Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-19

auty IcI"N liza. PC. ou VIC uGlu CSSl III
Martusturg, and resolved that if this company
attempted! to board atty train they would be
torn 10 pieces,
At Grafton III strikers arc determined and
desperate, destroying the company properly
aGd connecting liIS and Inks. The mayor Of
strikers lbat III ATTY violation Of the law they
would b. suI:iaar;ly punished to the full cx
tcut Of tic law.
At the Sar& house. short distance from
MaEtiDsbucg, the strikers have fortified, and
are over 80 s,ro0g.
fIARTIy5l:lEG, July lo-l245 a. m.-All is
quiet hcra =; this hour, and but few parade
the streets. The lrtOp train from Baltimore
ana Washington las Dot yet arrived. The trains
extend Two miles east and west. A rain Is
falling, which has dispersed the crowd.
llanlbil.S Of the proclamation OF President
Hayes will DO sen. to all stations along the rail
read line iD West Virginia for posting.
MAKTISsEUR,i, July 80 .. m.-The train
wilh troops is approaching cautiously from
llarpcr's Ferry, three miles All hour as mat.
Ter Of pfcclutlon agaost any attempt TO wreck
OF untraes the train. They will got here ut
l:yhiral: and will probably remain in the cars
Tor SOME hours until the movement ID made to
release the trains. Shnnll crowd assemble
they will order them 10 liSperSe, and III case OF
refusal the rus lralers will be arrested.
1t IS Impossible from present appearances 10
| get mar TO run the traiDs ont. The strikers had
! :, mrriiUr here aud decided 10 demand s. per
| day !lr tirtIucn aud brakefuen, aud ~ reduc
! ,iou !"r rneIurefa and conductors. They ap-
| pointed . committee OF four, fireman, engine
| mau, conductor and brakeman 10 CD operate
| w!tb similar committee Oh all uher sections.
| Tie ciinllIltet have gone 10 the third aud
| fourth divisions, ID c0ulCr AMI insist on gen
| 1ial strike. The Baltimore committee was
here "a day.
The strikers say to night hat ii overrowered
| ty troops al Nlariu>burg they viii blockade AT
| others points along the line. Any men who
| dare to 20 on traius will be hushWhackcd nong
| the road.
II Is raiHing heavily, and every body has re
! tired from the streets The RI sllit 81 10 day Is
awaited with Anxiety.
MARTISSRURG. W. VA, July H. The
! troop train arrived at G:%%O this morning and
| barrackel IN one OF the round houses Of the
railroad company. At this time, $50 o. m,
ali Is perfectly quiet. The strikers, or most o.
thcm, are outside the western limits Of the car.
p1raiinn. No movement will b. made before
| noon. 1T which hour 4 proclamation iroIn the
l'rcsIlnl OF The Uailed States, COMMANDING
| the strikers t. di>pcr-c. will hc issued. 1t Is
| col anticipated that any re>isianc. viii b"
mad 10 the l!uap~.
NARrlHSEuRG, ". Va, Jnig l9.-'vhc
| President proclamation, printed IL handbi
! form, is being distributed among the EN-
ployrcs st all points Of the road. Policemen
have tecn furnished with large numbers 10 be
| placed in conspicuous places.
BALTIMORE, July l9.-Ihc following dis
patch was rlca7oi this morning hy Mr.. Stew
| att, superintendent; q! telegraph at Camden
Station:
WASuISGToN. july l9--l 9. m.-Goycrnor
| Matthews has te!cgraphcd to President llaye:
| to night that the strike has assumed 50 iormid
| able & character that lie d1rSD0I deem the force
Of 30 soldiers on their way to MartinsburC
| sufficient to queli he riotous strikers and pro
| tcct the business Of the railroad. lie asks ;hc
| President to send forward one hundred more
| men aul two pieces Of artillery. The Govern
| NlcCrery tung ht at the Soldiers Home ucal
| Washington. 4 reply is expected at an early
| hour in The morning.
Nosce was issued at Camden Station this
morn!us that the company will employ cxpe
! li(titrH .I'' StIl! "a tIaiu L1Su ~ SoIf'y Wv
places Of all men wE0 have participated 10 the
riotous proceedings.
MARTISsRURG, W. VA, July l9-l 4. m.
| Up tc this zine no cDgincman has been obtain
cd 10 take east train No. /. The proclamation
| 0l the President Of the ntcd States has been
posted throughout the city. All is quiet. There
is large throng about the hotel, but all ap
| pears good humorad, aud the prominent strlk
| cfs say there vii! be 90 demonstration against
person AID property. Justice Williams in thc
| presence OF Sheriff Nadonbush read request
| from Gov. Matthews to the men assembled o.
the crossing TO disrcrse and desist from further
| interference with the trains. There are plenty
| Of men willing to work but they are afraid.
MaRTINSEURG w. Va. July l9-l030 a
u1-No. t engine with n. b. Bedford, en-
cincman. was got in order. when his wife aud
! s,cpdaughter got on with bin. They failed to
persuade him to leave, but Just before the time
| to start one OF the strikers spoke 4 few words
| Ia him aud he with lis wife and daughter
left the engine lie was greeted with cheers.
Mr.. CcincotS, from Baltimore, then ran the
train Down to the hotel. Everything was done
| quietly and there was manifested no disposition
O: violence on the part CT the strikers. The
sympathy ii The citizens gives encouragement
TO the men on the strike. ana The brakeman
was ordered eff by = cI,izeu.