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OHIO,

CLEVELAND, O., Jnty 3t.-Cbaslea ,Tnine,
Gcueral Superintendent of thr Lake Shore
Road, Issued circular this morning IA alt e1n-
ploycs, notifying them that the Company Ia
ready to rcsunc work should hutltclcnt NUM-
her report for duty beflra 10 d. nj. Aug. /. Ilo
repeats tho words OF sIr. Vanderb!lt's dispatch
TINT, when tho business Of tho country will
1ustIfy It, they will receive compensation nceorl
lngIy. The circular promises to correct some
toeui abuses, ct.
Mr.. G. u. Couch, Superintendent Of tue Er!o
Dlvislon, Is authority for tho abatement that
fully ouo-half tho men have already reported
fur duty. The Officials havu not yet decided up
on the time 10 start frcighte.
ALL READY.
6pFttal DfstsktcA u The 7Ttaunk,
COLUMBUS. ", !, July M.-'rl,ero i.as been no
movement III trains froyi here to-day. Il WIS
det.net! u'!yi4aole u a.s4po'Ie the wark until .
III Newark, IL orier 10 push thiura. Til. Will
t,e ". emphasized ut IN early hour to-inotrow.
At at,out .lonl the, train. will be moved, or
knls'r!u,iy hurl: tioY. Young saya he will tlava
isA.lrss." The autAurItius have 0ces,luo ais.
Eustcd With tue rceclst arts ot this strikers Ten
lallnkan!ea are NOW here. all we'll armed and
equipped, many tsity nld veterans. 5otnc
will le ample. Tbs strikers thete captGrcd two
Pan! !anlle freight trains outAldu tho city aud
ran tAeln on thu .jls track tllia evening.
QCIET uuT uETKRAiSRp.
To The 1Ft:tsra Aa.ockalsd frsss.
CoLuxpu5, O., July M.-TAe news that the
Governor had recalled the military lls eyhlcnt-
" bad the elect Of throwing tho t!utous s.1ikers
jutu dIA.nay. But feW Ut tltIn liayI bceu seen
ubuut the Iratght-yaEls to-day, anI the rullaxy
managers have ha4 every lhlnv thctF uWn wuy.
| NJ freight traEnE, however, were sent tltl Ua
the InAnaI,uls ar Eastern Division Ut the Pltts-
burg Cincinnati " IT. Luus !snrs, but mperlsl,.
4b!e freight !'c1ng re ctTc1 fnr allptnent EInt
unA Wrst. Ths F.ttsburg, Clnelunati x vt,
l.nl!s Company ID preparing for tho full resunp
.4.a VI irci4ht traiia tu.'st,trow.
| Tue military arrived Ut 1t q. IN. About eleS
en rulnl,4lllvs are tu rctnaln htru and se0 thai
trains uru tut tntrtfrrI.l With further, Scsrra
| Glnetislt e1tnpanlcs went Gn to Newark, Wtlcrt
IruuGr u spprrhcutcss ~ soUn rs freight ttainl
! yrr Regularly rrsu41d.
teutc u uuiMi,tr vi eale lta,era in the disturb
| alhe here vert Hrraiknc,i tsAly and Aescsse.
| heavy tnrs, nf htnt 10 latl Oh luIE ssuttl.crs
Vigorous efforts viii s,d ltatlu u. arrest al! tlt
| strikers stu ,nay tvrcltler attempt to inter
fetr viii. tra1ns. II IL alatesl that tfsiua vii
ctanluelsvu runhln: regularly GU all tha road
| t&rIiurTuW.
The city ts still under efficient pollee survcll
! lanru-
TRAINS sTnrrKp.
