Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 29, 1877, Page 2

: THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JULY 29, 1877—-SIXTEEN. PAGES. ¢ % . “lowed ont. The boy had no cap on, and the Plece would rot exvlode. ‘The mob by tuts tad rallled again. Gen. Juseph O. Stockton, Y. M. C. A., told Peunsyl y Agramonte, A.D. C., that. be didn’t think the rally of enough importance to wake up Gen. A.C. Ducat, commanding Divis- ion, This Ied to a serious quarrel between Gen. Joseph U. Stockton, Y. MC. A., and Gen. A. &. Ducat, commanding Division, the latter claiming that the rally imperatively demanded the issue of general orders, Gen. Joseph UO. Stockton, Y. M. C. 4., called attention to the fact that the rally had occurred at a moment. when general orders might have inflamed other mobs, whercat he was relieved and Pennsylvania y Agramonte, A. D. C., assiened to his place. Gen. Joseph _O. Stockton, A. D. C. (relieved), desired Tuz TRIBUNE reporter. to state that he Will not join the mob, as rumored. While the excitement created by this episode was at its height, Gen. W. W. Strong threw himself into the breach, and was sworn in as V.A.D.C., and assizmed asofs.. Gen. Joseph T. Torrence, commuud.ng Brigade, sent up word that a requisition had_been made on bun by Gen. Cox, commanding Company K, and be vuust bave more Generals. Gen. Duncan and Gen. McNeill were sworn in. Twelve minutes afterwards the rioters dis- persed in every direction. eral orders were immediately issued com- mending the coursze of Gens. W. W. Strong, * Duacan, and McNeili for swearing in at such a critical moment. They were sworn in upon a stack of Bibles about the height of Gen. H. B. Whitehouse, Paymaster. tis almost impossible to make a connected Story of the business done at headquarters, as the ‘only data are general orders kindly fur- -nished by Gen. Joseph Kirkland, A. D. C.: who, ‘unfortunately, aid not keep them consecutively. Other important memoranda were destroyed, lest they fall into the hands of the enemy, an irreparable loss to the history of one of the amost magnificent sant palenk of theage. It will de noticed , however, with pleasure by our citi- zens, that the police are nowhere mentioned. ‘There are some who might think that some gratitude is duc to the few patrolmen who protected headquarters, but it would not be ‘nilitary, and, besides, it;would only incumber eeneral orders. . This bit of rot reminiscence will teach Chica- “yo to whom it is indebted for the putting down of the insurrection. The prompt and tirm “action of the various Generais is something that Will dwell long in the gratefal hearts of our. people. The sun seldom shines upou, nd the breath of roses_—_seldom perfumes so orilliant = and_—grand. a wathering of encrectic soldiers as those who tock off their coats and boots and lad them- felves down inthe defence of a stricken city. , Belziuin’s faircapital,radiant with myriad lights ‘and flooded with grand harmonies, never spawned upon the cardinal-tinted field. of Waterloo a more godlike band than the fragrant boquet of Chicago society wafted to the Grand Pacific in Chicago’s hour’ of peril. Men and ‘uations may rise, and humanity and dynastics may be swept away, but written in letters of Sre upon the pale stcel-blue of tne neavens will remain the general orders that mention the heroes who stvod betwetn law and lawlessness; who protected the people cf our sovereign city against the small boys and old women who tfrcatened our lives, our liberties, aud our sacred honor. OFF FOR BRAIDWOOD. DEPARTURE OF THE FI Yesterday morning the Chicago & Alton depot, at the commer of Madison and Canal streets, presented an appearance new to our people for many 2 long sear. Long lines of olue blouses extended down the passenger plat- form, and stacks of arms stood ready to be grasped by the men. . Assembled at and near the depot weré about 1700 troops, composed of the First Regiment, L. iN. G., Lieut.-Col. 8. B. Sherer, and five com- panies of the Third Regiment, I. N.G. Two of these were from Sycamore, one from Creston, and the others were Rockford and Aurora com- ‘panies. « a Gen. Ducat, commanding the state Nattonal Guard, commanded this column personally, -accompanied by his staff, and the outfit was ‘bound for the mobocratous miners of Braid- wood, where. the man and brother is oppressed ‘by members of the superior race,—the same race we have been shooting at the viaduct. In- quiry at headquarters developed the informa- tion that the authorities are determined to HEINSTATE THE NEGRO MINERS AT BRAIDWOOD who were expelicd by white strikers, and to Protect them in their labor until peace is restored and all danger of further interference passed. There was no end of bustle at Gen. Ducat’s headquarters at ‘an carly hour. and matters were rushed so that the whole com- niand with the exception of one company of the Thurd, from Creston, were at the depot ready for embarkation. Some delay was experienced in making up the traio and procuring an engine to take it out, and it was neariy 1 o'clock vefore the word “all aboard” was Waiting for the funeral to proceed there was quite a gooj deal of interest fur the idle looker- en, to notice. There was Gen. Ducat still wearing his Brigadier’s uniform, trin and soldiertike, surrounded by his staff in fatigue dress. The appearance of the First was exccilent, Although many of the o and meu had scarcely rested for days, they Jucked as clean, clear, ana military in ther ‘ue service blouses and S, as their best m. Nobody cao at the boys of the city corns ivuk Like y suldiers when they have their campaien ou, OUR COUNTRY cousmNs, too, Iooked enthusiastic and hardy, a5 if they mizht do goud service, butas to exterior ap- Pearance~and it iste be hoped they will take she hint kindly,—their officers were: dressed cather upon the model of tue military gentle- dian Who crucliy lashes the clown im the cing ts the histuric circus with moral api- amis makes its anoual visit to their native sillace. Standing upun the platformeas « sen- tleman who wore what Le probably would have fusisted was a Colonel's umform, He tad on a felt tat of no, particular shape thst could be sesiguated of distinguished, except that 1t was dlack and farre. His cuat reached well below the kuces, and was graced by % broad turned- down collar, which but slightly bid a few of the fong double-row of bie brass buttuns which ran down the front so far that they valy halted when they bad to—at the bottom of his breeches- Dockets. At that point they had to stop, of course, and this, it maybe suggested, made Tather along waist, but that the jocaiity did Quty for a waist was seen in tbe fact that a broad leather. military belt of prehis- toric pattern was drawn up in- battle- array on the spot which supported a fearful looking instrument of carnage in the suape of a sabre, which may bave weighed a dozen or fourteen pounds, and was of the ante-bellum = war-lub - silver-plat- ed presentation-order of architecture. The officer's stoulders, which described ag angle of eighty degrees to his neck, were embellished with the most ingenious cx- agreration of the present style of shoulder- Knot worn by army officers. There were, to be sure, the regulation number of stands of gilt ‘bullion Gord to the straps: but the limitation as to number was rectified in the enormous size of the strands.