Year: 1877

ANY MORE MAIL TRAINS UNLESS THEY CAN
CARRY pAssENGERs-THE STRIKERS ACTIVE,
BUT QUIET.


LEY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD


PHILLIPsBuRG, July 20, 1877.
Since this morning at Six o'clock there has been a
vast change in the OF affairs the Central Rail-
road of New Jersey. Up to this morning all mail
were allowed to from New York to Easton. This
morning the following notice was posted up at the
Philpsburg Depot


OFFICE OF CENTRAL RAILROAD OF New JERSEY.
All trains west of Hoboken abandoned until fur.
thcr notice. By order OF the receiver.


u. T. HARKIs. General Agent \. s. LArHROP.
This notice had reference to mail we'll as all other
trains aud in consequence the OF Phipsburg
and vicinity were deprived Of receiving their New
York mail and papers. The officials gave as their
reason for abandoning the mail trains that 1t did
pay to run mail and locomotive without carrying
passengers.


TELEGRAM TO THE POSTMASTER GENERAL


Upon the receipt OF the notice the chairman OF the
committee of strikers telegrsphed to the Postmaster
General that it their desire that all mail cars
should on their regular time and they will
ing to do their utmost in getting the car through.
Receiving answer to this the committee decided
not allow any train or locomotive whatever to run
over the entire road until the difficulty is settled.


CITIZENS.


The Board of Chosen Frecholders of Warren county
have series of resolutions, calling upon all
good citizens to assist in maintaining tho peace So
far nothing has among the strikers TO induce
a belief that they intended to create any disturbance
They desire that the military be kept away from Phil.
lipsburg


THE STRIKERS ALTERNATIVES.


The committee stated to-day that II the company
did not accede to their demands by tomorrow, that
their guard would be Withdrawn from the company's
buildings The action of Receiver Lathrop in refusing
to carry the mails is severely upon by the
entire community.


DELAYED MAIL TRAINS
The mail car over the Morris and Essex road duo
here at minutes to twelve A. NJ, did not arrive
until quarter past three r. ~, and IL was about
starting the return trip the agent OF the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western attempted to put several
coops fowls in tho car when the strikers inercred
and the car was allowed 10 start
THE STRIKE on THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD
Tn, employees of tho Lchigh Valley Railroad struck
at nine O'Clock this evening committee from
Easton was in consultation With the officers OF tho
road nearly all day, but were unable to make the
concessions demanded which the restoration of
the ten per cent reduction made in April tho
restoration Of coal crackers, switch tenders and
full time. The engineers and 1remcn OF this
road have for the past two months been working on
half time No trains VIII be run until the demands
are acccdcd to The strikers quiet and orderly
r. H. sayre, tho general superintendent has threat
ened up all Of the shops during the strike Of
the engineers, hremen and brakemen.
THE ExcITRMENT ABATEs IN NEwARK-GooD
FEELING FOLLOWS THE RESUMPTION OF
rRAFF1c-ALL QUIET ALONG THE VARIOUS
LINES.


NEWARK, July 26. 1877
Along all the lines and among all classes Of citizens
there is a decided change here for the better The
news received in the afternoon that travel had been
resumed the Morris and Essex ROAD, together with
the that the Pennsylvania had refused TO join
tho strike and that the Newark ana New York branch
OF the New Jersey Central had in wise become In.
oculsled with the striking virus made people gcncr
ally SO happy mat ii would not take great deal
OF effort to get up Oh-bc,joyful denonstra-
tion AS stated in my dispatches yesterday. Newark,
with its extensive manufacturing interests. began to
seriously feel the effects OF the strike The reaction
has now set in and hence the prevalent good feeling