Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 27, 1877, Page 7

passenger trains, Employes ntong the tne have gone to work again with alncrity at the reduced rates. KO TROURLE. New Yous, July 2.—There ts no tndleation hereof trouble growing out of the railroad strike thronghont the country. The city Is. talm, confident in the fidelity and ability of ite He atock-xchange toxday thanked the city authorities for the prompt action of tast cven- ingin dispersing the crowd violating the law by marching {n procession withont having ob- tained previously permission of the Police Com- missioners. ‘THE UNIONISTS, who do not aMfilate with tho workingmen who called the Tompkins Squarc mecting, met in thelarge hall of the Cooper Union to-night tothe number of about 4,000, and expressed sympathy with the raltrond men and others on patrikes also advising the establishment of a National federation of all trades so that com- Uined capitat can be successfully resisted and overcome.” A resolution was siso atopted giving fraternal greeting — to. the volunteer soldiers who fraternize with thelr fellow-workingmen. Neither the speakers nor specches were of any importance. The mect- jog closed more quictly than the average politl- cal gathering. The Bread-Winners’ League was in session tonmht, and adopted resolutions regretting the destruction of Ilfe and property, and ap- pointed Aug, 15 for a mass-mecting. Vanderbilt says Lis loyal laborers will not re- great their fealty, COUNSELED PRAVE, Annany, N.Y, duly 20,-Ata meeting of strikers in Capitol Park this afternoon the speaker counseled peace and no lawless acts. Jt waa stated that Mayor Banks had agreed to present a petition uf the citizens of Albany ask- Ing the New York Central Ratiroad authorities to restore the wages paid before the late reduc- tion, and ask the railroad folks to give it favor- able consideration. ‘This plan met with general approval, and the meeting adjourned until Faiday. pes ALBANY, Atnany, July 26.—The Governor received a Mispatch at alate hour statiug that the Sheriff and deputies had taken posscasion of the North- ern Central Road near Elmira and dispersed the mob, and the road was guarded by soldiers and artned citizens, and the Sheriff had started trains. ° Adetcctive this morning arrested Dan HHas- gon, the leader of the Albany riot, and hurried hn in shacklessto Troy Jall. Alt is quict at Weat Albany. No further disturbance is ap- prehended. Thw shops will probably be opened and men at work by to-morrow. SYRACUSE, Sraacusy, July &.—Eighty trains of loaded frelght-cara wero sent out of Syracuse to-day. ‘Tho strike fs all over. All train hands and ma- chinists are at work. , ‘The vieltlug militia regiment amused people with a dress-parade. PORT JERVIS. Pont Jervis, N. ¥., July 26.—Donohue, tho chlof of the strikera at Hornelleville, who was arrested, reached this place fast night, en route to New York, in charge of four Deputy-8heriffe, While hero a dispatch was received frum the Sheriff of Steuben County, directing his retarn, in ordor to obey a writ of habens corpus. Hts presence waa not known until alter he was on his way back... Confldence hero ts ontirely restored, and all fears of further troublo-arc yone. ‘Thor. Thor, N..Y., daly 2%.—A mass-meeting of laborers was called at noon to-day. Un assem: ring the polleo very quictly dispersed tne wrowd. BUPFALO, cs Burva.o, N. Y., July 26.—All was quict throughout the night, and this morning no dis- turbance. of any Kind whatever has occurred. ‘Tho police are constantly making arrests. The pee Toad will start ita tralus at noon to- ay. : BLMINA. Exams, N. Y., July 20.--Au effort was made this afternoon to ecud out frelght-trains on tho Northera Central Railroad. The employes en- tered the round-houee, put out the fires in the engines, and dragged the Sreman from the en- xine, A Sheriff and 600 armed citizens and military went to the scene, and quict waa re- stored. WASHINGTON. GOVERNMENT. DISPATCHES PROM OFFICERS, Syeciat Dispatch to Tas Tritune, Wasntnoton, D.3C., July &.—Diapatches from uilicera of the Governinent stationed In all parte of the country, read in the Cabinet meet- ing to-day, indicated a general cessation of the rioting {u connection with the laborcrst war agalnst the raflways, except at Chicago, St. Louls, and one or two points of minor. fin- portance. The news of the fighting In Chicago to-day had not been recetved when tht Cabinet aljourned. Now York City and Philadelphia were reported at peace, with no fear of an out- break, Baltimore, Clucinnat!, Buffylo, Creve- land, Columbus, and Pittsburg were gradually settling down to their accustomag quict. At Chicago somo disturbance was reported, and trouble was atill apprehended at St. Louis, but, while men wero not being murdered and property dustroyed, freight traffic had nowhora been reaumed, and In very few instances wore even passenger trains run- ning with anything Uke thelr accustomed reg- wlarity. o . THE BALTIMONS & Otto Road, which before the strike diapatched two tralne cach way between Baltimore, Cincio- nutl, and Chicago, is running one passenger train, which leaves gnd arrives about on tinte. This train carrica the through mall,- The anthorities of tho Baltimors & Ohio Road, {t fs understood, will send the mails through by epecial car if at any timo they arc unable to run thelr passenger trains, ‘The Btates which, for tho next two or three days, are kely to be tho scene of the moat In- teresting operations are Ponnaylvania and Sfary- Jand. Gen. Hancock will furntah to tne State authorities of the former this evenlug a force of 600 regular troops, who, with 9,400 militia, will leave Philadelphia to-night for Pittsburg, THBUS MISSION boing to open the Ponnsylvunia Railroad acroas the Keystone Btate for regular frelght and pas- senger trafic. ‘Those troups will be under the command of the State authoritles, but Gen. Hancock will remain lu Philadelphia, and will Give such advico as may bo needed, Meapurcs equally vigorous are to be adopted to open the Balthwore & Obio Road to freight-tfaltic. Five companies of tho Eighteenth Infantry from South Carolia, under command of Col. Black, arrived bers at a late hour last night, and threo companies, under command ‘of Col. Black, left here at 8 a. mm. for Cumberland, Md. Tne other two companics, under comnmand of Maj. Brows, are now at the arsenal waiting orders, 3t 1S THE DETRAMINATION OF THE GOVERH- MENT to throw a strong foreo along the line of the Baltwore & Oblo Railroad as far west as tho Objo River, for the purpose of opeuing the road and keepiug tt open to freight aod passeuyer trafllc, This cxperiiment will be watched with grest interest, for, {f it be successful, it ia be- Meved that it will break the backbone of the strike, and that commerce will resume its accustomed chauncls on all the great rall- road Mnca of the country within a few days The Stato authorities of Pounsvivania haye a sort of pride in managing this matter them- telyes, especially as thelr action thus far bas ‘Dot reflected much credit upon them, wud would prefer to havo the troops under the command of Btate officers, even yere that not the legal and Tegular way of dealing with thy matter, No great trouble fa apprelicuded in openiyg thess two Touds, aud it is believed that, within forty-elgbt hours, all trains wilt be moving on the Pennsyl Vania and Bayimore & Ohio Ruads without ob- atruction. 