but for the Dockers'Union to con- tinue the struggle. It is no secret that the tippers as a body left work, not because of any orders from their union, but because of the irritation under which they have laboured for months past, owing to conviction that their applications for con- sideration and removal of grievances have been treated with neglect or contempt.- Under this sense of irritation, they took the opportunity of making common cause with their fellows, who were under suspension for refusing to load the Glen Gelder and the outcome of the whole business is that to-day we are face to face with the prospect of a stoppage of Barry and Penarth as well as Cardiff, with consequent idleness of the colliers and railwaymen. The resolution of the latter that they will not come out till Barry and Penarth dockers are stopped, may have been little more than an [excuse for inaction but it will have no ex- cuse if Barry and Penarth men are called out by the Dockers' Union. There is, we are given to understand, no wish to contend against the Barry and Penarth employers but the inter- view of yesterday has made it clear that only by carrying the fight to the extremest limit can any consideration be gained, former neglect serving to emphasize the indifference then manifested. On Monday morning Mr Tom Mann saw Capt. Rowe, chairman of the Bristol Channel Commit-, tee of the Shipping Federation, and Mr Hawkins, the local secretary of the Federation, and conferred with them as to the point at issue between the Federation and the Seamen's and Firemen's Union. He submitted to them the three points which were adopted at the de- monstration on Saturday. These were as fol- lows :— 1. That the Shipping Federatien have used and are nang coercion by refusing to employ members of Trades Unions unless such members also take a Federation ticket. 8. The men (,n strike, do not claim a monopoly of work for the members of their Unions, but do call upon employers to exercise strict neutrality. 3. By this is meant that the men shall have the fallMfc freedom to become members of any Union they think proper that employers shall withdraw any and all nditlOns which insist upon men enrolling in any society (as a condition of employment) over which the men have not full control. With regard to the first point, Mr Mann was assured that no coercion had been practised, and in support of this assurance it was stated that the only action the Federation had taken had been after Union delegates had with- drawn men because of the presence of ono or two non-Unionists who had signed on as the crew of any particular vessel. In regard to the second point, Mr Mann was distinctly assured that all the employers desired to do was to exercise the strict neutrality requested. When it was pointed out by Mr Mann that in several nstances seamen had been required to take a. Federation ticket before being accepted as seamen, even although they were already mem- bers of the Seamen's Union, the response was that this was the action, not of the Federation, but of individual shipowners, who had found it necessary to take this course in self-defence. With reference to the third point Captain Rowe and Mr Hawkins stated that the Federation had no wish to interfere, and did not interfere, with the freedom of any seamen to become members of any Union if they thought proper. The explanations and assurances were regarded by Mr Mann as satisfactory, and upon leaving Mr Hawkins he proceeded to the Bute Docks Company to interview Sir W. T. Lewis with regard to the dockers' difficulty. Sir William was, however, at the Bute Estate office, and thither Mr Mann proceeded about noon. The point insisted on during the interview was that once the men had signed on they should carry out their engagement, and not refuse to proceed to sea because one or two of the crew were non-Unionists they must arrange before- hand that the whole of the crew should be Unionists. MR MANN INTERVIEWS SIR W. T. LEWIS. Subsequently Mr Mann had an interview with Sir W. T. Lewis at the Bute Offices. Sir William proved obdurate with regard to the conciliatory proposals of the labour leader, whom, however, he treated with courtesy.t He said he could only look upon the con- duct of the tippers in refusing to load the Glen Gelder as a violation of their contract with the Bute Docks Company. He had, however, kept the places of the men who had deserted from work open until this morning, and they not having presented themselves those places had all been filled, and therefore the question was now a closed one. Mr Mann proceeded to en- deavour to argue the general subject, and asked Sir William to recognise that these tippers had important grievances, which had been