Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-07-28

Ell 10 the round house TO retake it from
the mob They were met with wells of
derision from the crowd, and under a
shower of stones were obliged to retreat
at double quick and force their way
through yelling mob.
AT CINCINNATI.
The bridge of the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad over Mill Creek, stream in the
western part of the city, was fired. The
bridge had been saturated with coal oil.
The mob endeavorcd to prevent the fire.
men working, but nearly third of tile
police force was on the gronnd and over
came them. The hose was cut, but the
fire was finally extinguished before very
much damage was done. The bridge was
fired second time, but was soon put out
by the united effort of police and fire
men. 1t was not the work of railroad
men, but of the workingmen's party.
AT CHICAGO
the demonstrations at latest accounts
consisted in sessation of labor and
marching through the street. Immense
excitement prevailed throughout the en-
tire city. We are permitted to,make the
following extract from letter from res
ident of that city to one of our citizens,
from which our readers can gain some
idea of the feeling and excitement i'm that
city. The letter was written last
Wednesday:
To-day mob prevails in Chicago
| from its center 10 the outside. They are
marching up and down with clubs and
stones, or anything that can be welded.
They stop whenever they see men at
work, and make them come along. All
work is stopped. The railroads have all
stopped everything. Depots are vacated
of cars, all taken off into the country to
prevent being burned. All freight that
had been received from parties for ship
ment has been delivered back, and it
looks in freight houses and yards as if
all were dead and had been for years.
The strikers undertook to stop firing up
the boilers at the water works this morn
ing, but thought better of it when they
well as the rest of the city. The city
hall has been busy since Yesterday morn
ing swearing in special police, and you
never saw such time. Down at the
police station word went that the mob
was coming up Halstead street, from the
lumber district. The police turned out
and marched mp ualstead streetin solid
body. filling the roadway. Away M
! lIalstead street we could see ten thou
sand of the mob coming, armed will
sticks and clubs, stones, and everything
they could get. All was excitement
crowd yelling, merchants taking i'm theiI
goods and locking their doors, preparing
for the battle. Thus they stood, and oil
came the mob yelling and screaming
work" .'bread!" &c. ALI at once tht
mob seemed to melt away and grow
smaller. They could not move up, for
lorn hope, right in the face of armed pO
licemen. The policemen then resumed
their march, and cleared the street a
they went, and that was all there was O
that tight; but | understand that they
have had terrible fight out at lumber
yards to-day. Oh, what fools! How
} they are cutting their own thrOats. How
they are cutting off the supply of bread
The cars are stOpped-how long can W.
stand it? Already the supply of meat j:
: limited: Meat goes up and every morse
OF provisions goes up. We have the lake
and boats, but the mob intimidates thu
sailors. In fact, war prevails-civil war
and we are here right in. the midst of it
Hundreds of men and families were hun
cry before the strike, looking for little
work ut amy price to keep the wolf tron
the door, and would have been glad t.
do any kind of work. When mol
strikes, because they cannot have th'
very large wages they used to get, ant
will not work nor let those that wOult
work and are starving for food, earn it
1t is a terrible state of affairs. LawlesS
ness prevails. A party of boys iuml
upon street car and order the driver tt
stop. The passengers rush out, and theI
the boys order the team taken oil, an(
then there is blockade formed, around
which crowd gather. when along comes
, a squad of police. and the crowd move
on. So it goes. All saloons are ordered
closed by the mayor under a penalty o
$500. 1t is done; and then men ant
roughs sneak i'm and get drinks. never
saw such time. The great fear, how.
ever. is inccndiary fires.
The strike was becoming general, and i
was feared that all the railroads of tht
country would become involved. Ii
many states the militia had been callet
out, and I'm several states the governor
had called upon President Hayes for as
assistance i'm putting down the riot, j
having assumed proportions entirely be
yond she power of the state government
to control; President Hayes had issuel
proclamations, and those i'm command o
the T.. S. military forces were maxim;
such dispositions of the forces at thei
command as, in their judg
ment, would best protect TIN
interests of the people and dis
perse the mob and insure obedience
to the laws of the land.
!, Secretary McCreiry by authority of th'
|, President, has advised the organization
and arming of citizens TO assist i'm con
). junction with the military in sustaining
order and protecting property. The gov
ernment will supply arms and ammuni
ton to all bodies of citizens organized il
the disturbed districts Inder the author
ity of the local officers.
; The traffic npon nearly all of ilie lead
: ing railroads of the country has been sus
: pended, and as a consequence number
of manufactures, not being able to. shiT
, their products, have shut down, thus
throwing thousands out OF employment