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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-28
THE RAILROAD STRIKE.

A great part of the details OF TINS
disturbance will be no news to our
readers, nor shall we attempt any
precise or continuous history OF It |
The employees of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad on the 18th inst,
were induced by certain grievances
to strike, the movement soon eX-
tending the whole length Of the
road. 1t was at Martinsburg West
Virginia that the movement COM
menced, but it was in the great cities
that it assumed the character OF
serious riot. At Baltimore and
/ Pittsburgh the strikers were joined
I acknowledgements who INDUCED
i'm outraees and obstruction otproper-
tv which the original strikers, to do
them Justice, wouldnever haveper-
petrated; those, however, who ac-
cent the alliance of Il mob are re-
snousibIe for the mischief which Is
we'll known to he inevitable where
such mobs gain the upper hand. In
bot, the cities mentioned, collision
with the militia resulted in blood
shed. Wherever the strike has eX-
tended the strikers take possession
of the road and allow none but mail
d and passenger trains to move ana,
i'm some instances, the passenger
: trains also are stopped. Moreover
where the employees of one com
e. many strike they always VISIT th'
depots of other companies in th'
< same city and compel the employees
70 there to join in the strike. Ihu
' when the strike reached st. Loul
: bv the lines east Of that city Tn
j. strikers compelled the employees Q
c the Pacific road to join them, tool
e possession of these depots and stoI
It ned all Westward trains. The sam
e was done in Chicago. This will
g course account for the rapid sprea
n of the movement which now eN
l. tends Northward into Canad'
l. Southwark into Texas and Yves
it ward to the Pacific.
ne AT Pittsburgh the obstruction
d railroad property amounts in valu
m to several millions.
IN Much of the violence and destru
ton ofproperty has beenperpetrate
or by the city mObs which have Joine
So the movement, and the more sens
Is BILE of the strikers, seeing the di
a. credit which these Outrages broug
he on their cause, have held aloot fro
an such mobs and even offered the
az services to the authorities in kee
3 a INC them down. Unfortunately tn
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snocess-the genuine "seek no Car

genuine seek no iar-
ther.''
Lastly, another of our townsmen,
r.. L. Nichols, is at work on a pat
ntelevator for raising green tobacco |
in the BAN. lido not know whether /
he has applied for letters patent or
not, but from drawing shown me
| think it will do; if it will, one
man can elevate a stick Of tobacco
to the top Of a six-tier barn as well
as three, and do it quicker.
Last Saturday the Ashland City
Sunday School, NJ. e. G. s., held its
annual picnic at Harris Sulphur
Spring. and it is with pleasure that
I can say it was a decided success.
We had but littlespeaking, only one
short address by the Rev. A Lowe,
| of the C. P. church. We are not III
favor of long speeches on such occa-
sions. nor in fact do we believe in
MANY short ones. They are got up
forthe entertainment of children and
should be devoted to their amuse-
ment. We had an ice cream ano
lemonade stand to help raise funo
, to buy an organ for the Sunday
School. The lemonade was dis
pensed by J. Hent LenoX and L
I Jeff Power. The ice cream stant
was attended by six of Ashland
4 fairest daughters by tWos; first, Mis-
/ MoIlie Lenox and Miss Lata Carney
O who were relieved by Miss Bell Og
7 burn and Miss Tennie Allen, an
# they, in turn, by Miss Jennie Wor
q and Miss Mamie Allen. To sue
5 charms the boys surrendered at Oil
W erection and yielded their hearts an
n the contents of their purses witho'
be a murmer, and, old bachelor as IL
h. senior is, in the presence of sue
o. beauty he would have done the san
m thing: and if he don't believe
when we have our next just let III
"a come up and try it, and | want hi
! to consider himself invited now.
It. Edwards, our fine-lOolHing tobac
On man, acted as cashier with T.
&c Hale and your humble servant
ba general assistants, and we were
. kept busy until the last stick
NC candy, plate of cream and glass
ou lemonade was sold, and many We
oir turned away unsupplied. When
- expenses were paid we found
~ balance of $41. O5 to the credit of
~ school. The ladies now propose
have a series of ice cream suppers
raise the balance of the sum nee
~ sary to buy the organ, and I'll
40 have expunged the word JdH fr'
~ their lexicon. So mote it be.
H. Yours, ANON
70 July 20, 1877.
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THE EAST.

