The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-01

The strike has become general among, all the
roads in the iron regions and also extends to
the miners. Considerable uncasiness is felt in
Scrntonaand surrounding county The EN-.
4 plOyes OF the Central New Jersey and its bran
ches have also joined in and the road is closed
to all but passenger trains. At Buffalo, at
midnight on the 23d grcatcxcitcment prevailed
prevailed and several collisions between the
mob and the military ended The Lake Shore
Paint shop and number of cars were burned
by the rioters. Several persons were killed
and many more wounded. At Indianapolis
the situation is very serious, none but ladies
unaccompanicd being allowed to leave the
Union depot, of which the strikers took
I possession at midnight on the 223rd
Passenger travel on all roads centcrin~ in In
dianapolis, is interrupted. In Cincinnati all
is quiet In st. Louis growing excitement and
and all freight trains stopped. In Chicago
| about the same condition of affairs, with still
greater excitement.
The strike still continues to RAGE. until
the 26th, it is far stronger and apparently
more determined than ever. Less important
roads and new recruits from them and all
| other employees of manufacturing establish
ments are daily drawn into the movement.
The freight traffic on all the Important
lines is absolutely intcrdctcd. As the move
mcnt swclls it is in some instances accompan-
led with serious rioting, but in all cases with
| more or less intimidation and violence Louis
vile is the last place in which the mob has
carried out its riotous demonstrations
eliminating IN damage to propcrty
and personal violence to citizens Two
thousand working men on the oath ut
tackled the freight depot Of the Great Southern
road and smashed windows and doors. Thence
they proceeded to the homes Of the Mayor and
President of the road which they proceeded to
wreck as they had don" the depot With the aid
OF militia and Il strong police, order was rc-es
tablishcd and at lastaccounts the city wasquict.
In st. Louis the rioters were very dcmonstra
tive and serious outbreaks anticipated At 9
O'Clock on the 25th, 800 men assembled on
Lucas Market. Shortly after the crowd swell
ed to four thousand, proceeded to march
through the streets and stopping at the
several places of labor, induced the la
borcrs to desist from work and Join the
movement. During the day the cti-
zcns organized, and order was restored.
III Chicago pretty much the same scenes were
enacted. A mob marched through the streets
stopping factories preventing the running Of
street cars and committing other acts of rio
tous demonstration. Several collisions with
the police took place during the day but with
out thetloss OF life. Citizens meetings We're
held and strong measures taken to suppress
further outbreak. At latest accounts quiet
prevailed in all the several places affected by
the strike, though in many Of them there was
still great and intense excitement
indications are gradually becoming
manifest that the great strike has spent its
fury and that the great wave is now rcccdiny.
But in the principal cities very great excite
ment still continues to exist and in San Fran
cisco particularly, yesterday, the Goth, was
characterized by several bloody and detcr1nin
ed attempts at Wholesale riot and
destruction Of property. In Chicago the
intense excitement OF the day previous
still continued to exist and early showed itself
i'll all its fury Oh the morning Of the Goth. AS
early as O'Clock large mobs concentrated at
the Halsted street viaductwhere had occurred
a fight the night before, and by9 o'clock the
crowd numbered as high as 10000. The mob
were evidently frenZicd and bent on violence.
When the excitement ran highest, sixty police
arrived and the mob seeing them broke and
ran. The police pursued them, when the
mob turned upon them and fight cnsued
the result OF which was the defeat of the po-
lice who were forced to take refuge in the
ronnd house of the Burlington Il Quincy road.
About IL O'Clock second encounter occurred
in which five were killed and Il large number
wounded. The rioters We're constantly in
crcasing and the situation becoming desper'
ate when the Second regiment with two
pieces of artillery appeared and began
firing. Shortly after noon, three COM
panies Of regular troops arrived upon the
scene and two hours later the mob was pretty
well dispersed. Saloons VICE closed and
every prccaution adopted tgIavc life and
property. Men were enlisted xIid stationed in
different points Of the city. About II 80 at
night large mob gathered at Sixteenth and
Halstcd streets, and.a third fight cnsllcd, in
which three soldiers and two policemen
were badly wounded, besides many of
the rioters. The arrival of the Second
militia prevented a: most serious conflict
In San Francisco on the night of the 25th, a
fire broke out III large lumber yard near the
Pacific docks and large mob gathered as the
fire began to spread until a serious contiacra-
ton was threatened. The police and large
numbers Of the vigilants and military turned
out and dispersed the mob after several were
killed and many more seriously wounded
All then became quiet throughout the city with
exception Of two or three attacks by
the mob on the Chinese wash-houscs. Ample
precautions were taken to preserve the paecc
Elsewhere the strike appears to be dying out.
III Indianapolis it is weakening and passenger
trains are running Oh the several roads. In
Maryland it is believed troops will not be
longer needed to preserve the peace. Eleven