The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-08-04
Letter from Mauch Chunk.
MAUcu CHUNK, Aug. 2,

to be the all. absorbing topic Of conver-
sation, and the questions how and when
it will end 2 are at the tip Of nearly
everybody's tongue. That it will end
disastrously to the very class or parties
who instigated it, nobody doubts and
that 1t and its consequent preign Of an
archy will neither be suffered to last
long nor to extend, are predictions snf-
fciently warranted by the sound cdm-
mon sense of the more substantial mass
es, who are not yet ready for divide
Indeed its inglorions end is already hut
a question of time. Its death.knell was
sounded when the monster raised its
ugly head at Pittsburgh. It's doomed
to die, he it easily, or in mighty strug-
giles and commissions, and the enormi-
ties of every hour are but calculated to
hasten the period of its existence. That
military assistance has not already been
colled 'in is sadly to be deplOfed, but
let us hope that it will be all the. more
efTectual when invoked and rendered.
The patient evidently needs both purg,
ing and bleeding pills of lead aud
sabre lancets apd being sick, very
sick, he should receive immediate at
tention. i Reasoning will no longer do,
and proclamations have ceased to be
anything but a palliatiye.' Dangerous
diseases frequently Teeuire desperate
antidotes, and the .,cnly, remedy at all
calculated to cure the patient and arrest
the further. spread of the disease, is
strong preparation Of lead. Wilkes.
Barre and Scranton are said to be badly
infected and an extra supply of .eaden
pills sadly needed there. But why
speak longer in riddles, instead of
plainly to the point? It's a sad state
of affairs that we have arrived at. And
can it be possible that this state of
things is to continued God forbid
Law and order mus! be maintained, and
that they will be in this immediate vi
cinty we have every reason to believe.
That our people are in earnest upon the
subject was plainly visible at Saturday
evenings meeting IN. Oak Hall, when
80 good mem, and true enrolled undeH
the banner cf law and order in less
than Is minutes indeed so fast that
the secretary of the meeting could
hardly pen the names of volunteers as
rapidly as they were announced. That
these so are mostly individuals vito
have seen some service in the tented
field, is another circumstance that
speaks eucouragingly fer the peace and
quiet of Mauch Chunk. On Monday
evening these so men divided into two
companies, had their first drill in the
! jai-yard. They have been drilling
! there every evening since, andi CON-
posed of the very best of material as
both companies are, they will not be
long in making good soldiers, ready to
, sacrifice life in the cause they have
, espOused. =, 4,
r The unexpected appearance on last
t Monday morning of fifteen Penobsco
? strikers at the Jersey Central round
/ house caused quite an excitement il
3 town when their presence became more
g generally known. "A sheriff's posse be
3 ing taken up, the regulators, dispersed
, and the several engines departed un-
S mOleSted. ~.u
On Tuesday your correspondent en-
l joyed a trip to L. & d. Junction on tn,
, l.. V. II. r. Co IS pay car. lie fount
D., all quiet along the line, and also learned
-. that but few railroad men had parti
), cipated in the recent disgraceful acts o
9 the mob at Wilkes. Barre.
: Tuesday evenings arrival here OF
q L. V. r. r. passenger train with co
}. piOus mail and heavy eXpl ess, was hail
n ed with delight by all. 1t was the frs
Ii train that had arrived by that line sine
: Friday, and brought the fret Tegula
9 mail received here in a week.
: Es 1t was. generally known that rail
z road commu 1ication north would be re
d opened, or at least attempted, on the Ii
It inst, much curiosity was felt on tn
It evening of the 3lst inst. respecting tn
g probable result of the attempt. Thi
l. curiosity no longer exists, as it wa
y very generally known, last evening tbs
y the running Of the trains had been in
4 terfsred with by the rabble at Wilkes
'e Barre, by whom one of the trains {
"' down passeDqer) was, still held, an
1f that on the Hazleton branch also a,trai
g had been interfered with by obstructiCI
at placed on the track. go
r. On the whole it appears as If r
~ sumption of railroad traffic, without al
I'd equate military protection, were an IL
re possibility hence an almost univeTs
re yearnlng for the appearance of Il
u mueh-needed boys in blue. .Ii b..
Il Shortly after the reception .of II
a news here on Monday morning that
IS. large procession of striking miners W
3 ; nearing Nesquehoning with an e7
r. dent, design OF interfering with II
ee working miners there, Sheriff Raude
n. bush summoned posse for service
a that quarter, and at half past eIev
en- O'Clock fOrty.one men, armed cap. p
ch were assembled in front of Hon. JoI
nd Leisenrlng's grounds, anxiously ava
- ing the order to march. But the ord
did not arrive, as all fears had mea
ok while been dispelled by compromi,
ed according TO which the miners were
he cease operations, but dead work was
ms proceed unhindered, At 12 O'Clock t
nd posse was dismissed, the arms wern
W, turneI to the county Jail, and the M
ng ley array Of warriors were soon on Tn
40, way homeward, rejoicing over their
led ceeding good fortune. o.,
>" At this writing (Thursday forenoC
Use all"is quiet, but the feeling anythi
ly, but buOyant, as last evenings intel
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