Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-31

out the country. Hoping you Will cause this
,p be crcu'asd throughout the couotry, we
| have the honor to be your most obedleDt SER
| gauts, COMMITTEE.
W1LKEsBARRE, Pa. July 30-rwo thou:
sard I've huGdrcd miners have just concluded
1 lrectiug at Dana's Grove. They passed res
o!u,ions Dot 10 resume work unlil their wages
arc raised twenty FIVE per ceut. ADD the mice
ounps are 10 be stopped uatil the company &C
ceGe 10 bis demand.
SCRANTON, Pa july 30.-The strike ofthe
nio.rs aud lrcu workers, who number several
thousand, still continues, with 90 prospect OF
TERMINATION, and The destruction oil property Is
greatly feared Several places were raded and
robbed last night, and provisions carried of 10
large Quantities. There is great distress among
! the poor.
HoBoKEN N. j., July 3O-WaIter Kiebue
and 4 .".,u Sturges:, the two leaders OF the
striking frem"n on the D .law4re, L.ckawauna
aud Western Railroad, both presented them
selves uetvre Superintendent R=asoaer aud ad,
United that the strike was over, ADD that their
| # ,rts had been unsuccessful. The Morris aud
E,slz division aud the other divisions are *
puc~d 10 follow ibt0 line 70 morrow.
WASHINGTON, July 30.-Busioess at the
War D.partueot has RESUMED It's usual course.
aud The excitement Of last week has entirely
died ou;. There viii be 90 further orders Ter
movement Of troops unless further sc-nes OF
vloleoce shall occur. The troops uow stationed
10 various cities acd along l!pcs Of railroads
where Disturbances took place will be kept at
those places until perfect order IS restored aud
BUSINESS couduc.ei as usual without later.
rutlion.
The statement that there is On the part Of
the Uu,ted States G0VerumeDt any Sympathy
With or disposition to recommend aoy c0upro
mise whatever with the strikers or rioters is
without aGy foundation IN !act. II Is kncWu
that oelther the President nor any members OF
bis Cabinet entertaio such views as have been
in some some Instances iap uted to them, but
their purpose is to restore aud enforce law
and odcr ,bougbcu: the entire land, 10
view of the disposition Of communIstic organ;za-
toes, trades uuons aud other means OF COM
biniop ueu in opposition to law aod order.
WHITE HALL n Y. July 30.-The canal
drivers Of the Wh,e Hall i'rsbspvrta in Com.
papy are on st,.ka, and il is reported thai
hey will arrive here q! midnight in bouy
from he Scush. Fears are appreherdcd that
they will commit some depreciation, and h'y
specai policemen have Us: hsen sword lnio
ser.Ic'.
| EVANSVILLE. ND, July 3O.-The strikers
Crgauz =. L. ,nls cHy yesterday, aud this morn
f-areH that general strike 10 ali branches OF
r.ic viii be iaaugursted, and trouble Is 40
t.cips,d
GALVESTON July 50.-E!ry this morDiog
the uegr.. loborers II ployed in reconstruclpg
the bulldogs destroyed by the late fire, 90
Market street. organZ ID strike aud ml7chrd
10 .he c,rner OF Strand and TTecty fourth
? streets. where block of buildings is in the
course Of erection, aui Induced The la5crers to
alt wok From this point they "eDt TO ttc
c,ruer nf A7cuue A ADD Twenty fourth street
aud ioducrd the aborsrs working upon block
nearly completed to lin ,hcu. They next visit
I'd the uariUw gauge railroad, and the gags
engaged 10 baastlrg ard track laying on Ave-
uue a. aud bath ] 'iued the riktrs. Leoule' S
pck!efy, S:ump's p;alnI0g mill, railroad tfelgh.
depot. 4 IL oils aud other places We're visited,
and, IT, u Us! Instances, the laborer> qllt 7"rk.
The strike IS cos6oed entirely to uuskilad
culpIed iatorv.s White mcchaucs are wulk
,ng a. usual The movement seems to be With
cut lea ttrs or q cGum IN purpose, ADD wherever
il has oren mt wiz! irmuesS il has acc 'mpl!sh
ID potbios. The nerr"es appear TO be unable to
txp aio " Y by It uck or what they demand.
TIE movemrut ~ said to have been melted By
7hic druagnguas. a str0Og detachment OF
police is kcepiug be strikers constantly IN view,
aud any 7ivle1ce to p=rsouS or property Will De
promptly suppressed
piesideut GJwep, Of the Philadelphia and
Readlug Railroad Company, has Issue Z c!rca
lar thaokug the employees OF that road fer the
6itliy With whlch they remalutd al their
post duriog the troubles of the past week, and
for be courage wish which they c0D!runted
vDl.uce. He ioiorus the employees that ali
their bsck .,ay will De paid them on the list
of August, aud thereafter if the raEc Of the
o4I Is not Interrupted each moths wages
will be paid pr0np ~
ST. Louis, Mo-, July 3l.-The most nota-
bic cid Ut OF The day hss been the applica-
t,Jp 70 Judge Joocs, of the Criminal Court,
for writ Ut habeas corpus commanding Chief
OF Police Med ,naugh to show cause why he
hyd. Alb, RI Curtin, enc of the leaders OF the
9u,kirgnien's party, in custody. Judge Jones
granted the witt aud made it re!uroaDle en-
Wednesday.
Circuit Attorney Beach has addressed let
tfr 10 Chief McDouaugh, explaining the tf.uce
of Curllu, aud q lo'iug the law applicable to
the case, from which it appears that the pTis
OUR aud Others, DOW under arrest, are guilty
II felony or sim Ole misd emeaaor. The extreme
reuaity tIr witch is FIVE years imprisJnnen.
10 the peniicDrary aud foe CT s. 0OO.
Wlits OF habc&s corpus have also been ap
piled fer 10 The cases of Lat. Green, Cope, aod
Fischer, mcub crs of the xtcutlvc committee
OF the workipgmeu's party.
10 East ST.. Louis the day passed without
any slgos Of disturbance, AID railroad bu>loess
has b~eo very brisk, Inc lraias coming and go
lug % all directions. SeVera! arrests were made
b; u S. Marshal Poe Of persous charged with
10 eriering with orders and mandates Of the
u. s courts 10 connection nth the strike aud
lis If Cts upon property 10 charge aod uud1r
coutrIi Of the courts Among those arrested
was j oho 3. Carroll, Deputy Marshal of East
St l. ys.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 30.-Qniet ba7iog
been rtsureI aud all fears OF general out
break di$p lied, the Committee Of safety this
evening cecided to acj .urn. The whole acrioo
OF tha vigiauce committee has met with the
u Qualified approval of all good citizsus, and
the au rites freely express their CONVICTION
that he cum lnittec have been the means OF
arcr'iug wnst threatened to be serious as we'll
as diSp!ac-ui outbreak
ELF aBETn n. j., July 3l.-L,st night