The position in Roumania and
Bulgaria is not sufficiently changed
since last week to be of much inter
est to our readers, Suleiman Pashal IS
is watching the'forces south OF the
Balkan, and the Arch-Duke or Gar,
which ever it is, is Strengthening his
communications by building anoth-
er bridge at Nicopolis. East OF the
Black Sea nothing need besaid; the
the campaign is virtually abandon
ed by the Russians.
Meantime extra. national compiI-
cations seem more imminent. me
English navy is increased and lana
forces are hurried to the Mediterran-
can.
A paper war is already in progress
between Lord Derby and Gen. Ig-
natieff, in which Lord Derby com
plains that the pledges OF the Rus
sian diplomatist have been falsified
he having promised at the com
mencement of the war that Constan
tinople should not be the objectlV'
point of the Russian army. lgna
tieff retorts that the whole conduc
of the British government since tn
war commenced justifies the chang
; of purpose; since the appearance c
the British fleet i'll Besika Bay CAV
| active encouragement to the Turk
and the British resident in Constar
| tinopIe, Mr.. Layard acted through
5 out as a military counsellor to tn
! Porte. These items are alleged
breaches of neutrality, justifyin
the abandonment of the Russia
. pledges, and the projected march Q
Il | COnstantinople.
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THE RIGHT AND WRONG OF IT.

In our leading article upon the
railroad troubles now agitating the
country we have given no opinion
rs to the merits of the original con-
troversy between the employers and
emplovees. We are not in posses
sion of the facts, but if we were, the
act of the men in appealing to law
less violence as soon as the strike
commenced, in taking possession OF
the railroad property and, IN many
instances. destroying it, sets aside
the original subjects of controversy;
they have may been in the right or
wrong at first, butt their present posi-
ton puts them indisputably in the
wrong. They have appealed 10
force, they have taken possession OF
propertv not theirs and have no
right to expect anything but a force
ibIe expulsion from it.
A reduction Of pay to the amount
of ten per cent. was the original oc-
casion of the strike, and in some
roads other grievances are brought
ND. different, however, on different
roads, one Of the most prominent
being the making employees wall
for two and even three months tOr
their paw. This latter grievance, II
made out, is unquestiOnably rea
one. and those companies which
bavepracticed it will undoubtedly D'
held responsible in a large degre'
for the present deplorable state o
affairs; but this can only be inVestl
GATED when all parties come unde
fine law of the land; so long as an,
: complainant persists in breaking tn
law he is out of court, and canno
he heard. AS to the reduction c
wages. it will require careful con
sideration before it can be determI
ed whether it was just or not. Fo
many wears, and especially durln
tbp last six months, the profits an
y emoIuments of all occupations trol
: the banker to the farm labOrer haV
u been dwindling, and it is hardl
. reasonable to expect that those
> railroad employees should be II
: solitary exception. Shareholder
e for Instances in railroads who pa
st these employees, have lost mul
l. more than ten per cent. ON the
IS profits and many Of them are ute
a " beggared, and it seems to us tn
d what is Just for one party Is just +
d another. If falling off in busine
ri has diminished the shareholder
r profits 50 per cent.-and this we IL
10 aginc is a very modest estimate
r hardly seems reasonable that th'
C. EMPLOYEES should raise a reVoluu
e because they have TO lose ten l
II cent.
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THE STRIKE.
The Labor Side and the Capital Side
Truth in Each.