previously laid before him, but that communications or negotiations had been broken off, and the conse. qnence was an uneasiness amongst the tippers. He attributed the present difficulty largely to that uneasiness, and suggested that Sir William should make some allowance for the men. Sir William Thomas Lewis replied that he could only look upon that as another question. If the uneasiness referred to by Mr Mann had existed in the minds of the tippers, they ought to have entered into communication with him. The present position of affairs, however, in- volved a wholly different question and as the places of the men had filled up, and those who were now working had entered into contracts with the Bute Docks Company, and had been engaged as permanent employes, there was nothing to negotiate upon. With a view to obtaining an authoritative"- report of what took place at the inter- view, a representative of this journal called upon Sir W. Lewis in the afterneon but Sir William declined to furnish any information 'whatever. It was pointed out to him that such a resolution on his part shut up the Press to a statement from one side, but he adhered to his determination. Keen disappointment was occasioned by the receipt by the body of the strikers of the report of Mr Tom Mann's interview with Sir W. T. Lewis, and a determination was expressed to fight the battle to the bitter end, there now remaining in the men's opinion no chance of settling the dispute by negotiation. Sir William having, it is argued, refused recognition to the Union officials. SITUATION AT THE DOCKS. Work proceeded quietly and regularly at • the Bute Docks on Monday, and at the offices further applications were made by a number of men. Two crews were shipped during the day. For the first time since the strike began night shifts were put on at the tips. THE IMPORTATION OF NON-UNIONISTS Capt. Minto, the agent to the Bristol Channel Committee of the Shipping Federation, dis- tinctly denies the statement made by Mr Wilson as to the majority of the imported hands being Unionists. They were, he said, nearly all holders of the Federation ticket. The men had complained bitterly to him before coming out of the station that they were under the impression they were booked for London, and that they had had little or no food while en route. He was sure that if his arrangements had not been interfered with by the police, the whole of the men would have gone to the houses to which they had been allotted. Many of the men knew him intimately, "and would follow him like dogs." He was very sorry that proper arrangements had not been made for their journey, and he expressed surprise that Captain Oxley, the Federation agent at Shields, had not told the men where they were to go to. ALLEGED FALSE DECLARATION. On Monday, six seamen were arrested, at the in- stance of the Board of Trade Officers, with making a false declaration as to the name of their last ship and with desertion. They signed on at Havre, one of the conditions being that they should come to Cardiff for cargo. Whep at this port, they deserted and had signed on another vessel. One of the Cardiff boarding masters, who is said to be hostile to the N.S. and F.U., made overtures to the captain of the second ship to recoup him for his losses, but this offer it is reported was refused, the skipper complaining of the delay dccasioned. He has also given £3 ahead in advance on the men. Enquiry at the Board of Trade Offices elicited the fact that the men will "be charged at the Cardiff police-court this morning, and that proceedings may be taken against the boarding-master, under the Merchant Shipping Act, for harbouring, and also, if the evidence forthcoming is trustworthy, for illegal supply. THE TIPPERS. During the latter end of last week as many as twenty-two of the tippers who had abandoned work with the others signed on at Bute Offices as desiring reinstatement on unconditional terms. 'It being known that these men were to present themselves at the offices at ten o'clock on Mon- Uday, h-ng before that hour the rest of the strikers picketed the approaches, with the result that only four of the deserters, ,as they were termed, put in an appearance, 'The statement made by the-strike committee on Saturday to the effect that the majority of these men had signed the roll in the expectation of re- ceiving the week's pay due to them was confirmed, for among the pickets it was soon dis- covered that there were at least a dozen of the so-called renegades, their presence being signal- ised by>loud cheering and waving of hats. Two of the deserters from the ranks of the Unionists ¡who arelnowat work, fearing the parade of their former colleagues, proceeded to the offices