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New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
THE. NEWS THIS MOANING.

FOEFTGy-A battle is imminent in ASIA Minor.
- Russia will not treat directly with the Porte {;
the questions to be solved Will be submitted
10 the Great Powers. - Several Turkish steam
ers have been fred on the Danube. =-- The
Russian Iand ~ehr has been called ont. --
The coalition of the French Conservatives against
the Republicans has been broken.
DOMKsuC.-Troops will move along the Pennsyl-
yania and the Baltimore and Ohio roads to-day and
opon them to traffic. Riotmg took pa"e nearly
all day ia Chicago yesterday, and the ponce anu
TROOPS fought the mob several times, many De-
ing killed aud wounded, bat the numbers are
not known; riots took place III st. Louis and san
Francisco also Traffic was resumed on the Erie and
the Morris and Essex, and viii be on the Nev-fork
Central in a day or two. =- The Southern
Postal Convention adjourned after adoptin-
memo ial to Congress. -= Indians from the
reservations are committing murders in Dakota
- Judge Taft positively declines to be the Re
publican candidate for Governor of Ohio. --- sec
reta-c Schu-z denies that Pinckney Rollins is to sue
ceed J. Q. Smith as Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
CITY AND Misunderstanding Of agitators in
New-York and Williamsburg expressed sympathy
with the strikers and denounced capitalists. ---
The Delaware. Lackavdnna and western men re-
sumo work AID regular trains began running again
on the Erie. -- Miss Georgiana shores Of No. 32S
West Thri.etl-st.. died from the malpractice OF Dr.
Fm-ry, alas Bedford. == Two Custom House
clerks y ere dismissed on charges of bribery. ==
Gold, 1853, 1852 1853. Gold value Of the legal
tender dollar ct the close 9i6o cents Stocks active
aud higher, closing feyerish for all but Western
Union.
THr WE,THrR.-TRBUNE local observations ind-
cat continuance Of warmth and an increase Of
occasional clouduess. Thermometer yesterday, sGo,
o5o So.
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

handsome tribute to the kind and orderly
demeanor of the gentlemanly strikers. 20
among the commuters on suburban roads
almost any day. and you may hear a
considerable proportion of them censuring
the company in unmeasured terms because 1t
has not sacrificed everything to their com
fort because it declines to be robbed in order
to save annoyance to n customer. One would
think. to hear these gentlemen talk, that 1t
was the railroads that had struck.
Good citizers must let no considerations OF
temporary convenience tempt them INTO coun-
tenancing mob-violence, and they must re-
member that this whole strike from the be-
ginning has been mob-violence. pure and SIM
ple. |, is absurd to draw distinctions between
tbe net of the striker who stones nonstrlk-
ing engineer, and the act of the outside rloter
who tears up the track and sets fire to the
depot. Both are alike criminal and msurrec-
tionary. and no community which tolerates
them can be said to live under civilized gov
ornment
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

the appearance Of the grasshopper and potato
bug. They do that naturally, and from the force
of habit. But the conspicuous thing about this
Convention, that which gives it its distinctive
character, is the patent fact that it has not
only no case, but nothing upon VIII ich to pre-
tend to have one. The whole affair was as
limpsy and feeble and purposeless as meet
ing of creditors of a dcfunct sewing society !;
and they tell us this is the initial demonstra-
ton of great party which is about to rev.
olutionize the country and oust the now dom
inant party from power under the overwhelm-
ing pressure of public indignation. Nonsense
It hasn't the sufficient show for a grievance
to even pretend to get mad about it. That Is
not the kind of beginning that makes a
campaign successful Too feeble and fiabby
bu laIf
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

could have been prompter or more efficient
than the militia of New-York. The police OF
this city were never handled with more skill,
and scarcely ever with as much discre-
ton All the great railroad Presidents
have done well. Upon Col. Thos. A. Scott
fell the heaviest burdens. Mr. Vanderbilt
had the advar ;age of the lurid warning
from Pittsburg and he made the wisest
use of it. His management throughout
the whole crisis has been admirable in
temper, and thoroughly skl!ful til 1sands
of other officials have done well in their re-
spective places and if many more lave
seemed to come short, let us remember
that the emergency was absolutely without
precedent, and reserve our disgust solely for
the poltroons of Pittsburg and the loathsomo
Mayor of Toledo.
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

