National Republican., 1877-07-23

from here, has been repaired, and trains re-
sumed running yesterday.
UOpen threats are made that tho machine
shop hands cannot go to work tomorrow, but
the mastor mechanic says he is determined not
t. BE- intcrfercd with in his department.
In this city railroad matters have been
quiet. To-day no action has been taken by
the employees Of any road this side of the
river, but there Is good deal Of talk and dis.
cussion Of probabilities The men Of the Mis-.
souri, Pacific are tho most likely to bc the first
involved, and some Of them say II strike occurs
across the river aud the Union depot and Transit
Company employees strike they will join them
Tho st. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern,
and tho st. Louis Kansas City and Northern
roads have not reduced wages, and the en-.
ployees Of these lines so far have manifested
no disposition to take part In the strike The
officers Of these companies, while they regard
Tho general situation az exceedingly serious,
do not think their roads will become involved;
at least thcy havc strong hopes that they will
not be.
In East 81. Louis tho afternoon has been I'M
usually lively. There was to have been an I'D
journcd meeting held at o'clock to receive
report from a committee appointed last
night. Instead Of this, however, thore was u
secret meeting of some sort OF three hundred
railroad men, but nothing was dono except
speech making. The general tenor OF speeches
was that unless tho late reduction was with
drawn aud tho old rates restored, with guar.
antoos that tho companies will mako no fur.
ther reductions, that tho mon should strike.
Conversations with the mon revealed the fact
that touching the guarantee above mentioned
they will demand that II must he made gen.
eral throughout the country, else the strike
will 20 on.
After the adjournment of the secret meeting
another was organized outdoors, during which
about two hundred members OF French, Cor
man, Bohemian nnd English sections Of the
workingmcn's party Of tho United States from
st. Louis Joined 1t. Their coming was greeted
with cheers and much enthusiasm. Several
speeches were made by tho lcfdcrs Of this Sec
ton, In which they offered sympathy for II Q
strikers, and pledged themselves to stand by
| them In their struggle.
1t was stated from tho stand there would
bo another meeting tonight strictly Of rail.
road men, at which II declaration Of their
purpose and what action they propose to take
would be made. The section Of tho working
mems party above referred 10 held a meet
| ing at Turner hall this afternoon, and after
several speeches on the labor question in
general aud tho present situation in particu.
lar they unanimously adopted tho following
| resolutions:
| Whereas tho workingmcn Of different railroads
In this country are rsiuy en nnse 10 demand theiI
Just rights, and whereas the United States Govern.
mcnt has allied Itself on the side OF capital and
against labor; therefore
Reso't,d That We, tho workingmen's party oI
| the United States, heartily symputhize with en-
ployccs OF all railroads in this county who are at
tempting To secure Just and equitable reward fCr
| their labor.
| Reso,rfd That we will stand by them In this
| most righteous struggle of labor against robbery
| and oppression through good and evil report, tC
| the end Of the struggle there.
The resolutions were read TO the meeting IN
East st. Louis this evening, and were received
with hearty cheers.