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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-25
DluiGen0 y oiltes.

TIE WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE RAILWAY
COMPANY,
so. 90 wAIL-ST., NETWORK. OCT. 20. 1892
dividend 80. 10.
~ A dlVi.end Of ONE PER CENr. Il Icr cent? on the
nrfcrrcd stock az this company for the quarter ending
Kent 30 1892. has this day been declared and VIII De
mid on and after Nov To- 1897 The transfer books VII
close on Oct, 20 at o'clock ard t,olsn NOV 10 Ut
"a o'clock o. NJ. JAMES NJ. HAN. Sc ntary.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA. september %. 1s92
~ Office is hereby given that the Board OF
~ Directors has eclercd the preferred stock OF t
company dividend Of dollar per share, PAYABLE" IN
scrip the Office Of thr rcs and after october
"a 1892 the stockholders registered at O'CLOCK
N m. on October H. 1892.
The transe- books WILL closed from o'clock y.
October 10. 1892 until O'Clock q October 81. iS2
The dividend scrip when presented q The sccriary Of
,he on pany I'm sums 600, Will b. exchanged for
Adventure bonds maturing 1912 earlier the option
Of the Company and bearing per cent interest, payable
w. A. J. HEMPIiTL1,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-25
alnsita! Instruments.

Az ASSORTMENT OF SECONDHAND GRAND.
UPRIGHT and Sauae Pianos Of oar male IN peIei con
S.ion and fy IVA rrancd also numler of seccnd nae
pianos OF other nsninent makers At seiN 10" Giees
WIN. KNABE e. CO.,
1lS 9Th A,c., near 2oth st., New ORA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-25
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

RAILROAD EARNINGS
rorrDo. ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY.
1880. 1891. 1897
Third ".eS on "a 81 20 l65oo29 17l72sS
WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE
f%Pa y. $500 $500 81 lissi55
'" COLUMBUS. SHAWNEE AND HOOKING -.
Number Of miles. 10y Al, 80, ei5;s
second week in oct 20 80 "a ia az
Jan / 10 OF. lt...-- -I''''o - .,.,-,r,.
FLINT ANp PERE MARoU ErIE-
s Ssasi' r G: u 81 s. :s ss s;
KANSAS CITY. roRT SCOTT AID MtNF"lS' 90,
1 Ian 70 Gc. a ~ s7s2os3 S'6sso s5o!V-'
KANSAS CITY. CLINTON AID srkiNGflEl-p
$ss"aS W.; g, a Q,' 81 s5 az 1885, sSs; sSii
KANSAS CITY. MEMPHIS AND BikMISohAAc
Number OF miles ...-... -,9 sao 20 400 ~
=. onG week ~ oct $500 e. tiS s37e,I
Jan. l 20 oct. It. vI-'So' $500.
CHICAGO AND SORTHwEsTEKN.
SgmscT P' mic' ,sosa55a sslsszs .ssgss
M ,n o. 70 sep.. 30 2o37oos5 2os'o.'so 2SoS022'
NORTHERN PACIFIC.
whole SYSTEM
Month Of August -, 49, o,,o,oa so 100 ens
corning f-o-5u ". 9, e1a
Operating cNIcnscs--'-. i''S- 10 i''',,'
ve. ,,,n,n-s . sIO90,7lo 81 .o5O,N7 s,sos
July To- Aue' 'l- g. 100 o,s ..aoos7s SIS 500 ot2
u %rcr, expsns.s. 3Oj3 sos oa77,<5t szb2si'
x.,.. months a.. ocs .os s2 ols .224 s22.s,lo3
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-25
autiion 5alrs, financial.
Hu(tloil JnIf6, IINuNtIHI.
LOUIS ME-IER, Auctionccr.
REGULAR AUCTION SALE
STOCKS and BONDS
Bv ADRIAN n. MULLER & SON,
u.rnNpsnAN 0lT0nER 26TII.


