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COLLAPSING.
The general tenor of the dispatchc8,yestcr
day and last night was that the railroad strike
Lad collapsed on tha Erie, N. 1 . Central anu
other leading eastern railroads, and that the
worst of tho strike is over. Freight trains
were running yesterday on most of tho New
York and New England roads without inter
ruption, and trains under a strong guard
were started over the Pennsylvania Central
yesterday.
The average intelligence of the men engi
neering the present labor movement may be
inferred from the absurd notion they appear
lo have that they evade Certain terrible dan
gers or consequences by not interfering with
the U. S. Mail. Do they imagine that they
incur any less legal liability or less danger oi
punishment for stopping the transit of iarmer
Brown's corn than of Uncle Sam's mall bags
The steppage of a train passing from Chicago
to Pittsburg is just as much a violation f I'.
S. law whether it carries pigs or mall bags,
and the U. S. soldiers have precisely the same
right and the same inducement to "come
down" on the one offense as the other.
The last Illinois legislature tost I Ik; peo
ple $233,0)0, which is about 50,0j0 in excess
of the cost of any previous legislature, und
its appropriations exceeded $7,000,000, full a
million more than any previous legislature
Lad appropriated, even in wartimes. Con
ilJering the stringency of the times and the
difficulty of raising money to pay taxes, such
tiTavugnnce was unpardonable anJ its auth
ors ought to be held to account.
Still tiiet Come! Arthur Lock wood.
Esq., h announced in to-diy's Fhkk Trader
m a candidate for county clerk. Mr. Lock
xood being a democrat, we presume w ill sub
mit his cisc to tke democratic convention, if
ono is called. There is no question but that
Mr. Lockwood would mike as good clerk a
ever filled that office.
C. C. Strawn, Esq , son or Eli Strawn, for.
merlj of this county, was chosen by the
supervisors county attorney of Livingston
county last week.
THE GRIEVANCE.
Three or four years ago the ordinary wages
f tliemen aud brakemen on railroads ii.uged
from $2 00 to $2.50 per day. Station hands,
switchmen, &c, got from $1.75 to $2.25; and
shop men from 62.00 to $3.00. These wages
have been reduced step by step since then, so
that by the last reduction the wages of fire
men and brakemen on the Baltimore aud Ohio
road were cut down U' 1.C3 and $1.C5 per
day, and they were given but about four days
of work per week at that. The reduction on
nearly all roads throughout the country Las
been about the same.
The companies say and truly that they
can get all the help they want, indeed twice
as much as they want, at such prices, and
why should they pay more? Still starring
out men who have served them faithfully lor
many years, merely because there nay he a
little money m it, shows a Learllessness that
few private manufacturers or business men
would be guilty of. Most r,f these meu have
been so Ion L' in the service of the railroads
that they are unf.t for any other business, and
discharge to them meatis htt.e use tuau star
vation. There is an evil in this connection th:.t the
strike must tend to check. We refer to the
rare that teems to Lave seized ::'.! young men
to L-tt employment on railroads. Thousands
of farmer boys or young tucn iu villages who
could be pleasantly and profitably emp.oycu
on farms or iu rural machine shops literally
throw then.se'ives away by becoming the
slaves of big railroad corporations. Sucn cor-
noratior.9 have co souls, uau when i rftJ'?
them to grind r crush their employees they
do s without scruple. Then come struct
and mobs, aud though the country sees the
grievances of the workmen and heartily sym
pathises with them, when the mob becomes
blind and crazy and in its fury assails friends
and enemies without discrimination, like the
New Zelander running ., there is no help
but U seize the raving maniac and throttle
him. it will not save the railroad men to
say that it is not the strikers themselves, but
a mob of tramps and ruffians who take advan
tage of the excitement the strike has evoked,
who are guilty of the incendiarism and plun-
.i..r tiiHt liuvi-Kitcnded the movement, jut
strikers have voluntarily unchained the d
e-
tnons, and lutist share the consequences
will be crushed together.
All
THE OUTLOOK.
