The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-08-02
THE R. R. STRIKES.
The Excitement SubSiding,
THE RIOTERS PUT DOWN.
TRAINS RUNNING AGAIN,
The Cause of the Strike.

The Cause of the Strike.
At the time our paper went to press last week,
intense excitement prevailed throughout the coun-
Try growing out Of the railroad strikes on al the
principal lines between tie West and the sea-
board. The terrible scene in Baltimore and
Pittsbnrg had q SOLDERING effect upon the strikers
everywhere, and, together with the vigorous meas
ures adopted by the civil authorities and the law
abiding citizens, in conjunction with the military,
to preserve peace and ORDER tended greatly to pre-
vent a repetition Of similar outbreaks in other
places. In Chicago, st. Louis, Reading, Pa. aud at
San Francisco, however, there were serious col
lsions with mobs, which were not quelIed without
a deplorabe loss of life, especially in Chicago.
Particulars win be found on our third page.
At this time, Saturday the strenuous efforts of
the authorities to restore order seem likely to pre-
vail, and the riotous spirit is evidently subsidiDg
at nearly every point of danger. Trains are again
running regularly on most of the roads, and there
is a fair prospect of general and speedy resump-
tion of both freight and passenger business.
Cincinnati, we are glad to say, passed through
the fiery ordeal with far less disturbance than any
other of the large cities, the only serious trouble
being with the employees Of the o. & Mississippi
X. R. The only destruction of property attempted
was the burning of the Mill Creek bridge, belong
Ing to that road, and that was promptly arrested
Ueiurs -1IuCll Gamage vas done.
The fact seems TO be settled beyond dispute,
that the mobs in Baltimore, Pittsburg, and all the
large cities weve chiefly composed OF thieves Gud
rOwdies who had no connection with the railroad
strikers, but took advantage of the opportunity to
join them in order to plunder and destroy. It is
believed that most of the inccndiarism and de-
struction of railroad property in Pittsburg was
committed by this class Of ruflians. Indeed many
of the strikers themselves afterwards volunteered
to aid in protecting property, and rendered good
service.
It is much to he regretted that the railroad em-
plOyces committed the great mistake and crime Of
resortng to violent interference with the property
Of the railroad, by preventing the running Of
trains, and thus disturbing the business Of the
w50'c country. BY this unwise coursc they for
fCinld the sympathy which they would otherwise
have received, for it is evident that the public
generally believed the strikers had good cause to
complain of their treatment by the railroad mana
gers. But when they went so far as to violate the
law and attempt to carry their point by force, all
law-abiding citizens were compelled to unite with
the legal authorities in putting them down and re-
storing law and order. It is to be hoped the terri
bic loss Of life and properly caused by the riots,
viii be a salutary warning against similar out
! breaks in the future.
In another column we copy an article from the
Baltimore American, which gives an apparently
fair and truthful statement of the grievances of the
employees of the B. s 0. road, which led to the
strike.