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The New York herald., 1877-07-26
A Plan OF Operations Needed.

The rioters had an important advantage
over the public, which they took by sur
prise-they had formed their plan bs,fore-
hand. That plan was to stop work, which
they had right to do, and then to stop the
trains, which they had no right to do Evi-
dently they meant to starve the public into
submission. Their scheme was not against
the railroads, but against the millions of
laboring men and their families whom they
hope to distress by famine.
1t is time for the companies and the
authorities to plan also. So Tar the compa-
MES on whose lines strikes have occurred
seem to US to have been, in the main, supine
They have surrendered and have stopped
running their trains. This is not the true
plsn, for it only plays into the hands OF the
rioters. Let the companies advertise pub
Il ely for train men, and they should offer
temporarily extraordinary rates to tide over
Ill cir difficulty +; let the authorities then pro-
tect these willing workers, and let any man
who offers to interfere in any manner what
ever with the running of train be shot
down like wild beast, us he is
That is at least definite counter plan. 1t
will bring matters to crisis and let the bully
ing rioters smell powder. If these men do
not want to work on the railroads, let them
clear cut; but If they attempt to prevent
other nen from earning living, the sooner
and more sumInarily they are shot down
the b etter for the country. which will not
feel their loss. We urge Governor Robinson
to Try this plan on the Erie Railroad 1t is
u SC Andal and disgrace that the great State
Of New York suffers its avenues of trans
po rtation to be blocked by law-defying
II .ob, which will not only not work itself,
nut will not let any one else work.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26
The General Railroad Law.

Fortunately no lives were lost on the Erie
road by the throwing Of an express train
from the track, but the act is none the less
thought few months since, when the coun-
try was excited over the malignity Of MUIR
derous tramps who prepared slaughters of
that sort for the public, that ere year wa a
out railroad men would themselves be mt
such work? 1t should be noticed that ey cry
person concerned in taking up that rro ok is
liable under the law OF this State to c.n i'm
prisonment of ten years. That law would
be good one to make general for the
whole country. 1t would be good step
for the State authorities to have that law
The New York herald., 1877-07-26
East and Wcst.

Is it not, after all, simply the old imitation
fury in q new form the demand, supported
by insurrection, that whatever else NAV
come down the imitation shall not he taken
out of wages? 1t certainly retains the local
characteristic with great tenacity. IL is a
Western row, as the other was. It has no
spirit and no original impulse anywhere
but in the West. In Baltimore n
promiscuous street mob, in spirit
OF "pure cussedness," tried to stop
the soldiers on their way to Cum
Derland, but Baltimore has no interest
III the dispute; in Albany the men have
quit work, but it is under the influence of
pressure and organization merely. The
foxes who have lost their own tails in tran
have temporarily made these Albany foxes
believe that the best fashion Is not to have
any tails. They will see their delusion pres
ently. 1t is a pity that the trouble could
not have been put down by Western force,
for it may rankle as an unpleasant remem-
brance that regiments drawn from the three
great Eastern cities were in every case relied
upon to control the Western men.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26
Looking Out for Ourselves.

A special HERALD despatch from Albany
s;etes that the Adjutant General receiSfed u
telc gram from Mayor Ely yesterday after
noon asking that no more troops e taken
from the city for the next two days. except
in ca Sc of absolute necessity. The Mayor
did aght to make such arequest The great
inter ests OF New York demand that nothing
shall. DC left to hazard here so long as there
is ny possible danger to the public peace.
Or first duty is TO protect our homes, and
as. the element of lawlessness is strong in
rictropols like our own the power to
suppress disorder should be sufficient to,
hold the unruly and criminal classes In
check. 1t is impossible to say at what
.noanent we may need the services OF tle,
city militia during the prevalence Of the sx-
isting. excitement, although the sensible
action OF the workingmen in absenting them
selves from tho Communist meeting last
nj, ,.ht affords the hope that the peace Of the
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

