The New York herald., 1877-07-22

per cent as soon as Il can They would be foolish 10
the alty per cent back pay now due them. In the re-
duciion that occurred some time ago all the officers
and employees oil the road shared alike. the higher
salaries being reduced twenty per cent and the lower
ten.n
"Has your read been benefited any by tho Interrupt
tiop OF travel ON the othersy'
mot that could observe, ana have taken tho
pains TO see. IL likely, however. that should tho
strike continue We may hnd perceptble increase OF
traffic
~ TIM NEW YORK CENTRAL.
Though there IL no strike upon this road nor on the
one Just mentioned u is impossible to tell when the
sweeping epidemic now abroad may reach them. That
this IS secretly the feeling among tho directing minds
Of these roads Is not to be DOUBTED.
Mr. Fairchild, Freight superintendent OF the Hudson
River road, said yesterday, that though everything
unex expectealy affect their employees Although they
had acqu esced IN the recent reduction OF wages with
out mnrmuring no thought they ght be disposed to
take the rst cpance that offered get with the
company. The General superintendent of the New
York Central and Hudson River roads, Mr. j. NJ
Toucey sat tias any rumor as TO there beng trouble
the roads wus without foundation, nor did expect
any. Dispatches from different points ammo ounced that
ali trains, both freight and passenger, running
regularly, and no signs OF a strike were reported.
IL was held yesterday by "a gentleman acquainted
with the subject OF railroad strikes that the
this Instance have rebclcd against their
wages from deepseatcd conviction that the railroad
companies are seeking 10 make them the scapegoas OF
their own extravaganza, and on the parng down of
the wages OF the working iorce recupcrac their own
wasted treasures he held tnat the strike was emil
nent.y praiseworthy, but slack anu imperfect L,
should, he thought, havo been general
mined that the rights OF LABOR might be vndicated
against the unrigheous and lawless rapacity oil the
railroad corporations Ho was satisfied The time mad
arrived when monopoes, each one OF which en-
poyed ils army OF toers should be made TO under
stand that while they might command the bodies they
could not control and trample on the souls OF their
DEPRECIATION BY A woRK.yGMAS.
Among those who neId prominent place In the
councils OF the workipgmen IN days gone by was Mr..
s kc e. and ms 10 ~ Se ht Ss srs m
unwise; that IT IS bad time to strike, and no benefit
10 the workingman will come OF II. "rhcre was
time, - he says "when men could demand high wages
and they got them, but Inc market IS overstocked
now 1t Is impossible for them to ne successful" lie
thinks the railroads cutting one anohcrs hroats;
they carrying freight ut such low that
they necessarily reduce wages to meet expenses,
and there is such an abundance OF good men in tho
labor market that u seems very foolish TO strike
now.
ORDERS FOR UNITED STATES TROOPS.
Yesterday morning the commanding officer at Gov
ernoT's Island received orders, whicn counter
manded later on from the War Department, TO be pre-
pared to forward his reserve troops TO the OF tho
railroad disturbances ~ Virginia and Pennsylvania.
rlIE STRIKE AND THE NAILS
Postmaster James interrogated yesterday by
HERALD reporter IN regard To the elect ol the railroad
strike on the United states mails He said Sup TO
yesterday afternoon the New York mais usually de-
spltchcd and received by tho Erie Railway were The
only ones which had been INSTRUCTED through the
ton OF tho railroad strikers No through mails Tor
tho West have been despatched over that road since
Friday night; and until the difficulty is arranged
no mail matter for points on the Erie road
west OF Hornesvlle can DO forwarded No
interruption Of mail transportation 10 or from New
York has yet been experienced any other road The
mails by the PenLsyl lvania and New York Central
have been received and despatched usual 1t
10 question of interest, in view OF the posi-
by OF the strike becom ng general, as to the power
OF federal authorities interfere In OF the
sWuction OF tho mail Trains through violence on the
part the strikers. The Postal laws provide ior the
offence Of wiltully obstructing or rearding the
age OF mails" penalty OF $1UO Tor each offence. The
fact OF the Ere Railway being In the hands OF re-
ceiver appointed by state court may some
bearing the question OF the power duty OF tho
of the military in suppressng riots incidental to
tho strike.