Year: 1877

said he hadn't thought Of that and did not believe
the other men understood it in that way. This
view of the casev added Mr. Vanderbilt, VI has
not been sufficiently treated by the newspa-
pers Now these rioters have been at Work
some five days. They sure 10 reason on
this thing, and if they get truthful
view of the stu ion, they must themselves
their mistake Vigilance Committee has been
appointed IN Pittsburgh; citizens are beginning TO
that mob violence does not stop with railroads.
The lives and the property of everybody endan-
gered. As for us, what we dot The railroads
pay heavy taxes, and the States are bound TO pro-
tect their property from rapine and pillagc. This
is n peculiar country; we have been moving along
peacefully and now of a sudden men are compelled
to ask themselves. What IS the Government make OIL
Now understand the Government has garrison
of five men on Governors Island land Mr. Wander
bt laughed at this picture of military strength.
Trouble Of this kind can last il the men at the
head have decision and GOODNESS. If man don't
keep hs head cool he is lost, and If he does preserve
perfect GOODNESS he can command.


What is the situation at Buifalof Well, Mr..
1llnghasr who is In charge of affairs there, just
teegTaphs me that a passenger tram which he
dispatched for the East was able to proceed only
about mile The strikers stopped the tram and
pulled the cars back by hand | have ordered him
to send no more trains East OF West from Buffalo:
to call upon the authorities for protection; TO shut
up the new shops and buildings and to detail all the
men who rem mained faithful to the defence of the
property, and pay them their regular wages.


The Mayor has appointed one thousand special
policemen, and troops arriving from BATAVIA and
other points. Mr.. Tilhnghast is excellent man
for an emergency, and full of suggestion. / think
he will be able to preserve order or at least defend
the property with the aid of the authorities. Our





new shops are at Buffalo.


Trains have been running through Rochester
westward to-day but theTs is trouble Tonight. The
Erie and Lake Shore men have come in and are in
citing our men to strike. / don't think our men
would cause trouble Of themselves. / shall take tho
same steps there in case of necessity AT Buffalo


A meeting Of Lake Shore men WAS held to-day
The make d, mand for increase Of 20 per cent.
They not only want the reduction, but 10 per cent
MORE They refuse to allow the road to be operated.
| replied to their demand that | could not con-
slider the proposition at all. | understand
there was meeting at West Albany this afternoon
of men not in our employ who voted to inform our
employees N the shops that they must quit work to-
morrow. Well, they have perfect right to stop
work if they want to. We made the reduction IN
wages as a matter of necessity, not because We
wanted to impose burden upon anybody;
aud We feel that employees have
perfect right to decline to work for what
we can afford TO give. 1t would neither be good
principle or cool reason TO depart from what Is both
Justice and necessity haze not lost faith IN our
men yet but, ii the worst comes, can only act
to the best Of our Judgment and let affairs their
course.