The New York herald., 1845-10-12
etrske Of ths Factory oiris In Rsnps syl lvaNle
.~7'he War 0f the rettio0ats,

strsss Of tbs raatsry eiris in rssrsyivanle
~The War u the rettie0atss
Thar ts.n the ,s!, ri;.,ssg Ga Journal os. :,
day morning portion of thsm moved and instigat-
cd thereto" most probably by necessity determined to
60 10 work The rest-the real out and outsrs-deter
large number Of them collected around Blackstocks
factory and hogan hooting AMI hissng at those who
We're going 10 work Notwithstanding this, however,
few persisted; although the majority were, doubt
deferred from their purpose BY the violence Of the
The Mayor was sent who attempted to remonstras
with them. They would not listen to him patiently,
however or even respectfully; although he spoke 70
them in his usual smiable and conciliaoTy manner
They accused him Of being in favor OF the employers
and ne had leave without accomplishing any thing
These Amazons then proceeded to the upper cotton
factory, commenced a similar assault upon the
cusant sin that quarter Mr. Moorhead came out among
them but as rather roughly treated After sufficiently
expressing their dissatsfacon they returned in in
creased numbers, TO Blackstocks. The police were
ground The girls drew up in front of these two who
standing the steps and commenced telling them
their Of and things in geneRl and Of the
ten hour ystem in particular.
1t all in vain for the two to attempt remonstrance
At length the Mayor crossed to the opposite side Of
the street. and left Mr. Campbell to face the storm alone
for a few minutes. "ie's 'Sqaire,n screamed of
the giris-and general shout reiterated the senti
ment "Give him cent" said another, and four five
stepped forward to offer him that liberal reward for dis
charging his duties "Now ladies' said the Squire
"let me IsTREAT"-whack went handful of mud, miss
ing his squire hips head by inch two. "Let him
alone didn't hear him say he going to treat"
"Reay now, p'-and here the squres hsrangue was in
errupted by another handful OF drt-ths time hitting
him in the face He brushed it away and taking of his
hat wiped his face, without word This forbearance
appeared to have effect than all he could have said
Tor ansr few more shouts and cheers they dis
psrsd.
The return to work has not been, by any means, ge
neral one Perhaps not two in hundred have gone to
work; and from the almost fsrocious determination
hibtsd by the others induced to believe that
reconciliation viii be effected for some time
The Allegheny police on the ground-the Mayor
did all in his too much credit cannot be given
ing circumstances We have seen several rows in our
time, but really this mob of women is the most formda
Die that ever came under our observation You do
they can speak ten words to your one. You might
well attempt lay railway with snakes If you remon
mire and mud while it would be shame on all man.
hood to use force With such collection Of young and
pretty women. Ifthey old hags, one would know
how to act but with lips ripe and saucy and %
that spoke SO inellgently with excitement what the
ArrERNooS-It used to be considered that dinner set.
tied dscontent In the case of factory girls, how
ever it seemed as though they had hardly swallowed
that necessary meal, before they ready for q
newal OF hostiltes still more extensive scale
Their efforts in the morning had not been sufficient to
their great dissatisfaction and, than all tho re-
cIeants were still employed II not be borne.
The tocsin was again sounded and the petcoated 10.
gions once more advanced-this time to complete vic
The arst object Of assault the Union Cotton Facto
ry Alter some struggle they were successful. The
doors were thrown open; the girls at work out,
Joined their comrades and the works stopped The
Hope was the next point Of attack. The garrison ap
peared, at rst sight disposed to make defence but
ovsIawedby superior numbers they surrendered dis
their ranks.
The factory owned by Msssrs. Gray & Fife was
the next object Of vengeance II shared the fate Of
They now in full force. whole legion Of men
and boys accompanied them, auxaries be used in
conquest, and confident numbers they marched for
me scene Of the grand struggle-a struggle which
Will christs, tho Battle Of Blackstock's Factory"
On their arrival they saluted the enemy with three
shouts OF and universal flourish Of sticks and
they moved forward in solid column Of attack on the
Of tho yard.
Ina moment the gate forced open. But the de-
tenders were determined heroic defence the
ssants were thrown back and the gate again closed
second time the assault made with similar result
Both parties now took time for breath, and opened me-
goeiauons The Factory girls demanded the instant
pulsion of the few girls work The people inside oh.
snaely used the terms and both parties again pre-
the field.
They say they wont-let's try againn and encour.
aging each other with loud cries, the egions marched
to the imminent breach" For a moment the combat
ssance-but what could you expect from pne boards
Can bits OF plank hall inch thick Withstand might
surd Progressive humanity won the day, over clerks
propretos s, pine boards and all The gate gave way
"nuIrah hurrah !"-and in moment the yard was fill
cd The fortress was taken by storm and the garrison
were prisoners of war
VI course, resistance out Of the question
now can man resist when the foot Of the conqueror
is upon his neck" There no help; and 18th sulen
resignation, the girls employed escorted to the
aeeT, asd given in charge Of their oyed compa
MONS, now half frantic with exultation and success
The moment, however that they gained their point,
all violence ceased There certainly we're shouts which
could not have been particularly agreeable the
qushed but nothing outrageous.
They afterwards repaired to the Temperance Ark,
wnete the money collected for their distributed
From the Pittsburg Age, Oct. 81
we are informed that the manufacturers have express
cd great deal of dissatisfaction with reference to the
conduct of the police Monday during the disurban
ces seems TO us that this is unjust II utterly i'm
possible for any ordinary police force to have maintained
order There hundreds Of the male friends the
eiatves standing round ready to interfere whenever
should be necessary The first appearance oil violence
disposition to force would have brought on a
struggle in which the police would have been instantly
oveipowered and general riot would have ensued-
Consequences much serious must have occurred
had any attempt been made coerce factory girls
into more course Of proceeding As for Mayor
Nixon did not really what in his power do
more than he did He exposed himself to insult and ILL
usage did all he could, in connection with Mr. Camp.
bell to quiet the disturbance His police the
ground but helpless In showe do not think he should
be blamed.
them rush in with their and hammer away the
heads Of the girlsi II too much to expect of and
besides they would find themselves in situation any
thing but peasant il they had attempted such
fetch them out Oh their boots ~ said grim double
fellow in our hesng, while they breaking open
Blackstocks gate.
Religious Intelligence.
The Vestry of Christ Church Anthony street have th
great unanimy invited the Rev Flavel $. Mines at pres
ent Rector OF ST. Psul's church, St Croix W. H. be
come their assistant minister.
Mr. Hugh Smith Carpenter, late of Princeton Theolo
gca Seminary, has accepted call S IN tbe Canal stree
church, and i is expected that ne Ill be ordained and
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