4 spetI1l to tle UhtD bttlts Jv4yati tecclvet
tonight says tk.u hrat Ut tle r4u. Handle west
Lhls,ti ftesh sht trains duu hers u 10 y. III. VIZ
lnct by toiy Vt i,altirnorr i Ohio striker
a1ui san ou siding Tts tire WIZ dropped frou
thu euIiie ala The water let Out ot thu boiler
Ton minutes later ou"shxT tram came up:ant
sts.kerh uaYo nut been lutsris :el With.
hnotEer s.tc.a!, tsate;l $50 =. Ill, says ecycra
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companies of troops have just reached the
GROUND where the strikers are Vnngti g t ~.
The sruops received orders to nrutcct tlle ttxis.
ND1AN NA.

Special fnua.cn to ne 71suns
GARsRrr STATION. Ind, Juty 31,-A frst
nsy,-+ -~n. roaJ, ~. ,,n-,,tn, .ho tr,k,
49,, ..,,, ~. s.s t.".'.,'. 80. ts ,,.ts
inc &M fnAt''-to n>ose freight Trans from tt1s
station, hut t0 no p1ltpoec. Deputy SncrtI
Thomas (}rnrs and assistants arrived here this
morntnr 10 aid tic Baltimore Il Ohio officials In
.',.,.,.,.,,,.. ~.".-sa s"N. .,.ts ... r..,,,,n
s,,s sn1 s's' l1e.sns - 1to'" ..'i' ,,,.,r oa. ~
Smith, with William Ninr ~ fireman. prNecd-
ell with the engine to where he train was, which
~. IL, o.e "usn s..e,@ ~. t,a.t ia s,r,tsrs -
oai- Hrrc The sheriff notineo tne s1''heFs 10
Han'fcst TO resistance In The moving OF inc
train, and then he took hts position On , n'e en-,
- ,ho ,+nis, .nI tno con,,uctor viii, hi. nrlcr.
wy ',a,p' anu wv so'"utss.' 'A1 Us
senaled the engineer ~ 60 at'eata' Ing atF'Hs''
when the train commenced moving. and quietly
hc,n.i lin from tho engine. Tia fireman used
"s'psu '"' ..,.. WV -. ~. w.. ~ ~
''A u,nl's. ao't. ~ heeP no 's.' v.s .ss
position was TOD much iof MIN 10 feset, ana nc
'rhe nnrtprcr iii mi stnn for a fireman when ha
"s a'' .'s ss'p ~ 'ss,s =, ~.
Enl ts'e Tram IN mottof, nut enueaYorcu 10 Est
tlhnk!nE nc eS'il'i Go INC nty .! s nisnia'i Is
Nen as attsho 70 hn oWn Gnti 1c ls..snsn ~ t.
hufh Jnneltoh w1ete tae serlh nroastI tn,ta". nu3
is son,e ohe % aet rs htG!nan' ~ . ss' s.,I
however. noted this ieat Of si.e engineer, Eng anu,
as u IN elecit'c current earreh them, tncf "ess
On tne sass Supplying ~ paKe ,.a, Inc ,fa .,ca "'s
run aonat ~ yAEue WIN ~ pou!n u. ~ ..ea,n ~
applie to tue ptftons e. ing to'no'.ss' M t' aaa ~
many hands o., tho osskowhests oi ltie % cara o as
cnnl!i Dc ioiinu founa 70 pHt tne1n. iucle "GIe
!nit four Or N.Y. sara 10 tte train, tltough Inc Inc
nraKcs "ere suieent 10 KEEP tae euss .,. .,4. !so
stopped the strtkera removed the plus irosl w.
twron tilc carr: a,a orle1eu nc e'lsi!osr rrnae 70
AtrtRtf RNft RRff tn IN M
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SARATOGA, n. T., July s1.-Pse4drnt Van
dcxbilt, VI the Nvw fork Central d. Hudson
River Kausoad, Ina issue4 circular stAti,. that
Vt the l2,UO employees OF tho Coml4uy less
than L0 struck, and no lplurY waa doEr to Tho
psukelty. IL ts-uh,4:tiul, oi thriT l,aI!Y H. u.
