Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-16
PAYING THE STRIKERS.

companies OF sOlOIer5 are uQOer arms al
| the State building here tonight waiting
| Governor Hendrieks's orders to move to
Seymour or Vincennes as be may direct.
PAYING THE STRIKERS.
| CINCINNATI, August I5.-The strike
| on the Ohio and Mississippi road still
| continues. Late this afternoon freight
| train on the Louisville branch was
stopped and side-tracked at Deputy,
| Indiana. The pay car reached Vincen-
mes this afternoon, and those who so de-
sired were paid in full aud discharged.
| Quite number accepted the other alter
native Of the company, receiving checks
for their June wages, payable August
| 31st.
The firemen held a meeting at Vim
| cennes this afternoon, and considerable
| dissatisfaction was expressed by them.
| The engineers are also exhibiting symp-
toms of discomfort, and general strike
| Of all the employees is imminent. The
military are expected ar Vineennes dur.
| ing the night, and after their arrival ef
forts will be made to get freight trains
| in motion. After paying at Vincennes
the pay-car will return to Seymour and
| other points where dissatisfied med are,
and the same course will be pursued as
&C Vincennes.
The railroad officials feel confident
that the appearance of the militia at
VincenDes tomorrow will put an end to
their difficulties. Superintendent Gim-
peTling has advised The agents that the
freight-trains will run as usual to-mOr-
row. A meeting of workingmen was
held in this city tonight, at which reso-
iutions were adopted expressing SYM
pathy with the strikers, denouncing the
railroad company for Withholding the
pay Of the men, and calling on congress
to declare the charter Of the company
forfeited to the government.
PREPARING FOR WAR.
ST. LOUIS, August I5.-Mr. Waldron,
superintendent OF the Ohio and Missis-
sippi railroad, arrived here from Vim
cennes, and is directing matters rela.
tive to the strike from his headquarters.
He will organize force of two hundred
veterans who served in the late war, Sc
lectiDg these of we'll tried bravery and
nerve, who will be- distributed along the
line of the road to protect property and
guard those desiring to work from the
violence Of the strikers. They will be
under the charge OF Detectives Loner-
gan and Thiel of this city. Forty of
them left tonight, and more will start
tomorrow for Vincennes and other
points on the road.
PROCLAMATION BY GOVERNOR HEN
DRICKs.
INDIANAPOLIS, August 15.-The fol-
lowing proclamation was issued by Gov
ernor Hendricks to day:
STATE OF INDIANA, EXECUTIVE DEPT
INDIANAPoLls, August Is, 1876.
have been officially informed that q
Ohio aud Mississippi railroad, have
banded together for the purpose of OBJ.
stYucting the passage OF trains upon said
road, and that for several days they have
by force prevented the transaction of
freight and shipping business, and now
detain upon and along the road many
trains laden with live stock and products
on their way to market, whereby great
public Inconvenience and IOss are s1s-
tanned. have been informed, also, that
in Knox county the sheriff has been, and
is unable to meet and resist the large
force of persons SO unlawfully banded
together. He has, therefore, called on
me to render such assistance as may be
necessary to maintain the public peace
and the authority of the law.
The welfare OF society and the pursuit
Of business throughout an important
section of this country require that the
organization be at once disbanded. The
authority and power Of the law must be
restored. Persons interested in the ship
ment of the products Of the country to
market have right to the enjoyment Of
a feeling of security in respect thereto,
which becomes impossible when such
mbinations for such purposes can ex-
ist with impunity. No Justification is
fou- III the fact that the railway COM
pSny may have failed IN many Of IT'S
obligations toward its employees. For
such failure the remedy provided by law
is to be found in the court7, and not In
irregular and dangerous proceedings.
By violent and unlawful proceedings
the right cannot be maintained nor the
law vindicated. call upon all who ara
connected with these bands to withdraw
from them at once and place themselves
on the side Of lawful authority. In break
ing down the authority Of the law you
do society great wrong. You cannot
expect safety in mutual pledges to
stand by each other in unlawful
proceedirss The law is stronger
than your pledges; you will be overta-
ken, ,anG the ager cies and instIumentali-
ties Of the law will reach you. As citi'
zens, you cannot afford to stand in the
attitude of law-breakers. call upon
you to disband at once and return to
your emplOyments, and by wiser and
safer means you will be able to msin-
tain your rights. 1 call upon the public
officers to exercise all the powers with
which they are endued TO break up this
combination, and to bring the gu lty
members who may remain eontuma-
cious to punishment; and to the mainte-
nauna Of tha law and praaarUaOoa Of the
public peace, l invoke the sentiments
and judgment of the people against all
combinations for unlawful purposes.
Given under the seal of the State and
the hand of the governor, at Indisnap-
oils, this fifteenth day Of August, A. ID.
1879.
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS.
Governor of Indiana.
By the Governor:
InIIN NrFE Sncretaru of Gfafa