Common Sense from Mr.. Vanderbilt.
When Mr.. Wand erbilt telegraphed on Tues
day night to his e mploySs, ''The public inter
ests should not suffer from any differences
between the read and it's employees; keep at
work until tho excitement is over and fair
conference car. be had" he spoke like a
sensible man and whoever among the SER
wants Of the New York Central Railroad
makes Die now will put himself most
clearly and inexcusably in the wrong. Mr..
Vanderbilt IS tone and spirit toward his men
throughov It this whole trouble have been
most JUDI .cious and friendly. He told them
on Sund .ay night that they had reason to
count Il lemselves as "part of u.s." Now he
asks th EN- not to add to the general excite
ments nd turmoil, but to remain quietly at
fair difference can be had"
No W, fair conference is oil that any
stlil er or discontented man has a right to
rs k. When Mr. Vanderbilt offers that he
OF n,rs all that his men can ask We advise
tlA,m to hold on. They cannot afford, by
misconduct or by striking now, or by suffer-
ing the strikers or any un' uly class to inter-
fere with the road, to bring the citizens
down on them. If they are wise men they
will make up their minds at once to defend
the line Of the rond against all attacks and
schemes whatever. That would be to be-
have like sensible men, like thoughtful
American citizens.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

ONO PolIrICs.-Thc democratic party in
Ohio ought 10 be beaten Oh the platform which
they made yesterday. All that is good in it is
much ancient history. No one now justifies
the use of troops to control elections. What is
the of stringing sentences together about it
Both parties arc opposed to subsidies, although
democratic committee OF the House last
siop reported in favor Of huge subsidy scheme;
80 that it is idle tO waste words on that score.
There is very little else i'll the platform except
the. financial question, and the Ohio democracy
will never, we suppose, be right OH that. They
ought to have nominated Mr. William Allen, in
stead Of Mr.. Bishop. for Governor. 1t is the
old mans old platform, and he ought 10 bc the
standard bearer.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

THE VALUE OF TIE Press in the detection of
crime is shown in the recapturc of Abrahains,
the notorious burglar, who escaped from the
Connecticut State Prison the other night. If
his description had not been printed the train
officials would not have recognized him, and he
would now, in all probability, bc at large in
stead OF behind the bars.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

IL TIE RAILROAD STRIKE lasts much longer
the price of coal will certainly be advanced.
The Pennsylvania Company has already notified
the wholesale dealers of an increase in the price
of Pittston and other companies will be only too
glad to follow. Almost every interest in the
country is affected by the strike.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

city will not be disturbed by any lawiess
demonstrations. The miserable failure OF
the Communist movement speaks well for
the people OF New York Nevertheless, the
Mayor is justified in providing against any
possibility of danger
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

From our reports This morning the probabilities
IRE that the uoeaMcr IN Ne,c York today tcM be
aud purity cloudy or cloudy, possibly ,citA
hunder stOtcers.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

SENATOR SPENCER, of Alabama, will undoubt-
cdly be very glad 10 use his influence to get
troops iii the Black Hills to put down the
Indians. Calling for troops is one of his strong
points. His influence with the present admins
tr,tion, however, is, for we'll known reasons,
very dubious, and it is moro than probable that
the Black Hills people have quite as much
strengthat Washington as hc has.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

