Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-12-04

Strike yoR Hian WAofs.-Soms half q dozen or
more OF the machinists employed the Central Railroad
machine shop becoming dissatisfied . reduction 10 their
wages which took place the LIST int struck on Pridsy
evening for anncresse to the origina standard
Inc company believing their outlay in this branch tn he
rather eIhorbitapt instructed the foreman Mr. VIM Stumn
to reduce the aggregate certain per centge from aud Al.
ter tho LIST inst Ths order given on the 9th Of last
month, and Mr.. S., in order the better to reconcile the
hands to the contemplated reduction gave them dscre
ton either to submit to general reduction or submit 70
the chances OF choice by lot Of such we're to be con.
tnued Her the discharge Of sufficient number TO effect
inc reduction IN the aggregate outlay prescribed by the
company Six or seven Of the hands refused to submit TO
any such arrangement and accordingly quit work on Fri
day. In doing So they but anticipated the action of the
foreman who nppears, was bound to bring about the
prescribed reduction In some form.
The company complain Of hard times So In fact do
tho banks aud every mercantile or other interest In the
community And 1t is not the embarrassment under
which they suffer 10 their individual corporate cspacjes
that Is so much to be regretted but the susrngs Incident
TO others thereby.
Ought We not to congratulate ourselves on our ndepen
dent position just now when tho mercantile world In YER
gng on state OF collapse. IL suieast to be expec.
ted In view OF our peculiar circumstances which In better
times would render object OF sympathy rather than
envy, as at present An individual. who-to use a com
mon phrase-cLn barely make both ends Of the year
would be supposed to have little for ton
ct such has been position, aud can now afford to
view calmly with folded arms, In sins self conplisancc
inc confusion and enbsrrassnens OF the present time
We have sympathy however, for the humble victims of
this paralysis and would be dspo,ed exert ourselves in
any manner that services could be available in crcn-
tihga revival But unfortunately, we-nor thousands
lire tuscan eff nothing towards that result The evil
oil TOO great magnitude ~ DO comprised by even COM
mnntes Tho remedy only by legitimate E, Z.
voluon in events which hope Is not distant The rc.
action will comc-but before does damage will accrue
to many Interests, aud the poor In particular, will
suffer.
THE RvER-THE WIA1nER.-There is at last a fine
prospect Tor good stage Of the river Up last night
II has been raining almost steadily for hours
AID tue weather then still cloudy but little colder
The river last evening had risen about four iucnes
we hive nothing from beyond CDc natl where IL was
also rising aud hc.vy rains had en. The fact thahc
Telegraph was not working to Pttsbnrg pretty good
Indication OF stormy weather In that section
L. S-Since the above we have received Pittsburp
Dispatch, which states that has been raining aud TINT
there was every prospect OF rise.-LouisrH Journal
Nor %.
loa'-We actually believe that our pork packers have
al joined the KnowNobin Party We visited their count.
Ing ss night bu. found that there was little info-
nation to be elected from them Tie lev days of warm
weather, have accumulated very large number OF hogs
In the pens, and caused dulnpss 10 the market Last
evening u became little cooler and all the houses CON-
mcnced killing The number killed was about Eve thous.
and.
Tho only sales We could hear o. werca fcw lois Of
two TO three hundred each, at s. co. months in oil In
stances both buyers and tho sellers being droves The
porkbousc and operators for the East will
tug TO give 45O css and AIS tin e. for good
cornfcd hogs We hear Of sales pork grecnmcaI
Hams aud from the block held lie and 10 snd6c.
10.