River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-08-09
The Railroad War.

All fear of further trouble growing out
Of the recent great strike i now, Aug. 1st
happily passed, and in consequence the mill
tary aud other defensive organizations formed
al the time for the protection Of life and pro-
perry arc now disbaudiny. Yesterday, July
3lst. passed without disturbance or excite
ment at any point worth speaking of, and al
ready tie business. OF nearly all roads has
passed into its usual routine Columbus,
Ohio, il appears Is the last point st which
the strikers made stand or carried out
their programme Of stopping trains, but the
arrival Of a few companies Of military speed
ily set all things 70 rights. and st is not appre-
hended that snY further trouble will ensue
ST. Loui-. Chicago, Baltimore aud all the prin-
cipal cities " here the rioters obtained a strong
foCthOld, are now quiet and the process OF
law i being enforced for the punishment Of
those guilty OF mob violence Many Of them
are being fined and Imprisoned President
Vanderbilt u the y. Y. Central & Hudson
Riyar Railroad ordered 100000 TO be divided
rataLly among the employees Of the road se-
cOriing IL their respective positions on the
pay roll. IN recognition Of their feslty and re-
fussl 10 strike. and also ha. issued a circular
stating that out Of 1900 employees OF tie COM
pany less than fifty engaged in the strike.
There : sin some little excitement among
the miners but 1t i believed il viii gradually
die Ont and that work viii ia a few DAYS be re-
sumed as heretofore.
The great strike while evidently dead
beyond resurrection Il least for the present In
those localities where 70 ROurished but short
time ego. dies hard aud has now transferred
itself entirely 10 tie coal and iron districts u
Pennsylvania. On the first inst. there was a
fierce outbreak Of five thousand miners At
Scranton, Pa. 10 suppress which Mayor Ne
Kuue undertook to use the authorities, when
lie was fired upon and wounded. Ia the melee
four men were killed and many others
wounded There was also some trouble with
the miners at Wilksbsrre and other places,
but apart from the mining districts, all IS
quiet and the trouble which grew originally
out Of railroad management may lee said 10
have entirely disappeared.
The situation in reference Ca the great
strike and it resultant troubles is unchanged
and in no wise, differs from what has hereto
fore been given. On the 2nd instant, ali was
quiet and on ali the railroads the differences
were being amioably adjusted, In most cases
by negotiation or compromise. In the mining
region the condition Of affairs is as heretofore
stated. The strikers still hold out and the
employers refusing 10 concede their demands,
considerable excitement prevails. Vt Wilks-
barre and Scranton the arrival Of military has
tended in great measure 20 quiet matters, and
it is not anticipated that suy further trouble
viii be had.
The railroad troubles are unchanged
from Yesterday. Aug. 81, and but little diff
Guilty is experienced anywhere except in the
mining region. At Scranton considerable ex-
element exists growing out OF the mob yio-
lence Of the lst inst, and on the occasion OF
the funeral Of the victims Of the melee, which
took place on the Sd, there was large de
monstration hut no disturbance. sufficient
number OF troops TO preserve the peace is,
however, 4 hand. aud il Is anticipated that
the trouble viii blow over IN a few days more