CHArBLOTTE OBSERVER'
If
f mi - a a-
- 8UBSCEirTIOU BATES.
aily 1 year (postpaid) in advance,
" 6 mos. " .
3 mos. "
" 1 mon. "
WEEKLY EDITION."
$8 00
4 00
2 00
75
Weekly, (in the county) in advance $2 00
out of the county, postpaid .2 JO
6 months, .:.--.-. .j qq
Liberal reductiona fjr clubs.
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VOL. XIII.
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CHARLOTTE N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 24 1877
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
I : : '"'MM,,'i5BiBilBrgr ri- - '- " ' ; -
NOJ 2 ,148.
UNDER THE NEW "MANAGEMENT OP
THE RAICROADSTRIKE!
gAS been Eefurnished ana Eefitted ,n te'f class styleand" offer, inducements
Travellers and Residents in its .excellent tablefsupplied .with the best the market "affords
at prices to suit the times. An active corps' of waiters in attendance at meals, and i
pains or expense spared to render guests comfortable. "r ' -. '
to
no
Moderate Terms forlVIonthly Boarder.
OUR MOTTO. IS TO PLEASE.
General Ktoimaarn of Tr.iinsaa ft
$150,000 Bridge Burned.
Excitement in Washinffton and the
Administration at Sea.
A Terrible Day's Work in Pitts-
burs The Itlob Take the City
' and Burn and Pillage
at Pleasure.
aprl
A Larsre Number of .PriA- iriii-r
and Betweens $3,000,000 and
$5,000,000 of Property ;
, , Destroyed- j !
J1TJ ST 'R-JSSO-B'rir.-JES.!
Black Cashmeres, Black Alpaccas, ;
A Large Lot of Edging; and Insertings,
LADIES' SDIi nnBHELLAS. ,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FANS,
MOSQUITO ; NETTING, CANOPY NETTING,
WHITE GOODS, TIES AND SCARFS.
Which wft, will offer at Very' low prices, to suit the times !
ELIAS, COHEN & ROESSLER.
The Trouble Begun in Barris.
burg and from There to
Pittsburg.
Governor Hartranft Confesses His
,lnbility --0 ftnell the Riots.
bi v v .a ,
Industries In Ohio.
Gen. Hancock Placed in Command at
Philadelphia.
Harrisbursr to Pittsburi? is in tha Wona
of the strikers. "
, . To the Associated Press.
Washington. Jiilv 23 The
ordered from
1 ' Mr w " -a. UUa
sylvama were stopped by the strikers.
Lfoaded coal, cars are run from sidings
and wrecked on the main track. The
freight business is stopped on the
southern Ohio roada. Ohio and M?n0.
sippi send no freight west from Cincin
nati. The trains were stopped at Dun-
, " uu passengers were
allowed to proceed. .
A comprona ise is progressing at In
dianapohs. In - the meantime, trade
over i the line is unobgtrnn tv,
regular night mail train was abandon
ed on the Vandaha road.
iPifteen hundred strikers last night
j fcue rsanaio aepot
and all the switches. The lights were
extinguished. No trains departed last
night. The - approaching trains could
not come farther than East Buffalo.
.uxaryiana ana west Virginia seem
quiet throughout this morning.
A meeting of railroad men at' St.
.Louis last nisht resolved that n
freght trains should leave East St
J-ouis after midnight. The mail and"
passengers will not be molested. The
roads affected by this prohibition are
'UB,Ufl' Mississippi, Toledo & Wa
bash, Indianapolis & St. Louis, Van
daha Southern, Cairo Short Line and
the Narrow Guage roads.
m Trains have been stopped at Bead
ing, Pennsylvania. Two cabooses were
job pniriTiric.
TbOBSKBTKS Job Department baa been
thoroughly wppUed witn every Aeeoe4
want, ana wita tae latest style or Type, ant
every manner or Joo Worr can now be dan
witn neatness, dlspaten and cheapness. ;
Veeanrnrnian at short noOca v
BIAinn KTT.T. WTinn .
' IiETTEIB HJSAJ, CARDS, '
p TAGS, RECEIPTa. POSTKK3. j
' PBOQBAVMHa, HAW) BILLS,
rAXroiiKTS. CHECKS, Ao -
but has its own denot in tbA Rnntt,..
ftV tfc 6 flty- Everything is quiet
on that road, and business is progress
ing in the regular way.
The machine shops at Terre Haute
are closed.
Passenger trains from Cincinnati de
part in all directions, but freight trains
move onlv on the Kant
and Louisville Short Line. '
AtColubus; Ohio, about noon,, the
strikers to th firm mhpr f tw., i
dred went to the rolling mUl and com
pelled the employees to suspend work.
