The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-04
The Riots on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad.

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| The telegraph Saturday noticed some se,iou
| rioting on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. o,
the OCCASION of sending out train, on which wer.
a number of srmed men for Its protection. Tho su,
| of Saturday says
Ihe traiu passed the scene OF its former deten
,ioa with safety, but upon approaching Jackson'
br'dge' at good rate of speed, where Grove
vas assembled, shower of heavy stones were,
huficd at the engine and through the w;usovva ~
"e passenger mail car containing the sheriff and
his posse Two volles of stones were returnad hr
voiiey from United States muskets bv those -
the car and also from revolvers loaded with ba n
@'u ooeNsnot, and with considerable effect The
crown recohed 10 great confusion, aud took In tba
woods and surrounding hills and the train naosad
on and met with no further interruption nptiI
about thres-qusrters of mile bevond m. abov.
point "here the train passes through deep grade
high banks on either side ard sa the .-a;n 49,
preached, commenced peltins the enigma snd
aireaoy rdCi II windows of the passenger and ms
cars with heavy stones. TThes sheriff and his Off.
cefS' 'aa'an'aSeously posted within. returned tn.
fire as before and with greater effec, aa aeyarai
were seen TO stsgger and fall from the embsnk'
nent An attempt was here made to board tho
IRAN, but deferred by the firing. the marty acat
Ieteu' Suu 'he Haln continued on at an Increasing
rate OF speed The engineer stood To his nost
haahiuiiy, though several shots were aimed at
MIN, Il evidently being the intention of the riot
ers 10 either Kill or disable him. which would ne.
cessarily involve the stoppage of the train,
larry IN tue afternoon, when il was rumored
1hsI the trans would start out at o'clock threa
olnnlbuses filled with the friends of the strikers
lett the city for Ecott's Mills and it was here the
most determined resistance was anticipated to the
passage of the train il question
Noihing occurred along the line nor was anv
riotons demonstrations manifested by the various
squads gathered upon the route until the train
was approaching the water-station near Fl!icott's
mus, =: "nen spontaneous attack was made upon
IL rom al! sldes by persons who, armed with shot
guns, p StoIs and missiles of eyery Gescrjptou
| took advantage of the location and remained so,
creted behind the rocks, trees and shedding The
hfe was now returned IL good earnest, halt was
0fdered ahd the sheriff and his posse leaping from
tie car pursued the rioters, firing upon them AZ
they ran through the thickets aud over the hill
One fell, supposed to be shot dead, but was car
tied and placed IN an omnibus, which was driven
rapld'y or One of the rioters, young man re-
ceIVed a ball through both thighs and il is
thuhsyht he cannot recover Another was shot in
the face while taking aim at an officer from house
Many more are wounded, and it is thought several
fatally.
Robert Smiley, one Of the participants iu the
not a: this point was seized and held prisoner
within the car until it arrived at Eico!t's Mills
He wRs then marched between an armed GUARD
to the magistrate cfiice and underwent an ex-
animation upon the charge of attempting to de.
tain the United States mail, and also resisting the
sheriff IN the discharge of his dury Ate o'clock
without further difficulty the train with the sheriff
and hiS posse still oa board, left EIicotts Mills for
Martinsburg.
Shortly after the starting Of the first train the
agents al Mount Clare received telegraphic dis
patch from those in charge announcing its success.
fui passage through the several bodies of rioters
which had attacked it, and the second train i,nme-
diEteiy started from Locust Point Junction, but
was met by large crowd near the bridge part
Of whom Jumped aboard uncoupled it in three
places, and threw the bolts and coupling pins away
This train too was attacked with with stones and
lad, one of the newly employed, vas struck on
the head by Z missile anG knocked to the ground
Upon this train they ware not prepared for ex
treme measures as upon the first thai forced the
passage el5a il would have probably likewise gone
through Thus checked, it was obliged to stop
and was backed home to the Mt Clare depot