Though "a account of the present railroad
troubles the prospects of the fall business nr
somewhat beclouded, aside lrom these, the
times at no period in the hut four years have
presented a betler outlook. Whatever con
flicting theories we may hold with regard to
currency questions, men of sense will agree
that with an abundant crop and good prices,
whether paid in greenbacks, silver or gold,
the money question in the west will take care
of itself. If the farraeia of the west uro suf
ficiently in funds not only to pay their debts,
but to deal liberally with the merchants, gro
cers and general western manufactures and
mechanics, then irr. shall have good times at
least, whatever may be the condition at the
east or in Europe.
Such is now surely the prospect. The
west and northwest have just harvested the
biggest crop of wheat they have had in twen
ty years, and they havo an assured prospect
of an exceptionally generous crop of corn.
Hay, oats, potatoes, &c, also promise all that
can be reasonably asked.
And while we have this large supply there
Is every reason to look for a commensurate
demand. Ordlnerily big crops mean low
prices, but the present season gives, proiuioo
of proving au exception. In the first place,
there iu no old stock oji hand to interfere with
the free movement of the new. Bjth in our
eastern cities and in Europe the stock of
wheat on hand is low compared with other
years. And, in the second place, the usual
sources Europe has hitherto relied upon to
make up these deficiencies are almost wholly
cut off by the Kusso-Turkish war. Hitherto
England and France have drawn about 10
per cent, of their annual consumption of
breadstuff's from Hussia. Even the b months
duration of the present war has already so
affected the grain prospect as to leave it cer
tain that Russia for tho coming year will
have no wheat to spare; and if the war is
carried over to another year, as at present
seems inevitable, tho deficiency to be made
up lrom America will be duplicated.
There is, then, nothing in the outlook to
discourage, but a great deal to cheer us in the
west. Good crops will uot only make times
easier, but with a little coolness, patience and
forbearance, will set our big transportation
interests on their legs again. Tho railroads,
with abundant freights once more, will Dot
need lo resort to the questionable expedients
of cutting down wages or skinning the pro
ducers. Let us lie hopeful, then, and cheer
ful. It is always belter to take courage than
to despotd, nnd when there is so much real
ground for encouragement, to despond Is
sinful.
The Mrton committee, which has been in
ycxtigating the charges that Grover, demo
cratic senator from Oregon, secured his elec
tion by corrupt means, have about completed
their work, and the verdict i", as the (hvi-
ni-in, a local republican journal, mildly puts
it, "not proven." And the Orrjoniun adds:
"While it U possible that ro.iney may Lave
helped t secure Grover' a election, it was not
the leading influence. Tho Grover party
hoped to carry the Presidential election, and
t; rover's success was owing largely to that
expectation. Known as an extreme partisan,
it w.s believed that he would have power
with the Tilden Administration to reward all
hi. Ii h tids. l'.-siiles, it was a Constant argu
mi nt that his election was necessary for the
orgunia .it ion, anu many were persuaded that
Oregon would be lost If bo was rejected.
This wis the rallying cry, and the pressure
of the pending election for President was the
main condition that made bis rucccss at ail
possible."
Strvaior La only two rcpubl.can candidates
Pr county clerk and one for tr asurcr. Have
tLey nobody for judge and surveyor? Wc
tic for giving the bustling jewing city a fair
chance.
OTTAWA FREE TRADER:
JUDICIAL ELECTION
One week from next Monday, it will be
borne in lnmd, occurs the election of Judge
in this judicial circuit. There has been no
change in candidates since our last. Good
speed of Will, Jones and Blanchard of La
Salle, and Stippot Bureau are the candidates.
All are confident of election. Stipp, though
supported by no paper In his twn county,
has succeeded iu enlisting in his support
Jackbenrcdtondick of the La Salle I)em;-rai,
and of course he must be a strong candidate
if he can stand that. Goodspeed expects b
get 2,500 voles in Will county, and Jones anil
liianchard are eacli confident of getting 15,00 J
each in J.a Silic county, and as many ia
Grundy and Ilureau as Goodspeed, with a de
cent vole in ill.
It looks at this writing as if Jones had the
inside track. The list we published last
week showed that men of all parties freely
pledge themselves to support him, and we
know his friends are enough in earnest to get
out the votes. We claim that as between L:i
Salle aud Will county, La Salle is entitled to
the judge. We have twice as much business
in the court as Will and want to entrust it to
x man we know ami have confidence in. We
know Jones to be competent, intelligent, and
hones' a man of good habits and pure life.