They also went to the pipe works, the
"0 xxro way company's, fatten s
putbv wopks, Auam's planing mills,
irankhn machine works, Peter's sash
works, and other factories, the em
ployees of which joined the strikers as
they went , ; along. The entire mob
also had dinners along with them, and
to the number of two thousand ma
ed to the union depot where they din
ea. .
it iDiiffD pjiioi
FOR THE
r
NEXT
TWENTY; DAYS
WE SHALL OFFER
o'clock. The one
Other Protections
jane"
B U RGESS NICHOLS,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
DKALIK IK
ALL KINDS OF
FTJ3RKT ITTJRB,
BEDDING, &C.
A . .
CHEAP BEDSTEADS, LOUNGES,
PARLOR A CHAMBER BUTTS.
COFFINS of all KINDS on HAND.
No. 5, West Trade St.,
CHARLOTTE, N. C
jan3
FRia
GO O D S
-AT-
E . & . .:E8. CP G ES MS,
FU R N I T U R WAR E HOUSE
CHILDREN'S ' CARRIAGES,
CHILDR EN'S CARR I AGES;
CondeLsed from Sunday telegrams to the
: ' Richmond Dispatch.
Washington, July 22. The excites
ment oyer the railroad war has steadi
ly increased here to-day. The admin
istration is evidently much alarmed
and rather non-plussed. Early this
morning the President requested the
members of the Cabinet to assemble at
the White House, and at 1 o'elnr.lr tho
meeting was held. Thompson and
McCrary reported that few troops were
available in the present emergency be
yond what had been already drawn
It was first decided that the only thing
that could be done was to call out the
militia of the several States, and then
mm n was Detter to await develop
ments. Grave fears are. felt that the militia
of Pennsylvania and Ohio particularly
Members of the Cabinet admit the
gravity of the situation, but say riots
must and will be subdued at any cost.
ciureme measures win he resorted
to if necessarry.
The sympathy of the people here
seems to be largely with the strikers,
although the rioting and destruction
of property is almost universally de
precated. "John Sherman is very voluminous
ly cursed, and the blame of the riot.n
very frequentlv laid at the d
I financial policy.
it is stated that Secretary Sherman
favors an immediate mil far tha OB
sembling of Congress. The strong government m a feeble kind of a way,
central government which the T?AnnKl 18 movmg troops hither and thither.
licans have been building since 1861 m.aW Wlth a view of bringing them
seems a feeble affair. They have WV ? Protecting distance of the capi
squandered the sovereignty which th v 13 ln no present danger, but
;took from the States. mere is no doubt it is hideously ex-
The Government has ordered trnnna UBe"' an? .l.nere flre many millions in
l-i i . . -r . I It. J hfi fnl mwinoe intiMi.l n i 1 j
I " tUilUUfilV inviiivHit
hred about eleven
uunurea ana fifty thousand dollar
bridge over the Schuylkill, was fired
and totally destroyed. The object of
wiuiug tuo unoge seems to have been
to prevent the passage of the troops
towards Harrisburg. An immense
gram elevator, corner of Grant and
Washington streets, Pittsburg, has
been burned. The citizens have or
ganized a vigilance committee. The
oumiers who escaped irom the round
house are entrenched ten miles un the
river. . -
The Standard Oil Company; of Co
umbus, Ohio, has discharged two
thousand hands, because of inabil
ty to ship oil.
Governor Hartranft this morning
confessing his inability to maintain
uruer, mates a lormal call on the
United States for protection.
There is feeling; at Kansas City,
wnere manv roada centre
The strike on the Eastern roads went
into effect at mid-night at St. Louis.
11 "..reported that affairs look serious
at Chicago arid Buffalo.
The Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany, a dispatch from San Francisco
oajrB, nave rescinded a resolution re-
ducing wages.
The Philadelphia board of brokers
decided to make no quotations. The
Puduc Doard bas adjourned a scheme
widows StCk cheap from fn"gutened
he strongest rallying cry 'of the
rioters at Pittsburg was: "Let her
burn boys ! it will give us work to do."
Phhamxphia, July 23. -11 a. m.
lhe strikers have just set fire to an oil
tram on the Pennsylvania road track
near the South Street hrirlrro Wocf
Philadelphia.
