davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26
The Great Railroad Strike.

WHY THE MEN STRUCK AND WHAT
WAGES THEY EARNED BEFORE RE-
DUCTIoN.
Baltimore, July 1S.-The strikers
say they are determined not to resume
work at the present rates. They were
willing, they said, to submit to re-
duction If it had been moderate one.
They frequently would make a trip to
Martinsburg and be kept there four
days; for this trip they were only
allowed two days pay ,nothwithstand-
ing the fact that they were compelled
to pay their own board at Martins
burg and support their families in
Baltimore. When discharged firemen
and brakemen had been taken back,
men who worked in the round shops
were told that they had to go out upon
the road or be discharged. The strik-
ers say it was question of bread, and
many men ran into debt last winter
from necessity. Honest men had
their wages attached because they
could not meet their expenses, and the
company issued an order that any
man whose wages are attached shall
be discharged. Many men had been
compelled to remove their families
from the city, owing to the impossi-
bility of paying rent and other expen-
Ses.
At Grafton the strike threatens to
extend to the other departments of the
road. The company has three times
within the past three years reduced
the wages. The working time in the
shops has also been reduced to what is
called three quarter time. Last spring,
to further economize, the railroad
company classified the firemen into
three classes, the first, holding the
great bulk of the men, We're given
$l.35 a day; the second was a sort of
intermediate step to the third, and the
third consisted of men longer in the
service at S1.75." a day is II trip from
Grafton to Wheeling or Parkersburg,
VI o u II i''iii tiiCSS poliitS w oi"ilol'
When business is brisk man can
make nearly every day. His wages
then scarcely cover expenses; but
when business is, as at present dull,
he can scarcely make thirteen days in
the month. On arriving at the end of
his trip he is compelled to wait his
"turn" to 90 back. This consumes
frequently three or four days, during
which he is compelled to pay his
board ut IS cents u day. L talked
with one of the strikers at Grafton to.
day. He informed me he had made
but five days this month. Nearly
half of the seventeen days of July he
had spent in Wheeling, waitingsfor
his turn. This, at IS cents, is Sc. 10.
His wages at the present rate for five
days would amount to $l.25 plus five
or, S6.25, leaving Is cents to support
his family at that place. The cost OF
living, in the aggregate, is as much if
not more than in New York, which
may be attributed to the high rate OF
freight tariff and to the system OF
crnIit ,,l,i. hnrA
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26
The Threat Of Desperation.
TION Br .BULLET, POWDER AND
FIRE OPENLY THREATENED.

Wheeling, w. Va, July 21.-Thc
strike is hourly acquiring more for
midablc proportions from the more
pronounced sympathy of the people
along the line, and accretiOns from
canal men, coal miners and all other
classes of workmen out of employ.
The quarreling and turbulence at one
point is only the signal for more for
midable outbreaks at Others. Incen-
diary appeals and threats like the fol-
lowing are being circulated every
where.
Piedmont w. Va, July 2O.-Be it
understood, that if the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company does not meet
the demands of the train employees at
an early date the officials will hazard
their lives and endanger their prop
erty, for we shall run their trains and
locomotives into the river. We shall
blow up their railroads. We shall
consume their shops with fire and
ravage their hotels with despoliation.
A company which has from time to
time so numerically cut our wages,
and finally has reduced us to starva-
ton. For such we have lost all SYM
pathy. We have humbled ourselves
from time to time to the unjust de.
mands of the company, until our
children cry for bread. TO a company
who knows all this we would ask in
the lame of high heaven what more
do they want? Our blood They
can get it, Our lives we are willing
to sacrifice, not for the Company, but
for our families and our rights. Call
out armed posses if you want them.
Shield yourselves if you can, but re-
member that no foe however DEATH
telling can stay for moment our de-
termination Death may ensue but
let it come. They may think or call
us weak, but weare not weak. Fifteen
thousand noble miners, who have
been insulted and put upon by this
self-same company are at our backs.
Besides the merchants and communi-
ties at large along the whole line of the
road are on our side; and more than
this the working clssses of every
State in the Union are in our favor,
and we feel confident that the God of
the poor and oppressed of earth is with
us. Therefore let the clashing of
arms be heard. Let the fiery elements
be poured if they think it well; but,
in view of the rights and the defence
of our families, we shall conquer or
we will die.
BY ORDER OF MANY STRIKERS,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26

