Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-25


men and means to prevent any serious
breach Of the peace, but their operations
are to some extent Of a private nature.
superintendent Towne, Of the Pacific
Railroad Company, has applied to the
authorities for protection. The full ex.
tent Of the grounds on which he bases
his application is not reported, although
it is considered possible some attempt
may be made to initiate o movement
against the company.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Jlly 25.-The city is
quiet this noon. Everywhere there are
favorable sigma Of order being restored
permanently. The action of railroad
employees in rendering their services TO
protect railroad property and secure
moving passenger trains, mas left mali
cious abettors Of extreme measures with
out q footing.
-Four passenger trains were sent out
on the Hamilton & Dayton railroad this
morning, guarded by men, each train
having four to six we'll armed men on
the engine and two to four on the plat.
form of each car.
There is no change on the Little Mia
ma railroad, passenger trains arriving
and departing on time as usual. Trains
on Marietta & Cincinnati railroad also
running regularly. No through freights
are moving on any road. Passenger
trains are now uninterrupted on oil
roads except the Ohio & Mississippi.
Sc. Louis.
ST.. Louis, July 25.-The cavity of
the situation is not lessened here to-day.
At 9 o'clock this forenoon 1900 men as.
sembled on the Lucas market place and
around the stand erected by the working
mems party, while 1000 or 5000 specta.
tors gathered in the vicinity. The crowd
was made up mostly of wire-workers who
have struck aud strikers from other
manufacturing establishments. At 10
o'clock they formed in column and
marched past the city hall to Turner
hall, where the executive committee of
the workingmen's party is in session.
Half an houf later a body Of 500, made
up chiefly of negroes, was sent to the
levee and marched its length for the pur-
pose of inducing the roustabouts to join
them. The strikers say they are to
receive explicit orders i-om hour to
hour, and expect to stop all manuiactur.
ing establishments before night.
A committee of men Of the LaClede
gas works waited on the officers Of the
company at ten o'clock ard asked that
the reduction of twenty-five cents a day
made on the lst Of July be restored.
The request was Immediately granted,
and the men returned to their work.
The LaClede supplies all the city north
of Washington avenue.
The coopers held another mass meet
ing this morning on Chambers street
and Broadway, and received the reports
of committees appointed last night 10
wait on the bosses. The latter acceded
to the demands.
A crowd of $500 people is gathered at
the Union depot, but nothing is doing
here. The only passenger train which
passed East over the bridge this morning
was the Toledo, Wabash and Western.
the strikers making an exception in favor
Of that road, they say, because of its Do.
siton towards its employees in the past.
On the other roads only postal cars were
allowed to leave. The Chicago and al.
ton people reused to be dictated to, and
at the rel dlar hour sent out a postal csr
and baggage car and one passenger
coach. The train reached East st. Louis,
but the strikers refused to allow only the
engine and postal car to proceed. This
discrimination was declined, and the
whole train was backed over to the depot
OBJ this side.
The MissouI. Pacific machine shops
49,
and Height iepots and yards are closed
and none Of the men are at work. They
told the officers Of the road tiis morning
that they were satisfied to work, but it
would only precipitate IN attack and
general trouble v tn the strikers. The
position Of the men was approved by the
company and the shops and depots are
closed by mutual consent. The COM
pany sent out three or four freight trains
between l and 5 o'clock this morning,
but i; is not likely they III sts It any
more for the present.
A delegation Of strikers from the city
visited Cheltenham, four miles west Of
the city, this morning, and ordered the
men out of the smelling and FIRE clay
works They offered their employers 10
continue OF work if protected, and n re-
quest was sent to the police head-quar-
tiers for a detail, but it was refused. The
police force is on duty OF the station