The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-22

iisnmeut, on w 200 street, Wnlcn tney com-
pletely Quilted and then marched down
Fifth avenue with drums beating and flags
flying. They number nearly 5000 and as
yet they have not shown any inclination to
destroy anything but railroad property.
THE ARSENAL.
1t is reported that the Allegheny Arsenal
is in the hands of the rioters.
THE MILITIA BEsrEGED.
The Philadelphia militia are besieged
in the round house at the outer
depot and their position is considered
very critical. The telegraph employees
were driven from their posts at the
outer depot by stones and other missiles as
early as eight o'clock. Threats are made by
the strikers to destroy the Union Depot.
CANNON CAPTURED BY THE MOB.
LArER.-The rioters have captured three
pieces of ordnance belonging to Knapps
Battery.
The widest excitement pervades the
city tonight The First and Sec
ond regiments, of Philadelphia, are
huddled in the round house of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, thoroughly fright
ened at the result of the days work.
The hasty action of the first named has re-
suited in the death of ten persons and
number of others SO badly wounded that
they can hardly survive. An immense
crowd is now in the neighborhood of the
round house.
BLOODY THREATS.
Many are armed with guns and small
arms, taken from the gun stores of the city,
and threaten to kill every man of the
Eastern soldiers they can reach.
ATTACK ON THE ROUND HOUSE.
At midnight crowd, composed of stri-
kers and workingmen of other lines of bust
ness, are firing into the round house, to
which fire the troops are responding.
Heaven knows what morning will bring
forth. Nothing like it has ever been seen
in this section of the State.
THE POLICE OvERPowERED.
The police are powerless, and great
force of them has been pushed aside, while
crowds smashed in gun stores and carried
Of everything in the way of guns, revolv-
ers and ammunition.
Mr.. Cassatt, Vice President Pennsylvania
Railroad Clinton Gardner. General Pear
son and General Brinton, of Philadelphia,
are oil in the round house with the Eastern
military.
AFTER THE voLLEY
The sight presented after the soldiers had
ceased firing was sickening. Old men and
boys attracted to the spot through
motives Of curiosity 10y writhing
in the agonies of death, while
numbers of children were killed outright.
Yellowside, in the neighborhood of the
scene Of conflict was actually dotted with
dead and dying, while weeping women,
cursing loudly and deeply the instru-
ments which made them widows, were
clinging to bleeding corpses. On every
hand citizens unite in condemning the act
of the military. The men composing the
regiment justify their action, inasmuch as
they were ordered to fire by the officers in
command. General Pearson is charged
with being the officer who gave the command
to fire.
THE CITIYBNs AFRAID.
A number of citizens went to the Phila-
delphia soldiers who ore intrenched in the
Pennsylvania round house tonight and
begged them to leave the city, as general
massacre is feared.
MORE KILLING.
They were unable to do so on account of
the surrounding mob, and three of the
bOiulcIb WIZ bseShiPocN w oAP OuV oihbiy
we're shot and instantly killed. Two citi-
zens were shot down on Liberty street q
short time ago.
ABANDONED TO THE RIOTERS.
Passenger traffic on the Pennsylvania
road is entirely suspended, and the Union
depot and the adjoining hotels have been
abandoned.
ANOTHER nAID.
Another gun shop was raided on Liberty
street about ten o'clock.
An alarm of fire is now striking from the
Outer depot.
THE SHERIFF KILLED.
MIDNIGHT. Sheriff Flies dead body has