4 THE TIMES NEW BLOOM FIELD, 1A. JULY 31, 1877, THE TIMES. iveio niooinfleld, July 31, 187T. NOTICE TO ADVKItTlSEUS. No Cut nr Rtrinlyifl will li Inserted In thll imt Htm Unlit face and iu metal trade. rWTwmtr rr in nf jocular ratra, will fee clArved for arivertismuMiU net In LioiiVile Column. NOTICK TO KlIlSt'ltlBERH. I Ik at. thn fljnirr nn llt lnbol nf Yonr 'ar,- TrKiapllmirra tell vim t Ante in which nr aain enpilin 4 nnlri. Vltlitn a week. alter nimiey li Dt, m' If the data la clmniml. No othar receipt ia neceaaary. OUR CIRCULATION. For the Information of advertiser and others who may he Interested in know ing, we will state Unit the present clrcu Intlon of Tun Timks la between eighteen hundred and nineteen hundred copies ?noh week. The War Eei'ohtb front Kurope ahow some Russian advances and some minor defeats to the Turks. Nothing of consequence hns however transpired, that looks to any speedy termination of the year. There are some rumors of afc tenrptB to bring about a peace through mediation, but the prospects of such an event ore very slight. The citizens of Pittsburgh are reported to !iave looked on with some compla seney at the destruction of the property of the railroad when it first began. By this time, they no doubt are repenting, that they did not stop the riot at the outset. If they ore not repenting in sackcloth and ashes, they at least have plenty of ashes to help their repentance. The magnitude'of the strike may be better understood when it is seen what number of men are employed on the main line of roods. The New York Central and Hudson lUver employs 15,000 men ; the Lake Shore and Michigan Central, 10,000; the Erie, 15,500 ; the Baltimore and Ohio, main and leased lines, 10,000 ; and the Pennsylvania, with its lease-hold8,27,f)00. Thus it 1b seen that the five large com panies employ regularly 84,000 men, and the smaller companies which act as a feeder to these lines probably employ half as many more. The Philadelphia Tnoors have reason to complain of the treatment they have received. In the first place the number sent was o much smaller than the crowd of rioters they were asked to quell that they had little chance of suc cess. And then they were not support ed by the cltiiens of the place they were to operate dii. After troops have been badly defeated, even by other regular bodies, everyone knows how utterly de moralized they become, and when deal ing with rioters it is very much worse. The Philadelphia North American in referring to thls matter says : Had the Allegheny ceunty regiments come to aid the men who were sent from Philadelphia to help them in suppress ing riotous demonstrations, there would not now be so much cause for deploring their disaffection among the hitherto thriflty andiprosperous business men of Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh militia fra iternized withitiie mob,and the miscreants Mho exhibited such an extraordinary Intensity of diabolism in their efforts to toast alive the Philadelphia troops in the round house knew that they would not be interfaced with by the soldiers (?) of Allegheny. The shame attaching to these epauletted and armed men who sympathised -with the thieves and roughs of Pittsburgh .on that occasion will cling to them through their lives and blur the page of history upon which the record shall assuredly be written. Had the. mi'lKIa, had good officers; and been allowed to act, we have no doubt they would have quelled the riot ven though the odds was so terribly against them. It is easy to try to ridicule the troops rnnd peak contemptuously of their courage, ixit is there any of the men who use such language who would .not have made even a worse record V Crop Reports. The Agricultural reports from the whole country to the department at Washington, show returns as follows : Th winter wheat already harvested and the spring wheat indicate an unpre cedented yield, which will not fall short of 325000,000 bushels, an Increase of over 0,000,000 of bushels over last year. The surplus, available for foreign exporta tion, will not be short of 100,000,000 bushels, an increase of 10,000,000 on the highest surplus ever known In the country. The Eastern war, according to official information, has very disas trously affected the wheat production of southern Russia. It is therefore evident that all the wheat which can be spared by the United States for exportation will be demanded, as the movements for exportation of crops have an im portant bearing upon the business and finance of the country, and as the time for their movement is near at hand, some apprehension Is expressed in government circles that the recent dis turbances of the railroads may lead to embarrassment which will detract much from the beneficial effects anticipated from the shipment of the abundant crop of the present year. A Week of Riot and Bloodshed. The Strike About Over I Tho Road In tho Hands of the Military I ALL TRAINS AGAIN RUNNING 1 The past week has been one of riot, bloodshed, arson and pillage. The strike of the rallrond men has extended to all the main lines running from the West to the Alantlo. All trade Is paralyse ed. No through freight trains arc mov ing on any of the roads. On some of them local freight trains run occasionally. Passenger t nifties on the Pennsylvania It. It., is as yet kept up with some regu larity. The result