Washington, July 23. The Federal
lowSt J-am rcceiviriK fu Sck of CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, "Newest Styles'
and
Call
and make year selection whil" the assortment is fall.
i r.i K,,b tfc fnn.itore Business
?iv ne TtC,, Er,BinffS , my own account,
S V ?..1' n,y Personal attention. '
CheSJlt w? Arlete Stock from the -R ,
BnSS?,! Wooi1 Puffin to the finest NataliA" ' -
."aiase. , .,
urdersby telegraph or otherwise promptly attended to. Eespectfnlly
mmm
This Wei! Known -and- Leading Hotel,
LOOAtED IN CENTRA OP THE CTTY, OFFER8
U SURPASSED A CC0M.M0D AT10NS,
irom Uolumbus to Pittsburg.
from St Louis to Indianapolis, for the
protection of the arsenals.
An extraordinary confusion exists.
Thieves, strikers, State militia, and
Government troops are playing at cross
purposes all, however, playing into
the hands of the thieves.
; PrrrsBUEG, July 22. Th e fatal effects
;Of the shots fired by the soldiers have
;exasperated the citizens as well as the
jstrikers and bands of workingmen of
an classes , are in arms against the
troops. By 8 o'clock in the evening
poos were moving an over the city,
packing stores to secure arms. The
troops were beseiged in the round
house, and every effort, by solid shot
and torch, was made to burn them out.
Burning cars were rolled along-side
the round-house, and the troops near
ly roasted,, were compelled to flee
through the flames and the mas3 of
rioters who were clamoring for their
lood. They were followed up the
street and fired upon at every 6leD.
All railroad property has been burn
ed. In the round house were 125 first-lass
locomotives which were entirely
consumed. The scenes on the streets
actually bearear descriDtion. Peonle nf
11 classes are wild with excitement.
When private- property catches fire
Jhe rioters help suppress the flames.
At 11 a. m., to-day (Sunday) the sol
diers yielded and the mob was uncon
trolled. They burned and destroyed
without let or hindrance. The loss
cannot be stated, but it. is supposed
fifty or seventy five persons were killed.
The bodies of ten or twelve are lying
op the sidewalks where they fell.
Special telegram to the Dispa'ch Received
at 2:50 A. M
. Chancellor Prince ordered a -withdrawal
of the circular from the receiv
er, ordering a reduction of wages on
the Louisville and Cincinnati Short
Line. A" the workmen in ZanesviUe.
O., quit work and joined the strikers?
lhe street cars have been stopped by
the strikers. . J
Eichmond, July 23. The e-eneml
passenger agent of the Kichmond&
Danville Railroad says that all is quiet
with their men, and that there are no
Fiuuiuues oi irouoie in the South.
Buffalo, July 23.-The mob reinforc
ed by large numbers, called at the car
shops of the Lake Shore and Erie com
panies, and ordered all the workmen
fiB wmt wnicn they did forth
with. No serious demonstrations are
as yet being made. About 4 o'clock
this afternoon, a Buffalo and James
town tram which leaves the Erie de-
rku arriving ai a compromise cross
ing two miles from the depot, had a
passenger coach detached and shoved
on the central track, and the fireman
was forcibly taken from the engine.
wwjio, wuuvwas on the train
remonstrated with the strikers, stating
that there had been no reduction of
wages on their road, nor had there
been any since its inauguration. The
eflect of this statement was the bring
ing back of the coach by the strike
who coupled it on, and assured the
superintendent that nothing should
be done in any way to interfere with
the working of his road. Early in the
B"C1UUUU an assault was made by
nearly two thousand rsoters oirabGut
two hundred soldiers who were guard
ing the Like.Shore round house? The
military were obliVed t. i
building which is now barricaded by
the mob who have placed cars in posi
tion as defence againsan attack. Col
-f ihe sixty-fifth regiment, with
about thirty men. and three officers,
foolishly proceeded to the roundhouse
it irom tne mob. They were
met with yells of derision from the
crowd and under a shower of stones
were obliged to retreat at the double
quick, and force their WAV ItirnnnVi it..
yelling crowd at the point of the bayo
nr t, some of the soldiers being badly
CiUti n the hands with kLives, and also
clubbed. Four of the soldiers lost their
muskets, which, however, were after
wards recovered. Col Flach was badly
clubbed, twice knocked down, forced
.iubs wie canai and obliged to taTce
refuge in the Lake Shore paint shop.
lhe engineers of the Erie and Lake
bhore roads have signed an agreement
with the firemen not to run with green
hands. It is expected that the New
xork Central eneineers will follow
to-night. "U"DU"
Washington. Julv 2a TV, i
with travel and transportation utterly
demoralized except in the South, New
England and West of the Mississippi.
Elsewhere than m Ohio, other than the
railroad industry is net yet affected.
The militia m New York, Pennsylva
nia and Ohio, are starting from nearly
everywhere, but they never arrive any
where. The helplessness of the Feder
al and State authorities is pitiful.
