The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-08-02
THE GrkESTsTRIKE.

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columns. But many and varied a
those events have been. thank fortune
they involve no repetitions of Pitts
burg. The lesson taught there was
not, at all events, lss. upon other COM
munities.
When We went 10 press week ago
q frightful degree OF anarchy existed
in nearly all the railway eenters, and
| in many cities that could hardly be
called such, throughout the States of
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana, Illinois and Missouri, with out
posts in many adjacent States. The
| situation was threateningly critical,
and the most confident in the ulti-
mate triumph of law and order We're
trembling i'm view of the cost at which
alone that triumph might be attained.
Chicago seemed, week ago, to be
| in the most dangerous situation. And
although the people organized and
| prepared for the worst with commend
able premptness, the authorities al
lowed communistic meetings, dallied
and fired blank cartridges for so long,
that for several days the outlook grew
steadily worse, and the streets were
more frequently invaded by mob
whose cries and acts continually grew
more ineendiary and aggressive. But
when patience was entirely exhaust
ed, very few determined volleys ofball
cartridges and comparatively small
letting OF. had blood, did.the business. It
Is true that the police, which did sub
stantially all the active fighting, were
backed by some ten thousand organ
lied and armed men, including 1000
regular Z. s. soldiers which fact no
doubt aided very much in the work of
pacification.
In general, the same that was true
of Chicago obtained at other points.
Slow to use actual force, when finally
compelled, the law-preservers were
quickly too strong for the law-brcak
ers. st. Louis remained in dangerlong
er than any other city, and has just
reached condition of substantial qui
ct and safety.
The railroad strikers themselves
for the mobs which endangered the
peace of the cities were most entirely
outside of these-have been gradually
giving way, both in their demands
and in the means used to enforce them.
This has been brought about in no
small degree by their own apprceia-
ton of the fact that their movement
had been captured by class of cut
Threats ameuable to no control and for
whose crimes they would be held in
degree responsible. Then public sem
timent set Enthusiastically against law
lessness; while the prompt action of
L. $. courts, supported by L. $. Mar
shals and soldiers, in freeing and put
ting into operation roads that were in
the hands of Receivers, demonstrated
that the thing could and would be
done Under these influences, while
no roads of considerable prominence
have weakened" or acceded to de-
mands under compulsion, traffic has
been resumed on nearly all of them,
and the railroad strike proper is con-
sidered substantially at an end.
1t has already cost, in destruction Of
property, in loss of wages to the work
ing men themselves, in loss and dam
age by interruption of business, UNI
counted millions Of dollars and the
bad effects and actual loss from some
of these causes will be felt for a long
time still to come.
In the great coalmining regions OF
Pennsylvania thousands Of workmen !
are idle, with fair prospect of max
ing other thousands Of poor people |
starye for high-priced coal the coming
winter.
In San francisco, the ever ready ri |
oters started to killing Cinnamon a. |
soon a. the word strike was sup |
posed to have local significance, and
the Chinese part Of the city had to be
guarded throughout the trouble to
prevent wholesale destruction.
The latest strike of all is on Mary |
land canals. where boats were stopped |
Sunday and Monday, and some of
them, with their contents, burned and
sunk. Al Scranton, Pa, after all the
trouble was considered settled. a pas-
senger train was stopped Monday and
detained. At Columbus, O., the strik-
ers still have control of the {. c. d I.
yards and are holding trains. AT Fl.
Wayne, Ind, wholly on account of
Gov. Williams refusal 10 assist the
authorities, the strikers are defiant,
and, although trains have been started
Oh the 7. 4 TT. w, on Monday re-
frigerator ear, loaded with fruit at
Chicago and bound for New York,
was taken from passenger train,
side-tracked and left. At Chicago,
the Lake Shore, IN. FIT. Wayne and
the e., Il. n q. have not resumed
freight business, although expected
to do so. There are some indications
of trouble with engineers on these
roads, but no developments as yet.
The c., b. x q. announces a determ-
nation to resume work at all hazards,
and posted notices Monday that all men
who did not 90 to work before twelve
O'Clock that night would be discharged
and theirplaces at once filled. st. Louis
still wears a military aspect, but affairs
are fast resuming the usual condition.
These form about the substance of the
latest available news from localities
still affected by the great strike Of
1877"
Vanderbilt, President of the y. Y.
Central, like Scott. Garrett and
other leading railroad managers,
would hold no parley with men while
under the threat of stopping trains and
destroying property, but this Is the
way he comes to the front now:
President Vanderbilt, of the New
York Central * Hudson River Rail
road, has issued circular stating
that of the 1900 employees of the
company, less than 100 struck and