New-York tribune., 1877-07-24

took the midnight train. expecting panic in Wall-st
this morning.
Many uttered grave approhensions of widespread dis
turbance, viewing tho strike general conflict pc
tween capital and labor, and asserting that capital must
control and be protected. labor would control ana
wreck both capital and society Merchants who are o
conservative mind say there two sides to the story
and think the Of tho railroads here acted uh
wisely tho way they hastened tner reductions, ana IN
instances uujusy in reducing the pay OF labor 10
20 and 90 cents.
Col Rush c. Hawkins is one Of large number express
Ing the same opinion who says he deprecates violence,
but when takes his life in his hand he is bound TO
believe there for his grievances He says
he sy1npathzes with the railroad employees who are re
duced beggay enable these companies 10 pay in
terest watered stocks The railways of the country
represent four billions paper audare really worth
one and half billions, aud the poorest paid OF the em-
ploycs reduced still lower while nobody beheVes mat
the officers get any less salary He believes In crushing
out mob-rule and thinks the militia at Pittsburgh were
poorly handled. but has little confidence in the martial
spirit Of Pennsylvania remarkmg that when Lee In
vaded the stat the Union soldiers who came to the
rescue were by the farmers not with guns in their
hands Offering water FIVE cents glass and boiled
eggs at twenty-five cents apiece.
Senator orrsscY, who figured as the champion OF
the worRingren in the Tammany Han quarrel sa'
quietly smoking the piazza during the excitement ID
The United States lobby ani expressed his view OF tho
situation in about these words I looks TO me Ee wen
laid scheme tho part OF the strikers 10 resist com
binaton OF the railroads to reduce Their wages
and they seem 10 have had some vice
spread understan ling There may be some
Justice in their demands. they have gone TOO far
The situation IS oBs which requires great decision ana
tudgmcnt These forget that tho times are nara;
that thousands of people are OGt Of employ meh' ana
would ike Ia get into their places, Besides the times
Gre not goag tO get better; they are growing
worse; the railroads not making any
money. Everything has been oycrdme; the
country has already accomplished in Improvements what
belongs TO thirty years Of the future the railroads IN
extent and equipment are twenty years III advance
OF the necessities o the country Now happens there
are four great trunk lines and about enough business To
keep two OF them running with profit Most every
thing is oVcrioue in the way. Thcy tax
of tho richness OF the country in its natural
resources; but Of what these to us now
when there is little demand ior our iron ana our
coal and our copperl We have shown astonishing in
yeniion in perfecting agricultural machinery u now
can cultivate immense fields OF grain without many "a
b,rers as compar-d with former times; and when
We are able to produce quantities of wheat there is 10
market for It, / somewhat thiak our inventions have
been a damage 10 the country. in pushing it too
rlpilly fJrwa d. The Sirat "a hotels ar a-o.hef
example ami built wacn labor was high TO meet III
nated IDEAS ~ "a demand which may hot be realized in
forty years 70 come don't think The Government ought
10 run the railways Professionally stop such trouble
as the present hut the Government ought to run and
operae an the railroads and 10 just pay ihe run
ming expenses The public would pay a quarter or
third of it has paid there would be No raroad
wars demoralizing competition, and evtoriion ly
combine tons. and trouble with tie men unless the
Government wac very shOrtsiglted. Here is "A great
held You may look the country over without hnd'nS
cr,at plblc works in process OF construction. In hand
times public inprOv should be pushed giving EN-
ployment at living TO out OF work. AMI when
times improve lct the be suspsndei for ~ don't
matter much whether public improvements are COM
pleted iu six or sixty years"