, 1877-08-01

hnIr pr
sr mi IN MINI o is 'i gsa Inv ayo
t,ircn ti,cir"mninrcs NJ 1Tnxl wnTcs ns thcv evrr
tiid: thai wanrs i, fart i,nyc MI ,jcrrra;r,i in
ti,r sa,nn nronnrfinn ne ti,rfr trrntrnl h,sFncs.
fro,n =. nanr,. ~ R,ro"d Wau,mi I'M nj" ni 1s.aN
iaku tie figures used in the following tabtc:
''"' '''' "s"'e' 1ssn ~, - .arn. ~. 's 'A' H..
Eo,,rood. 'rf io6' sa'"' Blrlt,na etnn
i;slttmnrnS Uhin, i, :sl7,:s7B l,Dl4, a50 10
i'cnnsylvania To- 8.0E,,D3 49,. $50. :.
The Pennsylvania Company report docs not
hr Nv. snt iy rpn Thn ~ renr. ,ays ta
lee, 3i, Isis. The authorized ca1;]tal Of tic
Pennsylvania Co1npany vas Sl2UU5,0OO, They
hnvn lax ns thrlr total earnings s6x23fsi5
iScsi,,rs this. tha r,m,rt anys Tint n 1sTl tJ,cr
Asset. were .sa0. 77s. 1oa
''''''" '''' ~. 1oo:1
Leaving q balance ol,,,,. .,,,,,,,$ l. nD7,4t1
Thus they should have hplt, nrcortng to their
rcnurt OIL t1lr last ly of jYt;5 u surplus Of over
is7' shf1ws in the general balanvo !, d resrryc
tun1 ri S:r1 i'm oWhntluer t}is IA casl .,r
ia cnuiyalout, caurot eny, hut think Il should
Uc. il II Is shan,. let tlicm explain IT, How
for 1Sii. ka.Si4.1D. Thu Dajtttn0ru d Obfo
ehnws tiat. after payinT 4 Dividend Of 10
,,cr cent, and payuy a. interest tht sltn
Il s5W;'CGl, thcy hull rs thc s1rIlus
earnings ~ !1r ~. "eIis iy % ~ 49,
,isi,,ss ri, 1v ,ro .rs},ntv @ ,no,tnv tins,,
ti.r"., rnIirt,",l ,i'mnnntrs muIe. rsrar If rv.
ncr,sca. ,]iyicuIa. and Interest. in tic ycar 1874
nearly s9,50U,oNi. have not tho means Of
finding out wi!nt amount ~ t.lls sIoex xas
no'ieSs .1 at.h, ~. .t ~ Il, sas' o" !nuG - ~,
heyr M iran Ssu.ruIiy malls during lie Inst t;y,,
ycurs would, NJ tl1upt, lead n1nny to believe
that IL was mora Or lees watcrcd; pcrl,apsit
has pcen o. least +, Moubled, ahu the nolocre
aas su1 ie Wiz ~ ou oun' ~ ',,I 1in.,t" ~
q AMI ! nrr cent. when the Government
Is actually funding lis debt Mt pur cent inter
est, a1id Incrsing With Us much encouragement
a. nome ~ 50 onG o. "Rem es a sats =. !. tnGtGss
Wi, fnr tlrs, uen To- consider tuIiy nil tho cir
c,l1stut,ccs and $40 II there 10 not some Justice
ii, tho claims OF their employees that they are not
sufficiently paas u these men , a1s iataiai ai,a
co.!c.G.' u u . ~ .a ~ ~ the. ~ " ~
~ ,.iG nGsp ns suau ,.. y, th y,i ai 4
.n'i,,r IN dt.,s % ~ nv u,sxc ~. rrscrrn
au,niicr; " Wrro thcso ltrrn ycuImnanIrs tH rlys
san5, " .vrv IN tI.ir cn,nv Xiii stw1nl1
is'. .,, ~. ~, 1;i i,I " ,,,,;,'rHfrI ,; 1aa,. ~
s' suso ta', rue " t v."r, nurnlnns ~ na.iv
- III ~ ,stn n ;,i. i1,ti" snn thtrE I1
.. s",'1oaH n.,r4r".3nsm ~ ~ -, IN ,or ~.