He is the man we want because wc can pin
our faith on him. And what is more, he U the
only man that can beat Goodspeed. We
therefore earnestly urge our readers both to
vote and work for his election.
OHIO DEMOCRACY.
The democrats oi Ohin hell a state conven
tion on Wednesday and nominated H. M.
liishop of Cincinnati for Governor, and Ja
bt?; W. Fitch of Cuyahoga county for Lieu
tenant Governor. The resolutions of the con
vention are quite numerous, taking Id the
presidential fraud and the labor troubles, and
demanding the remouetizing of silver and re
peal of the resumption act. In reference to
the counting in of Hayes the resolutions de
clare it " the most dangerous encroachment
upon popular rights ever attempted In this
or any other country,'' and one that will not
again be peaceably submitted to. Ihe nom
inations made are good, and the democrats
have no doubt whatever of carrying the state
in October.
The latest reports from Idaho indicate that
the Indian war In that territory is about fin
ished. Seventeen Nez Perces warriors and
twenty-eight squaws aud children have sur
rendered to (Jen. Howard, reporting that
many others would follow their example, and
:liat Joseph was compelled by White llird
and other chiefs to follow them with a few of
his warriors across the Hitter Hoot moun
tains into the buffalo country in Montana.
Great demoralization and want prevailed
among all the hostiies. (Jen. Howard is fol
lowinjr them with a competent cavalry force.
expecting them to make a stand at Hell Gate,
a branch ot the Bitter Hoot river. There are
seventeen companies M" U. S. cavalry and in
fantry in Idaho, with eight or ten more on
the way thither; so that, whether the fight is
renewed In Idaho or Montana, there is abun
dant force at hand to crusli it.
While the outbreak iu Idaho has been sup.
pressed, however, the scene appears in reality
ouly to be shifted to the Elack Hills country.
Disnutchcs from I lead wood to the 2oth men
tion numerous Indian outrages in the lied
Water country, and on Crow Creek. Handl
es are attacked, tho inmates murdered or driv
en away and the stock stolen. Large num.
bers of savages seem to have broken loose
from the agencies an J arc infesting the coun
try in all directions. Every day horsemen
dash into Deadwood and report new outrages
in the vicinity. There Is a loud call on the
government for light troops m that quarter.
Chicago on Thursday had an accession of
six more companies of V. . regulars, mak
lng eight in all, and at the request of Gov.
Cullom, President Hayes has placed them at
the disposal of the Chicago authorities to
aid them in putting down mob violence in
tliBtcity. OI course this is the end of strife
there. The Chicago mob ou Tuesday and
Wednesday was a very sorry and contempt!
bio affair of its kind anyhow. It was wholly
made up of tramps, thieves, pickpockets, loaf
era and the very meanest kind of riff raff and
rubbish. One single platoon of ball and buck
shot tired square into them would have sent
tnem to their holes petrified with fright any
time on Monday or Tuesday. It was shame
ful to let the police dilly dally with them as
they did w ith blank cartridges. The very sight
of U. S. troops with loaded six shooters will
quell that mob as effectually as if au earth
quake should swallow them.
In St. Louis the strikers reached a stage of
impudence that must make Chicago wild
with jealousy and chagrin. Ten thousand
stalwart ruffians waited In a body on the
newspaper offices and ordered them to close
and issue no more papers! A mob stop the
Issue ot ii big city daily like the St. Louis
lifjiulilii-itn or (t".i'br-Jtnorriit'. Why Gen.
Huriisiile. backed by 25,00 U.S. soldiers once
tried that on the Chicago Time and fdled
iguonuniously. Ot course the St. Louis
dailies paid no more attention to the demand
of he mob than the moon pays to the buy.
ing of a cur.
SprlligA-hl di-patch to the Chicago Tri
tium- states that in a cue submitted toihe
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
rotn school elistrict No. '2, t.uvn.-hip "1, La
Salle county, that functionary has d. -tided,
under Sees. 50 and 52 of the school lnw, that
w here the commission "f a teacher is revoked
for cause tlte IHreelors cauuot permit him to
further teach, and if they do, and give an
order on the Treasurer for such s rvice, he
cannot legally pay the order. As there are
five towu.'hips No.Gl in LaSalh' county, this
information might be more satisfactory if the
range were mentioned.
