A W eekly N ew spaper and R ev iew ,
DUM VCBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
p rom the B r ie j oj H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , Ju n e 4, 1S /0 .
V ol. 82. No. 2788. London, October 14, 1893*
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CONTENTS.
■Chronicle of t h e W e e k :
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The Coal Trade Crisis — The Counter Terms of the Masters— The Annual Army Returns : The Recruiting —Punishments —Physique and Religion—The American Mails—Death of Mr. Ford Madox Brown—Labour in Sicily —Mr. Leonard Courtney at Fowey —Lord Tondonderry in Cleveland —Lord Ripon at Wakefield—The New Viceroy of India . . . . 601 ' L e a d e r s :
The Re-organization of the Bene
dictine Order ..^ . . . . 605 Breaking the Record in the Arctic
Seas . . . . .. . . 60s Thought and Speech . . . . 606 Concerning Wills . . . . . . 608 The Bangor Antiphonary.. . . 609 'N o t e s ....................................................... 6 10
R e v ie w s :
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The Rebel Queen . . . . .. 612 Our Lady and the Early Fathers 613 “ The Gentleman’s Magazine” .. 614 Christian Origins . . .. .. 615 The Bishop of Nottinsham and the
Immortality of the Soul . . .. 615 C o rr e s po n d en c e :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent! .. . . . . . . 617 Dublin (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . . .. 618 L e t t e r s to t h f . E d ito r :
The Late Mr. Jowett .. .. 619 Convent Schools and Higher Edu
cation .. . .. .. 619 St. Patrick’s Well at Slyne, near
Lancaster .. .. .. .. 620 A Secret Paradise .. .. .. 620 “ Catholic and Nonconformist
Marriages” . . .. . . 621
L e t t e r s to t h e E d ito r (Con
Page tinued) : “ The Month” and Spirtualism.. 621 Altar in the East of a Church .. 621 The Trinitarians . . . . .. 622 The Escaped Nun .. .. . . 622 Aspects of Anglicanism “ The Escaped Nun” 622 623 A Little Pilgrimage in Rhenish
Prussia .. .. .. .. 625 Catholic Seamen .. .. .. 626 Catholic Support for the Miners .. 626 “ Toleran Potest” .. .. .. 627 More Missioners for the Maoris .. 627 The Bolton Guardians and the
Rescue Society . . . . .. 627 Some Publications of the Week .. 629 S o c ia l a n d P o l it ic a l ... . . 6*9 Ob it u a r y ..........................................629
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D e c is io n s o f R oman C o n g r eg a
t i o n s . . . . . . . . . 633
The Pope and the Rosary .. N ew s from t h e S chools :
The Religious Controversy at Not
tingham .. .. . . . . 633 Hammersmith Training College.. 636 The “ Guardian ” Scheme of Com
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promise . . . . . .. 636 About Education . . . . . . 636 N ew s from t h e D io c e s e s : Westminster . . . . . . 637
Southwark .. .. . . . . 637 Hexham and Newcastle .. . . 638 Liverpool .. .. . . . . 638 Newport and Menevia . . . . 638 Nottingham.. . . . . . . 638 Portsmouth . . . . . . .. 639 Glasgow . . . . . . . . 629
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
THE COAL TRADE
CRISIS.
IT cannot be said that the prospects of peace are any brighter than before. The Mayors of Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Nottingham, Derby, and Barnsley made a under the impression that all was well. Speaking at a public meeting the same night he said he and the whole of his colleagues had reason to hope that they were now in sight of the end. They had entered upon their task with fear and trembling, for they were anxious to do justice to the miners, who are not too well paid, and to the masters, who are struggling with the difficulties of depressed trade. He thought they had formulated such suggestions as the country as a whole would look upon as fair and honourable to both parties, and he added that their proposals had received the unanimous approval of all the mediators.
■determined effort to bring the representatives of both parties together, with a view to the discovery of some acceptable compromise. Before the Mayors formulated their own scheme they suggested that the representatives of the coal owners and the miners should have a quiet conversation on the position of affairs, so that, if possible, an arrangement might be come to without the intervention of outsiders. The suggestion was adopted and a discussion lasting about two hours took place. At the end of this time it was stated that ■ no basis of settlement had been arrived at, and both sides asked the Mayors to lay their suggestions before them. The Mayors, therefore, made the following proposals:
1 . Seeing that the price of coal will not at once recede (except in cases where contracts are pending) to the prices prevailing prior to the strike, the miners be allowed to commence work at the old rate of wages, and that the miners submit to a reduction of io out of the 40 per cent, advanced since 1888, six weeks after the pits are open and free for work, say, on and after Monday, December 4, 1893. 2. That all men be allowed to return, where possible, and as far as practicable, to their former places. 3. That the representatives of the Miners’ Federation be requested to ballot the men (with the least possible delay) upon the ■ proposed suggestions. 4. That the Coalowners’ Federation be requested to issue at the earliest possible moment pithead and other notices that pits will be opened on the suggested terms. 5. That representatives of the Miners’ and Coalowners’ Federations should meet at an early date to formulate a scheme for the establishment of the tribunal of conciliation with a view of dealing with the question of wages. 6. That as soon as it is decided to open the pits for the resumption of work the coalowners be requested, in ■ consideration of the severe distress now prevailing i.i the mining districts, to make advances to the men, such advances to be repaid by weekly instalments.” After some further discussion and a cordial vote of thanks, both parties withdrew, and the Mayor of Sheffield, at any rate, was
No time was lost in summoning a meeting t h e c o u n t e r 0 f COalowners at Derby to consider the m a s t e r s . compromise thus influentially pressed upon them. It was unanimously resolved by the meeting that no proposal to resume work at the old rate of wages could be entertained. The suggestions of the Mayors were then separately considered, and it was resolved as follows : “ That, whilst reaffirming their conviction that the state of trade entitled them to the reduction asked for, and regarding the present inflated prices as entirely artificial, yet, with the object and desire to end the widespread distress and general dislocation of trade,and in deference to the appeals made to them as contained in the suggestions of the Mayors, they make the following offer: (1) That the miners be allowed to commence work at a present reduction of 15 per cent, out of the 40 per cent, advanced in 1888, and that pit-head notices be given on Thursday next that work can be resumed on Monday next, the 16th inst., at that reduction ; (2) that all men be allowed to return, as far as practicable, to their former places; (3) the coalowners agree to meet the representatives of the miners at an early date, and to use their best endeavours to formulate and agree upon a scheme for the establishment of a tribunal of conciliation with the view of dealing with the question of further advances or reduction in wages; (4) that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Mayor of Sheffield, and to the Secretary of the Miners’ Federation, and to the Press.” The result of the meeting of the miners’ representatives had not been made public at the time of our going to press. At a large meeting of colliers in Lancashire, Mr. Samuel Woods, M.P., said he had told the Mayors at the Sheffield Conference that he was sure, from his knowledge of the determination of the men, that they would not accept any reduction. Mr. Tillet, also, speaking at Leicester, condemned the Sheffield Conference, and said the colliers would be foolish to go in at lower wages now,
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