Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-28

crease Of % per cent, which being refused,
they are expected to strike 10 the ncrp!Dg.
The situation Of affairs is critical.
PITTsBURG July 27-hlidneht. The Silk
ers on tic Plttsburg, FJrt Wayne and Chicago
| Road notified the officers OF that road to-day
that they wouid not ctfar any opposition to the
company cmploylog men 10 run iraIgot ana
passenger trains. The strikers say their men
viii 20 logger ruo passenger aud mail Trains II
thu company ere uoabe to obtain new men
wl'iog to risk takag out trains. ibis :cilo1
Of the strikers Will stop all passenger travel over
tn It road ltu move m-Dts Of the military are
KEEP, profound secret, and nothing de6Ol'e is
k ,vwo yet as 10 what c1u:se will be pursued.
The impression is that 6 veruor Hartranit abd
General Haucrcs, With a sIroDg turce OF regu.
lars and S ate troops, ore near the city, and
vii! march 10 to Dight or early 10 the muroipg
aud opro the blockade uUder the protection IT
the military. The railroad officials say they
have p!enty of loyal men who will run trains, Il!
thay can he protected r doing SO.
PHILADELPHIA, July 27.-Matters at the
West pnliaoelp hla depot are perfectly quiet.
90 cVidccce Of any trouble having ever lakeD
placs. A freight trsu for Pittsb1rg was started
out TO day, and has net with 90 obstruction
| bus far.
DEER PARK. MD, July 27.-The strikers
rxpress Willingness 10 90 to work, and The
aiapce arr weekenns About three HUNDRED
b .rrels OF fl ur are at k:yser a. freigh. Of the
railroad company. Captain kenny, the COM
oany's agent there. sold sixty barrels to the
strikers to.dsy at 81 per barrel, and more will
De disposed Of 10 uorrow at keyseT.
JERSEY CITY. July 27.-About 4 o'clock
.tis .!trrnooo Gov. B1de received dispatches
of 80 alarming character from PhillIpsburg,
ANNOUNCING that the local strikers there had
beeu !ned by crowd from ElstoD, just across
he river, and the local authorities asked for
assistance. Hurried consultations were bed
at the Governors heaG9u.rtersl III jersey SHY,
aud orders were Issued 70 the F-uT'h e.,
mcpt to recall all eav.,s - @':"r"c nad ,>s's
40 more. Two days c., H.. r..i.:.+ >2":a -
dercd ter the men and delivered az tae ,T1c
rirs The battery whlc! was encam PED 10 Ejy,!au
Fields, received orders at 6 o'clock to bold
themselves 10 readiness for instant removal.
A terry boat, With steam up, was lsld up at the
} deck 10 lake the troops direct 10 the railroad
depot, where trains we're in waiting for them.
Ii is understood that Brigadier Genera! Ramsay
will have command Of the troops when they
leave J"rsey City.
MAUCu CHUNK, Pa, July 27.-The men
, 90 !hv l. hlgu Valley aud l. high aud Su:qIe
bauna Roads arc all out aud all trims have
stopped ruouiug. The Lshigh Valley officials
have discharged ell their men who are coonect-
cd with the present strike, and will pay them
off ut once. TIE MIXERS ct Summit HILL struck
10 day, demanding au advance OF twenty pei
cant They marched from one mine 10 another
With cav Of bread struck 90 poles and after
ward c1ogregaed 10 tr0Ot OF the company t
Office wh@rc they demanded their nay. The
sheriff aid Chief Burgess have issued proca
nations CT )DDg order. aad warning all per,
SOUS Of h" cons, QueGc'3 OF acs OF violence.
DEs MONIES, la, Jolly 27.-Fifty tramps
boarded passenger train al Fort Dodge yes
terday aud refused to pay their fare. The en-
giuecr stopped the train, WHEN the tramps Or
derrd him to 60 ou, threatening TO shoot him.
Ii. took them to Ack!cy, where they lett peace
aLy.
JOLIET, ILL.,, July 27.-The failure of Meek
er & o., OF Chicago, 90 accouot CT the strik-
CTS, has resulted 10 closing The steel mills here.
the establishment b"lpg TWO months 10 arrears
to is EN- p!oyres Threats OF violence are belcg
made by the latter, though efvrts are being
made to pay them
HARRISBURG, Pa, July 27-Ffeigbt trains
were Ii Wig cast aud west GU the PennsS Fsn!a
railroad iron here this morning aDd are also
moving 90 the Philadelphia aod Reading road.
4 number Of men resumed work in the Penn
syIvania railroad shops this morning.
BALTIMORE, July 2S Tho strikers still bold
out, tut II was d,futey Determined late last
uight that all she freight trains shall! be moved
On the 3 & o Road to day, backed by the
civil ao! the military power Yesterday Was
consumed 10 negotiations between the men aud
ctfiC.;s OF the company, with 90 satisfactory re
SUI as regards he Wages question, though It l.
pretty vel! understood there Will be no tu!tner
attempt to Interfere with the traiGs should the
company undertake to ruu thcm. There Is also
It'll! soWc prospect that arrangements Tor wtrk
irg ua1rr any stipulated wages viii b. 5000 adj
TASTED, housA they are Intricate and trouble
sJlnc
ihn Su1 says :-Superiu:cndcDt WI KIDS. OF
the N.rthern Central Railway, last even
lug Impaired The very satisfactory Intelligence
that aii freight irAlus we're u wing regularly
both n ,:h aud S julh, aud that the maiu llue
Of the Pennsylvania Road was reotened to A!
t0ona, at least. The Indications were that the
Pennsylvania will be opened fer trafi, 10 day
throughout its whole length, aud through
ireiyhts are rec wed at B.lumorc aud also at
the West. Al the freight cars which had been
blGckaGcd IT Baltimore were started North aud
South, and during he day and last nlght trains
from up he road arrived at this p1lnt.
The G4zette says :-Complete arrange ments
have becu made to start traU5 this morning al
uuy cost, aud the authorities are prepared 10
meet any eucrgencj PROMPTLY. Full aud ex-
p!irit orders have teen issued to the military
and police, AID every precautlon has been takeu
to dip 10 the bud any attempted Interference
with the RESUMPTION of through freight traffic
On the Baltimore aud Ooio Rad.
TO DAYS DISPATCHES.
ST. Louis. Jul, 2S-M'dyight. visit to
the ioar Cunts ut eleven o'clock revealed the
fact TIA; quiet rcigns throughout the CRY, and
that TIC aurhorit feel coufiept that the crisis
il past. Three meetings were called by the
executive committee Of the working ueD's party
10 & tfersut paris Of thu eHg 10 eight, IuL tav
Of rh~m were comri"tc failures. Ihe Speakers
TAI ell to appear a.a tic rr, RI r"'.:"f,
were small, 5000 Dispersed. =. .,":..-. ....-.
u.. very large crowd had assembled before
the meeting upeoed. Capt. Burgess, Of tee
fourth district, with party OF five policemen
appeared % the ground, scattered the mob and
prevented any further demonstration. Twenty
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