THE LABOR AGITATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3500, 2 May 1890, Page 2

THE LABOR AGITATION.

Paris, April 00,

' ■ The Marquis Mores • has been arrested in this city on a charge of inoiting the army to join, the anarohists. Numerous anarchists, 1 including lb Prevost, Secretary ot the. Parisian Trades" Union, have been arrested, as it is believed they intended to dynamite financiers' houses to-morrow." '

Fifty thousand troops are stationed in Paris to preserve order on tho occasion of the labour demonstration,

Vienna, April 80. A eoriouß_conflict has taken plaoe between the voters ; in Moravia and the military. Many of the former werowounded, i■/: y...:■ ■••"■•. *.':.•; Bud4 ; Pesih, April 80. , Strikes of an enormous extent are occurring throughout Hungary.; • •v . '. : ■ Berlin, April 80.

In this City, strikes of the various trades have taken place owing to the refusal of the masters to grant the men a holiday on the occasion of the labour demonstration. \ Several of the masters, in order to prevent trouble, have conceded tho .'men's demands. The brioklayers who are out.on strike attacked the- blacklegs who had been taken on in their places. A stubborn fight ensued, during which there was a good deal of bloodshed. . The ringleaders were arrested.

Madrid, April 80. Orders have been given for the soldiers to remain in barracks tomorrow in readiness to 'put down any disorder that might arise at the labor demonstration.

Rome, April 80, The Pope has written to the. Archbishop of Cologne requesting him to exhort the Bishops to mediate in the strikes whioh are taking place in various parts of the Continent.

London, April 80.

John Burns and Michael Davitt will deliver addresses at the labor demonstration on Sunday, in favor of legislation fixing eight hours as the length of a day's work. The organised trades unions are opposed to this step.

Archbishop Walsh, who is acting as mediator between the Directors of the Great Southern and Western Railway Company and the men out on strike, is opposed to a compromise being effected,, Severalof the signalmen were prosecuted by the directors for deserting their posts. One was fined £lO, and the charges against six others were withdrawn. 'The drivers state they will strike if the directors engage blacklegs. Paris, April 80,

At the labor demonstration tomorrow sixty-one trades will be represented, Trades which will nol be represented total up London, April 80.

Those who are in favor of legisla. tion fixing eight hours as a day's work, and those who are against it, will occupy separate platforms at tho labor celebrations on Sunday. The socialists will support the view taken by the former. Fatal Accident at Eketahuna. The Inquest. The inquest on the body of the young man named Walter Tiokner, who was killed at Ekotahuna by a falling tree on Wednesday, was held at Parsons' Hotel yesterday, before Mr A, Anderson, acting coroner. The jury was composed of Messrs T. Parsons (foreman), Allister, Wallaoe, P. Thompson, \V. Morris, and T. Bayliss. Alexander Young, sworn, deposed he was foreman for Mr Woolfe. He recognised the body as that of Walter Tiokner. Deceased was falling a tree when he told him to be careful. The way he was lallihg it was dangerous. There were two trees jambed together, with a dead rata between them. Deceased was not accustomed to bush. work. The tree did not fall the way lie expected; he did not scarve it'properly. Tho tree ho was falling went across the Bcarve. Did not see the accident take place, was half a chain away at the time. The tree fell tho way he was running. He was not dead when they found him, but lived about fifteen minutes,

To the Police: Spoke to him about seven minutes before the accident. -Was working with his back towards deceased.' There was one man nearer the scene of the accident than himself.

Willani Double deposed that he was working on Woolfe's contract, Recognised the body as that of MterTickner. Was working about half a chain away from deceased. Spoke to him ten minutes before the accident. Deceased was more in the bush than him. "He was falling the tree towards the section, Heard him call when the tree went away.' When he faw him he Was under the tree. Mr Younggot to him first, Deceased lived about fifteen minutes after the accident.

By the Jury: Got him from under the tree about a minute, after the aooident.

By the police: Deceased was well liked by evory one in the camp. Thomas Hanlin corroborated, the evidence of previous witnesses Henry Tickner deposed that he resided 'at Pahiatua and recognised the body as that of his. brother, who .was 21 years of age, Dr McLennan,'medical practitioner at Eketahursa, stated that he had examined the body of Walter Ticker. He went to the scene of the accident and when he got there he found deceased lying, on a stretcher, dead. He must have' been dead about an hour when he saw him. Examined the body that day and found that a considerable amount of violence must have taken plago' to cause death, He to struck just above the hip. The upper portion of the britn of the pelvis on the right bad been detaohed and driven in, He should say that it was probable that all the internal organs of the abdomen were.mbre'br less injured, and in all probability the spine had been broken. A considerable portion of the large intestines were protruding. There was a dislocation of the bones of the" right foot, and a out by. some sharp instrument on'-tue inner .Bide of the right leg abouHts upper thigh, He should say the oause of death was shook, and '

cjConstable Roche deposed that bo was a constable stationed at Ekotaiiuna. Tbe body that the jury had seen lie met yesterday on AVoolfo's contract, tbe men carrying it, He directed it to be brought to the hotel,. and it had been in his possession - ever since. A verdict was returned that deceased met his' death by pure aceident,'no blame being attaoliablo to anyone. r>