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The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
THE FIGHT SOUrH OF THE BALK-
ANS.
A Battle EAbom EsEi iSaghra-Midhat
Pdshd to- be recalled. .-s---.

LONDON, July 81
Renters telegram from Adrianople
says $4,000 Russians are at Osman Ba-
Ear. The Russians also occupy Kasan,
at the foot of the northern slope OF the
Balk n mountains. Fighting has been
going on since Thursday between the
Russiaus and the forces Of K R.ouf Pasha
near Eski Saghra, south of the Balkans.
Reuters Paris telegram says: A dis
patch from Plom biere, dated to-day,
confirms the departure of Midhat Pasha
for Constantinople.
Reuters Pera dispatch says: Great
uneasiness prevails here. The British
feet has left Besika Bay. Its destina>
tion is unknown, but it is believed iu
has only gone for cruise.
Reuters dispatch from Shumla states
that Azziz P.tsha, one of he best Turk
ish officers, mas been killed in a skirm>
ish.
Reuters Cettinje dispatch says the
Montenegrins have blown up the OUT
works of Nicsic, which they recently
captured, Tney are now bonn harding
the fortress from all sides.
A dispatch from Adrianople, dated
July 81, says the foreign Consuls there
have delivered note to the Governor,
requesting him to take measures to
Consul has advised his compatriots to
leave. The Russians have destroyed six
railway bridges between Jamboli and
Pnilippepolis. The rolling stock has been
sent TO Constantinople.
A Constantinople dispatch says the
Greek Consul at Burgas and the French
and Italian Consuls at Gallipoli have
telegraphed their respective embassies
at ConstantInoplef for men-of- war owing
to the excited state of the Moslem pops
ulation.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
THE REVOLT REVIEWED.
HOW IT AROSE.

On Monday, July 16, reduction Of ten
per cen. in the salaries of all officers and
employees of the Baltimore and Ohio
road went into effect. This reduced the
paw of firemen from ST. 75 and ST. so to
81 5S and ST. 30 respectively, according
to efficiency in the men. On the after
noon of that day, at Camden junction,
near Baltimore, about forty firemen
struck, and pursuaded few brakemen
to 90 with them in deserting freight
trains. The company had other men to
take their places, and it was not sup
posed any serious consequences would
follow. Reports came, however, the
same day, from Cumberland, Martins
burg and other points along the line, that
the rallroadmen were restless, and that
canal boat men had struck. Meetings
were held at some of these points showing
general opposition to reduced pay. There
were also strikes for an advance of ten
per cent. among the Baltimore boxmakers
sawyers and cahnakers.
TUESDAY.
On the following day the strike of fire.
men became general along the line of the
Baltimore and o io.Trains We're stopped
at Martinsburg, Keyser and Grafton. The
excitement at Martjnsburg was intense.
The strikers became so riotous that Gov
Matthews was asked for militia to Quell
the disturbance. He sent small force
TO that point. The mob was fired into
by the militia and massed together to
repel the attack, and succeeded. Trains
were stopped at Wheeling and all freight
business came to stand still along the
line.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
sHAMoKlN PLUCK.

A special from Shamokin to the Potts
vile Miners journal, dated 10:45 last
night, says:-
"The town Is quiet tonight. A large
number of citizens with muskets are pa
trolling the streets and company of
mounted men are doing picket duly
around the outskirts of the town. The
whole fire departme nt is out, ,and the men
will remain at the house all night. A
rumor was current that crowd of men
were tearing up the railroad track few
miles east OF town, and a scouting party
of mounted men was sent out to recon
noitre They have returned and report
everything quiet as far as they went. The
citizens feel confident that they are able
10 check any demonstration that may be
attempted by the strikers tonight"
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
aud hotel, which have been already
described. N
MINOR FACTS.

Some of the mob visited the dwell
ing of Gep. Pearson on Thirty-ninth,
near Butter, after the massacre on
Saturday night. Notice had previously
been sent to Mrs. Pearson, however,
and that lady had all the personal
property removed to place of safety,
Mrs. Pearson. with her three children
her mother and sister, sought refuge
In a friends house. 1t is reported that
Mrs. Pearson herself was so terrified
that her hair, which was brown color
actually turned white in one night.
the mob had brought cofin to her
and swore that they intended to kill
hef husband and put him 10 that cofiin.
Since Saturday night Gen. Pearson
has seen his family but once. Gene
raj Communications has passed be-
tween them, however. I..I
IL is ANNOUNCED that General Pear
son has been relieved of the ommand
of The Sixth. and Col. Joseph Brown
appointed in his stead by Governor
Hartranft.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
$4,000 for the safrty quad.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 27.-About $780,
900 has been thus far subscribed to the
fund of the committee of safety, and
more coming. En!istments continue ac-
lively. The committee is now thorough
ly organized, and tonight each ward will
be guarded by its Gwn detachment, while
force will he held in reserve at the
headquarters, and all members will as
semble at the tap of the bell in case of
necessity. A number of rioters were
convicted iD the Police Court, to-day,and
sentenced to the full extent of the law. 1t
has been very quiet all day.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28