—they were each as thick ag clothes-lines, and, twisted together as per ordér of the War Devartment, produced an effect which must cause = admiration in the country maiden, The *“eusb- fons” of sald knots where modeled with strict relerence to the bucolic line uf beauty which is the apple-pie. Add to this description panta- loons and boots of approved aericultural cut, and you have a tout ensemble which is “ekaled by few and exceiled by uune.” the anpat coldest of the sural soldiers was noticeable from fact that it was uniformed iu the ‘reeetes oF the citizen, the flannet shirt of the haud-me- down, and the great big, coal-scuttle, hard paste- board ko of our country militia grand- fathers. Now it behooves Gen. Ducat and the State Adjutant-Generai to get after those boys and endcayor to inculcate some idea of what consti- tutes a mititary aniform. It might be well, perhaps, to iusist upon a State uuiforin for service, say such as che First’ wears, leaving the questioc of dress uniform. to the several particular insanities of the various corps. But it is due to the Third to say that the men. are finely drilied, of superb materia, aud ready for anything. THE ROSTER. ‘The 700 men composing the command con- sisted of the First Regiment, under Col. Sherar, aud the Third Keyiment, under the command of Col. J. W.R- ‘Stambaugh. The companies were officered as follows: Company A, 45 men, Capt. O. W. Puelns; Company B, Rockford les, 61 privates, three nun-commissioncd uf- ficers, and three members ‘of the dram-corps, Capt. C. BM. Brazee; Comvany F, Sycamore Guards, 43 men, Capt. W. W. Whorry: Aurora Light-Gaurds. 35 meu, under Lieut. i. G. Stolp; LaSalle Guards, 5 meu, under Lient. Sanders. Among the principal officers of the command were A.C. Ducat, Major-General commanding: P. B. Oldershaw, Adjutant-General_and Chief of. Stafl: IL B. Whitehouse, Aid-de-Camp; rank Morgan, Lieutenant-Colonel; Samuel Appleton, Captain aud Aid-de-Camp; Maj. Coe, Quartermaster; Dr. B.C. Miller, Medical Director; Fred L. Fake, Chief of Subsistence Capt. Truman, Ordnance Officer; Lieut. Ban: Quartermaster; Lieut. Hornick, Comatissary; Capt. Williains, Surgeon; and Lieut. Larrabe, Acting Adjutant. NO MORE MEETINGS. THR PROPOSED CONFERENCE between the Mayor and Ald. Lawler’s constitu- ents—the Labor League men—did not come off yesterday morning. Mayor Heath sent down word to the office that he, was not at all: well, and would remain at home during the day. Somebody then suggested that. Corporation Counsel Bonfield hear the laboring men’s pleas, and after some delay that gentleman, with Ald. Kirk and Gilbert, gave Ald. Lawler and bis triends from the societies of coopers, harness- makers, iron-moiders, stone-cutters, cigar- makers, switchmen, laborers, ship-carpenters, and others an audience. 2 Mr. Schilling, as a representative of the coopers, stated that what they all wanted was the privilege of holding meetings. It was of great importance that they should be allowed to come together and discuss the interests of the Jaboring-man, and he could assure the aathori- ties that he and his friends in the societies were in favor of peace and order. THE COMMITTEE OF SWITCHMEN employed in the Chicago & Alton freight yard made the same request to be aliowed to hold mectings, and displayed to the Corporation Counset and his Aldermanic tnends avopy of a letter to Superintendent MeMullin. of the Chi- cago & Alton Road, which that gentleman, they said, had contemptuously thrust aside and re- fused to read. The following isa copy of the letter: Curcaco, July 27, 1877.—J. C. MeMullin, £sq., General Superintendent Chicago Aiton Railroad. Sin: We. the undersigned switcbmen in your employ, have certain zrievances waich we respect- fufly beg leave to bring toe your notice and con- sideration—thut of being compelled to work fifteen or sixteen hours per day, the pay which we have been receiving oeing inadequate for the same. We have also worked ‘Sundays without any extra com- pensation. And, now, what we wish to do is to work len hours per day—the men in charge of the engines to receive $35 per month and the pelpers to Teceive $55 per month for ten hours’ work, und — cents per hour for over time. ‘And now we hope that, after due consideration by you, you will grant us our request. ‘slenea ‘by switchmen in your employ. Ald. Gilbert wanted to know what was the necessity for holding any meetings right away. Couldn’t they be postponed until things quieted down altogether? ‘ MR. SCHILLING said they desired to consult whether to resum work or not, and, it they did resume, on what conditions. Up to this time they bad not been abic to meet to settle these questions, and he thought if they were allowed to come together peaceably and quictly, this matter could be speedily adjusted anu business resumed. Ald. Kirk thought the officers of the various societies could issue orders to resume work without holding any meetings. The chief harness-maker said the trouble about that was that every man in an association had just about as much to say, and wielded as much influeuce, as the oflicers, and the latter could not issue such an order unless directed so to do by the association. The leader of the iron-molders stated the grievances to which his craft had been subjected. ‘Their wages had been cut down by degrees, he said, from 50 to 60 per cent, and he thought they should be allowed to meet and do what they could in a peaceable, orderly way towards settling these difliculties. For fourteen years the molders had met regularly every Saturday night, and their assemblies had always been of the most peaceful vhuracter. ALD. KIRK remarked that the trouble came from outsiders who got into the mecting and made intemperate speeches. The molder replicd that the mectings were held in a third-story room, aud none were ad- mitted but avtual members of the Association. die arain stated that the molders were in favor of peace and vod order. now und for all time. CORPORATION COUNSEL BONFIELD, having beard all that was to be said by one side, remarked that, while the authorities had noth- ing to fear from the. trades-unions in the way of violence, yet there was a wide differ- ence between rioters and the true workingmen, and as the viulent avitaturs seeined 1o coutrol tbings pretty wiuch at these meetinzs, be did uot think it advisable in these excited times to allow any of these gatherings to be neld. The city officisls had cunsulted in revard to this rautter, and did uot deem it proper. to remove the restrictions, at Jeast tor the present. Pos: sitly, when the Mayor was able to personally cousider the matter, the cause of truntle would nave been removed, and the meetings mizit be held, but until then it was best to. postpone ull such gatherin: AbuuE this Lme Supt. Mickey came into the Mayor's office, and, when ed for his opinion, told the petitioners very piunly that it Ww: ofall reason to think of holding any meetings now, and agded Usa? his oflicers hud instructions to break them up if they discovered any in progress. Mr. Scnilling entered bis protest azainst the obvious sense of the authorities, but it wus of uy avail. No meetings will therefore be held until all danger of further trouble has: passed away. TNE RALLROADS, CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY PREVAILED around most of the freizht depots of the various roads in this city, all but two ur three haying fully resummed business. On these latter roads itis expected that by Monday all obstacles will have been removed, and that they will also be able to resume their freight busivess. The passenger business has been resumed on all the roads, and trains are coming and guing as usual. ‘The situation on the various lines in this city last evening was as follows: * The Lake Shore & Michigan Sonthern Railroad. is not yet entirely out of the woods, the strikers at Eckhard aud points beyond being still on the War-path and refusing to allow freight trains to run. Yet it isexpected that the men at those Points will come to terms soon, and that freight business can be resumed Monday. ‘fhe pas- senger trains cn this road are uo longer mo- lested, and make regular trips, = The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific has fully resumed, and is doing a large busiuess both {1 freight and passengers. Sume aii ulty was ex- perienced at the freight-houses of this road in this city by the refusal