The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-22
ANXIETY IN U4SIfTNGTOy
Hayes Wni,ina Beside u Telegraph Instru-
meut All >iEht-Troop. Leaving.

NASHINcr0S, 4uly a. u nasl - ho hard
to eNaggerate the anxiety in the White House
last evening and to-day. Hayes did not 20 to
bed at all. but 81, by the telrgraphc instrument
Of his Office in close communication wdh Gov.
Carroll. from whom he received thirty or more
dispatches during the night. and as many more
to-day One Secretary and another has been ut
the White House during the day. and when
Ihomas's despatch about the Sub Treasury and
Custom House at Baltimore came. Secretary
McCrary walked hastily over to the Navy De-
pariment and he and Thompson hurried up to
the White House 20 what proved to be a very
anxious conference. The only force which could
be sent were the marines. and II they were
sent the city would be- stripped Of troops. a con.
tihg.ny which Hayes did not Ike to lace and
u winch secretary Shcrmnn obl"rt"d very Wig
orously IN behalf Of the Treasury Department.
compromise WINS finally made. II WIS decided
y send the troops 10 Balumors. and call up tho
Swntirn and Powhatln from Norfolk. and gar
rison the town with the sailors and marines on
board. Other orders were decided upon. calling
Hancock o. Baltimore which are. given else-
wn"r' Al NE evening an excited crowd has
stood around the bulletins. and for Washington
an extraordinary number o. ill-spoken. ili-iav-
of.d mon are on the street
An echo OF the Il sht above and below here on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad had reac ached
ms ~ to-day. The wires nave been open,
nntihe malls hHvc h"-n light and irregular and
III" Baltimore and Ohio depot has stood nenrly
empty. nearly every one taking the rival line
partn'nts who live IN that place. AMI quite a
humi~r DO. did not come out at all M = morn
INK, and went back in an hour or two l., be W tn
th"ir families. This afternoon the Adams En-
pf"ss Company declined TO take packages
for shipment West To any point they
take them with caution. Small bands
OF idle train men ani strolng labor
ers hav" boon at the depot all day growl-
Ing q surlv sympathy " III the strikers ard
threatening ID stop all trans after nightftll.
train was however sent safely out shortly after
seven, and an hour later cars were ha ked into
th" depot to take on board two companies of
marin on their WY to Baltimore to protect
INTO the t"vot lust h"fore the train came. in
heavy mar hing order md stood n two long
INES on the Platform with un u-iy. sury Sunr'-
M rrowl 9rhlni them whom half a dozen
pnl'"mrn kept from violence but by no means
IN sll"n.e. The officers had u particularly
awNwIrd time IN grtt ~ the men into the dimiy
lthi"i cars and one or two Sersednts lost thclr
h,als rrt rely.
The men were all on board nj last. the engine
tender properly manned. AN 1 the train started
ont 40 "A pace slower hon walk. the crowd xiv
lnE roe cheers tor IA" strikers. Hraiii.i.ts
from engines ba ked on side sw t'hrs lighted
the ira k Tor little distance. and when the
train moved ont Of the glare and turned the
urNr. thor" rams quick. pHtt.ring REPORTS
wniHh brought the crowd down the track IN
altering parties after the tram. The noise
proved a. b" nothing worse than t1rpedoos ana
N" tram moved on. The crowd troOpAd back To
the depot and remains there III "A mood ready
ior sasreeabe work: but It's numbers are too
few TO do mis- chief