The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-07-26

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"a Ma aida these thai lse Burning
esr was run. The fre GIT depot % the
Phssbsrg: ciacihnssi sad St Louis
railwaa wsa q large shed huili IFohiing
ca Grant street, and extendieg from
WashiBgsoa % Seventh avenues. The
companies general ofioos were IN The
fosrs,ary brick building ifouling %
Seventh avenue These were totally
destroyed. AZ was also the depot q the
Adams KTprsss Company, on Grant
street The books add valuable papers
had been removed from the depot
Offices As we'll a. from the other build
logs before the FIRE reached them. The
Gre department continued on duty from
the irsi alarm, bat were not allowed 70
throw any water ou o. make any effort
10 save the property OF the railroad
company They consequently directed
their efforts to saving private property
on the north side Of Liberty street, In
this they were mainly successful, al.
though ak dwellings and a sash factory
were destroyed early 10 the day. When
the Union depot was fred, followed by
Pan Handle Offices. panic seized the
citizens, who had up TO this time calmly
folded their arms and looked on. II
was feared that the fire would sweep
the entire portion of the city south Of
the Pan Handle railroad tracks. AT
this junctnre the fire department Of
Allegheny, which had been held in
readiness in case OF any outbreak on
that side Of the river. was summoned
10 assist 10 staying the progress Of the
flames. The Pan Handle railroad build.
iuh was the last one ia the line, and
the Allegheny department was placed
on Seventh avenue 10 check the fires
progress in that direction, When this
last building was fred, the whole terri.
tory fOr distance of three miles was a
mass Of flames, the railway companies
property being all between the south
side of Liberty street and Bluff hill.
Small houses on the hill side, although
badly scorched, were not destroyed.
On Monday the strike extended to
other roads, and on most Of them the
strikers remained masters of the stu
alton, allowing no freight trains to be
moved, but on some OF the roads pas
senger trains aud the mails were al
lowed TO proceed without molestation
There were no serious collisions be
tween the military and the strikers al
any point. though the state govern
ments aud the general government al
Washington we're evidently making al
1.-The preparation 10 their power to put
down the disturbances.
Thus far strikes had occurred OF
the following named roads; Baltimore
and Ohio. Pennsylvania Central. Erie
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis
vandalia, Ohio aud Mississippi, Cleve
land. Columbus, Cincinnati aud India
napolis, Philadelphia and Reading
Philadelphia and Erie. Erie and Pitts
burg, Chicago, Alton and st. Louis
Canada Southern, and some mino
roads.
In free country trades unions ant
strikes are very foolish, to say the least
The former seldom prove benefit t
their patrons, and the latter never.
temporary advantage is sometime
: gained. but in the end the bitter get
sadly bitten. As rule the employe
pays all he can afford to for labor, an,
If one occasionally gets rich, it is usu
allv by slow and laborious process
and economy in management. mean
by which any laboring man with ord
nary good luck can secure compe
tence for old age. In the case whic
, has spread such alarm over the coun
, try, the pay Of the men was small
hardly enough TO enable a man to ful
nish food for his family but the striker
forfeited whatever sympathy they wer
entitled to by their wanton destructio
Of property As far as law or legs
right is concerned, the propositions ar
! very simple. Any man is not oblige
to contract his labor at a given pric
unless be chooses, but after havin
contracted for a given time he has u,
, right to quit without good, special rea
{ sons, much less to prevent other me
from working at any price they ma
: agree upon, and certainly above a
. he has no right to destroy propert
or imperil life. The latter coarse wi
defeat his object If nothing else will.
COUNTY TEACHERS ENAIISATtoN,
!, At the last session of the legislature
bill was enacted providing for tn
election each year. 10 April, by th
town superintendents Of each COUNTY
OF board OF examiners of teachers fC
what are called county certificates