of some of the men to £0 to work, for fear of being mobbed, out their Dlaces were easily filled with more resolute and courageous men. : ‘The Chicago & Alton Raflroad resumed its pasaenger business nixht before last, and trains are now running regularly, the first regular night express for St. Louts leaving last even- ing. Gov. Cullom and staff went to East St. Louis yesterday morning, aud under their di- rections the strikers and mobs which had interfered with the trains at that point were dispersed by the military. ‘The First Regiment of this city, which went to Braidwood on a special train on this road yesterday noon, will Keep the striking miners at that point from in- terfering with the Compans’s trains there. Simultaneously with the arrival of the First Regiment at Braidwood from the north another regiment of militia arrived from the south. A committee from the Braidwood miners arrived in this city yesterday’to ask an increase of Wages from the coal companies. They had a cauference yesterday alternvon, but the result is not known. The companies are evidently Waiting to see what success the soldiers sent to that Doint will have. The freight depots of the Chicago & Alton Company were onened for the reception of goods yesterday noon. The first wagon-load of freight that arrivea for shipment consisted of coflins. It was a queer coincidence that this freight -should ar- nve just after the departure of the First Regi- ment for Braidwood. The attention‘of Gener- ai-Superintendent McMullin and Judge Beck. with was called to the fact. General-Superin- tendent McMullin has also received assurances from the Mayors of the various cities through which his road passes that they have made am- ble preparation tu - protect the Property of the Company. Mr. James Smith. General. Freight Agent of this road, has issued a circular to the- agents at the various stations, announcios that the ricts. at Chicago und St.‘Louis had been | completely crushed, and he therefore instructs them to resume business at all points Monday, protection being guaranteed by the authorities. Mr. Smith thanks bis men for their fidelity and tke noble stand they had taken during this trouble, and says that the contidence of the otlicers of the road in their men had never wavered, and, blessed as they are with a kind and liberal management, he is sure they will continue to pull together for their common goou.: Over 300 cars of grain arrived on this road last night. Mr. J.C. McMullin, General Superintendent, received a communication from Ube Hiftcen or sixteen switchmen in the employ ofthe Company. He has taken the matter un- der consideration, and mm the meantime two men en detailed at his request to make up Un the Chtcago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- road the situation remains about the same as it was the day before. The men at Galesburg aud Burlington are still troublesome, but it is be- eved that they will come to their senses to-day or to-morrow. The Division Superintendents of this road have been notified that the Chicago mobs haye been dispersed, and that businessat thts point has again assumed its wonted activity, and tlie public clamor for a resumption of busi- ness, The men at Galesburg must be made to understand that if they have any grievances they cannot be considered until after business has been resumed, when action thereon will be taken. [tis understood that most o% the men at Galesburg are willing to work, and many of those in lowa heve signified their anxiety to go ahead. Engine and — trainmen will be called upon to resume their work Monday, and if they refuse others will be put in their places. The same course will be pursued at the shops at Galesbury, and if the | meu refuse to work the shops will be closed and the work done at other points. . ‘The Illinois Central Railroad’ has gotten. en- tirely over its difliculties, and all its trains, m- cluding those to St. Louis and Peoria, are again rung regularly. The Company is shipping and receiving large amounts of freight. The passenger traffic on the Baltimore & Ohio throughout its entire length has again -been fully restored. The passenger train that left Baltimore last Wednesday arrived here Friday night without experiencing any serious aetri- ment. Garrett, ind., is now the only point where the men are still on, the war-path, but it is belleved that they will>be brought to terms before to-morrow. "The freight business of this road in this city will be resumed Monday. ‘The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Rail- road ig stiil eriously embarrassed st Fort Wayne. There was another disturbance at that joint yesterday, and the. Sheritl tried to quell it, but he did not succeed. The Governor of Uereatter, and the road expects to be able to re- sume freight business to-morrow. Everything works as regularly as clockwork this side of Fort Wayu¢, which is due to the judicious mauagement of Supt. C.D. Gorham. “The pas- senger trains on this road are row runuing on regular time, and are nowhere molested. ‘The Michigan Central Railroad is at present the orty Eastern line which runs through to New York both freight and passeuger trains without the least molestation or trouble any- where. Itisdoingan immense business, and the managers of the road are greatly pleased. ‘The Chicago & Northwestern, the Chicago, Milwaukee « St. Paul, and the Chicago, Dan- ville & Vincennes are all running as usual, and have no trouble anywhere. ROCK ISLAND SHOPS. The freight yards of the Rock Island and Michigan Southern begin to look quite lively. Switch engines are busily engaged in transfer- ring freight cars to various points where they are making up trains for departure. All freights on the Rock island Road are leaving and. arriv- ing as usual. The snops have not resumed work yet, and probably will not for the present. When the Company is satisfied that there will be uo more trouble on the road, they will give orders to commence work here. Siuce the burn- ing of the freight cars at Fifty. strect on the Fort Wayne track ‘lhursday even- iu there has been some anxiety and tear that the roughs who set fire to the cars inizht do other dainage in this vicinity. The Fort Wayne Company have taken the precaution to remove the mile of empty cars that were stavding on their tracks to some safer locality. Analarm of tire was given about 2 o’dock Friday night, bat the tire was out before the hose companies reached it. It was said to.be another empty car. ABOUT TOWN. A FEW CHANGES in the disposition of the troops and the militia were made yesterday, the most important, of course, being the sending of the First Regiment, alopg with the Zouaves und the Third Regiment, from Rockford, to Braidwood, to quell the dis- turbaice in that seetion. Of the regulars now in the city, one company will act asa guard to the Chicago & Pacific depot and Shufeldt’s dis- tillery. he company stationed at the Phenix will, instead of remaining there day and nicht, 0 out there for the night and do guard duty down-town during the day. The company at the corner of T) rst and Halsted streets was withdrawn yesterday, and returned to the lake-front. the necessity fdr guarding the Gas- House having, in the opinion of the authorities, passed away. Intelligence was received vester- day morning that two compames of the First Infantry, dat Sioux City, would arrive during the day, and eovamp on the lake-trout. ‘The officers of the reguiars desire to return thanks to the Board of Trade for- their gener- ous contribution uf about $1,000 worth of vege tables, aud also to individual citizens who have seat in their contributivns, amounting in all to $165, ‘through Mr. J. B. Lyon. It wonld be ex- pressing it very: mildly to say that. the olticers and ten now stationed here are deeply grate- ful té the eitizens.of Chicago for the way in which they have generously provided for their: comfort. A life on the plains is; of all things, calculated to make.a man appreciate the change when ne is removed to the dwellings of civilized men, and can subsist on something be- sides bacon and hard-tack, 4 PETTY now. Arout 10 o’clock thirty men went to the brick-yards owned by Louis Miller at the foot of Fullerton avenue, on the Nurth Branch, and wanted the men employed in those yards to stop work. The employes refused to do so, and the rioters, for such they appeared to be, showed signs of being obstreperous, when the polive were sent for. Five men came from the North Avenue Station, aud about twenty men under Lieut. Macauley from the Chicago Ave- nue Station, and upon their appearance the riot- ers took to their heels, scattering through the corn-fields in every direction. The police re- mained for some time. to await the return of the strikers, but they came not, and so the officers returned to their respective stations. COL. SHRRER. < Ina short address which Licut.