The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-27
TUESDAYS EXCITEMENT,
THE WORST OVER, AND QUIET BEING
RESTORED.

PTTTSBURG, July A.-The city is a
quiet as usual, and business is gradu
ally recovering from the effects of th,
intense excitement of the past few
days. The home militia and citizens
vigilence committee are doing effectua
work. During the day large numbe
of the ringleaders in . the riot wer,
arrested and large amount Of good
carried off by plunderers recovered
Arrests were made without resistane,
being offered. Forty persons wer.
marched to the penitentiary under the
escort of one company OF the Wash
ington Infantry without any attempt
at rescue being made.
At7o'clock this morning the remains
of four of the Philadelphia military
killed in the riot were taken to Phila
delphia. The remains were escorted
to the depot by the Duquesne Grays.
The workmsn in Jones & Laughton's
extensive works and the miners along
the line of the Castle Shannon Rail.
road quit work. The men have not
made any demonstration and none is
expected. The whole city is under
rived here this afternoon, and is max
ing every effort to restore the peace of
the state.
PHILADELPHIA, July "a. -. Mayor
Stokely has issued a proclamation
thanking the people for maintaining
public peace. He says; "Our people
are engaged in industrial pursuits.
Their earnings are invested in their
dwelling houses. If rioters should be
permitted to obtain an hours control
the humblest would suffer with the
wealthiest. The householders would
be compelled to repair damages from
their hard earned wages"
There was more confident feeling
among the merchants on Change this
morning, but the continuance of strikes
and Interruptions to transportation at
many of the great railroad centers have
partially paralyzed business
a committee of engineers and fire.
men of the North Pennsylvania Rail
road demanded, under threat of a
strike, that the ten per cent reduction
be abolished. President Comley prom
ised an early and definite answer.
AT West Philadelphia all passenger
trains are moving regularly on the
main line and on the New York diyis-
ion, and the company claim to have
re established freight traffic between
Philadelphia and New York. 1t is evi
dent that the proclamation of Presi-
dent Hayes has cleared the highways
in the vicinity of the depot. None but
those having business about the depot
are on the streets
PorTsvILLE, July 24-Special coal
and iron police have been sent to
Reading to protect the railroad prop
erty there.
The 9:15 A. NJ. mail and express
train from Philadelphia could not pro-
eeed further than Reading and has
returned. The passengers state that
the tracks are torn up a considerable
distance from tbs depot at Reading.
The railroad company have instructed
their train men to take no trains out
until the road ID clear. Reading rail-
road officials are now in communica-
ton with General Hancock.
COLUMBUS, June 24.-The calm pre-
Sailing in this city to-day after the
storm of yesterday was very marked.
There ives not a ripple Of excitement
to disturb the community, and bust
ness went on as usual, except that some
embarrassment resulted from the non
In 1vement of trains.
The strikers visited the Bee Line |
yard this morning to see that the usual
freight trains did not leave. They |
were shown sl oiiicial notice that the
June scale of wages would be restored
in August The strikers immediately /
'aid ''Go ahead, we heva lothing more
70 say" and freight went out. All the |
'reights ON this road ran as usual. til /
stopped by the pen on other roads.
The first passenger train to go East
,n the Baltimore & Ohio since Satur-
lay went about noon to-day. They