The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09

issued, directing army corps not vet mobil- !
lied TO furnish division each to the fight
ing army, to be at once dispatched to the
Danube.
THE GREAT STRIKE.
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VIM. n. Sayers, Secretary and Treasurer
of the Firemen's League Of the United
States and Canada, was arrested at Indian
apolis on the 2Sth, by the United States
Marshal, and taken to the United States Ar
senal.
The Governor of Iowa, on the 2sth, issued
a proclamation warning all wOuld-be rioters
to keep the peace.
The strikers on the Canada Southern re-
sumed work on the 18th.
Official announcement was made on the
18th that the entire line of the Pennsylvania
Railroad was open for traffic. '.f-a
The engineers ON the Vandalia Road struck
at midnight on the 2Sth, against reduction
of 10 per cent. in wages. H1 10 -it
The Ohio and Mississippi Road recon-
menced running through passenger and
freight trains on the 2Sth.
The Chicago Times of the 2Sth published
the names of 10 persons killed during the
riots in that city.
The Fort Wayne strikers forcibly resisted
the movement of cars on the 2Sth, and the
Sheriff and posse, who made an attempt to
arrest the ringleaders, were compelled to re-
| treat. s..r., ..r f,rfI
Gov. Hartranft reached Pittsburgh on the
2Sth, together with a large additional force
of military. At JOhnstown the train con-
veving United States troops was attacked by
| a mob and several cars were ditched by
misplaced switch. Col. Hamilton, of the
| LIST Artillery, was severely injured, together
| with several soldiers. About 100 of the
rioters were arrested and taken to Pitts
burgh. The engineers on the Fort wayne
Road have joined the strikers. t.. ....
A Baltimore dispatch of the 29th says:
| Strikers in West Virginia having declared
the Baltimore and Ohio road should not be
opened, regulars have been sent to Grafton
and Kevser upon the reqUisitiOn of Gov.
! Matthews. The company announces pas
senger and freight trains will be resumed to
all points tomorrow. ..-.
A Cleveland dispatch, Goth, says: The first
act of violence since the strike happened
| last night to the Cleveland and Pittsburgh
passenger train. As it was crossing Cedar
| Avenue, several shots were fired into one OF
the passenger cars, breaking several panes
of glass, one shot nearly hitting Lady VINO
sat by the car window.
The strikers at Fort Wayne, Ind, still
maintained the railway blockade on the
30th. -- '..''' 90"
Robert A. Ammon, the man, who headed
the Pittsburgh strike, and was known as the
"Boss," was arrested on the 30th, together
with several of his principal abettors.
The railroad men at Scranton, Pa, resum-
ed work on the 30th, but the miners still
held out. At a meeting held at Wilkesbarre
$500 miners pledged themselves to continue
the strike and stop pumps until % per cent
advance was conceded. u
The strike on the Texas Pacific Road ter
minated on the 30th, the company having
agreed to accede to the demands of the men
The strikers at Kansas City resumed wOrl
on the 30th. .,.....,.. f.,
The strikers on the Pittsburgh, For
WAYNE and Chicago Road, at a meeting hell
on the LIST, at Fort Wayne, decided by
small majority to resume work. the com
panv having promised that no man shall b,
discharged on account Of participating II
the strike.
A Nashville dispatch Of the 1st says: TIL
strike on the st. Louis and Southeastern
Road has collapsed, and trains will run a
usual tomorrow. The engineers express
willingness to resume work, though no con
cessions have been made to them.
The strikers on the Lake Shore Road still
held out at Cleveland and CollinwoOd, OF
the LIST, and prevented the running Of al
freight trains.
The striking miners and railroad opera
tives at Scranton, Pa, on the 1st, undertook
to close up number of iron-wOrks, anon
the rest that of the Dickson Manufacture
Company. Mayor McKune went to the seen
and endeavOred to persuade the rioters t
dispense, but they bounced upon him in
most threatening manner, ana Du
for the inteTpOsition of Fathe
Dunn, he would probably have been killed
As it was, he escaped with double fractur
of the law. Meanwhile Mr.. w. W. Seran
) ton, manager of the Dickson Works, pu
himself at the head of about 40 of tn
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company
private police, and when the mob cam
along and commenced firing stones and Othe
missiles at them, they opened fire upon tn
mob with rifles and revolvers, killing fou
This effectually dispersed tn
: crowd for the. time being
and meanwhile the Governor, at the reque'
r of the Mayor, dispatched force Of Stat
militia to Scranton to preserve the peace
The greatest alarm existed, and places {
E business were generally closed up for fea
! of being cleaned out by the mob,
: Gov. Hartranft, with about 1000 Stat
militia, arrived at Scranton on the mOrnin
of the I'd. The movement of the troops Wa
attended with great difficulties, the track
; being torn up in many places and the rOa
. blockaded. The rioters attacked the trai
= near Plymouth, but We're routed by the so
diers without shot being fired, and a nun
Der of the mob were captured. Gov. Han
tranft established his headquarters at King
ton, opposite Wilkesbarre.
The strike on the Lake Shore Road ;
Cleveland was terminated on the I'd by
compromise between the company and tn
? employees. The blockade there lasted
e days. 81. aIa % Ola ~.
An attempt was made near Granville, o
e on the morning of the I'd, to. ditch All eS
2 press train on the Panhandle Road, b
7 fastening some ties and an iron rail acro'
e the track. Fortunately the pilot of the lc
! motive threw off the distractions and
. damage was done. ...... -..f..rr 81
The strike at Fort Wayne, Ind, terminal
ed on the 3D.
At Paterson, n. j., two striking silk EN-
pIoyees, women, have been sent TO Jail IL
assaulting another woman, who had return
ed to work. l-.- -ait'I-.'
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