The Comm unistic Meeting Last Night.
The assembly OF Communists last night was
a Jiasco. The twelve resolutions tired the
crowd; the speeches acknowledged that the
movement has no strength or force, and
the sentiments, such as were not common
place, were repugnant to all American
workingmen. The police sat and looked
on in majestic silence, and at the close the
meeting dispersed in good order and thus
showed the wisdom Of the authorities in
giving permission to hold it,
On one point we wish to say word to
the workingmen Of New York. One of
the speakers remarked that while
lying uncultivated men are starving
here in the East He touched there upon a
truth, though he could not use it rightly.
There is great abundance of uncultivated
land in the West; the government offers it
to actual settlers MS free gift. If the rail.
road men, or any other workingmen, arc
discontented with their lot why do they
not take up q hundred and sixty acres of
Uncle Sans free farms? That is their true
remedy. And we can tell the strikers that
while they are wasting their time in
combinations and unions and their
means in strikes the sensible men
of their class are quietly removing
to the Western lands and becoming
Independent. That is the way an American
citizen helps himself out of disagreeable
position in life. Millions have done so in.
past years; thousands are doing it every
year and if the railroad union men haii
common sense they would use their fund ,of
three hundred thousand dollars in formrac
a prosperous farming colony in the far
West, where they could 60 and live in in de-
pendence. Instead of that they allow n few
demagogues to persuade them to childish
discomfort, and from that to lawless action
for which the circumstances of the country
give them not the least excuse.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

INDIAN MANAGEMENT If Mr.. White, of North
Carolina, WHO has been offered the Commission
ership of Indian Affairs, accepts the position he
will have II splendid chance to earn name and
fame for himself. Hardly any branch of the
federal service has been worse managed almost
from time immelnorial
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

MLxICo.--Thc surrender OF General Valdez to
The forces OF Diaz and tho arrest Of Escobedo
ior violation of our neutrality laws put an end,
N all probability, to the Ler,io movement Now
let Mr.. Diaz call his bandits off.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

YACHTISG.-The victory of the Estelc over
the Madeleine in the cruise Of the Brooklyn
Yacht Club from Greenport to the fishing
grounds is q notable event in the American
yachting world. The latter is of the fastest
boats in our waters, and the handsome triumph
OF her rival is all the more noteworthy.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

THE WEArIEg.-Ihc area of low barometer
in uhe West is dev clipping rapidly, aud now ex-
tends from the Atlantic westward to the Rocky
Mountains. Another depression is in the West
crn Gulf, and still another ia the Northeastern
districts R,ins have fallen ia the Southern and
Central Statos Us well us along the Atlantic
cosst The temperature has risen at some
points, and is generally high particularly III the
Northwest. Frequent wind and thunder storms
may. therefore, be expected throughout the
country. The weather in New York to-day will
be warm and partly cloudy or cloudy, p,ss.ol.
with thunder showers.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

The HERALD special ncrspaper train to Sara
Oga, Sharon and Ricl.Jfeld Springs Lake Lt-erne
nd Lake George and all intermediate poisls, oi0
Hudson Rirer, Albany and Schenectady, runs
rery Sunday during The summer season. Ncrs-
lealcrs msst send IN their orders direct 10 the New
YORK HERALD
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Ihe stock mar
ret was firm and closed higher. Gold advanced
the morning but closed lower at 1864.
Government bonds were firm. Railroad bonds
we're little improved in tone. Money ON call
loaned up to per cent, but closed as low as l2.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

MIR. MOODY cannot say whether he will go to
Washington next winter to convert Congress
antl he is divincy directed. The probabilities
rc that the Lord takes no interest in Congress
Md Mr. Moody will fail to be inspired.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

The CONVICTION OF Scott and Dunlap, the
Northampton Bank robbers. is substantial
triumph of justice. 1t was feared they would
escape because of the worthless character Of
Edison, the principal witness against them.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

testimony has been given against Bank Ex-
anlner Ellis i'll regard to the condition Of the
Third Avenue Savings Bank, which, il sustained,
will go fa: to establish the truth of the charges
that have been made against him. Let lis have
all tho f.,,.ts
The New York herald., 1877-07-26

TIE LIQUOR QUEsTIoN.-The dismissal of the
complaints against the liquor dealers who ap-
piled for licenses and were given receipts by the
Excise Board seems only just. The accused
certainly complied with the spirit of the law.
The New York herald., 1877-07-26
Breeding . Famine for tn. Poor.

