Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-01
CLEARFIELD, Pa, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST /, 1877

BETHLEHEM, July "a large ant
enthusiastic meeting was held at Eastor
to-day by tho employees of the Lehigh
Valley, Central Of New Jersey, Belvi
dere, Delaware, Morris and Essex and
Delaware and Laokawanna Railroads
They paraded the streets with bands
Of music at their head, shouting and
making loud demonstrations. The
officials OF the Lehigh Valley Road
are closeted in their rooms at the gen.
eral Office, at this place, holding con.
sultations Employees of the Valley
Road say they expect the order to
strike momentarily. The North Penn
hands are excited over the rumor OF
trouble on their road at Philadelphia,
The Easton Grays, who have been
camping at Stroudsburg, are now en-
route for Allentown, where they will
join the Allentown Rides and Stating
ton Rifles, and leave by special tram
for Pittsburgh. Demonstrations are
expected here every minute.
WLLIAMsPoRT, July 22.--There has
been great excitement in this city all
day over the stirring events which
have been transpiring throughout the
country, and there has been much
open and loudly-expressed sympathy
for tho strikers. At this hour mid
nighD all is quiet on the Philadelphia
and Erie Railroad. The freight trains
west from Sunbury and east from
Remove left on their schedule time
this evening, but there are apprchen.
sions that they may be abandoned on
their arrival here after midnight,
Fragments of three military companies
left here tins morning under the com.
mand of Colonel Steads for Altoona,
and in the afternoon they were follow
ed by the company from Canton, about
seventy strong. The freight train
over the Northern Central arrived at
midnight all right.
TowANDA, Pa, July 22.-Company
X, Twelfth Regiment National Guard,
Pennsylvania, under command of Cap.
tain d. L. Sweeney, left this place for
Pittsburgh this evening to aid in sup
pressing the railroad strike. They
were accompanied by one of General
Beavers staff officers. There is con.
siderable excitement over their de-
parturc. There is noindicatioh of any
strike on the Lehigh Valley.
READING, July % The Easton
Grays and Allentown Rifles, and other
companies Of the Fourth Regiment,
comprising about $50 troops, arrived
about 1880 this evening at the new de-
pot. Their movements were kept SO.
eret, and scarcely any person outside
Of railroad circles were aware of their
arrival, and when they marched into
Seventh street from the depot it was
the first our people knew of their com
ing Just before the arrival of the
troops a crowd of some two thousand
persons had surrounded the 6:20 pas
sengcr train for Philadelphia and had
compelled the engineer and fireman to
get OIL the engine, and after several
Intellectual attempts to start the train
they were compelled to abandon il and
draw the fire off the engine, leaving
the train standing in the cut above
Penn street. The passenger train due
here at 6 o'clock came laundering
through the city at the rate of twenty
five miles an hour, Otherwise it would
have been stopped and the engineer
and fireman compelled to leave the en-.
ginc. As it was they got to the depot
without much damage, excepting that
tho engineer and fireman were struck
with stones by the rioters and badly |
hurt. The train was followed up to
the depot by the rioters, but they
were dispersed by the Coal and Iron
Company police, headed by Captain
Hesler, who acted with much caution
and bravery, and by whose exertions
the passengers were allowed toproceed
to Pottsville After the train had
passed up to the depot Chief of Police
Cullen read tho riot act to the crowd
assembled on Penn and Seventh streets,
and ordered his officers TO clear the
street. but he was answered by deris-
i've yells His officers then made q
charge and cleared small space for
short time, but the crowd soon fell
back into their old position, and were
not again molested by the police, who,
however, STOOD their ground, and the
rioters made no iurther attempt to mo-
lest them. About this time the troops
were neard 'dvanclnrg irom the depot,
ana tho cry was raised by the assem-
plage, winch was composed OF irom
TWO thousand 10 four thousand people,
men, women ana children, "Here comes
the troops ms had no sooner been
salu si lhah hrlng commenced by the