, 1859-01-14

We gather tue following facts in relation to
thc strike ou this ,oaI, which i. NOW becoming
serious matter. lrom tue fact that communication
of every description is almost entirely cut III
between lie tn'4tcat I"cailt;es on The uc and ut
cac end of tue ruad. Tue strike, be 1t under
stood, Is hot .or higher wa@ya but lur back pay,
r1inlng through 1t rer4l months.
The strike Il. pareutly colllalc:ced OIL Monday
last, but We belj"yc it w2s developed in solue
places on tue route previous 10 that tiuc. traiu
Wis started from this city .t>at day, and MAS run
When The t1alu reached that place, crowd Of
operatives, numbering sixty Or MORE took posses
sion Of it, elected lie gard mister from the engine.
separated it IRON tic train, aud backed it against
Il freight train. After Irins delayed uulil iuur
o'clock, the train WAS allowed to return 10 CHI
cago. The excitement at tlls ppint 1au hish'
On the telegraph bulletin ia tue depot, mas writ
ten in large letters, " M train North engineers
struck for their bread aid buttcr." Many o. tue
operatives arc in a furnishing condition, having
received no ply for ! nun, Jrr oil IN 'uths.
In the towus OIL the liac Of read between Julic,
and Botmingtoa, the tfI c'- arc more kcenly
felt. There Is no conacctia! line 4; these points
and consequently THEY can receive no mails
Their arc no cxprr>scs running and the farmers
c4n receive no rcmittAnees, and they are out Of
provisions mud ont ii everything.
At Bloomington, the baul- e.nrl,scl in tile
sbops and al,3ut the depot refused to work. A
meeting Of tie employee who joined iu the
strike WAS hrle 1t the Court House on Monday
evening. 4 larSc number cf citizens were PICS
eot. Speeches were male hy Mr. C4llhan, Col.
Gsidlev, L. II. Mourc, Esg., }. Ii. Wlckizer, E.4.,
J. II. Sparrow, E-q., aud Major Ragland. We
take tue following account Of lis proceedings from
tue Pantagraph:
Mr. ca'laa IN stated tue grievances Of those who
bad cnsaged in the strike, md remarked tlIat uo
violation Of prupeity would lie rrsur.ed TO- OF riot
ouA proceedings in any way c0uutth1uctd. III
temperance had been alrcty tnrLldten in any ollc
OF the s'Suet aud any ln:rac.ion would lie subject
10 penalty.
llr. (;eIdley, from his long connection with the
ruad AZ No attorney, and lis Intimate knowledge
Of its uffIrs, WAS listened 10 with ,uuch ;.tu,,-
tion. He rrprc-c.ted th- utter inability Of Tie
Company 1t picsea. 70 meet The demands t + the
strikers, and deprecated tue suicidal c.1rse wuict
~ Adoptca tn compel pl, tacnt. IL sy;upa,Li-
I'd deeply with the 1neu, tu: thought their w>est
course ~4s 1he acceptance uf tic proposition ot
the Company. His REMARKS appeared 10 have
the effect Q! c4lmlns IN great deg1ee the txttc
mtnt Which existed among tue hAuds. aud pre-
raHng them for meAsurtn OF adjustment
he WIS followed by J. Il. Wlckzsr, Esq.,, whe
comp!imented the haads upon their pasi for.
besrsnce, and upon The peaceful disposition nun
iiested by shose engaged in tile STRIKE" bu1
:hougkt that the r!gors of the winter season
resumption Of WORK the most prudent cousse
"a he adopted.
Maj. A.xlaud thought the company was abl<
TO rAlse the ueans required, and cvunseled I
trn aud uuh,ncblng adherence to the resolu
tlont they had subscribed.
L. Il. Moore. Esq, General Superintendent
Of the road, wxs loudly called lus and took sh
stand. he expressed willingness 10 ausweI
auy lnterEog&tories, And q nunbe- Of question
weze accordingly asked and answered. His re
marks were plain and straightforward and al
1aTed much Of The feeling which bad been e1ciI
ed against various officers Of the road.
4 fresh proposition WAS agreed upon by ii
meeting 10 be submitted 10 Gov. AAtteso
shrougn Mr. Moore. and the meeting then sd
4journed.
At Springfield, i. il rnmored that the opert
hves arc greatly iucensed against Gov. Aatt'
son and have manifested their indignation b
breaking windows in his residence. This
doubted by the agents Of the Road he1e, - the
hsve had no intisnatioa to that eGect-bY lei
graph or otherwise.
Tbs report that Gov. Mattesou offered to Il
the opsrs.ives tAke the Road as receivers q,
run ii Themselves, il probably not true.
AtPeoria the sAme excitement prevai1s- Son
Of the employees claims amount 10 several hu
dred dollars, aud they clsim that they hare bel
fed With promises long enough. No injury h