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Show Slrtkes and Strikers, Harriaburg, 13. Tbo sherifl ol Washington county has arrested between be-tween sixty and eighty rioting strikers. strik-ers. The commandant of tue military mili-tary of the district baa been instructed to aid tbooherilfif necessiry. London, 13. Weavers at Ashton-under-Tyne went on n strike to-day. The masters will probably lock out the spinners, although they desire to continue work. There have been further stoppages of mills and notices of a reduction ol wages. Forty firms I at Bolton give notice ol a 10 per cent. reJuction in wages. The epinners ofler to accept a reduction of 5 per cent. If the masters refuse the ofler 10,000 spinners will atriko. The Lower Hayea cotton mill, at Macclesfield, employiug 1,000 bands, has given notice that it will close indefinitely in-definitely in consequence of the depression de-pression in trade. Taris, 13. Cotton spinners at Re-ruiremont Re-ruiremont are striking. Liverpool, 13. Ibe strike causes no delay in the equipment of trans i ports. |