Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-07-25
BY TELEGRAPH.
Special to the Bismarck, Tribune.

DI lGLIOhAI H.
Special to the Bismarck. Tribune.
THE STRIKE.
ST. PAUL, July 24--The strike of the
railroad employees has now become gen
eral, and every railroad from the Missis-
sippi to the sea is more or less involved.
Factory workmen and laborers generally
sympathize and join with the railroad
men, and the movement is hourly
GAINING STRENGTH
in almost every section of the country
though the authorities are putting forth
every effort to check the trouble, but thus
far all efforts to stem the tide have failed.
IN PITTSBURGH
no violence has occurred since Sunday
though the city is feverish and the ex-
citement intense. Later dispatches else
where
IN READING,
Sunday night, several hundred rioters at
tackled the Lebanon Valley r. R. and
burned the bridge over the Schuylkill
and number of cars.
The strike is now reported to extend the
entire length Of the Penn. road and its
leased lines. ~
IN BUFFALO
yesterday afternoon, two thousand riot
ers attacked two hundred soldiers, guard
ing the Lake Shore round house, drove
them from their position and commenced
to barricade the building with cars.
THE ENGINEERS
on the Erie and Lake Shore roads have
agreed with fremen not to run with
green hands.
IN COLUMBUS
the strikers forced men to leave the work
shop and manufactures and general
suspension of business followed.
IN CHICAGO
there is no outbreak yet, but intense e1-
citement prevails. All roads centering
IN ST. LOUIS
are more or less involved and their freight
business stopped.
THE KENTUCKY ROADS
have yielded and business will be re-
sumed forthwith.
ST. PAUL, July 24th, II A. m.-Later
intelligence received this .morning states
that Pittsburg was all day yesterday in
the hands Of the mob. Over two thou-
sand cars
LOADED WITH MERCHANDISE
we're burned and pillaged, and all Of the
Pennsylvania company buildings, work.
shops, round houses, with one hundred
and twenty-five first class engines, large
grain elevators, &C., were destroyed.
These buildings ranged distance of
TWENTY BLOCKS,
and the estimated value of property &C.
stroyed is from three to five million DOL
lars. The mob numbered
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND,
and between seventy-dve and one hum
dred persons were killed, and
sEvEkA1 HUNDRED
were wounded.
The Fl. Wayne road has surrendered
to the strikers. The employees at Cleve-
land, Harrisburgh, Altoona,9 and West
Philadelphia joined in the strike yester-
day. q
EXCITEMENT IN CHICAGO
and indianapolis is intense. Baltimore
is quiet, but is strongly guarded by the
police and by State and U. S. troops.
RAILROAD WAR.
ST.. PAUL, July 25.-The great strike
continues to swell, and to-day involves
every important road in the country. A
complete blockade of all freight trains,
and in many places Of passenger trains,
is established. The mail cars only are al
lowed to pass, and these are liable toi in
terruption and delay. The most
SERIOUS COLLISION
that has occurred in the past forty-eight
hours took place at Reading, Monday
night, when the rioters attacked seven
companies of state MALTA, who fired up
on the crowd,
KILLING TH1RTY-sEvEN,
and wounding many others, among them
fourteen policemen. In Pittsburgh all is
quiet, and the civil authorities have COM
plete control of the city. Large numbers
of the ring leaders in the late riot have
been arrested and large amount Of plum
dered goods recovered. Arrests are be-
ing made without disturbance.
In Buffalo there was considerable riot