The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-07-31
A Week Of Riot and Bloodshed.
The Strike About Over
Tho Road in tho Hands of The Military
ALL TRAINS AGAIN RUNNING /


cd. No through freight trains are mov-
ing on any of the roads. On some of them
local freight trains run occasionally.
Passenger traffic on the Pennsylvania
II. r., is as yet kept up with some regu-
larity. The result of the strike up TO
the time when this is written Saturday
mornlng) may be summed up as fol-
lows Fifty two persons killed andsixty-
five wounded at Pittsburgh ten killed
and fifty wounded at Baltimore eleven
killed and forty wounded at Reading
four killed and five wounded at Buffalo;
one killed and many wounded at Phila-
delphia fifteen killed and nearly
two hundred wounded at Chicago; five
killed and many wounded at San Fran
cisco. There are probably many Others
wounded who have been taken care Of
by their friends. In addition to this loss
of life and list of injuries, we must add
the loss Of probably twenty millions of
dollars worth of property, the loss of the
work of over hundred thousand men,
besides the decentralization of business
generally. In many parts of the coun-
try scarcity of food is already added to
the list of evils caused by the strike, and
a few days more of this general stoppage
of freights will cause much suffering and
perhaps more serious riots.
On Thursday night Gov. Hartranft
with about two thousand troops passed
up the road, but up to this time has not
got beyond Altoona. From there to
Pittsburgh the road and the property of
the company is entirely at the mercy of
the mob. This mob is not composed of
railroad men, the strike having passed
entirely beyond their control, and it is
probable that not one in fifty of the
crowd of riotersever did a days work on
a railroad and many of them would do no
work at any price. The following dis
patches will give a general idea of the
situation in different parts of the coun-
try:
ular and special, are busily engaged in
making arrests of suspicious characters
and parties who participated in the at
tack on the Philadelphia soldiers. A
large amount Of stolen property is being
recovered, four wagon loads having
been found in one house. A large force
of workmen are clearing the burnt dis
trict and relaying the tracks. At the
Allegheny depot the strikers have post
ed notice that one train will be allowed
to run daily each way over the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago, Cleveland and
Pittsburg, and Pittsburg and Erie Rail-
lo G,N NJ dnt te xxin ha nj
allowed to run other trains If they can
obtain men to run them. This is signed
by the strikers. The situation on the
other roads remains unchanged.
NEWARK o., July 26.-Two companies
of citizens have organized at Newark all
veterans. The strikers have also formed
themselves into an organization for the
purpose of suppressing any outbreak.
The employees of the McCuneville salt
works, located near Shawnee, Perry CO.,
struck this morning for ten per cent. in
crease in wages.
SCRANTON, Pa. July 81 The strike has
extended to every branch of industry in
the Lackawanna valley. Miners met to-
day in the roads to the number of 10000.
The answer of the President, stating
that the company could not grant the
demand of twenty-five per cent. advance
was read amid profound silence, and res
olutions were adopted to the effect that
the men would die before returning to
work at what they call starvation wages.
The mine engineers and pump hands
struck tonight. They drew the fires,
and the mines are now flooding. If
allowed to become flooded it will take
year to prepare them for work again.
TERRE HAUTE, IND, July 26.-A
passenger train arrived by the Vandalia
road from indianapolis this afternoon.
The strikers have made q demonstration
to take the passenger train, but their
train go. The strikers are disagIeeing
among themselves. A majority favor
the continuance of the blockade of all
trattc, but number think that the rail-
road should be permitted to carry pas
sengers. Most of the strikers say that
no passenger cars will be permitted to
pass on the East and West lines to-mor-,
row.
ST. THOMAS, ONT, July 26.-On the
Canada Southern Railway the men are
guarding the property. The offices are
closed and trains have been cancelled.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 27.-All was
quiet here yesterday. The order of the
strikers now is that all roads shall run
one train day each way carrying mails
and passengers hauling as many coaches
as may be necessary. No express or
other freight will be allowed.
SHAMoKIN, July 27. = Yesterday a
meeting of workingmen was held, at
which the men demanded employment
or something to eat. Subsequently some
of the citizens subscribed between 50 900
and $4,000 for the purpose of giving idle
men employment on the streets, and