Evening star., 1877-07-27
The Government and the Strikers

The President and his Cabinet yesterday
decided that il would be advisable 10 organ
iZe the clerks in the different government
departments into companies or bsttalions
for the purpose OF protecting the government
properly IN the District, SO that a portion of
the regular troops retained here for prec au-
tionaTy measures can be ordered elsewhere,
in case they are needC d and still leave noth
ing unguaTded here The full arrangements
for forming the organizations have not been
perfected yet, but initial steps were taken in
the Treasury department yesterday evening
a. d will be completed as soon as possible.
When The battalions are organized they will
be ordered TO report TO Gen. Schoheld for
signment 10 duty. There are number of
gentlemen in The different departments who
held high positions during the rebellion. a ad
their services will doubtless insure well Or
ganiZed companies.
THE EXAGGERATED REPORTS
OF the fight between the military and the
rioters at Chicago yesterday are severely
condemed here among officials. Three con.
more this morning. Six companies of The
same regiment are en- route from Savannah
and points in Florida.
THE CABINET MET AT NOON
to-day. Secretary McCrary presented all the
strike dispatches received last night and this
morning at the War Department.
QUIET ALL ALONG THE LINES TODAY.
Major Samuel Breck, Assistant Adjutant
General, now on leave at Rridgewater, Mass,
has been ordered here for assignment To tenn
Iorary duty. Dispatches received at the
comparative quiet at all points. a dispatch
from Baltimore 81 " that IL l. thought In at
the trouble between the Baltimore and Ohio
company and the strikers will be peaceably
settled III short time.
MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS.
About SEQ O'Clock yesterday aftPrnOO ], q
numbering about fifty men, under command
of Lieu. Porter, embarked on cars at the
Baltimore and Potomac depO. for Ph laiel-
phia, TO join the command of Lieut.. Colonel
N u mar NOS lAF l.B-n f,
mostly Ell at the arsenal. Three com
panies remain at the barracks, on S.h street
east, and some are on guard al the navy
yard.
GEN. sCHoFIELD's ORDER OF ASSIGNMENT
The order ass gning Major Gen. -Schufield
To The command of the troops in Washington
reads as follows: ''By direction OF the Pre,i-
dent, Major General SchOf Id is assigned 10
temporary duty at the lac tdguaTJers of the
amy, datirg from Monday, the 23i instant
in addition 10 his com nand of the depart-
ment at West Point. The forces Of the Uni ed
States, in Guiding the navy and marine corps
in the District of Columbia, will be reported
to Major General Schoheld, aud act under
his command"
L. 8. TROOPS FOR CHICAGO.
Col. X. {. Drum, assistant adjutant gen.
eral at Chicago, Ill, was on Monday direct
ed by tie President through Adjutant Gen
eral townsend tO "use United States troops
In case "f an emergency, in suppressing the
riot at Chicago, under orders of the governor
OF OF lhe res, s,ate:n 1esierday Gol Drum officially
and the governor Immediately directed Ein
to report TO the mayor of Chicago, and act in
cOncert with him in putting down the mo IS
and riots, and In Keeping the peace aud pro-
tecting the property of the people.
ACTION OF THE CABINET.
A subject in connection with the strike
which was discussed at length in The Cabi
net meeting yesterday was in regard to
United States Courts sustaining receivers
appointed by them for certain roads. Tne
courts are To l. sue wr,ts to the IN ,rshals in
hpr In spta iS m,
hands OF receivers are not interfered with by
rioters, ana the marshais have power, IL
necessary, to summon posse TO enforce the
orders OIL tnelr courts. This brings the rioters
IN direct OppOs Jlon to the power Of the fed
ersl government, should thy attempt 20 in
terfere with any roads In the hands OF re-
ceivers, and ii was agre Il at the Cabinet
that the whole power of the governm
should he brought > bear TO sustain IN
United States marshals in case of necessity.
1t was also determined that General Han.
cock Should proceed 10 Pittsburg with large
force of troops, and he will start for thai
place Immediately
GEN. HANcocK's MISSION.
The principal object in General Hancock's
going over the line of the Pennsyl vania rail
road TO Pitt>burg is TO aid the governor of
Pennsylvania IN protc citing WORK men In re-
building The road, that supplies may be sent
10 the various cities along the line, and com
municatiOn between Philadelphia and the in
terror Of the state reopened wlthou. delay.
OrhER MILITARY AOvEM NTS.
Gen. Ruger has BEEN ordered by Gen. Han
cock TO Louisville, and to assume immedi-
ate control over the troops at that point and
at Newport, Ky. Batteries ID and l. OF the
5th artillery, from the department OF the
South will reach Baltimore To IN orro MORN
ing. 1.-THE War department has been ad
Vised in q telegram from Chicago that the
regular troops were not engaged in the con-
fict yesterday. --''The Secretary OF War
has replied to the proposition of Capt. q. A
Armes, to raise in the District of Columbia a
regiment OF ten companies, to the effect tn
he has no power 70 grant authority to raise a
regiment, no call for troops having yet been
made for the government.
IN FAVOR OF ARBITRATION.
Yesterday Mr.. st. Andrew, of the North
American St Georges Union, ba an inter-
view with Secretary Evarts, and presented
a memorandum, adopted at a meeting of the
ST. Georges Union, held in PhIlade phia on
Wednesday, July %, 1S77, respectfully sug-
gesting that If the United States government
would take the lead in establishing a joint
commission of masters and men, with some
leadII & statesman, designated by the Presi
dent, as chairman thereof, all questions now
In dispute could be speedily settled by arbi-
trstion, and that the confidence of the work
men III such a tribunal would probably Ia
duce them TO resume work until a fair aud
equitable adjustment could be reached. Mr..
81. Andrew Informed the s acretary that the
st. Georges union was a body which to a
large extent represented both capital and
labor among its membership. Mr.. Evarts
expressed his general approval OF the pr n
ciple of arbitration, ana promised 10 give
the matter due consideration.
THE NAws FROM ALL THE THREATENED
POINTS
received by the government continues to be
OF the most assuring nature. 1t appears that
the troubles in Chicago, which threw this
community into some little excitement Were
exceedingly exaggerated by the telegra pher
at Chicago, and, until contradictory ad vices
were received even members Of the cabi net
were apPrehensive that troops would have to
be Withdrawn from the frontier and sent to
Chicago. The reports, however, from the
commanding officer in that city are such as
to leave no doubt that the military force now
In the city In cooperation with the civil
authority are sufficient to preserve the peace
and protect life and property. There is now
very general expression Of opinion among
members of the cabinet that the rioto1s ele-
ment Of the strikers has about been dissi-
pated, and that, though the railroad en-
ployes may impede the moving of freights,
mail and passenger connections between
the east and west will be shortly restored.
Thus far IL would appear from the mass OF
telegrams received at the Post OH &c depart.
ment that in most cases the railroad compa-
MES, and not the strikers are TO blame for
any Interruption in the mails that have tax en-
place.
ANOTHER MAN-OF-wAR.
The HuYOn arrived off (3ieahOrO, roipt Ia CT