The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-08-03

HAACS VI IOsi0 s1I tue rate OF HI .
miles an hour, stops included. AS
stop OF several minutes was made at
Cedar Rapids for supper, and some
time was lost by following passen-
ger train for ten miles before the lat
ter could be reached by orders to get
It out of the way, 1t was necessary 10
run at the rate OF sixty miles an hour
a large part of the distance co accom-
piish this average.
Chicago Times.
The heartIess seoundrel who pre-
tends TO supplemented, honest work
ingmen that shutting up the factories
Improve their condition, is a meaner
crimiRal than the sneak-thief who
would steal the bread out of their ba-
bies' mouths.
CHANGE IN PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
Chicago Tribune.
Already in many cities prices of
food have begun to advance in conse-
quence of the strikers stopping the
trains Meats, poultry, fruit, and
vegetables are becoming scarce and
dear in number OF places. In some
lines of eatables the Chicago markets
begin to show the consequences OF
the cessation of transportation. The
wages class of people of all ranks will
be the first TO fuel the effect of increas-
Ell prices caused 10y the action OF the
strikers. A great revulsion OF popn-
lar feeling has set in against the forci-
ble interference with the commerce
of the country. Thousands of citl-
Zens who sympathized with the
strikers on Monday were denouncing
them yesterday for stopping the trains
and disorganizing all business.
THEY MEAN BUsINRss.
Chicago Tribune.
When Uncle Sans two companies
of weather-beaten regulars, who had
just returned from chasing and fight
ing Indians, marched along Madison
street yesterday afternoon, thousands
of persons lined the sidewalks and
cheered them at every step. The APP
pearance of those national troops had
an electric effect on the crowds who
saw and hnrrahed them. They were
representatives of the irresistible pow
er of the National Government, which
can smash mObs a. easily as an indi-
Vfdual can crush eggshells. They be-
long to class of men who have neith-
er "pOlitics nor religion" sympathies
nor selfishness, in the presence of OBJ
obey lawful orders without questions
why's or wherefOres. If a mob is
found rioting, setting the constituted
authorities at defiance, destroying
property, or obstructing the channels
of travel, trade, and commerce, they
disperse that mob; they make short
work of the obstructionist. When they
strike, they strike hard; when they
shoot, they sheet to kill. They have
only one code of ethics, and that is,
the law must be supreme; the authori-
ties must be obeyed. This is West
Points code of politics. Those two
are merely q small detsch-
ment to protect public property here
but if needed regiments will speedy
follow them. Wherever these nation
al police go, they mean business il
they find mobs.
THE DUTIES OF RAILWAYS.
Burlington Hswkeye.
The Hawkeye believes that the man
ayers Ofrailroad have duty to perform
in this crisis as well as the em ployes.
That the latter have a right TO meet
and remonstate against the reduction
of wages we think no one will deny.
The managers of the railroads should
ChCOIIullH ulCCb bAlCAE
90 their statements, and if their (the
side of the case will not
stand the test of reason, it will be
for them to admit the fact
and act in the premises with the same
reason and good sense that they ex-
pect of the men.
"HARD TIMES" FOR THE RAILROADS.
The president of the Grand Trunk
stales that in the last two and
O quarter years, the total losses to
that company "Irom competition, ;"
have been 81, $50, 600 in hard cash and
that the losses of railways in America
from the same cause have been $47,-
10000.
LAwLESS INTEREST.
st. joseph Herald.
ANY discussion of the terrible strike
now going on In our country which
Ignores the leading fact that the rail-
roads are the aggressors is false and
The largest and most
lawfeSs money interest in this country
Is the railroad interest. It has walk
ed over the people like emorseless
and tyrannical giant defying
the general government, the
State governments, people; it
has bribed, bullied, brow beaten and
every popular interest I'M
i'll men despaired of any remedy or
relief. At last the worm tired of being
ErOdden upon, has turned upon its as
,ailant and American cities are now in
the hands of a French Commune.
The federal government submitted to
the railroad defiance of law and every
State government was bri bed or ca
Ioled into the same fatal acquiescence
10 the demands of the heartless money
tyrant.
FICTITIOUS CAPITAL.
Leavenworth Times.
Back of the present demonstration
the responsibility rests upon the rail-
roads of having brought about the
necessity of such a state of affairs.
They say that the reduction of wages
was rendered necessary by the falling
Of of business, and the general
shrinkage of values-that it was
necessary iT order to enable the roads
TO meet their running expenses and
pay q reasonable interest upon their
capital. But they loose sight of the
fact that large portion of the capt.
tal-in many cases more than half of
1t, and not a few instances three
AOAA OSSOAIy ASSASkONSS ECRICc
sents no actual money invested, but
has been created by "watering" the
stock. In flush times when everybody
Is making "piles of money!" it may
be permissible to ask the public to pay
Interest upon capital created In this
way, but at such time as the present,
when everything is being cut down to
the lowest living rates, q railroad
Is not justifiable in asking its
employees to work for less than enough
10 supply the necessities OF life, in
order to enable the company to pay
dividends on fictitious stock. Hence
the fact that the sympathy of the pub
lie was with the strikers. but this
they have forfeited by their
OWN acts of violence, and the only in
'erest the public now has in the mat
ter is to see order restored and the