The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-07-27

city, and the mob gradually retired, t
and on Monday there was no distur-
bance, the rioters surrendering their
three cannons to the citizens COM
mites, and the railroad strikers gradu-I
ally assisting IN preventing further
illegal acts, except that they insisted |
thas no freight trains should be run.
At 4cKeesport, Pa, the workmen
in the national tube works, wire mills,
and other factories struck.
At Philadelphia an oil train near
South street bridge was burned. The
Pennysivania railroad uaen struck, but
the police ana 400 government soldiers
under Gen. Hancock arrived from
Baltlmore,kept order. President Cow
an, of the Reading railroad, offered
reward of $4,000 for the arrest OF
the parties who fired the Lebanon
bridge at Reading, structure which
cost Sl50,0UO.
At Harrisburg he crowd thinned
out, and with the exception of one
attempt TO throw a passenger train of
the Philadelphia & RsAding track en-
route to Philadelphia, there was no
disturbance. 600 militia from AltoOn
got OF the cars before reaching the
city, and marched around it SO as to
avoid fight.
At Baltimore passenger trains re-
conmenced running, and freight
train started for Washington without
opposition. The Adjutant general of
the State authorized General How
ard to recruit q regiment TO be
known as the 9Th Maryland, and all
was quiet, the military guarding ali
principal points.
At Chicago the railroads stopped
all freight business.
at st. Louis the strikers shut down
on freight trains and guarded the rail-
road bridge, but permitted passenger
tralAs to go and come as Usual. May
or Bowman ordered the saloons to
close, and as they refused the strikers
compelled them to obey the order.
The Mayor did not use any police or
military, but appealed to the strikers
to preserve order and prevent any at
tacks to destroy property, which
they did. The strikers permitted
the stock yard company to haul feed
for tho stock, and induced 500 work
men in the Missouri car company
shops and workmen In other establish
ments to join them. The Missouri
Pacific road agreed to return the wag-
es paid up to January 1st, 1877, for
all employees, and their men were high
ly elated and promised they would
not aid in the strike.
At Columbus, Ohio, the strikers
went around to the rolliag mills,
pike works, fire clay works, pole
works, planning mills, and factories
generally, and ordered the workmeu
to all quit and Join the strike, which
they all did, and then the strikers, tC
the number of 1000, went to the I'm.
ION depot and ate dinner there. Rail-
road business stopped.
At Cincinnati all freight trains stop
ped, and no trains at all were allowed
to run on the Ohio & Miss. road, excep
mail cars.
At Cleveland, the Cleveland, Colun
bus, Cincinnati g indianapolis railroad
announced restoration of wages, and
the men all promised to resume worl
Tuesday.
Az ToIoda a ooroo,;skoo - .s-,l-o.
ordered all freight traias to stop on the
road between Toledo and Elkhsrt, In
diana, and on the Detroit division of
the Lake Shore road, and they stopped
At GAINESVILLE, Ohio, the employees
in fifty various manufacturing estab-
llshments Joined the railrOd men and
+ the establishments closed.
At Indianapolis and Terre Haute al
freight train business stopped, and the
railroad officials and authorities die
not attempt to coerce the strikers, anG
no disturbance occurred.
At Buffalo, N. V, the battery anG
cavalry attached to the local regiment
was called out, and the mob increased
, SO rapidly that the military retired, the
railroad machine shops closed, and al
freight and railroad travel except mail
trains, stopped. The mob assaulted 2O(
; soldiers guarding the Lake Shore
round house, and forced them to leave
but some officers followed by sixty.
five men, returned to re-take It, but
were metewith derisIve yells AMI re.
treated at double quick from a show
er of stones. There was no firing by
the military, and no one seriously In
jured on either side.
The strike on the New York and
Erie road extended east of Binghamp.
ton, and Gov. Robinson issued a proc
lamation declaring he would use the
entire military power of the State to
suppress It. The Governor of Pennsyl-
yania called on the President for
troops, alleging that the State was I'M
able to suppress the rioters, and regu-
lar troops from Boston, Sacketts Har-
Dor, Fort Ontario, Fort PrebIe, and
other places, were sent to Harrisburg
and Pittsburg.
at HornellsviIle the strikers de-
manded wages .On the New York &
Erie railroad as follows: 10 hours to
constitute days work; firemen to be
paid according to grade or years of
aervice, SLIGO, $1.92 s2.O3 and s2.l4 per
Iday, and to be promoted according to
merit and length of service; trackmen
to b $40 to s1.6O per day with
free use Of land along the track not
otherwise used; all committees of
men aOw discharged to be rc-instatsd.
The company refused to comply or
make any terms. At 3 p. N. part Of
the 2Sd regiment arrived from Brook
Ign, and was stepped nIle east OF
town by the strikers, but guard was
sent ont, and the Brooklyn train was
then allowed to 60 to the depot. There
was no disturbance mp to Monday
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