Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 24, 1877, Page 5

+ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, JULY 94, 1877 6 FEVER, (Continned from the | knot of five or *ix men and as many sere children were gathered, Hstening to tartycerper, Who readan account of the strike. Ke Grand Crossing the aame state of affairs Atvcnted fteclf, The gate-tener looked Meepy ‘and tlred, as if the taking away of the freight trains had atupefled fin. All there condemned the action of the railroad mi tes fn entticg men down to 90 cents a day, and then Ustened to hear fe paper a by ii town ot, only stopping to ask the qucstion o! prophet er 2 What do son think of (2 and then going on with the stenting. TMF ROCK ISLAND. On the Rock Island Road all trains, hott freight and passenger, were started out on time. A vistt to the depot on Van Buren street late Tast night showed that no trouble had occurred there, and the managers said that none wax cx- perted, ‘The 10:20 p.m. train teft at tte ap- pointed Ume, and so faras this road is concerned. overytling ts quict. ‘THR PORT WAYNE. It was rumored on the streets in the south- western portion of the city that a eccret mect~ ing of the siitchmen of the Fort Wayne Road was telng held somewhere In the vicinity of Eisteenth strect last night, which was no doubt tite, though a falthful scarch by a Trinune te- porter failed to discover the location. A mect- ing of this description was held, however, on Sunday evening, . THE ROCK ISLAND. ‘There was an tnformal meeting held at noon yesterday at the Rock Island car-shops to no- tify the men tat there would be a meeting at 4 o'clock in the hall corner of State and Fiftieth aireets to appoint a committee to walt upon the President of the Road, or, in hie absence, the Aasistant Superintendent, The men were very orderly all day, but seemed determined to stand by the decision of theiroJenders, whatever that might be. ‘Tey would gather Io groups, as occasion offered, aud Glecuss the situation. A petition signed by all the engincers on the Ine from Chicage to Omaha was sent by a cominittce appointed for that purpose to Superintendent Kimbatl at Davenport, asking that thelr wazes be increased to the old figure, or the samo as they were Lo- fore the reduction. Superintendent Kimball refused torectivs them aa a committee, but said he would seo them aa individuals. ‘They stated thelr cane to him, and presented the petition. Ho sald be could not answer them tlien, but would give them an answer in a day or two, The won feel rather sore over the recep- tion of their committce by tho Suporintendent; they say that they are*not even granted a re- spectiul hearing by the officers of the Company. THE MRETING AT 4 O'CLOCK was wellattendced by the employes of the road, the hall being Ollet to its full capacity. The men were very qulet and orderly. The only business transacted was to appoints committes to-walt upon President Riddle, or, in his ab- sence, Aggistaut Bupcrintendent Mandeville, They were Instructed to ask that their wages be placed at the old figure or Increased 20 per cent upon the present pay-roll, Tho Commit tee arc to report tos meeting to be held this evening at the same place, The men were not at all boisterous, and seemed inclined to wait the advice of thelr Jeaders, but they all scem so. bound together by common eympathy that if worst comes to worst they will be a daugerous body of men to deal with, ‘The reporter, to get at the feciing of the men, donned a rusty suit of clothes and mized freely with them, and, knowl Unelr antinathy to newspaper men, he dig not make known his occupation, He foudid mony with whom the converacd = {ntelligent and — well-read men. They claim that they are not. igitsn a fair show by tle newspapers; they are mlsrepresent- ed, or their case is not stated fairly. ‘They are do bympatity with thelr Eaatern brethren, but deprecate thelr rlotous acts, They claim that if the rallroad companics Wad not called $n the inliltary--the Foes from Philadelphis and New York ti af atyle the soldicrs—there would have been no bloodshed. They claim theré fs no cause for reduction on their road, as the reports of the eartings of the road show the gross carulngs to be nver $6,000,000, and the net carnings about 000,000. The prica of living hag not decreased, andl {t fs impossitiic for mento live on 80 cents a day, which fs the price paid to wipers. The capacity ot the shops, when the full num- ber of men fs at work, 1s about 800, but the aumber has beon reduced about one-half. Bome of the freights were not sent out last night, but. Jeft wtanding tn the yards. The reporter then visited the aliops of THE LAKE SUORM & MICIIGAN FOUTHERN Rallrosd. Tho men here have mado no dem- oustration; they are waiting to ace hiéw thoy come out at - the castorn end of the line. freights ore sent out that go beyond Adrian, Mich., or Waseon, OQ. ‘Tho passenger trains leave on regular time, but tickote ure only sold as far.as Cleveland. Travel fe compuratively ligut. No trouble Js anticl peu at this end of the Jing, The men think, he Company will accede to thelr deinsnd,as the’ Fort Wayno has done. THE MASS-MEETING. SPEECHES AND HESOLUTIONS. A mass-meeting of workingmen to express sympathy with the rallroad strikers was held last evening on Market square, betweev Madl- son and Washington streets, in pursuance of the following call: - WORKINOMEN OF CHICAGO! HAVE YOU NO NIGUTSY—NO AMBITIONT—NO MAN- woop? WHI you atlll remain dlsunited while your mas- ters rob you of all your rights ne well we olf tho froits of your labor? A movement is now inauge wrated by the Moncy Lorda of America tu allow only property-holdere to vote! ‘I'nts te the tlrat @tep tu Monarchy! Was it in vain thot our fore- fathers fought aud died for Lingury? ‘They havo now passed a law authorizing the ar- fest, apa varabond, uf any workingman oul uf om- ployment who may waudee in webtch of work—uo {warrant belny necessary, ‘They have parsed a law making it @ criminal of- fonse Yor wotkinguien tu combine for an advance of thelr wages—an offeues punishable by impris- onment ant ine! Tho right of employers to com- bine in reducing our wages, and bringing starva- fun to our linus, te protected by aif the polices and soldiors in the country! ‘Thesv arlatocrata ru Sore to pay thelr taxey, but demand all the Im: provementat Hlow Long WILL YOU DE MADE FCOLS Ort Every daysovery bonr. that we remain dleunited only helps our oppreseurs to olnd wore drmly the Chatus around wee ‘Throughout the entied land Our brothers are calling upon us to rive and protect aur Jabor, For the eske of our wives and children, and our own self-respect, LET Us WAT No LOXORK! Onnancae at once Maes-inceting on Market atreet, near Madison, tarnightt 2 Let ueact while there ty yet time! . Tue Commitee, Workingmen's Party of the United States, From the tenor of thu’ ubove It inight bave been supposed that tho gathering would have “been vory incendiary in Its character. Such, however, was not the case. It was fargo gath- erlug, racging all the way during the evening Sroni 2,000 to 8,000 people, Among them there wero somo sorencads and many thieves, but the crowd had = many respectable adoring men, who came to Maten, and others who were present merely from curlosity, helped to swell the numbers, somo drawn by the fdca that there woutd be trouble, and oth- ers for ainusement, as they would go toa {ree theatre, Aa carly ss 7 o'clock the crowd began topather, They formed in little groups, dis- cussing the merits of tho situation, Muny syin- pathized with tho Pennsylvania strikers, but nearly all deprecated the deatruction of IIIc and Property. Now and then aman would boast of the rulu wrought, and say it SERVED THE CORPUIATION RIGHT, and ono stalwart Irishman sald, while standing beside Tux Tuipuss reporter, ‘ Begorra, thlus Pitteburgere dub their work well, and I wish they'd do the same thing here.” This remark met with no approval, aud the man shut up. ‘The meeting waa ip a sense 8 misnomer, since 4 was held under the auspices of the Sochlists, who, contrary to general expectation, coun- seled (at least openly) moderation, and depre- cated apy resort to violence, During tho evening two processions came up- ou the ground carrying mottocs as follows “Life by labor or death by Ueht’?; * Why g08 overproduction cause starvation!" “Umted wo stand, divided we fall."