The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-24
THE ABSORBING TOPIC.
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY AND THINK
ABOUT 1T.
Too Many Unemployed In the City TO
Make q successful Strike Here.

"Whaps the news from the railroad strike n
was the inquiry common at every point In the
city ON Monday morning, and the habitues OF the
State-House seemed fully as interested AZ were
those who thronged the streets and thorough.
fares. Little else was thought Of and nothing
else was talked about on the streets. where va.
rious theories were INDUCED In % to the
PROBABILITIES OF THE STRIKE
extending South. Some expressed the opinion
that II would in time reach the roads south oil
Cincinnati, but the general impression seemed
to be that II would take some days to bring the
striking fever to this locality and IL was argued
that should the railroad trsinmen make such an
effort bore they would fail, as there were too
many men
OUT OF ANY EMPLOYMENT
to permit the trainmen to make it successful.
The idle masses, IL was thought, would readily
and quickly accept positions as brakesmen,
switchmen. hremen or anything else that they
could get II such were offered, and being largely
in the majority, they would defeat any move that
had for its object strike.
II was suggested, too that there were enough
ex-Metropolitans unemployed to supply all posi-
lions made vacant BY striking employees, either
ployed class, numbering five or six hundred men,
with the unemployed laborers, numbering per.
haps several thousand, would soon apply for and
Hillary vacancies that might be made on the rail-
Twas claimed by some that there was m ele-
mont 10 the city composed OF disorganizers who
would willingly
INACCURATE A STRIKE
II they could secure enough Of the train or track
mon on the railways out OF the city to act, but 10
was not thought that they could secure con-
certed movement on the part Of the employees OF
oil the roads, and hence, IL the strike came Rt
all In this locality, IL would affect not more than
one road.
During The day the Postmaster was called upon
TO ascertain II the government had ordered
change In the route OF any of the Eastern or
Northern mails, Mr.. Parker informing the DEMO |
Gratis commissioners that the mails we're being |
sent and received by the regular routes, came |
and were sent on time, and no changes in routes |
had been ordered.
Tho Office Of the Southern Express Company
was also visited, and II was learned there that no
ton OF express goods 10 Eastern points.
During the day orders were received at the |
main ticket Offices In the city to discontinue sale
OF oil tickets to Eastern points by
THE PANHANDLE ROUTE
until further orders, and the orders were com-
piled With. The Panhandle" route proper is the
route from Cincinnati to Pittsburg, starting from
the former point running thence to Columbus,
O., Newark, 6teubenvllle, thence up the left
bank OF the Ohio to point opposite Wheeling,
burg, connecting there with the Penn.
sylvania Central, or Tom SCOTS big monopoly, as
IL IL known in that region.
Up TO last night no detention had been re.
ported on the Kenesaw or Baltimore and Poto-
mao routes. The former with the Mobile. Mont II
gomery, Lynchburg Alex sndra and Washington
line being uninterrup cd and their cars running
rs usual, through TO Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Various rumors were current last night. nearly
III OF which were Of q sensational character and
NE OF which was to the effect that the chief OH
,ees At McComb City had telegraphed Gov.
Nichols asking for military assistance to sup I
,ress . strike there. Another was that the Gov.
'rnor had been besieged by prominent Demo-
rats to esll out the militia, both Of which were
Utterly untrue
AND WITHOUT FOUNDATION,
o was discovered BY visit last night to Gov.
Jicholls residence. TX
The Governor Is OF the opinion that there will ,
70 no strike whatever on any Of the railroads !.
eading from the city, and like many others ,s of
he opinion that there are too many unemployed | 7
aen in The city to admit OF the success Of such
move.