paid was $50 per month for engineers, and $3o
per month for fremen. There was much less
variation in rates then than there is now. ana
much less opportunity for active or AMBITIOUS
men to make wages above the average by e1-
ira work. or by securing higher classification
Then, too, the work was more dangerous, as
machinery had not reached its present per-
fection more difficult and irregular in the
tire of employment on trip, and much more
exposed to accidents from the imperfect con-
dition of track, and the lack of telegraphlc
signals and thorough organization. But what
do the same men now receive On nearly all
the roads they are allowed to add to their
earnings by making longer trips or running
overtime, and on the more important roads
the wages actually earned therefore exceed
the wages allowed at 100 miles or less run
per day. But the following rates are even
now allowed, since the recent reduction OF lo
per ceDt-if daily, for runs never exceeding
and III some cases falling much below the
usual average of 100 miles, and if monthly,
actual averages paid:
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

c'araon NJ the Ohio Democrats against subsidies may
possibly prove Important Tho whole South is ono
deerminedly in favor OF Texas Pacific subsidy.
and will for for Speaker VINO Ia known u be
against that The gono.al impression which has been
created In the South, manly through tho assurance of
Senator Lamar o. MissIssippi that Mr. Sandali ia In
favor Of the grant, rs tns only thing which makes him
the leading candidate to-day Were he 10 declare ms
opposition his chances would vaash Tue Ohio Demo
Gratis do not like Mr. Randall and they not ayerse to
creating tn Impression The South that he Northern
portion of the party Ia opp used subsidies because
sucn an Impression wOulI q the c-c ion ~ iutn
ern orndidae, or Of a NOr,h candidate In favor OF
subsidies almost certain II Southern fath Ia hr.
Randall rests foundation he ~ safe, but II 10
y only on an inference ho may be- tupprd up yet In
that event the grief OF Mr.. Cox and sammy would be
fren
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
snoex 10 Advertisements.

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BANKING IIOUsE AND BANKERS-1M Fdqc-1th Column.
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column.
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EYA, ESTATr For SALE-BKOOkLlN-sW Fugc-otu
calumn; COUNTRT-7m PdOe-0th columns.
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New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
PERSONAL.

Mr. Alexander II. Stephens was strong enough
the station to his hotel.
Vice. President Wheeler will illuminate the
Bennington celebration by his presence Postmaster
General KeJ viii also contribute radiance.
Mr.. Z. II. Barnum - person OF very great
expedition During stay OF ten days in England he is
g,Ving three lectures at the Royal Aquarium
Mrs Gladstone is going to read paper at
the coming conference Dom site Economy ~ Br1ing
ham, Englaud Prof. Huxley viii also address the Con
terence.
Mr. Ruskin, it is rumored, is about to at
tempt TO supply the world with good coffee h has given
up trade Let HIM wage war first ON burnt peas
and bdriey.
Gen. w. O. Butler of Kentucky, the gentle
man who was Democratic candidate for Vice-Pfesident
in '4s aud who is low eghty-seyen years DID, has jus5
been painfully injured by fall from his horse. His collar
UOne Is btVken.
The descendant of Sir Water Raleigh now
living in ENGLAND is Mr walter Frederick Carew
Raleigh, young gentleman twelve years old file IS the
heir to very large estate, part of which Is landed prop
cr,y worth -6il $50.
Signor Salyini, whom New-YOrk was not
able To appreciate gets his dosert not after the manner
of the prophet in his country. One OF the theatres
of Florence instance, has ldst changed its name
,iee Stgc-to JeatrO IOlnasso SdlylnL
A new biography Of Bismarck is being pre-
pared by an eminent foreign pubcist IL is sad that
the will make point OF showing the enect 81 thc
undoubtedly Slav origin Of e Bismarck family upon
the cha actor aud OF its mO5t eminent representa-
tive.
The King of Spain, it is now reported, will
be married to his COUSIN ari dc las Mercedes, the
daughter OF Duke ot mjntpenser, in October The
yomn1 lady has Just completed her sey neenh year ana
thu KING Is three years her senior The TWO are ssu 10
he
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

