The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-05-09

In the Baltimore Ps,rio, u Saturday a.
iernoon we have further particulars OF the
jisi eulties on the BALTIMORE and Ohio Rail
road.
Governor Lyon having Issued orders Il
the Militia 10 protect the ,rains, al armed
iorce Of thirty, under Sheriff Pole. accom-.
panied a train that went out friday after.
noon. A passenger train proceeded in I'd.
vance vi the ireigh, train.
Along the line ., the road were conRse.
gated crowds OF people, many OF whom
were females. Those wAo had collected
y resist the passage OF the rains were se.
erected 81 different point, some armed with
tauskeis. some with revolvers. and thvse
@ho had not such weapons al command
prepared IN mselve. with large pieces 81
rock 10 hurl al the trains ~ they approach.
ed As the freight train passed the Locust
Point junction she siRnaled Tor the other
three trains at Mount Glare 10 follow, and
dashed on At lightning speed. The Spence
property Was passed without the train being
male-ted, Outstanding a number OF men
s.re seen concealed in the underbrush
along the side Ut the road. who 1t 10 sup.
y .sed, feared the consequences OF an 81.
tack Nth a small force. The point where
III mos, determined resistance was ex-
pecfed, and which proved true, was Jack
.oa'. bridge, where the Washington turn.
pike crosses the railroad. Here thsy had
5ongregated 10 the number of two hundred.
and ~ the train approached. met /. with .
shower OF stones, which were principally
hurled al the engine, with the attention OF
rrippling those upon It. and thus compelling
il 10 stop. The engineer and men on the
lnca olive avoided their musdesous inten.
IONS by getting behind the wood work OF
,he engineers house. The rear cars OF
,he train. IN which was the Sheriff and his
men, were also subjected 10 . volley OF
rtones. and IN occasions sho, from Z mus.
set OF revolver wss returned with Z deter.
mlned discharge from the armed men in the
eaf-. which put the rioters to hiA ht. and o.
ae train passed on they were again attach
ed By . party OF between 6f,y and hun.
ired. and desperate attempt made 10 get
dpon the train. but = discharge from the
muskets u thse posted IN the cars caused
Them 10 desist from their intention, aad the
rain was soon out OF harms way. Some
Ihree VI iour men are kn0~ 10 have been
-not In these attacks upon The tfaiA.
At the Relay House . despatch was re-.
srised BY conductor Shut from Eli,ccst's
Mills. announcing the fact that three omni
buses filled with the friends Of the ssrikers
had arrived ths,e. and posted ihemsslves
along the road. with the ayowed dstssui.
nation OF there stopping the train. The
train, however, WAS soon put IN motion. and
rapidly approaching the point Of the e.
pected attack. Al Lees wstesiae station,
one mile from ElIieou's Mills. men were
observed at different points preparing 10
interrupt the train. which, - IL spprosch.
Cd. Was fred upon. and tbs riotsss rallied
upon Il. Here again : voiley iron the
shefld's o0cers put the rioters 70 Aighs,
when the train halted, and they were Eur.
sued some distance. One mse wss arres
ted. who said his name was Robert Smiley,
and taken on to Eliicos's Mill, whsss Sc
was committed ios trial before the Howard
Coa0ty Court. Ia this attack Number Of
the si0ssss were wounded. and ens mas
IL said 70 have been killed. The other
usins which followed in The wake Of the
hrs.. vsrs stopped b the rioters outside The
CITY limits. asd the coupling plns carried
u. Nothiag farther wss dose. and The
.raias fssuSssd 70 the city. The Psssi.
dent and Directors Of The rosd coafsrsd
with Governor Lieoe u Dsssuo's Hotel
this morning. and such sesps vsss tsksa q
MIL ensure the departure 81 ~ tsaiss this
afternoon.
Governor Lyon issued peosla.assios
on Saturday. warning oil Dsssoas 70 keep
assy iron ths seig6eosheod Of The dissus.
eenees. AID sanoaacing that tAs nest q.
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