Year: 1877

other employees of manufacturing establish.


ments are daily drawn into the movement.


The freight traffic on all Sthe important


lines is absolutely interdicted..a AS the move


ment swells it is in some instances accompan-


more or less intimidation and violence Louis


willie is the last place in which the mob has


carried out its <riotous demonstrations


eliminating III damage to. property


and personal violence to citizens. Two


thousand working men on the oath Mt


tackled the freight depot of the Great Southern


road and smashed windows and doors. Thence


they proceeded to the homes ofthe Mayor and


President of the road which they proceeded to


wreck as they had done the depot With the aid
of militia and strong police, ! order was rc-es-


tablished and at last accounts the city wasquiet.


In st. Louis the rioters were very dcmonstra-
tive and serious outbreaks anticipated. At 9
O'Clock on the 25th, 800 men assembled on
Lucas Market. Shortly after the crowd swell
ed to four thousand, proceeded to march
through the streets and stopping at the
several places of labor, induced the Ia


borcrs to dcsist from work and join the


movement. During the day the citi-


zens organized, and order was restored


In Chicago pretty much the same scenes were
enacted: mob marched through the streets
stopping factories preventing the running of


street cars and committing other acts of RIO
tous demonstration. Several collisions with
the police took place during the day but with
out the loss of life. Citizens meetings were
held and strong measures taken to suppress
further outbreak. At latest accounts quiet
prevailed in all the several places affected by
the strike, though in many of them there was
still great and intense excitement.


Indications are gradually becoming
manifest that the great strike has spent its
fury and that the great wave is now reccding.
But in the principal cities very great excite
ment still continues to exist and in San Fran
cisco particularly, yesterday, the 9;th, was
characterized by several bloody and detcrmin-
ed attempts ut wholesale riot and
destruction of property. In Chicago the
intense excitement of the day previous
still continued to exist and early showed itself
in all its fury Oh the morning of the 26th. AS
early as O'Clock large mobs concentrated at
the Halsted street viaduct where had occurred
a fight the night before, and by 9 o'clock the
crowd numbered as high as 10000. The mob
were evidently frenzied and bent on violence.
When the excitement ran highest, sixty police
arrived and the mob seeing them broke and
ran. The police pursued them, when the
mob turned upon them and fight cnsued
the result Of which was the defeat of the DO
lice who were forced to take refuge in the
ronnd house Of the Burlington & Quincy road.
About II O'Clock a second encounter occurred
in which five were killed and a large number
wounded. The rioters were constantly in
creasing and the situation becoming dcspcr-
ate when the Second regiment with two
pieces of artillery appeared and began
firing Shortly after noon, three com
panics of regular troops arrived upon the
scene and two hours later the mob was pretty
well dispersed. Saloons were closed and
every prccaution adopted to save life and
Men were enlisted and stationed in
different points of the city. About 1880 at
night large mob gathered at Sixteenth and
Halstcd streets, and third fight cnsued, in
which three soldiers and two policemen
were badly wounded, besides many of
the rioters. The arrival of the Second
militia prevented most serious conflict
In San Francisco on the night of the 25tl, a
fire broke out in a large lumber yard near the
Pacific docks and large mob gathered as the
fire began to spread until a serious contiagra-
tion was threatened. The police and large
numbers Of the vigilants and military turned
out and dispersed the mob after several were
killed and many more seriously wounded
All then became quiet throughout the city with
exception of two or three attacks by
the mob on the Chinese wasl-houses. Ample
precautions were taken to preserve the paece
Elsewhere the strike appears to be dying out.
In indianapolis it is weakening and passenger
trains arc running on the several roads. In
Maryland it is believed troops will not he
longer needed to preserve the peace. Eleven
mining towns with a population of 10000 are
said to be suffering for food. In Cincinnati,
the strike has died out and affairs have re.
sumed their normal condition. In Pittsburg
serious apprehcnsioDs arc felt of famine in
case the freight embargo continues a few days
longer. In Reading fourteen arrests have been
made after the killing Of ten and wounding Of
fifty. At Oil city satisfactory arrangements
have been made with the companies and work
will he resumed forthwith. In Louisville all
is quiet and the usual run of business will he
speedily resumed. In st. Louis three fourths
of the manufactures have been closed by the
power OF the mob, but although excitement
ragged high, there was no breach of the peace.
and it is believed the peace and quiet of the
city will be maintained.


Although not by any means entirely
quelled, the great strike seems to be rapidly
treading the downward path and the proba-
blities are that few days more will see the
total abandonment of the movement through
out the country. On many of the roads the
blockade has been raised, and trains are al
ready running as usual. No further very great
trouble is anticipated as the government
is now able to promptly qucll any mob or
meet any emergency that is likely to arise.
In st. Louis the general outlook has very
much improved and general feeling is en-
tertaincd that the crisis has passed. Quiet
prevails throughout the city, but
there is no relaxation OF vigilance
The city is now patrolled by, five thousand
militia and police and no further trouble is
apppehended. In San Francisco, the city is
under the control of the police and vigilants,
though the mob have posted notices to the
manufacturers to discharge their Chinese Ia.
Dor or the torch would be applied. This is
being done in many cases, but there is no
great apprehension Of trouble in any part of
the city. In Chicago the situation
on the 9th was comparatively qniet.
At 1:3O o crowd assembled at Halsted and
Archer avenues, but was dispersed by the po-
lice. The rioters were evidently becoming
demoralized, and complete order will soon be
restored. Many of the laborers who struck in
the height Of the movement are now return