-Col. Sherer made to his men before Jeaving the ar- mory Thursday night, he said: “Don’t any man fire a shot until he ects the order from his company officer. Fire at the belt or below it. Pick your man, and vet him every time.” ‘The Colovel used similar language at a meeting at headquarters, Mayor Heath and Gen. Torrence being present. Members of the Hirst Regiment, belicve that this language on the part of their commanding otticer was the cause of their being denied the opportunity to meet the rioters when the fighting was going on. ‘They com- plain also that favoritism has been shown the Second Regiment in many ways, and, finally. that that command was sent to meet the mob because it was believed thgt it svould deal more gently with it than the First would have donc. WEST SIDE STREET RAILWAY. The little-one-for-a-cent strike inangurated Friday by the stable-hands at the West Division Railway Company's barns has been put down with very little ado. Some of the men—tne more violent oncs—were bounced, and now mourn the results of their folly, while the more temperate ones have been taken back into the Company's employ. R Ra ENGLEWOOD. The Hilliard Post of the G. A. R. met. at their hall Friday evening, and tendered their gérvices to the Chief of Police, who was present. They were gladly accepted, and signals arranged for calling them out in case they should be needed. The’ Post numbers about forty members, all veterans and excellent citizens. Col. J. T. Foster was appointed to command the com- pany, Capt. O. N. Smith was given the second position, and Maj. DolVolf was appointed Surgeon and third in command. The knowl- edge that these men are ready at all times to Population the fecling of fear which has been, cugendered since the burning of the cars on thé Fort Wayne track. : PICCANT PBORIANS. ‘When Judye Drummord announced the other day that any interference with the railroads in the hands of Receivers appointed by the United States Court would be treated as “a case of con- tempt of court, he meant just exactly what he said. And so several offenders will find when they come into the august presence of the Judge Monday morning.’ When the Judse’s deter- mination was announced, United States Marshal Nildrup quietly dispatched his Chief Deputy, John Stillwell, to Peoria to see that the first step in the exccution of this order was carried out. Stillwell telegraphed Marshal Hildrup yesterday that he would be in Chicago to-tuorrow morning with a bateh of strikers who had attempted to run things with a high hand on the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw and the Peoria & Rock Island Roads, which are being managed by Rec appoint= ced by the{Court. These coutumacious individu- als will probably come to a realizing sense of the fact that tne mandate of the Unitee States Judge is entitled to some consideration and re- spect. TRADES UNIONS. The delegates from several trades unions were to haye met on Cornell street yesterday moruing to hatch up some new deviltry, but the proprietor of the ball in which they were to have met was informed at an carly hour that the gatnering-would not be al- lowed, hence there was no meeting. A few of the delegates, however, put in an appearance during the forenoon, but they got no nearer the hall than the sidewalk. They amused them- selves talking the situation over for awhile and gradually dispersed. ‘THE DEAD. In the lst of killed pubtished pesterday the names of both-Castleman and T. Essman were given. This was a duplication, the latter being the man shot. He will be buried at 1 o'clock to-day from No, 485 West Fourteenth strect. Carl Weiler, another of the dead, was buried yesterday from No. 144 McGregor street. NOTES. All members of the Union Veteran Club and ail veterans are requested to meet at the club- roonis, Grand Pacitic Hotel, at 2 o'clock to-day. The Second Ward Protection and Vigilance Club will rally at 502 State street any time during Sunday or Sunday night, in case of alarm from any source, F. M. Blair, of the firm of Felix Blair, furnished Company G of the First Regi- ment with pocket money, C. H. Slack with gro- ceries and sundries, aud K. J. Smith with cigars, ete. There will be a meeting at«Martine’s Hall, Monday evening, of the citlzens of the Eleventh Ward who are desirous of forming a permanent lnw-and-order association for the ward, as re- Martin & dodiana has promised to protect the Company {quested by the Mayor The members of the First Ward organization are hereby notified to report at their respective headquarters at half-past 7 this. evening; also to be on the alert during the day, and in’ case the alarm agreed upon is given to turn out promptly. The proprietors of the Union Rolling Mill yesterday moruing very generously contributed a wagon load of vegetables to the companies of the ‘Twenty-second Infantry, which are stationed near the mill, with a pelite note closing with the intimation that, if the regula should be compelled to remain there, there was ‘more to to follow.” Oliver Lippincott, Jr., was accidently wound- ed Friday evening while the Fourth Ward bat- talion were dniling in their hall at the corner of Indiana avenue and ‘Thirty-tirst street. Younus Lippiucott was giving an exhibition of bis pro- ficiency When another member of the battalion, who sought to imitate him in his mancuvres, let his gun go off and the ball struck Lippincott in the right arm, wounding him slightly. The merchants and busivess men located In the block bounded by State, Washington, Dearborn, and Randolph streets desire to ex- press their ratituae to Mr. J. W. Strong, pro- prietor of the St. James Hotel, for the courte- ous and hospital manner in which he treated the citizens’ patrol on the nights of the %th and 27th inst., furnishing an excellent supper at 2 a. m. and providing beds for those of the guard who were off duty. The esprit de corps of the press reporters during the late troubles was something to be wondered at, aud tue pride which some of them took in getting in the way of danger was ex- traordinary; but it may be doubted whether one enthusiast, who-claims to have been hit by a stone, did not excecd the exact line of his duty 10 attempting to remove his shirt in order to show the bruise to the editor-in-chief as proof of his efficiency. His word ought to haye been suflicient. THE REGULARS. RETURNING THANKS. The citizens of Chicago have shown their ap- preciation of the arrival of the regular troops in a substantial manner. These men have been out on the plains campaigning for some time, und baye not seen one of the evidences of civili- zation—iresh vegetables. When this fact be- came known, m Andrews, the restaurant- keeper, opencd a subscription, with a view of buying what was neeied for tae comfort of the soldiers, aud there was a very generous re- sponse, as is shown by what follows: South eld. £ Leopold, K S. Meyer, 8 “0 ‘ P&C ope & bi Total .... ey was tumed over to Col Sheridan, who thus acknowleges its r Cuicaco, July 28, 1877.