5 GUY. CULLOM, OF 1LL1NO13, made foswal call upon thy President to-day ja his State, Although there had heen some rloting reported at Chicagy at the hour when the Cabjnet met, after caretal conalderation ofthe — subject the Preskfent eame to the cofelusion that the exigency had flot- arrived when ft wotld be de- atrable to fsste a proclamation. and to place United States troops at the disposal of the State of Ilnole. WISCONSIN'S MATNATAY, Acommunication was also received from the Governor of Wisconsin, saying that violence was threltened, and that the State had no militia which could be used tn auppressing a riot, should ono oecur, Ho suggesten that. the old veterans In the Soldiers’ Home might be armed for the protection of the State if the United States Government would auttor- fzothe issue of muskets and ammunition to them. Some of the Cabinet were very much amused at this suggestion. ‘The Idea of calling upon the aged and crippled soldiers In the Home In that State to defend the Common- wealth against threatened violence was consld- ered a very original onc, THE MAILS, The reports received at the Post-OMice Depart- ment toslay in regard to the matls have been very meagre. Up to tho close of office hours nothing had been heard. from Superintendent Vail, at New York, during the day. A letter written at 8 o'clock yeaterday afternoon was re> ceived this morning, but {t contained very little information In addition to that included in bis dispatches yesterday and published in this morning's Trspuns. AT INDIANAPOLIS the situation was substantially unchanged, On one or two roads trains wero running witn reguiarity, but on othera there was elther a partial of total blockade. Postmaster Iolloway, of Indianapolfe, telegraphed very indignantly to the Postmaster Gencral to-day that the local and State authorities were doing nothing to assist in ralsing the blockade. The Mayvr of Todfanapalis, he sald, was afratd, aud the Goy- ernor sympathized with the strikers, “ny THR COURTESY OF TNE MOB." A dispatch received from one of the officers of the Department at Chicago raleed o new and sumewhat important question. - The managers of some of the rallroaids had expressed the fear al axaistance fn Ruppressing domestl: TIL CHUCAGO - TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JULY 27, 187 A Veale, aud all under the command of Capt. Thoinas B. Dewees. In obedience to arecond teiegrain: re. 1 by Col. Brackett last evening, Jaty 25, calling for an additional 10 men, the following were sent: Filty nen of Company C, Secoml Cavalry, uniter com- mand of Sevond-Leutenent H. 1, Suntingtan, anil iifty men of Company FB, Second Cavatry, under command of Second-Licutenant F. I Bitley, Second Cavalry, oud all uniter the com- mandof Maj. D. §. Gordon, Becond Cavairy, who will assume command of the whole bat- talon upon meeting in Omaha. Lieut. Fe M. Robinson, Second Cavalry, also left to-day to Join bis company In Gma'rs, Company B. BALTIMORE, DOAND OF TRADE MEETING, Bautistonz, duly 26.—At a special meeting of the Board of Trade to-day, resolutions were adopted that an urgentand united appeal ought to bu made to the Presitent of the United States by the authorities of the several States whose Jaws have beon sct at deflance by resistance too forintdable to bo inct without Federal ald, for the utmost mensure of military protuctiun, and exercise of all military power authorized by the Constftution for the suppreaston of dumestic vio- lence within the States. ¢ Board of Directors of the Merchants’ Exchanize also diupted reso- Iuttons] that we carncatly appeal fo the Presi- dent of the United States to ale prompt and decisive measures for the immediate resto- ration of law and order, extending such ueas- ures to the utmost Init of his constitutional power, and lucluding the Immediate Increase of the military forces of the Government, ahould thie in bis Judgment be deemed necessary. At Cumberland the City Counctl to-day re- |, moved all coal-oil trains outside the city mits, QUAND KILLED, BaLtimone, duly 20.—Fames Colbarn, James Bowers, and James Shattleburg, guarding the Baltimore & Ohfo Kallroal track, forty-two tniles from the city, were fired upon, and tho first-enamed fatally aud tho others actlously wounded, ln the castern section of the city this morn- ing twenty-six tramps who had taken up quar- ters In the working cara of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad were arrest- ed and sentenced to finprisonment for thirty dayse A number of tramps arrested near the that the strikers would taxe pussesvlon of thes] -Canton Elevator were sent to prison mall trains and run them, and asked that orders be Issued from the Department to all clerke nnd other Post-Oflce officials not to recognize the strikers, and alrecting them not to proceed on trains which were not in the con- trol of tho offcera or agents of the roads. It was suggested that orders be issued to deposit the tnaila at. the nearest post- office to the point where trains pnased out of the control of tho railroad companies, Tho writer of the dispatch asked the Department if such orders could be {ssued. In reply, he was Informed that, when such a case arose and was brought to the attention of the Departiwent, a declafon upon it would be promptly made, but «that the Postmaster-General could not make a decision on & bypothetical ease. At tho same ‘time, it was the inclination of the Department, In advance, not to lave any dealing with others than the managers of the ruilroads tuemsclyes. At) the Department contracts are matic with the ratl- road companies, and stipulate that the mafls shall be carried on the regular passencer-trains, If passenger-tralna are not dispatched, the Guy- ernment has no right to claim thut the mails shall be carrled otherwise. In addition to this,it fs deemeil wiscat not to give the strikers any en- couragement, as might bedone If special trains with postal cars and without passenger-couchcs attached were run with {ta approval and by the courtesy of the mob. A SUGGESTION. To the Western Assoctated Press, Wasmrnaton, D. C., July 26.—The Executive Committeo of 8t. George's Association of North Aterica, through’ a ‘representative to-day, walted on Secretary of Stato Evarta, and read a rerics of resolutions recommending arbitratiun for tho settlement of tho existing railroad troubles, Mr. Evarts oxpressed a gencral ap- proval of the principle of arbitration, and promised to give the matter due cousideration. FALSE REPORT. An industriously circulated report. that an engincer had sald that he would take no troop train out of Waahington caused a large crowd to gather at the Baltiniore and Potomac depot to ace a troop-train departing for Philadctptita. At the appoluted time the train departed amtdst cheers from most of the crowd. The troops con- ted of the Second, Third, and Fifth Agtiillery and twocompanics of infantry, with two Gat- Ung guns ond caissons. ADDITIONAL MILITARY THANSVERS, Telegrams are promptly sent to the President at the Soldiers’ Homo giving him tnformation og to the condition of the troublea in the various citles. : Col. Black, ta command of tho Eightcenth Infantry, who left this ‘clty this morning, reached Cumberland at 10 o'clock and pro- ceeded to Grafton, W. Va, hd “Fourteen companies, ordered from the Weat to Bt. Louts, will reach there to-morrow ‘morm- ing. Gen. Pope considers the public property at St. Louls and Chicago secure. Gon. Ruger has been ordercd vy Gen. Tan- cock to Louiayillo, and to assume the Immediate control of tho troops at that polut and New- port, Batteries D and I of the Fifth Artillery, from the Department of the Bouth, will reach Baltl- more to-morrow. MISCELLANEOUS. SALARIES. FURTHER FIGULES. Brectat Dispatch to Ths Tritune, ‘ New Youk, July %.