! These were carried os tranapareucies, and translatedjuto Geriaan and French. Previous to tho regular meeting, & wan named Albert Carsvn got upon the plut- form and sald that they had” come together to consult about their brethren now on a atrike ou the Pennaylyania Central and the Ilinols Ratl- roads, They deprecated avy violeuce, but the: would staud by the strikers to thy death. If the nilitary shot at them they woul ‘RETURN TUE ViKE. There was quite an interludy between bis speech and the regular orvanization of the Meeting, which was not effected until a little After 8 o'clock. when George Schilllug ascended @ platform. He said that they bad not como together to fysue w proclamation of war, but to dGeass the important questions of the day. They would ouly countenance good order 7 He spoke briefly of the workingmen’s wrongs. nee. were perntiatne citizens and Intended to ohey the statutes, Ie introduced A. R. Parsons. “By this thine the crowd had con- nilerably Increaxed, and {t was at times diticult to pet about, and one man could not make the wlole attentance hear; consequently six im- prompt epeakers’ stands were arranged, Parsons’ speech bordered upot the inflamma- tory, but be lcft the crowd to till jn ‘gaps. fle criticised the course of the monopolies and the conduct of the rallroad companies throughout the United Btates, He denouneed the action of Thorsas A, Beott, Fay Gould,.and W. fl, Vanderbilt, and dwelt particularly upon the fact that some of the employes of the railroads were working for 90 centsoday. Yet these same men had wives and familles. They were expected to feed snd clothe these. They were expected to care for them and to educate them, and to tench thelr sone and thelr daughters growing up to lead food and yirtuons fives. “VIRTUR ON NINETY CERTS A DAY!" heeft. Then he ajluded to Jay Gould's re- mark that this country was fast aritting toa monarchy. [A voice, Mang bim.) “What shall we do with the capitalists?’? lic queried. [Several voices, ‘ Wo'll hang them.') Parsons advocated an obedience to law and order, but a peaceful yet determined malntcnance of their rights, He thought that the military should be disbanded, as it was quite an unnecessary appendage just now. He praised the course of the workingmen In the present struggle, and raid that they had made themselves a record for obedience to law and orders He counseled them to look to thelr rights and maintain them, but “never to attack anyone until they were ot- facked. Varsons, of course, denounced ma- chinery as an injury to the workingmen antl demanded better pay for labor and less hours to constitute day's work, At the conclusion of Pdtsons’ speech, J. E. McAwifo = was introtured. Herald that the true question was not how much Jabor shoutd be paid, but what had caused. tho pres: ent crisis. Low wages, strikes, poverty, and glutted greed were effects, not causes: Tho primal cause was ignorance. The practical cause was the industrial system, or lack of sys tem, that made it possible for capitalists, who were but three-tenths of the people, to keep five-sixths of the products of labor. The workers, who Were seven-tenths of the peopte, recetyed but one-sixth of thelr products, The workers, of neccssity, consumed nearly ail they got. Capitalists saved, and in times stock was accumulated, stock meant a panic. A pante was acrime. Capitalists snould pay the nalty. Thegrand remedy was fn co-opera- Tow Rustaincd by the Government. To this end workers must organize, and TAKE CONTHOL OF THE GOVERNMENT, Meanwhile such publle work (ns was needed should be done. In Chicago City-Hall snonld Ue built, streets paved, sewers bullt, and bath and school houres erected. ‘Thus, amelloration could to band in hand with annflilation. ‘The present industrial system must be done away with gradually. He said that tifa thought and volco were for peace. If the strike was com- menced in Chicago, the police, who knew thom, should arrest all the thugs and thieves, and no disturbauce would result, unless the workers were assaulted without eause. Tho First Reci- ment should be kept st homo with their mothers, or they might do some boy- ish, hotheaded deed as the crack regiment of Philadelphia had done fn Pittsburg. | 'Ibey had a natuial prejudice against the workers, ‘The Philadelphia militia earned the contempt of all, and received it, even that of their brother soldiers. The oMcials of all citics and towns should co-operate for the purpose of influenclug State and national legislation in favor of carry- ing forward public works. ‘It remained to be gcen Whether the coming revolution of our ite dustrial systetn could be brought about peacca- by. Capital had a duty to perform os weil as, labor. Lubor had no more to cnncede, Capital’ must take Its turn at imaking concessiois. ‘Turee musts crowd the worker forward to bis destiny: lia must have work,—must starve or must revolt. liv yolce snd thought were for peace. What do they soy! The crowd were for pense, » Tie sald “if capital tired upon their Fort Sumter he swore yi the yet warm bodies and radiant spirits of their nar tyred dead, who were brutally murdered at Pittsburg, while moufully and peacefully bats ting for thelr rights, that hls thought, and yolce, and arin should be ralsei FoR DLOOPY wan. [Cueering.] How did they svrearl They he eanie, was echocd by the crowd, wi longed cheers. Shortly after the speaking began the West Bide torchlight procession arrived and filed Into lave near the tain stand. So much has been fore said about processions of Socialists, Communists, and what not, that ou this occa: stunu Trisuxe repofter was specially com: manded to count the torches and men, [lis fig- ures, inade at the time the procession entered the square from Market street, are as follows; swore bh pro- hes «+. Torch oe Men without torches Ualf-grown boys and Total. kiae*, When the meetini on asthmatic drum ler way ig had gotten well un was heard, and the cry arose © Here come tho rallroaders » here's tho fellows will play Pittsburg with then.” ‘the reporter pastened to whero the procession entercd the aquare and carefully counted ft. Tho result wast, We 5 This does n 1 miner, who proudly Jommed away with ono stick on a tenor drum with one head furiously burated wide Opes. * By odds the most entertaining part of the ovening’s perforinanco was situated at thesouth- weet corncr of the square where an express wagon driven up to the sldewalk afforded o lodging place for some orators. About this quthiered at once a coustdcrable crowd to whuin sppeared an elderly person the exact pleture of Yat Rooney, so dear to frequenters of thu variety show, So exact was the resemblance tut ‘the crowd, notwithatauding that the speaker announced his name, persisted in sp- plauding the rcwarks of Rooncy and applauded lin os that person, windlag up with “threo cheers for Pat Rooney. ‘The speaker, on mounting Into the Wagon, developed a brocuc which threatened to be broad Beotch, then showed symptoms of Yorkshire, and wound ty by degencrating into the dialect of the “Onl Bod." No form of ‘type yet tnade could do justice to tho pronunciation, and the at- tentlys reporter Js reluctantly compelled to Rive the best thoughts of tha spcaker Ju com- Srohiplace English, Autroducing himactf, the speaker said, “Pat TOM GILLEN, KN AND I DON'T CARB Wito ows IT; I'm not afraid to show myself to any one or all ol yuu,’? and with that “ho ed about and showed the resulta uf iity ye on wn orig {ual Hibernian. Ho began’ by saying that bis pathics were with the workingmen fn all sin thelr present or prospective fight with labor; they hud been ground down and com- pelled to aecept a aunailer wage than was their due for a day's work. It wos Impossible to sc. cure a ving fora workingman off Ices than $3 per day, aud te this figure he wanted all tho jowent salurics to come; it was impusulble for o man to support a wife and fainily on less, and why should they suifer themselves to be cut down below that polit? No uuswer being youchsafed, the speaker