The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-08-03
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,sprhsai them sni'lshnils IL ny ihsse
things ~ ~ shr eaa%ea thu,
pfs.iritasrd these tiirRtM~sful events
il,,nn ,ha.. asnt.s anil III. eunn.ts
within i~r ~ ihfer yrat-, tltr
heaviest railroad corporations hnsr
tM.srst dangerously mar ~ ihr lin.
which separates salvsurs from
bankruptcy ~ the rva,l~ shlrh mr.
u arr about III i" involved lii ilie
strike. swn. thu Erie anil Ohin Il
Mississippi, are IL III" han's ~ ~.
reisrrs, anil another, tn baltimore
n Ohio. has ~ Int suffered rapid
decline Ia III. snlue " It, atnrk, an,l
tlr ,lerr,. uf ~ credit I'll. runflr
have au,,ght IL recover firm Tie
dangerous situation In which they
found Themselves tty ~, economy
which haa reduced IN. lower grades
III their employees ~ thu verge ol
tlcHpcrnliun aud starvation. Mdnc
tlon has followed reduction Tor wv,
ycnr., and while the men have born,
II, nlunahrring discomfort has slnwl,
hut surely increased until III. ion'i
ran along thu verge NJ u social vol
canO Something. like u inunil, ago
II step further waH taken w 4 gcner
al reduction W TIN per cent In III
wages ~ train men. IN which from
time ~ tlmc. nearly every leading
company Joined. This did not brinl
nm iinm.dlAtc strike, but II threw Al
the thousands ri railroad wofknlcl
along III. trunk linen lnto n conii
tIon of srvcrish desperation While
needed only II spark ~ burst Int
open revolt. That spark Wn- ful
nishcd by The strike u thu i'nliimor
X Ohio lIrrmrn ~ MnrtInSburH, froi
whom II sprcN., With ti,e rnpidity q
II prairie tIrc, along the whole line y
that rond, then ~ Ill. Pcnnsylvani
rnnd al piiisi,nfs. thence cnsi ~ III
Erie IN Ilorneil.sllir, md wrst eve
the pittsbnrH. Fort Wayne 4 Chl
uARo. IIy this iimr Y u pro'nl,l
that tho Panhandle and Ohio 4 Mir
sIasippi nrc nlso involved Al llrs
tho strike wns confined Ia thu III.
men, but Ii has extended ~ All trni
hands, aud absolutely prevents III
RUNNING IL trains. There hnS fc
talk u The strike being lliciresult u
u general understanding. II II no
likely that this IN the cMsc, furthc
than that the conditions evrrywher
were such ~ - make the men rritd
10 strike. Of course thu movement
did not atop with eeasing work. III
Geographic reports have given sii'
il.icnt prominence ~ iiin eitei.ii'
stances u conpulslnn aud lutin,ihi
tlon. the stoppaRt Of traffic llei,
fuDl,ts Ia fhr pus1osslun NJ track ail
ynl,l~, defiance 10 civil hnthoriil.
md III ellrh military forces ~ hny
yet becn mustered. What lie t.lo
graph neRlectr % slhphnrl1s II ~
proyprntInn ~ the outbreak. Sonl
light on slsls euiir.a from 9th,
sources. Az 10 tho Baltimore
Ohio II Ia asserted TINT what VII
reduction ~ wages nnl IT tim.
running. the men being pAId OH
for actual hours worked. tie nrt,li
necessary sxpsnssr ol the trips Y
roihed I'LL tn wages, lenylnR not
Ing for thr support ~ families. Mn'
thr sannn state uf iiilnps obinl
On thu Pennsylvania inna, IN =
Ohio md Mlrsi~rlpli the ~ARes |,
hniI ID b. reduced ~ sllcli \ point
not IL llla.t The absolute ncrdH ~
single mnn. - MI, nothing 81 tho
who have wives md children.
this does not cxrmrs the vlolnn
and driinne. ~ Inv md order Will
attends the movement, but u .
plains II These n,nn have h.
placed In Il condition " rxiE'I
dertitntion which naturally ras'llt
In desperate conduct. They y
starvation stare then, and their ~
iiirs III TIN face md their cnnd,
under fEn~e circumstances cnili
bn Judged ~ ordinary rules. II
something 81 say for tho eitiks
that They Seem IL hasu The mt
sympathy of ths communities
who's. midst they mr., Ths crow
TINT threaten tn public prnr.
MnttinsbnrR. Pittsburgh ah'i NJ
Ark Nv. not mnir np ~ train ~
MIonr, hut ~. aw.Ile,l BY tl,n ,inc
pIoyrh and suffering ~ all elnAt
and sustained by il,s sympathy
thu more prosperous,