The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-07-26

ave, the undersigned passengerp, who
have been detained here the last twenty.
four hours, express our indignation 10.
the Railroad Company for what we have
every reason 10 believe has been an un-
called for abandonment Of their trains" /"
AT this point the strikers have been
remarkably peaceable.
ALL QUIET.
PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-All il quiet
at the West Philadelphia depot, and no
trouble is anticipated. The passenger
trains are moving promptly, and some
freight is being sent to New York, but
none West.
At the Philadelphia & Reading rail.
read the same quietness prevails. The
rails which were torn up in the vicinity
Of Reading have been relaid, and the
trains are moving this morning on time.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
Business is almost entirely suspended,
and prices Of all kinds are almost nomi.
nal.
SCRANTON, July 25.-The excitement
here is intense. All trains on the Della.
ware, Lackawauna & Western road have
been stopped by the strikers. When the
mail train from Binghampton to New
New York arrived, at $50 A. NJ, two
passenger cars were detached by the
strikers, who said that nothing but the
mail should be allowed 10 run. Super
intendent Halstead said that the mail
car would not run unless the passenger
cars werO allowed to. This made the
strikers indignant, The Superintendent
was firm and the mails were taken from
the car, which was promptly switched of
on the siding.
ERIE, July 25.-The Lake Shore Com.
pany was urgently appealed to by the
detained passengers and others 10 send
out mail and passenger trains Eastward,
but answered they feared the Buffalo
mob would interfere as they had done
heretofore, and for this reason declined to
allow trains to proceed. The passengers
then chartered steamer, and went to
Buffalo by lake.
Mondays Eastern mails reached here
tonight via Canada & Detroit. The
steamer China arrived tonight from Bui.
faIo with large quantity ofmaiI.
All is quiet to-day. The Vigilance
Committee, numbering 1000, has been
enrolled. It being reported that,the Erie
troops had been ordered 10 some point
south OF here, the strikers declared they
would not be permitted 10 leave.
The railroad mass meeting, called for
tonight, it is supposed, ia 10 reconsider the
strikers rejection Of the Lake Shore Com.
panys proposal to meet the strikers 10
hear the complaint after work has
been resumed on the road, though this is
merely a conjecture.
Last evenings dispatch from here was
made say that the strikers held meeting
in the Park; il was the usual open air
concert, several Of which were given last
week by the city bands, and the strikers
as we'll as all others attended, but no
speeches were made. Nothing more ex.
citing than listening to music occurr ed.
PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-The Com
mercial and Maritime Exchanges and the
Board Of Trade this morning adopted
resolutions requesting President Hayes
to use such force, by the increase Of the
military forces Of the Nation, not only to
suppress all unlawful violence, but to
secure protection against any recurrence
ot the same, and thanking him for what
he has already done.
PorrsvLLE, July 25.-Adyices from
Mahoney and Shenandoah represent
everything quiet. The miners employed
In one Of the Philadelphia & Reading
Companys mines at Mahoney, and those
employed In the Philadelphia Coal Com.
pany's mines near Shenandoah, are still
out agaihst reduction Of wages. The
other mines are all being worked as
usual.
4 Another meeting Of the men Ia to be
held at Mahoney CITY this evening. Tbe