The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-08-13


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AFTERNOON, apou, elgn. hundred men at the
tnnnei, nna noialng ,ne station near ". Inc
Is.e VI .ne s'oany pnrty =. .ne uPPcr emu
OF tno tunnei numve,eu tnir.y-nve men AZ
seven oe'oeh, " when unlc tnc 'na,n ,orce
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.na' u,ne tno srlo mummy, ue'eIn,Ineu 70
.ake 'ne u'sputco grouuu, ano ascorulngy
Train OF TWO ears was nieu WIN men, num-
ocring perhaps TWO nunareo men, ana sent
into .ne tunnei. No oosfucuon was met
Win, win un,,i s tue snnne. va nn sassed AZ sne
uppe. Gnu ra. was ,odnu T ~ nane oeen
taken up, anu was ieplaeeu' inen, on turn
ing curve, tram win Ramsey men on
BOARD was oose,yea npPIoaening; me hre
men say tney Wh,sted uomn orakes WINE
the DINER taln increased us sPeeo' seeing
tnls, tnc sPce1 y, 'ho he ua'n was nu-
creased, ana tne Two trans struck WIN q
heavy CRASH Inc Inc eolnsion was tne slgnai
LOT 'ne hgn'. INC hipany men Iusncu upon
the Enc men Win snouss, ana .ney mad
scarcely come 70 o'ows oeIo,o tne Erle party
NED oack through tne tuhuel anu over u, ana
their engine backed Into the tunnel and re-
turned. Both engines were considerably In
lured. Inc ERE locomotive lost It's mead
light and one nag-staf, and part OF Its
cow-catcher, while the susquehanna engine
lost almost all OF It's prov, and was other
wise considerable bruised, and thrown partly
on the track.
While getting the engine In position again,
the susquehnnna men determined TO follow
up the victory. some OF the Albany men
had chased the Eric men over the tunnel, but
they were not In suihcient numbers 10 at
tack. Aiter the engine was rignted, IL was
driven through the tunnel but so much
time had elapsed that the Erie men were
rallied, and ready ior battle again. line
conflict was reopencd win great Jury. Inc
Erie men, occupying their own ground, mad
no Intention oil giving IL up; besides, they
were expecting momentarlly the arrival oil
the 44th regiment.
The Albany men, nushed with success,
attacked vigorously. PISTOLS were used,
with stones, clubs and hsts. Threats, cries
and horrid oaths were intermingled SO a. 10
be quite unintelligible except as TO their hide
business and profanity. Some OF the men
were drunk. The night was continued until
about O'Clock, when, the 44th regiment
having arrived, the Albany men len the
Held and returned 10 the otheI end OF the
tunnel. Thcy were not pursued on account
oil the darkness.
Inc Ere men sustained nearly AZ inc IN
man pushed on SO boidly and so lar 10 the
last ngnt tnat ne iound himseii quite alone
and gettlng oehind car Tor refuge was sur
rounded ana taken' HIS captors proposed
10 XIII MIN, ana struck MIN upon MS mead
aud one hand with their CLUBS; but nc recog
nlzed one OF their NUMBER, VINO proposed 10
make prisoner oil him. and IL was agreed
to. AZ ll;30 he escaped, but could not lind
his friends, ana wandered about until morn
IL Is impossioie 10 make complete list o.
the wounded. Two OF the Erie men re
ceiyed pistol-shot wounds. One, Charlei
Ernest, OF susquehanna, was shot througi
the hand; tine othcr was shot In the leg
Inc ioiiowing were ihJured-none OF thcn
seriously; John hasset, OF susguehanna
skull probably fracturedi EDWARD Hcrrold
OF susquehanna, struck with heavy clul
on the mead; george Colgrove, OF Susque
hanna, injured on tue head; WIN. Bolger
hurt IN the breast; John smith, cluobed
| John SltnDeOn, conductor, btTuck DIV STONE