The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-02
THE STRIKERS.
The Railroad War in All Parts OF the Coun-
try-Gradual Resumption of Business.

try-Gradual Resumption of Business.
change in the general situation of the great
railroad strike. except that it continued to
spread in every direction. The striking fever
broke out in Chicago in a most virulent form,
the employees of nearly all the roads ceasing
work simultaneously. The strikers formed in pro-
cesson and marched through the city, induc-
ing the workmen generally to join them. They
visited many of the lumber-yards, brick-yards.
plan.ng-m1lls shoe-factories. and other industri-
al adjustments, compelling the operatives to
quit work and join the procession. A party of
strikers also visited the stock-yards and COM
PEELED the workmen in all the packing houses
to shut down. Every railroad centering in the
city was involved in the strike, and no trains,
except those carrying the mails, were allowed
| to depart. There was no violence of any kind.
The city authorities had taken unusual preca,l-
| lions to meet any disorderly demonstration on
| the part of the mob, and, being aware Of
| this, the latter proceeded very carefully at
whatever they did. The dispatches reported
everything quiet in Baltimore. and no more
| trouble was apprehended. At Philadelphia,
| the Grand Army of the Republic rendered
their services to the authorities in suppressing
| delphia, and Erie train men at Sunbury, Pa,
| struck and compelled the shopmen and ma
| chinists to join them. The strikers at
| Columbus Ohio. disclaim any responsibility for
the action of the mob in closing up the fac
tories there, and all the operatives resumed
work after being out one day. One thou
sand workmen in the West Albany On. Y)
at that point. The employees of the Wabash
road at Toledo made demand for an increase
of wages At indianapolis the situation was
growing more serious. The strikers took pos
session of the Union Depot, and allowed only
postal cars to leave the city. Over 200 special
police were sworn in. A Detroit dispatch says
the strike became general all along the Chica-
go and Canada Southern main line and the
Toledo and Detroit branch. The strikers took
possession of the Union Depot, at East st.
| Louis, and placed an embargo on all freight
| and passenger traffic. The strikers de-
| clared there was no middle ground; it
was either absolute victory or defeat with
| them. At Buffalo the excitement was quoting
down. although the blockade of traffic contin-
| ued the citizens organized formidable spe-
| cial police for the protection Of the city. At
Hornellsville and Oswego, N Y, the strikers
tore up the tracks in order to delay the trains
carrying the militia. The employees of the
| Delaware. Lackawanna and Western, Delaware
and Hudson, and Lehigh and Susquehanna
roads struck all along the line, and no trains
were beng run. The Morris and Essex and
New Jersey Central roads were also closed in
consequence Of the strike. Trains on the In
dianapois, Bloomington and Western road
were being run under the escort of United
States Deputy Marshals. At Indianapolis.
Terre Haute, Lafayette and Evansville, Ind,
the strikers were in possession of the depots,
and allowed no trains to leave. The strike ex-
tended into Canada, and all the employees Of
the Canada Southern railroad joined the move
ment. Notwithstanding the fact that the
strike thus continued to spread in all directions.
there was noticeable absence of violence and
disorder the strikers and their sympathizers
showing a disposition to avoid repetition of
the scenes enacted in Pittsburgh and Baltimore.
From the copious accounts of the greatlabor
revolt, furnished by the daily papers of the
Goth, we CLEAN as follows: At Chicago, armed
mobs appeared in different sections of the CITY.
visiting the railway-yards, lumber-yards. and
many of the mills and factories and compelling
| the workmen to shut down. These mobs were
not composed Of railroad strikers but consist
ed principally of loafers, thieves and tramps,
many of them boys of 16 to 20 years old.
Their efforts were directed to stopping all hon
est labor, no matter whether the workmen
were satisfied with these wages or not. SQUADS
of police attacked and dispersed their mobs in
several cases, but they would quickly gather
and appear in other parts Of the city. In one
Or two instances the police forces were too
small to cope with the rioters and were
forced to retreat. The most severe conflict was
on the c., B. q O., road. at Halsted and Six
teenth streets. where the rioters numbered
| several hundred The police fired into them sew
eral times before they could be made to move,
the mobs defending themselves with pistols.
| stones and brickbats. Two of the rioters we're
killed. and one fatally and several slightly
wounded, while three or four of the police were
wounded by stones. With the exception of the
slight disturbances occasioned by these vagrant
bands everything was unusually quiet in the
city. No freight trains were run on any Of the
roads, and on only one or two were any pas
senger trains allowed to depart. Nearly every
| department of business was demoralized.
Merchants were unable to forward goods to the
interior, and kept their stores open as mere
matter of form. The express companies were
unable to receive currency for shipment, and
| business at the banks was at a complete stand
still. Near Oswego, N. Y, the strikers tore
up rail and threw a passenger train
from the track; no one injured. The
| Buffalo police made an attack upon large band
of strikers and dispersed them everything
was quiet at the depots, but no trains moving.
Owing to the stoppage Of freight traffic coal
| and oil famine was threatened in Baltimore. At
| Cumberland. Frostburg and other towns in
| Maryland there was distressing scarcity of
to
There was great excitement at Louisville. XIV.
business was suspended, and the citizens or
| gained fer Defense armed mobs marched
| through the streets, throwing stones smashing
windows, and creating the widest alarm
an unsuccessful attempt was made to
burn the Louisville and Nashville railroad
Offices. st. Louis was the scene of numerous
| riotous demonstrations; mobs marched through
the streets, forcing the workmen in the mills
and factories to quit work: the nnanrfact17r
ing suburb of Carondelet was taken posses
sion of by the mob, and thelarge iron found1ies
closed up; the citizens were organizing in
formidable force for defense. San Francisco
was also the scene of much turbulence. the
mob assuming most threatening attitude:
the citizens organized a vigilance committee
5000 strong; incendiaries were busy with the
torch, and the greatest excitement prevailed in
the city. The strike spread westward into
Iowa, involving nearly all the prominent rail
way lines in the State. The labor revolution
was the subject of a Cabinet meeting at Wash
ington, the result of which was that orders
were Immediately issued for the speedy move
ment of all the trnons in fha So,,t1 o1,oo,,4 -