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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27

GOVERNOR ROBINSON, of New York, in
reply to inquiries of a correspondent, on
Monday, remarked The strike purports to
be one of railroad employs, but that in
my opinion is a very small element in it.
have travelled from Emira here Ito Albany)
to-day, and saw the employees on both the
Erie road and the Albany and Susquehanna,
and all were satisfied with their pay and
position. They say the disturbances are
stirred up and kept going by disordery out
side men who make use OF them to DESTROY
property, with a view to bringing on con
dItlOn OF lawlessneSs and plumber, not re-
hecting that after they have plundered their
employers the next thing will re for them
to plumber each other, having overthrow
the law that protects them all 1t was also
suggested to me by these same men that a
good many persons out Of employment
wished To place the railroad men in mi.con-
duct and get their places They knew that
l was Governor while talking. 1t Is really
difficult to discover what the Erie strike Is
Tor. Very little Is said in regard to wages.
Even after the recent reduction of 10 per
cent, the wages are higher than those of any
ordinary laborer or any railroad laborer Of
the same class. On TIE Delaware and IIud
son ALBANY Division) talked with con.
ductor and very intelligent engineer, and
they SAID there was no difference between
them and their employer. Before their
wages had been reduced the necessity for il
was explained, and they saw it and agreed
to it,
In conclusion the Governor said that if it
were necessary to re-establish the Government
and overthrow anarchy, not only the whole
National Guard should be called ont but
100, 900 men more.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27
One Lesson of the strikes.

The riot on the Baltimore and OHIO rail-
road commenced in the State Of West sir-
ginia, which has no troops paid by the state
but possesses four volunteer companies, who
pay their own way and serve for the pleasure
of wearing pretty uniform. Two OF these
companies were ordered to the scene of dan
ger, and proved entirely useless. The mob
laughed at them, began a. fight, ard these
companies left the field at once, after losing
one man slightly wounded by pistol ball.
Then the Governor asked for regular troops.
They arrived, and wherever they were pres
ent no trouble occurred. the mob being over
awed
Friday this strike spread, and two regi-
ments were ordered out from Baltimore BY
signal of a bell from the City Hall. One OF
these regiments was the Fifth Maryland, the
crack regiment of the State, proud Of its dis
cipline and hardly second to the famous New
York Seventh in reputation the other was
the Sixth Maryland, political" regiment
so called, with small reputation for efficiency,
but favored at State headquarters. Both of
these regiments were assaulted by mobs, but
they behaved differently. The Fifth kept
together and kept cool, overawed the mob
and finally drove them back by bayonet
charge, without loading a musket or killing
a man. The Sixth came out in squads al
lowed the mob to separate the regiment into
fractions, and finally had to fight for their
lives, when some twenty were killed and
wounded.
These incidents show that a reliable force
of good troops more than pays for itself in
time of trial. They also show that poor
troops badly handled are mere Indictment
to violence on the part of mob, and tend
to spread trouble. The contrast between
the Illuminating position Of West Virginia
and that of New York emphasizes the differ
ence between good and bad militia law,
while the dead and wounded men in and
before the Sixth Maryland, as compared
with the bloodless victory of the Fifth, show
the comparative cheapness good discipline
Such riots are always liable to occur in times
of financial stringency like the present, but
they are never likely to become dangerous
if checked by the firm and imposing attitude
of good troops, either regulars or militia.
Moral-Every State should have good
militia law, if only for the sake of economy
in money and life.-N Y Graphic.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27
Personal AND POLITICAL.

The New York EIPrnS. Tammany organ,
savagely attacks Speaker Randall, as can
didate for re election. This is demonstra-
ton in the interest of Sunset Cox, ind shows
that very desperate fight will take place
in the next Congress over the organization
of the House.
Gen. Howard appears to be our most ei-
fcctiye Indian fighter. lie has wound up
the war in Idaho in n single campaign,
making it brief but decisive.
One Of the comical effects of TIE Presi-
dents order to oilice-h holders is the resigni-
ton Of Postmaster Wentworth Of lslington,
Mass, from membership in the DTnocr0f''
committee of his town and the Massachu-
sets Democratic State committee.
The Springfield Republican publishes a
note from Vice President Wheeler. in which
he saws A friend has sent me the issue of
your paper of 9TH inst, calling my attention
To the article entitled A discovery rs to
Vice President Wheeler. Every statement
therein connecting me with contract for
arms in lSGl is wholly untrue. ] nerer had
contract With the government, directly or
indirectly, Of any nature whatsoever.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27
The Railroad Riots.

