From the Chenango Union of Norwich, NY
Wednesday, April 27, 1870

   The DeRuyter Branch - We notice that it is reported in certain localities that work is suspended on the DeRuyter Branch of the Midland. The trouble commenced, we believe, among the laborers on the Esmond contract - the contractors having abandoned their job, leaving the laborers in the lurch. Messrs. Sage, Williams & Jerome, however, have satisfactorily arranged matters. We copy from an Oneida Dispatch correspondent:

   "On Saturday the laborers on the railroad struck for higher wages. They had been receiving $1.50 per day; they now demand $2 per day. The village was full of the laborers on Saturday, but everything was peaceable and no one is yet allowed to go to work. Speaking of the railroad, Mr. Morey, the resident engineer, informs us that the grading on the Norwich and DeRuyter branch can easily be finished by the first of July next, and that the bridges and trestle work will now be pushed forward with vigor. The strike is only regarded as of temporary continuance; but the Cazenovia Republican says that the whole thing has gone up. Well, so be it, but we cannot see it, and are well assured that before October 1st, 1870, regular trains will be running to DeRuyter."