The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-26
REVIEW OF DOMESTIC NEWS.
MR. SAMUEL ]. TILDEN sailed for Europe,

MR. SAMUEL ]. TILDEN sailed for Europe,
July Is, on the steamer Scythia.
In Montreal, on July 16, at the funeral of
the victim of the 18th of July riot, thous-
ands of Orangemen followed the deceased to
the grave. A mob attacked the procession
killing one boy and wounding several
others.
IT can be stated upon high official
authority. that before taking any further
steps toward recognition of the Diaz
| government, the United States Government
will await the promised reparation for the
actual invasion and conflict by Mexican
troops upon the soil of the United States.
In the Cabinet July II, Mr.. Fosters dis.
patches from Mexico and Gen. Ord's tele-
grams covering the same points were pre-
| sented by Mr.. Seward. The belief of our
authorities, based on information from Gen.
Ord, is that no trouble between the forces on
the Rio Grande will ensue, and that Presi-
dent Dias has issued his late orders for the
purpose of preventing popular clamor.
A DISPATCH from Scranton, Pennsylvania,
July II, says: A fire is raging in Roaring
Brook Colliery, at Dunmore. 1t broke out
last night in the stable in the lower vein,
three hundred feet below the surface. When
discovered all the mules, ten in number, had
been burned to death. The foreman was
carried out at noon to-day unconscious. The
heat and smoke are intense, and men can
work only in very brief relays.
THERE was a general run on the banks of
deposit at St Louis, on the 14th and 10th
inst. Several of them were compelled to
close, among others the Bank of st. Louis
and the North st. Louis Savings Association.
Shrinkage in real estate values, in which
these banks had tied up most of their
capital, was the cause of their being unable
to meet the sudden demands of depositors.
AN important strike took place among the
brakemen and fremen on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, on the 18th of July, on ac-
count of decrease in wages. The strikers
blockaded the trains at Martinsburg, West
Virginia. The Governor ordered out the
Matthews Guard, from Wheeling, and the
strikers attacked the military. One of the
strikers was killed, and soldier wounded
by pistol shot. The strikers numbered five
hundred men.
A TORNADO swept tower portions of Dutchess
and Columbiana Counties, New York, on the
afternoon of July 16, accompanied by hail.
Trees, fences, and barns were destroyed, and
acres of corn and oats cut down. During
the storm the lightning struck shed at
North Bergen, New Jersey, killing Mrs.
Sandow and babe, ten months old, and Fred
rick, Muller, boy of fourteen years. Mrs.
Sandow and Muller had been wedding in
field, and took shelter from the rain in the
shed.
NEWS to the following effect has been re-
ceived at Portland, Oregon, from Wallawala;
dated July 13. On the 10th inst. Joseph
and his band surprised party of thirty-one
Cinnamon who were coming down the Clear
water in canoes, and for mere pastime and
recreation inhumanly killed the whole party
but one, who managed to elude them and
escape. They are the first Cinnamon who
have been molested by the Indians of late,
and many of them are frightened out of
their senses, and are leaving for the upper
country.
On July 10, at Pittsburg, freight train men
on the Western Division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad refused to go out with their trains.
The strike was caused by the company in
creasing the number of freight cars on the
trains. Heretofore a conductor and his
crew ran seventeen cars. An order lately
issued doubled this number, withoutincreas-
ing the crews. The strikers and their friends,
in all nearly five hundred, assembled at the
outer depot, and by intimidation prevented
the crews from going out which otherwise
would have remained at work. The Sheriff
of the county was compelled to telegraph to
Governor Hartranft for military aid to sup
press the rioters.
THE strike of the Baltimore & Ohio fire.
men and brakemen on July IS had grown
into war Of such proportions as to call
forth proclamation from the President
ordering the rioters to disperse. The militia
along the line of the road being found
inefficient and inclined to sympathize with
the strikers, call was made by the Gov
ernor of West Virginia for United States
troops, and six companies started on the
night of July IS, from Washington for
Martinsburg, the scene of the principal dis
turbance. The strikers had at that time en-
tire possession of the road from Grafton to
Martinsburg. Passenger trains bearing the
United States mails were permitted to pass,
but complete blockade was established on
| freight trains.
THE United States troops arrived at
Martinsburg, the location of the B. & o.
Railroad strike, on July 10. They found all
quiet there. A considerable number Of
canal men Joined the strikers. Governor
Matthews telegraphed to the Secretary Of
War to send one hundred more rifles and
two pieces of artillery. The Secretary, upon
the receipt of the telegram, telegraphed to
General Barry, commanding at Fort Nc
Henry, Maryland, to hold two field pieces in
readiness as foot artillery subject to further
orders, and General Barry reported that the
guns were ready to move on receipt of orders
for that purpose. On the 10th it was
reported that the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad strike had become general,
extending from Martinsburg to Parkers-
burg, Benwood, Columbus, Newark,
and Chicago The strikers induced the en-
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tried to leave Martinsburg early in the morn
ing, to desert it, The strikers surrounded
the militia and they retired for reinforce
ments. At Newark and Columbus, Ohio
freight trains were stopped by the strikers
but the passenger trains were unmolested
The railroad officials called on the Governor
of Ohio for troops. The telegraph wires
were cut west of Martinsburg by the strikers
on the afternoon of July 10. At six p. m
two trains moved out of Martinsburg, pro
tected by the troops, one for Baltimore anC
the other for Cumberland, and reached thei
destination in safety.
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