INFORMATION WANTED.-MaryO o.
Brien formerly of Bangor Maine, is
desirious to learn the whereabouts of
two sisters, Maggie and Abbie
O'Brien, from whom she has been
separated, and whose residence has
been unknown to her for twelve years.
Any informationl which will lead to
reunion of these long separated sisters
will be gratefully acknowledged.
Mary is residing in Lock Haven,
Clinton county Pa, and letters adj
dressed to her in care of Clinton Re
publican will reach her promptly. st.
Louis and Portland papers especially,
please notice, and if the press gen.
orally will give the facts they will con.
fer favor upon anxious and disconso-
late sister.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26
NEWS ITEMS.
Forest fires in Maine.


Cotton worms have appeared in Texas.
Milan, N. H., has a raging local bonanza
fever.
Omaha is to have 500, 900 union depot
before winter.
America again stands first in sending
cotton to England.
. The Spokane chief says so of his Indians
have Joined Joseph's band
Horse thieves and Indians have things
their own way about Deadwcod.
Ex-City Treasurer Blumer, of Allentown,
Pa, is charged with embezzling $13, 900.
Subscriptions to the four per cent, bonds
to date, $65, ,S27, 700. Full returns are not
all in yet.
The National Cotton Exchanges met in
biennial convention at White Sulphur
Springs, Va, yesterday.
Directors of the Illinois Central Railroad
have declared dividend of two per cent.
from the earnings of the past six months.
The President has issued an order de-
taching the county of Niagara from the
Thirtieth Internal Revenue Collection dis
trict of New York, adding il to the Twenty.
eighth district of that Stale.
The Cameron Press says: Rattlesnakes
are becoming unpleasantly familiar. One
was killed several days ago in Mr.. Tulis'
yard ON Fifth street, and several have been
dispatched on the mountain North of this
borough during the season. Miss Brawn
was berrying in Plank Road Hollow, last
Saturday, when she was attacked by o rat
tlesnake, about three feet in length, which.
alter desperate fight, she succeeded in
heroine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26

notwithstanding the rapid decline
in the production of the big wells
lately struck in the Bullion oil region,
and the consequent Stacking off in the
excitement that prevailed, the hope
was INDUCED to very considerable
extent that "the belt" would yet be
developed, and those who had ven-
tured in leases be rewarded for their
faith in the territory. Interest GEN.
tered in the Russell well. its location
being such as to render it a fair test,
and for a week or more news from it
had been anxiously awaited. The dis
couraging word came yesterday that
1.-The Russell well has reached the sand
and is dry, as POWDER" and that the
Preston well, but sixty rods in advance
ofthe Big Injun, was also dry. This
was supplemented by an equally un-
favorable report from the Jacobs well
on the Henderson farm. The immedi-
ate effect of this information was an
advance of ten cents in the price OF
oil,-Pitts6urgh Commercial.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26
HEADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN
STATE COMMITTEES,
HARRISBURG, July IL 1877.


BY direction of the Republican
State Committee, the Republican
State Convention heretofore called to
meet at Harrisburg on the 29th day of
August next, is hereby postponed. to
meet in Harrisburg, at noon, on We'd
nesday. September 5, 1877. This post
ponement is made at the request of a
large number of delegates elect, who
have engagements to be present at q
triennial conclave of Knights Temp
lar, which assemblies as Cleveland,
Ohio, on the 29th day of August next.
BY order of the Committee,
HENRY NJ. HOYT, Chairman.
A. WILSON NORRIS, Secretary.
From the Clearfleld Republican,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26

Popular subscriptions for the new
four-per-cent. loan have exceeded the
most sanguine expectations. At the
outset it was estimated that they
would probably reach S2O,OOO,OOO. A
few weeks later it was supposed that
that amount would be slightly eX-
ceeded. At the close of last week it
seemed very bold prediction that
the aggregate might reach $50, 900, 900,
and in announcing in Monday morn
ing's Press that the subscriptions
would extend to $4,000, 900 we gave
the highest estimate that had been
made in any well-informed quarter.
We were, therefore, surprised and
gratified to learn from Monday even.
ing's Washington dispatches that the
actual sum was fully S6S,O00, 900, of
which about S63, 100000 was proffered
through the syndicate, and about $5,-
100000 through the Treasurer of the
United States and Assistant Treas.
urers. This extraordinary result is
doubtless partly attributable to abun-
dance of unemployed capital, distrust
of many of the securities which for
merly commanded implicit conf
dence, and unwavering. faith in the
ability and determination of the Gov
ernment to meet all its financial obli-
cations honorably and promptly; but
all these incentives would only have
secured comparatively small subsciip-
tions for four-per-cent. loan if they
had rot been reinforced by profound
and widespread feeling of confidence
in the wisdom, integrity, and practi
cal efficiency of the Administration o.
President Hayes.-FOrneyS Press.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26
The employment of convict labor