At IL 80 o'clock the y. Y. Real Estate sae'reom'
80. III Broadway.
,oo... ~. tBy oriI r. Of ds EayeI naak
IS -haic, National l.arH Bo2z. Mad.
10000 Ono southern III; CEN Mtso per cent Bends
''s share ! N'0SE ds1 Of of! S SG
90 shares Greenwich Insurance Go. -, -.
10 .ics SyseS E'f cfs fiS Saa rS"st
; ;:as NSl 1Si s 1'% lf;a tPafy
s. COO DRY Dock Fat Bro4ds1y a battery RR. per
ooo G 1 Bo t IT, Broadway Battery nn per
5000 New.ray,n & DERBY I.i;. 1T Mge per cent
Ss%s & %s ~ cent r?G E ''S as.
pr cent Consd. bonds, 1907.
g. 900 Michigan Central RI per cent lst MICE bohuS
80 shafc- Seneca hals Ge'Aght Co.
90 shares CentrUl Trust 90. ~,
,5S @,s. NswY yS. d.n a, a. En- En-. nR Pref
81 700 jersey Oily per coat bonds, 1904. v,.o Rand
sI3S Ssgthe TsSsapa eS S9 R' cent Nse Bond
. shares share, jc Srca" Maaafas'anas Co.
10 shares o,,d Dominion Land Co r.
S .Ssr. wae"stS ,e! geSoa Manufacturing Co.
$50 United States Telephone Manufacturing Co.,
6 shares Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co..
sharas Westinghouse Electric Manu- Co.. LIST pref
.: share. Boston and n. y. Air Line Ivy. common and
5ssel shares oreital Mining Co common.
:Ssf. %g.' We M@ ping, CO N Rrsi Co
>. ltor account q whom 1t may eoneern3
ha acs f l%pcrtt %-I and Traders Nat Bank
10 shares Lawyers Surety Co.
20 shares Gonsy Island md 6 i BrO0 Ga hR
20 shares Investment Co. Of n. j.
10 shares Third Avenue RR. Co
shsrc Alliance Insurance ;l Assn.
$500 ySS:OSs Meridian q Mss e;og, Bonds
100 shares Crown Point Iron Co. y, Y.
100 shares y. y, New.IIaven s Hartford RR
10 shares lhurbef .whyland Co. pref
30 shares IL. i. Clahin Co. common.
$40 900 Grand River CosI cal Coke Co 1" Mtse. per
100 shares Metropolitan Iron Land Co.
100 shares Michigan Pennsaiar Car Co. pref.
is shares Corn Exchange Bang,
ell 900 Thomson. Houston Electric Co. Collateral Trust
90 S5s T9' Nsf31 Emf r Sswyo e., Co. lat
20 ss %tse ia s Sa5 f S9sn Ienei l ed
! share Alliance Insurance Association.
100 shares York, New: Haven & Hartford RR
~ s9ii Msss2a 2Sse anR ach.ns.
Is shares Thurber.W hyland Co. pretd
r riss:nfS5 NS 49, i0
p, wS5s. I rs1 g., ic T. - 10 %, 100
2 Combination Cars. Nos. iol and lo2, built by
~ J JACKSON sh9 ,G4 Co. q Wilmington Del
Is Box cars Nos. 200 To ia. al,
s Coal Cars Nos 800 ~ 3Of built by the Ohio
Rails Car Co., Of Jacksonville. Indiana.
~ shares Pennsylvania Coal Go. ..,
e. COO Dry Dock East B'way Battery HIi per cent
sl5 COO Oregon Pacific RR LIST Mtge Bonds. F. L. T.
IS shares wllllsmsburs daslsht Co.
90 goo Omaha Water Works Co per cent Gold Bonds
sloco Brooklyn City per Public Park Bonds 1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-25
BIOYANCY IN STOCKS.
opECIAL SHARES LEADING.
=. active MARKET ALL DAY. CLOSING AT
ABOUT TOP PRICES.