proceeded to ask for the enfranchiaemept of the Workinamens tho black man had becn fooght for, and upon hint had beeu hestowed the ballot; the peopto had aliown an interest fp bim, and had done all they vould ta rafse him up ta whore le could com pete with the white mau. Now, why not do something for the workingimant Why. not help bla ulong so that he could eect a fair day's wages fora falr day's work? The speaker had fought at Sitloh, autt had been through tho War, and bad fqyght for the bigbugs,—the cap- Halista,—and imdny others of his hearers had done the same. Now, what was thelr reward? What had the cap!taliste done for them?! Tho guswer wasa furluus howl from the crowd, which encouraged the speaker to adi that these capitalicte must be brought to understand the matter as it was, and the best way to bring them down to thelr level was WiTM POWDER AND BALL. Agreat shout of approval went up at this, and the speaker twice repeated the words puwider gud ball," twice meeting with returo crica of “We are the boys to give it to them,” ‘* Yes, ¥ powder and ball; that's what will fix them,’ us the pecullartty of the dissatisfaction was in the fact that uot more than a quarter of thu Paeale cridd out ut all, the others shaking thelr eadadoubtluliy and quictly skipping out to join sone other party. Encouraged by tho shouts, Mr, Gillen wont on to say that the rights of the workingmen could ucver be gained by talk alone, They might remonstrate and protest til they were hoarse, but that would do nu good; what they necded was tu take actiou,—not ou, ortwo, or half sdozen, but plenty together, “Why,” said Mr. Gillen, “805,000 of you wili march out tu take your rights I will be tn front, wad that by God EF gwear,”” The cries of ap- probation whicl ict this ecotiment and proffer wero so loud as to the _apestave vole for a moment, the chief cry of all was “Pittsburg! Mr, Gillen then ‘continued, but la w slightly lower tone; he thought that the capitalizts must bo brought to terms, aud he asked tho crowd to help Lim io the attempt. This was a last ep- peal,—-ou appeal, as he phrased it, * to the court of Jast uppeul; to the riff-raif of Chicazo;” they must decide the msttgr. As for hiuself, ho wanted no appeal,—in fact, be wus op; to appeals anywas, hecnuso, as he anid, ft took 81 for the Juatice, $6 for court fees, snd $10 fora lawyer, which. aggregate the poor man wast unable to pay; therefore, he would have no more appeals, Mr. Gitlen added thay he wasn propsety-oy er, and that he owned a house ani lot which he had purchased with moncy earned hy the aweat of his brow. Then, thinking how badly thia fibed with his former assertion that the workman sould not live on his wages, he er DUT TIS WAS NRPORR THE Wan.’ Mr. (itlen showed 9 truly *unvonquersble desire to talk, and tight have been going until now had not sudden hoarseness or fatture of yotco overtaken him and caused him to desist, evidently much against bis will, Two of the audience then catled out lustily for cheers; one wanterl “three cheers tor Pat Rooney" ant another “three cheers for the workingmen of America.” Only three cheers were given, and it was therefore impossible to say whether they were for Kooney or the workingmen. Succeeding Mr. Qillen came MIL. KENXEDY, who showed a commendable eal of ingeanity in advertising his bttsiness In the frat sentenca of hisremarks. Saflhe: “I was a workman onre, but now 1 keep alittle store, and can [ avll ny candies ton Workman? Not at all; they need all their money to buy bread. Why, they: come to ine and say, ‘Mike, I can’t buys pound of candy of you of a Saturday nightas f used to, because I need all my muney to buy bread for my family.’ * The remainder of Mr. Ken- sedy's remacks fs utterly unworthy reporting, and his name Js only uscd to show how the rul- ing passion of the tradcsinan to adyertlse hiftn- sell, frill crop, ont even in a labor incetina. Really, Mr. Kennedy ought to have the number of {ta confectlonery-atora printed in large let- ters, but the rules of the advertising depart- ment are too strict. Following Str. Kennedy came an unknown or go, and then, the crowd having drifted away, the voicing ceased and the oratorical staid resumed its normal condition and became a harmless express wasron agaln, At the stand nearest the southeast corner of the block was stationed 2 man who called him- sell—or who was called by his attendayts—Tom Gsureey or Bork, He was quite young, and yet ad a WONDERVULLY-DEVELOPRD L.UNO, which he exerted long and arduously, A considerable portion of hia apeech was. devoted to an analysis the ter of the Times,“ whicl the speakor sald, was a dirty scandalous shect, given over to abuse of workinumen.”? He wanted 2 party of the oppressed oncs to call some morning on the “despicable old man” who owned the con- cern, anu take one edition out and trample ft in the inud “to show thelr detestation of ft and its owner.” The speaker went on for a long time tu discuss the labor question, when an un- fortunate circumstance cut Lim short. He was spealing from the rear of an express-wagon, alid sonie careless orill-dlisposed person whipped up the bore, aud carried the cloquent orator up Market atrect In.what wos very nearly oo undignified attitude for on expounder of great truths. The crowd laughed and dispersed. THOMAS NORTH, an elderly man, well-dressed, a lawyer by pro~ fesafon, and a Democratic politician of no apectal siugwn,juade a speech fram oa pile ot varrels that plsed a lnrge crowd, and brought the promise {from Mr, Parsons) that, it Mr. North would teave the Detnucratle and the Re- publleatt partica, tia would be mode a Governor. tho speaker was also frequently and vocifer~ ously cheered. He sald the lahoring classes: were the real capitalists of the coun- try, and the great = gatnering before lum showed clearly what they teant. Ile appealed to the crowd tu uphold the strikers, aud asserted that the sympathy of the niasscst was with them. As usual in such casea, lic puld his regurds to the Teatinng Hewspapcrs, and con-- demned their course jin tha present Isbor troubles. It was some time before the speaker's name: was learned by the crowd, he having com- moneed his remarks without any Introduction, At the south cnd of the street, PUSLIP VAN PATTEN, held forth, and here Blatherskite Hildreth tried ta set in hia nll, but was emphatically bounced, much to bis discomuture and disgust. He had a large following of rougns with lim, and he cama for no good purpose. He, however, succeeded in petting a wazon, and at the corner of Madison and Market street, he spoke to the crowd, All went well till he ad- of charac- yovatod Harvey D.Colvin for County Tre rer. ‘Then there w Y of © Put lin dawn, he {s not one of us,’ What are you doing heret? “We want nu whisky thieves to talk to us." “Tow much did’ you eteal from the Govern mentit “What made you run away te Canadal’ = “Bury fin? Bounces himy? | “Get ont," and shortly after Tilldreth Gropred off suddenly to the ground, belng again forcibly lifted, and sent kiting to the ground, He then picked himeelf up and departed, Philip Van Patten offered the ful- lowing PREAMNLE AND RESOLUTIONS, which were uvanimously adopted: Wuanzas, Upon the princi railroad of the ‘United States a contiet. ta a pending bovwreen the omployes andthe managing ofticers of sald road, cused by a redaction ol wayen through our suicidal system of **free competition "; Waensar, Inthe hand of setish and ambitious speculators a cat-throat warfare has been peralst- ently kept up between the rival railroads, in whieh nottho stuckholders nor the oficlais are deviled upon in the general reduction of expcures, but the wages have been ateadily cut down ntl] human tia> ture can no longer auffer in silence, Whengas, Atoll times, bat more especially dur- ing the present proatration of business, every re- ductlon of the wages among the working cl 6 In Qo direct injury tu society, for, an the purchasing power of the people Is redaced ana ned economy is enforced, thy volume of business and the amvant produced are fyppertionstely decreased, Warntas, The National Government could, !f quency tefurmed, take possessiun ond operate all the railroads ant telegraph linea