Breeding = Famine for the Poor.
All the necessaries of life are becoming
scarce in the centres of disturbance, as
dispatches from dozen different points
show. OF course the poor, who keep no
supplies on hand, feel the distress of this
first of all. The strikers are thus bringing
suffering into thousands of innocent FAM
lilies. They are doing it in violation of the
law, for they have blockaded the freight
trains, which would be running but for
them.
Remember, workingmen, when your fami-
lies suffer from scarcity of food, or when
you have to pay three or four. prices out Of
your moderate wages, that this is the work
of men who have lawlessly blockaded the
freight trains. 1t is not The strike which
does this. Every man has right to strike ;
but no man has q right to keep others from
working; and that is wb at these strikers
are doing. There are plenty of men
ready to run the trahis :; anxious to
do it to support their families.
The strikers will not let them; they
prefer to condemn you and your fam
lilies to famine. Is this right? Is this fair
and honest? If man does not want to
work on a railroad let him stop and go at
something else But he has no right to
prevent any one else fiom taking the work
he leaves
The workingmen ought to take this mat
ter in hand and co mmand order. Why
should their familie suffer from what is
clear lawlessness andl injustice on the part
of the strikers?
The New York herald., 1877-07-26
orty against the attacks of tramps and

crty against the attacks of tramps and
thieves.
The present outbreak will probably have
the good effect of directing the attention of
the people and of Congress when it meets
to measures necessary and entirely possi-
BILE to relieve the depression OF our in
dustries. Our laws and commercial
conventions with foreign countries are so
unfortunately arranged as to disable us
from selling our surplus products in other
markets. Secretary Evarts said but few
days ago that il we want to sell we must
buy. The laws and treaties affecting for
eign commerce must be changed so as to
allow us to exchange our products for
others In this the railroad companies and
their people have common interest and
the managers OF these companies are to
blame that they have not foreseen trouble
and averted it by showing their workmen
where lies the true remedy for the general
depression and leading them to demand
needed changes. The country is not really
poor; it is suffering because it has too great
abundance. One of the Communistic
speakers said last night that the great in
crease in labor-snving machinery had not
improved, as it ought, the condition of the
workmen. He was perfectly right but the
wcrkmen arc themselves largely to blnne
for this they have tolerated n total neglect
Of foreign commerce, and in the course of
time the country has come to point where
it can manufacture more-not much more,
but vet more than it can consume The
surplus weighs lika lead on every branch
of industry; it dcpresses prices and dis
ables manufacturers, who find the home
market overstocked by nine months work
in the year, and are prevented, by blunder-
ing laws from selling the surplus abroad
Suppose our wheat farmers could not sell
their surplus in Europe? They would be
utterly ruined, no matter how great their
crops were. But that is precisely the con-
dition of our manufacturers and all inter-
ests suffer with them, the railroads, of
course, chief of all. The workingmen can
easily and quickly change all that, but not
by striking. Let them demand that Con-
gress shall free foreign trade from some of
it's shackles, and they will see a new pros
perity rapidly springing up and labor in
demand everywhere. We must sell our sur
plus
The New York herald., 1877-07-26
TRIPLE SH ID e Il
NEW YORK. THURSDAY. JULY 26 1877.

The HERALD iriu be sent 10 any address, free Of
postage, for One Dollar per month.
Richland beacon., 1877-10-27
A Coal Mine Horror.

An explosion occurred in collcry
at High Blantry, near Glasgow,
Scotland, last Tuesday, which for
destruction of life in a most horrible
maj ner, surpasses anything that has
occurred for many years. There were
400 miners at work in the collicry al
the time and they were every one
buried alive or instantly killed.
Explorers set 10 work at once, but up
to last advices but few living persons
had been found, and they all sup
posed to be in dying condition. The
explorers had to work their way in
from another mine, half mile distant,
while the earth was continually caving
where the accident occurred.
Richland beacon., 1877-10-27
The Election Fraud 10 he 1nveSti.
gated.