The employment of convict labor in
Maryland has stirred up manufactur-
ers and workmen of Baltimore to re-
monstrance, and the chances are that
the question of employment or nom
employment will be made an issue at
the next election. According to a
statement before recent meeting of
manufacturers 500 convicts in the
Maryland Penitentiary make $4,000
pairs of shoes per week, at cost of
81 200, and that the same number of
shoes made outside would cost SIS, 75O.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26
AppletOn's American CyclOpedia.

Vol. of this admirable work is Just
out, making it half complete, as there
are to be l6 in all, of 800 pages each,
one being issued in two months. 1t
makes complete library, and no one
can afford to do without it who would
keep well Informed. Price 90 vol
ume in leather, or $500 i'm elegant
half Turkey. G. X. Judson, FredOnia,
N. Y, controls the sale i'm Elk county.
Address him for particulars.
sep17-ty
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26
A Tragic Affair.

One of the most heart-rending cir
cumstances ever brought TO our notice
occurred in Boggs township, this
county, Oh Tuesday, the Sd inst. An
old citizen-Joel Stone-personally
well-known to many of our readers,
was confined to his bed by sickness,
and was supposed by those around his
bedside to he dying. Under these cir.
cumstances some one started two little
girls to go to Mr.. Woolsencroft's, a
near ncighbor, to tell him to come to
Mr.. Stones home. The errand was
performed, and Mr.. WoOlsencroft left
Immediately for Mr.. Stones. IN his
absence one of the girls asked young
Woolsencroft for drink of water.
There was no water in the house, and
the girl requested the boy to take a
bucket and go to the spring for some.
He replied that he was not dry and
she might go herself. But after some
debate the boy started for the water,
remarking that she should not have
any of it. While he was away at the
spring, she foolishly went into the
house and took a gun, which was
standing behind the door, went out in
the yard and laid it across stump,
pointing it towards the spring, and as
the boy approached the house she re-
marked that she would shoot him if
he did not give her Il drink. While
the boy was moving towards the
house, in a zigzag way, to avoid the
range of the gun, and when he usas
within a few yords of the stump, the
girl discharged the piece, the contents
entering his abdomen about midway
between the navel and the groin,
causing death within half an hour.
Mr.. Stone, the father of the girl, died
the same day, and a joint funeral and
d very excited neighborhood were wit
messed in Boggs township the next
day. This tragedy was the work OF
children. The boy was under ten
years, and the girl about eleven.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26
Orin Head, son of A. H. Head an

Orin Head, son of A. H. Head, and
about Il years of age accidentally shot
himself through the hand week ago
last Saturday, with the same pistol
that his brother shot himself through
the hand with few years ago, and in
almost the same place in the hand.
The careless use of firearms seems to be
a growing evil, and parents will do
we'll to do that which lays in their
power to prevent it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26
Administrators Notice.

Estate of John Adam Stibeck late O
st. Mary's Borough Elk Co., Pa, de-
ceased Letters Of Administration upon
the..above estate having been granted
to the undersigned, all persons in
debted to said estate ARE requested to
make payment, and those having
claims to present them without delay
to JOSEPH STIBICH Adn'rs.
n2lt6.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26

Folks canning berries and fruits can
find "Masons" and "The Protectoru
Jars at the Vest End Store at 81. so per
dozen.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26

POWELL d KIME have a fine lot
of dress goods, also all other kind of
dry goods at low rates.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26
Township Officers.

