, 1877-07-24

dreaming that anything was going to occur.
We hadn't heard that the militia WIS to fc
called nat. Tut II seems Gcn. lInr1but wantcd
the soldiers atrnmprlclby tho alarm signal the
frc.h.ts. The Mayor was opposed tott. How
ever, the letls were struck, anti tile soldiers
went To their armorIcs. We werc walking ur
Baltimore street, s.ll near tho markcf-holse,
in the nc,ghborhoot u lhc arMury OF the Filth
Regiment, VIC saw large crowd OF people. We
didn't know what II meant. While We werc
talking wc heard some shots, and then
VIZ REALIZED 11IK SITUATION,
and got out " The way of the crowd. went
into the inarket-horsc and hid behind son,c
bo.:cs, and when got chance slipped OUT
and went through the back streets to the hotel.
went 10 ms roou,, and, as ] WAS
pretty high up. could SEQ fire over near the
Camlcu Station. Tic riot was hquctchcd there
tn short order. The ncst morning VIC started
on thc II: :15 train OH the Northern Central Rail
roat-PebnsylyanIa lnc-for the West. At
Harrisburg NC connected with the regular
pcnnsy1van!a RaiIsoa1,-wlt q uiall-train.
There were quite number OF ma!i.cara In The
train, snl there was car full OF soldiers In the
back end, who wcrc from Philadelphia. When
VIC reached Mft1ln, atclcgram ras received that
tho train ahead OF III, which aiso hail
soldiers aboard, lad been fired into and two Of
The men killed AMI two others ~oundcd. The
commanding officer Of the company Oh our
train came into Tic car where We were, tho con.
luctor bling there, and said
NE rEpx'r CARE TO co ANr FcnrnEH,-
he wanted to be let on ut Tyrone, as his men
had no ammunitlon, md were afraid to 20
Into Altoona Without their guns loaded. 80 the
company uas let on At Tyrone. When the
train reached Altoona thcrc Was a very
largo number of mcn In and about
tho depot,--sre or air thut'sand. shou'd say,
bue tlcY werc peaseabe, and didn't motcst the
passengers. After NC got supper, the traIu
started out, not intending, rs supposed, to
stop until we got to 11ttsburg. After We pnssch
tho mountains. and were running through
tohnstown at a rapid rate, VIC were sto,'pcal sud
| denlr by q large crowd. We ha!tcl neae Wood,
Morrill, d. Co.'s Roliny-M Mills. From tie looks
Of tho men who stopped us, shouldn't think
ttcy werc satlrda1 employees. :, They seemed to
be mfjI.han,1s and miners. They wantel to
know Il we had any soldiers on boar'.. They
| seemed anxious to gct Mt them. We told them
| and let us pass nlung. We were mt delayed
again until VIZ got tn place called WaEla'. alont
sixteen miles from rlttsbuFg. We stopped there
found " o. r. h,o od Dt .sEs, y sars GU .
alcMl into town. Iic said tier Isdn'. got orders
to GU In. asked him why, and hc said
| FIGHTING nan COMMENCED,
and there was considerable feeling against the
Philadelphia troops for entering the city: And
he said they hal no amEnuultton there. II had
been sent on atead. and It bud either been cap-
turcd or they couldn't get It. We went on from
Walls slowly, stopping Mt every telegraph sig.
nal station, and 1t length got MS 1nr' 10 East
Liberty, kcY Ycn miles fson, Ptt,lurg, and theu
In little while wc went two n,ifcs further r..
coulir't 70 aiIy further. VIC saw a bright
light toward tho city. and, i~lns ct a
telegraph sta.ion' VT, x9ri Gang T.. out ut
a lot OF oil cars anil was burning lip the proper.
ty af the COMPANY tndtses4ninately. ] waited
Until lalf-,aat4 o'cloci; III ll!c Mornlns, wllcu
another gentleman aud concluded to
| WALK INTO TILE CITY.
| ]Dokcd for u,y yalttc. but It WIS gonc. Somo
ono Ind sto1c,l it. VIZ walked rs far rs TflrtIetl'
street, callct. LawrcneevlIc. where three strik.
crs, OF fnc,t VIC auppascd to bc strikcrsr met ~
I'D ,9 VI had sx Hsster yeIy not vnryy ay slsa 5eF
escort us 10 u saic DISTANCE. We ncceptc,l thcl1
scrylprs, and they to..k us u strcct tlow'1
which they said We could get into iowa safely
Ms wse o. Gyn t. pv's t aeou. .s, M9
but they said We Ind not better 70 nroutd
there. They took us on to the ba!l1
ot the river, an'l hailed skitf on the oshrr side
middle Of the rivrr we uottrca that thu round
: house was on an.. Thu firing was pretty gct'
erai Ut that time We could hear the mini.
halts whistllng III tho af orcr oar heads. Oh'
Aid wo saw party Of men hauling mouniai1
) ucce up tue Bnnk. When wr got orcr vi
! walked along the bank, md saw the rosi'd
, ho.,sr and tic .cars burning. We wcns to u
noon Went out 10 tho Union Repot :. find
. | il there were any ttains going West. II WI
deserted, aud there wasn't rntlroa
! officer 70 ae fouM snyxksrc. ! .ae
:: | d nan--I d0u't know whether hr Was ratlrOss
= enpoye or not-who said II went to Ale
gt!cny City could probably 20 On u train n
;. 1'cloek. We went over there. and found
train reaty ia 90 out, but
THERE WAS NO ENGINEER.
The one wo slluull hare taken it out wouldt'
20. The conductor went in starch OF anoi!ies
: engineer. .wto had brought tsalu through. T.
agreed to rnn the engine, a.,i We got psErn3
: was only by fhclr permission that We started
!. Wo were stopped outside VI Allegheny hy a'l
other party, but when they found We haa q Pc
s5 s. IL 1ouss +: Ras' % not Asso mss, Il u q t
n whvrc wa took supper. There tl!e engine la
|. ~ be changed, and tho engineer who WAS I
= hare taken cut the train was carried oil br til
= strikers. It appears TINT hs tal made sot''c r.
= tbey wouldn't permit him to leave. They, hos
+ | ever. put nno,her man In his place, and VI
!. reached Chicago without any further trouble.
:. "Arc tic reports a. to tue
= | DESTRUCTION or PROPERTY tn flrTsDuRa e
. = A0GENATED ~
!. "So. The newspaper accounts don't bcG'
): to give ouc conception OF the actual coaditi1
:, Of things there. The yard oE tllc pcnnsylyan
= Cpu,pany fron. Th!rtleth street down 10 Was
- lugto.,-a milo and q hall, tshou1l think.
:. IL all IN rains. There u not q Tar Ill
and The depot Is zonc, and srhtn that was bur-
tng Tue elevator ,lear by WA SGT On fire {
;, caught; &ha. was thu only remaining structn
!. = in tIat locality ws!. beIunyci tn tho ilallroa
= Company. Tho whole city seemed to bc Etvs