—Further lnvest!gatiun. regarding the wages pald railroad omployes how that tho Penysylyania Company bas made but one reduction ainco the War. That was of 10 percent on Jan. 1, 3874, Tho wages carncd ast month wero: Passenger engincers., Paasener fromen... Freight enginee Freight Sromen, Pasuener conductor t Vasscnger brakemen... 50. Passenger baggagcmaste: 50. Freight conductors... « 3, 00 Freight brakemen.. 40.80 The managers say their men wero satisbed with thelr wages and would not have struck but or outaldy lofucnces. They consider rafiroad, employes the best paid laborers iu tho country and willnot yleld Tha New Jersoy officials pay regular daily wages aud havono mileago system. To regain the mileage aystem tuo men struck, say the managers, but back pay wus duc to over $200,000, which tho men them aglves allege as tho reason, ‘Tho regular pay for all cnincers is 890; for firemen, $35; for brakemen, 81.70 to $3 per day. Heasldes this, extra work ts given, 60 that the average salaries for June were: Passcoger coglineers. $104 eestor: ib Preigbt firemen... GH Thesame rates obtain on the Lehich & Susque- hanua,the Delaware, Lackawanna & Westeru,and tho Mortis & Essex Roads, The engineers get $2.41 to $3,46 per day; fremen, $1.73; brakemen, $1.54 to $1.75; conductors, $65 to 875 per month, ‘Tho Morris & Essex strikers returned to work to-dyy, and tralos are runutng nearly as usual. Tho Company agree to pay the fremen $50 5 month, the same as before the 10 per cent ro- duction. Upon this the engineers work at their reduced prices, §W) per month. - . FORT SANDERS, WY. — BRGULABS. i Spectat Dispatch to Tae Tribune, Four Sanongs, Wy., July 2.—Telegraphic instructions from headquarters Department of the Platte having been received by Cul. A. a. Brackett. Second Cavalry, commandivg Fort Baudery, Wy., Jwy 35, to send 100 dismounted men, properly officered, ty Omaha, Neb., the following Lroops were dispatched at 11:30 a. m. of Joly 25: Fifty men of Company A, Second Cavalry, uuder command of First-Lieut. T. B. Gregg, and Bfty meu of Cowpany B, Second Cavalsy, under command ,of Caps. James W. LATEST. Battimonn, July 2.—A larzo and orderly meeting of workingmen wos held at Heltin’s hall to-night. The President sald the cause of the strike was the starvation wages pald by the Baltimore & Onto Railroad, Resolutions were adopted pledging tlietr sup- port tu the municipal and State authorities to inalntaln the peace and preserve order; express- ing the warmest sympathy with the Baltimore & Objo Rallroad employes; nugeeating an Smfpartial system of arbitration, and the appointnrent of acommitice to walt upon premineae merchants and request them to ise cir Influence with the stockholders and Di- rectors of the rallroud Company towards a sat- fefactory adjustment of the present differences, A resolution was also adopted that no pro- fessional politician be allowed to addrces the meeting. The Committee of striking tralnmen of the Balthmore & Ohio Raflroad called on Guy. Car- rol] to-day to present tu him thelr grievances and. ask forredress, Tlicy said they were not rioters, but wanted fair wages for a fair day's work. ‘The Governor sald his duty was to preserve the peace and order, aud he could do nothing in refercuce ta the prices, about which they had better see the rallroad ofllcials. Anothor delegation saw Attorney-General Gwynn, and, from his manner, belleyed he would take some uvtion by which a compromke would be effected. LOUISVILLE. PROCLAMATION NY THE GOVERNON, Louisvitye, Ky., July .-~But Nttle fear of further trouble Ja entertained. The display of eltizens has had {ts effect, and indications pulut tothe resumption of the usual quictude and business, The following proclamation explains itsalf. Sratz or Kaxteucxy, Extcortve Deranruest, Fraykrour, Ky., uly 26, 1877.— Tv the People of Kentucky: At'thla me, when tumult and rot {iN noms of the States have rostlted {n bloudsbed, deatructiun of property, and suapergion of travel and bualness, “1 with’ pleasure colfzratutate you that comparative peace anu quletudy exint through: out our Commonwealth. ‘Tho only dleturbatica that has been reported to me occarred in the City of Louleville, and I {Informed that it was not participated in Ly ratiruad employes or working Bien, hut by turbulent persone, who, unwilling to work theaselves, sunght to drive otters from hon- est labor, and it war easily controlled by tho prompt etfurta of tho citizens of Loulaville aldius, the civil authorities. Inthe crisis through which we are passing trae patriotiam and proper respect for Isw aud order deniand not only prudence and forbestance; but drnnessand resolution, Lawleas men should be taught that peace and order shall revall, and that hoveat, Jaw-abiding mon ara at hie front, Violence and lawleasnesn will not ben- edt any ciaes, and naually proves moot disastrous to the poorer classe: Having been asked to send troops to Jocalitien whore no unusual oxeltementurdisturbance existe, I feel if my duty to state that L belleve the civil power of the commontwealth Is at preeent aufliclent to protect all classes and quiet any disturbance that is apprchended, and it should ba invoked and exhausted before the ail of tho State Guard ts asked, and troops sliould only be used to support the civil authorities in preaerviug peace. f there- fore callon all Mayors, Sherlfls, and poace officers of Kentucky to be visitant In the discharge of thelr dutlen. I carnestly avk all good cliizeus, by pre- cept and examplo, to usc every effort to ayort vio- lence and excitement, and I pledge whatuter pow- eror aathurity ia vented In tne toald In presorving the peaco and enforcing tho law. : daune U, NcCatauy, Governor, THE MOD AWEU, The city to-night has been very quist. The eitizen-milltary continue to perfect their organ- izations, and tho rloters do not dare show thein- aclyes. Every quarter {9 patroled. The em- ployes of several factories havo quit work, but without violent demonstrations. Two companies of the Thirteonth Regiment and four of the Second Rezimunt, United States Infantry, arrived’ from the South to-day and went into camp, Gen. Morrow, of the Thirteenth, commands, Theireervices have been tendered the city in ewso of necd.. Tho Mayor has mato: an adil Uonal requisition of arme anda battery of tight artillery, whtch has been granted, Tho engluecrs aud Sremcen of the Loulsvillo & Nashville Railroad have sigued acard com- mending Btandiford, Preatdont, and pledging to to protect the Company's property. KANSAS. + | TOPBKA. Torska, Kan., July 26.-—There hasbeen for ‘the past twenty-four hours @ partia) strike on the Emporla, aud Newtun divisions of tho Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fo Railroad, and freight-trains were not allowed to pass. A committee waited upon the Superintendent and Jald before bin thelr gelevances. Ofticors ara reticent us to thelr nature, but, as they say, without making concesstons the mon went back to work, and all tralus were allowed to run. ‘Thoro hus been considerable excitement, but it {a bellgved all danger 1s passed, - THE MAILS, TRMPORAY BXPATRIATION. Spectat Dispatch to The Tribune, Montngat, July 2.—A largo quantity of mall matter, Includiug fifty bagefrom Chicago and places west, passed through Montreal yes- terday sud todey for New Kncland States, New York City, Baltimore, Washington, and Great Britain. ARRIVAL IN WASHINGTON. Speckat Dispatch to The Tribuns, Wasurncton,D. C., July 20.