The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-07-25

arrived yesterday aud the hands her,
were paid last evening, We called
then on ticket agent Whoelock, who
says he has received orders 10 sell no
tickets over the Baltimore and Ohio
road and the Pennsylvania Central.
This Ii the situation up TO ten o'clock
last night, and we hope TO hear To- day
that arrangements are being made be-
tween the conflicting interests looking
toward n speedy resumption OF bust.
ness, AZ the matter stands now, II
Is serious aspect of affairs 10 w here.
II our merchants cannot receive their
goods, aud our cattle, lumber and
grain dealers ship their frelghts, the
injury TO our section, just at this time,
will be great Business has just begun
to improve, and a better prospect for n
good fall trade was never before us
than now, 1t Is incalculable what In.
Jury would be done to north Texas II,
for any period, railroad communica-
ton would be cut of.
The HERALD sympathises with the
railroad men, 30 far as they proceed
legitimately, and sincerely hopes that
the company and the men will come
to some amicable settlement. II
strongly deprecates, however, any de.
parture from the course Of law and
order. On the ether hand, tho nom
payment OF the men for 80 long time
~ four months, is, to say the least, re-
prehensible, ifnot culpable. The men
labor hard for their wages, perilllng
their lives, night aud day, II 10 the
duty Of the company to seq that they
receive their wages with something
like regularity, and such wages that
will enable them TO live aad to do
faithful service for the corporation.
NOTES GATHERED HERE AND THERE.
From an employee Of the Houston
and Texas Central railroad we learned
the officers are somewhat expecting u
strike in two or three days; that yes
teriay the railroad men at Corsicana
were talking OF IL very strongly.
The only cause Of complaint urged by
the men at Corsicana, was the reduc'
ton OF ten pes cent, and not u reten-
ton OF their wages, AS they had re'
ceiyed it regularly for three months
Corsicana is u point OF great impor-
lance, rs all the shops for the northern
division of the road are located there,
and the number of employees In the
town is very great.
1t WINS reported that the railroad
men would hold II meeting near the
depot last night. Oar reporter kept Il
look out, but no meeting was held
The freight men were standing about
in groups, and when the train from
Fort Worth came In, the whole force
about thirty strong, jumped on board
and started for Marshall. There Is
only one freight conductor left here.
Marshal Morton has placed an officer
at each depot, not that any danger IL
apprehended from the railroad men,
but as u guard against evil disposed
persons on the outside who might ut.
tempt to commit depredations.
There have been many sensational
rumors on the street, started probably
by some one in spirit Of fun, but we
deem 1t, in time like this, unwlse
The story that the military had been
called on--the Greys were to go to
Denson and the Lamars to Marshall
was entirely without official authority.
Also, that the union depot In st.
Louis, had been burned. THE HERALD
Is OF the opinion that, as far as the
Texas and Pacific railroad is con
cerned, there will be but little trouble,
as the majority Of the railroad men We
have conversed with have talked In
conservative and rational manner.
THE TRAIN FROM THE EAST.
Everybody anxiously awaited the
arrival of the train from the east last
night. 1t arrived few minutes after
time, well filled with passengers. Our
reporter hunted up Conductor Thorne,
who gives the following report: He
says that Marshall Is as quiet and
.,eable as on Sunday. All the rail-
j men are dressed in their best
clothes, clearly shaved, quiet and or
Derby. He says he saw men with clean
shirts on that he never before saw af-
feet the luxury. The railroad men will
not allow any OF their number to
drink II they do they are locked up.
Saloons are closed. The report that
Tom Scott gr.i was preVenteu from
leaving, he says is without founda-
tioD.
The men In the shops struck at
twelve o'clock yesterday, the men de-
mandlng that they be paid up TO the
first of this month, and that the reduc-
ton Of ten per cent. be taken oil.
This proposition was telegraphed east,
but as yet no reply to 1t has been re-
eeived. The engineer Of the train is
quoted rs saying that Tom Scott, IT,,
said II he did not receive an early
answer he would raise the wages.
From other sources we learn the fol-