The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-09-12

EDIIo1 CHIEF:
Two of the most gigantic monopolies
have struck hands whore before they locked
horns-the New York Central and Pom
ey!vania Central-and these two corpora
tions, absorbing all the collateral lines on
their routes, control with them entry into
New lorA CITY. The Western Union stamps
out opposition after opposition till it ielss
the entire communication of the country by
telegraph III its grasp. It is in vain shat inven
ton after invention sinpl:G ez ana slau..tpiies
the methods of teiegraphy. Each new in
| vention, ns soon as it is tested and proved,
ls remurselessly swallowed up by this
grasI'iug monopoly. Opposition with them
| all continues up to the point of destruction
and dissolution. Vanderbilt no sooner gets
lcssessio;l Of the West Shore than up goes
the fare from one to two cents mile,
which is the fare allowed by law. The West
cru Union, when it strikes the opposition
of the Baltimore and Ohio, telegraphs quite
reasonably, but it costs rs much to tele-
graph few miles, out on Long Island, or
even across the river from BROOKLYN to
New York, as it does to the city of Washing
ton 25O miles away. It is pretty evident
now that there is q combination of all these
clements, the Standard Oil Company in
cludeG, to boom stocks fer their own saliva
ton. A strike on the Gould system of
roads may slightly interfere, but the effect
will be imperceptible. For every Knight of
Labor who strikes, unfortunately the necos-
sites Of dozen compel them to fill the
vacant places. The hand of monopoly lies
heavily on tins poor, and it is difficult to see
the end.
The condition of the labor market was
wei illustrated at the Navy Yard in Brook
lyn. About two months ago the Navy Yard
was cleared Of offensive part!sana "a clean
as shot gun. Firo hundred and sixty Of
fensive Eart;sans we're kicked out because
there was no money in the treasury to pay
them and no work to do FOR the Kings
Navee. Well, the offensive partisans being
all disposed Of. it was suddenly discovered
that several ships in the Navee needed i'm
600 men, e..d On the following Monday
morning 20CO inoEensive partisans were
gathered around the Navy Yard gates, and
every man had a paper in his pocket signed
of his ward association, testifying that he
was straight Democrat, that he was a
member in good standing in his ward as
sociation, and that last fall he voted straight
for Cleveland and Hendricks. There we're
only 600 placea and there were 2OOO appli-
cants and the 400 that were turned away
swore that the whole thing was q swindle
from first to last, and that the country was
going to the demnition bow-wows
A relative Of George William Curtis LES
been bounced from the Custom house, at
which it is said that George William is very
much wrought, and it is whispered that we
may shortly look for stunning loader in
Ha1pers' Weekly on the ingratitude of Re-
publics.
To people outside New York it must al
most read like q romance, the breaking up
of the Mohawk gang. In certain wards of
the city all along the river front on both
sides Of the city there have been organized
bands of robbers for years. They are gen
orally made up of young men and boys
whose ages range from l6 to 25 years. It !
is marvellous that such organization can
exist for years with our police. military and
detective force. This particular gang was
the terror of the West side, and such, ter |
ror had their name inspired that when they
we're arrested for crime it was almost i'm
possible to convict them, as the witnesses
we're threatened with death if they appeared
against them. Many of them have been
'ent to States prison, some hung and
others killed in street rows and midnight
orays, but the vacant places are soon filled
With new recruits, and the gang lives though
he members die One thing these villains
thoroughly appreciate. and that is the power