—A passenger- tralu from Cincinnati, with ‘the Western jails, arrived ou thne this evening by the Baltfinore & Objo, aud without iuterruption at any polnt. —— FRENCH VILLAGE, SYMPATIY. Sr. Louis, Bo., July 2u.—Abont 800 coal miners uf St. Clafr and Madison Counties, ILlf- pols, Leld a meeting at Freuch Village, dve mites from East St. Lous, thls afternoon, aud pasicd resolutious demanding four cents per bushel for digging cual; that eight bours shall constitute a Gay's work; aud that they shall be putt thelr wayes twice a month, They also adopted a resolution expressluy heurtfclt sympathy with Ye railroad strikers, and pledging co-operation with thew as far as possible. PUBLIC SENTIMENT. LEVERS. BTANT THR TRAINR. ‘To tha HAttor of The Tribune, Cucang, daly 2.—The great public, com- poseil of all classes, has at Jength come to the just conclusion that no clasa has a right to fnflict wnmessurable dainaze upon any other In order to redress an injury, real or supposed, to Its own, So far the general ‘mass of the people have taken nu sides In the present contest between the railroad companies and their dteatfected operatives, They have nought siinply to pre- serve order, atid, #0 far as possible, to maintain the public safety. Rut tho suffering fs extending, and in the nature of things, the peril and distress will only grow greater with every day of delay, The present. Policy of “holding off,” and merely securing the munteipal safety, will not only fail, butmuat in the end prove fatally dinastrous, The time has com2when the public, in ite might, should grouse itself to such vigorous action as the crisis demands. It should be re- membered that a mob ts a hideous monster, with sharp claws, it is trac, but without a brain, Experience has always shown that no mon, howover numerous, ever has stood, or ever can stand, agalnst o community vigorously orgen- tzed for Its protection under the reign of inind. Staggered for a tnoment by the suddenness of the blow, and the strangeness of the situation, the public, taken by surprise, knew not what to do, A parcel of wretched tramps, taking ad. vantege of this muinentary bewilderment, pa- raded through the city and for an hour bad things pretty much thelr own way, A few po- Neemen vould caally have scattered or arrested. the whole gang, £ more | distraceful outrage was never enacted, and it is a shame that sucha aceno could auywhere have taken place. It $9.0 satisfaction to know that there were none of the rallroad strikers, or any other re- s able strikers, among these men who are seeking to throw the city into a condition of anarchy. ‘There is n6 class which necds the authority of Taw ‘inore -etrongly than the mighty army of labor. ‘There fs no class which would suffer more by {ts overthrow. This fact the more in- teliigent among them well knotr, ‘The faw-ablaimg portion of the community fs there! overwhichiningly in the majority, bow os at auy other tline. All but thieves and murderers and {ncendia- ries are intereated in the preservation of prop- erty, and would suffer from its destruction, Every man who has struck fur better pay knows this fact. An injury to property ts nn ft jury to him, Destroying railroud proverts, it is clear to all who have not lost their reason, disables the compantes and reduces their ability to em- ploy more men or pay Buher wares,” nt tt is insposathle to reaeon with a man who denies that two and two are four. Nur can you reason with a man—a tadinan—who clains that the railroad companies are rich, when wo know that they are poor, Who lusistatupon it that they aya making money when the facts show that.ther are losing money, and that thelr stockholders in most fu- stances are getting absolutely nuthing? The community always ayinpathizes with the laberer in his contest with a corporation, and eapeclally whon there isthe least injustice im the case, ‘The man who labors is entitled to be paid, sal aloud Us weil paid ial he shut ve take his employer by the throat and say thal, *. tb dio wot pay mt more Ganon stu apird oT edt wreck your entire tnainess and destroy your proj erly” This has not bean said, but tho eifect is the sane, Those who have stopped all work upon the -rouds baye assumed a fearful responsibility, and haye already inflleted great fojury, not only upon the roads, bubalsoupon their sympathizers and friends. This state of things cannot and must not con- toue. ‘The remedy ts simple, and, tf promptly and vigorously adupled, will be followed by fu mediate relief and a general return of coutl- dence and prosperity, ‘The tomedy ia this: Let there be at once, for local security, w vigilance organization of the whole people, with a powerful comiittee In every wanl, to co-operate with the municipal authoritics tn the maintenance of the law, Let this be dune without dolay, and then, in the presence of this great uprising of the moral sentient, LET THUS TRAINS WH BTARTED, each one with an adequate foree, and the way ‘will be clear, and there will be no more trouble than there was on State street, when a few po- Ileemen, without a blow, broke the blockade and cleared the track for the horse-cars, ‘The “strikers? themselves will respect the popular sentiment thus expressed, and at once reaume thelr abandoned places on the roads, But if they will uot do su, with the publle sympathy on thelr alae, and the good-will of the companles thus secured, then let their places be filed by others, and at any and every hazard let the traine drive on, and the whole country, with all ita stupendona Interests in Jeopardy, will ap plaud and gustaly tre act. Your [cllow-citizon, J. Esatas Wailnsy, sUGGEETIONS, To the Editor of The Tribune, Cuicaqo, July 20.—Our nation and city aro introublo. A criais fs upon us, nm some re- spects more serious than the lato Southern Re- bellion. That was localized, concentrated, and tangible, and hence could be rapidly reached by force of arma, and was ere long crushed; this i more widespread, and, with {ts aympathizers conditionally available, has a numerteal force nearly, If notauite; oqual to the other, anil what it Jacks in moncy or bralus (tu yory nearly makes up in greater physical endurance, as compared with its opponents, and has for # cen- tral rallylog point a greater show of justice than was posscased by the other. Tho South warred for tho abatemncut of cortaln wronus which the world has geucrally deemed to have beon mainly imagtoary, and also, and princi- pally, for the maintenance of tho institution of Slavery. Tho present uprising {s claimed by its leading exponents to be an act of sclfiefense, a struggle, Infact, to preveut actual starva- tlon, Now, it ts more than likely thot thts clatm ts not ascomplete as those who muke ft belleve that itis, and yet {if theao men, through ignor- ance or otherwiee, tink ita sound basis for anappeal to the world, tho effect upon their tinds is the same as though it was sound, and there will, from the nature of the case, be en- gendered a persistency that will carry tn its train tho maximum of mostal aod physical momentum, which, Lf successfully impeded in one direction, wil turn into other chanuels, and, perhaps, finally, in despair and rage, Hke the escaping waters of a wountala reservoir, may carry death and destruction with it, ‘The late appeaF sent by the employes of tha Pennsylvant Railroad Company to ‘the stock- holders of that corporation stuted that soins of thelr number were carning only 75 cente per adtem., Employes of other raitroads have stated (and