The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

sand men on the road who did not join the
strikers.
The lumbermen's strike at Chicago seem.
to have euded without any change of rates.
number Of the coored roustabouts al
CAIRO, ILL.,, struck yesterday for an advance Of
Ten cents per hour, Their demand was
granted aud they resumed work.
THURSDAYS SEws-ASoTlIER OUTBREAK.
The news this morning is not as reassuring
a a., the friends of peace and order could desire
ne centre OF disturbance has been transferred
10 Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, and the oc.
! currences yesterday at Scranton aud Wilkes.
barre are evidences that il is too early TO de.
clare restoration Of quiet aud resumption
OF the normal condition Of affairs. At Scran.
ton mob of rioters undertook to interfere
with the men ut work on the railroad and in
the shops of the Lackawanna Coal and Iron
Company. The Mayor went to the scene and
was seriously assaulted, A company Of the
| local militia was called out, and when the
crowd attacked it the troops fred and killed
Tour OF the rioters. At Wilkesbarre the mob
took Possession of passenger train Of the
Lehlgh Valley Railroad, and appears TO have
control of everything in the vicinity De.
spatches received at Harrisburg from various
points throughout Luzerne report the mob as
having full swing at Kingston, Plymouth,
Nanheoke and other points in the county, be-
SIDES Scranton aud Wilkesbarre. The min.
ers are coalescing with the railroad hands and
both are getting plenty Of encouragement and
help from the disorderly element in general
Troops are on the way to the localities men.
toned, under command of General Brinton
and Governor Hartrantt, and there are fears
OF more bloOdshed An unsuccessful attempt
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and Mauch Chunk, and altogether the situa.
ton in Luzerne county is ominous.
Elsewhere East and West matters are more
satisfactory. The Baltimore and Ohio Road
has been opened all the way through to
wheeling, and trains are moving regularly.
Two trains on the mountain division, a few
miles west of keyser, were fired on yes.
terday by some bushwackers on the Maryland
side OF the line and two of the railroad men
slightly hurt, but the circumstance did not
interfere with the operations Of the road. At
Columbus and Newark, Ohio, where the out
look was threatening on Tuesday, all was
peace yesterday, aud trains were despatched
as usual.
FRIDAYS NEWS.
Railroad transportation has been resumed
on all the lines affected by the strike except
in the Pennsylvania coal regions, where the
turbulent miners are making u good deal of
trouble. Gov. Hartranh has gone to the
scene Of disturbance and heavy force Of
troops is being concentrated at Scranton and
Wilkesbarre. A hundred rioters or more
have been captured by the military and com.
mitted to Jail. There was no bloc lshed yes
terday.
Tng Loss BY SrRIEEs.-The loss BY strike
and obstruction to business for five days on
the five trunk lines Of railway, including dc.
struction of the property of the Baltimore and
Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads, is estimat
ed at SIG, 2j0, O0Ol The New York Journal
Of Commerce reaches the result in this wise /:
Taking as basis the cost TO the railroads
resulting from the suspension Of traffic, an
average of $40, 900 per day to each of the five
makes the total of 500, 900; add $50, 900 as
q low calculation for losses by interruption
OF other roads, and the total is $3.50, 900 per
day, or 81, $50, 900 for the five days suspen.
sion. The losses sustained by tho Pennsyl.
vanaat Pittsburg and on the line between that
city and Harrisburg are calculated at So.
100000. Half of that amount would scarcely
cover the cost of property destroyed on the
Baltimore and Ohio, and It is likely that 3d..
100000 would approximate the losses Of rail.
road property other than those which have
been enumerated. This makes a total of
$50, 100000. The losses sustained by the
community at large are almost incaculable,
embracing the destruction of perishable freight
and live stock, the detention of passengers,
the support of militia and special officers
summoned to preserve the peace, inconveni.
ence attending tardy mails, increased cost of
living consequent upon the advance in prices
OF provisions, augmented taxation, and per.
haps the bankruptcy of corporations which
might otherwise have been averted
EFFECT OF THE STRIKE OS BREADsruFFs.
The Baltimore Bee, of Wednesday saws =
A foreign demand which suddenly springs up
just as the railroad troubles are embarrassing
the markets, is operating to put up the price
Of breadstufs rapidly. One operator yester.
day had general order to buy all the wheat
he could lay hands on until further orders,
and another had orders to purchase sixty
thousand bushels for account. The new
wheat will be very slow in coming forward,
aud as result of the violent stoppage of
traffic we shall probably soon be paying the
first installment of the cost of our strike rs we
buy our barrels of -four Strike will be i'm.
printed on everything fora long time to come,
and it is questionable il the railroads will
suffer in anything like the ratio Of distress
among the classes who have sought to cripple
and punish them.
SoUSD WoRDs.--The Philadelphia Ledger
Of Saturday last, utters the following conser.
vatiye sentiments:
SIT may or may not be worth while to rea.
son with folks who let their feelings run away
with their judgments and blind them to their
duties as citizens; but no occasion should be
allowed to pass without reminding them that
the unlawful proceedings of the strikers and
the riotous violence of the reckless men who
rushed to the aid of the strikers has let loose
throughout the Middle and Western States
the worst passions of the worst classes. Rob.
berry is now rampant in every place where
violence and riot shows itself The men who
began by breaking up railway cars and plum.
dering the goods from them set the example
to the other scoundrels, who break into little
wayside stores and stop milk wagons and
farmers teams on the way to market, rob.
bling them Of everything The men who fred
railway stations and bridges set the example
to men who are burning and tearing out
dwellings When the law is once subverted
for one purpose the lawless find their oppor-
tunity to rule for oil purposes
The striking railroad.men are disayowing
connection with the rioters who have commit
ted such terrible outrages, but when they
restrain by force men willing to accept the
wages of the companies, they make them.
selves rioters, and the public will not make
any discrimination between them and other
rioters.
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