The fearful scenes of violence, rapine and
bloodshed, in Baltimore and Pittsburg, re-
call the famous Gordon riots of l7SO, IN
London, so graphically described by Dickens
in Barnaby Rudge, in which Newgate PRISON
was stormed and burned by the mob, ware
houses and winners stores were sacked,
Hundreds of lives DESTROYED. and hlryal
great Unaagrations kindled in the city OF
London. Nothing like them has as yet &C.
CURED in the history of our country, measur-
ed either by the extent of the region over
which the lawlessness prevails, the numbers
engaged in it, or the loss of life and pro-
perty involved. The value of depots, loco
motives. cars and merchandise destroyed at
Pittsburg is estimated at between three and
four millions and the destruction and
damage TO the business Of the road and OF
merchants and forwarders all over the
country will swell the total loss to n fearful
aggregate.
The suddenness Of the outbreaks and the
way in which the contagion of lawlessness
extends from road to road and city to city,
show either very extensive secret organlza-
tions on the part Of the strikers, or wide
spread desperate state of feeling among the
hands, the result of hard times and repeated
reductions of wages, such as has not been
known before or both.
The worst feature of the news is the re-
port that several roads have yielded to the
demands of the strikers, and raised wages IN
compliance with their demands. This. if
confirmed, is but putting premium on mob
rule. No road can afford, for the sake of a
temporary relief from danger, thus to en-
courage strikes and violence in time to come
Law, order, and the right Of every man and
every corporation to buy labor, as well as
-four and iron, in the cheapest market, must
be indicated, at whatever cost.
OF course it is Of no use to argue with the
excited men. 1t is nothing to them that the
reduction OF wages has been compelled by
the depression in business that over seventy
railroads have gone into bankruptcy in SIX
months past; and that the owners of rail-
road property have suffered greater loss than
they The only know that they want more
money They consider only their hatred of
all who are better of than they. They rush
to destroy the very property on which they
depend for employment. When peace and
order is the first and indispensable condition
of returning prosperity, they inaugurate
what almost reaches 4 state of civil war.
They stop the wheels of business, and neees-
state outlays for suppressing their own vio-
leuce and for maintaining the reace, for
which they, with the rest, must pay in tu-
ture But they think of none of the things.
A mob Is a maddened beast, open only to the
argument of force. And that must be
sternly applied. 1t is a question of the
maintenance Of society-an issue between
law and anarchy, in which there can be no
compromise.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27

That Grant in England should have sal
through two formal dinners without saying
anything to those around him; that he
should have pulled out cigar at some mop
perfume moment of his stay at Windsor Cas-
tie that Mrs. Grant should have been much
impressed with the fact that there was
gentleman in England by the name of Bright
and another by the name of las she saiG)
MIR. Blackstone - that Young Ulysse,
should have made an impairment speech tc
the Queen-none Of these things surprise Us,
although they are asserted on we know not
what authority There is nothing intrin-
sically improbable in them.-BOstoa Hraid
Now We should say that almost any
American having any national pride would
want to know exactly the authority for such
yarns, before he gave any credence to them.
They are intrinsically improbable General
Grant and his family are not quite such a
boorish Sc, a. that.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27