across the docks from the direction of the East Moors. The officials of the company state that- several of the old hands applied for reinstatement in spite of the threat- ened violence, and. one of them produced the following letter written to him by Mr Harry Starke, the chairman of the Tippers' Branch of the Dockers' Union, and which was dated from the Pelican Club :— We have been informed that you and a. few otiiers have been to the coal shipping office and signed on to go to work on Monday morning. If you do go I beg to inform you that you will be prosecuted by the Union. You have received moneys from the Union, although you were not in compliance, that is 2s 7d. If you are not here at headquarters on Monday to report yourself you will be considered at work. Wake, the man to whom it is said this letter was sent, denied having received any moneys from the Union, although he had contributed to its funds. Mr Starke, who acts as assistant secre- tary to the Strike Executive Council, informed our representative that Wake was in arrears with his contributions, and that he was refused strike pay on Saturday as it was re- ported that he was going back to work. Wake also complained of the pressure which had been exercised m the making of members of the Union. Why," said he, "I was never in favour of unionism, but I was bound to join with the others and to come out with them." The majority of the strikers regard the defection of this man to be a blessing to their Union, for, as they put it, He that is out of sympathy with us is against us." A UNIONIST'S FUNERAL. On Mondavlafternoon a large gathering of the members of the N.S. F.U. attended the funeral of Alec. Upton, a fireman, of 15, Adeline- street, Docks, one of their Ca.rdiff brethren. The cortege was headed by the Cardiff Mechanics' Band in uniform, who played the Dead March in Saul on the way to the New Cemetery, Maindy. Mr Wilson also attended the mournful ceremony.

A TOUR OF THE BOARDING-HOUSES. MORE CAPTURES. At nine o'clock OIl Monday morning, the Unionist sailors and firemen assembled near their offices in West Bute-street, and, led by Messrs Wilson and Tillett, held their usual parade. Be- fore the starting of the procession Mr Wilson explained that he felt confident that the majority of the 25 men secured by the hostile boarding- masters for the Shipping Federation on Saturday nigh. were Unionists, and that they, too, like the twenty men who had refused to proceed, had been the victims of crimping. He therefore suggested that a tour of inspection be made of the boarding establishments where these men had been lodged, so that they might have an opportunity of knowing the exact position of affairs. The 20 good men and true," as were styled the imported men who left on Sunday, were marshalled in front, Wilson's band," a Scotch piper,leading the way. Three hearty cheers were given in front of each of the marked" houses, and this ruse was sufficient in the majority of cases to bring out the inmates, who were then induced to join the ranks of the strikers. In some cases, however, the cheering was not in itself enough to induce the immigrants to come out, the signal that the Union men were on the warpath having being privately conveyed to the proprietors. This necessitated a change of action, and the converts were sent into the houses to fetch out their com- rades, who, when joining the ranks, were hailed with the greatest enthusiasm. One of the houses reported to be a, "Federation" one was entered by at least a dozen sailors, and the master, vehemently protesting against the intrusion, cried out, Do you call this manhood, entering a private house in this way ?" No men were found inside, and an apology was tendered the landlord, who again raised his voice in pro- test, but it was drowned in the loud and general hooting of the crowd. The doors of another of the houses were locked, the blinds drawn, and there was no sign of anyone stirring inside. Every effort was put forth to rouse the inmates, and, in the belief that the men were locked in, The Admiral of the Fleet," as General Secretary Wilson is now called by his men, directed a strong picket to watch the premises. From another house some Unionists who had been, so they said, under the impression that they were in a Union shop came out to swell the number in the procession, and by the time it had got to the headquarters there were no fewer than 1,000 men present, the morning's parade having secured 10 more of the 51 of Sunday night's importation, thus making the total number who are in the custody of the Union officials 35. A close guard was kept on the shipping offices, the pickets doing "two-hour watches" under the superintendence of Mr Harry OrbeH.

