The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-08-01

which leaves the Erie DEPOT. on arriv
ing At Compromise Crossing. tw,
. miles from the depot. had a passen
ger coach detached and showed O.
The central track. and the fireman VIZ
forefbly tsken from the cueine. Sur
eriutendeuk Dovla Who was on th,
4 train. rem lstrSted with the rtrikers
!. stating there had been no rsductioI
of wages on the road, nor had Their
been any since its inauguration. Tn
effect Of this statement was the bring
ing back of the coach by the strikers
who coupled il on and assured SUP
erintendent DOYLE that nothing shoul'
{ be done in auy way to interfere will
the WORKING Of his road. \
Early in the afternoon an assault
was made by nearly 1000 rioters OF
about 200 soldiers. who were guard
ing the Lake Shore r~ouudhouse. Th'
military were obliged to leave thu
building, which is now barricaded b.
the mob, who have placed cars in pos
,lition as q defence against an attack
Colonel Fiack. of the Sixty fifth Reg
ment, with about thirty men ant
three officers, foolishly proceeded t
the fouudhouse to retake it from thu
mob. They we're met with yells o
derision from the crowd, and under /.
shower of stones were obliged to re
treat at a double quick and forc'
their way through the yelling Grove
at the point Of the bayonet, some Of
the soldiers being badly cut On the
hands with knives and also dubbed
Five of the soldiers lost their muske's
which, however, were afterwards re.
covered. Colonel Flack was badl,
dubbed, twice knocked down and
forced acr5ss the canal and obliged
to take refuge in the Lake Shore
paint shop. The engineers of the
Erie and Lake Shore roads have sign.
ed an agreement with the iremen
not to run with green bands. 1t is
expected that the New York Central
engineers will follow suit tonight.
SCRANTON, Pa, Jolly 27.-The
strike has extended to every branch
of industry in the Lackawanna val
lev. Miners met today on the roads
to the number of TO- 900. The an.
swer of the President. stating that
the company could not grant the de-
mand oftwentv-fye Der cent. advance,
was read amid profound silence. and
resoluti ons were adopted TO the effect
that the men would die before return.
ing to work at what thew call starva-
ton 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 a year to prepare
them for work again. A meeting of
prominent citizens was held to-day
at the call of the Mayor, and will
meet twice daily till further notice.
The citizens are organizing for pro.
lection. All is quiet.
d BETHLEHEM. Pa. July 27.- A
gang of strikers from Easton reached
here this morning. and at Bethlehem
junction. when The passenger train
on the BATH branch of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey was ready
to start, they uncoupled the cars from
the engine and warned the crew they
would run the train ct their peril. A
large number of citizens came to the
rescue, and while the train dispatch
or was consulting with the strikers
the train was recoupled and pulled
out very RAPIDLY and got of. A
squad Of coal and iron police arrived,
and o crew was made up and the
through car from Philadelphia to
Mauch Chunk was taken to its des-
tin~ation. The police leave shortly
for Odenwelder's, where track men
will make necessary repairs. The
strikers have telegraphed to men at
Eastou of the presence of the police
and their intended visit to Odenwel-
der's. All trains on the North Penn
sylvania road are running on time,
Up country mails of last night and
to-day are all stored in the baggage
room.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, July 27-Super-
intendent Pothemus. with his gang
of repairmen and their escort of
coal and iron police, arrived at Oden-
welder's this afternoon, whether they
had gone to repair the turn table.
They were met by a large and excit-
ed crowd, who drove off the police
men. Pothemus addressed q concil-
speech to the mob. but they re-
piled by informing him that be vas
at liberty to walk back to Mauch
Chunk with his force, after which
they run his ensine on the side track
and drew the fire. Pothemus and
his escort arrived at Bethlehem by
stage this evening. He says he has
no hope of running trains tomorrow.
The drum corps are parading the
for recruits for the Fourth
and special police are be-
ing sworn in.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, July 27.-The
Bethlehem Iron Compay suspended
work to-day. The rain prevented a
meeting OF strikers ana sympatni-
PITTSBURGH, july 2S.-At 6 o.
this morning, four trains over
The Pennsylvania Road arrived from