4 THE TIMES NEW BLOOM FIELD, 1A. JULY 31, 1877,
THE TIMES.
iveio niooinfleld, July 31, 187T.
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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.