The New York herald., 1877-07-22
LOCAL FEELING ON THE STRIKE.

VIEWS OF LEADING RAILROAD MANAGERS AND
oTHERs-How IT AFFECTS THE MAILS
The great railroad strike with Its accompanying
measure Of bloodshed and its wildly contagious spread
across the country arrested universal attention this
city yesterday II Is safe TO that clear majority
Of the people here cast their sympathies with the
strikers from vague belio that the railroads are all
bloated corporations, looking for big dividends and
caring nothing whether such dividends be wrought
out of the sweat and misery oil their servants But
the strikers too, had more than structure
passed upon their conduct and IL said that in the
universal depression, when numerous railroads arc
unable TO pay expenses 1t the turn
OF the employees to bear hand in iiding over the bad
times and in accepting little prvation for tho
general good. Besides the lawlessness exhibited was
calculated TO hurt their and give tinge Of COM
munsm 10 their proceedings.
News from Baltimore and other points was looked
for with eagerness, and merchants and ippers were
visiby exercised as 10 the bearing prolon CATION the
present state OF affairs might have lhor business
prospects. Some people supposed the stoppage Of
traffic on the Eric would result in u rise in the price
OF moat Others specuIa,ed 10 its effect on grain
and -four and brcadstuds generally, ond everybody
interested in receiving lrom shipping to- the West
had some point OF concern in the prevailing embar.
rassment
WHAT PRESIDENT JzwETT SAYS
81 anticipate that in forty eight hours the strike on
the Western divisions Of road will be ended" said
Mr. Hugh Jeweit, President q the Erie Railroad, yes
tcrday,. to u HERALD reporter.
''Arc you sanguine ?" asked the reporter
81 feel moral certainty" replied Mr.. Jcwett
"Railroad strikes last long The railroad is a
much greater necessity than coal mine or n lac-
tory that the pressure Of public opinion compels ono
side the other to give way In time. This
strike l look upon AS entirely unjustiGablc,
even far 1t regards the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad The earnings of that road have
run very low and SO nave those OF all the rest The
depression has been uncommony great ana extensive
Some roads barely able to expenses others
unable to The strikers take this into
They should consider that their interest Is
bound up in that OF tho railroad. and they should be
willing to lend IL helping hand when 1t Is in dificu-
ties"
"Dld you apprehend this strike ?"
eyes, this strike has been coming for time, put
originally II was intended to make II absolute
md general, to make u include the engineers
the u, emcn and brakemcn and cover all the North
srn and Western Statts but the engineers declined
10 into IL, and the conspiracy may so called
broke before maturity ne strike on the w, stern
divisions Is not the work oil the themselves but
OF number OF dissatisfied people VINO NJ one time or
another were discharged Tor iicicnt cause and who
seek IN the prevailing excitement to cubarrass tho
road and get the men who have been at work and
earning wages into trouble, SO as TO have company IN
misery"
',ias the reduction OF wages by your road nothing
.why, the wages paying now are higher than
what Baltimore and Quo was paying before IT
made the last reduction. There be- no complaint
on that head When the notified OF tho
last reduction they sent committee here TO them
pointed out the nccc>s sy tor the step and tho
sonablcness OF under the circumstances. They then
made no protest. but acquicsccd IN the proposition.
have fear the strike VIII ex end eastward"
DEMANDS rhE sTRiIERs.
The following are the demands OF the BremeD, brake
men, swtchmcn and trackmcn OF tho Ere Railroad
under consideration By the COM pany First that
nil OF the discharged Tor taking part any meet
Ing or going as a committee TO New York shall be
instated; the brakcmen to receive 81 per day; tho
switcbmen, 81; the head swtchman, 50 20; trackmcn
In yards, 81 SO per day; trackmcn sections
ceive 81 ~ per aay and pay no rentals companys
grounds, except as per agrecmcnt the bremen TO
have the same pay or rates OF pay they received
PRIOR TO July l. 1871, and monthly passes be con.
tnued as before also 10 be issued brake
men and switchmen
THE PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL
Mr. Barker. superintendent OF the Eastern Division
Of the Pcnnsy vana Central said ~ have no uppre-
hcnson that the Eastern DIVISION of road will 30
disturbed. Everything 30 far Is satisfactory TINS
morning | seut large bundle Of hERALps containing
that editorial about the railroad out along tho
line TO distribute among the men. aud OF my as-
sisauts has just telegraphed to say that tho cd.
itorial has had very good effect This strike was an
ucpatcd, and now tnat II has como perhaps may be
all tho better, as II has ended the suspense
THE NEW JERSEY CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Mr. Faulkner said:-"l am happy to inform you
thero u no strike roau. do we apprchcnd
any The men say they satisfied with what the
company has done Tor thom. II has paid ty per
cent Of their back pay and will pay them Tho iIy