The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-08-01
TlG Great Strike.
Killed and
/ 30 wounded in
Chicago.
The Authorities Getting Complete
Cmt0le Everywhere.
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CHrcAGo. JAY &c, 1sTI.-Advice
from West Twelfth street state To,
mob liz holding a small detachment 0
police in check. One policeman was
seriously wounded with q stone
The Second regiment has been called
out to assist the police. ssqei2'2s
1t is reported that at 10 O'Clock
this morning the police had a dghl
with d mob on Newberryl Avenue
Fifteen Of the rioters were burt.
A squad Of mounted veterans with
drawn sabers charged on the Six
teenth street mob, and $50 rioters
were wounded, and 10 killed outright
! Six policemen were WOUNDED,
Two boys were killed at Halstead
street viaduct. A policeman is re-
ported killed The mob has dispers'
ed, and all is quiet in that vicinity.
The mob Of last night gathered IN
force on the south side this morning
and renewed its depredations and
acts Of violence. They began with
some 1000, aud swelled to o multi
tude before noon. They showed saw
age bravado, and seemed fearless Of
death itself. However, when some
800 police, under Officer Rainey,
charged them, they broke up after a
hot encounter. They reunited again,
shortly, and prepared for another en-
counter at Sixteenth street and Hal
stead viadnct. An interchange of
shots, stones, and invectives succeed
ed. Then the police being reinforced,
they broke into the mob with q yell
that was heard for blocks away.
The achievements, consisting ola
new squad of police and a company
of armed cavalry, under Col. Agra
monte began, In conjunction with the
police, a deadly onslaught, the re-
suits Of which are imperfectly known.
and are reported y~ariously. One re-
port, which was probably exaggera-
ted, says there were twelve killed and
a hundred and City wounded. Anoth-
er says three killed and fifty wounded.
There are certainly more than three
killed. No names can be learned.
This broke up the mob for a time,
but they soon gathered again. A
A gang OF the mob ran q passenger
train off the track at Twentieth street
this morning, and after allowing the
passengers to escape smashed the
windows and furniture ofthe several
cars. The Second Regiment, the
Mounted Police and the Regular
veteran force of Chicago are on the
scene Of the battle. yem g :
fbe Governor this morning applied
for United States troops. ca
PHILADELPHIA, July 23.-Presi-
dent Gowen, ofthe Reading Road,
has offered q reward Of ten thousand
dollars for information leading TO the
arrest and conviction of the parties
who fired Lebanon Valley bridge, al
Reading, last night.
READING Pa, July 23.-The mob,
which bad been tearing up the track
here to-day, came in conflict with a
portion of the Fourth Regiment short
ly after I P. NJ. The soldiers fred
into the crowd, killing four and
wounding several others.
READING, July 23.-To-day a
crowd numbering several thousand
persons assembled along the Reading
Railroad, and this afternoon they
commencing stopping freight, coal
and passenger trains only, permitting
mail trains to proceed.
AT s O'Clock this evening seven
companies Of the Fourth Regiment,
National Guard of Pennsylvania, ar
rived and proceeded along the rail
road to Penn street. While in the
deep cut extending two squares, from
Walnut to Penn streets, they were
assailed with stones, and immediate
ly commenced firing, it is alleged,
without orders. The firing was in
discriminate, the bullets doing bad
work among the immense concourse
of people in the vicinity of Seventh
and Penn streets. among whom were
many respectable citizens, as well as
ladies and children.
The troops fired down Seventh,
and up and down Penn streets. Five
persons are known TO have been kill
ed and from eighteen to twenty-five
were wounded, several of them NOR
tally. A number Of other persons are
supposed TO have been wounded,
who escaped in the crowd. Among
those wounded, are seven members of
the police force. some oftbem serious
ly. Chief Cullen had a narrow es-
cape, having been shot in the breast,
but athick memorandum book turned
the ball. The police we're stationed
the railroad tracks to preserve
order and received the full Ere of the
military. A number ofsoldiers wei
hooked down and injured by larg
stones thrown at them. Great ex-
element prevails tonight. The mob
broke into the armory of The Reading
and captured all their guns,
aud have also taken all the weapons
from a gun store. They threaten
vengeance upon the military, and
trouble is feared tonight. |
The mob is now engaged IN tearing
mp the railroad tracks, and there is a
blockade.
READING Pa, July 24-The entire
number of killed and wounded 50 far
as reported is thirty. 1t is impossi-
BILE to give the names of the Killed,
but seven are known to be dead. Five
have been instantly killed. Fourteen
were wounded, several of
hem seriously. Dia ''9
PTrTsBURG, Pa, July Ethel
city last night and this morning has
been as quiet and orderly as could be
desired, with the single exception of
crowd firing on the members of the
Fire Department, who responded to
in alarm from the East End district.