of tho strike up to the time when this is written (Saturday morning) may be summed up as fol lows : Fifty two persons killed and sixty live wounded at Pittsburgh ; ten killed and fifty wounded at Baltimore; eleven killed and forty wounded at Heading ; four killed and five wounded at Buffalo ; one killed and many wounded at Phila delphia ; fifteen killed and nearly two hundred wounded at Chicago; five killed and many wounded at Ban Fran cisco. There are probably many others wounded who have been taken care of by their friends. In addition to this loss of lite and list of injuries, we must add the Iosb of probably twenty millions of dollars worth of proierty, the loss of the work of over a hundred thousand men, besides the demoralization of business generally. In many parts of the coun try scarcity of food is already added to the list of evils caused by the strike, and a few days more of thlB general stoppage of freights will cause much suffering and perhaps more serious riots. On Thursday night Gov. Hartranft with about two thousand troops passed up the road, but up to this time has not got beyond Altoona. From there to Pittsburgh the road and the property of the company is entirely at the mercy of the mob. This mob Is not composed of railroad men, the strike having passed entirely beyond their control, and it Is probable that not one in fifty of tho crowd of rlotersver did a day's work on a railroad and many of them would do no work at any price. The following dis patches will give a general idea of the situation in different parts of the coun try : PiTTsnunoit.July 27. The pollce.rcg ular and special, are busily engaged in making arrests of suspicious characters and parties wlw participated in the at tack on the Philadelphia soldiers. A large amount of stolen property is being recovered, four wagon loads having been found in one house. A large force of workmen are clearing the burnt dis trict and relaying the tracks. At the Allegheny depot the strikers have post ed a notice that one train will be allowed to run daily each way over the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburg, and Pittsburg and Erie Ball roads. The Superintendents will be al allowed to run other trains if they can obtain men to run them. This is signed by the strikers. The situation on tho other roads remains unchanged. Newahk,0., July 26. Two companies of citizens have organized at Newurk,all veterans. The strikers have also formed themselves into an organization for the purpose of suppressing any outbreak. The employees of the McCunevllle salt works, located near Shawnee, Perry co., struck this morning for ten per cent, in crease in wages. Sen anton, Pa. ,July 27.-ThestiikehaB extended to every branch of industry in the Lackawanna valley. Miners met to day in the roads to the number of 10,000. The answer of the President, stating that the company could not grant the demand of twenty-five per cent, advance was read amid profound silence, and res olutions were adopted to the eilect thut the men would era before returning to work at what they cull starvation wages. The mine engineers and pump hands struck to-night. They drew the fires, and the mines are now flooding. If allowed to become flooded it will take a year to prepare them for work again. Terre Haute, Ind., July 20. A passenger train arrived by the Vandalia road from Indianapolis this afternoon. The strikers have made a demonstration to take the passenger train, but their committee finally decided to let the train go. The strikers are disagieeing among themselves. A majority favor the continuance of the blockade of all traffic, but a number think that the rail road should be permitted to carry pas sengers. Most of the strikers say that no passenger cars will be permitted to pass on the East and West lines to-mor-v row. St. TnoMAs, Ont., July 20. On the Canada Southern Hallway the men are guarding the property., the offices are closed aud trains have been cancelled. Indianapolis, July 27. All was quiet here yesterday. The order of the strikers now is that all roads shall run one train a day each way,carrylng malls and passengers.hauling us many coaches as may be necessary. No express or other freight will be allowed. Siiamokin, July 27. Yesterday a meeting of workingmen was held, at which the men demanded employment or something to eat. Subsequently some of the citizens subscribed between $2,000 and $3,000 for the purpose of giving Idle men employment on the streets, and thus furnishing relief to those who were most needy. The wages of the men were fixed at 80 cents per day. The men at once stated that they would not accept that rate and demand ed $ 1 per day. They also demanded that those citizens who loaned the money for street work should not ask any in terest on their money. Council acceded to their demands, promising them (1 per day and guaranteeing that no Inter est bearing bonds should he Issued for the money loaned. Tho committee of the workmen expressed themselves as satis fled, and withdrew to report to a mass meeting of miners and workmen which was In session at Union Hall, on ltock street. As soon M the report of the ooinmlt tee was made known to the workmen they voted It down with cheers, and do cllned to come Into tho measures pro posed by them to council and accepted ny the latter body. About 1,000 men and boys were at this time congregated on ltock Btreet. The crowd at once moved off In tho direction of the Bead ing Kail nm (1 depot, and began breaking In the windows and doors and carrying off the freight. The depot was entirely gutted. Everything being carried oil", the mob then started townrds the Northern Centrnl depot, but by this time the citizens hud armed themselves and met the rioters, tiring Into them, wounding three persons, two futully It is thought. Sr. Louts, July 20. 