The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-21

pass Salamanca. At Andover station on the
western division one striking fireman took en-
CINE % and went out on the road without or
ders or permission from the company and on
the time of trains intending he said to 60 to
HoInellsville.
10 to o'clock this afternoon the strikers
had given the company no reasons for their
strike. At that hour their committee handed
Superintendent Wright document in writing
containing the following demands on behalf of
the firemen, brakemen, switchmen and track
men:
That all the men discharged for taking part
in any meeting or going in a committee to New
York shall be reinstated; the brakemen to re-
ceve So per day, the switchmen 50, and the
head switchmen $685. the trackmen in yards
ST. 80, and trackmen on sections to receive ST. 40
and pay no rentals on the company's groundsex-
cept as per agreement; the firemen to have the
same paw or rate of pay as received prior to
July /, 1877, and the monthly passes to be con-
tinued the same as before, ana passes were to
be issued to brakemen and switcnmen.
These demands were at once communicated
10 Receiver Jewett at New York. The reduc-
ton in wages by the Erie Railway Company of
10 per cent. on July l. 1877, applied only to the
above classes of employees. WIN thls redue-
ton in effect the train and road hands on the
Erie Railway now receive higher compensation
than on any other eastern railroad. Late in
June when a committee of train men visited
New York in relation to the reduction of July
/, they were kindly received by Receiver jew
EFT and the necessity and propriety OF the re-
duction explained to them, which, after few
days deiberation they apparently accepted,
and the men continued at their posts with the
exception of the known incendiaries, who were
discharged.
The Receiver expresses the determination to
carry out the order of July LIST to the letter.
The Erie Company has arranged to have its
On the Pitlsburg & Fort Wayne.
PrrrcpTrpN Tul1 Thu
Fort Wayne and Chicago firemen and brake
| men struck at $50 o'clock this afternoon. 40
members of the 18th Regiment, Col. Guthrie,
| are at East Liberty stock yards. At Torrens
station at 2 80 o'clock large numbers of strikers
had gathered there from the outer depot and
other points. The men are loud in the denun-
citation of General Pearson and the military.
They say if Pearson attempts to bring the first
| train through himself, as he said this morning
| he would, he will be shot. The men at the
| stock yards seem determined to maintain the
strike and keep the road blockaded, and will
resist the military if necessary to accomplish
it.
On the Pennsylvania Roud.
PITTsBURG, July !2O.-At midnight Sheriff
Fife visited the strikers at 28th street and
ordered them to disperse. They refused, and
| the sheriff remained until after 8 o'clock this
morning, but his authority was defied. He
was informed that the trains would not go out
II the men could prevent it, and they did not
care for any posse he could muster, nor for any
troops that could be brought out.
Finding the strikers not disposed to yield
obedience to the civil authority, the railroad
officers decided to call for military aid. Sheriff
| Fife telegraphed to Governor Hartranft state
ment of his inability to disperse the rioters in
possession of the Pennsylvania railroad tracks,
and asked him to call out the military, and in
| response the 18th Regiment was ordered to
report for duty.
In order to fill steamer and ship engagement
maturing early next week for European trans.
portation, the blockade must be Immediately
| broken.
Governor Hartranft issued proclamation
admonishing all good citizens or other persons
within the jurisdictioniof the Commonwealth
against aiding or abetting unlawful proceed
ings and commanding all persons engaged in
riotous proceedings to disperse, or the military
would be used to enforce obedience to the laW
A number is being printed in hand-bills to be
| distributed among the strikers and posted along
| the road.
But one freight train has been allowed to &C
out since yesterday, and the moving of thai
train was due to strategy of railway officials.
At East Liberty stock yard are 100 car loads Of
| cattle, hogs and sheep ready for shipment. One
hundred car loads are expected to arrive to-day
/ from the West over the Fort WAYNE railroad
Stock loaded yesterday for shipment had to be
unloaded in the evening.
The arrival OF the military served to increase
the crowd and the reading of the Governors
proclamation was received with jeers and
boots. Loud threats were made to shoot any
man who should attempt to take out train.
PHILADELPHIA, July 20-The officers of the
] Pennsylvania railroad say the immediate con
centration of troops will be very large an6
amply sufficient to restore and preserve perfect
order. The company is making arrans emen t.
at all points for the protection of its properts
and the safety of its men who remain loyal tC
the service.