—Mr. Thomas Andrews Dean Str: | take pleasure in scknowiedy: receipt from you of $885 subscribed by the eitiz uf Clicage fur. the pitrpose uf purchasi clables and other necessaries for the States troops in this ety. : Gen. Wing desires to thant these citizens for their liberality und Kindness und aysure them that the money will be properly distributed to the com- panies. and that the comforts it will buy will be fully appreciated. Yonrs traly, MV. Stns, Lieut.-Col. and A. D.C. In addition to the sum mentioned above, the Board of Trade as a body coutributed $1,000, and individual members $160, as isshowu by the following correspondence: Boany or Trang, ciicago, July 28, 1877.— Lieut.-Col. M. V. "Sheridan, a. —Dearn Sin: Inclosed ¥ beg to hand youa check for $LU0i, appropriated by this Bourd for the use of the United States troops now encamped in this city, for the purchuse of vegctublus or such other necessa- rics ag you may deem them in need of, for their comfort. I bee you will place the funds in such channel ae will best promote the cud in View. In belialf of the Buard of Trade, I am yours re- speetfully, Cnantes Rasbotru, Secretary. Charles Randolph, Dear Sin: I take Cutcaco, July 28, 187 Secretary Board of Trade pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of your check for $1,000, arpropriated by the hivazo Board of Trade for the purpose of purchasin; etables and other necessaries for the United States troops in tins city, Gen. King desires me to'express to the Board of Trade the thanks vf the troops under lis cominmand for the kind thougntfuincss that has prompted this Senerous donation, tle wishes me also to express tothe members of the Busrd the thanks of the troops for the individual contributions of $12 re- feived through the hands of Mr. John B, Lyon. Yours truly, ‘M. V. Srentpa Lient.-Cul. aut A. D. BUCK WCARTHY. A STRONG LETTER. To the Editor of ‘The Tribune. g Union Stock-Yarvs, July 23.~—We notice in your issue of yesterday an article which, if not corrected now, will do an innocent, man very reat injustice. You say “ A band of Bridyeport thieves, beaded by Buck McCarthy, a notorious ruflian, had assaulted the watchman on the Burlington Railroad and robbed him of his watch.” ‘This statement, we are to say, is entirely" false. Buck McCarthy is a man of very goud standing amongst our business men here. He has done business in the Union Stack-Yards on his own account Sor the past three years, aud for the ten years previous thereto he was employed ina Yery_respousible position by Nelson Morris. During the riot he did all in his power to allay the turbulent spirit of the mob about the yards, for which al) oud citizens will held bho in wrateful remembrance. Weare glad of this ovcasion to dy Mr. McCarthy justice. NzLSON Moris, Sastugs W. ALLERTON, J. B. Suzustay. CORRESPONDENCE. ALD. WHITE SAYS A WORD. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cicaco, July 28.—Knowing that vou will al- low me space enough in your valuable paper to be called upon in case of trouble, will alloy ainong the female end timid portion of the respond to the gray-headed vld viliain by the name of Stcrey, who is malicious enough to Joan the columns of the Times of the 27th iusts.! j stocks by puiliug down labor. to publish a damnable faisehood, made up with- ‘out the least provocation, only that he cannot use me, asquare Republican, to further his cor- rupt ends. He says I was electioneering with the rioters and encouraging them_on in their riotous acts, which is a malicious false- hood. I -am no candidate for any office, and would accept. of none if elected at our next election. I spoke to no ‘one about an clection for myself or fnends on the day referrea to. 1 was in company with our volice ofticers and soldiers all the time referred to, trying to protect the life and property of our citizens. . I think if Mr. Storey would ‘stop to think he would become couvinved that I have got quite as much at stake as he has, and my business is at a standstill on account of tne riot, which forces me to run my business at a loss every day the riot continues. He states that he could have seen me shot with pleasure. Ido not believe he is game enouth to look on and see the blood of a chicken shed, unless it be from the tuird story of the publishing-house of his blackmailing shect. Should he dare come out of hisden, I will meet the falsitier at any time aud place, and accommodate him with a little game of shooting which two can play at. I think the man that will be the benchman or tool used by Storey’to write up such a He is no better than the ringleaders of the rioters. The day is not-far distant when they, with their boss at the head, will have to pull in their heads like turtles, or lose their heads and$ whole shell with them. I would state, in justice to myself, that I was on the field of battle trying to assist and help to do that whicn would prove the most beneficial, and my official duty it was, if {were not a coward, and had the best interest of our beloved city at heart. Respectfully, Georce E. Ware, Alderman Tenth Ward. THE TURNER-WALL FIGHT, ‘To the Editor of The Tribune. Cricaao, July 23.—In your statement about the West Twelfth street Turner-Hall shooting, or rather murdering, affair, in yesterday’s Tris ung, I hope you will allow me to give you a more fair report, which differs from yours alto- gether, for 1 was an eye-witness. The police force marched past the hall, as you stated, when some rufiian in front of the hall on the sidewalk threw a stone at them, and, mind you, no ratiian was in the hall, although I do not Know whoever you may call’a ruilian or bandit. None except delegates were allowed tu pass up toit. The policé, of course, after being struck or not struck I do not kuow, marched back over to the side of the building, cleared the sidewalks, and a couple of those loafers foreed their way in to the entrance of the lower floor, but, sir, the police did not follow them. No, sir; they Went up in the meeting and fired right into a peaceable crowd uf men and citizens, wounding several. with balis, and others were beaten with clubs down stairs. and out of the windows. This is the gallant bebavior of our police which you have been praising in such high terms; but, gentlemen, me and the respectabie citizens of Chicago cannot but call such a police aunitorined'mob; therefore, the News is right in saying 2 nob fired into the buildiag and hall. But,-summing up, it is an outrage upon the peo- ple of Chicago. Yours truly, . BonD, 259 West Randolph street. ALL A MISTAKE. + To the Editor of The Tribune. CucaGo, July 28.—Some mistaken persons sent yous letter, publisned in your paper to- day, and headed “A Breach of Promise.” As it reflects somewhat upon the way we treat our employes, permit me to say that our Vice- President directed me to allow all our men who were faithful to the Company full time during this week of riot and intimidation, regardless of whether they worked or laid idle.’ The persons who wrote the letter referred to were unaware of this. Please insert this in your paper snd oblige, E. I. JErrery, Superintendent. PUBLIC SENTIMENT. LETTERS. THE GREAT POBLIC VS. THE RAILROADS. To the Editor of The Tribune, Curicaco, July 23.