Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03

the influx of strangers into the city has al
most ceased. Trade Is almost as entirely
at stand-still as it is in Pittsburgh; but
it can't last; men may stand and swing
clubs and yell, few days, but they have
got eat, and food was never got by swing
ing clubs and yelling. The Pennsylvania
road Is now open, and the Others will be in
a day or two; and the regular flow Of bus
iness will begin again.
THE Commune LEADERS.
John Swinton, the ablest Of the LOT has
been connected with the press of New York
for a quarter of a century. He is a man
above the average weight and height.
with a good natured face, surmounted bv
bald crown. He got his notions of liber-
ty, fraternity and equality in Paris and is
as radical Republican as ever lived. He
is an excellent writer, and anindesatigable
worker, and is honest. He makes no mon
ey out of it, nor is he in these movements
because of any hankering for notoriety; he
is good speaker, and is a favorite with
the reds.
Justus H. Schwab, is a German of per-
haps forty-fve, who processes to spend all
his time brOoding over the wrongs of the
laooring man, which does not interfere
however, with his selling good deal of
lager beer to the oppressed, which his %ife
draws. In times like these, Sehwab does
splendid business, and it is shrewdlv sus-
pected that he is not averSe to public dem
onstrations. He holds that property Is
robbery, that there should be an immedi
ate divide, and that rich man is a crimi-
nal. He is a tall blonde, very powerful
and muscular, and has wonderful influ-
ence over the long-haired of his race.
Thompson, the other leader, is tall, dys-
peptic Englishman, who was an agitator
in his native country. He is a man Of
some eloquence-of the kind known as CAB.
He can talk by the hour of the rights of
man., and the oppression of labor" with
all the rest of that fap-doodle which such
fellows have vexed the world with for so
many years.
At the beginning Sehwab and Thompson
intended to precipitate a riot, but the po-
lice commissioners gave them to understand
that they would be held responsible for
any trouble that might arise, and they
wisely held their followers in check. Your
ranter is usually a very cautious man when
it comes to himself. But they will go
right along and organize societies, ''for
the amelioration of the condition of the la
boring man," and collect money, and
preach communism, living the while very
comfortably on the contributions of their
dupes And then when strikes come they
will keep very quiet in the background out
of range of shot and shell, till the fight is
over, when they will emerge and go
through the same process again. Your
professional labor reformer, like the pro-
fessional reformer of any kind, is most
pestilent fellow. 1t is to be observed that
he never tries to improve the condition of
the laboring man by the exercise of the
virtues of temperance, hard work and saw
ing-not he What he wants is that the
man who has earned and saved money shall
be compelled to divide with the man who
has squandered all that he earns, or who
is too indolent to earn any. 1t is amusing
to hear men in Schwab's beer saloon, sit
by the hour deploring the condition of the
''honest working man who is starving,
spending the while the money for beer and
cigars that their wives are earning at the
wash tub. Suggest to one of these fellows
that he had better go out and earn dol
lar or two, and he would answer that he
was no slave! And he sits and drinks
beer and smokes, consuming in this way
money enough to make him rich if he
would save it and put it at interest.
The rioters don't apparently seem to
know that every dollar they destroy they
have to pay in the end. The counties, cit
les and States are responsible for the de-
struction of property, and every dollar
burnt will go into the tax duplicate. They
may think that the property holders will
pay it, but they dre mistaken. 1t all comes
out of the labor in the end; the mObite
who lives by theft is the gamer, for he
never pays anything, but the honest work
er deluded into the movements, will lind
the bills charged up to him in the end,
and he will settle them. 1t is very seri-
Gus matter About five millions were de-
strOyed in Pittsburgh, which is about $32
per head for all the men, woman and child
ren in the city. Rioting is a costly amuse-
ment.
THE PROSPECT
is encouraging. The enormous crops that
cover the West have been harvested in
splendid condition, and some Of it Is
reaching the city. Currency is going out
from here by the million with which to
move it. Capital that has long been lying
idle is out in active service once more, and
the good effect is being felt everywhere.
Up to the time of the strike buyers were
coming in freely, and there seemed to be a
certain promise of the renewal of business
we have been so long waiting for. The
strike will be of short duration, and then
the great, the generous tide will set thither-
ward, and our half deserted streets and al
together deserted ware houses will show
life again. The country is bare of goods,
the enormous crops now being secured Will
furnish the means to get them, and there
must be good business done this fall.