New-York tribune., 1877-07-23
NEW-YORK, MONDAY, JULY %, 1877.
THE LABOR WAR.

TERRIBLE RIOTING AND DESTRUCTION.
PITTsBUEG IN THE HANDS OF MoB-DEFEAr OF
THE TROOPS AND The BURNING OF MILLIONS
OF rRoPERTY-A RIOT IN BALrIMoRE-rHE
STRIKE EXTENDING
At u. III. Saturday the Philadelphia troops
in Pittsburg, under command of Gen. Pearson,
made an attempt to clear the Twenty-eighth-
st. crossing They were resisted. and fired
several vOleys into the crowd, which
then scattered. The troops took up quar-
ters in Round House adjacent, and
Were bescigcd by the rioters, who had
obtained arms and three cannon, and who bonn
barded the Round House. The soldiers replied
with musketry, and it is said, used Gatlln
gun. The rioters became wild with excitement
and finally dislodged the troops by pushing
burning cars against the Round House. They
emerged in solid column and retreated from the
city, being pelted with stones and firing on
their assaiants The mob then began a
career of destruction, in which they robbed
and burned all the cars, depOts and build
ngs of the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad for three
miles, destroying millions of dollars worth
of property. The number of killed and
wounded during the fighting Is not known,
but it is believed to be hundreds. Gov.
Hartranft, who has been in Utah, is Ell
route for home by special train. Large
bodies of PENNSYLVANIA militia are now being or
dered to Pittsburg. The strike is now general,
all the way to Philadelphia.
In Maryland, Gov. Carroll called on the
President for military aid. The President
issued proclamation and troops were ordered
forward from Fortress Monroe and New ork.
Gen. Hancock has been placed in command
at Baltimore. No trains were running yester-
day on the Baltimore and Ohio Road, and the
strikers were defiant. Comparative order
regned in Baltimore.
The strike upon the Erie Railroad persists
and is serious at HOrnelsvile. Gov. Robinson
has issued a proclamation saying 1t is no
longer a question of wages, but of su pre-
macy of law. The 23d, 74th 18th, and 54th
New-York Regiments are called out to
protect property. All is quiet at Horn
ellsville. President Vanderbilt is at Sara
t0ga and is confident that the New York Cen
tral men will not strike. He has received re-
assuring dispatches from superintendents along
the line of the road. He has heard that there
is strike on the Lake Shore.
In and around New-York the railroad men
were uneasy yesterday, but none OF them
have left work. The New-York Central en-
ployGs will try to get Mr. Vanderbilt
to restore the old wages. United States troops
were sent from the Forts in the harbor to
Baltimore, and the 23d Regiment of Brooklyn
went to Hornellsvlle
A call has been made upon the United States
Government by Governor 1artrantt for troops
to and in quelling the riot at Pittsburg,
and troops will be held in readiness
for the purpose. The President is in
favor of ignoring State lines, and of
actingpromptly without waiting for formal appli-
cation from the several Governors. He believes
that he is authorized to proceed against the riots
as an instruction and an interference with the
carving orthe mails, and with commerce between
the States. Ample precautions have been
taken to protect Government property at
Washington, Baltimore and elsewhere The
strike on the Erie was not extended;
at meeting of employees at Port Jer-
Wis last night no different action was
taken. 1t was reported at Saratoga that
a strike had occurred on the Lake Shore Rail
road; but Mr. Vanderbilt was confident it
would not extend to the New-York Central.