Cost And Results Of Some Recent English Strikes

A writpr i Fvawn-'s Mvrnzin rtirmtes that the fingrincers' strike, which began in February lat nl nontinuert abont tltiriy-three vreeks, eaiifeïl a loss oí' $70.000 to the BlHWers. The aversfe number of men out of employmeat duriiiff ihis timo wfta flve lnmdred. lino strike liad taken place, fu-ir Y-aíjor wou ld have sjnounted to $141,000. But the.r rcceived f rom society fnnds ahout $741000, redncing their personal loss to ,70.000. Of notable strikes that have taken place within the last two reara, that ot' the London wasons, which lasted thirty-three wceks aiul thvew 1,700 men ont of employment, cost tho Btrikent abouf-f 130,000. The carpenters strike in Manchester mvolved ahout, the same numberofmeiv, and cot nen.rly as much. The sti-ike and lockont of the boiler-makers and iron ship-bnilder on the Clyrte cost the society upward of 65,000, the estimated lbsse being $1,600,000. The locáes oí the miners in tlic Durham strike are estiniated at $1,200,000. In the above strikes, excepting that ot theengineers flrst mentioned, the stnkei-e suffeved disastrous deteats. Wbile síriko are exceedingly expensive luxries to tbe nen, even wlien süccosgf u 1, the wri ter above cited niftiotams that the mimberof strikes from which the employés reap no adyautage are extremely' lew, as conipartd with those fro'm which they derive some bcnetit. pvoximnte or reinóte. In illnstratiüu of what is somelinies yahied by ihe étrikers, he cites tho buildcrs' strike and lockout in London in 1859. About 21,000 men qu t work, but man y of thcáe obtained employment eísewhere. The minibar enr iíagod in the Btrnggle was froni 6,000 to 10,00Q. The wnole number inlerested in the vesult of tbe contest was between 40,000 and 60,000. Ai'ter Biiending upwari of $250,000, besides tho 1bs in wages, the men we re compelled to yield. But they gainod the Saturday balf-holiday, wiiich is now enjayed by no fewer thati 100,000 building operativos. This i compufcd to le a gain to the men of ibout $2,800,000 a y car, '-ií' not in money, at least, in money's worth." Tlie writer clairaa that the employcs get ovef their losses much more speedily than tbe cmployers. With the fornicr, be stiys, it is a mattor of temporary i.nconvenience, or, at most, of present. giiffering only; with the látler it means not merely a derangement of business for ihe time being, but in many cases future eivibariassment, if not i'ailuve. A Chicagoau has annónnceii that be bns dlscovered a proceda by which 11luininating gas eau bc made froiu water. Tbe Chicago peoplo iru wjady to i. -lieve in it, as ihey havo au idea that water must have been nride for