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NEWS ITEMS.


What is Doing In e. Old World and the
At West Marlboro, Mass, T.. A. ,Coolidge's
large shoe factory and o dwelling house were
burned. throwing ovet two hundred persons
5tt OF employment and destroying property to
the value OF $1G0, 00l, on which there is VIZ, OOO
insurance. 800. The strike begun by dissatisfied
workmen of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
became general along the branches of the road
ard extended as far west as Chicago. A body
of United States regulars arrived at Martins
burg, W, Va, the headquarters OF the rioters,
ind detachments Of the troops were sent as
guards to two trains which left the o " with
out hindrance, while ssvrnty:thtee locomotives
we're living in the place ready to start OH short
tiotice, 4 number Of the ringleaders OF the
| strikers were arrested in Martinst urg. In Ohio
the railroad officials called upon the governor
! of the State to furnish troops to the authorities
! of Newark, to prevent the expected interference
of the strikers with the running OF trains. A
strike also occurred among the employees Of
the Pennsylvania railroad in Pittsburgh and
vicinity, and all freight trains were prevented
from moving. 49,. AT Tie ANIMAL shooting match
nr Cheat Britain at Wimbledon, for the Elcho
| Shield, the yictors this year were the Irish
team. who scored 1853 points out Of 1900.
| Eneland's score was 1,464, and Scotland's,
1,439. ... Six warriors. accompanied by squaws
and children, comprising part OF the Indians
under Chief Joseph, who massacred the whites
in the West, surrendered to the United States
troops at Clearwater, Indian Territory ......
Tho oldest Odd Fellow In the Western States-
Jacob W. Holt died In Lancaster, Ohio.....:
October IA is tho day announced for the general
! elections in France to take place 80. A most
frightful murder was committed near auburn,
Mass. A man named Afulcahy visited the house
of -, oora5 or,,oa nO,ir1a named CamnDell.
and Selling the bedridden woman, who was
over seventy years old, he exclaimed that he
would dispossess her OF evil spirits and cure
her of her maladv. Tfc then broke her limbs
across Ills knee, threw her to the floor and
stamped upon her body, crushing it in o terri
BILE manner and causing death in a fcw hours.
The murderer was arrested and acted in q man
ner betokening insanity .....The United States
revenue cutter Grant, having on board the
secretary of tho treasury and other prominent
government officials, ran into the schooner
Dom Pedro, from Boston on her way to
st. John. The schooner was sunk, but all
on board wore saved ...... The Peoples Bank,
OF Newport, Pn., was mystcriously robbed OF
&c, 500 in money and bonds out Of the cash
drawer, the cashier finding that amount gone
when he opened tho bank in the morning.
although there was no cline to the theft.
Telegrams from Cumberland, Nd, having
been received in Baltimore announcing that
all freight trains in the former place had been
stopped bv riotous railroad employees. the
governor OF the Statc ordered the Sixth regi-
ment of Baltimore militia to proceed to the
scene of disorder. Gov. Carroll also issued a
proclamation calling upon all citizens OF the
State to abstain from acts Of lawlessness and
aid the lawful authorities in the maintenance
Of peace and order. Great excitement was &C
cordinely caused in Baltimore. at half-past six
in the evening, by the ringing Of m alarm
calling out the militia, this being the first time
in the history of the city that such M alarm
had been sounded. As the bell pealed forth
the crowds Of people who had filed the streets
all dav, discussing the situation, and anIiously
watching the bulletin boards Of the newspapers,
thronged to the armories Of the different regi.
ments. That of the sixth militia is in a neigh
borhood fre1uented by the rougher clement,
and within half an hour after the call had been
sounded o large crowd inimical to the military
and in favor of the strikers had surrounded the
armory. A man in uniform who attempted to
enter the building was seized upon by the mass
i of struggling and cursing humanity and thrown
over o bridge into a stream near BY, while
others of tho militia were dragged over the
heads OF the surging mass and were glad to es.
