Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-04-02

Warlike Strike IN Pennsylvania.

The strike of worklnen of the Erie
rail, DAD at Susquehanna depot, Pa,
for back pay assumed formidable di-
mansions Saturday.. The strikers had
possession of the entire works and
tracks, including about forty locomo.
tives The sheriff Of the county went
TO the scene with posse of forty men,
but was powelless i'll the face Of the
opposition, particularly as the posse
immediately $. mpathized with the stri-
kets All travel on the road and trans
por,ation OF any kind was suspended.
| fhe strikers were firm and united, and
to add to their confidence district Al.
torney Carmalt, Of the county, made
all address to them assuring their OF
his sympathy and telling the men they
! W ire not breaking the laws. The only
alternatives being accession to the de
mands f the strikers or call for mill
tary. The sheriff decided upon the
latter and teleyraphed Gov. Hartrantl
for l,5UO IT., ps. Later in the day,
howev,r, the Governor received dis
paich ON the Seat OF war saying that
The strikers haze consented to let passer,-
ger tr;til,s run AID Also 70 receive their
pay on Monday, and that it was hoped
the crisis was past.
But the trouble does not appear to
have been d,spelltd by any means, as
tine following dispatch from Philadcl
phia last night viii show:
P1italet )hio, March 20. Pursuant
to orders from Governor Hartrabtl the
first regimen. OF militia has been under
rms all day wait ng developments at
Sa>quehanna Depot lhre hundred
and lift. men left f II that place at eight
i. NJ. The first city t,oop IF cavalry
n been ordered to nj .ht' for II e
scene OF lr"ui'le. rhe State t'encibles
aud second regiment are now under
arms waiting orders.
The three hundred and fifty men of
the first regiment who left to nj. hi are
under command OF Col H. Dale Ben
son. They had to 20 by the North
Pennsylvania railro ID, as the Lehiyh
aud susquehanna ruad, the nearest r,ute
p,isses through another State. The
second regiment are at their armory
awaiting orders! Some of the troops
now at Stsquenanna are from Scranton,
and are poorly drilled.
1.-THE LATEST.
SusouEliANTs DEPOT, Pa, March
%, Z M.-F'ive hundred State troops
under Gen Osborne, with section of
II light battery, arrived here at half-past
eleven this morning. Vice President
Clark, of',he Erie company, has also
arrived; and had conference with the
committee Of strikers, and in order to
avoid collision with the troops SUBJ
mitted the following propositions:
First all trains to run without fur
ther interference from the men as
as soon as they carrie made up; sec.
ond, the payn,aster to pay off all the
men for February and March,. begin
ming Tomorrow; third, all the MEN
wheIf'paid off will he considered out Of
the eompany's employ; fourth, the coin
.pany will employ such men as they
think are for their interest; the men
pledge themselves not to interfere with
the cars, Trains, or shops or other pro-
perry in any RESPECT; sixth, if no inter
ference or Intimidation is hereafter at
tempted with the employees or proper
ty OF the company, and all parts of the
machinery are at once replaced, the
company will seek to make no arrest 8
for anything done during the strike.
The strikers held a meeting and re
fused to consider the propositions of
the company until to morrow at eight
o'cl. ok a. NJ. At a meeting just held
they have decided to allow passenger
travel to be resumed at once, but refuse
to allow freight to be moved II was
expected that the troops would be or
'dered to take possession oftbe oompsuy's