Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-25

divisions for the present. The be
Line has given official notice thl
the June scale Of wages will b
restored on the first of August
Consequently freight trains wer
permitted to 60 out as usual.
All is quiet at Cincinnati. Pass
enger trains are running regularl
on the Hamilton and Dayton, Ma
rietta and Cincinnati, Little MAN
and Southern railroads. Freigh
trains are running on the Marriott
road, and an express train iron
Baltimore came in on time yester
day on that road. The burning o
the bridge across NH creek wa
not the work of the strikers but O
drunken rioters who afterward tool
the road and Quilted all the mill
wagons coming into the city. Some
of the ringleaderS have been ar
rested. The strikers last night
virtually had possession of all the
roads in the western portion of the
city aud no trains can run over the
Ohio and Mississippi, indianapolis,
Cincinnati and Lafayette, Cleye-
land Columbus, Cincinnati, and
IndinopOlis, Cincinnati and Allan
tic and Great Western roads.
Mayor Moore addressed about 1000
strikers last evening at the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton and Dayton depot,
declaring that he had been a work
ing man and knew their wants ;
that he was with them in their
but begged them not to
destroy or commit any violence.
Everything is quiet at Cleveland,
and no violence. The strikers have
all saloons ins COllinwood,
and declare their shall be no dis
turbance or destruction Of property
unless the militia are ordered to
the railroad company in start
trains. President Vanderbilt's
to the strikers declining to
make any concessions has been re-
ceIved.
AT GAINESVILLE, where the running
of the street cars was interfered
with, a vigilance committee Of one
thousand citizens put a stop to the
riotous proceedings and all is quiet
The strikers are in u%ndisputed
control of all the roads at Terre
All trains have been stop
ped on all roads except the Terre
Haute and Evansville, which has
reduced wages. The railroad
managers take it coolly and seem
to stop everything and
results elsewhere.
The people Of Pittsburg have re-
covered from the Supplying effects
of the panic and riot, aud the bet,
ter elements have regained the as
cendancy, but there has been no
compromise between the stIikers
and the railroads.
The firemen on the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, Della
ware and Hudson, and Lehigh and
Susquehanna railroads stl lck yes
terday evening at six o'clock. Fail
ing to obtain the restoration Of ten
per cent. on their wages, the men
in the employ of the Lackawapna
Iron and Coal Company, TO the
Of 1900, struck for aq in
crease of wages. The mines are all
idle, and considerable uneasiness JIG
felt throughout the valley. The
mayor has issued an appeal to the
citizens to uphold law and order.
Yesterday at West Philadelphia
all the passenger trains were NOV
ing regularly on the main line and
the New York div sion, aud the
company claims to have re-estab-
lished freight traffic between Phila-
delphia and New York. A meet
ing in a hall of so-called working
men was djSper. I'd by the police,
fearing incendiary acts. At Shen-
andoah the miners of the Philadel-
phia Coal Company, numbering
over 500, struck against a reduction
of wages ranging from 10 to 20 per
cent.
Notices are being prepared by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa-
ny to be served upon sherifrs oil
counties and mayors of cities reel
ting that threats have been made
aoaiuet their nrOnortv bv OWL lie