cape with their lives. At this %juncture a brick
was thrown at the soldier on guard at the door
of the armory, and this was the signal fol-
q shower Of missiles which soon demolished
the doors and windows of the building and in.
iured several Of the men inside. The guard
was withdrawn from the door in order to mollify
the mob, but this action was received with
yclls of derision and triumph At S.15 P. n,
the regiment, numbering $50 men, marched
into the streets with loaded pieces, the only
ME ns OF exit being n narrow door through
which but two men ut n time could make thelr
way and as the soldiers made their appearance
they were received with a renewed shower OF
brickbats, stones and pistol shots. At first the
militia wayered, bnt in response to the com.
malds Of their officers they presented a solid
front and moved forward, enclosed by the
shouting, infatuated mob, who continued to as
sail them. At length, az one OF the soldiers
was stricken down, several members OF the
regiment elevated their rifles and fired into the
crowd, killing AMI woulding q number. The
colonel gave orders to cease firing, and the com
mand continued on it's way, but as two COM
panies turned into Baltimore street they were
attacked with undated fury by the mob, Q
number of pistol shots being fired at the men,
Firing by the military was recommended with
stray shots until they reached Camden Station,
which had been set on fire, and several more
persons were killed. Meanwhile the Fifth regi.
ment, with $50 muskets. had also left their
armory for Camden Station, andaInet with the
same reception from the mob as the Sixth had
received. When they reached their destination
the command turned upon the crowd, charged
bayonets, and dispersed it. During the fire al
Camden Station policemen had to be stationed
beside the firemcn, who we're greatly retarded
by the mob while subduing the flames, Will
orders to shoot down any one who interfered
with the ~quclling Of the fire. About ten per
Dns were killed and O large number were
wounded, many Of the military being disabled
by the stones and other missiles thrown Of
them. The strike assumed a threatening as
pect all over the country, and troops were
called ont by the governors of four States. Al
Cumberland a train containing a body of troops
was fired upon by the rioters and one soldier
wounded. At Buffalo, y. Y, q body of strikers
took possession of an engine in the Erie railroad
yards, and all traffic on that road was for
time stopped. while the Fifty-fonrth regiment
national guard was ordered to proceed to Hor
ncllsville. At Pittsburgh, Pa, oil trains were
stopped, aud the military were defied.
The scenes cf bloodshed during the terrible
riot in Baltimore were followed on the next day
by a still more sanguinary conflict in the streets
of Pittsburgh, Pa. where employees of the
Pennsylvania railroad company had struck
against a reduction Of wages and had stopped
the passage of all freight trains on the road
Warrants for the arrest of fifteen Of the ring
leaders were made ont and placed in the hands
of the sheriff. At about two p. u. q body OF
militia-comprising portions Of several regi
ments and the Keystone battery, with two Cat
ling guns ARR sed from Philadelphia and Q
part Of them moved ont of the Union depot tc
the depot at Twenty-eighth street, o mile dis.
tant. At this point a crowd Of about eight
thousand persons had assembled, and tho mill
tary were jccred and hootcd as they passed
along. The sheriff then read the riot act and
proceeded to make an arrest, but as he did so O
shower of bricks and stones was hurled into
the troops and revolver shots were fired. Gen.
Brunton then ordered the troops to return the
fire. and for three minutes q rafting discharge
in all directions took place. The crowd FLED
precipitately, leaving about ten persons dead
on the ground and AZ many wounded. Tho
sight presented after the soldiers had ceased
firing was sickening. Old men and boys at
tracted to the spot through motives Of curiosity
10y writhing i'll the aGonies Of death, while
numbers Of children were killed outright. Vel.
lowside, in the ncighborhood Of the scene Of
conflict, was actually dotted with dead and
dying, while weeping women, cursing- loudly
and deeply tho instruments which made them
widows, wcro clinging to bleeding corpses. To
ward evening gangs of from ten to fifty mel
entered Pittsburgh from the surrounding
suburbs and swelled the ranks OF the strikers.
Many of the gun factories and gun and powder
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