The Chicago 7Y is quite complimentary
towards Mayor Heath. It says, "If he c uld
only be persuaded to resign in favor of his
grandmother,- lio v it -ould revive public
confidence!"
SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1877
TNE GREAT STRIKE.
A Thousand Devils let Loose
and Having over the
Country.
Mob Rule Rampant, and An
archy and Bloodshed
Run Wild.
(iciMTitl Stowage of the Kail
roads and Hnsincss at
ii Standstill.
Impctency of the Local "Milish" and Police
Torce, and Growing Feeling in favor
of a Big Standius Army.
Brief Genetai Survey of the Field
of Turmoil.
Iliiltiniore, Miiitlii.slnirif, Ac.
In our last we briefly noted the breaking
out of a strike on the Baltimore and Ohio
Hailroad, accompanied with mob violence at
Martinsburg, iu Western Virginia, and its
suppression by the aid of V. S. troops. Since
then this cloud, which was no larger than a
man's hand, has swelled into a terrific storm
that has swept over half the country, accom
panied with such violence, incendiarism and
bloodshed as to cause general amazement and
terror.
Foiled at Martinsburg, as mentioned in our
last, by tho prompt intervention of U. 8
troops, the strikes next " broke loose" on the
same railroad,
AT Cl'MHKHLANW, Ml).,
To which many of the Martinsburg strikers
had fled and where they hoped to have n large
accession of coal diggers. The same trick of
stopping freight trains was repeated here,
with the same impotence of the civil authori
ties to stop tho lawlessness. Gov. Carroll, of
.Maryland, however, with more faith in the
state militia than the Gov. of West Virginia,
at once ordered out the oth and 6th regiments
of Maryland state guards, intending to send
the former to Cumberland and hold the latter
in reserve. They were ordered to rendezvous
at 0 o'clock r. M. on Friday at the armory
is IIATIMOKK,
And leave that nmht on the cars for Cumber
land. At C'J o'clock the City Hall bell rang
out the military alarm, which not only brought
the members of the regiments in question to
their armories but immense crowds of peo
pie, so that by 7 o'clock the streets In tho vi
cinity were a mass of struggling, shouting and
cursing humanity. A man in uniform who
had been late in coming up was rushed upon
and pitched over a bridge into Jones' Falls, a
stream in that quarter of the city. Uricks
were also thrown at tho soldier on guard at
the door of the armory, followed by a shower
of missiles which destroyed the windows and
doors of the building. Partial quiet was re
stored by the police, and at 8 r. m. Col. Pe
ters, in command of the 5th regiment, left the
armory to proceed to Camden station. The
"regiment'' numbered but 150 men, and
marched with loaded pieces. They had no
sooner entered the street, however, than they
were assailed with a shower of missiles, In
terspersed with shots from revolvers. Final
ly ono of their number being struck down,
the regiment opened fire on the mob, keeping
up volley after volley until they reached Cam
den station. 1 he other regiment, in march
ing from their nrmory on Howard street to
the same station, were also assailed, but fired
no shots in return. Up to this time 12 per
sons bad been killed and about 30 more or
less badly wounded. At 10J o'clock the de
pot was set on fire by the mob, which now
numbered 10,000, but the Are was put out by
the united aid of the fire department, police
and military, and several similar attempts
during the night to fire the builing were in
the same way foiled. Of course the 5th regi
ment was not sent to Cumberland, as the Gov
ernor intended on Friday night.
Next morning, though tho station was still
surrounded by the mob, three mall and pas
senger trains were allowed to leave, but no
more trains were sent out on Saturday in any
direction.
Gov. Carroll having notified president
Hayes that he had no state troops competent
to cope with the mob, was rromised U. S.
troops, meantime being authorized to draw
what guns and artillerymen ho needed trom
FortMclIenry. Thus Saturday passed with
out any more violence, though the utmost
nnxicty prevailed all day.
On Sunday three companies of U. S. sol
diers arrived from Willis Point, N. Y. While
marching though the streets they were, like
the militia on Friday night, assailed by the
mob with missiles. Finally a heavy piece of
rock hit a soluier on tke head, inflicting a
painful wound, upon which the order was
given to h alt 1" and the rioters at once ti ok
fright and fled.
