The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-07-26
RUINS REIGN
In The City Of PitBb1Tg.
RIOT, RAPINE AND DESC,
LATION!
A Day of Blood and a Night
Of Terror.
TERRIBLE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE
SOLDIERS and THE RIOTERS.
The Troops Driven to the Woods,
Pursued by Thousands of
Infuriated Men.
Gattlilg Guns, CarbilGS and RGVOlVGTS
Used With Fearful Effect
Upon Both Sides.
ALL THE RAILROAD COMPANY'S
PROPERTY DESTROYED BY FIRE.
1000 Loaded Cars and 1856 LOcOmO-
tiVeS Burned The Loss Almost
Beyond Computation.
adams Express Depot and the
Pam Handle Fejght-H0
Also Burned.
A MOB OF DESPERATE MEN IN
FULL POSSESSION OF
THE CITY.
RObbing, Sacking, Plum
de1'ing and Pillaging
at Will.
A Vigilance Committee Organized
and the Better Elements AS
serting Themselves.
THE GOVERNMENT LOOKING AFTER ITS
PROPERTY, AND TROOPS MARCHING
A MOB OF DESPERATE MEN IN
FULL POSSESSION OF
THE CITY.
RObbing, Saclxing, Plum
de1ing and Pillaging
at Will.
A Vigilance Committee Organized
and the Better Elements AS
Serting Themselves.
THE GOVERNMENT LOOKING AFTER ITS
PROPERTY, AND TROOPS MARCHING
IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
ON THE PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL,
At Pittsburg.

PITTsBURG, July 22-4a. m.-The fight contin-
ues between the militia and the mob, the mob
firing through the windows of the Round.house,
the militia returning 1t. Immense crowds are
still gathering and pushing for the scene of con-
flagration. The militia are still confined in The
Round.hOuse.
The militia have retaken part of the captured
cannon, The force of the mob is still increasing.
1t now comprises fully 10000 people.
425 a. m.-The scene beggars description The
mob grows more daring and audacious,
IN FLAMES.
The Union Hotel is reported to be on fire. No
one can tell the result The rioters have full sway,
and the city Is completely in their control.
AT THE MERCY OF THE MOB.
$40 q. m.-The eastern portion of the city is en-.
tirely at the mercy of the mob. The sun rises
this morning on a scene of bloodshed never be-
fore equaled in this city, and probably surprising
any thing that has occurred north of Mason and
Dixon's Line In the past twelve years.
The Philadelphia troops-whose indiscriminate
slaughter Of citizens, old men and sucking in
fants-are still penned in the round-house, which
is surrounded by mob of bowling demons, num-
bering about 10000
MILLIONS OF LOSS.
The destruction of property during the last four.
teen hours Is reckoned by the million. Nearly
five hundred loaded cars have been destroyed.
Geueral Pearson is in the round.house and badly
wounded. 1t is thought that not one of the occu-
| pants will escape alive.
Batteries are now being fred into the round
house. There is no telling where the devastation
will stop, and any estimate of the killed and
wounded would be wide of the mark, but the
| number is large Eight Of the rioters have been
shot and killed since four o'clock
TROOPS DITCHED.
The Seventh Division of STATE Militia General
Hindekoper commanding en- route for this city,
have been ditched seven miles from here. All
the guests at the Union Depot Hotel have been re.
moved to other quarters, in anticipation of the
destruction Of the building. The streets are liued
with men, women and children, who came out
from their holes during the dark hours of night
to engage in plllage.
The affair has passed entirely from the hands
| of the railroad employees, who at first deprecated
the shedding Of blood and destruction of proper
ty, but who inAamed by the slaughter at Twen-
ty eighth street yesterday afternoon, have will
ingly Joined In the events Of the hour. UniVer-
sal condemnation Of the action Of the military
are heard on every side, and anarchy and mob
law reigns supreme in the Iron City,
CoNTRADIcTRD.
$50 q, ma report that the military had re-
captured one Of the cannon Is not generally cred
tied in the city. The latest reports from the eke
state that the mob have their cannon planted and
are trying 10 effect breach in the round house.
/ They are also pushing cars Of burning petroleum
down the tracks toward the round-house,
The Sunday Leader, which expresses the public
/ sentiment WELL says edlt0uAlly, this morning
L tt1tno philodalnhfQ rnotmant Whtph hnra n
the name Of law and order, has been swift 70 shed
/ blood. Not TWO hours In our city, and before q
hostile shot was fred they have stained our hill
sides with blood Of ten men and children. Most
of them were spectators drawn by an imprudent
but innocent curiosity TO their deaths. The wall
| ing of women and children, the deep cursing OF
outraged men and the outspoken indignation OF
an entire community swell the chorus Of con-
| demnation against the officers Of the First Regi-
ment of Pennsylvania Militia, who assumed the
/ fearful responsibility of that hasty command TO
| fire. What the end will he can not be known.
| The air is filed with rumors Of fire and war. The
troops Of State are concentrated from all sides TO
the support Of the Philadelphians now Cooped
and apparently terror stricken In the fire. threat
/ ened railroad round house and surrounded by an
ever increasing mass Of armed citizens, and 1t Is
useless to disguise the fact that the situation Ia
grave and growing grever, and that men who
/ were swift to shed blood will have the heaviest
responsibility TO answer
| DESPERATION.
6OOR m.-The mob which was forced to retire
| from their cannon, are making desperate efforts
to get them into position where they can be
worked In safety As they now stand the artille-
rists are covered by the rifles Of the besieged sol
| diers, and numbers were shot down while trying
to work the guns. They are now showing cars
down between the battery aud the roun1.house
to afford them protection against the iron hail.
THE DEAD AND DYING
The space inside the death-line is filed with
dead and dying The fury Of the mob increases
and they swear that not one soldier shall leave
the place alive. The list Of killed at this time is
thought to reach fifty, and the wounded over one
hundred. The day promises to be as bloody a.
| the night