—Now that the strike is virtually over, it becomes us to look around and ascertain its causes, and Gx the responsibility where it belongs. Such great events do not take place without adequate cause. There is always some reason, or wnreason, at thebottom. ‘That the business of the railroads has been light, we all-know. That they have for two years past been engaged in the work of cut- ting each other's throats, we also know., But these facts do not justify tbe roads in cutting down the rates of their employes to the starvation point. Nor will public opinion sus- tain the roads in this inhumane and selfish course. That the workingmen have had cause of com- plaint, is one of those self-evident truths which need ao demonstration, ‘The Wall street speculators have forgotten the fact that the employes of these roads are huinan beings, ereatures of tlesh and blood, who cannot live upon air, and who require the same vlements of subsistence which they require themselves. While these soulless beings have been pursu- ing their plans for raising the value of railroad stocks by raising the rate of freigbts and in- creasing pagsener fares, the infamous idea came mo their heads that the present was a good time to adyanve stocks by robbing the poor men who were doing the work- ing business of the roads. Now was the time for the Wall street bulls to put u Slowly, gradual- ly, but surely, they ground down the tates of 's until a point was reached when any ther reduction meant terrible distress ani ut to every laboring man upon the roads. at this point another reduction was made, as much as these Snylocks (there are as many Shylocks among Christiaus as Jews) had the courage tu unike. It was the last drop. Human nature could stand no more. ‘The long, patient and almost starving army of labor struck their arms aud refused to sub- mit to the terins that were thus forced ugon them by men who did not un- derstand their’ condition, an@ bad no more sympathy-for them than if they were “stocks?” aud Stones, if they had only been rail- road stocks, how much greater would their sym- pathy have been! But as they were ouly men— only poor sutfteriug humzn_beings—what inter- est in their fate could be expected from these horned beasts who rend and tear each other daily in the marts of Wall street, where flesh aud blood, the flesh and blood of honest labor, is held as of no more yaluc** than the dust in ‘the balance.” These men who had been speculating in hu- man misery had gone as faras they dared zo, and the result hus shown that they nad gone TOO FAR. The sooner they retrace their steps the better, or the troubles of the roads, so far from being ended, will scarcely have begun. The public have rights which the railway leaders will act wisely if they respect, and re spect them they must, fo one wishes tu do any wrorfg ‘or to inflict any wanton injury upon the railroad property of this country. But the public desires and has a right to expect from the railroad companies a very different management, aud an entirely dif- ferent order of things. ‘The public demands that the foolish war be- tween railway corporations shall vease. The strong must not prey upon the weak or retribu- i ill be sure to come upon themselves. In-. justice in the long run never prospers. “The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind very fine!” ‘The public demands from the railroads that there shall be no more cutting down of wares, but that their emploves shail be paid a living Tate, EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO RAISE STILL MORE THE PRESENT TARIFF OF FREIGHTS AND FARES! ‘Throughout the late crisis there has been little sympathy for the roads. ‘The sympathy has been altogether on the other side,—and it is so silt! Bearing this in mind, the railronds, seving exactly how they stand and per- ceiving just where the difficulty ies, will vastly promote their own welfare,and stroug- Jy commend themselves to the popular favor, if in this moment of their apparent triumph (which is no triumph of thei they will proceed at once to look into the grievances of their men, and to redress them su tar as they are . just to the utmost limit in their power. By such a course they will put an end to present and to all future trouble, and will Jay the foundations of a new prosperity upon a basis that eaunot easily be shaken. With very much respect, your fellow-citizen, J. Esatas Warren, RAILROAD MEN AND MOBS, To the Editor of The Tribune. Cuicaco, July 23.—From every quarter of the country there echoes and re-echoes the cry “strike,” and with it is coupled the thought of Teenuctment of the horrors of Pittsburg and Baltimore, while the general opinion of the masses place rajlroad men at the head of all, 28 the promulgators and instigators of the same. It is but justice to them to refute this charge. Admitted that railroad men entered inte a compact umwug themseloes to endeayor by such means as might prove most efficient to secure their purpose of regaining their former wages by causing 2 cessation in’ the transporta- tion business of their respective roads, should this be made the cause of all the terrible calamities endured in Eastern cities at the hands of a Communistic and frenzied mob of — loafers, tramps, and worthless feliows? Siuce the inauguration of the strike here we defy any one to show where, in all the noisy mobs that roamed throughout the city, was such a representation of railroad men as would justi:y in catling it a railroad mob. - As aclass they are ready and willing to defend the property of the various roads from malicious destruction, as well to aid, by all means in their power, the suppression of the lawless gangs that only desired a precedent or convenient excuse .to let loose their innate slumbering rowdyism and Communistic senti- ments. Take these bands as they roam through the streets, and you will tind them composed of nothing but the kids," loafers, bummiers, and worthless clement of the town, who may, per- haps, by intitidation, succeed in adding au hou- est workman to their ranks, who will at the first opportunity desert them. We defy any ove that has becn about in the diiferent railroaa yards to show oue instance of ruffianism or tivt among the men there. Why should railroad men associate with these bands! They have nothing in common with them. Their business is entirely different from any other, and the causes which lead them to adoption of meas- ures as suits them best to bring about the.ulti- mate resuit of 3n increase of pay, or rather the restitution of their old salaries, are entirely dif- ferent from those claimed by any other work- man. Railroad companies do the principal trans- portation business of the country. If by their avarice to grasp all they can for them- selves they so reduce ‘their net protits that they cannot afford Jarge divi- dends, it is no fault of the employes, and to make them the sufferers is unjust and unfair. Let the capitalists that have invested tn railroad bonds be satisfied for a year with 2or3 per cent dividends instead of 3 and. 10, and the shortcomings will be balanced. ‘Rail- road work is hard work aud is dangerous work. When can aman, however careful he may be, say he is out of danger while working ona train? Be his capacity what it may,a mis- placed switch, a broken axle, a defective flue, a mistaken signal, or a trip of the foot, may send him into eternity or render him_ a maimed and useless cripple for life. These facts should re- ceive due consideration. With exception of very few trades and professions, other men run uo such great. yarted, and uncertain risks. This is worth something,— and .with their families gepending, on them they haye just cause to endeavor to get the best pay they can for themselves,—for at any moment they may be crippled, and then their families are reduced to want and_privation. Then, again, as ageneral thing, a railroad man is a railroad man, nit for that and very rarely for anything else. Then why say to him, “Let others take your place and you look for other work”? With mechanics and artisans it is quite differ- ent. They can always find one thing or another they can work at. The difference between rail- roading and other work is so entirely different that rallroad men do not care or desire to mix with trades-unions and other strikers. They are willing and fully able to fight their battles. alone, eettle their grievance without outside aid; and therefore they do not wish to mix in with aclass of men who, in destroying peace and property, onty prove detrimental to themselves; but, on the contrary, they will be found as willing and ready to protect the property of citizens and corporu- tions from violence and plunder as they are to protect themselves and their own individual rights against encroachment and unjust reduc- tions. Without, however, forretting that there are * black sheep in evary flock,” 1 would ask the community at large to exempt railroad men, as a class, from the commission of any overt or vio- lent acts, such as have bech enacted in the East and may perhaps be experienced in the West— |° though God forbid they should. RarRoapre. WHAT LAWS ARE NEEDED TO PREVENT SUC RIOTS. To the Editor of The Tribune. Catcaco, July 28.