The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-02

-sA-dsspssS1 nom ~UrzndsRsp{sIs ssys
that the Grand Rapids and Indiana Rail-
road Company are running light freight
trains, but all freight IL received st owns
passenger train. having been stopped
by the strikers at Crosse Isle, the Supt.
Y the Canada Southern issued an, order
suspend all trains. The following tele-
m was received from the Presideg1N
Stop all trains until further notice,
md shut up the road entirely. That Is
lust what l have done with the New York
Central. want few reliable men sell
ected to watch and guard the property at
lgnch points as may be necessary, and sus-
md all other men and service until we
Ian get free nom mob law"
JOHN TILLINaHAsT. !
Upon the receipt of this telegram Super
intendent Woodf0rd issued general or
der dischargfny the entire force Of en-
ployes OF the road with the exception OF
:aS %sr !. ss vlr ss,a
points along the line to watch the proper
tty Of the company. Orders have also
S Sis Sss ass3sa raes|Ss end deliver no
The following dispatch was sent from
Srpsse Isle 70 President Hayes -
INN. PkksiDENrEThe oficsis or the
Can.dS eouthern Railway have refused
~ atpw tne traqSportatio OF the Unged
states malls. We offer our services to the
government TO transport them. Me0
sn %Ss,f M ana postal esrz ara ready. We
stSIgned) WoRx,GBN'S CoasAkIrTEE.s
u Some ofthe men 1t 0rOsssr Isle manned
an engine and postal car, and took It to
Detfoit.s They then visited the postoffice
and offered tolranspOrt the malta, but. ~
they were not sworn, officers Of the Gov
eminent, their ofFer was declined. In the
afternco6 .thevw1nts<i. 10 60 hack TO the
tslsPd, PIT Nf SHS " informed info no them en-
postal car, and took measures to have the
PropsEfy proteectzeda sI.sI y M go
AT t TGas g On N eansSasy, ESsstlE IS
the crowd was fformcd in iins, e being
announced that they, would flrst VGo the
whole length of Wster street 70 the Penn
sylvania depot, and then through che
misunderstanding districts, notffy inS al g.
Establishments to stop work ct once. This
plan was. followed, out, and the crowd
proceeded from place to place, gaining
strength - IL proceeded, y antln ordering
che s%R,oyss q the u%bsE y;sss 81 H.
day was consumed IN this MANNER, AID
in .pearly, II not quite every instance,
their demands were compiled with,
though not without pf0testin many cases
ontlie part Of the NoFkmen.y The NIL
burn Wagon Works, employing 800 men,
closed at two O'clock, before the arrival
of the procession. Every large nlatiufac-
turing turing establishment in the cityfis new
The Erie Railway announces that the
strike at HOrnellsvilie has ended and the
Erie Railway is open. h-.,.,syer Is
A dispatch from Buffalo, 18th, says
Excepting few unsuccessful attempts OF
the mob TO induce employees 70 omit work,
nothing exceptional took place to-day.
Several times the mob was dispersed BY
the mounted police and patrolnAen, and
the principal leaders lodged In jail over
thirty having been arrested, ,s;,.H
At HornelBville, on the Erie road, Q
conference came to an agreement. The
men 70 to work at y uniform reduction OF
10 per cont. the land occupied along the
track 10 be Acknowledged as the COM
.psny's mo discharge on account OF this
strike, and no arrests unless for danger
GUS criminal offensea. The restoration of
the discharged com mittee-nien Is left to
the company. yipi>l sir,l 80 ; !iaii
At the meeting of Canada Southern
ing Of the 18th, all the resolutions passed
at the former meeting were rescinded,
and the men offered their services to
superintendent Woodf0rd on his own
terms. They requested, " however, IL
concessions. were made by the Great
Western and. Michigan Central COM
panies, that he should use his influence
to procure similar adyantages fox them.
. AT San Frsncisco. on the 26th, the lat
est reportS nom the vicinity Of the Pacific
Mail dock are that the crowd has mostly
dispersed. THE fire IL under, control,
Citizens are matters 81 me sitr,atidh. The
fire near the Mail doclc was Of incendiary
origin, the evident intention beipg To in
volve the conhpany's property in its
spread.tiG .s!s3W siif ,.is!iN.i4 . ~
II On the arrival OF the first detachment
of citizens crowd Of about 10, 900 had
gathered. The wharves, lumber and
coal yards, I'm which the fife was raging,
were surrounded on the land side by q
fence RAINING near the bottom Of steep
hilf leading mp TO st. Mary's Hospital!
On the top OF the hill the crowd had as
,sembled. and a portion OF them, attempt
ed to set fire to the fence. The po-
lice and IA citizsns attempted TO drive
them off and were met by showers Of
stones from the hill. The hill was then
stormed In the face Of q hot fusilade of
stones, and the mob began firing pistols.
The force answered with "a yolley, and{
getting to close quarters, used clubs with
telling effect. In the charge 4 young
man, note teller In the London and San
wounded Another citizen ID reported
shot dead, and a great many lwounded
more or less seriously, by stones and
pistol shots. 1t Is impossible to ascertain
the loss OF the rioters. Several, are re-
ported killed and wounded, but nothing
definitely KNOWN, At least . hundred
shots we're fred Into the mob. About a
dozen are lyinSin drug stores near the
sceno Of the action, more. or less severely
injured. This charge broke the courage
OF the mob, many Of whom wero captur;
front Of the mail dock, they were man.
acled to It for safe keeping. The mob at
no time obtained accegs to the door,
which wis closed, strohgly guarded, and
several cannon planted commanding the
THE meeting which was. tn have been
held by the communists on Market street
was broken up In It's incipiency by a
good force OF police. Amer & battle OF
stones and sticks on one side, and blank
cartridges and billies on the other, the
mob ran away at last, but not without
notifying the police that they would have
revenge, n They separated, and . band OF
them broke open gun shop on the West
Side, taking fifty guns and . quantity OF
ammunition. About seven o. clock a
bloody row began at Sixteenth, and
Halsted streets, where the police, in at
tempting to disp6rse crowd, werV over
powered AND. compslled to take refoge In
the round house OF the Chicago, Burning
ton and Quincy Railroad. They were
Hslsted street vladuct, where the crowd
s ssss%S aFsssssi,ys and regular battle