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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. A big strike is threatened ■ the Krapp works at Essen, ;.iiii.i .:. . the nsivenieul lieing Ueaileil by the i nil :. ..t M aliurgii al W urkera and 1 1 1 - - A* f „ |a t ion l II ■• baaies. Iln-.v demand i ighor wages because of the eosl of living awl shortei 1 rs bei-ause the great strain muter which they work. The workmen are in an angry mood and :,,, ii.,. destruction of niai-liliieri unless their demands are granted immediately. Tlie men have l„-,.!i i. ui off for three months with pi «•*. Sei era] high officials bav arrived al the Krupp works i-i an . n,,ri to straighten oal matters and ralui th worl ii. and Bertha krupp Is expected to vi.ii .In- plant ami a-, her greal nillm-m .- with tlie wort , rs. Ii • 1 raakforl Gazette I as warn.il Ibe ad minNtratii.il of tli«- Krupp plant of the seriousness of Hi,- situation and lias ail vised thai tbi mens demands l»e granted. Meanwhile, pveral i im.-ur have been mewd to the vieinii.v of the works in the event of a strike n salting. A L km dispatch of yesterdsy says: "Out of the various manifestations of iinn-i in the British labor Held shown since the outbreak of the war there developed loday whal bum proye, anless an earl s..iiiii..n is found, one of the most srri.ui- strikes in tin- history of the country. More than 150.000 men have laid down their t.n.ls. thereby shutting ih»wn virtualli ail the mines in the Welsh coal Holds, which supply steaming coal ror the British navy. The British government, using ror the irsl u the authority granted bj tlie so-called munitions mess ui.. ruled that the minera must 1 1- • t strike, a proela atation I" this effeel having I..-, n bwued Wednesday. The miners answer !• this proclamatHSi wis to u" ,,,, itrike. Tlioogh subject to a heavy daily tine for striking, and though urged by their leaders • allow their demands ror higher pay i arbitrated, the miners threw aside all advice ami today refused to take ii|. their picks, thus not only stopping the mines, luii leaving bile the mine railways and sosae ships engaged in coal transport." The German emperor, according lo the London Times. In a speech I" a deputati f hankers who had Insisted on an iutervieu in order to |siin oul the financial difficulties id Ibe situation and ih--;.,-.iv:- risk attending the pursuance ol the cani|iaigii through another ivinter. staled thai the war would end in o.ii.u r. Tlie haukers are alleged •■ have M. ,i that even If the war was I trough I lo an end iiuiiK-.lia i.-l and an lu.leuinitj obtain .1 I5et many posil n would Is difficult, but that II the war was proluuged Ihc Herman .- Ire would I" ae Dtterlj liankrui 1. It was in reply to thei re| re sentatl.ms. accordiii!; to the Times, that i ■■■ U understood t«-havi declared that the war would •-■i.l in October. A cording to -i Mytllene dispatch t-i the London I in.. -. adi lei - ii. in lion i.niiiii- pie are to thi effe I thai the Hermans are strengthening and adding to Hi,. r,,i i id. au.-iis at Constantinople on a stupendous ... ,i... -| 1.. are emploj in-.- tl ou ..mis of sohlii lal is and trenches an- ladug dug ..n the .-.-a front •ii Uall mih- Intervals all the way from San Stefano, ..n the western outskirts of «.m -lain n -|-L. with Ih.-usual a. omplishments of mined api»roaches, eiitau-•louients an I ■■ini-i-al.-.l batteries, mounting gun: "l ;,H sties. ill. i. are ample supplies ol guns, Ibe ,n patch a. his. but tli rough wh.n channel thej were .Miill. il is ||.. I kln.w II. im the theory th it the afetj o the • i,-.i n|,.,i, il.,. a.|..|ii itc deveh enl n • mnier , j:,i --im ami aiiniiri.il ion fact. ri ecretar.i Jar , . i ii. sd ii lie ha I .!.■• hied lo ai i-epl II,. i,.- Iguati ii i I lent. • I. iblus •. lb rnej and Maj. William Ibil litis of I1m irmj onlnance I, hi . au. . ■ •* i: I" " aiipaub" hid. ling large itbm contraetf rrom l..ii-|.«-aii helligerents The skill of Honiey and Ibillips lien in the issistrucl bin of ne« plants. I!.- plant they m ni i aild, Mr. • iai ri • a i kl, maj in i u lit re "i vital Importance to the Americas govern ii . ii . William Mattery, Chicago aviator, who has been connected with General Villas army in Mi-i.-. lor several months, was killed while scouting near 1 i... rii. A telegram received in Chicago l.y .l.i. k Weber, mechanic ror Bay Harroun, rormer am Idle speed pilot, told of his death. The mes. a .i r ni rrom I . Pas i ami w as glgm .1 bj Jack ol,, a iator a iih Villa, ho ? i s ell known ai i Icero Oeld two yi ira ag«i. Ii says thai M.,11. rj roll ah mi 5.000 i.-i. lie is supfM ed to havi a wife and mother liiini. in chhrago. Op, jorgtHi i.. of Bid nd, .i.. one of ila ■ .. .;, ins r.li. losl his Hi,, when ill. steamer i ineniaa was toriicd ed. wan ki ked Ikk k i it-. Ibe V,,i , i.v lierman sailors when he attempted ! • hie ai.. ■.. .| the anbi im ai . n dii ■ ro . snrvlvoi • v ;,.. n ai h. ,1 . -■ i- n Sews. a. I i I I,.- : i M rious slide ever known im tin Iammia I i::,i. w in, h has been nmb r a ly i.-r sevi ral part lv movi .1 Into Cub bra I ul I iicsd 13 al le n. closing ih.- . ul lo large vessels. The lii-i American i,-iii i, -M, i|i - to use ilii- canal were ■..-h. .1 il. •: l.i go through irti I ridaj . 1 » ■■■ ••■ de ye«l Capt. i hai I. - r ami creu of the leai ler I i t i« . u bicfa was sank oil Ii. s«iiie i • in I -a r I im. ii. ai •■ afe In i»,ii al s.h ni.i hat. I , i i Huron. Mieh. I In i steamer imUIi which collides] with the Chor BUSing il lo .xillK. i apt. I.. ..;i..hl ..in Ben lib Id. i "• Austrian .i minister, ha enlisted as a volunteer in lh - Kiel ntli rea il ol , lr , _...-. ..I which his wmi , j~ .i mi-mi.-r ami which is lighting u the Italian i front, a ling to a Hava Tin- Loudoa Daily Telegraph reports the death in action in Flanders of Second Lieut nl Arthur .. ir Hornung. only son of I . W lloruung, author oi "Raffies" and aepbes ol sir Arthur Cuna Ik ,u iiian nriaoncn in 1 1 ■ I raj cholera is daily gnawing wol-- : a. Ha u Hi in tr.M.ps. »--~ j .. . i. 1 1 1 v those who li.-Mv returned limn Galicia, ami ili.ii I there an- many taaiit.c- m- a result Of ttw disease.