If the misguided strikers who inaugu-
rated the reign of riot had set out delibe-
rately to furnish the monsrchists of the
Old World with the strongest argument
against the efficacy of Republican ins5l
tutions as protection to society, they
could have had no better success than
they have already achieved. Already
the enemies of Republican liberty in
Europe ara using the defiant attitude
OF the mcbs in our American cities as
proofs of the inadequacy OF free govern
ment. Similarly the reign of incendiar-
ism, riot and destruction is being made
to show the necessity of strong stand
ing army, an institution it was supposed
would never be necessary within the
United States. These are among the IA
tai fruits OF the railway mems utterly
indefensible and lawless seizure of the
property of their employers.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
TUESDAY.
A SPOILED PROGRAMME
The Baltimore and Ohio Strik e
Premature.

According to the New York Herald it
transpired yesterday that but for the
premature strike of the Baltimore and
Onio Railroad men the railroad strike
would have been successful. 1t had
been arreed that the locomotive fire.
men, engineers, and brakemen through
out the country were to have struck on
the 10Th of August. The Baltimore and
Ohio men, however, allowed Themselves
to be provoked into strike before the
appointed time, and this frustrated the
the whole plan. This statement was
given by an old employe of the Erie
Railway, who refused to join in the for;
mer or present strike. 1t was confirmed
by two of the 6remen OF the Penns7lva-
MIA Railroad at Jersey City last evening
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
Police Corrupt,oal4n Lond, N.

LONDON, July 27.-It was Announced
yesterday that Sergeant Vantonow, a
scotland Y ard detective, had absconded.
1t now appears that he was somehow in
volved i'll the pending conspiracy case
against Palmer, Micklejohn and Drusco-
vlch, inspectors in the same force. This
case was under investigation at Bow st.
YESTERDAY, when convict named VIM.
Kurr testified in elaborate detail of his
relations with the detectives. The hear
ing was adjourned till Saturday, and the
preliminary examination will probably
extend over long period. The case
promises to be one of great interest.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
|he Railroad War.
,s,rrAr1oN ,s THIS MORNING.

|nr hrruArIoN THIS MORNING.
teleprams in reference to the strike
he'd this morning, show a general
Vent of the situation, except at
aoiuts in New jersey and Pennsyl-
There was no serious disturbance
cago or St. Louis, and the running
4 ms was resumed on many, of the
Heading from those cities. As far
bvp, 12 persons were killed, and %
he'd one fatally, in Thursdays riot
Lcaoo. Three of the rioters in that
ke @missing," aud supposed to be
In Chicago, st. Louis, Toledo
|her Western cities, workingmen,
ruck during the height Of the fren-
be gone back to work. and many
rs which were closed by the mob
resumed operations. .s
pht trains commenced moving
nd east from Harrisburg, on the
ylyania Railroad, yesterday, and
eedy re-opening of freight travel
sburg is looked for. The strike in
ehigh Valley continues, and the
at Summer Hill struck yesterday &.
anton things look bad; the Della
a aWnx IA ann..
billing, the strikers preventing, the
from being worked. The Hudson
Company's miners are expected to
to-day.
troubles on the Central and Nor
Essex Railroad, in New Jersey,
ued yesterday, and passenger
were stopped at some points.
have been sent to Phillipsburg,
serious trouble is anticipated.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
A GLUTTED MARKET.
HOW THE DEALERS ON DELAWARE
AVENUE ARE AFFECTED BY THE
STRIKE.