—All crimes are charged to he “against the peace and dignity of the State.” The civilization of a nation is tested by the wisdom of ita criminal code and its effectiveness to preserve the life, liberty, property, and peace of cach and every citizen. The mass of legal wisdom and statesmanship has been directed to correct individual breaches of this peace, but the facts of to-day indicate that no sufficient preventive to the breach by classes has been even considered. New phases of society and new causes require consideration and a juris- prudence adapted to them. It is absurd to rash under the yoke of a vast standing army at the first demonstra- tion of o-uew and unaccustomed force for which sater remedies or precautions haye not been provided. As individual contests are prevented, and things tending to promote such breaches of the peace are proscribed, so class contests should be made as ucar impossible as may be. No organized community can exist where one class can with impunity ‘organize to contest with andther class on any subject, where%the only arbitration is force,—whether the classes be religious, or from rank or race, aris- tocrat and plebeian, master and slave, white and black, or be divided between capital and labor. This is a Government of the people, by the people, and for the people,—not any class, but the whole people. it was instituted because cach tan bas a right to enjoy life, liberty, and property, and to pursue his own happiness, so that he injures no others. Each bas the right to attempt to acquire property. Each seeks it, and when acquired it is bis capital. Freedom to attempt to acquire and freedom to enjoy the capital are necessary to equal enjoyment of rights. The laborer must not be abridged of his right to acquire by Iabor, nor the holder to be excluded from liberty because he has .acquir- ed. No cluss can be made a prey to any other. Conspiracies to put up the price of food have been severely punished because tending to op- pressio tl to create disturbance of the public peace. If itis true that the railroad companies, extending their Interests over a dozen States, have. met and conspired to put down the price of labor of alarze class of men, is not this a violation of the rules of value which are by natural Is ated by supply and demand and free competition? Each man’s business, or trade, which he has med, however humble, or however simple, i still his property, and his best{means for obtain- ing his livelihood.- The trackman who has Jeurned how to pack ballast and drive spikes van do better than one whv has not Icarned, and can do better in that than ia any work in which he has no experience; so with the fireman; so with the druggist’s clerk; 80 with the clerzy- man; and none should be compelled to suffer oppression from conspiracy to diminish the yalue of that which constitutes his trade. If such a wrong has caused the interruption of the peace and cotnfort of millious; overturn- ed or tended to subvert the laws of the State; and interfered with ur broken up the ve between the States, should it not be d by the State and bythe United States ime against each sovereignty, aud penal- ties commensurate with the evil it has power to cause annexed to its commission? The same priuciples require severe penaltics to be attached to conspiracies or combinations to raise the price of auy kind of labor, or inter- fere with those rules of value which natural Jaws attach to supply anddemand and tree com- petition. The laws aflix severe penalties to the breaking in and robbing of property, or taking property by force and highway rubbery. But a mau’s right to work and earn bread ts as sacred and as clear a right as possible. Should not its invasion by threats of violence aud force to prevent his working be forbidden by penalties as severe as those of burglary and other rob- bery? ‘Every man has the right to acquire knowledge ot any kind, and conspiracy to keep any knowl- edge Irom any should be prohibited by grave penalties. In short, no ordinary amount of murder, arson, highway robbery, or buaglary committed in any State within a whole year has so scriously disturbed the peace and interfered with the general welfare of the people as the Pua contest of classes. Willit not be wise for the people of the whole State to say, “You shalinot take the first step tending toward such contests. You shall not uniteto put down wages, you shall not unite to raise them; you shall not be robbers, entering into the fac- tories or cars of others’ and robbing them of their use by force, violence, or threats; you shall not make any rule reventing any number of the citizens of this State from acquiring knowledge of any trade or art; you shall not prevent aay person from working or dictate their hours or prices; each man shall enjoy his freedom to make hisown agreements: you shall not incite riots or violence by speeches or in any other manner for the purpose of con- trolling’either labor or capital; and if in any manner any person shall be killed by reason of any attempt so to intimidate or injure otners, every person participating, aiding, or abetting shall be deemed guilty of murder, and every violation of these prohibitions shall be punished as felony.”. . Such laws will notaffect tke present difficulty; this must be put down by force; but it behooves. the State and the country to s2e to it that we have no more. We do not’ care to be trifled with and op: presced either by great corpurutious, or trades unions, ora Commune. We as 2 whole Peony will not oppress any, but will crush out any ap tenipe of any class to oppress or wroue’ the whole, + In the result of this do not let us make ita triumph of great moaopolies, but rather, gain of the whole people by an advance in jurie prudence; while we protect the great curpors tions in their oroperty let us show to them the menace we turn towards all witose oppression, tend to break our peace. Epwaxp Rony, PAUSE AND CON3ID2R. To the Editor of The Tribune, Curcaco, July 25.