Since Sunday a revenue cutter has been sta.
tioned at Locust Point w ith her guns trained
ou available points in the city ; regular troops
with batteries have been stationed at oth
er points; and wi;h five hundred regular aud
picked p lice, it u believed Baltimore is sate
against any further outbreak.
The troops promised from Baltimore failing
to arrive at Cumberland, Gen. French, on Sat
urday, sent three c impanies of U. S. regulars
to that place from Martinsburg, ana since
then Cumberland has beta as quiet as need
h: wished, aud the railroad company has
made U a point t r collecting its iule locomo
tives and freight cars. And thus, by thejudic
ious distribution of regular troops, the whole
B. O. road to the Ohio river is out of dan
ger, though the company don't dare to send
freight trains over the road, find in cone
the Maryland an J West Virginia
peach men are la despair, as they will i sc
hundreds of thousands of dollars during the
next month or two unless they can market
their fruit.
.It rittiburff.
While Baltimore, ou Friday night or last
week was thus a seething caldron of mobism,
the employees of tho Pennsylvania Central
were ripening for similar scenes at Pittsburg.
All the hands of the freight trains had struck
during the day, and not only a strong extra
police force, but a regiment ot volunteer sol
diers, were on duty to guard against mob vio
lence. The strikers being asked as to their
purpose, said there would be no interference
with passenger trains, but if any man attempt
ed to leave the city with a freight tram, "God
help him!'' The railroad company was
alarmed, and having no faith in the Pittsburg
militia, seut a regiment ot volunteers from
Philadelphia. They arrived at Pittsburg on
Saturday at 1 i m., and an hour later were
placed in charge near the round house at the
23th street crossing. Presently Sheriff Fife
came along with fifty men to arrest the ring-; unwiiliugly, but gent-rally considered it use.
leaders ot the strike, and the Philadelphia! iCSi3 Xo undertake to stem the general torrent,
troops were sent to rcove tlic crowd frnrji in.Tc rcsBit t that freight trains tt all the
front of him. As they advanced they wercjroacs ;u aaj out of Chicago are stt pped, an el
assailed by a volley of stones, upon which
the troops began to fire into the crowd on the
hillside from which the stones came. The
shots were returned, aud the fusilado was kept
up until fourteen men were killed, and six
teen wounded, most of the sufferers being In
nocent parties. The Pittsburg regiment,
which was guarding a battery at the round
house, refused to aid the Philadelphia hussars
and, throwing down their arms, returned to
the city. By six o'clock quiet was restored
at the crossing, but no trains were allowed to
be moved, the soldiers occupying one side of
the track and the strikers the other.
By 8 o'clock r. m., however, the mob began
to assemble in tearui numoers, anu me jius-
sarsM were obliged to take refuge in the round
. - - - - . . ,.i..uir...
house. By 12 o'clock at night, the moo Hav
ing sacked all the gunshops in the city, sur
rounded the round house like howlingdemons.
As they were unable to fight the men insiele
the building on equal terms, they began to set
fire to the cars, of which several hundred
were near by loaded with oil. Many others
loaded with merchandise were broken open,
plundered by the mob and then set on fire.
Thus over two thousand cars were destroyed
involving the loss of millions of property.
Meantime things were getting hot for the poor
hussars in the round house, that was now sur-
rounded by blazing cars, and, deciding 'l'!
it was better to run tne risK oi ueing snor The f;rst serious encounter between the mob
than to burn to death, they left the round , anJ police ()CCUm.j oa Wednesday evening,
house in a compact body. The mob hooted,. whc thc nU)!j) Luraberiiu' ,.it 000 men
yelled and fired upon them, but by returning am boys weut u tL(J yurJs ol th(, c 3 q
the tire and keeping together they got away Lo;iJ nmT c.n..d .,nJ 1Glh fc,rctt) tJ ccxritl
with the loss of halt a dozen men, and made the mtn t0 q.;:t work xineteea policemen
for the U. S. Arsenal, where they supposed, nppeiliea and oruered the crowd to disperse,
they would be safe. To their amazement, and ' Th j reg!1ouilcd with a shower of stcnes.