HOW THE DEALERS ON DELAWARE
AVENUE ARE AFFECTED BY THE
STRIKE.
Yesterd1y the produce dealers on Della
ware avenue leaned back in their chairs,
cooked their feet up on barrels of potatoes
and smoked their pipes. Business was
dull enough end the dealers are awaiting
a restoration of railroad communication
to make trade lively once again. For the
last few days the market have been glut-
ted. Provisions have not been sent
through to New York with the usual
regularity, owing to the great strike, and
Philadelphia has been loaded down with
produce. Peaches which should have
been sold for one dollar or more per crate
have gone at the rate of ten cent basket
although yesterdays prices took a sudden
bound to one dollar, as trains had begun
to run. Berries have been selling at one
cent quart. while potatoes have brought
only fifty cents barrel. A prominent
dealer on the avenue had on hand six
barrels of cabbages which he could not
dispose of, No one wished TO buy, and
what to do with them was conundrum.
Among his customers is man who oc-
casionally buys cabbages with which to
feed his goats. The barrels were rendered
to him as gift, but he refused to take
them, offering, however, to send a man
who would throw them into the river.
Finally, the cabbages were given to the
hucksters, who peddled them out at the
rate of one or two cents head. This
state of affairs is only temporary, however
and the dealers are expecting a briSker
trade to-day.-PhHa Times.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28

A letter dated July %, from Attorney
General Devtns to Colonel Hooker, of
Brattleboro. VT, says President Hayes
will probably go from New York to Ben
nington direct, thence to Windsor with
Mr.. Evarts, thence quietly to Whining
ton aud Newfane, where his uncle, Aust
in Birchard resides.
Passenger trains are running on all the
railroads leading from Cincinnati, and
local freights are also moving on all the
roads except the Ohio and Mississippi.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
Murder at Egg Harbor

EGG HARBoR, N. j., July N.-A man
named Kuehner, of this place, shot and
killed John Wolf early this morning.
Kuehner was quarreling with his wife,
when Wolf lnttrfered. Kuehner seized
a gun and shot him in the breast killing
him almost Instantly. Kuehner is IN Gus
tojv
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
SAN FRANCISCO.

SAN Francisco, July 27-l.40 A. M
Everything Is quiet throughout The city. II
has been ascertained that during the day n
number of threatening notices have been
received by the parties to whom, Tor various
reasons, the mob are hostile. w. T. Cole-
man, President OF the S ,fety Committee,
received notification that his city residence
would be burned tonight also, his estab
lishment at San Rafael.
A few suspicious characters collected in
his neighborbood during the evening, but
made no very active demonstrations and a
corps of veterans maintained guard, the
residence of Charles Croker and W. &.
O'Brien were also threatened, but nothing
WAS done. Notic"s were served on the
Swan brewery and two or three manufac-
turing estsb ishments that tue torch would
be applied t)'night, One of the latter was
informed that ne would bs let off on the
payment of $3.50, to which. he acceded TO
save trouble.
Korble B os., proprietors of South Park
sawmills. largely en- gaged inthe manufacture
OF cigars, discharged their Chinese employees
aud advertised Tor 200 white boys and girls
to fill their places.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
CHINESE GOING HOME.

The steamer B lgic sails Tomorrow for
Hong Kong with an unusually large Chinese
y ,sseDger list. There seems to he an i'm
pr, ssion that the hoodlums are taking rest
,>n,ght, and that fresh outbreak may bs
expected to morrow or saturday night.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-20
LOCAL STATISTICS.

There were GIL arrests made by the police in this
city during the past week
Since the dog ordinance went into effect about $500
have been granted. for which over Sill 900 has
been received by the Permit Bureau. Mayor Ely will
determine the method and place for killing dogs dur
ing the latter part of this week.
During the past week there have been filed IN the
office OF the Superintendent OF Buildings twenty-five
applications for permits to erect new buildings, aggrc
eating $685., $50 cost, and TWEEN yseven applications
Tor perm alter buildings, at egale cost OF
5000 So
Collector Of Assessments Gilon reports having
ccived SIG, 437 81 during the past week. Other NUM-
cipal departments make the following financial state
mens Tor the same period Public Works, $23 253 81
Taxes, $119836 81; Mayors Marshal, So, 73l rs;
Arrears of Taxes 1892 90
The Board OF Excise granted thirty seven applica-
tons for licenses last week, and received for them
$3.50 The whole number Of licenses granted for the
current year 49, Tor which So 1871 Al have been
ceived.
The vital statistics OF tho week show that during
that period there have been 4S0 deaths. 1913 brths,
1888 marriages and SO still births.
In Brooklyn during the past week the Superinten-
dent OF Buildings has granted forty nine permits for
the OF brown stone, brick and frame buildings
in that city.
The amount to 10 raised by taxation in the Brooklyn
budget Tor the payment Of salaries 1878 OF city off,
Gals IS 1891. 400. TINS does include salaries
OF he City Works, Fro and Buildings, Police and Ex-
else, Public Instruction, Health, Parks or Election
dcnn
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-20
CUSTOM HOUSE AFFAIRS.

