Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-27

into a small affair in view Of tn.
general upheaval of the laborin!
elements and classes that have n,
distinct definition or status. Public
safety has become the prime ques
ton of the hour. The leyee labor
ers, mostly negroes, have been very
violent and unreasonable in theii
demands. They have been nois,
aud aggressive in The extreme ant
made severe exactions of all steam
boats in port This class has taker
advantage of the occasion TO dis
play all its lawless traits aud disre
gard for law and decenoy. Gov.
Phelps has issued a proclamation
calling upon the rioters to diSperse,
and upon all good citizens to aid in
preserving the peace. The riot will
be suppressed; the labor strike is
another question to be dealt with
afterward.
Ten thousand miners met in the
woods, near Scranton, yesterday,
and heard read the reply of Presi-
dent Sloan that the company would
not grant the demand of twenty
FIVE per cent. increase. This was
received amid profound silence, and
resolutions were adopted to the
effect that the men would die be-
fore returning to work at starvation
wages. Ate o'clock last night nine
engineers and pump hands struck
and drowned out their fires, and
the mines are flooding. If this is
to go on it will take a
year to prepare the mines for work
again.
At Toledo the rng-leaders of the
mob have been arrested. Five hun
dred citizens have organized for
public safety, and good order pre-
walls. The late employees of the
Wabash railway have offered to
guard the company's property and
resume work, leaving the question
of wages to be settled afterward.
Trains will probably run through on
the Lake Shore road to-day.
The strike has ended in Detroit
the voluntary action of the men,
who have acted with commemorate
moderation throughout. The strike
has also ended on the Michigan
Central and its branches. The
men go to work with the assur-
ance that their grievances shall be
settled by arbitration, and that JUS
tico shall be done TO all. Trains
started running last night, and no
further trouble is anticipated.
The railroad strikers at Column
bus and Newark still hold out,
and are determined to resist any
reduction in their pay, or the run
ming of the trains unless their de-
are complied with. The
Hooking Valley miners who quit
work have been granted their de-
mands, and have returned to work.
The Pennsylvania Central Rail
way Company reports that every
thing along the line looks encourage
and as though a speedy termi-
nation Of difficulties will be ar
ranged. The Erie railway COM
menced to receive local and through
Western freights at all the stations
in New York yesterday, it being
the first to raise the blockade. A
general order has been issued by
the company to its agents resuming
the gale Of tickets to all points on
its main line and branches; also to
Western cities over such of its con-
Meeting lines as at present are run
ming passenger trains. The en-.
ployes along the line have gone to
work with olacrity at the reduced
rates.
Comparative quiet prevails at
Cincinnati, indianapolis and nearly
other places Of importance. 1t
likely that trains will be
running as usual on the principal
lines of the country in two or three
days. Concessions have been made
on both sides and a better feeling
begins to prevail in various locali-
ties. Sober second thought will
reassert itself and peace again will
soon again prevail.
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