of the country, jist aa the priucipal railroads and telegraph lines ‘Of Europe uro now manazed, Wurneas, The existence of wealthy and power- ful corporations, controlling’ thounands of work- Ingmen, mling through thelr wealth the legislative, Juilictal, ana executive ofticers, 1s dangerous to the welfare of the Hepublic, and 14 munonoly of capital; therefor ene throughout the United Stutes are earncatly called upon to unite in a general demond that proper sicpa be taken by our National Governmont to enable the people gradually to obtalu posxcssion of and operate all the raitroad and tclegraph toes, Resolved, Yoat to tmmediately atbp the territle and morcllers operations of free competition among workingmen, we cal} upon all comrades uf toil to commence without further delay tho organization of a great fodlerntion of labor, and assisting and oncoureging the bullding up of strict and sensible trodes-unlons upon a natural and international basis, and aluming at political power to wecure leg- Piaien fu the direct interest of the working Haolred, That only by elevating and improving hg condition ot tbe peop maviete can the ben: rev and clvitizatlo inaintalned: atten we envorelant Reaotved, That to this end the hours of labor muvt Be reduced as now Iabor-saving machinery le developed, clee the moat terrible consequences will cnane, aud the civilization of the nineteenth century become a farce. Other speeches were mado » Bishop, John Paul by J. M 0. Keeton Ie de ‘aulaon, J. Keefo, White, Geo Hing, L.* Leyaer, Herman Btrehio, J. Winner, and ct, G, Pioliter spoke in German. All the adresses were of suine tenor, though some were more joNaumatory than others, The: worlingmen ‘wore requested to cnroll thelr names to-day at No. 04 Market strech, after which, at about 11 o'vlock, the mecting broke up with three cheers tor Reha hours ei bette pay,” threes more: ers, and tho ols cll fer shonitike ngiug'of tho Marscll: PRECAUTIONARY, AT TUB CITY-ALL, As is only natural, tho city officials of the Exccutivo Departments fect very uneasy leat somethiug might happen to nut Chicago fu an uproar of excitement, and are taking precau- tlonary measures to treat wleely and effectively uoy small outbreak that may occur. ‘Tho Mayor docs not desire that anything bo dunu that would Incite the anger or fury of tho persons supposed to bo ready to take up the cudgel or brickbat in battle for thelr supposed wrongs. There was a conference yesterday afternoon in Chief Hickey’s , offic, at which wero present Gen. Ducst, Gen. Torrence, Gen. Seuatluer, Gen. “Kiokke, Gon Heatley, Gen. Huntlngtou, Col. Sherer, Mts Honor the Mayor, und Chiefs Hickey and Dizon, A. long consultation was held with closed doors, and go voting is kuown of the conversation that passed between the militia and the city- olllctats, Gen. Ducat sald, alter comiug from the room, that it was tho ono idea of those resent nut tode anythlug to precipitate yio- lence, ‘The councilors were very close-mouthed as to what they bad discussed aud intended to do, and were seemingly auxluus to have that fact well understood, ‘The result of the iuterview was the lssuing of orders tu the First aud Second Reelmeuts, 1. N, G,, to assembled at thelr respective aruiorics at 8 o'clock last eventny, to be - read! {u case of serious disturbance to respond to the cali of the guthoritics. Supt, Hickey lssped private orders to his subordivates, which orders wert in all probability mercly in reference to tho disposition of thy mou of the Department. ‘THE MayOR said yesterday, when questioned upon the sub- Joct, that he bad peen advised that ho was the commander of tbe militla ju the abseuce of the Goveruor, Ty substantiate the advice, he tele- grepned to tho Governor, and received a suply the ie fnaugurating a" Resolved, Toot ali workingmen and good citie - to the effect that he bad the militla nt his = mand, and had authority in all matters pertain- ing to them, THE FIRAT ARAIMENT'S ABMONT Jant evening saw 20 men in arms, orders hav- ing been tsxued tate in the atternoon ta have the men on guard during the evening, under the Iden that some violence might possibly be attempted. Col. Sherer stl Maj. Swain were jy command. Fortunately, however, there was, no need of an appeal ty uring, and oll except Company B were, about It ofclock, disbanded untjl further orders. Company B rematned In the nrmory all night, under the command of Cat. I. O, Bowler, ready tor action at a mo- ment's notice i care they should be needed to quell any possible disturbance, THR SOLDIERS OF THR SECOND REGIMENT. abont 20) strong, spent a good share of the night jn drilling at thelr armoryon the Wert Alde. There was no notice nent out to the men, 4s the time was insuflicient to do thls, but stilt the hoys turned out instinctively and roucht their headquarters with alacrity. To the mill- tiaman who ins been with his ‘organization for aterm of froin one to three years there is ne place except home Itself wherein he feets so much et honre sa in lis armory, surrounded by Nis comradee. Gen. Ducat and Iie stall visited the headquarters during the evening and looked the command over. Ie appeared well gatlsficd with the situation. There is a splendid organtzatlun of the militia In this city, and, should the State noldiers be called upon to quell ainob in Chicago, the result will doubtless be quite differem, from that of the charge at Pitts burg. The men of both regiments are well disciplined, and will obey orders, no matter where thelr evmpathies are. Kut there fs one thing that the eficers of both commands will not do, They will turn out and do their Lest to preserve law snd order, save Hie and property, bat they will fesuc ono or- der to the troups to board trains and act as cacorts in the service of ang railroad corporation; for, as they understand their new Militia lew, of which they arc very proud, the’ are not requircd to act as acrrants to any fuddl- yidual or company, and they feel that it would be beneath their siguliy to lend themselyes to pny auch enterprise. company was left In . charge of the armory for the night, | THE GUN-DEALERS were notified yesterday to inove their stocks to places of safety, where they would be out of the reach of 4 mob in’ case the scenes lately enacted in Pittsburg are repeated here. It is quite possible that the ynun-dealers would have wecd this precaution even bad there heen no order to that.cffect, for they Lave no desire to gee thelr stures gutted and the con- tents thereof made We property of a howling mob. A reporter passing alung Lake street last evening beheld an uxpreas wagon in front of Scarles' qun-store, and it didn’t take many rnin- utes either to fill it with guns. pistols, ond things, when the wagon drove away and these dangerotis weapons were put out of harm's reach, ‘The Remington folks bad a special watchman prowling around thelr store Inst night for eafcty’s sake, and one dealer touk the precaution ta deposit a portion of his stock iu one of the hotals. QEN. MARTIN BEET yesterday reported to Gen, Torrence avd offered 0 place himsclt witt: 500 armed veterans of the Yate War at Gen. Torrence’s disposal for service If uccessury. This division, with the militia regiments and the police, will make a force of fu the pelghborhuod of 2,000 armed men, and tt ts believed that all will do thelr duty if ealled pon. In addition to this force, there 'is_ a battery of elx. picces, under command of Capt. Hotton, with plenty of ain- munition, Some uncalled-for slurs on the Hec- oud Regiment appearerd in yesterday's Jost, The regiment fs luyal, from Coloucl to dru:n- mers, and cau be depended upon in any emer- gency. JOB ARRANGEMENTS MADE TO COPE WiTit A son e contd not have been better, had there been every probability of an immenve outburst, Instead of only the barest possibility of arow, During theday the Mayor and Superintendedt Hickey had been in consultation with ex-military oflicers aid others, and the renultof this conference was that the smmunition and tmusketry of the Department were in readlucss, snd all omen that could be spared from rub-etations centered at the maln stations, where they were to remain passive under all circ nstances, and act only upow