The Effective FoRCE.-We have already
found on what class Of troops we can
absolutely depend for effective service in
these riots. 50 far, the United States regu-
lar troops and marines and single regiment
oil militia, the Fifth Mary land, are the only
bodies of military that have succeeded in
quelling the mob in their vicinity without
firing shot, and have shown themselves
masters of the crisis 1t is only ON similar
troops that We can depend in the present
emergency. How many such hayewe?
We have of United States regular troops
not already engaged on the lines of the riot.
about nine hundred men. To obtain these
1t will be necessary to strip every fort on
the Atlantic seaboard, from Boston narbor
to Charleston, of every man in the garr-
sons, leaving the posts in charge of gray
headed ordnance sergeants, with millions of
valuable property inviting theft.
We have in New York city the Seventh
Eighth Ninth, Twelfth, Twenty second
and Seyenty-iirst regiment. in BROOKLYN
the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Twenty-tEird
and Forty --eyenth regiments in Con
ncctcnt four regiments in Massa-
chusetts three, Of good, reliable troops,
nearly or quite as good Is the Fifth Mary
land. In Vermont there is one such reei
ment, IN Albany two Crenth and Twenty
hith), and when these regiments are count
cd We have the total force ON which the
tvtu g. e-ibiv ,,,,,pt a., ,.o.Ca.,t
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27
TnE coming elections are as follow.

louisiana votes on November 5, and the
following States on the 9th, viz: Massachu-
sets, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.
State tickets in whole or in part, and Legs
latures are to be voted for Alabama and
Kentucky will, OF course, be Democratic
The interest in California settles upon the
contest for Senator, who is to be chosen by
the Legislature soon to be elected Maine,
therefore, will really open the contest, and
indications of a decided character there and
in Ohio and Iowa will be given as to the
feeling towards the Administration. Maine
and Iowa have gone Republican steadily for
many years. Ohio is generally in doubt. 1t
is the Presidents own State, but various con-
tingencies are to be considered this year.
The Republicans confidently claim the State,
and they can carry it if they are united
The Boston Journal, in review of the sirua-
ton, says "the Republicans will consider how
tar it is advisable to fight out their differen-
ces in the face OF foe powerful and watch
ial of the slightest chance TO penetrate our
divided ranks. They will consider how
much is to be gained by opposing policy at
the South made inevitable in the Judgment
of one-President Grant-who had fully
tried the opposite, and which policy is now
beyond revocation. They will consider
whether it Is wise to stand in the yay of
civil service reform, which needs only to be
put into right shape to meet the universal
demand OF the nation. They will consider
what the intelligence, the wisdom and the
conscience of the country requires of great
party which has AN honest man at its head,
and which needs perfect union to make it
still the champion Of equal rights and the
eiicctual bulwark against all the threatening
political cIilsof the day; and we have o.
doubt of the final result.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27
A STRlRERs PROCLAMATION Tile follow
proclamation wa issued by the strikers
and posted about Baltimore and at var!ous
places along the line Of the railroads
STRIhEAND LIVE

be u understood IL The Baltimore and OH, r,sf
rOad ComPsny does not meet IT,. demands 81 m.
employees at an early date the onriais Will ba,,Ti
tneir lives and rndnnger their PROPERTY. Tar q.
snail run their trans and Locomotives into ma
rFefi we shall blow up their bridges: W. sIia N
tsar up Their railru1n- shall consume no ,
shops with FIRE and ravags their hotels win des,e
alton. company that has from time 10 time So
unmerciiully cut our wages and finally reduced NJ
70 nsrvatlOn, for such have lost sll nm
Psthy. We have humbled ourselves from ma Ia
time 70 unjust demands Ut IN our children crv Ia,
bread. company that know all tLis, we s6ouId
ssk IN the name Ui high heaven what more do tbey
"hnt-our blood they can get cur lives W.
are ullhng To sacrifice them. not for the coupanv
put Tor our rights. can out YOUR armed hosts II
you want them. shield yourselves II you can. and
remember that no TOE, hpw,ysT dreaded can rensi
Is ior moment Our determination NAV seem
nsii, but let come. They may think our cause Is
weak. Fifteen thousand noble miners VII, hsra
psen insulted and put upon by tins self same con,
pany are at our backs. The merchants and Tho
community at large along the whole line Of Tho rosd
are on our side. ana the work ny classes of eysyy
state in the Union are in our favor and ,va 10,
conndent that the tOt Of the poor and the nnn,ssa
OF the earth.is with US. Therefore let rhe cfa,bf
OF arms be heard let the iery elements he nanra1
out u they think right, hut In need 0i on, ~,
ana N defence OF our families we shall conupeInr
~ shall die 'ON'''' OF
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27

