The Portland daily press., 1877-07-24
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.

Further Details of the Pittsburg RioI
NEW YORK, July pa special despatch
| says the militia at Pittsburg were not rein.
forced nor well supplied with ammunition, and
~. me police sympathized with the strikers, but
QUO well differed, resolute men would have
saved S5,oOO,Ooo Of property. The strike il
over there, as the Pennsylvania Railroad has
nothing left to strike against
Inc Herald says that while the PHILADELPHIA
militia nhatn were retreating yesterday, a citizen,
snatched gun from the tagging militia and
shot two soldiers dead.
Two hundred freight cars were burned al
Plttsburg. A disgraceful feature of the riot
was the refusal OF the 18th and 10Th Pennsyl.
vanla regiments to serve longer alleging as a
reason the accidental killing of private in the
14th regiment by the militia. Detachments OF
the LIST and I'd Philadelphia regiments are now
e9ntrenched there, and are reported thoroughly
demoralized. Major Burlington, in command
at the arsenal, declared that he had only
twenty men and was powerless
Inc rumor is current that Gen. Pearson was
wounded and hanged in the fight, and his wife
died on hearing the news.
Eight hundred soldiers went into the round
house Saturday night at Pittsburg, and it is
stated only 800 escaped from the mob 1t
is feared that many were burned with the
building. Soldiers were killed in retreat from
the round-house. The mob allowed none to
touch the bodies but Roman Catholic priests.
The strongest rallying cry of the rioters during
us work to do"
r, United States troops at Madison Barracks,
Sacketts Harbor' have been ordered to leave
Immediately for Pittsburg by special tram.
=, ALLENTOWN, Pa, July 22.-At midnight
the 4th Regiment Col. Good, were concentrate
ed here. The Reading and Hamburg COM
panies are unable to get here There are
accounts that the track has been torn IN at
Reading, and two attempts have been made to
set the Glen rolling mill on fire, which at
present is lying idle. The excitement is in
tense.
Am Oil TrainsFired NJ Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, July 23-(11 a. m. 1.-The
nave Just set fire to an oil train on the
st rnasSaxanla railroad track near the South
street prldge in West PHILADELPHIA
Ldter.-The fire at South street br;dco wos
gotten under control after four cars of oil we're
destroyed. IL is not known by whom the fire.
was started A large crowd present ass;stod in
detaching the cars from the burning train and
running them to places of safety. The excite
ment is allayed and the people are now dis
persng. Large crowds of strikers and Others
along the line of the PENNSYLVANIA road vast
OF the depot are kept under control BY the
ponce force under the personal direction of the
mayor and other officials.
A Mob at Fnirmount Bridge Disper.ed
by the Police.
Seteiai hundred railroad employees assembled
on Inc track near Paramount bridge, and when
ordered to disperse quietly by Police Captain
curry, they greeted him with derisive yells and
shower OF stones. The police Numbering
torty.fve from the regular corps and thirty
d dlstrlct Gncers were ordered to charge with
Drawn CLUBS. LIZ five minutes they effectually
dispersed the mob, which numbered about AGO
Several officers were seriously hurt by blows
from heavy stones, but no shot was fred.
Intense Excitement Mt Pittsburg. but mn
Outbreak Yesterday.
PITTsBURG, July 23.-Throughout the entire
nlght the city was in a state of intense excite
ment In consequence of the terrible scenes