The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-15
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.

LFROSI OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT /
To THE EDITOR or THE NEW NORTHWEST:
Active preparations are being made I.
for the celebration Of Decoration Day. |
The first division, National Guards, will
parade, under command of Major-Gen-
eral Thaler, as an escort to the process
sion. An invitation, rendered by Cen
eral Graham, Grand Marshal, has been
accepted by Major Hancock,
commanding the Department Of the
East, to take part in the procession, with
a detachment Of United States troops
from the forts in the harbor. General
Hancock has directed specially that the
famous "Bragg's Battery" Third Artil-
lery aud Fort Hamilton Band shall
parade. General Chittenden, superin-
tendeut Of the general recruiting service,
has also accepted an invitation to assist
in the celebration, and offered the ser
vices Of the Governors island band.
Captain Luce, commanding the train
ing ship Minnesota" has accepted, in
behalf OF the sailors and marines from
that vessel.
The report that a strike Of coal miners
was anticipated during the next few
days in the Lehigh coal region by rea-
son Of their present low wages, is not
credited by many Of the large coal ope-
rators in this city. One of the officers Of
the Lehigh Valley Coal Company says
they cannot say whether there was any
truth in the report or not, as they had
received no definite information. He
thought, however, that only a local
strike would take place, aud that a gen.
eral strike would not result from it, as
the men would prefer to work at small
wages rather than 90 out of employ
ment. Another large coal operator said
it would be ridiculous for the men TO
close up the mines. Speaking about
the new coal combination, this gentle
man said it was only question Of time
that some settlement would have to be
arranged by the operators. Every COM
pany had been for a long time suffering
from the low prices, and the loss would
be very heavy.
A circular has been issued to the
workingmen of New York, signed by p.
NJ. DOwd, D. c. Connery, John Mcclure,
Nicholas Scott and Michael O'Brien,
calling upon them to organize against
the oppression of capital, and to use
their influence toward forming a union
of workingmen throughout the United
states. The document condemns the
Federal Government, particularly John
Sherman. It says that there are four
million unemployed men in the United
States at present, upon whom many
millions more are depending for support.
Itrefers to the unfulflled promises Of the
anti-Tammany politicians, who, instead
of finding employment for suffering
workingmen, removed a faithful public
officer, who was fairly elected, and put
IN his place an enemy Of workingmen,
Hubert o. Thompson. This man, they
further saw. while in the department OF
public works, was the friend Of contract.
ois' AHey enter a protest against the
action Of Governor Robinson in the mat.
ter OF characterizingitas "a "ahigh-handet
outrage" They also condemn Camp
bell, Commissioner Of Public Works
who, they say, has persisted in givin.
work to contractors that ought to hav,
been done by days work. They cal
upon their brother workingmen to watcI
the "reform Mayor aud see that b
carries out his promise to them.
It is stated here that the breaking u
of the Southwestern Railroad poe
would not affect the rates betwee
Chicago and St. Louis and the Eas
and the cutting on freights to the Mis-
sissippi Valley points would be contne
to the st. Louis and Chicago road