A BATCH OF SUMMONSES. THE AFFRAY AT THE GREAT WESTERN STATION. At the Cardiff police-court, on Monday, Harry Ranch, a young man, was charged (on bail) with assaulting William Graffunder, one of the direc- tors of the Sailors' and Tradesmen's Union." at the Great Western Station on Sunday night.— Mr Percy Claud prosecuted, and Mr J. H. Jones defended.—Mr Graffunder stated that on the previous evening he received instructions from Mr Hawkins (of the Shipping Federation) to meet a number of men who were coming from the North of England to take the place of the strikers. He took a trap for the purpose of convey iijg them down to the houses of the several boarding-masters. About fifty arrived. He took eight of them into his cart. A crowd of some hundreds gathered round when he attempted to drive away, and three or four men seized his horse's reins. Witness got dowu and got the reins free for a short time. He then led the horse and ran it through the crowd towards the Bute statue. Before he arrived there the prisoner came up to him, got hold of him by the throat with his two hands, and tried to trip him up. A constable then arrested him. Cross-examined by Mr .T. H. Jones: Where did these men come from ?—From Leeds. From Leeds? Was it not from Shields ?—I don't know I only knew they were coming. When .they arrived, did they not obieot to go with any Cardiff boarding-master ?—No it was voluntary. One of the men that spoke to me knew me before, and shook hands with me. Didn't the men say they were brought under false pretences ?—No but they said they were under the impression they were going to London but they volunteered to go with me. Don't you know that 30 of them did not go with the boarding-masters ?—No; I counted 31 that did go. About 10 jumped out of the traps. Didn't the whole of these men object to go with you?—No, they volunteered to go with me. They knew me years ago. Didn't these men when they were put into your trap at the Great Western tell the people around them that they were not going to be carted away to the boarding-masters 1—Nothing of the kind. Didn't they object to their effects being re- moved ?—There were no effects in the trap. They were at the station. Did the prisoner in any way whatever obstruct your trap ?—Well, he didn't catch the horse, but he caught my throat. He was shouting out, "Don't go with the blacklegs." William Gill, boarding-master, Sophia-street, said be saw a man seize Graffunder by the throat, but he could not exactly say who it was. In reply to Mr II. Jones, he said three of the men jumped out of the cart because they were afraid of then- lives. Didn't they edmplain that they were brought there on false pretences instead of being taken to London ? Stipendiary I* do not think it is of any use pursuing that. Even if they were brought under false pretences it would not affect the assault. # Mr J. H. Jones Except so far as to show that Graffunder was practically imprisoning these men. P.C. George Gough said he arrested the prisoner while his hands were on Graffunder's throat. On the way to the station prisoner offered witness 10* to let him go. P.C. Stephens also said he witnessed the assault. The case was sent for trial to the Quarter Sessions, bail being accepted, himself in £20 and one surety of £20, APPLICATION AGAINST THE SHIPPING FEDERATION. ALLEGED WHOLESALE CRIMPING." At Cardiff police-court, on Monday—before the Stipendiary, Alderman David Jones, and Dr Paine—Mr J. H. Jones said 1 e had to apply for a summons on behalf of a nufaber of seamen against the Shipping Federation. The circumstances were shortly these: the men were engaged by the agent er the Shipping Federa- tion, which Federation was a limited company, having" head offices in London and district offices in various parts of the United Kingdom. His clients, 26 men, were engaged on Friday last at Shields by the agent for the Federation for his principals At j34 15s a month, and they were to proceed from Shields to London. They were taken from Shields with the whole of their effects, and put into the train the tickets were taken aa they believefl for London, but they were landed in Cardiff instead. That was a breach of the arrangement, and their effects were still de- tained by tfce Shipping Federation in Cardiff. The Stipendiary Where you say the breach took place., Shields or here ? Mr J. H. Jones The breach took place at Cardiff. They had to take us to London, and the first time they discovered the breach was at Cardiff. The Stipendiary The actual breach took place when they brought you to Car- diff instead cf to Lendon. I take it they would be liable as a limited company under tht Companies Act if they havo registered offices here. Mr J. H. Jones Yes, I would put it that way. They