The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-07-27
road or military officer could be

'oad or military officer could be
found.
At 3 80 p. m. the great Union de-
pot. aud the Pam Handle depot and
offices were set on Gre, and the line
Of fire, from 7th aveRue to Mellvsle
was three miles long. An
immense grain elevator, corner of
Grant and Washington streets, was
the last building to burn. Tue rail- |
road buildings burned were, the
Pennsylvania Central, two round
houses, one machine shop, superin-
tendent's Office, Car repair shops,
blacksmith shop, four oil houses,
Union transfer depot, Pullman car
company Offices, laundry, dispatch
ers' Offices, Power House, Union de-
pot and hotel. Panhandle railroad,
general Offices, engine Gouse and
freight depot, and the Adams ex-
press depot.
Another telegram says that the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago,
the Cleveland s. Pittsburg, and Du-
queene depots were burned, aud
that of 800 soldiers who went Into
round house there onIy 600
escaped. This dispatch, however,
evidently refers to the Philadelphia
soldiers with their Calling gun,
aud if it is correct their loss was
200. They were driven six miles
and entirely outside of the city linn.
its, and after the pursuit stopped
they entrenched themselves and sent
word to Philadelphia that they were
In q fortified position two miles
from Pittsburg and thought they
could defend themselves if attack
ed there.
The loss on locomotives was es-
timated at 81, 500, 600, of buildings
and contents, $1,000. 600, and of cars
and contents unknown, but enough
to swell the aggregate damage to the
railroads, mostly to the PennsylYa-
mia Central, to about So, O00,0O
The property owning citizens, al
p. N. Saturday, had organized in
large numbers to protect private
property, and were armed with
whatever weapons they could get,
and clubs and base ball bats, and
had begun marching toward the
rioters.
Other Sunday kilograms stated
that the Pittsburg 8 Fort Wayne
company had acceded to the de-
mands of the strikers to restore the
old wages and was beginning to run
trains again.
At Baltimore. Sunday, the 9Th and
9th regiments of militia, 500 regular
troops, and 500 armed police, and
war vessels, garrisoned the city, and
over 200 rioters were arrested.
Thirty or forty oil cars were set on
fire and consumed at Viaduct sta.
ton, in the suburbs, but there was
no serious disturbance.
At Cincinnati the Cincinnati &
Dayton road acceded to the de.
mands of the men, who kept al
work. A large workingmen's meet
ing was held, b however, and rumori
of strikes on all the roads and stop
page of trains in day or 30, were
prevalent, and the Ohio s. Missis.
sippi, and Little Miami. stopped
sending out trains. At midnight
the roads all stopped business ex-
cept the c., II s. D.
At Chicago the Pittsburg, For
Wayne and Panhandle roads stop
ped sending out freight trains.
at Washington two batteries Of
artillery and the 1st and Sd regular
regiments arrived from Fortress
Monroe, and regular troops were
ordered to Pittsburg and Indiansp
oils, to protect The arsenais there
The cabinet held special session
aud consulted with Gen. Sheridan
and other commanders by telegraph
and resolved, if the riots did moi
soon cease, to resort to extraordin.
airy measures to suppress them.
At Buffalo the police and military
quelled a riot which resulted from
an attempt to run freight trains
which the employees had quit, but 9
mob OF 1900 armed men appeared
and the police and military disap-
peared and the mob took possession
of the Union depot and all railroad
travel stopped.
at Hornellsville, New York, some
fighting occurred, but the rioters
stopped the trains, and on Sunday
morning 800 militia from Buffalo
arrived and the 54th regiment, from
Rochester, was ordered there, and
trouble was expected on Monday.
At Indianapolis, St. Louis, and
other western cities, the railroad
managers concluded not to try to
run trains after the strike began, and
thus avoid a conflict with mobs.
at Philadelphia the strike began
Sunday evening.
At Albany the 23d and 74th regi-
ments were ordered to HornellsviIle.
At Cleveland the strike began ct
2 p. M, and all railroad business
stopped.
At Altoona, Pa, trains with SOL
diers for Pittsburg were stopped
and the engines taken by the strl-
kers, and the soldiers had to stop
there. One company, when order
ed to fire, stacked arms and refused.
At Port Jervis, N. Y, matter be-
gan to look serious.
At Columbus, Ohio, q large meet
ing was held, and the strike then
took place and the railroads suspen-
ded business.
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