The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-07-27
THE GREAT STRIKE.
THE STRIKERS STILL PRESENT A
BOLD AND DkrERMlN-
ED FRONT.
\ Bic FIGHT REPC RTE IN CHI
tAGO-EROM OTnt, POINTS.
THG GREAT ~TRIEu

me GREAT STRIKE
OF the employees OF nearly all the leading
lines otrailway IN the country continues,
with no iair prospect OF an immediate
settlement. Reports from Bal
.morc, Philadelphia, Pi,,sbur-, Crnciu. ,
natl, Indianapolis, Chicago, 81, Louis,
san Francisco, aud all the leading cities
where strikers haYe gathered in force are
TO the effect that they are holding out,
aud seem determined to push their
claims, even though they have to fight to
obtain what they demand.
Al CINCINNATI
While the difference between the strikers
and the railroads have hot been
adjusted, there is no longer any danger
OF Il riot, The strikers have Joined with
officers and citizens in protecting the
city from the mob Of roughs and tramps
who have from the start been commit
ting all manner OF outrage. in the name
OF the strikers, While ihe strikers and
the railroad officials seem determined.
there is believed 10 bcuo further dagger
Of collision.
At 81 LOUIS.
The incident, OF yesterday IN counec-
ton with the working men. dcnon,tra-
ton in -. Louis va. more than orlina-
rIIy momentum. and exciting. The par
ties engaged in it give il more definite
shape by issuing a manifesto, setting
forth the scope Of their demands and
plans. which they express a confident de
termination Of carrying out. These plans.
it will be seen, DO not embrace any
scheme Of plumber or violence, but the
events OF yesterday show that in that re
spect the thing has already got beyond
their control. The authorities are
taking very judicious measures to guard
against this contingency, quietly organ
izng a force capable OF resisting any
rlotons demons ratious, if any should un.
fortunately be made. The employees of
all the roads leading into the city are on
the strike, and have been Joined by
nearly all the workingmcn in the city.
Up to late hour last night all was
quiet.
AT CHICAGO.
There was great excitement in the city
about three O'Clock yesterday afternoon
caused by dispatch from Jcwctt
Wilcox 70 ms son, who has
been visiting in this city tor some time.
stating that a vigilance committee Of five
thousand citizens We're at that hour en-.
gagged in a
BLOODY FIGHT
W It'll great mob, This was all the IN !
formation that could be obtained M 10 !
the hour OF going 10 press. "Wednesday
evening gave every indication Of trouble
The following day, and the citizens, aware
OF this fact, assembled and agreed to
meet the following day for duty. That ,
their services were needed has proven
only too true. 1t was reported last nigh
that dispatch had been received stating
that one hundred and fifty persons had
been
KILLED,
and n many more wounded, hut ON
which side they belonged was not stated.
We could not trace this report TO any re
liable source.
on THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
FROM information received here YES
'erday 1t is very evident that the en-
pIoyes OF the Illinois Central in the
yards OF that company at Chicago, and
along the line, did not strike of their
own account, but they were forced to
DO so by the strikers OF other roads and
by the mob OF lawlcss thieves and burg.
lars who have taken advantage OF the
strike to ply their thicyiSh propcnsi,ies.
NO FREIGHT TRAINS
are allowed to pass over the upper Dor.
ton OF the road, and on the southern
division they have been suspended tor the
present Passenger trains make their reg.
ular trips, and are not interiered with. 4
report was circulated last evening that
M
Miners and 'ramps had gathered at Car.
Dondale yesterday afternoon aud that
they would not let the passenger train
pass Later Intelligence, however, was
10 the effect that the train
got through all right. There was n
large crowd oil IdIers and tramps con.