The Hillsborough recorder., 1877-08-01

burn il. which thcy did BY runinga burns
ING cer. into it. The belevguetrd military
fed. and. pursued and attacked, and losing
numbers of men, tiaaily made, gvol their
escape from The city.
Then the order forlburning the property
of the ra,l road companies was given, and
soon, three miles oi cars were il flames.
Maddened men ran about applying the
torch 10 everything oumhustible belonging
10 the company. and in = short time two
round houses. containing one hundred aud
twenty fvo first class engines, a machine
shop. Superintendents Office. car repair
op,sblask.smitAs SHOP. siAleo~ar -fear OIL
houses, upiYa Depot HYtel, y Jnpgniirent
and very large building, freight and Iassen-
ger depots, freight depot o. the i'ittsbnsg.
| Cincinnati and 81. Louis rail road. besides
many other buildings and much othe, pro,
perty 10 the amount Of several millions uf
dollars we're utterly destroyed. The pro-
pcrty Of citizens MAS generally protected
/ from conhigration. But thieves and the
worst class Of city population co,'.rollcd
aifairsior many hours, and The worst scenes
Of cummlnistic violence. rage, and rapine
were enacted almost without hindrance. \
i Aswe write the violence Of the Storm has
subsided. and the city is once m,.re suLmis-
siyc 10 lawful authority.
| Elsewhere. scenes Of violence have heen
enacted bnt on more moderate proportions.
At Reading the citizen soldiery fired into
the p pipul,ce, killing - and ,naling a
large number. At ilnrnellsrilc. .he Wes-
tern end Of the Eastern Division 81 the Erie
Rail Read. there WAS most determined ac-
tion. The strikers held possession q the
track and equipments aud s,nbburnly resist
ed the leaving or passage IL trains. The
tracks were suaped. and il was impossible
for the engines 10 move the trains. AMI sol
diers enrnute for Piitshurg were compelled
TO step in utter helplessness. At Buffalo
much mil road property was destroyed.
Evcrywacre. and along almost every lihe II
rail road throughout the North and North
west. obstruction exists. and the spirit Of
the strikers seems 10 have penetrated every
branch Of labor. siF Hi.s
i OF course the aid of the stale govern.
ments has been appealed 70. and many Of
the volunteer companies have taken tae
ield.. BIT as general thing they have
been inefficient. sympathizing vi:h the rio-
ters. or else. as IN the case pf the Philadel.
pbia troops, acting with imrrnden ce ant
folly. The General Government has been
called npon f"r help and such troops a ar'
within reach have been ordered up to The
scenes Of action. the apparent teadencyibe-
ing to hover around Washington, as il th.
Capital might be endangered.
As We write Wednesday the back bon,
). Of the strikers is BY no means broken. i
threatens to embrace all lines Of railway il
the country.
Since writing the above We have 10 add
that the strike is still in force, and has ex
tended is area. while its most destructive
. features have beeu modified. Only in Chi
cago did it threaten TO reach tie disastrous
character oft outburst at pittsburg. Th,
City authorities were powerlcss before th,
mob. and the United States troops wer,
called on and have 70 far kept the mob j
: check. though in doing 50 they used artille
rs aud killed Numbers.
!. A serious outbreak in San Francisco, il
noWays conneclsd with labor troubles. bn
the outbreak Of the mob spirit. excited b.
; its success elsewhere. put the peace Of th,
: City in jeopardy for day Or two. Th'
!. citizens armed aud organized and put dow
the rioters. Numbers were killed on botl
/. sides. The Chinese were aimed ai appa
i rcntly. the time being apparently iavorabl
) 10 the gratiicatiun Of tho old hostility /,
Q the Cele.tisls.
. Louisville was IN peril also for some days
i and the city q. one time in The hands oi III
= mob. Order Is now restored. The stri
0 kers have almost everywhere become con
. scious of tho crime they have committed i
appealing 10 force. They have not bee
guilty Oi the fearful destruction Of life an,
property. but tney called into existence III
mob spirit that was for the time beyon
!. control.
: In Baltimore, peace is restored. Th
. Grand Jury have found bills sgainst rioier
o aud many rioters have been arrested an
9 committed.
! AIlthc strikers throughout the State I