~ IN f:nicor1, nnow w1ns thcsn .sprns,rasions
r. o,,r hirrij,,t .,,,i iva im tho hnrc.t nit
a sno ~. T. a,,rs c.,r a. ,ho mas r.', -, ,.s
stu .t ,,on ~ II. .rt,,in al tna tsst ~ IL 1"S
% as ~" H., H. at,s .r a. ,svn no fso,,r
uuIsi. I IN HI a H." s.a.t ~ y, ,1va' Sa tsn.s s
LOT tes oso snu .ia =. ~ ~ sv ~.
pass, pa5tg nto ~ tse pt,es ~ et.o' @ t"s
untetn houfs. lney heYcr e.vo vi US sopo.t ,1t ~
sets a 1,,atc,t ,aro na .av H.. iM.m h",
stocK - sesunly 4uute' oasr say ~ nas uGI ~
!onx LILLE 1"GD u uG ~ ~" s'n ~ ~, ~
wosKgs . nv ". M nu s aois ~ ~ nos ,, ,e ,a a
Maste - ~ rt @ @ fa 49, ~ ~ ~ tI. ~ ~ .,t
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sAs'"'A :" "As -
lux out and developing enterprises: open'sE
here factory. ttvFe fallroatl' III anothef piate
lntt1e. 1ius TINS c1al%eu tne Hlanl.ia, ns 10
longer iao*lrcEi WhaI u tlle lia!l tol' o! tiie
tlnn'l DC cxehanseu lnF tIc moEe tstgnse Aua ~
torous work Of thc .6fan; y he rot ti.s samsi ls
Ase not ifls syMpathles naturally Wild those
WHO art starting upon tttc SANS rough paIh ne
tiRs bceil oyer! Ooes tc not TANK h4 VMlous
enterprises help ~ SMOOTH the foat1 ~ naa ttt'
den hl,usGlt' aa! does Ae not staaa ~ oeseol.
Light TO checF those Who w lo!'oWh9 on ~
showing what eau bc acco!alli!anea py Retaevef-
tna cit0rt anu close attei'tlnI to tue "cn.knoWh
Laws governing snceesss t, u tae Efeat majority
full because Of less thralt, "astttulneas, pF als.
stl'atfos., Is that REASON WY thelt successful
brother should be "a ench'yt Every enterprise
started ny tue eAl,ltaiaat c!eatins uenlanu loF
labor Is, to the extent Q! LUG hcat,s eh1ploFcdu
benefit to tho ~urklnK clasacA mid every
bow directed ayainst these reacta ~ lie artri'
inent OF tue latter.
What is i "h'eh INA cIeyasc1 inc WORKING
man in this laud to tic position OF prosperity
Which he oeetpIea - compared Win aa btrth-
rcn uVen 10 0thrr republics but tt'e entesprtsing
spirit ever cxhlnltcH W American capitalists,
who, tnstead VI bsinR contcntr'l to live " caAc
upon their per cent bond Investments, prefer
ltloTc active use OF Ineans, with greater
rtsks anti greater TOLL II It be answered
| that It IL tile Prospect Qt greater gun,
| still 10 tho 1aoorcr tho result II
tEk2 same ID II 4GtuatEA Oy philanthropy.