1 A. M. The Chi cago aud Alton railroad management have telegraphed to Postmaster Fllley that as they cannot run trains without endangering the lives of their men and passengers and Jeopardizing rolling stock and other property of the com pany, they have concluded to withdraw till trains and suspend the operations of the road until order is restored. Elmira, N. Y., July 20. The strike on the Northern Central at this point still continues. An eflbrt was made this afternoon to send out freight trains, but fulled ; employees entered tho round house, putting the fires in tho engines out antl drawing aflremen from the en gine. The herlfl" with COO armed citi zens and military went to the scene. tjulct was restored, but more trouble is feared. Jersey Citv, July 27. The passen gers leaving Long Branch In the 0.10 train on the Central ltallroad, on Wed nesday evening, were ordered out of the train, which was stopped by strikers at Elizabethport. They were compelled to walk to Elizabeth, a distance of three miles, where they took the train for New York. On the road between Elizabeth port and Newark the train was stoned by the strikers and the passengers were compelled to He down on the lloor of the cars for safety. THE LATEST 1 Monday Mohnino. As wo go to press this morning, we nre gratified to be able to report a brighter outlook. On the Fenn'a. It. It., all trains are running between Philadelphia and Altoona, with the assurance from the authorities that the road shall be opened for all traffic through to Pittsburgh to-day. The Gov ernor is now in Pittsburgh with 4,000 troops. The trip of the Governor and his troops from Altoona to Pittsburgh was a very difficult and dangerous one. ' After leuving Blairsville the trains ran very slowly and not a light was to be seen on any of them. Each bridge was carefully examined beforea train crossed, and as they approached deep cuts or curves the train was slacked up and the troops were deployed up the road as skirmishers. Headlights on the loco motives were put out so that the strikers should not see the guns on the first car, and it was extremely difficult to see any obstructions placed on the track. Attacks were made on the trains at various points, the worst at Johnstown, where each section was greeted with showers of sticks, stones and pieces of metal. The missiles went through the windows, striking the soldiers and In flicting ugly wounds. The troopB were restrained from firing at first, but finally the patience of Colonel Hamilton, who commanded the regulars, was exhausted and hejumped up and pulled the bell rope. The engineer, under guard, re sponded to the signal.. It was lucky that the speed of the train was stopped, for the fiends composing the mob had forced open a switch at what is known as Cambria siding, and with hellish in genuity had so twisted the switch bar as to indicate that the track was all right. The engine and five cars were thrown off the track, but fortunately only two men, the engineer and one soldier re ceived injury, and they are not hurt seriously. The soldiers were at once de ployed and succeeded in arresting over fifty of the rioters who were taken to Pittsburgh. With the strike over on this road, the vitality will be taken from the move ment at all other points, and we may feel assured that the troubles asf far as the railroads are concerned are about over. The worst trouble now is among the miners, but with the end of the rail road strike, the State authorities will have time to attend to the miners In a manner that even they can understand. Pittsburg, July 30 8 a. m. One track now in order and trains are leaving reg larly. To-day another track will be cleared so that connections can be made at the Union depot. Six freight trains have already been dispatched from this point for the East. (grt)neof the peculiarities of the railroad strike is the fact that rates of wages which are perfectly satisfactory to laborers on one road only afford an occasion for a strike upon another. Before the recent reduction firemen on the New York Central were paid from f 1 M to $1 75 n day, while on the Erie Uatlway they were paid from $1 70 to $2 80. A reduotlon of 10 per cent, oit the Erie would bring wages down sd that they would range from $1 6S to $2 12 much more than on tho Ceutral before the reduction ; and yet against these larger rates the Erie firemen strike. On the Baltimore and Ohio the old rates were (1 00 and $1 75 a day, while the reduction leaves them at $1 81 and $1 57 i, an average above the old pay on the New York Central. J5 A telegram was received on Wed nesday at the Internal Bevenuo olllce from Collector Harvey, at Chicago, say ing Unit a mob had forced the suspension of the Pluenlx distillery. They have put a guard In front of the premises and refused to allow United Slates officers to perform their duty. The law puts dls tlllerles In chargeof