Trouble Among Barb-wire Makers

Chicago, Dec. 7. - Intimations come from Joliet that the barb-wire manufacturera are growlng restive under the royalty yoke of Washburn 4 Moen, and propose to fight the validity oL the patenta It is asserted that they can not pay the tax and compete with manuf acturers in other States who have ignored the claims of the patentees, and who, in the trade, are known as "moonshiners."