Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1857-05-12
CHARI1ESTOWN /. .-1.. e..
'Tuesday Morning, May 1a, 1857.
sTRIKi.. ON TH4s BAI1r.sAND. .oIIIo
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fee OF The Master of Trans portationf m Mon;to"
week, 10 the efscIIhat thereafter each and every
car containing merchandise to be transported over
the road, should be delivered i6to The charet.i ~
lhe conductors sealed, and receipt taken fg he
same the coud uctors aud brakesmen generally. in
the employ OF the company joined in a strike al
what they considered oSnU&iO iOuS order The Is-
suing Ot This order arose from the tact thar fnr
long time the company has been required 10 paw
c'dimS LOT goods Iost In transporla ion OverIlhe
road. -
On Wednesday night the seeding conductors
rallied in force at MartinSburg slaliuS and nndsr
LOOK 10 stop the operations OF the road by violence
Mr. Bollman OF the track department who was
men IN MarlnsbuTg, endeavored 10 prevent This
conduct, and assun defensive aiIiindi. win
hrmness. On Thursday the sheriff and in,,ee NJ.
Berkeley county, with The Hon. Andrew Hnnter
Inc counsel "i the company Tor thai district headed
the civil posse TO queli lhe disturbance and protect
Inc company III cary ing its affairs " : =.
In BalImore Thursday, morning violence was
also employed with success in preventing The de-
Paiture OI the train. In the afternoon renewed
aud more imposing demonstration was made hy
some lUO 10 l25 men, Two thirds ol whom il Is
alleged, are the refractory conductors Sir en-
slceS and Trans were arranged start there be
lug well dispose d men, with few new hands, 10
10 act in their charge ready and wiIIine IN oo
win them AS the hour approached a 0'clock)
loI lhe start, the Mount Glare grounds were occuz
pied by the strikers, who, by ieers persuasion and
Iaunls tried to iRtimidae ,he men from their duIv
hIee o1 The trains were arted from the station
several OF the officers of the road accomnanving
IN IN TO protect the men, and also posse of some
SIX or seE en- of the city police, headed nv Deputv
Marshal Manly. The Two men on the las, train.
Conductor Barnes and his brakeman ,vere attsnd
cd by MIR. w. Smith, of the TRANSFORMATION 40
rar'ment, who promised 10 stand hetw. en- them
and their expected assailanls, it having been ru-
mored thai genera! attack was 10 he made ont
side OF The city limits.
On reaching The Spence property, near The
washington turnpike bridge, a half mile bevond
the city line the crowd mounted the Two frsi rains
IN great lorce, uncDnpled the cars screwed on The
brakes, and pitched The men off and chased Them
Into the WOODS he rioters, at this time were
yer hundred in number; the jurisdiction of the
cry pence, lew as they were, " not good the
traln employees were scattered and no prospect of
anything but the most violent resistance 10 anv
iutther effort 10 get off The Irains Under his
stale of things MIR. Smith ordered The trains bacL
10 the cry, aud they were SO returned without
Cbs ace
On Friday, meetings were held by the rioters
ana preparations made for determined enforce
ment
On the other hand. the Company came to the
the determination to send out train at all baz-
ards For this purpose communication was had
with the Governor ot Maryla who was at Eli
cots Mills, who issued his proc anna ton aulho.
rIzIng 10 be organised sufficient military E,rc-
TO protect the officers OF the in The DISCHARGE
OF their duties
Thus armed with the authority of The law. ar.
ranSementS were made fUr >ending out tour1IaIns
in the afternoon immediately aIler the pasArnuer
tr"lhs Tor Frederick convoy train was there
lore got ready al Camden station to which was al
Iached the paymasers car and baggage car In
these were placed an armed force under Sher,ff
F"ie o the county, thirty in number. The brakes
OF ali the cars were taken off and the counI,no i
Eohs SO arranged that they could not be drawn out
ShorI!y alter the Frederick passenger Irain Iett'
The convoy freight train with a mail car aUachod'
under the charge of Conductor Shut followed -
Ihe passenger tram proceeded along about mile
In advance Ut the 1IeIght train. with large no>se
ol police officers under the charge of SIaISbaI
Manly, who rod" TO the city Limits not HAVING an,
,nnor,iy mo 10 act outside thereof Along the line OF
TDGFa T,l-Vn-
mons whom wete many females Tho,e who had
collected to resist the passage of the trains were
S'cfeteC al Different points some aimed with mus
kelS some with revOlvt r., and those who had mn,
such weapons at command prepared themselves
w'h large pieces ofTOsk to hur against he trains
as tney approached. AS the freight train passed
Ihe Locust Point junction she Sisnaed for Ih,
o'he- three trains AT Mount Glare 10 follow and
dashed on al lightning speed. The point Were
Lhe most determined resistance was exriecled and
Which proved true, Jackson's b, idpe whore
The Washington turnpike crosses The rajirn.d -
mere 'hey mad cOngregaed TO The number of two
nunCIeu, ana as The Train approached, met il
"lth shower OF stones, which were principallv
nurleu al Inc engine, with the intention nt Grip
ping those upon it, and thus compelling il TO sion
The engineer and men on the locomotive ayOidtd
'heF murdero0s Intentions by getting behind the
woodwork OF the engineers house The cars ot
the train in which was the Sheriff and his men
were also subjected TO volley of ST pes ind an
occasional shot from musket or revolver was re-
turned with determined discharge from Ihe ann
ed men in the cars, which put the rioters to fight
ahu as me trains passed an they seen neei,g
th'ough the woods AbOut mile further on they
were again attacked by party between fifty and
hundred. and desperate al empl madpfo get On
the Train but discharge from the muskt,s OF
thoS" posted in The caused them to desisv from
shelr 'ntenuUn, and the train soon Uul OF
harms way Some three four men are, known
10 have been shot in these attacks upon the
train. "
Al the Relay House despatch was received bv
u nducior Shut from Ell ic0s Mills ar noupciue
me lae, nat thIee omnihusses filled with the friends
Of the strikers had arrived there and Dosred ,b.m
selves along the road, with the avOwed de,ermtna
uoh OF mere stopping the train. The train, how
ever was soon put in motion and fapiIIv apDroach
ed The point OF the expected attack Al Lees wa
leflng station, one mile from Eicolt's Mills men
were observed al different points preparing TO in
t.eIluP' 'he Tain, which, as it approached, was
nTeu upon, and The rioters rallied up0n it, Here
again volley from the Sheriff S officers nut the
rioters TO ii ght when the Train ha tied, and lfsey
were pursued some distance One man was ar
IeSteo, VINO SAID his name was Robert Smiley. and
taken on TO Ellicolrs Mills, where he was commit
ted Tor trial before the Howard County Cuurl-
IN this attack a number of the rioters were wound
eu and one man is aid 10 have been killed. The
3,ner Gu. 1rains which followed in the wake of The
u'>t: were stopped by the rioters outside The civ
%tlmHs % and the coupling pins carried off. Nothing
tnrlher was done and the trains returned 10 The
city. ~ "
On Saturday morning the Governor issued a
proclamation, calling upon all good citizens to up
hoid the Iaw-and directing Maj. Gen. Steuart to
detail such portion of the military force al his COM
mand as h" might deem necessary to- accompany
and protect the menaced trains, officers &c. of the
Baltimore & Ohio F.. R. Company along the line
OF the road within the limits Of the State
Ii being the determination OF The company 10
dispatch its trains under the projection of the mil
ttaTY of the Stale, at 2 o'clock RI uuisition was
made upon the lnde eptndent GTaVs, under Caplain
BTnSh tT and Baltim ore City Guards, under Capt