New-York tribune., 1877-09-18
OHIO WORKINGMEN.
r,,r TWO OLD PARTIES ALARMED.

THE TWO OLD PARTIES ALARMED.
-. snpr,n OF rHF MovEMENT-4.60 MEMBERs
~ oSR coUxTY-THE LEADERS UNION WITH
corpxRAcK MKN 10000 VOTES FOR THE
TICKET.
,o,, sr.rr CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNEl
To,rno Ohio Sept 14.-The labor movement mas
.oton q singular shape here, and has assumed pro-
,sor,ions which alarm both Of the old parues' III
5od II threatens to control one-third OF the 'o''
vote Of this county, having grownln sine'o .nou'"
. the pettiness of faction to the dlghity' III sN0
a. least of a party It's members call themselves
tbo Nationals" They are organized IN secret
Iodces called Councils, and agree IN ciai"iins
s+rengtb in Lucas County OF 4.6OO. NOW, As 'no'o
ore only 10 600 votes in the county, 1t VIII % see"
that this new movement. making heavy anoW""V'
Cor the men il has enrolled who will prooaOy oa,A-
shde INTO their old political associations is sun
formidable affair. 1t has counc'i in o 49,
vord in Toledo and in every township in the coui-
=. .d hos pnshed its organization into all the ao-
;oininc counties. The councils are ordinary po"~
- l,,be with the addition Of the element vi 90
oroov which s maintained by about fhe same no''
ods that used 70 be employed in the OF" N"o
Nofbinc lodges-grips, PASSWORDS anu al o''"
doIitv. The phenomenal rise OF the nc" va
this section is partly accounted for oy .ne i''A
discinline and morale in both the kepuoi'c"n "is
,,oro,;c narties independent movements anu
sar.;o from one side to the other have been com
NON for the last dozen years or MORE ana ioc',i
,al;tics have been both complicated and corrupt
A city ring has fattened on the treasury WIFI o"0
nortv in power just the same as wiz"
tbo other. In the days when }. NJ Asu-
~ ,ros IN Congress. the Republicans were al,
,rovs divided into Ashley and anti-Ashey men, anu
these Earring factions did not cease from 'ioup."e
tbe harmony of the party when he dlSaPpoaiou -
tI,a surface of politics Last year there was odu
,rlit in tbe Democratic ranks, about thousanu
voters breaking off and supporting Greehoach can
5ida+e for Congress in opposition to FRANK nu'u'
who had shown hard money piochVites' mus
Coon, one couse and another the regular party OF
,on;,o+iops came 10 lose their grip on large body
If voters in Northwestern Ohio, and the po'l'icai
fcld was well broken up for the planting OF he"
cron whether of weeds or good grain.
Tho leaders of the new party are not worklhgincn
IN the sense of coming from the ranks OF the
"borny-banded sons Of toll" They are Ia"yer9'
merchants doctors. and manufacturers, as wen as
formers and mechanics-the same sort OF people IN
snirit as manage the old parties Seeking YESTERDAY,
Cor some of the chiefs of the Nationals, was nrst
referred to a Or. Sturgeon, VINO mas iii''''"i
oeico and gives american baths" Whatever
snecies of ablution thew may be, on the sec
o,d floor of a business block. Inc DOCTOR
vos not al home having gone as deIegaVe
% tbe convention at Columbus. The second name
o my list was that of MI Falls the proprietor OF
Nour mill. The looks Of this gentleman ana ihe
thrifty. prosperous air of his establishment Iec"heu
the blt of ThVme