government officers, and they are thus virtually In the pOBes slon of the United States. C3T At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corn and Flour Ex change at Baltimore Wednesday, It was resolved that, in view of the existing stato of rioting and anarchy, and tho consequent Interference with business Interests, an urgent appeal be made to the President of the United States for the utmost military protection authoriz ed by the Constitution. S3TG. Schmidt, a Pittsburgh gun smith, has alrly Instituted a suit against the county for $0000 damages for the acts of tresspass at his store on Satur day night. a Robbing the Malls. Baltimore, July 17. Samuel Cooper a letter-carrier of the Baltimore post of fice, was arrested yesterday by Special Agent Win. T. Henderson, charged with robbing the malls. He was arrested at his home on Williamson street near Light. He drew a pistol and threatened to shoot Mr. Henderson, but was disarm ed, and Assistant Speclul Agent Troy seized him, and with a pistol brought Cooper to terms. Nine dollurs of the thirteen tuken from the decoys, it is sta ted, were found on his person, and were identified by the special agent. Cooper has been a letter carrier in tho office eight years. He was committed by United States Commissioner Rogers for a hearing to-day. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington D. C, July 25th, 1877. Mexican matters are not Washington matters, but the inhabitants of the latter place are just now considerably interested in what is going on at tho former, the time for our Government to come to an under standing with Mexico appears to bavo ar rived. It is absurd for the United States to hesitate about settling her sick neighbor. A Government so weak that it oanuot re strain its subjects is one that would hardly be missed were It suddenly wiped out of existence. Texas, our Lone Star, is large, fertile, and warmly invites immigrants who wish, heartily, to people the Bute sure of good reward for toil and industry given her but who dare not go for fear of the lawless, marauding banditti, who hftve by many years' plundering made the frontier both unsafe and unprofitable. Mexican authorities are unable to suppress this cus tom or punish the offenders. In contem plating this state of affairs one can but wonder how long Great Britian would bear such doings did a similar state exist upon our Northern frontier. Oue of the first duties of the Government is to attend to this grievous wrong. As has been said : " If a country la so weak, aud therefore so wicked, as to be a nuisance to its neigh bors, there is no good reason for the main tainance of its existence." If Mexico can not control her citizens in such cases, the United States surely ought to establish good Government there. On this account it is that many are urging the annexation of some of the Mexlcao Northern States that the boundary line may be changed to where Mexico can attend to bar share of National business on her own side of the line. However the present crisis may turn, we shall undoubtedly sooner or later take Botne part of Mexico nnder our control. The President's order, by meaus of which be desiges to divorce the public ser vice from partisan politics, is meeting with much opposition and will only be carried through by hard and persistent fighting. Its opponents are powerful men office holders, all of them. The question natural ly arises where is the money coming from to run the political machinery neenssary for campaign purposes? Hitherto the "in side has furnished it. Without over-stepping legal bounds, money is required, con siderable of it, for party purposes. No party could expect success without Stump orators, publio meeting and the like. They all cost money, to say nothing of the hiring of publio halls, torch-light processions, lamps, oil, fuel, posters, bills, advertise ments, tickets, and a thousand and one ex penses trivial in themselves, but by multi plying and increasing they swell the cost amazingly. Now, if office-holders must not be taxed for party purposes, where are the 'ins' to get money to fight their party's battle ? Shall the Government set aside a few millions for the purpose ? This is no snyill matter. In the city of New York alone the Republicans incurred the expense of 37,800 to maintain their organization throughout the year in the 21 Assembly Districts of the city. Added to that was the sura of $31,450, the average amount spent for election day requisites, making a total of $78,750, exclusive of all the occa sional outlays for mass meetings, proces sions, and the like. If an illegitimate source of supply of the sinews of war is to be closed, a legitimate one must bo opened somehow. Rumors are rife concerning tho Speaker ship of the next House. The more moder ate Southern Democrats It is tftld, are in tent upon a Union sufllolontly strong to oleot a defender of the President's South ern polloy. Something Is to be done about It at the meeting at White Sulphur Springs next month. M. M. W. Miscellaneous News Items. tV" Tralllo on the Canada Southern road Is entirely suspended. Everything remains perfeotly qnlet. tff The price of provisions along the line of the llaltlmoro and Ohio is rising rapidly. tWTlie anniversary of the battle of South Mountain, in which battle President Hayes was severely wounded, will take, place at