Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-08-11

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5d iilioH sg iHis54Ci $3.50
THE worry of England over the sad
spectacle of our riots is turned 10 the
contemplation of a little display OF 4 SIM
liar character at home just now. a mob
| of 5000 attacked hotel Wednesday
night, Last week. at Grimsby, where an
unpopular member of Parliament was
stopping, and tried to burn it. A num-
Der OF persons were Injured, and troops
were called out to suppress the disturb.
anee.
A WITNESS before the coroner's jury at
Reading, Pa, ,atcd that five 'cart-loads
of stones were thrown at the Fourth
Pennsylvania regiment while it was pass
ing through the deep cut at that point.
These were nearly all thrown before the
first shot was fred by the troops. FIVE
cart-loads Of well-aimed stones was a
a good deal for either human nature or
raw militia nature to stand, and little
wonder the men fired Without orders. =
], & ACCORDING to PoOres railroad man
ual. of eight hundred and eleven railroad
companies in the United States, only one
hundred and ninety-Sx paid any diyi-
dends last year; that is, three fourths of
this industry is Frustrated and pre- fitless
One hundred and forty-six roads in est
ern Kansas. Nebraska, Missouri, Dakota,
Colorado, South Carolina, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, louisiana, Texas, Ar
Kansas, California, Oregon, Nevada and
Washington, paid no dividends at all.
The largest per centage of paying roads
WAS in Massachusetts, twenty ont of
fort, seven; the next, New Jersey,
twenty out of fifty-two; and Maine. five
out of thirteen. Il The railroads barely
support their employees, and many of
them DO not do that. iru ~ 'is8, 81 l.r,.
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n WASHINGTON telegram says good
portion of the Presidents message, upon
the reasscmbling of Congress, will be de-
voted to the consideration OF the labor
Question: 1t is known that at numerous
Cabinet meetings held within the past
two weeks this subject has in several in
stances been discussed, TO the exclusion
of all other matters. Several members
of the Cabinet are known to favor the
passage Of a law providing for the ergan-
ization Of a commission which shall haze
due regard for the interes. of all con cern-
ed--producers, merchants, railroad en-
ployes and capitalists thaton any ques-
ton u fair compromise may be effected.
a member of the Cabinet, in a recent
conversation, spoke of this plan and ar
gued that Congress has the right TO pass
| such a law under the clause OF The colisti--
Tuition authorizing that body to regulate
cominerce with toreiaN nations and
AMONG tile several states anu Indian
tribes. Such commission might be vest
ed Will power to examine into the desi-
rability of chartering new railroads, and
might require certain conditions to be
Fulfilled, so as to establish the reasona
BILE certainty that the projec-ed roat!
would be remunerative, ana that the
company would have means to pay for
its construction, AMI thus avoid disas
trous failures.
The way the cOlOred citizens in the
south are protected in the enjoyment OF
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
is shown by the following Incident :
There was a gathering of lcelored people
at Waverly, Mo. they had employed for
the OCCASION brass band composed OF
colored NELL In the midst of the en-
| joy ment OF the festivit es q drunken
white man, OH horseback, rode into the
crowd and up to where the band sat. He
eyinced desire TO ride over the mem
lbers of the band. A cOlOred man, who
4, had some authority about the grounds
respectfully requested the ruffian to take
his horse out of the crowd, whereupOn
the ruflian, without making amy reply
drew Il revolver and shot the dcolored
man down Notwithstanding the five
| loaded chambers in the pistol, the uil-
aimed colored mel seized the scoundrel
pulled him from his horse, disarmed
him, and. instead OF hanging him to the
nearest tree, as some Democrats would
| have hangeda colored man for an of
Tense of half the magnitude, took him
and delivered him up to the civil author
| tiles to be dealt with according to law
! The justice of the peace designated the
4 next day as the time for the preliminary
examination. In order that The prisoner
might be safely kept, irons were pu
upon him. and at night, in the language
of the constable, "a strong guard PLACED
over him. !" In the morning he was gone
| The astrong guard" could not tell whe,
| or how he went. All they knew was
that they lad played cards all night, ani
did not think about the prisoner at
Itempting to. escape. - 1t is easy to.ise'
Ihow the prisoner escaped, Public senti
ment would not allow a white man to b.
tpunished for shooting negro. The same
/ public sentiment would have hanged
without thought of concealment, an.
colored man who interrupted gatherin:
lof white people in the same manner.