The New York herald., 1877-07-24
omcsr LrDv'c Rurr. shot twice through the right
Of1cer ODsS WELLER, shot In the leg
Oficcr HAKr, shot through the thigh.
Officer HAGGERrY, shot through the ankle

ripped Win u paiL
onhcer Cur narrowly escaped Death, . mimic ball
whistling past his head, Just grazing bis car.
KILLED.
Those who were shot dead are:-
JOHN WEAvEE.
DANIEL NAcHrRwB
H. G. ScHAEYFEs.
MILTON TRACE.
MoRrArLY wouNDxp
Those considered to be mortslly wounded arc:--
ALEXANDER EISENHOWER, shot IN the right thigh.
ALBERT MILLS, shot in the groin.
son OF Officer Charles Grant, in the stomach.
VALENTINE CROFT, In the knee.
MARTIN NooSAN, In tho groin.
G. RIEBLE, IN the right thigh.
SEVERELY INJURED.
The following are severely wounted:-
Mr.. WELLER, city editor of tho German Daily Post
has wound, the ball penetrating through bis
right ankle. He carried to the Office OF the Chief
Engineer of tho Fire Department. II. +. Boyer
whero his wounds were attended to. He told the
HERALD representative that he had just stopped from
the front OF the post Office. tie Smith
and Penn streets, when, suddenly, and without the
least word OF warning, he shot down. and in all
probability his limb will have to be amputated.
Councilman HENRY W. CoRBIr found lying near
the of Seventh and Penn Streets severely shot
through the right leg. above tho knee Three minutes
after the firing had ceased he was found woterng in
blood with nobody present TO help hm 10 place Of
safety. Ho appealed to the people who subsequently
arrived to help him home whcn done.
THOMAS QUINN.
II. c. BENYER.
ALLEN CASSIDY.
SAMUEL BRowN.
ELAN KssINGga.
EDWIN BOYER.
FRANK BANNAN
PATRICK QUINN.
-- FISHER.
get tonight, at least thirteen more, were shot but
ablo to leave the terrible OF carnage un-
assisted.
FOR SURGEONS.
Drs. weidman, Beaver, Luther Landis, MCGUIRE
Hoffman, DAVIS Reezer, Kurtz, Magic and many
others we're kept busy for hours In attending to the
wounds. Those OF the above, who terms In the
army, that the wounds reminded them Of tho
many they dressed at tho front after hot days
battle
One little girl wounded. She was sitting tho
front stoop Of her parents residence Ono OF tho
morally wounded standing two squares and half
from the shooting, on South seventh street The
rifle balls playcd havoc with the windows, doors and
soLDIERs woUXDrD.
But two Of the military badly nurt far ~ IL
| reported
Private stcinberger, OF the Alcn Rincs, OF Allen
town, was shot IN the left side OF the neck.
Private slatisston, OF Company y, struck In
the abdomen BY a brick rock. Both OF those
men conveyed to one Of tho rcar
| apartments Of the Mansion House, where their
wounds attended to. Several more Of tho MILL
tary struck with but ously hurt.
! After the firing the soldiers formed along
Pennsylvania with their lett resting on SEVENTH
and subsequently, they marched TO Penn sy lvanx
| square, and from there proceeded TO the depot
OF the Philadelphia and Reading Company,
| which Is strongly garrsoned. Tonight q large num-
ber Of special policemen duty, armed with
Shooters and the depot has been transformed into
military post Pickets ar II. and scntinels guard
ing all the train galleries and entrances. On their
march through Inc streets they followed but by
q few persons, hooted and shouted.
TROUBLE ANTICIPATED
! Chief OF Police Cuion has just informed me that
the greatcst trouble Is anticipated The railroadcrs
| who are at with the Reading company are sup
posed to be working quietly.
A
Last night they burned down the Lebanon Valley
Bridge that spanned the schuylk at this point and
that cost the company $l5o,o00 Readings direct
way communication with Harrisburg and the West
thus oil, freight burned and tracks
ferod with. To-day has been OF tho most trying
periods known IN the annals OF raroaoing in Pcnnsy
vania. All day long the city state of wild
riot and disorder
oBsTRrCrED
| The first open attack the trains was made this
afternoon, at half past iour o'clock tho point
wnerc tho terrible shooting OF to night took place
Tho strikers mounted passing loaded coal
tram, put the brakes, stoppcds the train
and pushed back the cabooso and several loaded
cars, thus virtually blockading the down track.
one of tho cght-on cars was dumped on the rails AZ
ten minutes after four o'clock the down express train
came along slowly on the other track. The strikers
led by large wearing dark shirt and dark
pants. His hair looked as II 1t had beon recent y
shaved from his head.
INTIMIDATION.
Fully 200 would rush right up squarcly TO the from,
OF the approaching locomotive, wave their hands,
shake ccnched lsts and by many devices intimdste
and threaten the engine driver and train employee
An up freight train compelled to go back and
the mado to desert tho cars. At one
time 1t feared they would run the
engine into the river below tho city. The up passcn
ger and express train, due hero at six p. NJ, camc
through the c:y at fearful speed with the engine
whistling Justify. AS she spcd through the crowd
Engineer Savacool bent low In his cab ana gave the
engine full stroke in order successfully pass the
cnraged men,
TRAINS sroPrgD.
The "Buck Rabbit" freight up from Philadelphia
and the market train were compelled to hiatt and 20
! further At this point The $40 passenger train
down. was stopped In the cut, where the aghting took
place Her crew wero compelled TO desert and
7
handed proceedings continued until about seven
O'clock when nearly all OF tho strikers left the ground
for parts unknown Not one OF the rioters is known
to have been either killed wounded.
ONLY PEACEFUL CITIZENS SHOT,
The majority. In tact all the rnfortunates. were law
abiding, poaceable citizens, who had assembled a,
Seventh and Penn streets simply to crafty their curr
osty. At this writing lccven O'Clock to ngnt) the
Guy is comparatively quiet