New-York tribune., 1877-07-26
(Slgned) L. koBlNSoN'
b. the Governor, d. c. Robinson Prlyate-Secy.
THE SITUATION AT HoRNELLsvmLE.

THE TOWN QUIET AND IN THE coNrEoL OF THE
uuTrA-rrFoRTs AT COMPROMISE ALLEGED
CAUSES OF DIsArFECTIoE.
lEY TELEGRAPH 10 The TRIBUNE.1
HORNELLsyILLE, July 25.--A train LETT mere
this morning lor NewYork with United states Mall' ana
Chief C,nsprator Douahue as prisoner under warrant
ssucd by judge DOnalue The train was guarded py
Company A, Capt. story, and Company r. capt JOY OF
the 23d Regiment under tho charge OF Lieut. Col Part
ragc There are 100 soldiers on bOald, armed ana carry
ing forty rounds of ammunition. Judge Runsey OF thc
surrue Court has granted writ of haJeas corpus for
Donahue and dispatch announces that he Is on Ills
way back in obedience to It.
Tee.tams received hire show that detachments of
Company G OF the 23d Re cgiment Capt. Williams, are az
Elmira ana another at Owego with thirty members OF
te a3d both wrecked. Receiver Jewctt has issued an
order tnat Road will yield TO the strikers ana
promising that who have renia med !0ya shal
be remembered, and the hWless shall be punished
As soon as another regiment reaches EhliIa
communication Will be opened on both ends OF
,he road. Every train is guarded oy soldiers. Inc
citizens here AID local officials are utterly inactive,
and are III open sympathy with the strikers. Prices
OF All commodities have gone up 10 war prices, and tie
market is running Strikers sat round the camp a
day IN groups They have been quiet but they say tey vi"
make an attack reisht passenger trains are moved
westward The track torn up at 6othends OF the town.
Trains to and from the last make slow headway There
ward tomorrow and the entire camp viii be kept under
waiting orders dozen locomotives always fired up
for use If necessary.
II was decided this forenoon that aconsuation should
he mad between a committee Of attorneys ana clzens
representrng the strikers and General Superintendent
Bowen LOOKING settlement The men offered 10 IT.
turn 10 work at the reduced prices aud 10 permit all
trains to run as formerly provided the officers OF the
road would rensate the division men WHO had been
discharged. The militia officers generally favored H.
The strikers claim that the price Of wages has nothing
10 do with strike but was occasioned solely by the
action Of some underngs on the road VINO discharged
q committee OF division agents who waited on Receiver
Jewett to effect a compromise, after the Receiver had
given an assurance that they should not be removed
Mr. Bowen said 10 such proposition could dc entertained
and the strikers would get terms except unconditional
surrender lie said trains should be moved at ali
hazards.
lue meeting was held at p. IN. 1t was brought about
by citizens ana others friendly to boih parties lhe
strikers formally agreed to resume work II those lnno
ceni of tearing up the tracks aud destroying bridges
were not prosecuted and OF tie discharged committee
were Ienstated Mr. Bowen was willing to aecede To the
first but SAID that forthe sake of discipline All
rein statements must be lett to the generosity and sense
OF iustco OF the managers OF the road IAe coMhht1ee
retired and called mass meeting OF strikers Ior ooo
pm in the meantime 1t was agreed that the stlkeIs
,loud be granted immunity from arrest. They came IN
fron their hidng-spots by the hundreds. In the mean
time the Governors proclamation Was telesraphed to all
,,uts and citizens organized and went Ia search oi
the Track destroyers. ANXIOUS for the 1000 reward.
The Fifieth Battalion, l50 strong, is ordered from
ithaca 10 Emira The 1l0th Regiment reacie Corning
and are masters of the situation Mr. Bowen telegraphed
Receiver Jewet that he has now SUFFICIENT force at
hand and Will begin at once To move trains
The zeus met the strikers in mass-meetng tonight
g. BabcocA presided Horace BeinIs said he desired to
see everything settled Acts had been committed tand
many perpetrators known that were not strictly
according to law but he did not want to see them Ian
gnisbng In prison for years. They had begged the
railroad managers let the past be bured, and they had
,greod 10 give them labor aud To overlook their bad
tons. He urged the strikers to take the matter
seriously to heart and TO act with camness. He re-
ferred to the Governors proclamauon, and said the
cupidity OF men make them yigidnt 10 seek the re-
ward All VINO had injured property would un
doubtediy be punished The railroad men had promised
TO do more Tor the strikers If they would go TO
work than they were willing admit
II they perssted In the strike they would stop railroad
traffic altogether and destroy the interests Of the town.
and be the cause OF almost irreparable damage. He
wanted TO be RATIONAL conservative, generous men,
The citizens OF Hornellsyille would raise money TO
support the discharged Committee and II the Rail
road broke faith and did redeem its pledges
given the strikers would have the full sympathy ct
z.ns and OF the engineers who loyal He feared
no threats about destroying the because all their
property here and they would not permit second
Ptt,burg affair. For himself he had interest but
their,, aud had refused to accept fee as Counsel
for the Erie Road because he acting good faith
In conclusion said the citizens present ready
pledge at the amount necessary 70 support the
discharged men,
Miles Hawley, who had labored assiduously for com.
PROMISE also urged settlement OF the troubles and sd
vised them 20 work; not TO be hotheadcd. but
70 slow Mr. Bowen had pledged that the right Of pre-
senting their grievances hereafter should not be i'm
paired. He did not want " see the men criminally