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tal when the sa1nc characteristics are shuwti hy
the nnn viii, llas ht his i,IIar to ss' n'l Ii.
who r,ntruis ,nfIlioIa. II thr latter eytr -i1rs
ccetis the ,lcmamt, the former never 'lnl, anu
never Will, fall to rctn)Iate wl"n opportunity
uv1irs. This Is MI right, nni IN strfrt ntr"r,l-
anrc with thu general Inv. and It r.nnot tx re-
s worse, for tho capitalist to strive 4. the lalmr-
Ing tnnn tloea To obtain his cnn,nHtltlr% III
market yalnr fur the ia1oring men Il, destroy
himself Is deriving teneat, set nj .lclnucc tho
prote,tit,t,, a,,l plare himself In nf,latlon with
thieves, cut-throats, and tticatitlfarcst
fRoTKuT TUE LADoNER.
10 Ms Idlto, of The Tribune.
CntcA1o, July M.-Tho strike IL vfrtually
over. The first gran,! battls between capIta
and labor In tla country Inns cntlc,l In the Fur.
render OF the hitter, not because Of the inlu,-
tire of It's clan, but becntise Of tho character uf
tho allies who forced thcmactscs into their
ranks. The thieves, thugs, and hAters Of ilnn-
est laltor, for the tlmc being destroyed tho
hopes Of success. Now that quiet Is ec,,ern.ly
reatorcl, would It not be we'll to 1t,ok closely
Into this matter, to weigh thoroughly ali tie
arguments on either side OF tho question, and
cudenyor to arrive at a conclusion In accord with
]atiircs Ihe moncyct! or corporation interest +
"s +'!'S Nrstbtty SO "H E""S'f "'f' - ~
eontlnnnllr, like snowfall In IT, PROGRESS, he
cunning Erca.er md more lrTcaistil,lc. Lal,ur
tsttnpt witlI5nrMl 1t successfully, therefore It
nus. make tho best term. = cal, unless the
laws OF thu country nrc wisely n,hfc 4, net ~
mediator between thcsc great conflicting inter
cstr.
The railroad companies !iavo been continually
complaining TINT they were paylnE their c.II-
p!nycs oil they could ntI0rd, and almost MI Of
thcin inelst TINT tin.o 1878 they have not mnlc
my money; TINT tho sIsr,nkaEc tn vntnes haa
h.cn n great disadvantage II them; that tho
rntcs Mt Which they hare been compelled 10 carry
freight nnu paseetlyers lnvc nut bccn rcn'uncr:t-
tIrc, an that, all things considered. they fluvo
gtvcn thcircmrlnycs aR EtnM wagrs as they ever
did: that wages IL fart hare n"i decreased In
tho same proportion, as their general business
has. Let us see what arc tho facts in tho case
from I'oor'* iitti'road .uduttrt of 1s18-'77.
| taku the figures Used in the following table:
Nj earn. Per
Ea'lrodd. tna. Dlr!Hfnd. edAt.
n. 7 y.Crntsa1. ..$11, III, 11o 81, tr!n. no 10
i,sl,imcrcs Ohio,, 4':s,5.:Es l,3l+,aso. 10
! The Pcnnsylynnia Company report dncs not
| give tho amount or percentage Of dividend
maid, hut my Impression Ia tint they hlways pay
| ~ pcr cent dividend. Tho repurt nays Tint, On
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THE Joe SHERWlh CASE,

10 IN E0HoF ~ 1A& 53toNHs~
CHICAGO, Aug. l2.-I noticed IN Your tssue Of
to-day loug account OF tho case City Of Chtca.