have a branch office at West Bute-street, Cardiff. My present application is mainly based on section 64 of the Employers' and Workmen's Act of 1875. The Stipendiary You say that these persons have been detaining the effects of your clients. In that case you could proceed under the Merchant Shipping Act. I think it is section 246—there would be a penalty of £20. Mr J. n. Jones I think that refers to board- ing houses. The Stipendiary I will look into the act to see how it affects it. The summons is granted, AFFRAY BETWEEN UNIONIST AND FEDERATION SAILORS. At Cardiff police-court, on Monday—before the Stipendiary (Mr T. W. Lewis) and Dr Paine— Johan Jester, a Russian Finn, was charged with cutting and wounding Harry Leman on the left hand with a knife, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, on Sunday morning. Mr J. H. Jones prosecuted.' Harry Lenan, Norwegian sailor, said he was staying in the Union Home, West Bute-street. On Sunday morning early there was a row going on in the street. Somebody stabbed him on the hand. He could not say for certain whether it was the prisoner did it or not.—William Long, an A. B. seaman, staying at the Union Home, said the prisoner was, with several others, in West Bute-street, who were shouting. One voice said, Where are the English sens of .b The prisoner had a knife, and rushed at witness, and witness ran away, Leman up to that time was standing near him. He did not see the stab inflicted. Detective Roddy said he arrested the prisoner at mid-day en Sunday, and took him to the police-station, where he was identified by three' persons as having had a knife in his hand in the row. Prisoner was remanded till Wednesday. CARDIFF SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIA- TION. This association met on Monday morning in the Board-room, Exchange, and a large gathering of members took place, the presence of Mr Roache, solicitor to the Shipping Federation, who attended to consult with the members as to local proceedings, lending a special interest to the assembly. Reference was made to the interview which Mr Tom Mann had had during the morn- ing with Mr Hawkins and Captain Rowe, but the attitude of the members was altogether un. conciliatory. Strong complaint was made as to the conduct of business in Newport Docks, which was Uiieged to be hostile to the interests of the shipowners.

MEETING OF THE STRIKERS' COUNCIL. DECISION TO BLOCK THE PORT. A specially convened meeting of the strikers' council was held at the Pelican Club on Monday afternoon, for the purpose of hearing a report on Mr Tom Mann's interviews with the officers of the Bristol Channel Committee of the Shipping Federation, and with Sir W. T. Lewis. These reports vyere considered to be of a most unsatis- factory character, it being argued that the federation, through Captain Rowe, would not entertain the proposal of the officials of the National Seamen's and Firemen's Union as to the abolition of the Federation ticket, that coercion of a kind had been used in compelling Unionists to sign the federa. tion roll, andt that the employers, through the support given to and the preference shown towards members of the Boarding Masters' Union showed them to be exercising anything but a strict neutrality." With reference to Sir W. T. Lewis's attitude in declaring the tippers' question "closed," it was felt that the Bute Company's general manager had refused to recognise Mr Mann, the president of the Dockers' Union, in his official capacity, Sir William's. statement that he was ever ready to treat with his own men directly being adduced in proof. A strong resolution was framed, proposed, and seconded, but it was agreed to hold another sitting in the evening to discuss it thoroughly. At the subsequent meeting it was unanimously decided that the refusal of Sir W. Thomas Lewis to negotiate warranted the committee in block- ing the whole port by calling cut all men ever whom the Federated Unions have jurisdiction, and in inviting the promised co-operation of the trades. There was a consensus of opinion that the Shipping Federation, as a body, must be contested and beaten in the interests of trades unionists generally. It was also agreed that if the Barry Dock Company and the Taff Vale Railway Company, who own Penarth Dock, persisted in allowing the "Federation" boats to be loaded at their docks, no other course was open to the council but to order a stoppage at Barry and Penarth. This action would result in the railway-men coming out according to them resolution on Saturday night last. The mode of procedure adopted was to communicate the reso. lution arrived at to the executive committees 01 the various bodies concerned, the time fixed for "the call-out" being within a few days.