Daily rates for the Pennsylvania are (a) for
the longer and (b) for the shorter runs from
Pittsburg, and monthly rates are actual aver
ages paid on the New-Jersey division (a) to
passenger and (b) 10 freight engineers and
fremen. 1t VII be seen that in nc instance
are the rates. even as recently reduced less
than 80 per cent higher than they were Ill
1850, and in most cases the advance has been
even greater, without allowing for the extra
pay which can be and by many is secured by
extra work. Prior to the reduction the wages
were higher than in 1860 by 80 per cont or
more Thus 1t appears that, while the rail-
roads get less than halt as much pay for the
same service as they received III 1850, they
still propose to pay their vorkmen IN the very
lowest case 80 per cent, and from that to 80
per cent higher wages t.ian they then re-
celved.
But the men cannot live, it is said If there
is any difficulty, it is not in the advance ot
Wholesale prices, for the average of prices Is
now less than per cent above what 1t vas
in 1850. In the f0llowIng comparison, whole
sale prices Of over sixty articles, including
different forms of breadstuffs coal, cotton,
WOOL iron, leather, tobacco butter, cheese, sugar.
molasses, coffee, tea, and various forms ot
provisions, arc averaged according to the pro
portions Of different articles sold, and the first
column shows the sum wlioh would he re
quIrcd to purchase each year the same quanti-
ties, while the second column shows the pro-
portion OF each years average price to that OF
1860, taken as q standard, Or 100. The
dates taken are May l each year, excepting
1877, ana January l this year. Later cal
culations have not been made, nor would 1t
be fair to take the sudden and abnormal
advance of prices at the outbreak Ct tn"
European war; as an indication OF the average
h.fore nT since
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
TIE DUTY or GOOD CITIZENS.

Who is this astonishing Mayor of Toledo :
If the telegraph has not greatly belied him
he has been making use of his Office to en-
courage violations of the public peace. He
assured q meeting Of railway hands and "sym-
"pathizers" that every man was entitled" to
employment and fair wages, and although he
"hardly thought it was wise plan to
compel those who were earning wages
TO quit work. yet he could assure his
friends the rioters that, whatever was
done, nobody should so hungry while he re-
mained Mayor. Hereupon the mob proceeded
to close all the factorie, in the city aud put a
stop TO all industrial pugsuts-on tho prn-
ciple. we suppose. tnat every man is entitled
to employlnont-and in order To enforce the
MAYORS theory that all had a right to wages
they prohibited the doing Of any work. This
ACCOMPLISHED, the railways stopped, and the
supplies of food cut off, the Mayor and hls
friends are now waiting to see if anybody gets
hungry.
There will be loud chorus of denunciation
Of This man all over the United States; but It
may be questioned whether he has done worse
than great many private citizens Not only in
Pittsburg and along the line OF the Baltimore
and Omo Road, but in II number of other
localities, the popular sympathy with the
rioters has been unmistakablc, and it has
tempted the mob to pile outrage upon
outrage. And here in NewYork, after mob,
violence has been rampant for Il whole
week, respectable persons are so far from
approaching the duty of the hour that they
blame the railway companies for refusing to
compromise" and doubt whether tho rioters,
after ALL are not about half right. A number
of passengers at Erie, finding some personal
inconvenience in the stoppage of their trains,
have published a card eondemning the rail-
road company for the delay, and paying Q
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

Everybody Knows that mob is q coarse, fierce
and unscruulous i'd beast, for the time being and
as such must LIE dealt with. But how are to
characterize without dong wild beasts lniustce the
mob at Pitts1urg, which actually carried cotnD to
the house of Gen. Pearson and told Mrs Pearson that
they intended to kill her husband and put him into
it' She was there with her children her mother
and her sister, and with protection No wonder
her h.r grew white in Il gle night. 1t is curious
tha these mob characteristics should be always the
same.
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

DAILY TRIBUNr. Mail Subscribers, so per apnum.
SrMI-WFlKLY TRIBUNE, Mail Subscribers - per an
WEEKLY TmBl Nj, Mail Subscribers, - per annnm'
Terms cash in advance.
Persons unable to obtain THF TRIBUNE an any OF ne
fr9as boats o. hotels tn Ckich IL IS usually Sod ic
cor e Jaror b. Informing u IS office Of me cTcnmdhocS
Uptoan aavers,Ts leave their fayorsfor TIE dEByNE
.t 23S uroadway 3lstst or sos W. dst cor ohSNe
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

