The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-07-26

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e The Central Pacific Railroad Com
: pany's dispatch from San Frxncisc,
says they have rescinded the resolu
ton reducing wages.
1 The PcllAdelphia Board Of Broker.
h..Te decided to make 40 quotation:
, public. The board has adjourned.
z 1t is reported that there is a scheme
: on foo. to buy stock cheap from fright
5 ened widows.
) The strongest rallying cry Of the
; rioters at Pittsburgh is, "Let her burn.
bows, it will give US work TO do"
PHILADELPHIA, July 23-11 A. NJ
: The strikers have just set fire to an oil
, tram on the Pennsylvania Railroad
!, rack, near South street bridge, in
West Philadelphia
WASHINGTON, July 2S The FEEDER
al government, 10 a feeble kind of way,
! Is moving troops hitber and thither,
mainly with the view of being within
J protecting distance of the capital. II
is in no present danger, but there is no
doubt 1t is hideously exposed, and
there are many millions in it.
The following curiously involved
sentence, which is official, gives the
idea: 1T is not the purpose of the
government to use United States troops
to merely protect railroad property or
ID insure the safe transportation of the
mails, except incidentally while protect
ing its own property"
{ 1t is understood Gen. Sherman and
LiTut. Gen. Sheridan will be recalled
q: oLce from the West.
| The Cabinet has agreed to issue a
| proclamation to the Pennsylvania
rioters.
Hancock has been ordered to assume
personal command in Pennsyl Iania.
Gen. Schotield, from West Point,
has been ordered to report to Hancock.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-The Nj
aeara division of the Erie road has
struck.
No trains are running on the Lake
Shore road east of Toledo, Ohio.
The strikers in Philadelphia are
kept under control by the police and
400 regulars under the command Of
| Hancock.
Ten thousand dollars reward is Of
fered for the incendIaries of the Leb
! anon Valley bridge, at Reading, last
night.
The Indianapolis and St. Louis
roads have struck. THIS strike in
cludes fremen, brakemen, sectionmen
and machinists.
No stock was shipped east from Buff
falo to-day. The strikers took tie
hands from the New York Central
train and un,Oaded the stock. The
Shore and E.ie yards and shops are
closed. The New York Central men
are not on q strike at Blffa'o, but can
do nothing. There Is much drunken
ness. 1t is feared that Buffalo will
share Pittsburgh's fate.
The excitement in New Jersey is in
creasing, The State authorities have
ordered the troops in readiness. The
affairs at EornelIsyille, New York, are
unchanged.
The employees of the Transit Com
psny at St. Louis have struck.
A proclamation of the mayor OF
Pittsburgh virtually places that city
under martial law,
Gen. getty has neen ordered from
Fortress Monroe to take command of
the troops in Maryland.
The st. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern Railroad does got ret connect
with the Union depot at St. Louis, but
has its own depot IN the southern part
of the city. Everything Is quiet on
that road, and business is progressing
IN It's regular way.
The machine shops at Terre Haute,
Indiana, have closed. The passenger
trains from Cincinnati departed in all
directions, but freight trains move on
only on the Kentucky Central and Lou
isville Short Line.
At Columbus, Ohio, about noon, rail
road strikers to the number CT 900 went
to the rolling Wiil and compelled the
employees to suspend work. They
also went to the pipe works, the Wa
Sci Fire Clay Company's works, Adam,
pl ming mll, franklin Machine
Works Pc er IS sash works and othty
factories, the Cmnlo.ee: CT which
joined the strikers as they went along.
rhe emit m. b had dinners with then,
and to the number of 1000 marched to
the Union depot, where they dined.
Chancellor RrEae ace ordered the
withdrawal of the circulars from the
receiver ordering a reduction OF wages
ON the Louisville and Cincinnati Short
Line road. All the wolkmen in Z ines
vile, Olo, have QUIT work and lined
the strikers. The street cars nave
} been stopped by the strikers.
New YORK, July % The exciting
advice in regard to the strikers and the
already large destruct!an Of property
had demoraiizng influence on the
stock market. This morning prices
opened at, decline of to 2 SIS IS
compared with Saturdays figures, and
subsequently made 8 atill further de-
cline of ! to :. Great excitement pre-
vailed and transactions were on large
scale, every stock on the list suffering
more or less of the decline. At P. NJ.
the prices show a recovery of l 2 and
10, but the market is feverish in
tone.
WASHINGTON, July 32.-The iGd:cs-
tions for the Western Gulf States are ::
northeast winds with stationary pres
sure and temperature, and partly
cloudy or clear weather.
J PITTSBURGH, Jalv 23.-The citizens
early IL the day effected an organize
ton which has sundued the rioters and
! restored the control of the town to its
municipal authorities. They have in
vited the fugitive Philadelphia soldiers
) TO return, assuring them of protection.
Headed by the mayor, the citizens
marched to the wharf sad prevented
accessions to the thieves from the
river.
The disorderly element should not
, | NOW he called rikcrs because the
. real strikers are rendering effective aid
! TO the municipal authorities in main
; tanning order.
! The mayor has possession of the can
non and most of the arms nsed by the
mob, and the reign of terror may be re-
garded as over.
: WASHINGTON, July "a. - Governor
: McCrsry, of Kentucky. has no appre-
, hen sion OF trouble in Kentucky.
: Only trains moving from Cleveland
, are short of accommodations.
The fremen, switchmen and brake
4 men on the SLOGAN or Southern Can
ada road have struck.
At meeting of the citizens of Col
umbus, Ohio, they took serious view
Of the situation, and 500 of them were
enrolled as special police. The mu-
E nlcipal authorities have garriaoned all
points likely to be Rlolested.
! The Missouri Pacific Railroad have
restored wages and no strike on that
road is probable.