The period fixed for popular subscriptions
to toe new four per cent loan having expired,
the syndicate have fixed the price at 1904
and accrued interest. The London subscrip-
tions thus far amount to so, 0OO,O 900. 1t is
noteworthy fact that the German four per
cents are offered in London at %, while the
United States four per cent loan was put up
on the English market at lO2I.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27
,ndit;on made annarent al Pitts

graceful condition made apparent at Pitts
burg. These riots will at last he sup
pressed, but it will only be by the United
States regulars and the militia of such large
cities as have kept up their men to the
discipline of the Fifth Maryland, Seventh
and Twenty-second New York, and Twenty
third Brooklyn. Any standard short OF that
has been proven within the last few days to
be not only useless but pernicious.-N. y.
Gr0phlc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27

REPoR1s from the Indian country are to
the effect that the sayages SO badly beaten
by Howard are thoroughly demoralized, and
are quarrelling among themselves, their
forces becoming smaller every day by deser-
tons or surrender. The flight of Joseph
with his band is due to his fear ofthe results
of military court-martial if be should give
himself up, and the persuasions of White
Bird, the Buffalo country being their desti-
nation. From all accounts the war is virtual
lS ended, the Indians being more eager to
obtain food than to fight.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27

Tus relation between employers and en-
ploye4 is mutual one in this country
There is no compulsion on either side, OK
rcpt that very mild and moderate one that
one party has labor or service to sell and the
other desires to purchase it Ii the en-
ploycr refuses to pay the price agreed upon
the employed can collect IT hy law ; and il
the employed docs not like his work or his
pay he can leave at any time and seek occu-
patton elsewhere But such II man has
neither moral nor II legal right To prevent
other parties from assuming the position he
has Voluntarily abandoned, and II the idea
that he had could prevail for any consider
able time and with any considerable number
of people, all business would come t" II
stand-still and anarchy would take the place
of law
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27

THERE is a reported rupture between the
Emperor of Russia and the Grand Duke
Nicholas, which had its origin in quarrel in
augurated before the crossing of the Danube,
in which the latter complained bitterly of the
interference of the Gar with the arrange
ments of the Russian generals.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27

AN INCIDENT or TuE RIOT AT PITTsBURG
. A special despatch from Pittsburg to the
New York Times relates tho following
IAN incident worth mentioning was the
attempt of the Roman Catholic Bishop
Tuigg to make Il speech to the mob this
afternoon. lie was appointed on the com
mitteo by the meeting of citizens to counsel
with the mob. and, when mounted on a
chair on the front platform of passenger
car, began to advise the men to disperse
quietly to thor homes. A kettle full of tar
was set blazing under his nose, and the
crowd treated him to a running fire of rude
remarks, some of them not at all cOmpli
meDtary to his reverence. A man of great
nerve, be was not To DO inundated. and
kept on. A blazing freight ear was run
alongside, and still tho Bishop kept on. A
man mounted locomotive and rang the
bell vigorously; still tho Bishop spoke and
he kept on until driven from his position by
a shower of stones. This proceeding was
remarkable, iIissmuch as the mob was made
up of nine-te pths Catholics and one tenth
outsiders"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27
The Railroad War.

FURTHER DkTAILs-THE AuRpERuUs RIOT IN
BALTlAORE-A BLOODY CONFLICT HETwEEN
MILITIA RfGIHENT AND CROWD OF
ROuGHS.
The great strike OF trainmon now in pro
gress is unprecedented in the history OF rail
roading in this country There have here.
toiore been widespread and formidable
difficulties Of this kind, hut nothing so des-
perate AS what is now taking place SIX
States are already disturbed by these riot
Gus proceedings within their bore, IS and
the evil threatens still wider extension.
The trouble began with the iiremen ON the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. ON Monday
July 10th. A reduction OF ten per cent
was made on their pay. and, circumstances
proving futile, on the day indicated some
thirty or forty of them lett their engines
and stopped and detained outward bound
freight trains at Camden Junction, three
miles from Baltimore. The same evening
about an equal Der did the same thing
at Martinsburg, West Virginia. The strike
soon became general, among the ilremcn,
and extended to other roads. a. already
described in our telcgraphlc dispatches
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27
TIE BALTIMORE RIOT.