The engineer who received SCI 50 per month
in 1860 ought row to be able to buy quite as
much with $50 rs per month, whereas he ac-
tuallv is paid, even after The late reduction,
from $Sl upward. On the leadi. G roads there
has been no reduction in pay since the war, until
the recent 10 per cent reduction 50 savagely re-
sisted, but the men at the close OF the war were
prosperous and accomplishing, and yet needed
at wholesale rates ;Pl13 n to purchase as much
as $50 76 will purchase now. Retail prices and
the rates for board have not prODOru0nately
declined. but wbyG Because the engineers and
fremen and wOrkmcn of other classes have
helped to keep retail prices extrayagantly high,
by extorting from the employers wages suiii-
cient to enable them to pay such prices, and to
indulge middlemen and retailers III eXto;tionate
demands. They can cause retail prices to fall
whenever they accept wages more neatly pro-
poytoned TO the change in wholesale prices, and
insist upon adjusting their cost of living to the
same scale. lD fact, the wockmen were entitled
on the basis of 1860 to an advance OF 6 to u
per cent, but have actually been paid an ad-
vance of % per cent on the wages of $50, ana
strike and rebel against the laws, because 1t is
proposed to allow AN advance of only 30 per
cent. In consequence, bankruptcy ha, come al
ready for many of the companies, and will soon
oyertake many more.
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
VANDERBILT. CAPITAL STRATEGY.
lA..u. m. f..f.I Hsrrln a lil o.

There are several explanations OF the Gen.
trails ,scape Tho cnef In that the epidemic pene
trate too late into Il part Of dc state The COMPANY
had annie time 10 Prepare or it, aud did prepare or 10
so ctually that esterday t was III situation 20 sy
IN the men come on n you want 10. It's property va
scatered through tho smaller towns, It's lin were ecu
nm tnonser aecumuls,ons Of freight aud In every SO
tion the local authorities we're prepared 20 sapr,s
with a Arm hand aly demonstration, OF laNlesshess
The Comran, was snd IL all ready 10 stop business AZ
moments W. ming this division "a wen As vs., y,
pocIester Iu other words IL Is In position wne,s
.irLe can never bring IL t. terms, and IN mere in
endnance we Imagine that ths corporation co1d ouasss
the indy dual
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
INITIATION MANS cU'rriSG DOWN WAGES

The strikes that are going on grow ont OF
attempts reduce the wages OF the train men on me
raiiroida The striking IL against the reduction of tAe
number ~ dollars paid for specified terms OF service
Now We ask The ,horing men VINO deeply interest
ed IN this subject and r.htIrg agsn,t the contraction
OF their yon>aOn to notice the effect that the ssu'
of ..more money" would have upon thein.
III We should initiate the crrrncy-that il IN say y We
should issue more groenbaG ss-the premium On gold
voud rise IN proportion to the issue Il IN Iced con-
n.nce would lDst and panic follow ameiiissiy
In a. her wO. ls the .cy would he diluted. The lI
chasing power OF the dollar would decline. Dollars
woula rot he worth much In market as now. Hho
rn fq tiat THIS mou!d amount 10 genera! rea"e
ton OF tod0esf 49,
Men could urge the justice OF advance OF salary,
and N reused strike for IT. bvy Striking for an advance
IL very different tung from striking against areducuon
TN oit To which W wish 10 direct the attention % s
s,laried nien-al who engaged TO do particular
WORK for stated number OF dollars, Is mat uViason
mea,,s cutting lOlcH edges..
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

It Is rather melancholy % read of the die
missal of old Custom House clerks, men who
have held their positions for many years, and
now are charged with having received brbeS
Perhaps the evidence against them was thor
oughly weighed, but due consideration should
certainly have been given to the character Of
their accuser if, as is stated, he was associated
with b. G. Jayne few years ago i'll the moIety
detective business.
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

Thus the receipts for transportation have
been reduced per ton per mile more than
one-balf Meanwhile, what has been the
change in wagesi In 1860 the usual price
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

There is lull in war news both south Of
the Danube and in Armenia. The Russians are
buslly engaged in bringing forward troops to
the advanced positions on the path TO Adriano-
pie, and the Turks are Withdrawing then
forces from outside to interior lines of defence.
4 great battle is said TO be imminent IN Ar
menia, but there is reason for dJubting whether
either side is in a position for attack.
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

In the Ellis trial before the Senate, the eyi-
dence already obtained is tolerably conclusive.
1t shows what few now doubt that Mr. Ellis
lad before him, for months before he took ac-
ton upon it, definite information as to the in
solvency Of the broken savings banks. A
neglect of duty under such circumstances
practically amounts TO a crime.
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
WAGES STILL ABOVE THE NORMAL STANDARD.
EcoLn 4 ALhIuL e LlLrrnl


