Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-04-08
The Imsarrcction on the CrOton Water
Works.

did not deem ~ necessary to order eur any OIL tie
military, thinking that the outbreak would go out
Of ITSELF and he did not acquire farther military
honors. In the morning, il was stated that several
of the Justices went out far as Harlem and York
yille look after the strikers, but 1t was very
difficult to know their whereabouts
During the whole morning, things were rather
quiet and about twenty teams employed on the up
per reservoirs, were allowed to work unmolested
till noon. About noon, body oil TWO hundreo Ia
borers, supposed to be a detachment of the main
BODY from below Sing Sing, came down from the
Harlem bridge, and proceeded to the place where
these men were engaged at their work. The riot
ers ordered them Immediately to stop working, and
scene ensued that presented nothing but confusion
and uproar. The rioters appeared to be very con-
scious of their power, and some OF them asserted
that one of the old commissioners had encouraged
them in their strike Il tell you, Pat" said one
fellow" Misthur Saul MacAlley says that we
ought to have the dollar" Now do not believe
that Mr. Alley one of the late commissioners, ever
said such thing-but there is an impression among
the rioters, that, in consequence Of the state OF
politics. the i'll succeed sooner or later.
These laborcrs have other very queer notions On
the attempt TO arrest of them at forkviile, on
Monday. he cried out = you kant arrest me-Pm
According to ali facts and appearances, the com
bination among these men is well organised, and
calculated to produce social disorder, throughout
the whole line They number about 5000 men at
least and thev never appear in less bodies than 2OO
men From e. expires ions which escape from
them in uneuarded moments there is a strong pre-
sumpton that they are encouraged by the small po-
liticians OF both parties, each thinking to benefit
their own pa!trv cause at the sacrifice Of law and
npblic order When one of the rioters arrested,
on Monday another fellow bawled out, $ there my
honey WARRANTS election 5 gone-that arrest knocks
up ould Warian"
Bnt NOT only do the miserable politicians Of both
n,rties encourage these violations of the law, and
pros,ote the insurrecton bat the newspapers OF each
of the two factions pursue openly like incendiary,
nsurrectionary course. To the astonishment OF all
the peaceable and orderly portion OF the community,
the ssNew Era" and the Courier Enquirer "-paT
mobile fratyun in the work of insurrection,-were
bath out Yesterday morning. encouraging the rioters
and adding fuel to the Instruction The New
Era" is the dirty organ OF the locoiocos, and the
Courier Enquirer the dirtier organ OF the wings,
and each of these disgraceful prints encourages a
BODY of 5000 unreAectng men to violate the law,
and destroy public and private property, mere
ly to catch their votes at the ensuing election
Srcb ;nf,my such vickedness, such incendiarism
oah, IN no secuted down by every rejecting in
The community These mis- guided men, who are vio-
I,tipp the law on the Water Works and beating and
maltreatng the peaceable portion OF the laborers
who A.. at work, are not near so criminal as the
pal,ryp itcans and paltry journals that encourage
them An the hopes of benehtng either OF the dirty
notical factions ofthe day II is thus that, in the
Violence and ambition of party, the country is for
cotton, and the national reputation sacrificed
The strike among the laborers employed on the
c,roton Water Works, is only very natural event,
nroduced in due course, by the action of the general
government and the banks dxrng the last few years
pnon the currency of the country. Similar events
90, he traced throughout the country-all arising
from similar causes During the last few weeks
there has been a great struggle in this city and in
Rrooklyn between the stevedores and other labor
ers. and the shipping merchants who employ them.
w. have also heard that there was a strike among
IN, laborers on the Erie Canal, and Is also stated
that the Operatives in many OF the New England fac
tories particularly in Rhode Island, have adopted
similar measures
These strikes for higher wages, or TO prevent
h,h wages being reduced are the natural results OF
the fluctuations in prices, caused by the war be-
tween the general government and the banks, for the
nolitical mastery OF the country In 1874, -, and
az the banks expanded the currency-thc govern
u,.n, exnanded its expenses-all prices very
r.nidlv. and very high Wages of labor are the last
q, rsc or TO fall and accordingly the struggle pro-
d,ced in those years, the strikes for rise, Trades
u,o,s riots and insurrections Of all kinds. InJu.
l., 1905 the government, under the direction of
Ce,er,I Jackson, issued the famous "specie circu-
A., >, Tb;s was the first movement in the reaction
r., fall of prices and values. Accordingly in
An. time. in April thereafter the merchants nearly
,ubroke. and in May, the banks followed suit, and
ali suspended. The revulsion went on though the
-. ,sy7. 1885. 1899 with various fluctuations,
sone,;ncs rising sometimes falling, like the ocean
-, an. c,ose Of a hurricane. The merchants broke
IN. b.,k broke the States broke, but il was reser-
"A Cor Is,o for the farmers and laborcrs to feel the
,.rr;bl. effects ofthese financial measures, produced
nv the action and villainy Of both parties.
During the present year the country will have to
Mas tbros OH the last blast Of the financial gae-that
is to saw the prices OF agricultural produce and the
w,ves of labor must now undergo their struggle
Tn, strike. on the Croton Water Works, the riots
on the lines Of public works, and the combinations Of
.tsvedores and wharf laborers, are only the very
natural events &c the present year, caused equally
by the action Of Mr. Van Burens policy and the
banks These strikes and these combinations may
be ripened into riots, insurrections and bloodshed
x the paItrv tricks Of politicians and the nm rim