orders from headquarters. And forthe purpore of riviuc these orders there were gathered in the Chief's office stil the Jocal Generals, ete, WAGES, CHICAGO & ALTON, The wages pal on the Alton Rom! arc as fol- lows: The engineers get from $3.90 to $5,608 trip. That is, $3.80 for anything under seventy miles, and (15.50 for 125 miles; the Oremen from $2 to FL.25, of $2 for a trip below seventy miles, aud for 125 miics, 62.25; the brakenen $45 per month. THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL. ‘The new achedule of wages on this roa went into effect July 1, 1870, as follows: Engineers are divided into claeses of A, B, and C, The first comprises ull engineers whohave been in the service of the Company for fifteen or more con- secutive yours; the second, ten years; thethird, five yours. The wages in, the freight service ts arranged on n basis of three and three-quarter cents per mile for all runs of 100 miles or more. Passenger engineers are also paid on the same principle. Passayger conductors receive 800 per month, All brakemen $45 per month. Passen- gerengincers average from $100 to $115 per month. Freight, about #100. | Firemen, pa senger, about $575 Scala SEA, macilnists, $2.00 per day; geucrat help, $1.55 per day; Doller-makers, $2.90; help, $1.50; biackanitttis, 2.60 and $1.75; carpenters, 82.50; switch engl- overs, by wor king fourteen hours pee day, ayer- ane about $00 per month, The above are rates when the mem work full time, but now many of the men get only forty hours, or four days’ work per week, CHICANO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY. - The salaries pag the employes of this road prior to duly 10, since which time there bas been a reduction of 10 percent, are as follows: Pas- wenger ch@incers average $81 per month. Freight the same, The latter, however, have an Gpnortunity of making two days’ extra tlie every week, which they do when business war- rants it. Iremen average $2 per day on all trains, Switch engineers, 83 per day. Brake- menare prid about $40 on passenger trains; frelgnt braxemen Irom $40 tu $45. The em- ployes {nthe shops are pad as followa: Boller- makers, Bide uta per hour; blacksmiths, 24; carpenters, 223 wincre, 13; muchiulste, 25 cents; yardmen from $55 to $185 per month, according: ‘othe Feananelotlty assumed. On the above scale of prices a reduction of 10 per cent went Into effect July 10, and of course created a great deal of dissatiafaction, LAKS SHORE AND ROCK ISLAND. A Taioonw reporter interviewed several of the engineers and firemen on the Lake Shore & Michigan Souther and the Chicago, Rock Istand & Pocitic Raflroads yeaterday, an ‘obtained from them some statements that may Lt of Interest fv convection with the present labor troubles, The reportor’s questions were auswered reallly aud without reserve. ‘An tulelligent engineer who bas teen a long thne in the employ of the Lake Shore Company sald that enginears received $3.64 for 104 miles Tun, Or an average of $U4.04 for twenty-six days, ‘Shey run at avy time of day or night that they might be required. Thov tock two meals a day ayy from home, and those coat them 25 cents each, Nearly all the eugineers on the road wero miutricd men, and many of them had large fanilies, whom they found it ditiicult to masn- taln at tho present rate of pay. They held o very responsible position, aa had nm in hopes that Mr. Vanderbilt would put their pay vack whero it was before the reduction, Sle sald It wos the yencral sentiment among the men on bis road that trouble should be avoided, and they did not want te ace property destroy- ed, but they would probably insist on getting falr wages for a fair day's work, bout the same state of uffalrs existed on the Rock Island Koad. av far aa the engineers were concerned, and although they bud not deter- infned on atriking, they will ‘provably make & fosing! demand for the wages they were getting before the last reduction, A fireman on the Michlan Southern Railroal stated thut hy received $1.55 for a run of 10) miles, which umonnted to between $23 and $30 monthly, About two-thirds of all thy freien cmployed were warried, aud mavy of them bad large families, which they found dt inspoasivte to support ou such Waxes. He hed no doubt bug that they would demayd greater pay, and he had vuderstood s request bad becn inade ofthe Company to adyanme thelr woyes lo a living rate, in" interviews with others on the Ines re- ferred to, thu statenients were made that freight-fremen aud brakesmeu did not get tore than cnough ta pay thelr board last month and the ove before, Brakesmen on the Afr Luo, at Elkhart, did wut make enough to pay their board last month within $3. To sumo cases they hag been tarniahecd, and when that was done they were discuarged by the Compauy, and other wen hired, uuly to have the sawo thing repeated iu thelr caus. Tho brukesinen were also subjected tu delays, aud copseyuent Joss of tle and cutting vif of pay. RUNNING THE GAUNTLET, A CUICAGOAN IM BALTIMORE AND VITTSBURO, Among those who arrived from the Hast yes- terday via thy Fort Wayue Railroad pas Mr. Jutyes H. Milne, of this city, a partacr of Rob- ert Warren, Esq. A reporter culledon bin to the afteruoon, and learned what folluwe rugard- ing hts experience In Baltimore and Pittsburg. T left the hotel in Baltimore Friday evening, after supper, to take a walk with a friend, never reaming that anything was going to occur, We hadn't heard that the militia was to be enlled nat. But it seems Gen, (Muslbut wanted the auldicrs summoned by the alarm etgnalon the fire-tulls. The Mayor-was oppoted tolt. How- ever, the bells were etruck, antl the eottiers went totheir armorics, We were walking up Baltimore street, avd near the market-houre, In the neighborhood of the armory of the Fifth Regiment, wo saw a large crowd of people, We didn’t know what St meant, While we were talking we heard some shuts, and then WE REALIZED THK SITUATION, and got out of the way of the crowd. I went {nto the market-house and hid behind come bo.res, and when I got achanee sipped ou and went through the back streets to the hotel. 1 went to my room, and, as J was pretty hich up. I could sco a fire over near the Camden Station, The riot was squelched there twahort order. The next morning we started on the 11:45 train on the Northern Central Ratt- soat—Pennsylvanta ine—for the West. At Harrisburg we connected with the regular Pennsyivania Rallroad,—with a mall-train. There were quite a number of mail-cars in the train, snd there was a car full of soldiers In the back end, who were from Philwlelphia, When we reached Mifliin, atclegram was received that the train’ ahead of us, which also had soldiers aboard, had been fired {nto and two of the men killed and two others wounded. The commanding officer of the company on our train came Into the Car where we were, the con- ductor Uting there, and sald DE DIDN'T CANE TO GO ANY PURTAER,— he wanted tu be Ict off ot Tyrone, as his men had no ammunitlva, and were afraid to go {nto Altoona without thelr guns loaded. Bo the company. was let off at Tyrone. When the train reached Altoona there was a very largo number of men in and about the depot.