DISGUST OF OFFICIALS AGAINST WHOM TESTI-
MoNY HAS BEEN TAKEN-coLLECToR ARTHUR
ON ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS or CHINA PORTS
The most engrossIng topic Of yesterday among tho
employees in the customs service was the testimony
commission. The men who testified against the weigh
ers are designated 'soreheads," "incompescnts"
traitors 10 the party Especially bitter was
Wegher James Owens. who proicssed to be q man Of
great business capacity aud only capable of
a savings bank, and, II need be, the entire Custom
House.
CoLLEcToR A REFoRMER
During the period the nilsson has been engaged
their labors they have uniformly conceded The ell
cheney OF Collector Arthur Mr. Lawrence Turnurc. y
pronounced democrat said that the Collector Is will
ing to do almost anything TO further the interest OF
the government but when II comes to discharginK In
competent officials he piaces himself Ia anagonism 10
his party. During Collector Arthur's five years term
OF Office he has only made l40 appointments out OF
about thirteen hundred employees, which is twenty
eight year, trife two per cent. The Lep OF
tho wcghers he does not appoint and cannot be held
responsible Tor their conduct
General Arthur now actively engaged In making
list OF employees IN the customs service prcpara
tory TO removing number Of men from the various
detrmcnt 10 the public In order TO meet this
red uctiou the tno OF labor will doubtless have 10 be
increased by two hours and begin ut nine O'Clock A.
H. instead Of ten o'clock and end at four O'CLOCK IN
stead oil three O'Clock T.. D.
NEW PORTS OPENED
The Collector received Information yesterday from
the Treasury Department to the object that the de-
partmcnt is In receipt OF consular despatch, dated
lcbang, Wuhu Wenchow and PgkhO China, were 10
be opened commerce the LIST ult, and that dale
tor opening six landing places on the YanRtzc River
would be announced, after the preparation OF proper
roc
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-20

THE VALUE OF A WIFE.

A CANAL BOAT CAPTAIN RECEIVERS -FOUR THOU
SAND DOLLARS FOR THE LOSS OF HIS HELP
MATE.
The attention OF the Supreme Court, Circuit, Kings
county, Justice Pratt presiding, has been occupied
during tho past in the trial OF brought by
Company and Jeremiah J. Austin. The pia,ntin sued
S. 900 from tho defendants for tho loss o.
hts wife. The complainant was captain Of the canal
boat N. L. I.ec which In company with three
other boats, laden with coal, her way from Jersey
City to New Haven, OH the night of october 8, 1873
The canal boats were In tow of the tugboat
clear. About eleven O'Clock tho GRANTS pilot saw tho
tug John u. Parker approaching with the schooner
George B. Mcfarland in tow, ma 10Th tugs blew their
whistles, giving The usual signals OF caution. The Nc
the latter parted tho lines which secured her to tho
Grant, Seeing the danger ut hand Captain Cooper
seized one OF his children IN his arms aud jumped on
board the tug Before he could return Tor his wife aud
the remaining child tho Lee had swung loose and was
drifting down the stream. The cries OF his child tor
assistance caused the distracted rather TO beg the cap
tam OF tho tug TO cut adrilt and save
his vito and child. He did not do so,
but got into rowboat, intending TO io-
low and rescue his family when, 10 his dismay, no
Twenty minutes after tho collision the Lee went down,
and January following, when the wreck was raised
the bodies OF the woman and her child were onnd IN
tho cabin Tho ting Grant is owned by The Eastern
transportation Company, and tue Parker by Jeremiah
j. Austin, the defendants Tho jury returned yer.
dict OF S. 900 alter bret dcibcratton. There Is an
other SUIT pending to recover $4,000 icr the loss OF
the child OF Captain Cooper against The same defend
ants When The verdict was rendered counsel for
plaintiff moved Tor fvo per &C allowances for coun-
get fees Tho Court gran ted lie motion.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-20
GREAT TRIBULATIONS OF SAM
CHANG X co.