the fact hes not been denied) that many of them had been getting as low as 81, 8t.1 ger tay, and were now to receive only from cents to $1. With the present prices of tho necessities of life, alt must concede, after inquiry, or, what would be more to the point and all-convincing, after a little experience, Uuat to attempt to Hive amt malntain wtawilly on such # pittance would be to make existence without hope, and unendurable, To this, ft fs sald ttat there are plenty of other men who would gladly step into the strikers’ places and accept the reduced pay, and heuce the strikers ought not to expostulate agalust tho reduction, [tis true, alas! that there are mauy worthy mon with families on the verge of starvatiou, who, having no lvaf, will Jump at the prospect of getting half a loaf,—would in fact in their dire uecossity quar- Tel overa bone. Such food might lo tempo- rarily on the frontier or on sllpboard vo keep soul and bedy together unt buman aid arrives, but ought never tu be ine sisted” upon when thero are fellow- mortals among them who have all the comforts of life, and especially not when there are many who revel iu tife's extravazauces and luxuries, The striker says to bis more unfortunate acighbor who wants bis position, “If 1 yicld to You, aod you aceept the reduction, f shall bays nothing, aud your belf loaf will not long waln- taju you, aud svou we both will Le helpless. It Ican live 1 may help you to bridge over the chusin should it prove to be bemapurary,® tissald: “Let thesemen yo lute thecountry and hiro out as farm-hands, or ict them zo Weat and settle on the free homesteads aud become farmers. To the first proposition it mnay be avswered thst there ia uo ee re farin-hands except for wfew weeks dueiug har Yest, but usually there fa av overplus of help; spd to tho second suggestion, It ls guillclent to say that the expenses of moving, 4 wan's family to the West, erecting buildings, pro- curing uecessary stock und touln reauire an outlay of cushion bend uf several hundred dollars, a8 there can be nu return uutll after the 7-TWELVE Not one ianin a iS Money enourh to Ald have, how many ints of F3NPOr BAD would Uke to rlvk it ina fanning adventure of the kind Juat mentioned, partleailarly if the: man. has bo previous knowledze of agriculture, and has to take the chances of losing all by a failure of the crov. through drought or erasshoppers t [t Is useless todeny the great powerofthe pres- ent ineverment; that we may overawe and for the time belog crush it by force ia not nullkely, but that ft will not very suon again trouble 168 mules adlferent remeity fs applied ts Improba- ile. Jn the Mune of the present remedy 1 would mace following suggestions: . Let the rallroad compantes accede to the de- mania of the strikers in su far ng to restore the worknen’s pay to tts place before the Ins) re- duction. The futelligent public opinion of the country has clearly decited. that this demand {3 not an tnreneonable one, and hence, If the rail- roads will yield, they will do_so, not at the dice tation of @ mob, but in obedience to the voice of the peuple, whose rervants they are, being themeelves ‘quasi-public tustitutfons, as de- clared by ttecletons of the courte." To yield now will not, therefore, as alleged, open the kates for endiess or. tujust demands in the fu- ture. Let the railroads’ abolish tho “ faet freight” Hues which ride like leeches on their backs, and whose earnings, {Instead of going {n- to the coffers of the raflrond Eumianiee, elve rise ty the suspieton that they largely (ind their way, as dividends on stock, Into the private pockets of the leading railroad oflctals in ad- dition to thelr regular salaries, which of them. selves are often princely, ‘Th#passenger trallic has a somewhat siiuflarleech in the shape of the Pullman and other palace-rar compauies, 3, let our Mayor engize several thouranid first grain ernp [48 hundred of our do this. and bed more special pollee, enlisting them for thirty, sixty, and ninety dara, or even longer, and let them be selected froin the worthy unemployed workinginen. Thismore would at ouce inake all these men so employed the friends of Jaw aud order, The taxpayers had better pay these men wages ax polivemen than to run the risk of thelr degenerating in the near future {nto plunderera. aud possibly Incendiaries. 3 Let the City Council at once pags a meas- ure siintlar to the one proposed yeRertay by Ald. Lawler directing the Imtnediate cusmpletion ot the Court-House “and the construction of sewers, etc, 4, Let the President convene Congrces with- out delay, and such appropriations as sre re- quired be made at once. 5. Let the law to reaume spesie-payment be repebled, stlver be remonctized, and the further contraction of the currency bo stopped. We have been raising the yulue of gold, and thereby depressing real estate, merchandise, and other property, long enough in the Interests of Eastern and foreign bankers, and we now should work in our own Interests. =A HAD, REYUNLICAN THOUGHTS ON THR STATE OF THB country. To the Editor of The Tribune, Cricaco, July 23.—When we refiect what has been ond what Js now the present stato of tho country, we are led to deplore the situation and wish ourrelyes back In the past. Scarcety has the centennial year passed end another century in the bletury of our nation's independence is dawning upon us, when we are made to feel that the foundation of our country Is tottering and trembling. During the centennial year wo hare carctully surveyed the history of our country during the Jast hundred years, and surely no fue terval of equal length In the history of the world has witnessed such marked progress and such wonderful results, and yet we were twice in danger in the last seven months uf beluy hipwreeked on our way to sufety. Asa nation we ore strung and powerful, and we have no foes which we.uced feat except perbapa clirselves. Our bulwarks are {inpence rable, our resources are inexhaustible, and our Snstitutions of learning cummand the respect of the world, and. yet they ouuy all’ crumbied to dust by futerna) dissension. We look upon the past and witness the many dangers which are threatened to uprovt the country, to undermine the freat fundamental principles under which our Government te founded, and to destroy our Iberty: we notlee how safely we have passed through thet all and We wonder how the people of the United Etate can wish for any more trouble and blood- shed. We sometimes fancy that we have sttalued our full growth as a natlou,—that there is nuth- fog further to react; but fu this we are erring, for wile there are internal dissensions and dl. satisfaction of the people, we have vot uttaine the staudard of a free and enlightened people. How was itin Rome, Republicau Rome, whose eagles glauced in the riuing aud setting sun, where aud what fs she? There the people were too well off; they did not) know any muro what — the: wanted, aud so internal —_disacnst abounded until the Beople xtrulit not take care of themselves, and so the fireat Republic fell, never again toriec. Shall we permit our Re- public to fall, for which our forefathers bled and dled? Perhaps you will laugh at the abuve, Dut a little meditation of the last eeren mouths is a Very serious niatter. What do the people want? Is asked by many thousands, Have they uot liberty? Have they not the'best soll to cultivate in the work? Have they vot safe homes wherein to lay thelr heads? What more can a people desire? If they desire more, they sin ogalust od and man. Let us take