The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-08-09
The Railroad War.

All lear OF further trouble growing out
OF the recent great strike Is now, Aug. 1st
happily passed, and in consequence the mill
tary and other defensive organizations formed
at the time for the protection of life and pro-
perty are now disbanding. Yesterday, July
31st, passed without disturbance or excite.
ment at any point worth speaking OF, and al
ready the business Of nearly all roads has
passed into its usual routine. Columbus,
Ohio, it appears is the last point at which
the strikers made stand or carried out
their programme of stopping trains, but the
arrival OF few companies Of military speed.
lily Set all things to rights, and It is not apprc-
hended that any further trouble will ensue
st. Louis, Chicago Baltimore and all the prin.
cipal cities where the rioters obtained strong
foothold, are now quiet and the process Of
law is being enforced for the punishment of
those guilty OF mob violence. Many of them
are being fined and imprisoned. President
Vanderbilt of the n. 7. Central & Hudson
Rivar Railroad ordered 100000 to be divided
ratably among the employees of the road &C.
cording to their respective positions on the
pay roll, In recognition Of their fealty and re-
fusal to strike, and also has issued a circular
stating that out Of Il, 600 employees Of the com.
pany less than fifty engaged In the strike.
There is still some little excitement among
the miners but it is believed it will gradually
die out and that work will in a few days be re.
sumed as heretofore.
The great strike while evidently dead
beyond resurrection at least for the present In
those localities where it 1ourished but short
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itself entirely to the coal and iron districts Of
Pennsylvania. On the first inst there was "a
fierce outbreak Of five thousand miners at
Scranton, Pa, to suppress which Mayor Nc
hunc undertook to use the authorities, when
he was fired upon and wounded In the melee
four men were killed and many others
wounded. There was also some trouble with
the miners at Wilksbarre and other places,
but apart from the mining districts, all is
quiet and the trouble which grew originally
out OF railroad management may be said to
have entirely disappeared.
The situation in reference to the great
strike and its resultant troubles is unchanged
and in no wise, differs from what has hereto.
fore been given. On the End instant, all was
quiet and on all the railroads the differences
we're being amicably adjusted, in most cases
by negotiation or compromise. In the mining
region the condition Of affairs is as heretofore
stated. The strikers still hold out and the
employers refusing to concede their demands,
considerable excitement prevails At Wilks-
barre and Scranton the arrival of military has
tended in great measure to quiet matters, and
it is not anticipated that any further trouble
will be had.
The railroad troubles are unchanged
from Yesterday, Aug. Sd, and but little diff.
Guilty is experienced anywhere except in the
mining region. At Scranton considerable ex.
citement exists growing out of the mob vio-
lence of the lat inst, and on the occasion OF
the funeral of the victims of the melee, which
took place on the Sd, there was a large de.
monstration but no disturbance A sufficient
number Of troops to preserve the peace is,
however, at hand, and it is anticipated that
the trouble will blow over IN few days more.