—five or atx thonsand. f should say; but they were peaceable, and didn't molcet the passengers. After we vot supper, the train started out, not intending, as £ supposed, to stop untit we got to Pittsburg. After we passed the mountains, and were runving through Johnatown at a rapid rate, we were stopped sud- denly by a large crowd. We hated neae Wood, Morrill & Co.’s Relling-Milla, From the looks of the men who stopped us, I shouldn't think they were ra‘irdad_ employes. , They seemed to be mijl-hands and miners, They wanted to know if we bad any soldiers op board. They seemed auxtous toget at them, We told them that there were none, and they were satiatied, andlet us pags along, We were not delayed again untll we got ta aplacecatled Walls’, about sixteen iniles from Pittsburg. We stopped there and found a train of rixor sever: cars full of soldiers. I put my head out uf our car and ssked one of the officers why they hadw’t gone ahead intu town. He sald they isdn't gut orders toguin. Tasked him why, and he sal FIGHTING NAD COMMENCED, and there was consldcrable Iccllng against the Philadelphia troops for entering the city. And he sald they had no ammunition there. Rt had been sent on abead, and {t had either been cap- tored or they couldn't get it. We went on from Walls’ slowly, stopping at evcry telegraph sig- nal station, and at Jength got as for’ as East Liberty, seven miles from Pittsburg, and then in a Hetle while we went two miles further in. stopping at Shady Side for the night. We couldn't go any ‘further. We saw a bright Tight ‘teward ‘the city, and, being at a telegraph = station, «= word came out that the crowd had set tire to a lot of off cars and waa burning ,up the proper- ty of the Company Judiscriminately. I waited untll half-paat 4 o'clock fn the murning, whes avother gentleman aud I concluded to WALK INTO THE CITY. Tlooked for my vallse, but it was gone. Some one had stulen it, We walked as far as Thirtieth street, called Lawrenceville, where three etrik, crs, oF est we supposed tu be atrikers, met tts, and anid we had better not it any further i that. direction. They very willingly offered to escort us to a safe distance. Wenecepted thelr services, and they touk us to a atrect down which they sald we could get foto town safely. We went on down tua point about two blocks from the round-house where the suldiers were, but they said we had vot better go around there. They took us on to the bank of the river, sail hailed a akiflon tho other side, gud we were taken ecross in ft, When inthe middle of the river we noticed that the round- house was on fire. The firing was pretty gen eralatthat thine, We could hear the minie balls whistling in the alr over our heads. One struck a house on the west skle of the river. And we saw a party of men hauling a mountaltr pleco up the bank, When we pot over we walked along the bank and saw the round house and tho cara burning. We wert to the Monongahela, House and cot breakfast, At noon T went out to the Datos Pepot.ty foil {{thero were any trains gulng West, It was deserted, and” there way! a ruilroad officer to be found anywhere. To tact a man—I don't know whether be was a rallroad employe or not—who said if I went to Alle- gheny City I could probably go on a train at 2 O'clock. We went over there, and found o train ready to go out, but THEE WAS NO ENGINEER, ‘The ono wh should have taken jt out wouldn't ge. The conductor went in search of another cngincer,who had brought s train through. Ele agreed to run the engine, and we vot a permit fram the strikers to po as far as Crestline. It was only by thelr perinission that we started. We were stopped outside of Allegheny by un- other party, but when they found we had a per- mit they let us pass, not molesting us ot all. We got through to Aliance all right, where we took supper. There the engine had to be changed, and the engineer who was to have taken out the train was carried olf by the strikers. It appeara that he had iad some re- marks that were derogatory tv the strikers, and they wouldn't permit bim fo leave. They, bow- ever, put another man jn his place, and wo reached Chicago without any further trouble, “ Are the reports as to the DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IN PITTsBULG EX- AgGERATED {" “No, The newspaper accounts don’t begin to give one a conception of the actual condition of things there. The yard of the Vennsylvania Company from Thirtleth street down to Wash- ington—a mile and a half, {should think— {wall {9 rains, There ts not a car left, and the depot ts zone, and when that was burn- ing the elevator ucur by waa set on fire or caught; that was the only remaining structure in that lozality which belonged to tie Rallroad Company. the whole city scemed to be given up to riot, There was no law whatever, J will say this, however, for the railroad mnen; The diaturbance there und tho deatruction of Bro erty wera not theiracts. The men engaged In thia lawlessness seemed to be mill hands aud rougls, There was a Very strony feeling against the gillitia on acculut of thelr haviuz ted on the people, Gen. Pearson waa blamed for giving the order, but J wus assured by a gentleman who ought to know that the General did not give the order to tire. Who gave it, (fit was given, fa not known, ‘The people were on the Lill on the left as you enter the uty by the Poousylvanla route, lookin dowy, aud among them wero Waren and chil dren, And the soldiers, when they fat the onicr to firey tred he hill, killing a woman and achild and nother womun, ‘That raised the temper of the crowd to frenzy." was THE CROWD a LERGS ONRI” “Yes. [ couldn't possibly give an catimate +) of ite size, it waa ao cnormious, ‘The people were packod tn every street in the nelghborlivud of thy depot and the round-huuse; and they were uncontrollable! Did many appear to be drunk tt “Nut when we saw them carly in the morn. fog; but rl the day there was a guud deal of drunkenness.” “Thera was no disposition to harm youl" “No. They treated us very kindly, And such railway oflictals as 1 sai ned yery aux: fous to belp the pasacugera. They did al) they could forus, and so uid the employes. It was imposstble for the train to get into Pittsburg on pecount of the destruction uf the track frum the depot out to Thirticth atrect. ck waa on trestlowork, cizht or ten fect above the street, and the wpace underneath was rented out as ‘coal sheds.' THe burning cars act the trestlework oulre, and the coal below caught, and the rallawere warped all out of shape.’ SuoW MANY CAKS WEEE DESTROYED! “There were Various rumours us to the num: ber. Must people said from 700 to 1,000; but others put it aa hip as 1,500. And us to loco- inetlyes, I don't believe that severty-Ovo were buraed, as reported. ‘Yhe Company coulda’t have had that many there. IT (ltuk a great blunder was made in sending ta those Philadel- tila troopé iu uniform. They should Lave been Eruwzin fa quictly ineitizens’ clothes, aud with- out any show. But 1 talked with several of tho wuilltia of Pittsburg, and they suid they wouldn’t fire on the strikers. They refused to Sight, aud gave up thelr srma.'* ——- . MISCELLANEOUS, ‘TUB YEBLING TULOUOUOUT TUB CITY TRSTRE- pay was ong of anzlous, nervous excitomcat. Tho demand for noruing papers wos pot cclipsed by the most anxious tues fmmedistely ufier tho an Immense sale, nurrounded by terested crowds all day, who intently scanned tie bultetin-boards, and every grain of news was caught at with the greatest avidity. Everybody deprecated mob violence or hasty actlon, but nearly all aymypathized with the strikers in so far that they should be paid at lesst living wages, com- mmensnrate with the risks they haye to undergo. Thera was also a fouling of dread among our own population Jest some of the Pittsburg scenes might be enacted here. They felt that the rallrou] companies should counsel to- gether and face tle inevitatle, and make the wages oP their employes what they were belore the tst of June last, The action of the cor- porations in allowing the strikes to go on far- ther is deprecated on ali sles, and only tho mast conciliatory course ia adyorated. ‘The hotel reaisters looked quite blank yeater- Hay, owing totho stoppage of railroad travel, Guests away froth home felt somewhat anxtout, and the few Pittsburgers in the city showed the wreatest nervousness aud anxiety to hear from their friends, Whatever the results might be, the opinion ‘seemed to prevall that the worst was over in the East. MAILS TO NEW TORK. é The following dispatch was recelved yester- lay: New Yonx, Joly 23,—To the Hon, Fo WW. Palmer, Postmarter, Chicago, il: We hare Chi- “eago letters postmarked Iniy 21. at 2 and 4 o’clook tt. m., via Penneylvania Ratlway, and July 21, 7 and 11 o'clock a. m., via New York Central, T. 1, Janne, Poatmaetor, TRE LAHOR LEAGUE. There will be a mase-inceting of workingmen held at Maskell Hall on Tuesday evening under the auspices of the Labor League to consiler the present conflict between capital and labor and the causes thereof. By order of M. O'Neil, President. GOv, HANTRANFT, His Exeeliency Giov. Hartranft, of Pennsyl- vyania, arrived in Chicazo Inst wight about 11:30 on ® apechil traln over tue Chivaro & North- western Railroad frum Omaha, which point he left after 11 o'clock yesterday morning, and, by dint of fast running, made the entire distance— $0 miles-—-in eleven hours and fifty minutes. Parts of the journey were made in unuanal time, one stretch of twenty-five iniles being Be ed over in trrenty-four minutes. From the Northwestern Road the Governor was trans- ferred to the Pitteburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Itoad, Whose regular fast nighit-truln, which leaves st 10:40, wos held over for ifs. accommodation. Iie was unaccompanted, and at Salt Lake City Icft the party with which he was travcllng westward aud with which he parred thromzh Chiesgo not many days ago, Min Excellency looks travel and anxiety worn. He hot but little to say about what he thought of the occurrences fn the “Smoky City" and of what he should do when he arrived there. Not having been there, he said, he was unprepared toaay what he should du, He was very much pleased that the disturbance pals greatly sub- sided as the private dispatches Which be bad recelyed during the day Indicated. connectiox. Ta the Faitor of The Tribune. Crttcago, duly 23.