to the disgrace of the commandant, Maj. Buf-
fiiiL'ton, the doors of the arsenal weie closed
against them, and then, in some dismay the
now thoroughly harrassed and frightened men
fled precipitately up the river towards Sharps-
burg, where next day they were found en
trenched, in a badly demoralized and exhaus
ted condition. Meanwhile the fire which the
mob had kindled raged all night and next
morning, never ceasing until it had destroyed
2000 loaded cars, the round house, railroad
depot, the large hotel near the depot and
many other buildings bordering the railroad
for over a mile from Grant street to 28th. The
total loss is not less than ten millions ol dol
lars. After such a night of horrors the mob might
well call a halt, and on Monday, and ever
siDce, for that matter, the city in saia f oej
"quiet," that is, quiet iu thc sense of stand
ing on torpedoes liable every moment to ex.
plode. There is a heavy police force on duty,
and several regiments of local militia are un
der arms, but with all that show of force, and
Gov. Hartranft at their back, nobody in Pitts-
burg dares to start a freight train on any of Turuer jja;j anj other points, and with ail ot
the railroads to the cast or west. It is idle tbem tLe po!ice mora or less severe en
to say that there is an end of the mob until counterS( but with no serious loss on either
that can be done. Ev,en the passenger trains' gl(je
are run by the strikers and not by the officers! Tlje mob to be composed of tramps,
of the companies,' whose orders are treated
with contempt.
IteittllnK, I'll.
The devil that has charge of the riot busi
ness, though unquestionably a spirit damned,
is not omnipresent, lie skipped from Mar
tinsburg to Baltimore, where he had his car
nival on Friday night and Saturday morning;
he spends Saturday night and Sunday at
Pittsburg, and next turns up at I; -ading, 1 a.,
on Sunday night and Monday. The trouble
began alter the arrival of the passenger train
from Philadelphia at 10 o'clock Sunday
night. About a thousand men followed the
train to the passenger depot, and ordering no
trains to leave, commenced obstructing the
tracR. Two cabooses and a train of freight
cars were set on fire, the track for some dis
tance was torn up, and then the Lebanon
Valley bridge over the Schuylkill, a maguili.
cent structure, costing 139,030, was set ou
n-rit structure. COSlinc was sei u
fire and C kstroyed. Next day (Monday) the
gathered in force along the lading
railroad, mi J destroyed portions of the Jtrack,
nnd stopped all the train, In the evening seven
compan es ot the Pennsylvania "Guards"
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arrived, and as they passed through a deep;
cut on Penn street, were availed with stones,
Thev turned and fired oa the mob, doing
Wl,rk" among the immense concourse
of people in the vicinity, among whom were
many respectable citizens, as we-Il as women
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thero? ) Five persons were Killed ami aooui
2 ) wounded.
During the night the mob broke into the
armory of thc Heading Uiflcs and also sack
ed a tun store, and next day busied them
selves in tearing up the railroad track between
If i.'ii! in i. mid Pottstown. without any inter
liu.iiunu, niui"'ii uj
ntly from the brave local roil-
ference apparen
if. a.
Since then the main line of the important
railroad from the Scuylkill coal mines to Phil
adelphia is lying idieand useless, and there
U a etncral blockade of all cars, freight and
passenger, because the strikers have torn up ticipated from a mas of tramps wuo nau a
the trick. The rich Schuylkill valley is cut1 en advantage of the confusion to invade the
off trcm trade with the wtrlJ, and from all! city, and seek opportunity for marauding un
appearance will remain so for quite tice.'der cover of the Ce-nfusion.
Trouble is said to be brewing In the coal re
gion and the miners will join in the strike.
Meantime, in heaven's nuic what do they all
expect to make Ly it? The destructicn
wrought around Hea ling must throw thous
ands of mi cers sud others out ol work for an
indefinite time. C"n the wealthy owners of
the railroad and coal mines be made to suffer
in any degree at all comparable with the de
mented strikers': Six companies of U.S.
troops have arrived in Heading, and there
will be no more mob violence.
