, 1870-12-30
RIOTING ON TIE NORTHERN
PACIFIC RAILROAD.

Cars, ShanIfra, and Oshcr Property
Destroy cd--Mcn Driven OK Rad
Hives Thrcntcncd.-Tho Casi' An.
taor,ttck Unable to Qucll rae DIS
? furbn bnncc--sltlltarT from f"Fk 3<ip-
from he St Inv, f,;..<er, Dec. ea
From ME. E. r. Smith, OF the tarn OF Smith.
Gould L Co who b-se heavy contract on the
Northern racitlr :saiiroAd. from ten miles east
Of the Mississippi to Mud lnvet. We learn tue
bssn in progress for abont week past on
portion Of tAair work, ! fe@ miles from the
town Of N1ainArd.
It appearod that Smith, Gould 4 Co., had
suo,lcs 70 several parties a portion Of their
work Ono Of the sub-contracts w1s given to
E. Gregg Co.. for three miles, on which
these raEsies ha3 About enc hundred md
twenty men employed. Up TO the last pay day
Gregg 4 Co. have paid their men promptly.
For the last mouth Smith, Gould Il Co. paid
! deduct,ng 4 Certain Amonut agreed
upon for material tools, provisions, ETC.,
ADVANCED. Thia auouut Gregg 4
ties were torn down, cars broken up, SIMPLY
wagons seized and their contents destroyed,
! provitions In storo broken open, stolen and
+! wastet], and tho commiasArF employed By
! smith. Gould i Co., driven from the work
i Upon these fscta coming TO the knowledge OF
the general superintendent fer Smith, Gould
i Co., that gentleman repaired to the scene
I
return to their work. assuring them that they
should be raid for al The work done
II coon ~ tho facts could bs reported to
headquarters. Upon this promise eome Of
tho leading spirits mAdc demand that thcv
should not only be paid Tor work performed,
but all regular wages for the three days which
had allpeed while engaged In thai. fiotous
proceedings. This the superintendent refused,
and the work Of destruction was again Re.
neved, and the life Of the superintendent
In the meantime. failing IN getting de-
ErAtch through to this CITY, where HI. Smith
remains In charge Of the general otice, . mes.
t tenger wss despatched to inform thst gentle
man Of what was going on. The messenger
arrived here On Thursday evening last, and
On Friday morning Mi. Smith started for The
ground. reaching the vicinity about noon OF
Saturday. Then = council WIS held, And The
civil authorities Of Crow Wing were called up,
on to quell tho rlotoua proceedings This ii,
ptoper officers. aided b. posse Of citizen.
attempted to do. but the rioters we're foud
too strong, md more vigorous measures ye1e
determined upon. In pursuance Of this de-
termination. on Sunday, M1. Smith startsd on
bis return to this city. arriving on Aa1dAr
evening Yesterday morning he ca1sd on
Gorarnor Austin aud informed him q what
vas gcins on, whereupon the 9oFetnoF
addressed note to General HAncoel'a bead
quarters, requesting shat detAchn,cut Of the
garrison 1t Fort Ripley, under conEu1nd OF
Colonel MAson, be ordered to the ssene OF tno
disturbance, 70 bring the rioters to terms. IN
wefe despatched BY telegraph to Colouel
MAsqu ysata9dag Aftstuoon. to take sufh-
cent military force to msks ahost work Of
tho .iotecs. and proceed to The ground and re-
tn This % morning. Nj. Smith go4s Up to tho
| eeene OF the troubles. He takpa Iha funda 10
nay o 1.-THE rioters, all Of whom he ploposss ia
nav tn fut, kave few tingleade1s. Tho ring
fr.ders viii bs Arrested, Il possible, and t&ker
to St. Cloud, where they VII b. confined u
others viii be pAd, discharged, AID relnirsi
! ~ iaaye that portion Of tbs road eHbtaced II
The contract Of Smith. Gouia Co.
The nosers 2ro led % by fev desperate
Characters. Since the tiotoue. proceedings
xith unliniiei qu1n'itieA Of whisky from II
establisbu.ent noaz bys aud they a1a DOW rep
xe sented as in most unGnvesnahls state
Many OF them arc armed With revolEe:B, 4nt
S,oodshed is not unlocked for upon the .sriva
Of the ssoors, though 1t may 30 Avoided, PEI
Il ;1ast aecounts no lives lad bean lost
shough = reign Of tor1or has prevailed. Mr
smith, Gu h,a visit SATURDAY. had nAsEow &c
caps. the riose.s having planned 70 get p7s
. tage until their full demands had been com
rlied with, but he received warning In ims +
thwlrt the scheme
. Gregg / Co, the abseondins contractors
bad neatly completed their work. An,
0 would haze been rsid on tbe!r hnal eat
mates next month, on which. It 10 \.
% sorted they would have cleared good roun
i, FUN, and. 70 far u could bs ascext1iced. the
had more than enough money on hand to hay
paid their men eye1ything dun them, and /
o Lave goue On and 6rished up the job. =,
At present the amount OF damage cannot b
given, but it sill probably reach several tl,ou
sAnd dollars Of actual los.. In ths destzuctio
!, Of property, togelhe1 with heavy tom
dslay Of work. vnsJ important issm st tn
y iask3oo of tbs ysa<.