Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-25

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ALL ALONG THE LINE-rHR STRIKERS
HOLD THEIR OWN.
Railroad traffic is almost entirely
suspended on the lines running east
from St. Louis. The strike there
is formidable and we'll managed; no
excuses have been committed, and
the men are in dead earnest. Gen
eral Wilson, receiver Of the st.
Louis and Southwestern railroad,
made a formal request Of Mayor
Bowman to arrest the strikers,
which the mayor refused to do on
the ground Of his inability to do so.
He also refuses to send for the mill
tia unless upon inquiry from Gov
ernor Cullom. A meeting Of citi-
zens was held yesterday afternoon
and a committee, consisting Of
Generals A. j. Smith, ]. S. Marina.
duke, John w. Noble, John S.
Lavender and Colonel Thomas Il.
CAN'T, was appointed to devise
measures for raising a voluntary
military force of from five to twenty
thousand for the preservation Of
the peace. Tire laborers at the
Missouri car works in East
st. Louis went to work again yes
terday, which created considerable
excitement among the strikers. 1t
is reported that 1900 miners al
B~elleville, ILL.,, are ready to aid the
st. Louis strikersif required. There
was also a strike on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas line yesterday,
which will stop freight trains. Only
passenger trains are running out
on the Iron Mountain railway, al
though the men have not joined
in the strike.
At indianapolis the situation is
practically unchanged since our
noon dispatches were received yes
terday. The women and children
in the blockade are permitted to
leave on the postal cars. The mayor
has requested the closing of saloons,
and many have complied. Many of
the strikers have been sworn in on
the special police force to make good
their promise to protect property.
After the general Stlike at Chica-
go a mob mostly Of boys and young
men, which sometimes numbered
1000, went around yesterday closing
up manufactures and shops, the
proprietors offering no objections.
All the railroad shops have been
closed. Freight trains are stopped,
but there has been no serious inter.
ference with mail or express trains.
at Detroit there is no strike
among the workmen on the Michi-
gan Central. The trains al live and
depart on that line as usual. The
Great Western has acceded 10 the
wishes Of the men on that line,
which is a reduction of two and a
half per cent. on wages mp to $45
per month, and of five per cent. on
wages over S45 per month, to be in
force for three months. Oonse-
quently everything is working
smoothly on the Great Western.
Passenger trains on the Canada
Southern are running east.
About 100 employees of the Grand
Rapids and Indiana railroad held a
meeting Monday evening at Grand
Rapids, and drew up and presented
President Haghart a petition ask.
ing that their. wages be restored X
what they were previous to June l.
President Haghart promised t.
meet them yesteday, and give hi
answer. Everything is quiet a
Detroit, and no destruction o
property is anticipated.
The military are IN lull posses
sion, and quiet again reigns at Go
lumbus. The strikers maintain
firm, respectful attitude. A mo
of miners from Newark was met b
citizens on the way and persuade.
to return. The strikers say the
cannot live on the compensation
allowed, and that they intend t
hold out to the end. A number 0
tramps have been arrested. TIL.
first passenger train to go east owe
the Baltimore and Ohio road sine