Thus far there appears to Lac been corapsr
itively little violence. The demoralization
, amoni the railroad men began fairlyto show it-
self on Holiday morning, when a band of strik
ers, mainly from the Bauiiuorc u Ouio and
Michigan Central ro.v.ls, went around from de
pot to depot an.l freight house to freight L juse
of the twenty or thirty dillercnt roads tint ter
minate there and ordered the men to stop
work. In most instances the men did so cost
on some roads the passenger trains would be
stopped also, ociy that where the companies
stop their passenger trains, the strikers take
them In charge atid run then:.
Another feature about the Chicago s'.r.lic
is that a communistic rabble with which that
city h infested, have availed theiaselves ci
the excitement of the tiae to lorward their
eight hour project. They have raised a t:ob
of ragamuffins of two or tlaee thousand, and
with these go from factory to factory and shop
to shop, and order all the operatives to ctaej
wont on the pretense cl striking for tight
hours a day. Not one in a bundled of tLe
hands thus compelled to stop work has the
remottst desire to do so, but complies with
tLe unreaSonable demand be cause he fears the
vengeance of L i (,i,au:nc.
Until Thursday there wa3no force to resist
the unreasonable demands ol the mob except
tLe city police, who, however, did pret
ty well, having in a few rough and tumble
encounters killed some of the ruffians while
generally getting away with whole heads
themselvee. Gov. Cullom, however, promised
to be ready with military aid should Chicago
need it, and on Wednesday two companies of
U. S. regulars anived at Chicago who Lave
taken quarters in the exposition building, and
will be oa Land for "business," v.-Lea the
exigency aiiscs.
T1)t. policu firt.a huU tLe rou..-)13 n. br.ck.
The police would have Lad the worst cf it
but for a timely reinforcement, when the mcb
was dispersed. Two men only were killed ia
thc engagement and about a dozen wounded.
All Wednesday night, ha.vtvcr, the mob
spirit seemed to be gathering force, and on
Thursday morning a rsgimeHt cf local mili
tia with a battery were brought to the aid of
the police.
About 0 o'clock the mob were reported to
be gathering at West 12th and Halstead street,
and a party of police being sent there were
fired into by the mob and several policemen
wounded. A detachment of cavalry and a
couple of guns were sent to their aid and re
stored quiet. Before noon the mob here had
surged northward as far as Harrison street, so
that finally several cannon shot were red
among them, which finally dispersed them,
but with no serious destruction of life.
Other mobs occurred during the day at the
South Chicago Kolling Mill and Nell's tan
nery, on Archer Avenue; at the C. B. & Q.
round house at ICth and Halsted street; at
roughs, boys- and all sorts of idle rubbish,
who roam the streets and in the excitement
find means to steal loose property, and pick
the pockets of careless spectators.
We need give no further details, however,
of the situation in Chicago, as the Chicago
daily papers have already carried to most of
our readers more detailed accounts than we
can hope to give. Thc main point of interest
to the country is, that all trade with Chicago
and the east is at a stand still w hile the com
motion lasts, and that gram, cattle, &c, will
be is hard property to dispose of for cash ns
Marseilles water lots.
Oilier C'ltien.
In Philadelphia a vast mob took possession
of the road, tore up track, burned trains of
oil, aud inaugurated a reign of terror, now
in check by local and U. S. troops.
At Ilarnsburg, after thc stoppage oi trains
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by the mob for several days, on ednesday
most of the men thrown out o -payment
by the strike wc ..uB , .,
they were afforded protection. The IW
vania and Philaue Iphia and Head ng Lail-
, .....ire n,u-n nn plfort tf Mart
roaa conn-. -
freight train, uuruip " "
ttie military companies at u,c
will probably be detailed at important points
to see that no violence is done
At Scranton ai he trains on the Delaware
! and Lackawana Hailroad were stopped, and
!,.,.., Th. streets arc
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thronged with minets, wko It is feared will
join the mob.
At Cincinnati a lot of worthless fellows en
deavored to precipitate matters, on Monday,
by changing switches, etc., but railroad men
their selves naid little attention to them. An
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Ohio & Mississippi K. H. bridge was tired,
but promptly exunguisuca.
At Columbus, Ohio, the strike was ia force,
and strikers compelled the bands at the rol
ling mills, clay works, etc, to join them but
no violence was used. fc-me troub.e was an-
sjme trouoie was u-