The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-26
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From Associated Press dispatch
es We lsarn particulars Of great
strike ameng railroad employees.
The principal roads upon which
trouble occurred are the Pennsyl-
vanis, the Erie, Lake Shore d Mich
igan Southers, Baltimore & Ohio.
Great excitement resulted. The
strikers took possession Of freight
trains, and prevented their being
moved. AT various points the civ
il authorities were unable to main
tain order, and troops have been
called into reauisition, Open rup-
rure betvssA mobs and troops &C.
CURED in Baltimore and in Pitts
burg, and . number Of lives were
lost. !, saT.A 81. s .,s.,fs IA
A vast amount # property has
been destroyed. On Sunday, the
city Of Pittsburg was in the hands
Of q mob, strikers and their friends,
and . scene ensued, such as has
never before bsen witnessed in this
country. Buildings, locomotives,
cars and freight belonging to the
Pennsylvsnia Company, were de-
stroyed By Gre, the value Of which
reaches from $4,000, 900 to S., O0O,-
600. Property destroyed at other
points, swell the sum total to the
nsighberhsod Of 100000 lost,
net only to the railway companies,
but to the country at large, by this
wanton destruction. = United States
troops have been ordered to differ
emit scenes Of riot. An extra SEES
sion Of the Cabinet has been held
An order Of the President, calling
for volunteers, is talked of. Fur
Their particulars may be found ON
the inside Of this issue.
In an editorial commenting on
the strike, the Detroit Tribune has
the follewing:s 3a - 80 '''ai 4
"Far otherwise has it been in
Pittsburg. The events of Saturday
and Sunday in that city are a blot
upon orr civilization, q disgrace to
our nation, and q blew at sslf-gev-
eminent itself. The spectacle Of a
city of nearly two hundred thous-
and people helpless under the con-,
troll Of lawless rufians, who plum
der with immunity millions of prop.
erty, who dictate to 1.-THE police and
fire departments what they shall
and shall not do, who not only, re.
sist and defy the civil and military
authorities Of the State, but attempt
to massacre the latter, and for that
purpose resort to means forbidden
in civilized warfare, is fortunately
without precedent in this country.
And the only way IN which to wipe
out this disgrsce is'te put down the
instruction and punish the insur-
gents, If il takes the utmost power.
Of the government Ia do 50. !.
It's emily wasted breath to dis
cuss, at the present time, the causes
Of the strike, OF" to attempt to dis.
cover whether the proposed rsduc-
zion Of wages was justifablc and
equitable. The matter has got very
far beyond that. We have always
asssrted the legal right Of men,
whether ~ individuals or in orgahs
isations, 70 refuse TO work il dis
satis6ed with their wages. That
right would be upheld BY law-abid-
ing citizens even though the result
should bslto paralyxe the commerce
Of the country. But that is not
the present question II is whethf
or We shall have law and government
At all. IfnsA can resist the State
authsrities, plundsr the property Of,
others, and commit arson aad mur-
Der by Wholesale, in Pittsburg, they
can Dc 80 in Detroit and every.
whore else throughout the country.
IL this lawlessnsss and rebellion are
net suppressed and punished, law
and government are mcckerics, to
be msds sAe football Of any mob.
Neither the railroads nor tho gov
msnt can afford to retreat from tlseiri
position, or to make any weak com,
prsmisss with crimissls. The mat
Ter has COMO too far for that. The
imperative duty efthe State author.
tiles and u the general government
now is 70 put down this rebellion
and punish its leaders; to protect
the property sad the rightss both Of
corporations and individuals; and
70 DO this even II they have to call
for volunteers by the hundred thou
sand, % in 1861. We have come
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