LIS AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. OCTOBER "a
sAN SALES OF RONDs AND BANK STOCKS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-25
financial nlcclinss.

NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given hat NO ting of The S-Nhod;
ers q the Western Union Ir"sap" company = 80, sI
m b. held At tho Office OF .e ceUpiuy a. No - Foad
NV In the city q. New-iork. Oh Tn tNen,hu as or
1rfob.r A D. 1892 a rho hour ~ y 600 X. NJ. 10
toto on rhc rauacaoa q rc.out!on~ q ne boa Of
N increase the capt stock G.. said company IN
he amount Of siS 500 co cons sting a. lSs 600 sr,
OF soo eech madrs the asScga" capita! STOCK o. si'd
COMPANY eco OOo 900.
Dat.a New. YORK Sept II. le9l
JAY GOULD.
RUSSELL SAGE
'N"EL SLOAN.
A.. E,O +. CORNELL.
JOly T. TERRY.
CHARLES LANIER,
CNAS. +. MAYER
FREDK. l.. AMES, ,,.
ROBEET c. CLOWRY,
JOHN q. MOORE.
ERASTUS WIMAN,
NORvIN GREEN
HENRY NJ. FLAGLTE
JNO. VAN HORNE.
EDWIN GOULD.
THOS. I. ECKERT.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
A TickIfsh Task.

No acrobat on tight rope ever had a
more ticklish task before him that have
the champions of McKinleyism in bal
ancing the paradoxes of protection.
Their chief organ in this city is busy
in trying to prove
First-That putting tax on an article
cheapens it to consumers.
Second-That cheapening the product
enables the manufacturer to increase or
to maintain" wages.
Third-That the cost of food can be re-
duced to workingmen, while the farmer
gets higher prices for his products on
account of tariff ON foodstuffs, which
constitute the main part of our exports.
Fourth-That the foreigners really pay
the duty, though Mr.. Mckinley, in the
kindness of his heart, taxes them only
$3.50, 900 900 u year toward the expenses
of the government.
1t is very nice piece of tight rope
balancing which the defenders of taxing
a nation into prosperity have under
taken.-New York World.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
A Thought nj Parent

Consults his best interests when he is
prepared for an emergency; he knows
that "like q thief in the night" Group
or Whoopisg Cough may come upon his
child without warning. Can he afford to
be without remedy at handf CuSeb
Cough Cure is what he should have on
hand; it is the one-minute remedy.
For the tickling in the throat, the hack
ing cough. sore lungs. and all affections
of that kind. Cubeo Cough Cure is the
best.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
A Druggist Talks,

Will F. Crawford. druggist at Des
Moines. Iowa, says it is remarkable the
way Cubeb Cough Cures sells, that his
customers speak Of it in the highest terms
of praise One man in particular who
has been troubled with bronchitis for
years, never found any relief until he
used Cubeb Cough Cure. He says it
stopped it at once. He does not hest
tate to recommend it for all throat and
lung troubles.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26

Rev. II. 81. Fairall, D. D. editor of the
Iowa Methodist, saws, editorially. 1--WE
have tested the merits of Ely's Cream.
Balm, and believe that, by thorough
course of treatment. it will cure almost
every case Of catarrh Ministers. as a
class, are afflicted with head and throat
troubles. and catarrh seems more preva-
lent than ever We cannot recommend
Ely's Cream Balm too highly
I used Ely's Cream Balm for dry ca
tsrrh. 1t proved cure.-B. F. N.
Weeks, Denver
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
Miles Nerve and Liver Pills.