Judge of Election-Will Dickinson.
Inspectors-James Penfield, p. r..
Smith.
Justices of the Peace-Charles Mead
jas. ID. Fullerton.
School Directors--O. B. Grant, Jas.
Gardner, G. II. Wheeler. N. II. Cum
mings, w. s. Service, Eug. j. Miller.
.Supervisors-John Gulnack, Daniel
M'Govern.
Treasurer-W. II. Hyde.
Assessor-M. S. Kline
Assistant Assessors-Geo. Dickinson,
John Walinsley.
Audit9rs-Will Dickinson, James
Penfield, J. s. Powell.
Clerk-M. S. Kline.
Constable-Geo. ID. Messenger, Jr.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26

Soap, Starch, Soda, Indigo Blue
Satin Gloss Starch, at the West End
Store at low prices.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26

McAfee is prepared to do cleaning
and repairing of clothing In a neat
manner and at reasonable figures.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26

Sunday picnics are not supposed to
add to the morals of any community.
Those who attended the picnic at Will
cox, last Sunday, should bear this in
mind.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26
County Officers.

PresidentJudge-Hon. l.. d. wetmore
Associate Judges-Hons. Geo. Ed.
Weis, and Julius Jones.
Sherih-Daniel Scull
Treasurer-Jacob McCauley.
District Attorney--C. III. M'Cauley.
Co. Superintendent-Geo. II. Dixon.
Prothonotary. &c-Fred. Schening.
Deputy Prothonotary-w. $. Horton.
Commissioners-Michael Wedert, W.
II. Osterhout, George Reuscher.
commissioners Clerk-W. s. Horton.
Auditors-W. III. Hyde, r. L. Spang-
Ter, George Rothrock.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26

From this date AN EXTRA DIS
COUNT of ) per cent will be allowed
ON ALL PURCH ASSES exceeding
81 90
SiLVERMANN & co.
next door to Post Office Ridgway.
n2ltf
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26

Call at this Office for Writing paper
and envelopes.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26

Call on McAfee for your nicely
fitting clothing.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-26

Send in subscriptions to the ADvo'
GATE.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21
worth d when Coy. Hubbard went into

worth d when Coy. Hubbard went into
Office.
:, The Houston Telegraph suspended
ing the dge, heretofore an evening pa
per. appeared as morning paper.
ICuero Is again agitating the question
OF the removal OF the county seat from
Clinton to that point. Some years ago
the attempt In this direction was un-
successful, but 1t is thought now that
when submitted to vote will be car
ried.
A meeting OF the citizens OF Harri-
son county was held at Houston last
Wednesday, to devise some means OF
lighting the 100000 railroad subsidy
bends, decided to be owed to the Texas
and Pacific Railroad by the people OF
was appointed to conduct the case and,
Ii necessary, to compromise with the
railroad company.
The. Statesman says that Gov. Hub
bard, in q letter published In the Lam
pasas Dispatch, tells the people that he
will help them IL they will help them
selves. sheriffs, deputies and consta-
bles must be made TO do their duty.
They want courage or efficiency, and
are In league with knaves In some eoun.
ties, no doubt, and people who invest
such men with office deserves to suffer.
The Democrats OF Galveston have
held their municipal convention, and
nominated Col. ID. G. Stone for Mayor.
Col. Stone liz 52 years OK age, O merchant
by profession, although bred a lawyer,
and occupies high social and business
rank at Galveston. His opponent is
Geo. b. Nichols, independents, and the
election takes place early In March. It
Is anticipated that the canvass will be a
spirited one.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21
ny RailFeads.