90 ". Joe Sherwin, In which some OF yous
statements aru a little wide OF the mark,-oue
iu particular where you state that tho defense
accepted tic Jury before they had been diaRnos.
cd BY Afr. Llnscott7 which was nut the caac,
u the jury had been pretty thoroughly dag
nosed bcfuso the defcnsu offered to aa:cps. II
woull be well for Mr. Linscott to better post
himself ln the statutes that govern tho impaa.
eitbg Of jurses before be again assumes tbs role
to practice It, ~ the ersurs In his la4t e0urt
wess very palpablo. hi. Llnseott has beeu ~.
elstotncA to address lurtea composed of lueu
picked up iron this XutlcF, ,'--!ocn without ideas
uT thought, mud too low duwn tn the scale OF
human existence u understand All Insult
tneu who could not comprehend the case
they were ealled upon 70 sry. bur
,s' .las programme tur ths semuuesatioa siisxe,i
in such cascs, IN order % proien9 their precarl
GUS existence. Hence hIs perturbation At sce-
lux beioEe him 4 body Ut Eneu possessed vi
ordinary intelligence. His Talk about packed
Jury wa8 sll sald for effect, ~ We Jurors with
oue exception were entire strangers to each
ested Of dsatnterestsd, pesson present that The
prosecution displaTcl = xEcst deal Of aotmus
considered Mr. SheTxtn fully Justified lu atr1k-
lug pr. Dc Wolf, ~ tho Uoctur care htp4 the
deliberate lie while he ~as K,ylng his testimony,
although tt Nas not the utuper plare to TrAeDs
the iusllt. A stranger would have beeu led ia
conslude th2t Sir. Li1scuts WAS not ouly pEusc.
tart, the chtire Court, trom the a1bitfary m2u,
ner tu which he conducted tho case.
! X: 4. HOWARD,
21A and 27a state st1ees.
, 1877-08-14

The Cl,ca1o CIty Raitwny Company com.
mcncct,stlay t run their Clark ind Twenty fifth
street line Ut ears via Wabash ayentre.
r. Mcycr, the cnnscrtch .1ew, will speak at
the suath Clark Street Gospct 5fission, No. 303
CLARK street, between Harrison anl Van F'urc,t,
this evening.
Company r, First Regiment I. n. g.. meets
for srill this and every Tuesday evening, At
oscfock, At the nrmofy, Not. 1l3-li6 Lake
street. Applications for membership will be
received.
Company I, First Regiment. will hold their
first meeting for drill, ut thu asmory, Nos. fta
and III Lake street, this evening Mt o'clock.
All tho*c who would Ike to Iotn thts company
nrc Invited to attctl1.
Members of Company 4, Veteran Cava1ry,
arc requested to ntteitt meeting Ut tho cuIIl-
pnt.y nt the GTanl Faeltic libtel tis evening at
s::W ffentfcmen wfIo desire IL connect them
The illinois State Association of tt,p Mexican
Wnr Veterans will meet III ChicAEn Wednesday
aud Thursday, Sept. j and Il, rDf reun!on anil
arc tnvtted tn participate In the reunion. Couu-
try papers arc requested to copy.
a 1ncrttng Of tho Executive Committee Of
the National Assoclattun OF Fa1etcss wifi 4c
held At the ciub'rou!n os tie Uranl pnti1e ilo-
lei to.n,orrow at o'cltck y, "a. Tho <,ljecs Ut
the meeting Is to decide ttlr lime of holding the
third annual cxhthltln anA IL licyiac wayt ard
tneus,s of doing 80. 1t 10 particularly hcstrGd to
hare full an1 free dscussluf, in regard to ar
ranging the premium ti.t, p,ll otAcr matters
connected With the exhibition.
, 1877-08-14

r.. .ASs1,. tdoph schocncntngcr, and John 7.
Ia1tzmann,
\ communication was rcad from, Mcneil It
sor. complaining of being DELAYED In the Court
House wnrknn account Of the granite contractor.
Referred,
The Committee on Public sscrrirc rcportcl1,
recommending that he award for furnishing
the county With coal the cos,,uR ycnr TIC tnnle
10 Henry Baker, a. his arerlGe lid nt &}'s. for
enft tual. Tho report denounced Fountain
County, tntltana coal being inferior and unit
for use. anil went s,n 70 sny that komc of the
lower bidders Cnu not he tottnd antl others hal
Withdrawn their bids, cic.
