| Show IN ENGLAND it is whit monday a gala day in england and the people here are all dressed in holiday attire and can be seen flocking to the many pleas ant seaside resorts which are so common on this island it isal is almost impossible to pass through the streets as aa they are so crowded by the folk fine of the country the railway companies are all running cheap excursion trains to the various cities and the people are taki taking ija advantage of them and crowding the towns sunderland Sun aerland sands are alive with pleasure seekers rorer roker receiving the most attention whit sunday is usually commemorated in the episcopal church special services being held on the occasion as a rule and if I 1 am correctly informed it ia in commemoration of the day of pentecost when the holy ghost was given to the apostles in a marvelous manner after the ascension of christ possibly there Is nothing in england edgland that will make a missionary think of home so much as asa a holiday he then sees the people in gay attire enjoy the passing hours at the seashore sea shore in donkey riding or on the I switchback dancing swimming listening to the music and sailing on the placid waters of the sea and he thinks of salt lake its buoyant waters and the happy time he has spent there and for which place he has grown fonder through absence all the departments of trade today have cease their operations even parliament has suspended its duties for a while and the grand old man is making hay while the sun shines 11 this year has been an eventful one in political matters the irish cause has been gaining ground through Parn Par elPs nells recent victory over the times and now the great champion wm ewart gladstone is taking a tour through the strong holds of the unionists in order to ventilate the all important question of the day success to his noble efforts he is 18 now eighty years of age of fire on the fth not in one of his speeches he said that he be intended with the help of the almighty to remain yet awhile in the struggle in which they were engaged he feels that he is fighting a winning battle with the struggle that still continues in political circles between tones and liberals unionists and rad contest between capital and labor does not lag behind A large num number berof of strikes are going on at the I present resent time and the prospects are that there will be more it is sad to see the want of confidence between man and man in this country and it is becoming burse daily the sailors at many of the ports are on OD strike at several places the seamen have been been holding demonstrations rations the dock laborers joining J 0 in in the procession at beef belfast st ireland trade on the river ri ver has been temporarily suspended owing to dock hands having joined the sailors in the strike three thousand laborers on the clyde have also struck and they demand a halfpenny an hour advance at leith about men employed at the docks have refused to return to work until the demands of thelea the seamen have been acceded to at cardiff the tramway men are on strike for a reduction ln of hours from 15 to 12 an attempt to run the cars was defeated by the strikers who unhitched the horses the bricklayers of newcastle gave their employers six days notice of a demand for an increase of wages and the demaud demand not being acceded to they have come out on strike the strike of the millers operatives under the auspices of the operative millers association commenced today for a reduction in the working hours to an average of nine a day the notice for an advance of wages in the south staffordshire and east ease worcestershire rivet trade expired on the ath the men demand an advance of 10 per cent and contend that aie ai e entitled to it on the ground of improved trade and the increased cost of fuel the rhe operatives threaten to strike if their application is not conceded the miners of northumberland have been holding large open air meetings recently and openly discussed the present healthy condition of the coal trade the following significant resolution was passed at a large meeting today that this meeting views with very great satisfaction the present almost unprecedented prosperity in the coal trade generally and that especially in north northumberland u emberland mb erland and we therefore consider the demands of our leaders for a 10 per cent advance in wages as absolutely just and reasonable and are prepared to enforce the same even if this involves the bringing of our gear at the end of this month 11 the durham miners are agitating for a 20 per cent advance and the abolition of the sliding seals scalf that the english miners have the sympathy of the scotch is apparent from a resolution adopted at a conference of the scotch miners held in alas gow expressing their determination to operate cooperate co with the english miners in whatever action they might be prepared to take in the future newcastle is shortly to be favored by a visit from the shah of persia who is about to take a tour through england and scotland and then to the parts paris exhibition the agitation over cremation in middlesbrough Middles brough has subsided the people ix ople became so enraged efi raged at the city fathers for their proposed measure that they were compelled to withdraw the resolution there will be no crematorium mat orium in Midd middlesbrough Middles brough leabrough for some time england is tast fe leaving the old beaten tracks of its progenitors sunday amusements are in strong demand bands in the public parks on the sabbath day are becoming popular the opening of museums is also recommended the churches wil soon awn have nothing to do what with the public houses open the cheap excursions on the railways and on the steamboats the bands in the public parks and t the e open museums the sacred places will speedily become deserted political and socialistic meetings meeting sare are very common in the large towns and they have 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