—As we are in the midst of this terrible strike of railway employes, ang have quite spent our breath in uttering anathe. mas and cailing on the powers that be to pat the strikérs down, is it not well to pause and consider the doings of the raiiway Kings for a short space, and perhaps find other use for ‘ part of our anathemas* In the fall of 1875. as you may well remem: ber, the Baltimore & Ohio Railway and the Pennsylvania Central (or Garrett and Scott, for short) succeeded in getting the Michigan Cen- ichigan Southern Railways, or North- ern trunk lines as they are styled, to sign an fron-clad tarilf of 45 cents per hundred all grain from Chicago, and straightway gave a rate of 30 and35 cents per hundred from all points south and southwest of Chicago, which nearly ruined the grain business of the city fa the winter. The Board of Trade had. a commit tee in session all winter investizating, and the press of the city kept a corps of reporters write ‘ing the matter up in the effort to obtain Justice for the business of our city. In the fall of 1876 the same parties endeavored to oursue the same tactics, and, when they could not accomplish their ends, they cut the rate to 20 cents. On this rate the Pennsylvania Central and Baltimore & Ohio Roads refused to furnish any cars to the Chicazo trade, bat had plenty for St. Louis, Cincinnati, and intermedi ate points. The Northern trunk lines had their cars loaded and t § blocked with cars all the way to Syracuse, N. Y., and could move no Sarther because the Eastern roads would not move the freight and pro rate. ‘Thus was Chi- cago grain basiness effectually blocked for the whole of the second winter. Now we hare the best crops that the West ever saw. Chicago, with her immense grain fleet and low water-rates, wag in a fair way to have the handling of most of them, even from Texas, wden lo! all of a sudden a strike of rail. way employes is inaugurated that extends all over the country, and:stops the movement of grain. If the movement can be delayed a short Sime, or its course well interrupt the probability is a large quantity woul not’ reach Chicago in time for cheap water-rates, and, consequently, never Asingular coincidence is, that orders were sued from the Eastern maguates on the Ist of July to reduce the wages of the same claas of men tothe same amount. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back..and inaugurated the strike. These troubles originated with the samé roads that have caused our previous dis- comfort. This strike may not have been pre- meditated with thisin view, but if persisted in 2 short time will tend to the sane end, of serie ously injuring the grain trade of Chicago. Iwrite this not ‘so much with a desireto have it published, as to call the attention of the pressand public’ of Chicago to the general course of conduct of these railway magnates, Scott and Garrett. Perhaps by close investiga tion we may find that our present troubles ance not so.much irom the flendishness of our labor- ing classes. as from the selfish grved of four men who control nearly the entire railroad interest of the whole country. While so few can dictate the wages of the largest class of laborers and me chanics from the Atlantic to the Pacific, we will be very apt to have just such strikes. By care- ful study we may find it easter and better toreg- ulate such giant monopolies by legisiation, than to keep an army of 500,000 (as is demanded) ta put down strikers. Reason. RIOT(NG NOT RESPECTABLE. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cucaco, July 28.—A difference is attempt ing to be made in the minds of the people be tween those railroad strikers who not only re fuse to go to work themselves, but who also refuse to allow. others to work in their places, and the riff-raff who are aiding these strikers in finishing their work—a difference in favor of the former as against the latter. This is all Wrong. As between the strikers and their assistants—the thieves, burglars, thugs, and more culpable of the two, for the reason that. they are the more inteiligent. In point of law, there is uo distinction, and there should be none in theestimation of the community. What is the difference between a man, be he engincer or brakesman, who forces my engineer from his cab, and prevents both énzincer and engine from working, and the pluz-ugly. who goes to our machine-shons and factories and drives trom our manufacturing establishments: our employes and closes. their dvurs? There is noue! The one is just as much an act of riot as the other, and in both cases these rioters should be shot down upon the spot,—upon the Yery first outbreak or attempt at interference,— the same as we would shout a burglar who should enter our houses and attempt to inter- fere with or appropriate that which does not belont to him. those ensineers and train-men who refuse to allow men to work on our railroads are dis- pleased with the company they are. in, it would be well for them to desist from their rioting. The fact of their vo- sition as railroad employes being an honorable ‘one, does not lessen the zuilt of their offense. It oaly makes it the more heinous. What our rosds should do to-day: is this: They should man their engines and proceed to business all over the land, and if any person attempts to commit a riot, by forcing their employes from their positions, they should be shot down the same as the police would shoot any other law- breaker or desperado. By this distinction which we are attempting to make between these different classes of culprits we are. dignifvinag a certain set of rioters to our cost. Sooner. or later, if we continue on whitewashing these head rioters— these_men who boldly violate the laws, and in- cite all the mischief that has heen done in this couutry within the past two weeks—by attempt- ing to place them ou & rank above the little rioter who Hnishes up the job, we shall surely reap the result of our action. Rioting cannot be made respectable more than nvurder, and the sooner we look upon these notous train-men in their true light, and estimate them accordingly, the better it will be for the community. James Ro Lucas. LESSONS O¥ THE HOUR. To the Editor of The Tribune. Curcaco, July 28.—From the troubled cir- cumstances of Thursday to the more cheerful of to-day, as well as from the general exprea- sions heard on all sides, any one in passing through the peaceable or business portion of our city this afternoon would be led to believe that we had the mob-riot by the throat, and that our troubles were ended. Are these facts or are we deceived? Has law and order achieved a glorious and lasting victory, or is the riot simply, from sheer force, quieted for the time being, habie at any time in the future to again break ont at the beck of the ringlead erst It is feared that the Mayor ana city authorities have been far too lenient, and that more vigorous measures shonld hare been adopted. Belieting, as does the writer, that the honest workingman and laborer had ne hand or sympathy with the rioters, and that the thugs, thieves, plug-uglies, and deadbeats ot. the city, who spurn honest lubor, using and disgracing the term “striker”? asa shield for theft and plunder, would it. not have been bet- ter, after trying ts disperse the mob by peaceable ” means and failing, to teach all such 8 wholesome and lasting Iesson at the handsof our brave and noble police force, aided by the military who did such valiant service? A force su! ciently large ana powerful in our midst aud at the disposal of the Mayor and city authorities Would bave soou ended the riot. In such cases prompt and decisive measures are necessary, and force must be met by force. One or two well- directed. volleys fired info the mob, with & little grape or cannister’ added, would have been beneticial and lasting, and would assure our city against farther attempts of this kind. Let the settlement be final, and‘those roughs ve taught obedience to law and order, so that with the withdrawal of the troops they may not make thebecond attempt. AN OusEnve2. IF 13 SPREADING. : To the Editor of The Tribune, Cutcaco, July 28.—I think I am not far from expressing the opinion of most business men of this city, in saying that the conduct of Mayor Heath during the past few days has been coo temptibly pusillanimous and weak-kneed to the last degree, showing most plainly to every ont his incapacity for governing, to say nothing of controlling, those dangerous classes which always collect in a great city. Decision on his part to act, instead of issuing proclamations, even at a sacrifice of votes for himself in the future, would have raised him in the eyes of all law-abiding people, in place of putting him on record yee ‘afald, for personal reasons, to perform his sworn duty. In plive of ating, he has caused the utter prostration of business for four days at = cost to the merchants of thousands of jars a day, to New Yor and 50 cents to New England on * plug-uglies of this city—the strikers are the”