The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-13
GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM.

ULluIDLO -Ul1 UUlHA1ll.S !.
THE sTRIKEs--APPREHE OF
BLOODSHED N-THE STREETS.
The Coming. Commune-Rsv1vsi OF the
Methodist book Concern gscandeIs-:
DR.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Indian
show at Cooper Institule-RedtCi Cloud
and Red Dog tn the Handss of. tho
Missionaries. q! ~ s;il, sss.,s
5iFRoH DUB OWN NCoRR1spoHDBNTI
New YoRK,zJune 8. 3
The labor question again comes to the front,
forced there by the beIligerent altitude of
many Of the trades members towards ttsir
employers. On last Thursday night there was;
real feeling OF apprehension In the city that
violent popular commotlons were about to
break out, and that the dreadful ;excesseaof
the draft riots of 1868 might be repealed. a
workingman who had refused to join the
strikers bad been waylaid and shot. Gangs OF
excited men were gathering in the streets up
town, meetings we're being held at which
"bosses" who had ventured In to demonstrate
with their employees were severely beaten,
and threatening letters had been received BY
sundry large manufacturers In which threats
were made OF burning their establishments.
Some OF the features Of the eitualiun were
wonderfully like tn, se 30 vividly described in
one Of Charles Reade's later novels, In which
he treats OF the English strikes. 81 3d. gteatwas
the anxiety Of the authorities that heavy de-,
lachments OF police were sent to threatened
pninto opd (lunoral 9hoIup syyua ss,niifaAi N
have the military in readiness. ..-aisd s
|; The purpose. Of this new outbreak OF the
laboring classes was TO obtain certain c0nces-
siOns from their employers, the chief being
higher wages and Q rule abllshing .'eight,
hours 10 be q iull days work." Some trades
these. Others insisted upon both. Up to this
morning abont twenty Thousand men: had en-
tered upon the strike, and. Others were aDeut;
to follow. The movement extended tOsthe
horae car conductors and drivers and The men
In the gas works. The loss OF gas llgnt and
OF the imeaas of riding about town. both so
vital TO the transaction Of business In q great
metropolis, was Imminent. The gas compaIss sss
and car superintendents, however, succnmbed
early In the struggle tethe demandssGf: tneir
laborers, and the difficulty In these directions
! Is lided over for the present. ~ .Lys5.3
But many OF the LrudH ''boasesn Sill hold
out, and promise TO do 80 to the bilter cad.
The builders especially are resisting the slItke,
and stopping work on houses going up., This
course throws thousands OF men upon their
own resources for means OF living, and as
those means are very small, The sufferersaro
likely, through idleness and want, 10 become
dangerous. There are always demag0gues
among them, agents frequently Of the f1ler-.
national Society; who seize an occasion!iike
senialions that the rich are l0lling, In waste
full luxury, wrung from their toll, while they
are starving on q pittanCe. s.Alf property 3is
theft" Is the axiom, they are continually din
ming In the ears Of those who have nothing,
and the inference follows that the millions
have the right as well as epower 70 force
the hundreds to !sdivlde.n IS f..igi. ~
Whether the present uprising Of the ilab0s-
Ing men results In their triumph or not, the
mind Of the observer Is imEelled to the con-.
clusion that dire confilCI between capital
and labor 2 1s' destined TO-. convulseIE this
continent In The not distant. fntnFe., .Ihe dis
satisfaction OF the artisan classics underlles
ths revolutionary tendency 10 Europe at this
time, and as America becomes more. closely
packed by foreign immigration, something
Uf the same feeling will grow here. In this
connection who can forget the sinister pre-
diction made by Lord AacaulaX fifteen, year,
ago; IL tsSs.ss e r eoavernsIT eae,nassd snd VIII
| dIscontented majority, for with you the ma
jority Is the government, and has The rich,
who are always O minority, absolutely, atis
mercy. The day will come when IN Inc State
of New York q multitude Of people, none of
whom has had more than halt q breakfast Or
expects to have more than. hall "a dinner,7w Will
choose q Legislature. Is 1t possible to d0upt
vhat sort OF Legislature will be chosen?n 80.
MacauIay imagined that he had discovered
here the rock upon which our Republican sys-
tenn will split. He overlooked The Ffact: that
the vast majority of our people are agucni!u-
rists not artisans. But that IN the great cities
and the manufacturing and mining regions
labor will some day raise the red flag Is, pro-
badly, true. ,...,.,.1,t ...f ,Er..:,
The scandalous drama which all good Meth
odists had hoped was played sout when the
| General Conference finally decided on the
| Book Concern frauds, and elected new. OIL
cials. Ia not ended ger. The malicious arrest
| of Rev. DIR. Lapahan, by the defeated party,
| shows that the subject viii be q buns IL: con-
| tention for O long time to come. DR.. Ianshan
| exposed the frauds, and for his boldness stood
mn against bitter persecution for years. The
| rece6r ri1vestioation resulted Ia his triumph.
The conference has adjourned, faithful off,
c,als have been installed In the Book Concern,
and it was supposed that the trouble Of .ive
wears was at rest. But on Friday the doctor
was seized by two sherifrs deputies, dragged
TO iail. insulled and mallreated, refused per
mission To communicate with his friends, and
locked up for oil night. Access was obtained
TO MIN The next day; bail TO the amount OF: q
| 80 doi1aro r,ao F,,rod hnt ho upu 20