—An lojustice was done the First Reginient and the undersigned by a re- ported interylew between a member of the J’vst and the writer as published in to-day's edition of that sheet. The answer given to a question as to what could Le done, was as follows: “1 cannot ay; we have only the First. and Second Regiments and the police force, and these, iu my judgment, would not be sufiicient tu over- come such a mob asthe one that destroyed #0 much property fn Pittsburg, The term ** weak: boys?" wan not used. When the First Kesf- ment was heing recruited I. personally solicited and obtained the names of sone of my friends, who now belong to the regiment. Remember. {ng that the Boaril of Trade Battery, who earned a brilslant record, was composed largely of the same element that fs found tn our First, I would be the Jast man to question thelr bravery, Winiia Borns, CORRESPONDENCE. NOW THE QUESTION AUOULD BE TREATED. To the Iztitor of The Trilune, Curcago, July 23,—Your treatment (editoris\- ly) of the raifroud strike in your {ssuc of to-day must certainly command the approval of rea- sonable miid«, The subject was handled fn an able, humane, liberal, just, and generous man- parttally by asking, Wherein was it generous? Te it generosity which impels youto speak out so bravely for the workinginent Isit rather not n sense of vaked justice? But not wishing to discriminate finely as to the motives which inspired your treatment of a great sub- Joct (and, all the clrcurnstances cousllered, there is no greater question before the country now and forall time), Ithauk yot In the name of the hard-handed mlllions of America for your brave and intelligent words. It is something in these days of subsidize public journals to find a few exceptions to that rule which directs support to great corporations In the infamous trannies which they sv often tuficted upon the poor, What can be suld of the miserable quitbling of the Chicago Sines upon this questiont It bas not dared a word in defense of that Impover- Ished laver which with its hatf-starved oper- atives conducts great lines of raflway. To tue down-trodden and plundered masses it saya, “You have an articte to scll—your labor.” Ir the railroad company wants thint article for any price, it ls their province to state thelr terins, and yoars ta avcept or refuse. IC yuu cannot live upon the rates offercd, stop out of the way; our places cant be filed." And so on thruugh an Intermiuable amount of lame logic snd pro- fesstonal trimming, In other words, the Timea tells outrazed and insulted labor; ‘Here, if you can't live on the bercarly pittauce doled aut te you by rallwa kings Ike Scott and Vanderbilt, then starve.” Sgcatt and Vanderbilt own thelr proverty, therefore they can do as they pleas Ney can flu substitutes for you,—nay, not they can ‘1 yonr places with men who are not citizens of this eountry,—and it Is none of your business,” Such fs the reasoning of the Time. Such fa nut the reasoning of tutelligent labor anywherr. iu this country. 1t belteves it bass right to ex- dat with suine alow furan existence wuich shall not be intolerable. It belleves that skilled Jaber should not only command @ Just compeu- gation, but somo substantial degree of respect. ‘Through that skill which experience and train- ine coufers human fe is carried in measur- ablo safety over great Ines of travel, and ast ‘commercial operatlons are truns- acted rellably and regularly. Is the labor which does all this to be atill further degraded in thia country! Must ft be made the sport of boorish and clumsy wovices substituted for trained men becatiso they, the substitutes, will be satisfed to Hye on atarvation weges! Shall men who as citizons are under obligations to this Government be crushed out by grinding tyranny because buugry aliens arc waiting their aves, This type of reasoning msy do for the Eitcaeo Times, but it will not do for American citizens who have families to feel and provide for. ‘they belleve they have 9 right to live in this country, orieht to demand full and fair waces fora day's work, and thoy aro raphliy getting to know that they have the wer to enforce this just demand. would not have that power misdirected; I would not bave it become the agent of riot, murder, and pillage, J believe with you that order must be restored, but T further believe that juutice must be restored fu this country, id beable to recognize herself once more. 1 taieve that insatinte greed ls enthroned in this country, and that if tevislation will not force its cluich froin the throat of labor, then labor will tnd the Hastiles ut no distant time, sud dismantic them. What {5 that spirit which makes comtarrclal England so restless now, which holds her poised as a tiger over the feast of slaughter iu Eastern Europe, ready to spring foto the cumbat and fight shoul- der to shoulder with the outlaws who covered Bulgaria with massacre? J can pardon sometning to national pride and spirit, but in viow of what the railway kings—the Garretts, the Vanderbilts, and Scotte—are striving to compass, U cau alsa regpenize that spirit of tn- satiate ‘greed and hearticesness which the t Campbelt avostrophized in these lines ad- dressed to the England of commerce and trade: Degenorate trade! thy mintons could despise ‘The heart-born anguish of s thousand cross "ould jock with implous hands their teeming store, ‘islle famlshed nations dod abouy the shard; Coutd bear the groans of fellow wen, and bear Fes cane of Kingdom peopl wit Could stawp dlerace 00 And barter With their guld eternal swe: So. Uswid MILITIA, rhe Editor of Tas Tribune, Curcaao, Suly 2.—It bas always proved to bea fearful mistako In this country to call out a raw inilitia to deal with’s mob. Such a force fo usually about as undisclplined and uncon- trollable under excitement as the mob iteel£; and instead of restoring order, by thelr oyu to discretion or crimes, precipitate out 3 of Jawlessncas and cxasperate the mobs to s frenzy thet becomes uncontrollable. ‘Tho lawlessness {a Baltimore and Pittsburg was proyoked by the Modlvcrect end criwiual recklessness of tho nlitig driug oo » promiscuous and compara- Uvely Invoceut crowd of loukers-on- Aud there are repeated lustances of the same terrible results wherever the sawe mcaus Lave been employed. It is usclesa to say that the crowd bad ny bust fire, while the evening papers and “extras” hed The- newspaper officce were ner, Yet, after all, I might modify this pralse- ness there, and ought to have kept atay, Itin almply human nature that crowds of the curfons will assemble to look on wherever anything un- usualis occurring or expected. And they aro frratfonal to the Inst devree, antl must be bau dled with tact and a great deal of patience, To fire on them promiscucnaly and without auc warping Is worre than n mictake,—it fa a dread- ful crime; and ts usually explated by the fearfal consequences that follow. The militiaman {s not the best of intra: ments to deal with such na crisis. He {8 merely an average clerk or ‘oung fellow " about town, dressed uy forthe day in a uniform