The New York herald., 1877-07-25

hanna railroads struck work at SIX O'CLOCK 'n's ove"
Ing their restoration OF the ten per cens
In their wages having been refused
ORDERLY STRIKING.
The excitement incident 10 the strike OF the Lacks
wanna Iron aud Coal Company's employees was inten
sIhed this evening O'Clock when the nremen ip
the employ OF tho Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
and the Delaware and Hudson companies struck work.
As soon as the bell in the round house denoted tht
hour OF six the mon conveyed their engines into ths
yard. drew the fires from them and left them n
good order. coal train which left here a
five O'Clock returned and placed side BY
side with about twenty other trains laden with blacb
diamonds In the yard. The hremen retired from then
work peaceably, and IN the OF conversations
held with several OF them they declared that they
would protect lie and property with their lives II nocd
be. Superintendent Manve answered the men in
the employ OF the Delaware and Hudson Company
this afternoon TO the effect the company would
make concession, and tho nremcn that line
struck simultaneously with those on the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Road. The men taking
all the passenger trains to their destinations, and
soon as they arrive tho depot tie nres drawp
and the engines placed in the yards
LOCK-
No freight, coal or passenger trains will run until
the difficulty is retted and the company does not In
tend TO make any effort 10 run them. The strike 10
gineers, conductors and brakemen are not con.
cosued in 1t. The effect of the strke
the road to prevent all shipments OF coal and 10
mako the mines throughout the Lackawanna Valley
idle. The mines stopped work this evening and no
fewer than 40 900 men thrown out OF employment in
and around this city ana Carbondae at the head OF the
valley, with no prospects of resumption.
THE LEHIGH, LACKAwANNA, sCHUYLKILL AND
WYOMING VALLEYS THREATENING DISORDER
DISGUISED MOLLY MAGUIREs.
PrrsroN, Pa, July "a, 1877
From certain movements that have become knowi
in the Lehigh, Wyoming and Lackawanna regions, 1t
Is believed general strike is to be inaugurated.
Tho lenders OF the workngmen's Benevolent AS.
sociation have been zealously working among the
miners and aborcrs for several weeks past to fomont
astrike and already local strikes have occurred.
The dissatisfied railroad operatives and miners CON-
mttees have been conerring together secret this
city and at Wlkesbarre and Scranton, and 1t has been
determined engage in a contest with the coal aud
transportation companies unless the former rates Of
compensation paid. Delegations from the various
workingmen's labor organizations to visit the
ofcers fthe corporations to request an entire abot
tion or some modification OF the reduction OF wages
order The strike will probably be started by the en-
ployes OF the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Company FIRST aresoulion having already been passed
by the men to leave the service Of tho company
their proposition is not acccdcd to- A feeling pro.
walls In some circles that amicable arrangement
will he made between the conflicting elements
TIE SITUATION pREAcRIous
The situation prccarious and alarming, and some
indscreet movement upon the part Of any one
might precIpate serious and probably bloody con-
fct. Thousands of workingmen OF oil classes
woi in a
result Of the commttoos conference with tho corpo
ration. This intelligence Is hourly looked for.
OPENING
The first aggressive movement among tho railroad
operatives took place this morning on tho New York
and Pennsylvania Railroad. number Of train
struck at Emra, and it Is thought tho strike will ex
tend TO this place some time between this and
to- morrow. Unemployed rairoaders and other
workmen gathering all along the line
of tho Lohieh Valley, Bloomsbury and Lack
awannn Delaware ana Hudson, and Delaware
Lackawanna and Western railroads. and cx-
citedly discussing the situation All Of Them
openly express their sympathy with tho strikers else-
where, and apparently eager join the labor
war; The employees OF the Lehieh and susquehanna
division of tho Central Railroad Of New Jersey
quito retcent as to their Intentions but it s generally
conceded that they will follow action Of the other
railroad men. Thirty thousand miners and laborera
are ready aud willing 10 engage In the strike, while
between fifteen Thousand and twenty thousand opera
tives employed in manufacturing establishments are
arranging to cooperate with them.
A RuMoR SURRENDER.
At q meeting held to-day 1t agreed by the train
hands employed upon the coal roads below hero 40
strike tonight after tho passenger trains had passed
through. 1t is rumored that the Lehgh Valley Com
pany has announced its willingness to return the ten
per cent cxaclcd from the mems wages or tho LIST Of
July Tnis however, cannot be verified at tho CON-
pany's Office here
MOLLY MAGUIREs RAMPANT.
The latest reports IRON the SchuylKil region to
tho ecc the miners laborers and railroaders
restless. The managers OF tho great labor movement
are secretly at work, and it IS apprchended the
usuai uuictnegs betokens early outbreak. A party
of disguised meu, supposed TO be the rioters who did
tho terrible work at Reading and Lebanon, Monday
morning. passed through the region on an ompty coal
train yesterday afternoon. Several notorious Molly
Maguircs are said To have boon recognized among
tnem The gravest apprehcnsions still felt in the
lawless districts.
GOLFERS RIorING.
riotous demonstration occurred at ShamoKin last
night, tho riotors beng the strikers from the Buck
Ridge coIliery. coal train thrown from the
track at Mount Carmel this morning, and several
switches were misplaced Attempts have also been
made u hrc bridges on the local roads.
The Third division and Ninth regiment Pennsyl-
van,a National Guard. being largely composed Of
mine operatives 1t is believed they will not assist in
que!Ilng any uprising that occur, and requison
has been despatched to Washington for detachment
of United States regulars.
ALL TRAFFIC OVER THE LAKE SHORE RAILWAY
sroppED-TEN TONS OF MAILS DELAYED
THE STRIKERS APPEAL TO PRESIDENT
HAYES.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
ERIE, Pa, July a. 1871
Passenger trains run usuakto-dny the Phila-
dephia and Erie, the Eric and Ptsburg and the Erie
division of the Lake Shore and the Michigan
southern. The trouble confined exclusively
TO the Buffalo division Of tho Lake Shore
road. No trains allowed TO on
that division between Eric and Buffalo The Atlantic