Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-01

rendered the freight yards of the c. |
G. & I. G. to the railroad officials, but
said they would resume control in
tho morning. i
IAsAfIE, July 3O.-Eight hundred |
laborers, chiefly coal miners, held q
mass meeting herc, to-day, at which
q scale of prices was adopted which
they demand of their employers.
Coal miners ask an increase Of fit
teen cents per ton, and unskilled la
Dor demands one dollar and half
per day.
The meeting throughout was or
derby.
Lasalle & Peru have four large
zinc smelling establishments and
four coal mines, all of which are idle.
CHICAGO, July 3O.--A Chicago
Times Urbana, Ill, dispatch says:
Twenty-six strikers on the G., B. Il
Q. railroad here were quietly arrest
ed, to-day, as ring-leaders and taken
to Springfield.
SrRINGFlELD, July 30.-Three of
Nincennes, Indiana, rioters we're ar
rested at Flora and sent to Indianap-
oils.
GALEsEURa, July W.-All trains
went east from here, to-day, but 9TH
ers could not get crews, and the men
refused to work until the pay is rails
ed. l 'G t=#
CHICAGO, July 30.-Except for un-
confirmed rumors of contemplated
strike by the engineers on the Chica.
60, Burlington 4 Quincy Road ,to-mor-
row, there is nothing new, tonight,
regarding the situation.
THE WORKINGMEN.
NEW YORK, July 2O.-The working
mems meeting was very orderly,
about $500 were present. The prin-
cipal speaker said the innocent blood
of the Mollie Maguires shed on the
scaffold, cried to heaven for VEN
geance, and that they had been killed
to satisfy the bloodthirsty wretch,
Frank B. German, of the Philadel-
phia & Reading railroad.
ST.. LOUIS, July 3O.-The situation
here remains unchanged all is quiet
passenger and freight traffic is fully
resumed at East st. Louis; the day
passed without any disturbance, and
trains are running in all directions
there will be parade of all the citi-
zens and and soldiery called into SER
vice during the past week.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 3O.--The strik-
ers now consent that tho passenger
traffic may be resumed in full on all
the roads, and also the freight bust
ness on the g. ii. & /. road, that CON-
pany having arranged with its en-
ployes. 1t is reported that . COM
promise has been made on the b. line
and they will soon be in full opera
ton.
TERRE HAUTE, July M.--All trains
are running as usual the last vestige
of the strike has disappeared.
WON'T STRIKE.
CHICAGO, July 3l.-Some apprehen-
sion existed yesterday and last night
lest the engineers on the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad, who
have been indicating their intention
to strike, would join the firemen, and
stop all trains. This did not occur,
however, as up to midnight nearly ali
the engineers on the road, not already
at work, had signified their intentio n
of resuming this morning. The road
is now ready to do its usual business
on all branches. Other roads are
also running trains about as usual
and q large amount of freight il
moving.
A SUCCESSFUL STRIKE.
CAIRO, July 31.-The negro rousta.
bouts have struck for and have col
an advance from twenty to thirty
cents per hour.
TO THE FRONT.
CINcINNATI, July 3l.-Under or.
ders from Governor Young five com.
panies Of the Ohio National Guard
under command of Col. c. B. Hunt,
left here on the early train, this
morning, for Columbus, where it il
expected fresh trouble will occur
with the strikers.
TRAIN THROWN FROM THE TRACK.
BALTIMORE, July 3l.-A locomotive
tender and one car of train OF
troops were thrown from the track
two miles west of Keyser, w. Va, by
misplaced switch. Ten soldiers are
injured. The crew of the Grafton
trains arrived at Keyser are to re.
ccive $50 each. These reopen the
third division.
Samuel Benjamin has been arrest.
ed on charge of rioting in the 9Th
regiment, Regular Army, on the
night of July 10Th.
ALL Ok.
NEW York, July 3l.-The Delaware
Lackawana Il w. railroad trains are
running without interruption. The
Morris & Essex is in proper order.
AFFAIRS AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, July 3l.-No change thi.
morning. Everything quiet and bust.
ness fully resumed.
1t is said that q number Of militia
companies at East st. Louis have been
sent to Springfield, Ills. to guard the
coal mines in that vicinity against
strikers. but confirmation of the re.
port has not been obtained.