The following we consider to be
the faircst statement of the case be-
tween the railroad companies and
their employees which we haVeseen
and we reprint it from the Pitts
burgh Commercial.
OF course all these matters are be-
side the question so long as thestrlk-
ers maintain armed possession OF
propertv which does not belong to
them:
our view is that there is truth IA Ie STATE
,,o,'Is ~ both parties 1t IS absolutely GER
~, 1I,nt railroad business is suffering very
Greatly at the present IheI9W IS,IS % @ "
Tolls has reduced the rallroau s lleI Os
tTanspOrtatiOn from 456 per ceuI. Ittsl y al
10 1I per cent. this year, ana otiieI -
il nrOportiOnately effected inns W. - a.
ti,i1e AT least until the LIST OF - IeIli5eI, ~
tlLuS ~, railroads can possibly advance
tbsir rates This year NleIu OF Wheo'
/ viii not come forward IN iaIse qHan,
/ titles until that time, ana hence lIeIs
! il no reasonable hope, 50 TAI - C.'i " -
/ - aDv inn involvement short OF Ihat Illc' he,
| vond that time the natural inference - tlA i
] n continued decrease OF the earnings iIloS y,
I +R,S,Ca.ted- and, il any considerable shlplneh
/ - P'.acnrities from abroad occurs, or any
/ Sborn rise in the rate OF lnteles ClusSC
either by Government operation, NY
I 49, r,1n movement, or by en,saSelhel
70 To- C;Teot Britain in war, sharp ana rape
an ~ stocks would be inevitaOle, ~ I ~,
49, sddpd that the enormous ihcIeatsC II ~ 81
pS ~ - c1.'l messages hard times hot IA
SSbiSa .d for that important class OF secnTllle
and that revival of the general Fa i.,N "
war is not improbable. But any I sii9I M
cline in stocks, from the nguLCs ' -
reached, and upon which loans amouI llIi ~ Z
tOnnonV millions are based, would 1ntenslI.
| the demand for cash. If TINS lhuueii S -
l iI,ci,jeS in time with the others considered
the changes in September and october MI.
| he Startling This is the railroad side OF III
me complaints that have ultimated IN Tn
strikes are confined chiefly TO the employee
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set the example of lawlessness by
taking and keeping possession ofthe
roads, stopping trains, and forcing
the employees Of other roads join
them. Down to the present time
order has been in a measure restored,
but not law; the employees are in
armed possession of the railroads
throughout large portion of the
United States.
Disturbances have taken place in
Louisville, but the railroad men
hold themselves aloof from them, |
and the employees of the Short Line |
Railroad have formed themselves
into a body and offered their servi-
ces to the city authorities for the
maintainence of order.
LATEST FROM THE STRIKE.
At our last writing the citizens
seem to have got the mob under
control in the large cities, so far as to
prevent the destruction OF life
and property. This has been done
bv the citizens combining to form
extemporized volunteer companies
and swearing in special constables
to largely increase the police. The
master outrage remains untouched
the possession of the railroads by the
railroad employees, their interd1c-
ton of all freight trains and, IN
many eases, all but mail cars, and
g their visits to factories of all sorts
a compelling a cessation of labor.
? Asaspecimen of the trouble which
e is approaching our own doors we
Vt clip the following from the Nash
o vile American
Il A STRIKE AT EVANSVILLE.
This morning, at 1 o'clock, comes
> the following dispatch from Evans
W Vile:
Il 81 EVANSVILLE, July 26.-The st
: Louis & Southeastern railroad strucl
i tonight. An enthusiastic meeting
e. was held at the rOund-hOuse and tn
or strike was inaugurated tonight. A
es order was issued prohibiting, a!
=; freight trains to leave after II o'cloc
III tonight. Resolutions were adopte
IS and the meeting was one OF secrecy
VS. This strike does not affect the soutf
nd ern division from here to Nashville
: and no mail, express or pasSeng'
=" trains will be mOlested."
az RECEIVER WILSON GIVES WARNING
no We have received the fOlloWin
10 notices for publication:
OF NASHVILLE, July Dc. lo77.-A
ms persons take notice that the prOpert
ID of the st. Louis q Southeastern RAJ
=, Way is in the custody of the Unite
~ States Courts, and injury to 1t or
'pe employees is injury to the FEEDER
yer Government. JAS. IL. WILSON,
iza Receiver.
If NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
In NASHVILLE, July 26, ISL
FREIGHT will be received for shipme
"a bv Southeastern railway until furt
'ie7 er notice.
zen r.. G. BUTLER, Genl Ag't'
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hngly but DIR. Corlew, being an ex-
4raordinary man, did not understand
me. He asks. 'who paid for the
shelter and the building OF the
fence ~ / answer, the people, MAIN
~ who built and sustained the
camps. He INDUCES a good deal Of
egush'' about people being too poor
to camp; l made no mention OF
their poverty. Again he tries to
convict me of inconsistency, and
quotes from a sermon of mine in
which / said that the camp-meeting
| had been a Cod-send to the country,
and because / said it oughtto be dis
continued he thinks / have contra
dicted myself. My reason was given
| in the same letter, but for want OF
fairness or sagacity he did not quote
II. Here it is: "Cedar Hill charity
has been going abroad to the neg
Iect of its home work" For TINS
t reason | believe that the Camp
: meeting ought to be discontinued
unless sustained by the district Is
there any music in that, Doctor?
suggested that Cedar Hill society DC
/ made a station and that she unite
4 her camp-meeting and ministerial
: support upon their preacher, giving
IS them preaching every Sunday, ant
e the pastor in the Sunday School
r, etc. whereupon he burst forth in
is very low grade of demagogery ant
l. endeavors to make it appear to on
lie who has not read my article that
le had reflected upon the iberality
4 Cedar Hill people and intimate
that they were neglecting their pa
l. tor. don't know whether he kne'
ne exactly what he intended to say
id not. but if he intended to intimal
H. that I reflected upon Cedar Hill III
eralitv | say it is false; nor do L b
IS lieve that he can convince any ma
@ in Cedar Hill society that / did.
n Now Doctor, a word to you al
is I am done. Bro. Burr was a Met
I'd, odist preacher when you were
M little shaver, Bro. Turner has be'
IN in the work about half as long
We YOU have been in the world. II
IA GAINESVILLE District preachers are
act faithful set Of consecrated coadJutC
The in the Masters kingdom. In
lge have been upon their knees, in tn
of studies and saddles in the interest
I'VE the church, and are supposed
rks know their own business. VIII
an Won undertake to lecture them
gh- fickIeness, life Of Christ or any otl
the subject connected with their wo
| as YOU had better "tarry at Jer
ing until your beard grows out" /
ian if YOU still have an irre5isti
/ on scribbling itch, are determined
leave your impress upon ''fam
eternal camping ground" and
mp venture upon the patience OF
papers, it will be no inconveniel
riot to me. You close your letter
ling saving, 81 move that Cedar I
ues- have a guardian appointed" an
mp nominate Rufus NJ. Corlew, NJ.
oe,s Cedar Hill, Tenn.
'usi- L. J. DUNCAN
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STRAY HORSE.