Mr.. schmidt wanted the rcrort laid ovcr. that
he might have time tn rxamiuu The bisls. lie
knew nj his own knowledge That the Fountain
County coal was better than the Wilmington
coal for steam purr0ses, asNt the Committee
had male mistake, b5 which The county would
sr. ConIy spoke III faynr Of a,inpttng tho
Counlfttcc's report, a1la for awhile the tar flew
MI. set,.,i.I.'s motion to lay the rcport orcr
wna nut anu lost, aud The Cotnmlttrc's Fcp,rt
was salaptcd.
ARMSTRONG.
Mr.. Mr{,af{rcJ nruse II, personal explanation
III the tnntter 0f his Charge tiasle week ago
blatkmaif contractors IN the CpuFt.iiouse. tit
reiterated hls charge, and said that he knew Of
aNc instance where Armstrong had blacklnailed
a person, and could prove all he hal charged,
etc.
iir. Scnne introduced resolution looking to
making eDnle arrangement With tho County
Board Of Eduyntion whereby the paapcr ur .Icaf
dated at the County Farm school could be c.lu-
Gated q. the Normal School at Englcwoud.
Adopted.
Tile Board then adjourned for one week.
, 1877-08-14
THE COUNTY BOARD.

The regular weekly meeting Of the County
Board Was held yesterday afternoon, all tho
members being pEesept except Ar. Guenther.
4 communication waa read from tue Sheriff
asking additional sewerage for the jail. Re-
fsrrrd.
Austin ]. Dosle, late Of the Criminal Court,
submitted lIs dual report, showing that, during
the month u June. sta6 Is hzd Lecn collected 10
fees, aud tho Incidental expenses had been
$aa.23 Referred
sErTkAHxR GRAND guRF,
Tho drawing OF Grand Jury for September
was then proceeded with. The following wsre
drawn: Murty Prtndtyille, C. Setdesschmids,.
Llversoa, btath Koch, Jacob Wolf, a. Van Praae,
John Fanniug, Christ Bankaiaxet, Danel Mo
Clark, Patrick Sullivan, William Mckay, Barney
Drake, Z: ". Beach. Thomas Meeh4n, Tho1nas
Raletghs Chester Csoue. john Hsaner. Chzi.t
, 1877-08-14


Of the lumber-shoyers did not come OIL yestcr-
day. Que reason is the f4ct that thu authorities
were fully prepared 10 put down any rtotous
demonstration which might be made. 4 TK1B-
uas reporter Vas a the iu.nner district shout
quarter to o'riock yestrrl4y morning. At
uinmata-street Station Lieut. Ye.ey aud SesRt.
MeCaba had thels force ready Tor auy emer.
Rrucy. At the hour mentioned the SlxuiuR-
mills throughout the district were quietly start.
Ing up, and everywhere the men xere moving
down IN squads to their respective yards With
their dlones-buckets, apparently ready for =
days. sorx. The yArd propnetoss we're some
what anxious, but by 7:30 O'Clock al Wa ruu-
ming full lit. - Of yo1e. Tbs reporter started
bNk, deyousrd . breakfast, aud 1t 9
o'clock he RRuln found everything
quiet when hs returned to Human
Street Station. The polico were engaged In
cleaning thel arm. and, in the cellar. target
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practice M. going on. Nov and then came
fafnt wh'spcrlnrs .uortcn'lng trouble hut none
whatever occurred.
