, 1877-08-22

y Az. ~O''PleWenr. Ihls, said the
Chancellor OF the Exchequer, was "the
sole reply" he could give. The stste-
ment ls doubtless true, at present, but Il
Is obvious that as Gibraltar can be onlv
attacked by Spain and Malta bv Sea.
the troops arc sent there to be ready
for service further eastward, md the
public persists in believing that thew are
going to GaiIipoIi. The little peninsula
which commands the Dardanrlles could
be turned very easily into an entrenched
camp, unasSal'able by land, and it is sun.
posed that possession Of such a position
would enable US to dictate our own terms
after the war. Certainly it would enable
us to closa the parlale'les, if Europe
would let US, but would Europe? With
Austria most anxious to ge: into the
Black Sea, and Germany most anxious
to cOnclliate Austria, and France looking
DOT for u Russian alliance, it is quite con-
ceiyable that Elrope would object. Are
we then to Gre ito everybody 2
a most formidable Instruction OF la
bour has occurred in the United States.
Tie Directors Of the Baltimore and OHIO
Railroad recently reduced the wages OF
their servants 10 per cent, and demanded
a longer days wolk-.wo hours more it is
Faid and The railway servants struck.
New men wee engaged, but the strikers
attacked them, beat the police who defend.
ed the new employees, and finally resisted
the militia, The movement spread like
wildire, till it covered ten States and
so. 900 miles OF Railway; AMI the "roughs,'
e00nfiur o1iSol,EoF i,oit.l H. .ttL.- "
serious outrAges. In Pittsburg they tried
to roast the militia alive ia tho Round.
house, and drove them out and then,
maddened by success, DESTROYED 1000 cars
and twentV-iYe locomotives, and burnt,
spoiled, and stole property 10 tho value of
$500 900. Similar scenes, though none
So bad, were witnessed everywhere on tho
lines in Instruction, aud The mi lila whe-
Their from sympathy or terror, acting
haIf-heartedly, President Hays re>o' we'd to
use United States troops without rcqui-
sltions. Unfortunately The troops are very
few and very widely scattered, bat tho
citizens, alarmed for their property, turn.
ed cut In Vigilance Committees, and graz
dually, after several collisions and great
loss of lite, the strikers advised their
lrierds to abstain from violence. The
proposal to settle wages by arbitration,
has been generally accepted, but It's
railway service 10 the West remains sJI-
pended.
The dangerous feature in this American
strike is not the action Of the strikers, but
the audaclty which the rougtIs displayed
in gra~ping their opportunity. They
have been in great distress for some time,
they all carry arms, they have many Of
them seen service, and they fought in
mAnv cases with desperation. Any ex.
cuse served them, and in some c%ities, as
San Francisco, they made no pretence of
helping the St iktrs, bnc event for'' their
own enemies, in this instance, the
Chinese. Strikes wiich let loose the mobs.
though known on the Continent, have
%Fcarcoly been known here in our worst
days. The favourable feature in the
American 81 uatlon Is that the rural mi.
Tito acted with decision, not to say stern
ss-w note, we fear. at least one IN.
necessary voliey-and that the citizens,
once reused, formed fighting regiments at
once. and proved 200 powerful Tor the
mobs. Fortunately, New York did not
move, and in a day or two the Federal
authorities will have S 600 troops ayaila.