There is no safety outside of the for-
rauiuiue oi me strikers, and the firm
ness of municipal authorities.
jt 11 A ; , A' y:rAJ
ill II l,i -. rm ,t M.TVfi: f iJ'M'ir
w uooas ior 5umirierVIear
I A-
A.T COST!
T
RAW H A T:S
AN D
2
I, TIM Cm
j AT ONE HALF THEIE ACTUAL VALUE.
Consult your own Interest and buy now.
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One door below 1st Nat. Bank.
av mjeayt mii?ie :
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TH E
j
Pride
of (Iplgfi
AN ELEGANT
Washington Notes and Gossip.
of
xa the tkavejxing , pitblio
THE FURIilTUEEllS FIRST-CLASS.
THE HOUSE 1$ CARPETED THROUGHOUT?
Gai and Electric Bells are in1 every,' room!.!
T
TftT ijj ' "' : ' -Kif..:;'- V" " ' ' President of the vPennsylvanii
mralids, Florida Tourists or; Persons TraYciirig f'SSi
OR PLEASURE, THIS 'HOUSE OFFERS EVERY FACILITY
FOR COMFORT.
. . ,M'.H,.J'ii -."in,
; , Pittsburg, Penn.V July 23.r-At this
hour alt is quiet, and mob 'rule no
longer exits. Vigilant committees are
patrolling te streets, and no further
trouble i apnrehended. Within the
Eafit twenty-four hours the railroads
ave lost by fire, property estimated
to be worth from $3,000,000 to $5,000,
000, About thirty persons- haye been
killed and many wounded, some fa
tally. 4 Philadelphia; July 22. The strike
began here today, but all precautions
have been taken and police and mili
tary are prepared to maintain order.
Special to the Dispatch -Peceiyed at 2:45 a k1
Philadelphia, t July . 23. Col Scott,
vania rail-
prom
inent railway and city officials, have
bjeen at headquarters in the depot for
twenty-four hours, ; and are likely ! to
remain there as much longer. They
realize me aanger oi toe sunauon, and
fully expect .trouble. Col Scott ' in
forms your correspondent that the
IS Othrial onvca tko
j ... . - J O 1 "UO
idea: 'It is not the purpose of the
government to use the United States
troops to merely protect the railroad
property, or to insure the safe trans
portation of the mails except incident
aUy, while protecting its own proper
It is understood that CI eneral SViat.
man and Lieu ten ant-General Sheridan
will be recalled at once from the
The Cabinet agreed to issue a proc
lamation to the Pennsylvania rioters.
Hancock was ordered to assume
personal command in Pennsylvania.
vaeuerai ocnone d trnm West. Pn nf
has been ordered to report to Han
cock. Pittsburg, July 23. The citizens
early in the day effected an organiza
tion which has subdued the rioters and
restored the control of the town to its
municipal authorities. They have in
vited the fugitive Philadelphia soldiers
to remain, assuring them of protection.
xjtueu oy. me mayor, the citizens
marched to the wharf and prevented
an accession to the thies from the rive
The disorderly element should not now
be called strikers, because the' real
strikers are rendering effective aid to
the municipal authorities in maintain
ing order, lhe mayor has possession
of the cannon and most rf the
used by the mob, and the reign of ter
ror may be regarded as over.
Washington, July 23. The Niagara
uiyiaiuji ui me aiine roaa struck". No
trains are Tunning on the Lake Shore
east of Toledo, Ohio. - '
The strib-oro Jn PKiloolUi i
iuimuciuun art; Kept I j , " , . uuu tuu
under control, by the nolice pn,,r I aIready arge destruction of railrnaH
hundred regulars under the command propeityA had a demoralizing influ
of Hancock are there, t Ten thousand fi!5e he st0ck packet this morn-
dollars rewa rd ia nDr u ; I mg. ; Prices OOened at a. doni;n r
diaries of the Lebanon Val lev hvM Qt to twenty-five and one-eighth Der cen t CORNER
Reading last night. , . j as compared with Saturday's fitmren - iune-22
m - i n -y-a n i-. . a i a
ine Indianapolis and St Louis road u" "enuy made a still further
vi vue lO lOUr. . Ureot
Washington, July 28". Col. Mor
at. tr ;. oe.en. appointed marshal
iurMi raissiRsinm.
TheSwatera has arrived here with one
hundred and fifty-seven soldiers and
marines equipped as infantry. The
Plymouth afterwards arrived, and the
Jisesx is coming with two hundred
more.