a glance at Europe, and we shall ace that the Intabliauts are not half as hapoy asinour blessed land. Emigration is invrese- ing yearly because the people of Eurave are discovering that there ja nucountry ke Amer- ica, “the land of the free and the home of the braye."” if Washington would awake now and deo the present state of affalra in oir conntry, he would foquire: “Is this fur what my soldiers bied and died? 1g this the manner tn which vou treat my Gor- crament? Shame on you all tor behaving in such disgraceiul manner! Go home and de- fend Jeprbome fireside, and do uut disturb the peace Rememer the motto of Kentucky: * United we stand; divided wo fall." If ygu diaturb tho peace you disturb your Hberty; aud when the country has no more liverty it fa divided, If the old patelarch, Benjamfn Fran! were now to arise and seo the country at present, he would mourniully exclaim: * Woe beunto us!” It is doubtful whether be could understand the present stateof affairs, as he posacased av much rust in our people's good scuse. He could not understaud how our people can be dissutistled when possessing al) that may be desircd. T am not writtng this letter to convince the people in any way, but I arn writing for the purpose of asking them to perfect the Conati- tutlun, and that, whatever they do, they should always remember the purpose for which our an- costors bled and died. Protect the Unfon aud the Gioverument aud they will protect you. Let us live iu hurimony with each other, as we are Hving with foreign nations, and it will show our Increasing Intell Agence aewell as the increas lug enlightenmont of the United States. PAIR-PLAT FROM “TRE TRIBUNE.” To the Kditor of The Tribune, Cutcaco, July 25.—Tin Trisuxg Is to be congratulated @id thanked that it has at lest vigorously demanded decent pay for rallroad employes, Let the employers make up the dlf- ference how they may. That demand might have come svoner, and, echoed by the small-fry" shects that follow a great n&wapaper's lead, might have prevented the lato disturbance. Better late than never. Thero will always be poor for juatice to be done to, and such justice hever comes too late, excopt for those who have died pending the decision, This affair should open workingmen's crea to the follyof subacrib- tug for that crack-bralued, villainous Ties, and turu them to the support of the great journal that gives them falr-play, It has more than once been thruwa in the teeth of workingmen that they are fagautly wanting in support to Lhe very Kaners that tuke up their cause. LT know, tu Nuw York, some time ago, theediturof thatclly who prites bimself ou bia *jndepeudence” re- fused, while ayuwing his own persoual fellow. ayimpathy, to puolisn a commutation from « workingmen’s society on that very plea. Even when payment was offered be refused to run the rik of hurting the senalbilities of his capitalist advertisers, while be would waln no support from the “third estate.” He finally allowed o few extracts. [think it would do a good deal of good if papers would cease Fogarding the “ tubor problem" as something ta the nature of acap of nitro-glyceriue, and, taking a drm and honest bold of {t, would discuss {tas the prob- lem of the age. Even were it treated vutircly from the employers’ standpoint, it wolud stiil do guod, for truth will slip iu, aud truth, once planted, wilt never dle—witl ever grow. Theru jean English weekly styteu Capital and Labvr, ubliabed by capltslists, to teach worikingmen ‘heir views on the labor question, and very olten it gives utterunce to what, over bere, both ein ployers and ewployes would class as “Socialist driveling. SLUG 51a, BO COMPROMISE, To the Editor of The Tribune, Carcaco, July 2.—Is it possible that any man having any degree of intelligence, or posscssing fadustry and economy enough to accumulate ove dollar's worth of property Io a legitimate way, can adyise sny compromise with s mob which sasuincs to dictate to a community bow they sball conduct thelr buslncss? What Incen- faye bus o wan to tures} hie money, Lis expert- tnimproinise, a ence, atid iis foduetey in ony business, If one matror ahuadred men are te atepin and dfe- tate the mar The shall ronda t that business, while he alone hae to take all the risk of ita success? H labor is cheap. it ts becature there fa not ademand for it. Tf whent Is cheap, it 4 becattee there {8 not much demand for It, Now what must br done to raise the orice of labor, amd whyf Either to in-rease the demand or reduce the supply. Can you increase the de- mand: for Jabor hy apreaiiine consternation throughout the landt Ts it going to let a feol- ing of distrust andl iueccurity overwhelm every industry uf the country? Will a tnan be very apt to plow and sow the seed when he bas no assurance he will be permitted tu reap tho har- vest? Any man who counsels a compromise with the lawless bands which threaten the peace of socicty, counsels destruction, We cannot compromise, We cannot allow the rallroats to When we compromine we admit weare Incapable of self-government, and thatis the end. 8. BB sain THB PRESS, LAYING BURDENS ON THE PEOPLE. New York Times, Such are the conditions of interdependence In 8 Republic Ike ours that the rloters could not destroy the property of a corporation without laying a new burden on their follow-citizens and on themselves, Sumeof the demaguzuca who hounded on the mobs in Pennsylvania and West. Virginia had a word to say about the bloated corporations who are oppressing the people. ‘These were the gorged monsters whose ill-got- ten wealth wastu be burned wp inthe fire. Bo men went into the work of destruction without stopping to think that cach blowof the ax, cacls new burst of flame, added doflars and centsto the tarca to be levied next year in the State, We have had in New York City, as lately as 1863, a fair Hlustration of the bfiud fury of a mob overreaching Steelf. In that year certain evil-disponed persons, inflanied by demagozucs, rlotously signified their oppusition to the draft for military purposes, Toe mob killed several people, gutted buildings, interrupted business, and dentroyed property. Hut the war and the draft went on, and the Cityof New York paid $1,500,000 to indemnity those who bad suffered bythe riot. The clty and the citizens were the uitinate and innocent sufferers by that piece of brutal frulle, Another sort of mob .rose up. when Sinevin was assassinated, in 1806, and sacked two or three secesh’ newspaper offices in Ban Francisco. In course of tline the city pald every doliurof damage sustafned by those newspaper publishers; and if the taxpayers did not pay the bill twice over they were fortunate. PITTsuURG, is Phltatetpnin Telegraph, If the Pennaylvanta Railroad Company, when this cruel war is over, decites that its Interests and the interests of the public demand that in the foture its rails shall run around, rather than through, Pittsburg, no Impartial person will be able to say that the decision isn wrong onc, or that {t lacks ample justitication. The destruc- ton of property belonging to the Ra:lroad Com- pany and {ts cuistumers which oreurred on Sat- urday would, in all busnan provabiiity, not have ezcurred had pot the sympathies of the great. mass of the citizens of Pittshurg been glyen to the rioters. it was not untilit was found that the work of destruction was not likely to to; with the burning of the railroad depot, the cual- oll care, aud other property belonging te and tn the custody of tho Raflroad Company, that the peuple of the unfortunate city