NEW OhLGANS AMI JNAAD nA4zsfsUAo
Feb Sole hhds sugar Il M Scott-26 Brnger--
90 sacks rough rice Chism & Bosd---Total AZ hlsds
sugar 20 sacks rough rice
NEW ORLEANS. ST LOUIS AND CHICAGO
RAILROAD.
Feb g0--10o bales cotton Walden, Hawkins Geo Gs
J l. Harris &ee---54 Piitchard, Bckhan &co---59
Chaffe Hamilton d p0well--36 5 q Th mis- Eco %
Lehman. Abraham eo--23 I Airey &co-~-23 Jno
Phelps &coL--22 Payne, Kennedy &co---2l Allen,
West &co-~t9 w G Black &c0--ig Barrett & Gordon
-1s e II Wilson & Mis-H Alcus, Scherek & Autey
ID Jno I Hardie &eo---l3 Stewart Bros co..--ll
Beadles FOOD soGo--tS Meyef Wes &co--i0 Alien,
s. ns--9 BT1tton. Moore & Coeman-9 L Wamsley
&co--7 G w Sentel &co-7 ORDER Richardson &
May Norwood & Rehards--2 Ben Gerson-2 w A
Peale-t g. CROMWELL + Wclker--Total 624
bales cotton
bdls willows w BanS-15 pkps tobacco S Hsrn.
sheim u Bro-27 bdls collars M W Smith, pcs plew
stuff Baldwin &co-7 bbls cots Doherty-3 bbIs
-four S Newborn-1 Dbl saurage Elzsrde- II bde
q Pulvis--t Dbl hams Sehwabacher, Prevented
a. Pfeif ri bx mdse Henry &eo-1 Dbl ale Shfop-
shire &Go-7 bdls rope kice, Born &co-i0 empty bbls
Richardson May--10 SKIS rice e Hart &co--1
timber w hi Bo en-. a 90 g Terr--13 pcs meat NJ
sheery--t39 pkgs beer jar butter III r. dwitz-- 10
bxs handles Il J West--l5 bbs whisky l. LyoHs--1
case tob Wackerbartb Il Joseph--E0 pals tobac.
co D-3 bbIs highwineS Water &eo-1 do G Doyle
Coco tubs butter Sehwabacser e. Hirsch--25 pkgs
woodwork Wilson M Col Dbl whis BLewis-2
cigars M Riquelme---3 pkgs mdse John Moore
6ce-1 bx mdse Morgan Lne-7 bxs eggs Randolph
& Dunniea--4 bbs do g Schenck--l hid tobacco
Kirk atriek & Keith-0G bbi- -four Z Mathew &
co-18 hxs eggs Miller e. Meyers do Wang Il Cot
tam--100 bbls flour IL BoisDemek-1ce do Ill A Nor
ton--tG pkgs furniture McCracken d. Brewster---3
pkgs muse Felman Bros do e OfHeT--l1 do III
q BIZ Monfgomery-l0 do Vincent &co..--l do A
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21

boats With the. travelling PUBLIC, and for her
pnnutnality In leaving az advertised. Albert
Stein commands; the clever and accommodating
Mr.. Harry stein Ia the office.
The New OileHns and Red River Transports
tion Company steamer, Col. A. P. Ketns Mart
KDnns, master, Isaac Kouns, clerk, lesyss to-day
ut pa m for Shreveport and jefferson.
The Nc. Mary, also OF the above line, Is reeeiv-
Ing TO leave te.morrow FOR Shreveport and Jeffer-
son. Fred Prebst, master, I'D. Groves, oil. fk.
ExoHAraE CLIPPINGS.
ClNatsrATi. Feb. 1s.--The Golden City re-
turned to New Orleans, drawing Az feet, with
GOO tDns aud 40 cabin passengers and 40 deckefs,
and way engagements 10 fill her out Her ehins
neys have been heightened 10 feet and the tops
are now 81 feel above the hurricane roof They
wtre leng hened to clear her hurricane roof aft
OF SPARKS while burning wood. Eugene Handlsn
and Wash Tealey are her pilots. The Golden
City has one item OF 1866 bushels Of piltsburg
coal for fuel She receives 1000 bbls potatoes
this eide oil Louisville, and receives at the latter
point 100 mules, 40 tone of waste and 700 plows.
Captain O, p, sbinkle announces the Golden
Rue o leave for New Orleans Tuesday.
Captain James Paul advertises the Robert
Mitchell in . rather emphatic manner to leave
for New Orleans Tuesday,
Pilot Wash Tenley Of The Golden City, has in.
vented q toeAtrigger, which IL now In use In the
pilat-hnuHe OF that steamer. The trigger is OF
great service 10 the pilot, and an advantage 10
boats with large wheels, as la crossing from one
side 10 the other when working hard own on the
wheel II keeps the wheel In place ninth the
weight. Of the pilot il thrown on the other side
when The trigger dis back again IN place.
sT. Louis, Feb. t7.--River 1lL feet by the
gauge aud swelling slowly. Business to-day wac
good, and Gil the departures for points South
were loaded b, the water. The Commonwealth
was drawing eight feet, and refused freight The
u. o. Jaeger IL receiving TO depart for New Or.
leans on Tuesday. The Pool Line will try aud
send out three boats nsxt week. Rates will re-
main the same-4D cents for flour and 40 cents u
100 III