The United States Senate is either
going to investigate the election fraud
or attempt to gull the people into the
belief that it has done so; but the idea
Of investigating frauds that were con-
ccaled and partly committed by its
own members looks very absurd at
this late day after they were COM
mit,ed. A dispatch of the 22d says
TIE resolution submitted by Ed
munds on Wednesday providing for
the appointment of Committee of
seven Senators, whose duty it shall
be to take into consideration the state
of law in respect to ascertaining and
declaring the result of elections Of
President and Vice-President of the
United States, and that said Com
mittee have power to report ny bill or
otherwise, was taken up. Edmunds
moved to amend by adding the words
land the said Committee shall have
power to confer and act with any
Committee of the House of Repre-
sentatives that NAV he charged with
the same subject" The amendment
was agreed to. AID the resolution
passed as amended.
Richland beacon., 1877-10-27

The irrepressible negro and those
who delight in encouraging him in
picking his woolly head into all man.
ner of places where it has no bust
NESS, and making an ass of himself
generally, Just because he is a negro. ="
have created quite stir in New York
circles, because he has applied for ad-
mission into the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, of that city, and been
rejected. The applicant was one
Barbosa, of Porto Rico. Wonder
how many columns the Sun would
have devoted to the rejection of a
white man, for any cause, by this
College faculty, that had right to
reject who they pleased; or if its
persevcring reporter would have
forced bis unwelcomc presence upon
the officers Of the college for such q
cause and tried to pump them dry
against their will, as he did in this
case, because negro had been re.
iected.
Richland beacon., 1877-10-27
Slightly Inaccurate.

State Treasurer, Antoine Dubuclet,
publishes in the New Orleans Demo
crat of October 2lst a sworn state
mert of receipts into the State Treas
NV from each source from the first
day of July to the thirteenth day OF
September, 1871" which must certain
" be sli2 htly inaccurate, judging from
the figures placed opposite the parish
of Richand, which foot up total OF
Sl92.GG; whereas, according to our
Tax Collectors accounts and the
acknowledgement of his BANKERS in
the city. they should foot up just
1882 9S, less his commissions. Now,
either the bankers, who acknowledge
the receipt of $4S29S from Col. Moore
and write him that it has been prid
in for him, or the Treasurer have
made very considerable mistake so
far us this parish is concerned, and 1t
is reasonable to suppose that all the
errors in this sworn statement are not
confined alone to Richland parish.
We do not mean to intimate that
the Treasurer is guilty of any dis
honesty in making out this statement,
for we are confident that he has
exceeded the actual amount in regard
to other parishes as far, and perhaps
farther, than be fell short Of it in the
amount with which he credits Rich
land. For instance be places the total
receipts from Franklin parish at
5,lOO,74, which certainly must lie
largely in excess OF the actual
amounts received; in fact, we are
Informed that the tax collector of that
parish stated, in conversation a few
days since, that the amount be had
forwarded was uiuch less than that.
Our tax collector has written TO the
city to have the error corrected. and
no doubt i, will be done promptly and
satisfactorily.
Richland beacon., 1877-10-27
Sheriff Sale.

Nv. Arthur & Co. State of Louisiana,
No III vs.. Parish nf Richland.
]. W. Yarbrou.h. Parish Couft.
By virtue of a writ of alias fl. IA. issued
from the lIoml Parish Courr, in and for the
perish Of Richlamd. State ot Louisiana, in the
above entitled aud numbcfed suit and 10 me
directed have seized and Will offer for sale
n the door Of the court house III the town of
Rayvillc, on
Saturday, hc Isl day Of Deecmter, 1877,
AT public auction, to the last and highest bid
der, and within tie hours Of sale, the follow-
ing described property. TO wit;
The North East quarter Of the North East
quarter Of Section Nineteen N9), Township
Eighteen QS) North, Range Seven % East,
containing Forty (t0) acres. more or less.
Terms of sale-Cash, with the benefit OF
appraisement
J. A. LlDDELL, Sheriff.
Sheriff Office. Rayvlle, La,
October 9th, lsI1-6t