beau, apparently, to realize what thetrown {oily wasdoing ior them, Clearly Pittsburg deserves nu M@ber fate than to be leit far outelde of the regular Hues of ratl- Toad cotamunivation, and a determination to take measures for the!r own protection In the future, rather than any desire to be revenred fur the occurrences of the lust few duys, will influence the managers of the Penneylvanta Itatlroad Compauy if they decide that hereafter Pittsburg shall not be ‘one of their mala sta- tons. GOVERNMENT AGAINST ANARCHY. Bugato Courier, The matter ts no longer a debate over. the rights or wrongs of labor. It isa question of Kuvernment against anarchy, of society avainet chaos. The strikers have professed a desire to avold destruction of property or life. How fu- tile the effort ts, and elyays must he, to set be- forelinnd a limit tothe spread of lawiesanese, let the terribte slaugater and lurid flaines ot Balthnore and Vitteburg anewer. The brief space between the lawleseness of the strikers and utter anarely [s filled by the savage, mercl- less, and rayentng mob, swarining out of the depths, hungry for pillage sod thirsting for blood. Itis to this fearfu) power that the strikers have furnisued an opportunity, and {ts terrible ntevace to seciety must compel the. prompt aud thorough cumbluntion of every de-" sirable social force againat It. very house: holder must hate and oppose it, because tu its red right band ft waves the dnvendlary's torch. Every citizen must lute aud oppose it, becouse its jnspiration Is raplnu and tuurder, THE ARMY, Paltatetphia Bulletin, If there had been ten thousand Federal troops upou the Atlantic coast, this outourst of law- lceeness, without doubt, could hare been sup- pressed within s few hours, That the President has not sach a force at his command {9 the fault of a Democratic Congress, which tory tha army ty pleces aud left the Federal Government ex- posed ta such contetnnt as must always attach to g Government which cannot protect ite peo- pleans enforce [ts laws. There fs something Hike sublime retributive “in the fuct that two Demovratic States should first havo been the rhetims of the mobs, aud should have bad ta cry for bh iP to the army which their representat! treated with so much scorn, Twice, now, Conzress adjourned, has the country felt need vf the existence of a well-unguaized aud wisely distributed Federal furce; once when the Indlan war began, and nuw, when there la an- rely in sone of our chief cities, The Ieason is Obyious, Next winter the army should be in- creased to at least 40,000 men, and half of this uumber should always remain io garrison upou this seaboard. : ah ALL mazanns, Baltimore Gate. As long as mob violence, actual or threatened, rules the hour, there can be no discussion of the matters at issue between the strikers and thelr employers throughout the length and breadth ofthe land. Luwlessness must be broken down at all hazards, for the existence of sucicty ftecll isatstake, Society, In rising up and malntaln- ing order, is not at wur wits the strikers; it ts not deciding between employer and employe; ft fa pot taking aides in thy matter, Jt is siuoply saying: “Law must be enfurced; property must be protected; quad onder must be nee stored; theso frat, and the discussion of griev- ances afterward.” Tne public hus a sympathy with the sufferiu ch that are 1 do, and Will do, whatever Justice requires should: be dogg to relieve thelr wants. Hut It is im- possible to discuss their gricvaucca while a menace ol mob violence hangs over society. Uiscusalun can be tick by diecusslou; but riot must be met ouly by determived and rigorous tucasures of self-protection. ODES WILL UM SPRRDILY RESTORED. Hoatou Ateertiser, ‘There is no doubt that order will be speedily restored. The great uiasa of the Amcrican peo- ple love order and tranquillity. They. will not stand Kdly by aud see a triumph of mob law, At present they rely upon the orgunized militia tu restore peace. Once let it appear that the force for defense ts fnsullicteut, and lens of thousands of men wilt offerthelr services to protect the Jand trow riot, du thiacontict the question of the grievances of striking tireracy and brakemen hes no place. It is now purely a question of or- der or avarcby. ‘The law-abiding men of all pay ties, of all conditions tu fe, ure united on tl one hand, The criniual and disreputable claseos are the only allica of the strikers why take tho law {oto thelr own hands. The result ts ad cer- aio as suorise, Recileasuess {suo math tor orgaulzed eoctety, and {a sure to be defeated. The svouer the better. Sympathy with private wrongs is out of place while a greater public wrong 1s fudicted to redreag them, TUE RIGUT OF FREE LOCOMOTION. Bugele Express. Af it shall be said tho railroad strikers are not Interferiug with the right of men to work, but only the mob is doing that, there ls aeverthe- leos another right which they are interfenug with. Its the right terme In the law-books the right of free locumotion,—the right of o maute ga where he will, and travel in which- ver direction he may choose, subject only, line 4) persunal rights, to auch restraints us the good of society or tie public ueceasity may re- quire. very citzeuof Lhia couutry bss the ‘Lt tu travel over any railroad hie may please. When the strikers stop truius, therctyse, they not ouly violate the rights of the rallrebd cum- pany wud the men who ary wiltiuy to word, hut also of the passengers who desire to travel,— the rights of thelast menttoned just as fugrant- ly ua those ot the companice whuim they espe- erally dovize tu jujure. ‘Thus the right ol every Guy of thy forty uillicus uf peuple fu this coun try Io violated by the meu who say they ary only protecting themsclyes. TOM WA ON TUR WORKINGMES. Cinclanait Guacdte. ‘The provfs accuusulute that thls fs s warofl tramps, roughs, idiere, aud Vagabondy, ou the workiogmen. These are they that stop tratne, drive the railroad men from them, and that ara now threatening our city with fire, Nor are they many, Thefr operations and the general excitement gather a crowd abont them, but everywhere they are few, aud they are persons that nobody knows as railroad mon or workine~ men, or eyen as residents, Our workingmen are weakly submitting to be driven rom work and means of subsistence by a smal) cang of tramps and thieves, when they haye a'undant power to defend themselves. | The workInemen have their rights in theirown hande. They have allowed a few vagabonds to master them. They have the power to combine and restore order, and restme work tn this city in 3 few hours, Until they organize In selfalefense, they will remain in the power of a lot of vacabonds of not onc-tewth the number of the workingmen whom they domineer over, MUST BB PUT DOWN, Hartford Courant, % It te quite useless now to discuss the strike. The insurrection must bo put down by tho promytest use of force. The promptest ure of {tis mercy. If raManism gote the upper hand and spreads elsewhere, there will be only amore frightful loss of life. For of the end there can not be a ehadow of doubt. The real people live ‘by the law and will atand by It. Notmenin all the land are injured so eerfously by an insurrec- tlon Ike this—so destructive of property, of business, and of all industry, as the rand: men—asthe very wen who struck the other day for better pay. The sensible men all know Ubi; thpse who are not the victins of the shal- Tow twaddle of demagogucs (who preach the Ilo about a war between capital and Tabor) all ac- knowledge ft. There