established laundry In the basement at Fityseventh
street and Second avenue. In his employ are num-
Der OF his countrymen, whose odd dress and queer
habits provoked the curiosity of the children attend
ing the Fifty seventh street public school Some of
these youngsters. having been driven away from Sam
Chang's door, resolved upon revenge and began
course OF petty persecution. Dead cats and "sich
like" were thrown INTO the laundry, and
Thursday afternoon u barrel OF garbage was
rolled down the stairs by FIVE boys. They
were pursued by OF tho Mongoians.
who has Anglicizcd his name to Charles Ham. Ham
ran down Of hts tormentors, john Riley, OF No.
324 East Fifty-sxth street, and while holding him,
waiting Tor a policeman, was set upon by gang OF
laborers kicked and beaten and thrown upon pile OF
bricks Then John Mcmahon, who was engaged in
the ncighborhood repairing street lamps, threw his
hammer at the PROSTATE Celestial and struck him Oh
the head and face with cold chisel. Mcmahon was
arrested yesterday and arraisncd before Justice Nor
gan NJ tho Fifty seventh Street Police Court, who
committed him Tor trial IN default OF bail.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-20
HOW HE SETTLES HIS BILLS.

gentleman registered his name on Thursday at the
Filth Avenue Hotel as Emanuel Gibson. Tho name
inscribed commanded the attention OF The hotel clerk
as well the military bearing OF the owner thereof.
He was at once shown OF the elig bic
and treated with a difference becoming gentlemen.
Mr.. Gibson ordered champagne brandy, cigars
and all other things BETTING his rank and
position. His orders, especially tor Baumgarten
whiskey were liberal Friday that
tho became aarme lest supply Of this
favorite Virginia brand might run short Mr. Gibson
sent note yesterday morn ing 10 the elect that II
would be satisfactory TO the proprie;ors II he
would appear the desk and adjust MS Mr.
Gibson promptly appeared and was handed his bill he
glanced contemporary, DID not deign 10 dispute
any items, and when the clerk suggested that
bis baggage light prompt ctlement would be ad-
vsable the guest ut once struck tragic attitude,
and thrustng his hand into the pistol pocket OF his
pantaoons pulled forth revolver which he fourlshe
tho air. and pointing direct at the head OF the
quiyering hotel clerk, said, This is how settle my
bills" rhe hotel clerk lodged the revolver by dropping
beneath the counter staw0rth porter OF the hotel
tho OF the hidden clerk, and scizng
the rcdoubtabe Marylander by the collar oil tho coat
took the revolver away from him and held him until
the arrival Of Officer Philips. The shooting guest
taken before Judge Wandell later In the day aud
was committed, in default of coo bail, to answer
charge OF reckless use Of firearms
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-20
POST OFFICE AFFAIRS.

CORRECTING WRONG ADDRESSES -INvEsTIa 1T
ING THE SAFETY OF THE POST OFFICE
BUILDING.
There Is class OF people moro careless in their
occupation than the average letter writer's Many OF
these indite their cpiste enclose 1t in envelope,
write the name on the envelope, and In many
cases merely state the place, without giving any
further lntimaton than Philadelphia Baltimore,
Boston, &c. Many other instances occur where
merely the name and the State are written upon the
envelope The task OF the assorters in the Post once
is truly hard one, and 1t is matter Of surprise that
such missvcs should reach their destination During
the past week 549 such letters have been decphcred
and forwarded their destination, as will be seen by
the annexed schedule, furnished by Postmaster
james,
For the week ending May 10, 1877, of commercial
letters misdireccd 'Ncw York city, the New York
Post Olcc corrected the address or and forwarded TO
intended destination $40 letters, as follows
To Albany, n. r., !; Brooklyn, n. y. l56; Buffalo,
\. u, O.. Boston, Mass, y; Baltimore, Md, s;
Chicago Ill. Is; Charleston, S. G.. q Cleveland ONO,
n. Y, i; Great Fails, y. ILL., hoboken n. j., s;
Hartford, Conn, 4; Jersey City, N. D., IL; Louisville.
Ky, 81; Macon, Ca. ! Milwaukee,, Wis. 2; New
"a; Newport K l.. O; Newport, P,.. Philadelphia,
Pa, so; pi,tsburg, Pa, s; Providence, X. l.. ID;
reeksk'l, n y, !; Rochester, N y, IA; s. LOUIS,
Troy, ~ T., 20; Utica, ". Y, 6.
Five steamers lett the port yesterday carrying 40, l49
ordinary, 5lg registered letters and eighty bags OF
newspapers.
The receipts during the week for postage stamps,
stamped envelopes, &C., amounted to $40, Az So
sAFKTi or THE POST oFrIcE BUILDING.
II is reported in government circles that Secretary
Sherman has decided to send commission, consisting
OF three officers OF the United States Engineer corps
this city to make "A thorough inspection OF the Post
Office and United states courts, aud report ut oncc and
In full MS 10 the safety of the entire building As these
gentlemen have no allliaton with builders and archi
tects their investigation into any detects, II such
exist, Will be most thorough and searching.