The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-24

AY MORNING. JUL
stralnt shows that 1t can only be sup
pressed through the prompt execution O.
the sterEest measures. ! have determined
that peace, order and quiet shall be re-
stored TO the community, and 70 this end
now call on sll good citizens 10 come tor
ward At once 10 the new City Hall and
unite with the police and military how
organizing. | call upon all those who
quietly remain at their usual places o.
business TO refrain from participating IN
excited assemblages. All women
and children are commanded 70 retire
within the lrhomes and remain there. All
places where intoxicating liquors are
sold must be closed forthwith and remain
secure and closed until permission Is
given to reopen the same and by virtue
of authority vested in me | hereby de-
clare that sll riotous demonstrations
must and shall be put down, and peace,
order and quiet shall reign throughout
the city.
TSigned. WM c. McCAETHY.
Mayor
The members of the Grand Army of
the Republic and veterans are assem-
bling and being armed for patrol duty.
No demonstrations whatever have oc-
CURED up to this time. The citizens
are thoroughly aroused, and measures
have been taken which will certainly
prevent any further violence.
The Philadelphia military have been
provided with rations ard ammunition,
and are said TO be aboard cars ready to
be moved. Their destinslson is un.
known.
Violence, BIOOdshed, Incendiarism
and PIIIage.
From Mondays Commercial.
Few could have imagined on Satur-
day morning, when We closed our sc-
counts Of the strike, that u city would
be subjected TO such scenes that Pitts
burgh mas passed through in the last forty
eight hours. The strike proper, which
had been peaceful, gave way to violence,
bloodsned, lncendarIsm and pillage. II
was thought the French Commune had
suddenly been vomited over Us, and all
the scenes characteristic Of the Com
mune were re-enactod in the city of
Pittsburgh before An unresisung
population. Streets were filed
with persons, generally of the lowest
type, rolling barrels, carrying parcels,
and in all ways bearing of plumber
taken from cars before they burned.
Others were paying the psrt OF fire
ticnds deliberately setting fire to valuh.
be property, until from S6OOOOOO t.
100000 have been gwen 70 the hsmys.
Certain Sunday papers encouraged thls
work, in n spirit rs liendish, and IN Ian
guage rs pointed rs that OF the worst pa
pers in Paris during the Commune. 1t
WAS a case appalling in the utter disre-
gard displayed as to property or lie.
The responsibility tor the terrible form
the evil has taken Is variously estimated.
Up to the afternoon OF Saturday no
change IN the situation appeared
During that time any negotiations that
may have been thought wise could have
been had, But the railroad authorities
totally misunderstood the affair. They
did not seem to realize that the strike
WAS more than local affair, and meant
n bsttle with the entire trade union or
labor interest of the country, and
so only planned to quoll. it by force.
They further overlooked the threat.
ening fact that wOrkmen in other
branches were sending messages OF sym
psthy to the strikers, ard that on Satur-
day night large numbers OF these would
be at liberty 10 irsternlze with the
strikers 1t was further apparent that
the strikers were ably handled, aud
knew precisely what they were At, and
we're careful to cOnciiste popular SYM
pathy in this city. All these things
were ominous Of danger, II not properly
dealt wlth-and they were not. The
salient facts of the situation may thus
be briefly stated:
In the afternoon the Philadelphia
troops arrived ut the Union Depot, tired
a1d hungry, and with only light lunch
were sent out to meet the strikers. BY
the time they reached the outer depot,
thousands had gathered, and those IN not
q very agreeable humor. They were
ordered to disperse, bud the troops were
forced to push the people aside TO get
space TO form their line. Amid these
movements one or two stones were
thrown, and M order TO fire fol-
lowed. 1t is in dispute who gave the or
der to fire At all event the troops cid
fire, and number were kllled-three OF
them being children. This thoroughly
aroused the passions of the mob, and the
soldiers were closed in upon and finally
driven to the round house. 1t was a mis-
take to send these few soldiers there
Either enough should have been sent to
enforce order, or none should have gone.
Once the soldiers were driven to
cover. the next scheme was
to burn them out and slaughter
them. To this aid, train after tram OF
cars was fired, and sent down the grade
directly against the Round House, and
artillery fire opened on it toward morn
ing. The soldiers held their quarters till
and then made their way to
Shsrps6urg, SIX being killed by citizens
and soldiers, by the way. The affair at
the trst was q blunder, and that which
followed crime. Most OF the LONE
militia disbanded during the night and
went home.
Once lncendiarism WAS started, and a
new spirit took possession of the move
ment. In place of passive resistance,
associated with general good order, de
nonical spirit OF destruction prevailed.
There Is much dispute as to who con-
.roled the movement st tLis Stage. The
regular strikers deny that they control
led or famed the work OF destruction
while on the other hard, the fact
That there was so much skill and
method in handling the cars, leads to
me presumption that some, skilled il
trains, aided and sbetted the
work. Be this AS it may, the work Of de-
,truction went steadily on during the
night, the trains being rifed and then
burned. The round house, with Its loco