is not an honest working- mau in the land who does not know that hig prosperity depends upon the general prosperity, and that nothing can be more fatal to his inter- ests than mob rule, which deatroys all chauces of industry. LABOR MUST HAVR PEACH AND BECURITE. Roston Post, In a country where labor in tho law, It fs of supreme importance that ft should at ali Umes protect itself against viulence, for labor can neitber win nor cujoy its triutnptis except In tha steady assurance of peace and security. Hence the rising agalnat an insurrectionary reroll like what is now threatened muat be overwheimlng, commanding submission to the law and perfect respect fur coutracts, We bave made a fatal mistake for the future of our comtnon industry if we have suffered the Old World unlon aye tems to be engrafted upon It for the purpose of itscontrol. Nothing can be more un-Atmerican and unrepublican than to forbid any person working for what eatlefes Lim ant to compel his fatully to suffer want from the idleness en- foreed by union tyranny. It f6 nonsens to think of starting a mad cry against when {t {s iteelf os uch out of employment us the tramps ou the highways, THE PRICE THE BTHIKERS PAY FON THEIR ERRor, Siroakiyn Kazle. In the emergency In which tha striker finds bimself he commits excesses which ucither his posltton In life, his wrongs, nor his uceds justliy hin In doing, and the cost will be enormous, Each indlvidual striker pays for this excess, an 1 payaa fearful price. Where before he found .t hard tu support his family on @ little, he now find {t a moral {impuasibllity to do it at for should he be aval in receipe of was toss and waste of this time will remain to mate good, and he will have to work at ad vuntaze, Agaln the destitution be huy belpe-t to produce will react upon himself and be will go home, if at all, to tad biteelf a poorer man than before, and with less possibility of Recur- Ing employment than he wilh now belicte, When the excitement is passed the result will tell fearfully acalnet hitn ara his futerests, anit the future wit] be all the darker for the present unvatural excesses. THY PEOPLE MUST PAY. Busta Cotamerctut Adrertiner, For every dollar's worth of property destroy- ed in these riots, whether belonging to ob- nottous railways or to private citizens, the peo- ple—that ts to say, the already overburdened taxpayera—iwill most surely have to pay. Jt may seer a fine thiug to sone of these miscnid- ed strikers to know that. the great-—and, a8 ¢) suppose, wealthy—corporation at whose lustis they have suffercd a real or fancied fujustico through a cruct reduction of waxes, ha sulfer- ed a loss of hundreds of thousamls or even tilll- fats of dotlara by the destruction of their cars, engines, stupa, and depots. But every penn of thelr real loss, howdQer great, together with a large addition for legal expenses iu prosecut- ing thelr claima, will have to be made faust by the cities, or towns, or countles fn which the destruction occurs, and hence must finally be drawn out of the pockets uf those people who owa the taxable property. CRIPPLING THE ARMY. sae York Erening Prat, Whether the howitng dervishos of the onpo- sition newspapers will couttiuc to clamor fur the wiping out of the army of the United stares we du not know: but there fs little risk in say- ing that the people, the very frat chance they get, will make a politial example of the faction which bas uot hesitated for partisan purposes to cripple the Government of thy United States. We have scen that, in strict contormity with the Oounatitution, the Federal Adininistration may be called upon to. send troups into # State, and that It may be ite constitutioual duty to do nu, To leave it without the power to do su, to wake the Government weak when and where It ow: to be strony, fs worse than a blunder of state manship; ft Is a gollthal crime. One thins may now be taken for granted: the army o! the United States never again will be leit with- out adoquate support, TUM VITAL QUESTION. dndiagnapaite Journal, ‘The vital question of the hour is whether we havea government or not, and whether the country Is subject to the law or to amob. In. telligent workingmen ought to know that everybody tain the same boat. If the suprem- acy Of the low is overthrown, the rich und poor, capital and labor alike, will go down turetter, All aro equally interested in the mainteuanee of law and order. Public opinion is rising very rapllly against the rlotors, If the strikers hat confined “theuaclyes to moral suasion and peaceable mothods public sympathy would t been with them, and iu the end justice wo hare prevailed. But in resorting to Coree aud defytug the law they have put themselves. out- wide the pule of synipathy, fos the masses of tho people are law-abiding, and will nut counte- nance & resort to revolutionary or violent methods, A WAL AGAINST WORKINOMEN, Cinctnnatt Thea. Will the workingmnen submit to a tyranny of this character! Are not thy laws competent to protect them in thelr most sacred rights,—tho right of earning, unmolested, a living for them sclves, for thelr wives, and for thelr childreut Must Lacy be driven, ike sheep, bya few dea~ rate sud disreputable characters, away frum helr imiils, thelr aliops, and their forgeaf It ts Awur against their dearest {utereate and thelr most sacred righte, [t should be so regarded, and so dealt with. Our laboring classes are not cowards,—they are bravo meu. Let them assert their rights. Kevoguizing the right of others to work, or to refuse Lo work, aS it may please them, let them fndignantly assert thelr own right of Isboring for their families without in- terference. They are submitting to tue worst, the mivel disastrous of tyraunles. THM PHOVRSSIONAL 6THIKERS. Cinsinaals fisratte. ‘They who have begun tho work of ubstructing and dissbling ratlroad tralna in this city are not the rallrosd men, The strike, or what. ever itmay by called, bas passed from the teaderabip or control of the railroad workinun, and ie iu the hands of their enemies, ‘They are iueu who de not desire tu cive @ fair day's Worle for afairday’s wages. Tloy aro unwilling to work at apy prie, and are deteruioed that others glial! uot work, The worklugwen of this city bave it iu thelr power to protect them- aclves frum this dictation of the idle and viclous classes, aud to keep thetr means of sub- aistence, If they yield to thie rule of # auull gang of rluters, they will have to labor long qud w live mare pooriy to up for thelr loss by thelr own Incapacity, WILL SUEY WITH THE REST, brooklyn Union Argus, ‘There Is hardly‘any mit to the actual anit possible loss that insy ensuc, aud those who buve been foremost in thls nefarious business will suffer with the rest. Jt {3 merely a quee- tlon of afew days. Then tbls turbulence must cud aud mutters wil drop back Into their old places. ‘The unfortunate towns made the sccue of their destruction of property will be atmerccd for reatitutiog, and the lowlicat uf the strikers aud the rioters will pay in the increased cuet of ving for bis snare iu the “fun” of these few tine days pf revelry and wrong. BaD MEX. = See York Geral. At atime of excitement like the preseot bad men, strive to work onthe Basqzous and syin- pathica of the laboring classes for the purpuso of creating 9 riot so that tbcy may proiit by it. They Hve by dishouegt practices aud nut by houest labors, aud while workingmeu are iu- duced to belleve that thoy are striking fur the'r own rights, they are, in t, alfordimy thicres (Continued on the Twelfth Page,