Act on a new MISUNDERSTANDING the
liver stomach and bowels through the
nerves. A new discovery. DR.. Miles
Pills speedily cure billiousness, bad taste,
torpid liver, piles, constipation. Un-
equslled for men, women, children
Smallest, mildest. suresti 80 doses 25
cents. Samples free at Hartz g. Bahl.
soma
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
SPECIMEN CASES.

s. II. Clifford. New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism.
his stomach was disordered, his liver was
effected to an alarming degree, appetite
fell away, and he was teri bly, reduced in
flesh and strength Three bottles of
Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg. H.. had
q running sore on his leg or eight years
standing. Used three bottles of Electric
Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen' g
Arnics Salge. and his leg is sound and
well. John Speaker, Catswbs, O.. had
five large fever sores on his leg, doctors
said be was incurable. One bottle Elec-
trio Bitters and one box Bucklen's Arnica
SalYe cured him entirely. Sold by Hsrtz
& Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26

When Baby was sick, we gave her Gastoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
sUCKLEN's ARNTCA SALIVA.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheun, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands. chiblaias,
aorns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles. or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
" money refunded. Price IS cents per
FOX. For ssle bv Hartz & Babnsep
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26

The celebrated remedy Salvation Oil
is recommended by experienced veterin
airy Gu rgeons as just the thing for tn
stable and cattle yards.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
CaStOria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. G. G. OsGooD,
lowell Mass
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoria.

Lanes Family Medicine moves
the bowels each day. Most people need
to use it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26

"Castoria is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their Threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DIR. J. F. KINCHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
What is

Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance 1t is harmless substitute
Paregoric, Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
is guarantee is thirty years. by
Castoria destroys Worms and allays
fevershness. Castoria vomiting Sour Curd.
cures Diarrhaa and Wind Collie. CastOra relieves
teethins constipation and fatulency.
the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy natural sleep. Cas-.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
CHICAGO, Rock Island & Pacific Ry.,

The Direct Route to and from Chicago Joliet Ottawa
PEORIA La Sale Moline, Rock Island. in ILLINOIS;
Davenport, Muscatine. Ottumwa, Oskslooea Dies
Moines, Winterset, Audubon, Harlan and Council
Bluffs in IOWA; Minneapolis and st. Paul, in MIN
NESOTA watertown and Sioux Falls. in DAKOTA
Cameron st. Joseph and Kansas City, in MISSOURI;
Omaha, Lincoln, Fairburv and Nelson, in NEBRASKA
Atchison Leavenworth, Horton, Topeka, Hutchinson
Wichita, Bellevie. Abilene, Dodge City. Caldwell. in
KANSAS; Kingfsher. Ell Reno ard Mnco in INDIAN
TERRITORY: Denver, Colorado SPRING. and Pueblo
in COLORADO. Traverses CT rich farming
and grazing lands, aording the best facilities Of inter-
communication to all towns and cities east and west
northwest and southwest OF Chicago and to Pacific and
trans oceanic seaporta
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoria.

For sauty, tor comfort, for improve
meDt Of the complexion, use only Poz-
Zoni's Powder: there il nothing equal 70.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26

Tho Murray York City.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
MAGNIFICENT
VESTIBULE EXPRESS TRAINS


VESTBULE EXPRESS TRAINS
Leading all competitors in splendor Of equipment
between CHICAGO and DIES MONIES. COUNCIL
BLUFFS and OMAHA, and between CHICAGO and
DENNER. COLORADO SPRINGS and PUEBLO. Win
hANsAS CITY and TOPEKA and via ST. JOSEPH.
First.Ciass Day Coaches FREE RECLINING CHAIR
CARs and Palace sieepers. with Dining Car Service
Close connections at Denver and Colorado Springs with
diverging railway lines, forming the new and
picturesque
STANDARD GAUGE
17RANS-ROCKY MOUNTAIN ROUTE
Over which superbly equipped trains run da,iv
THROUGH WITHOUT CHANGE to ana from san
Lake City. Ogden and San Francisco THE ROCK
ISLAND Is also the Direct Favorite Line to and
from Lantou, Pixies Peak and all other sanitary and
scenic cities and mining In
DAILY FAST EXPRESS TRAINS
From ST. Joseph and City to and from all i'm.
portant towns cities and sections in Southern Nebraska
Kansas and the Indian Territory. Also via ALBERT
LEA ROUTE from Kansas City and Chicago TO Water.
town, Sioux Falls, MINNEAPOLIS and 6T. PAUL.
connectiong points north and northwest bseweep
the lakes and the Pacific Coast
For Tickets, Maps Folders OF desired Information
apply to any Coupon Ticket ORoe IN ths United satR
or Canada, on addreD
e. ST. JOHN. S0HM CHRISTIAN.
eI1UE. 00a n A. -
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

