The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-23

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= The labor troubles arc not over
yet by any means, though the long
threatened strike in the City has
not yet taken place. Il, Ths working,
menfare net yst oFganizoa to mako;
it the success they desire, and it,
will be put of till the leaders have.
their arrangements thoroughly and
completely made. lSwinton, Schwab
and Thompson are busy among
them, organising by trades anarais.
ing funds to support the movement
when the break is finally mades
They expect to have million Of
dollars, and 50! complete am organ
ixatisn that they Wal be abic1to ef.
fectually stop all business, and die
tate terms to the city, and that with-o
cut my rioting orbloodshed.i One
workman asked Swinton whether it
would not be better to take : the
million and pay it, over 70 the un-
employed workmcn, to help them
along till times got better? Swim
tons answer Was characteristic,
"What is the use of feeding men in
this way? Do yeu want to 50 on
feeding them, or will you compel
capital to pay them So that they can
feed themselves? A million Of dol
lars is a mere nothing, to pay for
what we vault" Justus Sehwab
says but little. but he sells beer and
looks wise. He has the German
element we'll organized, and wcll,in
hand. When the strike is declared,
he says they, will turn, QUITO man.
This season has been made MEM
orable by tho number and severity
Of the storms that have swept over
this coast. Never in the history of
the city has there bccn so many or
SO violent. last Sunday night,
Coney Island, OH which at the time
were more than 50,0o0 visitors, was
swept by a storm that was as severe
as it was unexpected. Bathing
houses were taken up and carried
bodily q quarter of n mile inland,
tables ON the p;azzas were swept
away, and men and women sitting
at them were hurled violently
against the walls Of the buildings.
Fortunately the hotels We're snfli-
cicntly strsng to rssistths beating
Of the winds, else there would have
been a terrible loss of life. There
is u thunderstorm or two every
day, and the nights are madelively
by the same agency. It was anus
ing last Sunday on the boats that
carry New York cut to get a breath
Of fresh air on tho water. On the
boat to Fire Island. there were seven
hundred passengers, furious storm
came up, and every one ofthe seven
hundred was sea-sick. The sight
Of seven hundred people venting
mt once is not often vouchsafod, and
| it would have been amusing had not
the bcholdcr been too busy with his
own individual sickness to enjoy
that Of others. TO- 49, ... ~ :
The big camp-meeting at Ocean
Grove, New Jersey, is in active op.
Grafton. At this now famous place
there are substantial cottages. thai
shelter resident population OF
1000, who stay there all the Sum
mer, and the tents accommodate as
many more. The place is owned
by an association who enforce the
| most ultra religious rules, Intoxi-
eating drinks cannot be had for love
or mency, boating and all classes
Of amusement are prohibited on the
Sabbath; aside from the printed
regulations there is a moral infu.
ence that makes it extremely diff.
cult for q sinner to be comfortable
in the prosecution of anyafkind d
semi sinful Or oven frivolous amusc:
| ment. The business oflthe place il
religion, and, itis very closely fol-
lowed. There arc meetings at dhy.
light. and then all the day, with in.
tcrvals offest, and till ten o'clock
at night. Mrs. Lizzie Cook is there
exhorting dozen times day, as
we'll us Mrs. Van Colt, and all the
noted revivalists. " The singing and
praying is Of the emotional kind
the end being to get up as much
religious fcrvor and feeling as pos.
sible. Bishop Simpson and Peel
have charge Of the exercises. Iti1
an immense success this year.
Not since the Summer of 1875
has there been such "grip" nc,
quired by the "Bulls" on the whole
front of the Wall St. stock market
as now exists. A great ssBull'
combination led by 1 Keene, 4 til,
heavy operator from "Frisco,n Rus
sci Sage, the man who "sat down'
on Milwaukee 4 St.. Paul for SC
long time, D. 2. Morgan, Sam
Mills, Osborne and others assisted
by Vanderbilt, and also, by severn
banks who are interested in floating
the wreck ia the North West 4 RocI
Island h. r. stocks made byTrscy''
failure are now manipulating for
higher market, the controlling par,
Of tho stocks of railroads and tels'
graph companies representing .
capital Of not less than three hun.
dred millions of dollars. Their ar
gunsnt is, first, that in the general
depression of trade-now slowly
improying-and in the liquidation,
which have been going on, railroad
stocks fell below their true value
| and. sccond. that the great crou,