with a mueket In his hands. Scared and excited out of his senses in the presence of the mob, he is lable, with or without orders, to respond to a brick thrown by an occasional rioter with a volley into the thick ranks of lookere-on, children, women, and men, entirely Innocent of thewrong the militia- man intended toresent. And this exasperates the crowd Into feuds, and hell is turned loono for a feason, . Theee resuits have happened with such cer- tainty. whenever militia are called into requisition that experience ought to teach a better way. Use the police forco alone, Increased by as many specials as the emergency may make hceensnry. Let their weapon be the club, and that used very eoaring- ly. Let them confine themselves to preventin {njury to property and persons on the part o! the mob, and Jet them be paticnt. Time will wear out and disperse a inob effectually. They must eat and elcep, and those detnands will dis- organize and scatter them, if weare to have trouble in this city, which Heaven forefendl, let us have no militia called out, nor troops of any kind, Strencthen the police forca ‘when the need comes by emptoying the better class of unemployed mien as &peciale, Organize them under the regular police. Use no deadly weapon, nor force bevond the tmost tamnersiire necesalty. Arrest and confine the actually guilty and dis- orderly. Be patient, and good-natured, and for- bearing, for the lot of the unemployed working closses $s hard enouch just now, God knows Let there be no trritante, Let time, hunger aud fatigue do thelr perfect work In scatterin crowds and allaying excitement, PAX. AN APPHAL TO BMPLOYES OF RAILWATS. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cntcaco, July 23.—I destre to make a few re- marke through your paver to rallrond employes, for whom I have a very high regard,-haying my- aclf been engaged for several years in the service of railroad corporations In different positions, First, retnember you are citizens of 4 :free coun- try, where a man can choose tho calling he most desires to follow, provided safd calling fs in bormony with the Jaws of ovr land. Now, while you may have ac- lected rallroading as tho best means to support yourself and family, sad still more you may haye spent much tinie In fitting yourself forcertain poaltions, set donot forge there {a no compulsion in your sticking to this business. Hf you Und tust the wages offered are inarc- quate to mect your desires and demands, then quit ike men, and try something else, and leave the const free (ns you found — it) an} one else = who chovees to try it. The Maca of saviue a man shall nat have the right to work for such wages as lic pleases to accept is not oat un-American, butitisunbecoming the Intellfgence you pos- sons. It {s in violation of the very spirit and principtes you hold dear yourselves ay Ameri- ean citizens, Why do men chenge fram ono busines: another?—to better their condition, — and to aay you arc not capable of this, is an inault to’ your intelligence and energy. Inconcluston, ict me remind you again that you. are living In a free country, and beware how you help to establish any precedent that might re- dound on your own heads ahould you happen to engage in business for yourselves requiring the employing of others. You are American citl- zens, and vitally interested im all questions un- derlying your Government and soclety. Yours ruly, D.C. Faraway, A BUBSCRIDEROFPERS SOME EXPLANATIONS, To the Eauor of ‘The Tribune. Chicago, Joly 22—In this morning's Issue of Tue Tune I notice an editorial, "The Worst Villaing of All,” which think you would not have published had you known the facts. The arsenat you speak of a6 being the arsenal of the local militia is the Allegheny Arsenal of the United States, onc of the fincat aud largest be- longing to the Government, stored with an al- most unlimited quantity of ordoance and mill- tary stores of all kinds, and commanded by a United States oflcer, who has under his com- inand from thirty to fifty United States soldiers, The commanding officer of the arsenal no doubt did wellin not admitting the Vhita- delptiia militia, for had they been admitted the mob would surely bave followed, as It fs a place not cacily defended, being o large park sur- rounded on three sides by. atone fenve or wll seven fect high, castly scalcd, the remaining sida having an iron fence, which would not have stood long in the face of stich o mob as that at Pittsburg. | Now, bad the Allegheny Arsenal once come intu possession of that mob, with all Ite ordnance ond small arms. and Ite magazincs of powder and fixed ammunition, must nut the consequences have been gearfull 8, C, Rous, TUSCOLA. . ' ‘The Judicial Contest tn the Fourth Apeliate Districtee Tho — Shrievalty — Indiguation Against n Stato Boar. ‘Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Trecota, UL,Joly 21.—In this (the Fourth) Ap- pellate District, a good deal of feeling fe being engendered over the Judgeship. The district te Republican bys majority of 1,176, but the party hos not made uw nomination, accepting Maj. J.D. Witkin, of Bfarshall, as ste candidate, The Democracy haya also, by common consent, in- dol Maj, Willian E. Nelson, of Decatur. The press in the district fora long thine took no inter: eat in the election, considering both men as capablo and qualified, ut Maj. Neleon's friends very on- wisely uftempted to draw party-lines in Edgar and Moultrie Countles; and pow the Meoublicans, headed by George Netorys,, of the Champalyn Gazette, have begun a regular partisan ight. It will not make mich difference which gentleman {sclected, and, except a few hot-nesded partisans on both sides, the peaple are willing to let the can- didates and inwyers fyht tt out, ‘he Pemocrats have nominated Col, Westford Taxgart, uf thea place, for Sherif, to Mil the yaraney occasioned by tho death of Cunningham. The Kepublican Convention will be held on Mon- day, Tho election coruve off Aug. U. hero ts Intense Indignation agalnst the Board of Commissioners engayed in locating the Eastern Tusane Asylum, tor ignoring Tuucola's Invitatiou to visit autt insyect one of the fincet patural springe fn tha Wesl,—u apring that tlows 800 gallons pee lous, ond {a prononoced by Vrof, Haines, of Rash Callege, to porsens high remedial vistues, The Toard tas anipletime, and deserves severe censure for duregarding tho atnest petition of hundreds of leading men ia Centra} Mlinois. OBITUARY. Byectal Dispatch to Tae Tribune, Evaxevon, Ill., duly £3,—The many friends of William T, Woodson will be palued to learn of bis death, which occurred at half-past 21 thie morn- thy athisresidence jathis town, ‘The deccaced had Leen a yictin of consumption for many years, sufferlug especialy the taat threo months. His de has Deon anticipated for two woeks, In died oe fully among bie fone He wau 52 years of age, was born in| Prince Edward's Coun! i. a inka, April ii, 185, and has been w resident of firunston twenty years, during which time he bas pursued tha busincas of aa undertake er, He bas from bis earliest residence ete atood high in public eateom, occupying a promincut position inthe Methodist Church os a Wrustee aud energetic promoter of ita welfare. Some five of wz yeora ayo he resigned hia bnainces and visited Colorado fa recover hin health, Suce ceeding purtistiy he returned so resume bie bual~ hese. Alo pursued ble profession until atx montha ‘when he wos ayala compelled to seck recovery abr Me spent dix montns io Florida. but re~ turned home. three months ago only a little im- raved, Since then be bas rapidly failed. te eaves a wife anden unaarried daughler, besldes mauy (tlends, to maury hie loss. ‘The faneral will beatZorciock Wednesday, by carriages trom the tealdouce to Rosehill, A SOLACE FOR THE AGED. declize of Hts, 98 the vigor of the system wee ar juurioitics atusck It to whlch ‘iu -easly Ute i aa a atraicet teabier® Nothiig. es capes : ¥ 2, Nothing, rite ahowe, is 00 admirably adapted to the maul of old people av Hostetler's Stomach Hitters, It {ea tealeolace to the aged, and the best safeguard the bie agalust the cumpiaiots to can Bi whieh they are pec Mable. 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