.u1r.ao. ROCK ISLAND d PACIFIC RAIL
L. way-Depot corner Firth avenue and Thirty
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26

CaStOria.
"Ca.toria is SO well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
n. A. ARCHER, N. D.,
III So Oxford ST., Brooklyn, n. Y.
"Our physicians in the children's depart
inent have spoken highly of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although We only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it"
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPESsARY,
Boston, Mass
ALLEN C. SMITH, Pres,
,rrau Cfraef Neu York CITY.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-09-29
WISCONSIN.

Chauncey r. Welton. department. commander.
p. s. Fenton, senior vice department commander;
Sydney r. Tubbe. Junior vice department COM
mander
Staff. II. Whitney, assistant acknowledgement /;
Earl n. Rogers. chief Of staff; Charles a. Garter.
assistant quartermaser- general; Richard Carter,
inspector.
Past department commanders and representa-
fives.
Geo. H. Thomas G. Delaware. K. n. Holister COM
rnander ~ Washburn ediutant.
II. A. Taylor IS, Reedsburg. W. A. Wyse COM
mander, NJ. L. Reynolds adjutant; IS comrades
T. j. Hungerford &c. Spring Green, John ID. Davies
commander, ". n. Hathaway adjutant.
Eagle 81 Eau Claire. Geo. NJ WitIers commander,
q ~ Posi- wick adiutauf
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-09-29

Lewis Logwood 643. Middleport.
William N. Foster 655, Vine.
John Miller 6S5, Osgood.
Walter Jackson 7l3. Ripley.
Gardner 7i9, New Lynn.
L. Bowker rs. Williams Center.
A. Besensen 73l. Portage.
Kizer 1876. Hoytsville,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-18
MucH NEEDED LFoIsLArroN.

1t is claimed by those who pretend to
be Sin the know" that the Pinkerton
system of Thugs or sbirTi or whatever the
reader sees fit to call them, is the out
growth of the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln. 1t is said that Pinkerton, the
elder, had rendered some service in con-
nection with the arrest of Payne, Atze-
roth and others connected with our fret
national tragedy; and that the thirty
ninth congress, out of gratitude to him
(being overwhelmingly Republican in
its political complexion), voted for the
obnoxious measure, which still remains
among the national statutes.
There are but few days left of the pres
ent session, and the hour of adjournment
is evidently not far off. But it is never
too late to make wholesome amends for
unpremeditated wrong; and brief as are
the remaining hours of this session,
advantage should be taken of the
next " suspension day" and a
bill should be passed to annul
the charter of the Pinkerton detective
system. Every hour that this concern
exists is an additional menace to pop
ular freedom and human rights. The
only people who have any use whatever
for these Pinkerton assassins are mill
ionaires who want to hire murder done
and are too big towards to do it them
selves.
1t was on this very question that oc-
Cured the longest and bitterest fight
that characterized the admission of the
five new states created in 1S8S-S9. The
fight took place at the constitutional
convention held for the admission of
Washington territory into the Union;
and over that one section, embodying
less than 200 words, there was more
acrimonious debate and more bitter feel
ing than grew out of all the rest of the
conventions deliberations. The able
and steadfast delegates from Pierce and
Yakima counties, in which the princi-
pal coal mines are located, must have
foreseen the present labor troubles with
a prophets eye.
The present congress will be sadly
remiss in its duty to the great masses of
the American people if it allows the
thug statute of Pinkerton & Co. to
remain on the law books of the land
one hour longer than is necessary. Its
existence is not contemplated by any
form of limited monarchy, much LEGS
federal republic. 1t forms no recognized
portion of "a government of the people
by the people and for the people," Its
very existence is menace to human
right, and goes far toward turning back
the clock Of the world at least seven
centuries. Down with it as relic of
medieval barbarism, and thus show the
cowardly millionaires, who are its only
advocates and supporters, that We have
q country vet,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-18
The Nice silk Petticoat.