The members of the National Re
publican Committee holding civil offi
ces, have all if s;gned from that body.
lhe express company declines at
present to carry money packages for the
rrfint between Washmgton and
Chas,W. Blew has been appointed
colleotor of. oustoms at St. John's. Fla
Raymond, of, Mississippi, has been
appoin ted marshal of Dakota.
4-4 BLEACHED MUSLIN.
! At8Jct8.peryard,bythepiece,orcts.per yardifcul' ' r ;"
TOE CASH ONLY.
I Sold heretofore at 12 cents per yard.
And ask for the above, which is unquestion
; ably the cheapest goods offered N
j in any market.
illlil
'jolj8
Democrat and Southern Home copy.
CLOSI1MC OUT SALE OF
il
J&JUi
it
I
i iii ii rt w nmniiTii
M ILUTH 1
7
the
Ms g5, $6 and 7 Pantaloons, for $3.00 and gioo
Mens 12 15, and $18 Suits, , for $9, $11 andl.:o0
Lmen Sacks, v. .v.I-L' : a a Y.r
iui, juiv 23. The Mmfm- Tin.i. tt . ,iv iu tcuis
Sfc..9i25 fr5," ;?,!v-"v--v: -.. 81.00 and $1.25 l-
"uw oi mens ana Jjoys' Suits, marked down from one'. v
ence on the stock market ihlt tuiu w one-nan tiieir value. ; ? ; x,u(
Otraw Mats Will be sold reo-ardlAsa ff '. -rat
-. ro" -vbk. .. nniirir n i M.nn ..v -
xjAAiJiS AND TRYON STREETS, ClARLOTTE, NlTb t ?
i lie Fffect of the Strike on
Stock Market.
New York, July 23. The
OF
nas struct, lhis strike includes fire
men, brakemen, section men and ma.
chinists.
. No stock was shipped east from But
falo to-day. The strikers took hands
from the New York Central train and
unloaded the stock. -
The Lake Shore and Erie yards and
shops are closed.
The New York Central men are not
on the strike vat; Buffalo, but can do
nothing. There is much drunkenness
HUH it. la faa raA V.- TJV. 1 n .
Pittsburg 1;;: rr.s .B"Bre the bin of
break
ment prevailed, and
on a large soale, every stock on the j
rf . , t? m - orle8S of a decline.
At 1 o clock, prices showed a recovery
of one-half to one and one-half, but
the market n feverish in tone. -
lison
i -. t f 'l '
k
The Georgia Convention Passes
Bill of Rights.
the
Pittsburg's fate.
iu The, excitement in New Jersey ia in-
creasingr-The State authorities order
d troops to be in readiness. ifi tfi
-Thej affairs; ar Hornellsvilfe New
York, are unchanged. , t
The employees of the Transit Com
pany at St Louis have struck. ; p licit
ne proclamation of the Mayor of
aces that city rin-
, A - ' - " ' , , . i.f j jorum jmw wiicspu-utaii umi ine ' ne proclamation c
-3.00, $2,50 and $2.00 per dny, according ESSS&TSbSSZ &t:""J
4 1 , " '' ' .y ence to bear upon the President to call GenGetty has bee
iw, lucauuii ui room.
H. C ECCLESPROPRIETOBJ '
out 75.000 volunteers in view of gen
eral insurrection.
HiEEiSBUEG, July 22. The railroad I
men have struck, and trains are not
Jlowed to move. The whole line, from I
Getty has ' been : rrAaaA
f ortress Monroe to take command of
the troops in Maryland. : ; : -'
The St Xouis, -Iron i Mountain and
bouthenRailroads does not yet con
nect with the union depot at St Louis
4ta Ga., Jdy 23.-The Consti
tutional , Convention t.nH. 0a
of riffhts. TVio k;ii -f:
an, races of citizens or, a h i
"7, "WKCO MJ.1
?yrouMUTu ineir rights of citizen
ship. : , Impriaonment for debt ' and
vvug iur crime- are prohibited;
oui oeciarea that . the right of
changmg the oonsUtution or form of
.t" 18 lQf 801e ' and inherient
-ju w vue people ot the State.
-All? Babies . are dimtnnt;-. n ..,r i
th -rtm -r-.T"ni "nee
-r, t-icj eee, mey conquer, some-1
Umes by their gentle BUlJneEs, but ofK
by contmned and uproaroua irvmnS -
by ColicJ TeettinTrrtiA"0
Bairs Baby Syrnpg; iV"genUelet SecifiA
innaenoe quiets the little ones without no
aL?A3!'i?jwios effect. Price
-y Jj i - - ' - ' '1. " V '.ViO
CHARLOTTE N. C.