In spite Of the very general reduction since
the p;,lc az ,7} wages as rule src not az low th
wer, in 500 While te financial AID business crash Of
IL 81 bore stlll cavity upon lhborers During tho
reductions OF the ls years labor has alen
most rates ayerag about the IN 1850. FIRST
class New gland farm hands for the busy
now only dol ar dny for Cc0 Joof, boa dirs
themselves at that but eSl ed ahOrrrs such enzn
GERS and still PAID from 80 To 30 per ceut ia
the ates Of years Some cor
portions which in 1860 pid engineers $50 month,
remen and brab men 80, now pay So1 90 % $50 for
engineers anil from S4J to S4J remon and brakemen.
The Bat and ONO reduced the pay OF 80 remen Hnd
nraLemen 10 81 80 aud "a 3J for first secOudclass
hands The BOstCn aud Albany well ia the New YORK
aud Haven pay from 81 60 to 81 50 per dsy Tor ING
rme clasr OF hands Turning another class of skei
labor find that compositors were paid % cen- per
Thousand IN 1853 20 ID 1857 % in 1860, rsAs 1l-
wards % so during ne period Vi expansion. Now prices
would st os An advance OF twenty-five cent ths
rates Of 1860. And IN the same way the Illustrations
might be indefinitely extended but tho ioresohs sro
nply suficier for the purpose Now has ne cost Of
ivng kept pace with the decline OF wagesi VII dol
lar 10 ~ far in supporting life aud maintaining
family 1t would in 1901 II will thea he lab0rers
Of to-day botter PAID in every sense thsh
uuey wrrs then Groceries and clothing nave
declined to about the rates just before tne
war. For few months OF tue present season nOuf
has been higher owing 10 the speculative movement
growing the Eastern war, though III no blgher
than IL was IN 1856 Vegetables nearing q prices
in some instances dropping below tnrm Coal was never
cheaper In many places rents somewhat hSlcf
YeC on the whole the same kiuL VI living Is a)Oat0
che zap now 10 WAS then.
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
PUBLIC OPINION.

Nothing but the madness of RaGicalism. and
the widest Jolly the PIT ~ Drmcc ais could make
reorganization Of parties necessrydt this tme Lynch
burg Vrgniar (Dem)
The secrets of the Electoral conspiracy will
all leak nnt IN time. But with present h.h We TAI.
10 see b. what feasible ana les climate methods the D"m-
ocrars could have prevented the con umnatOn Of the
Presidential fraud.-f Buffalo Courier (DemD
Don't blame West Virginia for not having
any Militia. Suppose she had o ganZed and armed a
rcei.st n, what panic Over the Preparations FOR
new rebellion there would nave been among the Eepuo-
lean et tors md stump speakers Boston Herald tni)
The President has dcle Yell. From the first
ne seemed 10 grasp the sshties Of the situation and
nc ha. spared nothing meet the expectations OF the
country IN tLo ma Oi las and order. lhcfo Is
no weakening at Washing on Philadelphia Times Olnd.)
Even the ultra radical partisans will event
uay that Pre>i lent has the same substantial
ends OF ju4Cce and equal liberty in view tha, The old
wachwOrds and nsLratOn OF tho grand old party, and
that he is taking the only feasible route TO reach them
under Onr complex constitutional system.-ist. Pal
Pioneer Press (Ind)
We have communications saying that an
attempt foIce the inOrseirnt OF the Administration
at Cl. reand will cause split in the Republ,, party.
Let II split hen II he Republican party Ono cannot
approve the policy Of the Adm nstraton is worthless
for all good works and not only ought 10 be. but certainly
will be utterly deeated-lCinc.nnau Commercial (lhd)
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

Last nights meeting at the Cooper Union to
extend sympathy to the strikers was even OF
less importance than the assemDlage of the
Communists the evening before. The hall was
scarcely filed. Fewer of what might fairly be
called wOrkingmen were present than had
been expected, although there was no
lack of the noisy kind that have so
much to do with directing the Trades
Unions. The speeches and resolutions were
inhammatory enough, but they stirred no
great excitement in the audience. The City
authorities judged wisely in supposing that
extensive preparations would not be necessary
to meet any possible outgo of the meeting, and
the whole thing subsidized when 1t was dis
missed.
Work is resumed on the Erie Road, the Del
aware; LackawanDa and Western, and the
Morris and Essex. On the Baltimore and
Ohio and the Pennsylvania Roads the
situation is unchanged. In some of the
mining districts the short supply of pro-
visions begins 10 cause alarm. The lighting
with rioters in Chicago and san Francisco is
the most serious that has yet taken
plaee. At ST. Louis the strikers have put a
stop TO ali kinds Of labor. The Governors Of
Pennsylvania and Indiana have ISSUED pTOcla-
nations, Gov. Hartranft giving very definite
instructions to the troops as 10 the effective
use of guDpOwder.
W. cIo1I bava plpntv of