The woman who has once known the
dainty luxury of the silk petticoat and
has listened to its soothing swish will
never give it up. If she cannot afford
to walk into shop and buy the smart
est one in stock, she can at least turn
the old silk evening gowns, yes, and the
silk skirt Innings, into this favorite de-
tail of her wardrobe. The black and
shot taffetas glaces make the most desir-
able silk petticoats, as they are durable
and do not absorb dust, But if you can
not afford such an expensive petticoat
take the old China silk skirt of any
color, have it dyed black, buy some
pretty, inexpensive lace and gather over
ruf1e of the silk.
Do not make your petticoats too long
or they will speedily become WEAKNESS
to the flesh. The best length is midway
between the knee and ankle; then they
escape the choice collection of filth gath
cred by the trained skirt. as well as the
devastations of high heels. The most
beautiful silk petticoats now shown for
street wear are in shaded taffetas Of old
rose and golden brown tints. They are
trimmed with three ruf1es Of silk pinked
out at each edge. Once Week.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-18
SOME RIOT "REMINISCENCES.

The present labor troubles at Pitts
burg, or rather Homestead, a suburb OF
that city. while they have been attended
by bloodsbed, are nothing ia contrast
to the terrible railroad riots which con-
vulsed that community in June, 1877.
No page in the history of the social
structure OF the nation is so stained ais
the page recording the events of that
month, which will always be memor-
able to Pennsylvanians.
The riots of III. which had their
bloody inception in Pittsburg, quickly
spread to many other labor points in the
eastern states and in many communi-
ties the civil authorities were paralyzed,
this belngstrue in Pittsburg for period
of five or six days. The origin
of that labor trouble was a
dispute between the conductors and
brakemen of the Pennsylvania railroad
and the corporation, over the running
of 'double-header" freight trains with
out extra pay. In a nutshell the rail-
road company attempted to make the
men do double work for their old wages.
They went on strike, large mum ber
of non-union men were engaged and at
tempted to start the freight trains
which had been abandoned at different
points between Crestline, Ohio, and
Philadelphia. They were pulled down
off the train by strikers and prevented
from starting them.
The sheriff of Allegheny county, in
which Pittsburgh is located, was called
on to aid the railroad company, but was
powerless to do anything to check the
strikers. The governor of Pennsylvania
was appealed to and ordered out the
national guard. The first division to
arrive was from Philadelphia, and they
in conjunction with Major General
Pearson, marched out to Twenty-eighth
street, where the switches and round
houses of the Pennsylvania railroad are
located. The troops arrived there at s
o'clock in the afternoon. Here
they found 1000 striking railroad
men massed on the hillside lust
above the network of tracks. Back oi
them was a crowd of spectators, mum.
bering possibly 5000 more souls, men,
women and children, many of them rel
atives of the strikers, while others, in
fact the majority, we're attracted there
by motives of curiosity.
There were $500 troops under the com.
mands OF Generals Pearson and Snow.
den, and the militiamen, mostly clerks
in Philadelphia, who had been led to
look on the trip to Pittsburg az
holiday outing. They marched
up Liberty street, which lies par
allel with the Pennsylvania railroad
tracks and halted at Twenty-eighth
street. The immense throng Of strikers
and spectators were on the opposite side
of the tracks, silent, sullen and curious.
The commandant of the troops an.
nounced that train would be started
ont manned with non-union brakemen
and conductors. There were few
hisses. then murmurs, and as the new
men stepped on one Of dozen freight