The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-07-26


aud mail agent and three passcnge
were Instantly killed and a numb
dangerously wounded.
From the details from the North r
garding the railroad troubles, the
have been no overt acts this Afternoon
The strikers are becoming organized
and the indications are they will al
the municipal authorities in ssyip
property IL the awkward militia SQUAD
Will stop their wild shooting. Trade an
travel In the disturbed districts. wbic
extend from the Mississippi to The Al
iantlc and from Mason and Dixon
line to the lakes, continue parslvz ID
The seventh Regiment, after ass. IN
oiing at the arrnory in New York. w,r
stoned and Kissed at by large crow,
OF trarnps and roughs. The street wa
cleared oy police. Tee troops behave,
well.
Tue soldiers at Reading. Pennsyl
vania, fired on the citizens ind,scrimi
nately, killing and wouudIng twenty.
fve, including five policemen.
John Swerton was selected to pre-.
side at Tompkin's Square tomorrow
night.
The New York Central has stopped
selling tickets beyond Rochester.
Last night Harrisburg was very dis
orderly until the citizens took matter,
IN hand and dispersed the rioters, whC
were parading the streets. No shoot
ing was required. For few hours I'll,
te!egraphers were obliged to abandon
their Offices.
The mob at Buffalo frel the Lake
Shore paint shop and e number of cars,
Two companies of United States
troops passed Poughkeepsie for Balti.
more.
A meeting OF workingmen at San
francisco, ten thousand strong, after
wrec&ing Chinese wash house, are
working their way homeward in
squads They played all kinds of
freaks on the Chinese. Five hundred
policemen prevented them from reach
ing the Chinese quarter. Stones and
clubs were used, but no firearms. The
demonstrations seem to have been
frolic, and 10y two O'clock all was
qr;et.
Two mills of the American Powder
Mill Company, located in Acton and
Maynone, Massachusetts, exploded IN
RAPID succession, involving great loss
! of property and some life.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-The Presi
| dent commissioned John d. Wilder
postmaster of Chattanooga.
The Cabinet occupied its session DIS
| cussing the strike, and concluded that
no further action is necessary at
present, beyond calling on the other
regiments from the South, probably
from Texas.
Messengers from the Baltimore aud
Ohio Railroad are repoi ted on the New
England roads perspading the men to
| strike. They are dissatisfied with
their pay, but do not deem strike ad-
visable. The streets of Worcester,
Massachus tits, however, ara full Of
rumors of the engineers On a strike
on the Boston and Albany road. The
managers of that road apprehend no
trouble unless the New York Central
road strikes. One thousand men of
the West Albany shops have joined
the strike and are coming to Albany.
| Late this evening the strike became
general along the Chicago and Canada
Southern main line and the TaleGs and
Detroit division.
At a meeting OF the railroad and
packing men at Kansas City, Missouri,
they struck, and the coopeis are about
| jiining them,
The miners OF Beaver Brooks Mines,
At Vandried, Pennsylvania, are on a
strike. There is no violence.
The shop hands and machinists at
Scranton, Pennsylvania, were com
PEELED to quit work.
The Grand Array Of the Republic at
Philadelphia have taken measures to
organize to suppress the strike in that
| city. Their services have been &C.
copied by Mayor Stokely, who has
also increased the police force 1l00.
Trains from baltimore are running
o Washington and west on the Balti.
more and OhiI Railroad, and all train.
on the baltimore and Potomac and
Northern Central Railroad.
The Northern Central Railroad re
ceives no freight.
A mail and passenger train over the
Erie road PASSED Hornellsville safely
to. day.
The strike has made no progress in
New Jersey, and the State of New YoIk
is as tranquil as could be expected
Energetic preparations have beer
adopted in both States, which seen
heartily supported by the people.
The strikers took possession of tht
Union depot at Indianapolis to-day,
and only postal cars depart.
The indianapolis, Cincinnati and
Lafayette, the Indianapolis, Blooming
ton and Western and the Indianapolis,
Pennsylvania and Chicago roads Mt,
not in the arike, but are prevented
iToIa working.
Governor Williams and Mayor Cover
both decline to interfere, except tC
suppress or prevent violence.
Only postal cars leave ST. Leuii
eastward. The strikers there say Their,
is no middle ground in the case. 1t il
either absolute victory or defeat witt
tn, IN, and they propose to make tn,
issue square and clearly defined from
now on, aud to effect this they will pu
a total embargo on freight and pas
seHger traffic. Their organization in
creasss in strength and perfectness ev
cry hour, but SO long as they are no.
interfered with in their purpose to ob
tain what they consider fair and jus
remuneration for their labor, ther,
will be no violence or disorder, but
they are forcihly opposed there vii
be trouble and plenty Of it. The citi
zeps have obtained control of Column
bus, Ohio, and general industry ha
been resumed at Indianapolis. on,
two hundred special police have beer
sworn in, many of whom are strikers
who thus declare their intention 4
protect property
ST. LOUIS, Ju'y "a. The report las
night that two companies of United
States troops pa<ssd through here wa
mistsk-. Two hundred and fit,
men of Ger, JEFF c. Davj''s regimen
have been switched eff on side tracl
a. Sedalis, but whether Big the Mis-
sIuri Pacific or by the Missouri
Kansas and Texas Railroad men, or b.
outside parties, is no. reported. AID
vices have jdst come from East st
LOUIS that large body of the striker
have left there for the Missouri Pacifi
shops, situated in the western part o
the city. 1t is thought that they in
tend to force the men there TO ceas
wo.k.
PITTSBURGH, July s4.-The city
entirely tranquil. Railroad affairs ar
unchanged.
HoRNELLsvnLE, July 24.-Donohue
the leader of the atrikere nj this Mace