Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-08
The canal Strike.
7he Baltimore American says -

"COl. Douglass regards the condition OF aC.
fairs on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal as
very favorable to go carly raising Of the block.
ade without interposition cf the military. Re
thinks that the boatmen have become tired Of
waiting for better prices aud will move thei,
boats very soon. 1t is thought that il the N;
uers should 20 to work the blockade would ta
raised at once
Yesterday afternoons Dispatch was received
at the Governors headquarters to the ef,,,
that tho blockade would be probably raised
within twelve or tWentyiour hours, and tina,
boats would be moved in both directions franz
Sir johns Run. The dispatch was signed Ly
one Of the high officers oil the Canal COMPANY"
The Cumberland News of yesterday s.ys -
81. boatman arrived in this city from llaa
cock yesterday makes statement Of the cent,
ton of affairs substantially az follows :-in..
Saturday vote was taken at Hancock, Hlcr.
TWEEN I've boats are lying. Nine of the oaplain.
were absent, and of the remaining sixteen,
eleven voted in favor of holding out for 81 prr
toa freight, and five for going to work at tie
rates offered by The shippers. Yesterday tlorn
ing party of boatmcn, numbering sixteen
went in sktfs from the fourteen mile levi t.
Maids Lock, opposite Sir Johns Rua 70 Yass
upon the question Of resumption, it 4 vol.
should be taken there. They carried u. :
flag and q banner, on wbiah was inscribed 'Naa
Dollar or No Freight. 1t was however, 4.
cided by the boatmcn ct the blockade not
take vote yesterday, and so the maticrSlaat.
Tho Sheriff of Washington County, with u rn.,.
Of fifteen or twenty men, visited the vicinitY -.
Maids Lock yesterday and ordered iii, c.nl!
to be opened lie was informed BY The to!t
men that there Yves no block adr; that the c:ao
mel was open as any one could seC; that Al.
boatman was free to 20 wherever lie ;,!,s.,.
with his boat, loaded or empty, etc Six cay
tains shortly altcrTard made = start for Cana
berand, and before leaving one o! them J..
quesed all the boatmcn assembled to give ih,i.
opinion by vote upon the matter OF their g5ing
agreeing to abide by the result. Il vas un.ri
mousy voted that he should not 90, and I'll,
boats were again tied up amid the cheers Of
the assembage. No obstruction whatever vas
put in their way, and 40 v0eAce offered q.
limited at. The boatmcn heard yesterday 81
the proposed sending Of militia to open iii.
canal, and expressed no feeling whatever uYon
the subject, but said that il they cane they
should do as they had with tho Hardy Guar!,
stationed at Sir Johns Run--p!ay bass by!
with them if they would accept i challenge
"a meeting oil boatmen was held AT William,
port yesterday afternoon and a vote t"krG ~
on the question OF resumption. There a.
thirty boats there, but the Gumbrr OF c@pi.l;
present at the meeting was not stated b: OF.
correspondent, who telegraphcl late last even.
Ing that the vote was unanimous for s. 81!
90 cents, with u reduction in irppa&2.
''This action was lOreshadowcd by our u l.
committee of conference here last week, Wa,
said that the boatmcn would be satisfied Viii: i
dollar ton, 10 matter how il cam, wint!g!
by increasing tie freight II decreasing ',Ir
pages or tolls, or both.
"Nothng was doan !'y the miners yrs..Ita".
an there was no ueW action by any Il! h'c'A.
companies, except tina! the FraukIin g.. ..
Sumed work, paying lis miners So cen!s. Ihr
rate demanded 1T tn. n,""llnr last week.
"l'hn statement that the Potomac t'".i -
was tuopay its miners the rats 10 i,. ha.r,i.e
settled upon was incorrect, AZ th"g n.r""! =.
pay s. cents Internationally.
Adyieeg from Cumberland state that iha
boatmen have agreed TO permit Mr. II. T..
Wagncr'a steamers to pass, a9 he has con!I.,1
10 supply the New York Steamship Company
lue running between New York and Washing
ton. For tho past three weeks the E!nc ha'
been using anthracite coal. Mr. Wagner bays
the coal al Cumberland and TRANSPORTS l. III In
owe boats.
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hora ,akar the;c hna,s hama ,nJ !, j. I!,on.L
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Land Ho! OYSTER rnnduna D.risinn
IT 8 gu,rcmo Court M Go5 j,,n24 y.
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mcNfcaay' p'aln''lt ID crror' against '''' ""'
monWeal:h OF Virginia. Ait:r calling a;'rn!''"
to the once ample domain Of the State 81 Va
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a>cu Ia co"'hon OF "','':'"''H ~ ~ CIV" cue"
the Chlel justice who delivered tie "IAr''
says: "Ani the reason is obvious; the r,ii.
hus cranie3 +. not , nriv;Iny, IT ysno,,I h,,M
800 - -.,.D,: =, ,'i'.r.:..
'pcc!a' c't'@9nSnlp ~ uoe' "o' oc'o"S VI '''''
10 tho citizens OF all free g1gernmsnLs' b'it "''I
10 the citizens of Virginia on account Of tic f.
,uIiar circumstances in which thcv arc inject