Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25
The Great Strike.

Pittsburgh was the scene of intense
excitement and indescrlbable horror on
Saturday evening and all through the
night and during most of yesterday.
Bloodshed, plu:der and incendiarism
were incidents of the rule of the mob.
On the arrival of a Philadelphia regi-
ment Of State Militia, Saturday after
noon, the Sheriff with posse, backed
by these troops, proceeded to the
Western part Of the city to arrest the
ringleaders of the strikers and raise
the blockade Of trains on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Reaching the vicinity
of the great round-house, the assem-
bled mob assailed the troops with
stones and other missiles. The troops
10 return fired volley into the crowd,
killing many and woundng many
more. This rendered the mob more
furious, and the attack upon the troops
and the Sheriff's posse was renewed
with stones, pistols, etc. The Sheriff
fell dead, having been shot by the
mob. The troops sought the round
house as u rendezvous; the building
was surrounded BY the bowling mob
all night. la the meantime force of
rioters rushed into the central part of
the cry, sacked gun stores, and took
possession of all the firearms and am
munition they could lay their hands on /.
During the night the mob set fire to
and burned several hundred freight
cars, some of them loaded, which were
standing on the track in the vicinity of
the round -hoGse aud elsewhere. also
set fire and burned several valuable
railway buildings, and finally succeeded
In firing and destroying the round
house, with It's $50 locomotives, The
troops having evacuated the building,
marching into the suburbs, being. as
sailed by roughs at various points along
the streets Some oftthe soldiers and
quite a number of the mob and specta-
tors were killed and wounded, both at
the round-house and in the streets.
The total number of persons killed is
estimated at about fifty, and the num-
Der OF wounded exceeds this. The loss
of property by burning and plumber
must amount to ten millions or more.
This morning comparative quiet had
been restored, and up to noon to. day
there had been no further outbreak,
although the strike there and all along
the line of the Pennsylvania road con-
tInueS. .#t fvrIt sase .s..riy
The mob troubles at Baltimore have
been etfectually suppressed by the pre-
sence of armed forces Of United States
regulars and State militia, and a
thousand armed policemen, who are
patroIllng the streets, ~ .a
r La Pennsylvania, last night, the
railroad strikers placed serious obstruc-
tlons upon the track of the Lebanon
Valley road, prevented travel, burned
freight trains, and destroyed a valua-
bic bridge, with the purpose, it. is
thought, OF hinderIDg the passage OF
tue CtdIe IultItld. Il sEsE= .H..A i
The situation aloug the line of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is un-
changed from Saturday. The center
OF the excitement on that line at pres.
ent seems to be at Cumberland, Nd.
he strike on the Western Division
of the Erie Railroad also continues, and
the situations unchanged. The strike
has extended to the eastern portion of
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad, the freight trains on which
have come to stand-still, and to the
New York Central. the freight trains
being held by the strikers at East
Buffalo, aTellgaa Hoh Gdlu
The railroad employees at St Louis
have Joined the general strike, involv-
lag the freight trains of the Ohio and
Mississippi, the Vandalia, the Chicago
and Alton and other lines centerirg at
East St. Louis. An attempt was made
by the Chicago and Alton Company to
run out its freight trains there this
morning, but the strikers interfered
and held them. No violence is report
ed 80 fa ot S.. aEea3; 3aI0Ii isf5a
Thus far everything is quiet in Chi
cago, and the railway officials anticipate
no trouble .1t aa..I =. 3D.. i
The Union Pacific has been saved
from threatened strike by IRE consid.
Grafton of the order reducing wages.
LATER-TUEsEAY. e..
The freis ht-men, yard-mena and
track-men, employees Of all the railroads
ceuteriug i'm Chicago, except the
Northwestern, struck Tuesday, and the
lumbershovers OF the lumber wards
threaten to do likewise. Thus far there
has been no rlotous demonstration, an
the passenger and mail trains of the
various roads are not interfered with as
yet sa'
THE general situation of the great
railroad strike has not materially
changed since yesterday, except that It
is continually extending At the same
time none OF the railway managers show
any disposition to accede to the de.
mands of the strikers, and the latter