The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-07-23
Chr Rutland daily 6lObs
MONDAY, JULY 90, 1877.
THE RAILWAY DIFFICULTIES. )"


and Ohio and other railroads has almost as
sumed the proportions of civil war. In
deed, actual war could not be more destruc-
tive of law, order aud business pro perity
than these difficulties. Originaly,,a ''st ike"
of firemen on lhe Baltimore ard Olo Il IL
road on acc lult Of reduction # waAes,
its proportions have increased as all UGH
" strikes" do by the refusal Of the striking
6remen to allow others TO take their places
either at the original or reduced way, 9, aud
has extended to Mary land, New Jer.ey.
Pennsylvauia, OHIO, and NV YJik and
perhaps to other states. Acls Of VOL nee
have been req ited to, all lransporta, ion Of
freight preveIte murder AMI arson CON-
mitted, The cOmblnailn found ~ ,rInd.
able for the cIvi authorities to verc0me,
the null CALI out aud found poweil-,s
and 81, In some Instances, the eentla' gov
ernmert appeal d to and, rs last resort,
the Unstel Statea army called upon to IN
terfere
Ia Baltimore we had a repetition of the
northern tr"op4 through that city t. the
defence Of the nAtiona capital during the
early days Of the rebellion. Ii response to
The ortcrs OF tue governor, a rgimeut of
the Maryland militia, FRIDAY, was march,
lug Through that city, for the purpose of
taking the cas- for the scene of disturb
ance, and was stoned AID fir upon by a
mob. and The fire was returned Wit deadly
effect, kIllng sonc e,glt or ten
and wound ng oLheIs-many of whom, as
10 too often The case, had no connt ciiou
with the mob but were mere idle ii ecia
tors. And this Is but one Of the man,
scenes of viulelce aud boodshed which has
marked the attempt to enforce tie law and
protect the righs of propery-we will
not refer, in detail, TO oiLer acts Of vio-
lence as we have spread them before our
readers from day To day.
80 wide spre'd Is the excitement, SO
great is the di ger, so formidable is tn,
combination, 30 disastrous is is effects
upon business. that The origI al cause OF
the d I'll uly will be well nigh lost sight
Of. AT the outset these slIkeis" had the
sympathy of the couLtry. We are IL
clined TO THU that they were entitled t.
that sympathy. We believe that the Bal
timore aud Onio Iailroal company were
asking these firenen to work for unre-
munera'ive wages. 1t may be that it was
n tn 1V.lxr IN h..
terms OF the company. If SO, when this
demand was made, these firemen had the
undoub.ed right 10 refuse to work airy
longer. But the co,lpany had the sam
undoubted right 70 refuse to employ them
except at the reduced rate of wages pro-
posed. But these fl emen and the most
reckless of their sympathizers go step
further and not only deirand of the CON-
pany that they shall be employed and paid
at the old rate of wages, but by intimida-
ton and violence prevent all others from
working at any price at all-and by thi.
course, they lose, as they should lose, the
sympathy and support of ali. men whose
sympathy and support is worth anything.
This conflict thus forced can have hui
one end. 1t can but result in the perfect
defeat of these rioters. Law ard order
must be preserved. The riot must BE-
quelled. The railroad company must BE-
permitted to employ such men as 1t leases,
and TO pay such prices as men are willing
to work for. l. b0iers, no mater Whether
they are few or many, must be protected
at any cost ard at all hazards. Al d UGH
will be The re,ult, even If hundreds Cf lives
and millions of dollars VIZ II property
are sacrificed III the attempt.
1t is. perhaps, well enough that this con-
fiot has been forced al this time. II Is ne
of those conflicts that must come at some
time, and it might rs well DO nov as ever
1t 10 just as much c)rtest for TIT right OF
self government as any that ever was
fought, and whenever the question as
TO the light of managing ones own
Affairs In his own way, conformably
law, without let or bin de- auce from others,
comes up IN this country it "an have bu'
one end. | but ded th,Ie wide spread
acts OF violence, tbese scenes of bloodshed,
this forcible ia Fl ference wi The rights of
personal ib'r'y md lh' rigl Is of property,
and tais resistence 10 the regularly n.ti.
tuted authorities, c vi ad mill airy, TO
awaken the peop to the DANCE S of Grades
"upions." The lesser conflicts OF the past,
accompanied as they WIRE ly violence,
murder and lnlerfert nee with personal
rights. h uld have prepared the country for
Just such zones as those which have d.
O. Q d 50 n any state, q tbe Unioa, but the
country Was all uLprepared Tor It. But