Fremont, O., September 14. IW On Tuesday a week a three year old son of Henry Yeager, residing near Wom elsdoi f, fell into a large boiler of hot water, scalding Itself so badly that death ensued in a few hours after the accident. tV A Franklin firm has lately shipped a oar load of butter to Canada, which, it is understood will be shippod by way of Mon. treal to Liverpool, and will be the first Ver mont butter to find such an outlet. tW Two of the largest silk mills at Pat erson, N. J., have Just received an order from Paris for the manufacture of a oer tain description of silk goods. This is be lieved to be the first order ever rooelved for American silks. tW A Turkish soldier buying a sword at Damascus, tried its temper dt cutting off the bead of a Jew who happened to be passing, and the only notice taken of the occurrence by the authorities was an order to him to Join his regiment. tW Wednesday morning some twenty tramps went to the round house of the Central Railroad of , New Jersey, at Phillipsburg, and wanted to Join the strikers. The latter declined their as sistance and drove them away. tar The Pittsburgh ' Commercial-Gazette accuses the Sunday papers of that city with having encouraged the mob to its work of destruction in language as pointed and fiendish as any that was used by the leaders of the Paris commune. tW An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch says an up train on tho Georgia Railroad ran into sev eral oows on Tuesday last. The engine was overturned and tho express and baggage cars and two coaches were burned. The engineer was burned to death and several others wounded. tW E. G. Smyser, of York doesn't be lieve In the necessity of keeping up- ex pensive division fences. He has removed all the interior fences on bis farm of 250 acres in Codorus township. The entire farm is now one unbroken Hold, with only an exterior fouoe enolosing it. W President Vinoent B. King of the Board of Fire Commissioners, having learned on Monday afternoon that nine, cars, loaded with ninety tons of gunpow der, were standing at Spayton Duyvil sta tion, immediately ordered it removed. It was put on lighters and towed down to the forts in the harbors. (IT A construction train collided with the pay train at Bay kins on Tuesday morn ing last, on the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad. Both engines were badly smash ed. A regular passenger train, with dele gations from Montgomery, Maeon, Augus ta, Columbia and Wilmington to the Pos tal Convention, was delayed three hours. HfThe Fulton "Democrat" says fears are entertained by many that a pestilenoe may be bred in consequence of the great number of swine that have died recently at and near M'Connellsburg from cholera many of them having been not buried at all, or at a very short distance beneath the surface of the earth. tar Miss Emma Bingham, a young lady of Shlppensburg, daughter of John Bing ham, had her right arm amputated Monday a week by Dr. Witherspoon, assisted by Dr. Howlaml. Two years ago a tumor was cut from the arm, and a year after it began to reproduce in malignant form, becoming seriously diseased, and the arm was taken off to save the lady's life. tar At South Vineland,last week,two chil dren were severely bitten by a rat while asleep in their bed. Their cries attracted the attention of their parents, when it was found that the night-gown of one of the children was covered with blood. After this the children were changed to another room, and the father occupied theirs, when he, too, was bitten in the foot by the rat. t27" Newport broker, who went trolling for bfcefish a day or two since, when in the vicinity of Beaver Tail Light y?as beset by a large fish, which followed his boat which' ever way she went. He became somewhat uneasy, and attaching a butcher knife to an oar, continued to pierce his assailant until the water was discolored by bis blood, when the broker managed to escape, but without knowing what kind of fish it was. t3r The " Mirror" Ilollidaysburg corres pondent charges Constable Houck with this story : " He, in company with David Shires, passing an old meadow, discovered a red fox making the circuit of tile field, stopping at each revolution at a certain spot, where, it seems, was a bumble-bees' nest. He used bis tail to excite the bees and with them attached thereto scattered them broadcast. After much manoeuvring, he secured the honey. tW The Philadelphia and Reading R. R., company offer $13,000 reward, as fol lows : Ten thousand dollar for such infor mation as will lead to the arrest and con viction of any person or persons who took part in the burning of the Lebanon Yalley railroad bridge, and $5,000 for any infor mation which will lead to the arrest and convictiou of any person or1 persons ob structing its railroad, or destroying any of its property. tWAa investigation now going on in Columbia, S. C, of the plundering during previous administrations, baa resulted in the issuing of criminal warrants for the ar rest of a number of the members of the ring. Ex-Governor F. J. Moses was ar rested last week, charged with having, as Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1873, issued fraudulent pay certificates. He will be taken for trial to Columbia, whero, it is understood, numerous other criminal charges await him.
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