Taken M by c. :. Daniel in GAINESVILLE,
and nosted on the oath day of July, 1877, one
Sorrel Horse, about fifteen ana one-haI
hands high, about six years OLD, smau WlllJ ,s
sDot i'm his face, small white saddle mark
on left side of his back, right hlno iooe
white (extending up the leg about eight
inches) shod all round, PAGES and fox trots,
valued at seventy-fiye dollars,
r. ID. READ, r. NJ. e.
July d. IS77-3W*
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THE Montgomery, Ala, Protect
i've Ice Company is shipping ice to
Nashville, three hundred miles nom
there, and to a city of three times
the population of Montgomery.
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GAINESVILLE
Female Academy
The 32d Annual Session OF this fiourishing
institution VIII begin
MONDAY, SEPT, 30,

with experienced teachers in every depart
ment. Grateful for the liberal patronage Of
the past session, we ask a continuance OF
the same. We are building mp "A school IN
your midst whose reputation for thorough
work and as a finishing school of high grade
Is drawing pupils from afar. We ask every
friend OF the Academy To help u.s. For
catalogues call at the business houses OF the
W J. r. PLUMMER.
July a, ls77-ff
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,,,-aav fSaanrIav1. Services by Rev. 7. J,
n,ncan. Internaent at Greenwood ceTnes
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in this vicinity for two months to
wet the ground three inches.
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ever used. Go and buy one and
please your wife.
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Persons calling for any ofthe above letters
VIII please say advertised.
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w. Y. COULTER, J.B. COULTER,
NJ. A. STRATTON.
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ADVANCED stage of viii give Mr. Baker cOngre-
s ,reranaion towards becoming flies. CATION
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-.s~-.ss r,-.-.se esaa.l
w. J. MCCoR1Ac.
May 26, 1s77-tf
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July y, Is77-tf
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-07-26
"A Walking Miracle.

