The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-26
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being completely blocked with strikers.
The Black Hussars of Philadelphia were
ordered to clear the railroad crossing, but
not being able to do 30, another company
was ordered to their assistance. The
military advanced with fixed bayonets,
but were met with shower of stones and
missiles from the crowd. They opened
fire on the crowd indiscriminately and in
rapid succession. The crowd retreated
toward East Liberty. There is a long
list of killed and wounded. The terrific
results of the volley has caused intense
excitement throughout the city.
At this hour, 8 p. m., the excitement is
raging over the city, which is virtually
in the hands of an armed mob, composed
of laborers and iron workers, coal miners,
stevedores, and others who are in full
sympathy with the strikers. A large
mob visited Johnston's Gun Factory, on
Smithfield street, and armed themselves,
and still larger crowd has just finished
the demolition of Browns establishment
on Wood street, which they completely
gutted, then marched down Fifth avenue
with drums beating and flags flying
They number nearly three thousand
AS yet they have not shown an incllna.
ton to destroy anything but railroad
property. The Philadelphia militia are
besieged in the round house at the outer
depot, which is pelted with stones and
other missiles. Threats are made by the
strikers to destroy the Union depot.
Later.-The rioters have captured
three pieces of ordinance belonging to
Knapp's battery.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, July o..
The strikers, supported by the boat
men, are bold and defiant and threaten
serious work should the company attempt
to move the cars tonight.
PITTsBURG, July 21-1 p. NJ.
The outer depot and yards of the Penn.
sylyania Railroad have been abandoned
by all the troops. The Philadelphia men
went down Pennsylvania avenue and the
Fittsburg battery boys spiked their guns
and came down to the Union depot. The
mob have things all their own way.
The Roundhouse and shops, together
with the engines and number of cars,
were entirely destroyed by fire. 1t is re-
ported about twenty were killed and a
number wounded.
PORT JERvIs, N. Y, July 22-noon.
Things look serious here. The crisis
of the railway strike in this city, was
reached yesterday evening about 5 o'clock,
when the Philadelphia troops fired upon
the crowd. The terribly fatal effects OF
the shots fired by the troops exasperated
citizens as we'll as strikers, and in less
than an hour workingmen from the roll
ing mills, coal mines and various manu-
featuring establishments established a
scene of conflict, determined to have
revenge on the troops and railroad
officials. 1t was stated that Gen. Pearson.
had directed the troops to fire before any
resistance had been made, and the fact
that many Of those killed and wounded
had gathered on the hillside merely as
spectators, served to increase the bitter
ness of the crowd. By eight O'Clock in
the evening mobs were. moving about
sacking stores to secure arms, breaking
into the armories of the military compa-
MES and preparing themselves to execute
the threats of massacreing the entire
Philadelphia command. By this time
the military had withdrawn from Twen-
ty.eight street, where the first conflict
took blace, and ordered to one of the
roundhouses where they could find better
protection. About 10 o'clock in the
evening mob numbering several thou.
sand had congregated about the Round.
house. They had previously captured
the guns belonging to Hutchinson's Bat:
terry, local organization, and planted
them so as to command the Roundhouse
Several solid shots were fired at the
building and breach made in the walls
but when the infuriated mob attempted
to rush in the military were ordered te
fire. The volley of musketry which fol
lowed, and the rumor that the Gatling
guns Of the command were being brought
into requisition, caused a panic, and the
mob fed precipitately for several squares
the military meanwhile keeping up the
firing. The rioters returned, however
but were again driven back.
Finding it difficult to dislodge the mil
itary from the building, the crowd re
solved to burn them out. In consequence
of the blockade, the sidings in the outel
depot yard, as well as those extending
eastward some three or four miles, were
crowded with freight cars filled with pro
duce and merchandise of all kinds, be-
sides a number of oil cake and coal car!
were piled up in mass. While portion
of the mob surrounded the building il
which the military had taken refuge
large bodies set fire to the oil cars, ane
| in a moment the huge volumes of BLACK
smoke which rolled in every direction
told that the work of destruction hae
commenced. The sight of the fame:
seemed to literally craze the rioters, some
of whom rushed wildly about with fam
ing torches, applying them to cars in
discriminately. An alarm was sounded
and the fire department promptly re
sponded, but the rioters refused to permi
them to make any effort to extinguist
the flames. They said they were deter
mined to destroy the railroad company
property, but to do no injury to tina
belonging to private citizens. Trail
after train was fired by the infuriatet
crowd. Finally, large party of striker
captured a car filled with coke, which
they ran from the Allegheny Vale!
Railroad track to a siding connecting
with the Pennsylvania Railroad. The!
then procured large quantities OF petro
leum oil, and pouring it over the coke
ignited the materials. In q very teV
moments the car was mass of fire, ant
was then pushed against the Round
house. The building was soon ignited
and the soldiers were now compelled t!
prepare to fight their way out through
the ifrenzied mass of humanity clamorinl
for their blood. The building did no
burn as rapidly as desired, and the mob
bent on revenge, rushed out on the roa'
and sent burning trains towards tn
doomed building. From midnight unit
5 o'clock this morning the main effort
of the crowd were directed to firing tn
buildings and cars, but, about half al
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