The bloodshed in Baltimore. Friday, ap-
pears to have been the result OF popular tx
citement growing out OF the strike. Troops
were ordered to tho scene OF hOstilitiel :,
somebody ordered the alarm bell to he
sounded. the people gathered. the troops
were stoned, and many innocent persons
were killed and wounded Baltimore is a
city Of mob- and violence. and IA spark at
almost any time will kindlo u rut IN that
place. Details of the affair are NJ follows
The Fifth regiment had been ordered out
IN the afternoon: and II few minutes
before O'Clock, Col. Peters receiy-
ed orders iron Gen. Herbert to assemble
his regiment at their armory, at the corner
OF Fayette and Front streets. without delay
About half past Il, or :. o'clock the bell at
City Hall struck l5i. known a. Tho mill
fsry call to assemble the regiment, and in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27

INV loRk. July ~ The police com
mis-ioncr4 state that the police Is amply
able to cope with violutors OF the laws II
there should be any trouble. President
.Jcwctt has called upon the state tor aid. The
municipal authorities have decided to allow
mass meeting at TOmpkins Square,
Wednesday evening next, To express >fmpa-
thy with the strikers \ large force o:
police will be- present II preserve order
No trouble l. anticipated The second
division Of the brooklyn militia il ordered to
assemble at once. fully armed and equipped.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-27

TURIHER STRIkES.
SCRANTON. July n Tho tiremen on the
Delaware. Lackawans and " estern, the
Delaware and Hudson, and the Lehlgh and
Susquehanna roads struck at p. m, their
demands for restoration of ten per cent be-
ing refused.
The men in the employ of the Lacxawana
iron and coal company numbering ! 800,
struck for an increase of wages at noon.
Considerable uneaslness is felt throughout
the valley. The mayor issued an appeal.to
the citizens to uphold the law.
EMBARGO At SYRACUSE.
SYRACUSE, July 24.-'rhe freight conduc
tors, tremen and brakemen at East
Syracuse. struck to-day, and telegraphed to
Vanderbilt that they would not return to
work until pay was restored to the rate prl-
or to July 10. The machinlsts at East SYRIA
cuse. numbering a hundred struck. Six |
thousand freight cars, 10 engines and 10 |
trains OF freight are embsrgoed at East |
Syracuse The strikers have detailed a |
force of their own men to guard and pro |
tect railroad property.
srIAE ON THE NEW NA>sAoHu skrrs AND
Rhode ISLAND.
Providence, July ~ Thirty to forty
lAbOrerS on the New Massachusetts and /
Rhode Island railroad lett work to-day. be
cause the contractor was behind with his
pay. stranger, supposed to he from
New York appeared among the strikers and
advised them to burn the company's build
ings The strikers drove him from the
yard Mt the point of a pistol. lie lied to
the woods and escaped with his life.
TUE BLOCKADE ON TnE y. y. CENTRAL To BE
RAISED, "BLOOD OR NJ BLOOD
NKw YoRK. July 25.-Gen. Carr, at Al
hany. says he will open the blockade on the
New York Central. to-day, blood or no
blood, and while they will give notice to
the strikers OF the mob they will not wait
any excessively long time tor dispersion be
lore firing.
WHAT VANDERBILT SAYS.
Vanderbilt, at Saratoga. last night insist
cd that none of his men had struck. but had
been ouCrccd into leaving work by outsiders
lie also helyed that the worst was over
and will hold the state responsible for any
OF his railroad property.
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the strikers refused to disperse at the
command OF the sheriff. lie was informed
that trains should not 90 out il they could
prevent it. and they did not care for any
posse he could muster. nor for any troops
that could be brought out. Finding the
strikers were not disposed to yield obedience
to the civil authority tina railroad officers
decided to call upon the military.