MIR. II. Il. STEvENs-Dear Sir: Though
stranger, want to inform you what Vcgetine
has done for me.
Last Christmas Scrofula made its appear
ance in my system-large running ulcers ap-
pearlng on me, as follows: one on each of my
arms; one on my thigh, which extended to
the seat; one on my head, which ate into The
skull bone: one on my left leg, which be-
came so bad that two physicians came to am-
putate the limb, though upon consultation
concluded not to do so, as my whole body
was full of scrofula; they deemed it advisable
TO cut the sore, which was painful beyond
description, and there was o quart of matt er
run from this one sore.
The physicians all gave mo up to die, and
said they could do no more for me- Both of
my legs were drawn up to my seat, and it was
thought if did get up again would be o
cripple for life.
When in this condition saw Vegetine ad-
vertised, and commenced taking it in March,
and followed on with it until 1 had used six
teen bottles; and this morning am going to
plough corn, we'll man. Ali my townsmen
soy it is q miracle to sec me round walking
and working.
In conclusion [ will add, when l was en-
during such great suffering from that dread
full disease, scrofuIa, 1 prayed to the Lord
above to take me out of this world; but as
Vcgetine has restored to me the blessings of
health, desire more than ever TO live that
may be of some service to my fellow>nen; and
l know Of no better way to aid suffering hu-
manity than to enclose you this statement of
my case, with an earnest hope that you will
publish it, and it will afford me pleasure TO
reply to any communication which l may re-
cclvc therefrom. am, sir, very respectfully,
WILLIAM PAYN.
Avery Berrin Co., Mich, July 10, 1872.
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A Fuss Brewing.

1t is announced that the President
has returned to his first intontion of
giving moderate Southern Democrats
q share of tho Federal Offices. This
was his first intention, but the pres
sure brought to boar upon him by
Morton, Blaine & Co. was so great
that it seoms he abandoned il with
the hopo of conciliating tho extreme
oioment of his own party. But whom
MIR. Hayes made this concession, tho
extreme mon of his party construed it
rs surrender TO them, and woro
moro exacting than over Thoy hoped
to Load him on step by step, as thcv
did Grant, until ho became q nero in
strument in their hands. Mr.. Hayes
has evidently rovoltod, and tho first
mutterings Of tho storm that is to
burst over his head was heard from
Chamberlain and Blaine, at Wood-
stocks, on tho 4th inst. uayos has
cut iooso from Blaine and will follow
The dictates of his bottor Judgment,
ana place mon of honor and rospecta-
b'lity in Federal Offices in the South
The breach between him and tho OK.
treme wing of his party is ovidontIv
widening, and tho signs OF tho times
arc ominous of % heavy storm in tho
Republican ranks. On with the finn
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Quick Transit. =

The schedule on tho South Carolina
Railroad has been so changed as to
bring tho mails through to Grconvilo
by 10 o'clock in tho ovoning on tho
same day they leave Charleston, and
We now receive the Charleston papors
the next morning after they are pub
lished. This is great convenience to
tho up country, and will be decided
advantage to Charleston. We do not
now fool that wo arc entirely isolated
from tho metropolis Of tho State,
Heretofore, economy in timo and
money forced our merchants to seek
othor markets for tho purpose Of pur-
chashing thoir goods, and Charleston
had almost lost the entiro up country
trade. Now with quick transit, if tho
Railroads to that point will roduco
their rates Of freight to those Of tho
Air Limo Railroad, she may probably
regain hor lost ground. But if the
present high rates arc kept up, quick
transit will do hor no good in this
respect. A reduction in frolghts is
no" the next thing in order, and the
merchants Of Charleston will bc stand-
in their own light if they do not use
their influence to that end.
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WAGON AND G..
SHOP.
CARRIAGE
TAX RETURNS EGDHs 1877.
AUDITORS OFFICE.

PIcKENs c. H., July 18th, 1877.
NOTICE is hereby given, that l will at
~ tend at the following times and places
for the purpose of receiving Tax Returns of
Personal Property, for the fiscal year 1877,
viz:
Pickensville Township ct Easlcy Station,
on the 25th, 26th. 9th and 28th Judy, inst.
Salubrity Township, st Liberty Station. on
the 3Oth and 8lst July instant, and the Ist
August.
Gorvin Township, at Central Station, I'd,
81 and 4th August.
Easlcy Township, at J. J. Herds, 7th, and
Payne's store, 9Th August
Eastatoe Township, at Kings store, on the
9th and 10th August, and at Hickle's, 11th.
Dacusville Township, Morgan's store, on
the 18th and 18th August.
Pumpkintown Township, at Pumpkintown,
10Th and 10th August.
The office will be open at this place unit
the 3Oth August.
All persons failing to make their returns
by that time, will be assessed with fifty per
cent penalty added.
All male persons between the ages Of 81
and GO years of age are liable to pay q poll,
unless physically disabled.
JOHN o. DAVIS,
Auditor Pickens County.
July 10, 1876 45 6