Mutnru,t.k's Reaper Works shut down for
tic prtsosc Of taking Etork which Is done every
ytaF. wnirh throws n1t Of employment for sew
rral weeks tnsnc i;0l mcu. Throughout tho
lumhcr istrtrt wcre fn,lnd little groups Of men
dis ns*tnC things generally. but 'nne wouI!
talk un,n tic proposed or anticipated strikc Of
i.tent. v.,scy anil TIE THrnrrE reporter Sc
cured hor sc anil buggy nnl proceeded on
1 rOEn or INVESTIGATION
through the district and the several Bohemian
settlements. rhc lumber firms expressed n de-
cf,!ri fear Of strike or Atttou Of st,lue sort by
thrir men,. 1hron9lsout The psst week they haul
l,een acting STRANGELY. They haa held secret .a,
llaA cxprcssct a tltsre to continue wnrk OF
showed any friendly feeling to their employers
werc rlgtaly excIndc.l. During Friday aud
a,nsy .s nn h she1
kept their designs riel,ily secret, The lutntcr
merchants arc behind Just nuw In their orders
rs result Of tho last stsike, but
RseS ssS aii n'ss sa fhc @"e "erehans e .sy s,a e
tyl,aticnlly that the margin uu lumber will mt
n3tnit ii higher ~nEcs, hut IT the sncu do strike
saate saut thcy basc to iii certain oriers, mi they
customers. hut, they say, il they should sub-
nit TO fore ]ist now, in ten DAYS tine every
t eva1 lirc a them @ asau f liz; are wiling 70 pay
all they eau. However, should they pay say as
high a. 50 per day n wo,il'l be but
nohcnians would aiIcr thrir labor ut Ut
a dollar day. It has alwars been. 50,
and 1t Ia thu ease to-day. There arc hundreds
ot ,nca In the district vito hare nothing to tao,
whu want work, but arc nnaih, to get 1t, and
~fceA r.. q rflttf1ifiI1rt hnxfi&F{nr t1fR-
In tho settlements Of The Bolemtans the then,
women, and children we're found sullcn and
tinlqse. The men would ~ hat little. They
.: any. They claimed to know nothing about
anything, except that tho Germans had ap.
pointed a committee 70 whit Ut tho Mayor to
@ s9a4 % 9t s end f :y eyas .a a s 'S"s's es @
md nI' ihat there wouii Be no
trouble. On tho Other hand, from
friendly bohemian sources It vas learned That
fhrrs vas a css'wl kuIng down ~ tho City,
Hall In the evening, ronsLsting III Poles aud
l3n!,utnians, who proposed 10
COMrEL TIE Council TO Ano1'r AN ORDINANCE
directing tho lnmher merchants to raise their
wcre taken In with a great deal OF allowance.
II wak crytAn, however. that some plot was
tctug perfected, Int what 1t might BE-, the re-
purter was unable to lcarn Al during tle day
the lunhcr-shuyGrs kept exceedingly quiet, and
from the conversation which they had IL seemed
certain that sotnc were determined u vfstt the
Ctty-Iiall, unless stopped By tho city authori.
ties.
The police In tho lumber district patrol witt,
guns and GayUnets during the night on account
Ut tho threats that layc been nladu Of kilIlug
ctrtain pcrsors ind OF destroying property.
Around lI1nekttns, bssck-yards, mdlcahle iron
thIngs r1lnntng a. usual. Sfncn tho riot the
pond at tho lfmcki1ns. whlcl. was very popular
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come In tcrns they would better decide to try
d.rknce. for swG1r. Kid, Throon suerrsscd
erurnfully Tint pronrrty wuuli not be vcry wcli
protected in eucj1 t.,sc.
Ex.AM, McCrca. who happened In NJ this
notut, volunteered The opinion that u mr. 1,OOj
fcct VA. rs itttia A. Billings ought to bc asked
10 nstrn. ' " '' ''
AID, Throop said thnt IN to Aprt1 |, 1877, The
CITY owed Billings Esaj, 40 fur "a and Sl3.oN
o., account of interest. The I'D Company had
been settled with In full, Interest and Mi. un.l
Inc sneaker believed that they m,,st Gel tl,cEr
own hantfs clean brforp cryi,p out about Bill
lings' cyturtion. lie slSuii never vote fnr
lighting the streets witt, kerptcne or anything
AID. Thornpton said he nnsl The Committee