The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-03

ches have also joined in and the road is closed
to all but passenger trains. At Buffalo. at
midnight on the 23dgreat excitement prevailed
prevailed and several collisions between the
mob and The military ended. The Lake Shore
Paint shop and number of cars were burned
! by the rioters. Several persons were killed
ana many more wounded. At Indianapolis
the situation is very serious, none but ladies'
4 unaccompanied being allowed to leave the
Union depot, of which the strikers took
possession at midnight on the 23rd.
Passenger travel on all roads centering in In
dianapolis, is interrupted. In Cincinnati all
IS qulet IN st, Louis growing excitement and
and all freight trains stopped. In Chicago
about the same condition OF affairs, with still
greater excitement. ks
The strike still continues to rage, until
the Goth, it is far strongerfa and apparently
more determined than ever Less important
roads and new recruits from them and all
other employees Of manufacturing establish
ments are daily drawn into the movement.
Inc freight traffic on all the important
lines is absolutely interdictcd. As the move
ment sWells it is in some instances accompan.
led with serious rioting, but in all cases with.
| more or less intimidation and violence, Louis
vile is the last place in which the mob has
carried out it's riotous demonstrations
! eliminating IN damage to property
and personal violence to citizens. Two
thousand working men 5on the oath at
! tackled the freight depot of the Great Southern
road and smashed windows and DOORS Thence
they proceeded to the homes fthe Mayor and
President Of the road which they proceeded to
wreck as they had done the depot With the aid
| OF militia and a strong police, orderfwas rees
tabllshed and at astaccounts the city wasuuiet
! In st. Louis the rioters were very demonstra-
| tive and serious outbreaks anticipated. At 9
o'clock on the 25th, 1,50O men assembled on
Lucas Market Shortly after the crowd swell
Led to four thousand, proceeded to march
through the streets and stopping at the
several places of labor induced the la
borers to desist from work and Join the
| movement. During the day the citi
zens organized, and order was restored.
| In Chicago pretty much the same scenes were
enacted. A.mob marched through the streets
stopping factories preventing the running of
street cars and committing other acts of RIO
tous demonstration. Several collisions with
the police took place during the day but with
out thcsloss of life. Citizens, meetings were
| held and strong measures taken to suppress
further outbreak At latest accounts quiet
prevailed in all the severals places affected by
the strike, though in many of them there was
still great and intense excitement t%uz
Indications are gradually becoming
manifest that the great strike has spent its
fury and that the great wave is now receding.
But in the principal cities very great excite
ment still continues to exist and in San Fran
cisco particularly, yesterday, the 26th, was
characterized by several bloody and determin-
ed attempts at wholesale riot and
destruction of property. In Chicago the
intense excitement of the day previous
still continued to exist and early showed itself
| in all it's fury on the morning of the 26th AS
early as O'Clock large mobs concentrated at
| the Halsted street yiaductwhere had occurred
a fight the night before, and by9 o'clock the
crowd numbered as high as 10000. The mob
were evidently frenzied and bent on violence.
When the excitement ran highest, sixty police
arrived and the mob seeing them broke and
ran. The police pursued them, when the
mob turned upon them and a. fight cnsued
the result of which was the defeat of the DO
lice who We're forced to take refuge in the
ronnd house Of the BurlingtonaS Quincy road
About II O'Clock a second encounter occurred
in which five were killed and a large number
wounded. The rioters were constantly in
creasing and the situation becoming desper
ate when the Second regiment with two.
pieces OF artillery appeared and began
firing. Shortly after noon, three com
of
scene and two hours later the mob was pretty
well dispersed. Saloons were closed and
every precaution adopted to save life and
property. Men were enlisted and stationed in
different points Of the city, About II 80 at
night a large mob gatheredsat Sixteenth and
Halsted streets, and a third fight ensued, in
which three soldiers and two policemen
were badly wounded, besides many of
the rioters. The arrival of the Second
militia prevented q most serious conflict
IN San Fran cisco on the night Esofsthe 25th, a
fire broke out in a large lumber yard near the
Pacific docks and large mob gathered as the
fne heghn to spread until serious sconfiagra-
ton was threatened, The police and large
numbers ofthe vigilants and military turned
out dnisperse Ille mob after several were
killed and many more seriously wounded
All then became quiet throughout the city with
exception Of two. or II three y attacks BY
the mob Oh the Chinese wash.housesr Ample
precautions were taken to preserve the paece
Elsewhere the strike appears to be dying out.
In Indianapolis it is Weakening and passenger
trains are hllining on the several roads In
Maryland it is believed troops will not be
longer needed to preserve the peace. Eleven
mining towns with q population Of 10000 are
said to be suffering for food. In Cincinnati,
tie strike has died out ndsaffairs have re-
sumed theraormal condition. LII Pittsburg
serious apprehensions are felt Of famine in
case the frninht en- ha rw0 continues few da.,s