The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-20
A STRIKE RIOT
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From the 81 Lou s r publican JUty IL.
A riot, which tbTpa ened to assume Tor nidable
proportions at the time 1t occurred, took
place on the Pacific Ra lrosd Yesterday morn
ing, The Senp OF the Jis: :ur oance was close to
tue macnIne shop, about tUo miles RON the
Seveuth street Dep 1T. | was crea ed by some
discontpntei epgiAeHTs who had lef work an d
was participated in bv about tWenty-four men
OF bis class and hrenen.
The 6rst intlmatoD OF the threatened riot was
given shortly be ore O'clock IN the morning,
when the persons mentioned b Rau to cougre-
gate near the machine hop. Shortly after thls
. locomotive, wh ch had conc nom franklin,
was starting out. when several of these men
leaped uDon It. IL vas ing at slow sDee l.
The fireman, who had been latelY ENGAGED,
jun oed of, and tried To es ave, ne deemng 1t
perilous 10 his safety to remain. His efforts TO
do 20 were, however, f. tile, ~ he was pdrsded
by the rioters aud badly beaten and stoned.
Had not aSsis 8nce been at hand 1t is probable
he wo1d have received 'a'al injuries. 1t tared
rather better with the eugIneer OF the loeomo-
tive, for. although well beaten, he was saved
from further injuries.
The Ch,et of p ice vas notidel Of the riot
and had body o. rs or 80 meu q III ky collected
on the 81 OF The rioters, seeing that arsiStqnce
was being procured, dispersed, but one of them
a man named Thomas Blley, who put down the
breaks of the engine, ga arres ed. The police
prevented any iur her s'oppa9e OF the TIA us,
which ran with nccn.tomed regularity during
Inc 0iv. Iue C0lef lett u O)lV or nine men
under the command Of Sergeant O'Nel, to pre-.
vent any tur'hor disturbance, and they were
relieved at niebt by similar number
We learn from MIR. Warren, the master
mechanC, that the origin OF the dIstuI bance Is
"a tollOws:- Some DAYS ago one of the enoInes
was taken oil this part OF the road and ira is.
ferred 10 Bocnrvie. This left tIur eueines
instead OF i've, as before, 10 run between here
and Jefferson. But this lett the number OF
miles TO be run daily bV the engines less than
that allotted on the Ohio aud D'esiss'pOi road.
Toe men were spoken to about 1t, and after
running a few days they a0phrd to have another
engine put on. The demand was made oD
Wednesday, the 9Th ln-tant. Mr.. Warren
told them be was not in tSv)r of it, but he
would speak 10 his superior officers about
1t. He proposed 10 reter the matter
to Mr.. wilson, OF The mems society, for decision
but they reiu- ed TO agr, 70 it. He next offered
to put an extra man on. 81 that these four
engineers would not be over worked but they
demurrtd to this and said they must have the
engine. He told Them that if they were
attemp ing to run The road 1t would not be per
mitted, and on Wednesday he got more men.
About twenty y-thIee of the old bands left under
the impression that their places could not be
supplied, but they found ont their mistake, and
the rot was the consequence.
The matter IN dispute was not a question OF
wages at sll. The eng neers who complained
receive $2s per week, and the hremen 81 per
dav. There are ABOUT 6ttv engineers on this
paIt OF the rOao, aud u rather large number OF
fren en-.
1t is INTENDED TO keep body OF police on
duty day and night, at the machine shop, for
some time, and IT is not likely that any further
difficulty Will PDsue.
Last evening the Ch'et of Police sent SQUAD
OF pol cemen IN Unl o-m and several IN citizens
ORES far as Frau kin, where there is a par
tial strike as we'll as at Jefferson City.