, 1866-08-04
RIOT AT PETROLEUM CENTRE,
a Raid on the E3n%nIos-Txyo of the
Rioters Shot Houses Demolished,
Women Stripped and Stannpcdctl.

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N" ~ n' so.- -fioases nenohshcd,
women stripped ana Sfatnpcdcd.
From tic Tftusville Herald, August IL
a lisaracc1i1 md drsi rnct;ve RIM occ,rrca
at Petroleum Centre on Nonduy ninhf ~.
.ultin. in The woundinp Of twn mc1 rot,,
plete demolition Of one house. thc clr,n;,,,
ont Of another. and tlle loss or fl,onsan,lS cf
dollars worth Of pro;srty by ;ndiscrin';nate T.. =
pillagc. 'A'"'e
About lalEpast ten o'r1ort on NorJ...
night a enpg Of bullics aud bruiscrs cnIiccf-
cd in front tf the house Of Madam Wood nm
establishment on Washington street, where
the "pretty waiter .frls'' Of The Frce.and-
Easys are lodged nnd boarded. The ball was
opened witha discharge Of vulgar aud pro.
fame cxnlctives, Which were quickly followed
by voilcy Of stones, thrown at the windows
ana doors: This lasted about ten minutes,
Waen missile thrown through one of the
windows struck lamp, which fell to the
foor mud set tllc interior in blaze.
The crown then rushed forward and burst
open tic door, entered the house and drove
out the inmates. No further offensive dem.
onstrations were made, the crowd appearing
sMtisiicd S!.I with their work. The house was
little Injured.
After retiring from the premises, the mob
us If by j common fmputse, or hy preconccrt.
cd arrangement, made their way 10 the resi-
dencc Of Miss Lucy Hart, also on Washin".
ton street. II was handsome, conspicuoiis
oWSlAut.s N"O SkDElES III uElEnl4 uuU twenty
feet front by fifty feet deep.
On reaching their destination. several ar
the men demanded that everybody shouli
leave the house. Thr ,rn,n,n 80 soiinS -.
the door and asked how much time she ~. a.
quircd to gct ready TO leave Tho town Shc
replied tWcnty-fonr hours, Affrr sntnc cnn-
su1tation among the leaders. there seemed to
b. 4 disposition to retire. when snmc nartr
in the house, {supposed to h, tl,e harteiiarl
discharged pistol at Tue crowd from one II
the windows. Shots were s1so f3ras f1o,,s W. ~, ua
second story hy martins ,,n,snown NJ" Ao"i 'ue
Two men in tllc crowd were wornf,c,, h,.
the shot-Jancs Lconnrd rnc.;~;nM 4aIu =. H,,,f', ~
in his ri~l,t arm md Pci,r cosSror,S 1niist
token ID Ills r;rhf fI,;vk sia..a1 .,...t
trc,t,ncnt nnd ~ ~ cra rou .as,, .oF surgical
led storn,1 III ~, 1,;iI; I1Ma Greatly e1aspe:a-
dos- a,,a Su Iu .ne oM.lHE sn nnsSf lhe Will
~ ~ NY 1 uv".s "c.e ss!'screa ~ every part
svcrr nnrtms n nv fsont a1e n eaiuc.s entered al
Onra witIin tnc - wni;. !u. hams .IIa ana rear.
ed IN co,r,,t arar,. ;,'. Wy .!usts psocsca
somc nf thc,n r,,.hc, ~; eeAlTavaganec.
ccd IN ran.ack and nii,anc a11 T..I s1sn''aen 1
closets were broken ,,an n,,5 ,lc;r nnnto ~,,u
tlrnwn at,nut ti,n I'LL "M ~ a.u ., 1Me'f contents
and pIliow rases n1,, rar,InJ ~ wv ~ s@ISs ~,
huila3n- md i,',S;, ~, "'' ~, w. thc
were infrnt m c,,,,,t..;nr !. n'1 ~ ~ Iuue s;
time on rrc,rd ti'rr cn,,d nnt hax. u 9M.EsSess s,
.,rnatcr s,c-... .1'T NJ , "uu w.. ua'e cVheep
tlno sn"r; ,,ar NV ca,,n,n., auvtst"a..on' an,.. .,
hn'.s. ua1 'ete ,aheh ~ tnr"n nnt OF Inc
,.,".s wv carried OIL; -Four or nvc
tMn t1,' osS;,aJpvu ..;np 1nMcs were thrown out Of
mattresses, bed elotl,rs, cl,alrs, and tvcry
slWe.es " 'arnilHls anu 'rockery shared the
s1s eaMe % .Mic: ihe refers walked oil dclibeT-
NY WIN their pinhacr IN every direction,