The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-23
IRON the Baltimore Sun of Saturday.

more and Ohio railroad, eliminated yester-
day in serious rioting and bloodshed In the
Stre.ts az Baltimore. II had been decided
carly in the afternoon that the gravity OF the
situation in Cumberland, where threaten
ING mob had gathered, rendered II necessary
10 send State forces to the scene FOR the pre-.
seryation OF order. Governor Carroll bad
been te)eeraphed for By Mr.. John w. Gar
rett. president OF the Baltimore and ONO
railroad, and he came in at 9:l0 A. N. from
his country. place in Howard county, ana
met the president and first vice-president
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Cam
drn station. The railroad officers repre-
sented to the Governor the very serious sit.
- nation OF affairs on the line OF the road in
2 this State. The Governor subsequently
went TO Barnum's Hotel, where he estab.
lished his headquarters. A number OF gen.
tlemen were sent for, ard the situation was
freely canyassed.
GOVERNOR CARROLL s VIEWS.
Governor Carroll says after he reached
Baltimore he took every means OF ascertain
ing what the condition OF affairs was in
MARYLAND. A full examination was made
OF all dispatches from Cumberland and
other points in connection with the events
OF the day, and he came to the conclusion
that a very serious state Of things existed
in Cumberland, and he did not believe that
the local authorities could preserve order.
He therefore made up his mind, in order to
preserve the peace OF the State, that the
arm of authority OF the State must be
exercised there in q way to leave no doubt
in the minds Of atl persons disposed to make
a riot that the preservation OF order and
law would be maintained at every cost.
Acting under that impression, be gave Or
dcrS that the Fifth regiment proceed to
Cumberland under command OF Brigadier-
General James Il. Herbert, and the Sixth
regiment, Colonel Clarence Peters, to be
held in readiness. .. 3. .,sa
The Governor said we do not know il q
city like Cumberland should be under con-
troll OF lawless mob by what means any
private property would be safe. He there
fore considered that to send troops to pro-
tect the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
panv in their Legitimate business would be
the best means OF saving property Of pri-
yate citizens. With the policy OF the rail-
road company in their present action he
had nothing to do, but his first duty was to
preserve order, and that he would do at
anv cost. The Governor safsh. he eX-
pccted Hon. Charles J. NJ. Gwinn,
Acknowledgement OF Maryland, in Balti-
more to-day, Mr.. Gwipn having only the
day before left bis home for that des-
ffnation. Previous to his departure the
Attorney General had been consulted in re-
gard to the contingency that had arisen, and
advised Governor Carroll as to the step
which he felt bound to take. Governor
Carroll, in conclusion, said that it is OF the
greatest importance that public and private
property in the State should be protected,
and authority will be exercised II necessary
TO that end. Governor Carroll telegraphed
TO the Governor OF West Virginia for per-
mission, il necessary, to pass troops through
that State, and immediate response was tel
cgraphcd granting the desired privilege
The Governor issued bis proclamation
calling upon the lawleSs men to disperse,
and ordered General Herbert to proceed
with the Fifth regiment to Cumberland.
MARCHING ORDERS. -
1t was at first believed that an alert, we'll
handled regiment, such as the Fifth Mary
land. would suffice for all purposes needed
at Cum berland, but it was subsequently de-
termned TO call out both the city regiments,
and leave with General Herbert's discretion
what number Of men to order on the march.
General Herbert received the Governors
orders about p. NJ, and Immediately is
sued his orders through his staff to the
senior captain, Zollinger, commanding the
Fifth, and to Colonel Clarence Peters, COM
manding the Sixth, to get their regiments
together, armed and equipped, at their re-
spective armories for marching at an in
stant's notice. The railroad company had
prepared a special train for the troops,
which was in readiness by O'Clock.
SOUNDING THE MILITARY ALARM.
At little after p. NJ. Captain Edward
johnson, OF the Fifth, reported $50 men
ready for duty and 100 more expected, but
that il the military call was sounded by the
tire-bells the General would have more men
than he wanted. General Herbert had pro-
posed this method OF calling out the mill
tary at first, but the Governor vetoed it
then, fearing it might produce exaggerated
alarm among the citizens. After Captain
Johnson's report General Herbert again
sought the Governor at his headquarters, at
Barnum's Hotel, and obtained his acquies-
cence to the sounding OF the military call,
General Herbert taking the responsibility
and deciding on its necessity. .EsaF
THE MILITARY CALL...,sf
The alarm, 15l, known as the military
call, intended to be used in emergencies,
riots, and public disturbances OF unusual
gravity and moment, was sounded for the
1irst time in Baltimore at precisely 6:35 P.
NJ. Just afterwards Adiutant Bishop, OF
the Sixth, reported 150 men ready for duty.
General Herbert ordered that Colonel Pc
tiers send $50 men, in three companies, I'M
der his, most trusted captains, to Camden
depot at 8 P. ~, the Colonel to await fur
Their orders with the residue about 100 men,
at the armory. General Herbert ordered
$50 men from the Fifth to the point Of de-
barkation at the same time, and at about
1880 +. NJ. General Herbert and his staff
drove to the depot in a hack.
Riot at the Sixth.Regiment Armory.
Colonel Peters and Adjutant Bishop were |
the hrst OF the Sixth Regiment to arrive at /
the armory, corner OF Fayette and Front |
streets. opposite the shot-tower..
AT the sound OF the military alarm the |
soldiers OF the Sixth came rapidly to their
armory, and the crowd which had gathered !
about the front OF the building as specta-
tors began to increase very rapidly. The
croWo was composed in considerable pro-
portion OF half-grown youths, men, and
some women. The assemblage gradually
nliea up Front street before the armory,
I ~ crowd extending some distance towards
. nas,.nore street, and on Fayette street east
the crowd began to exhibit turbulent symn.
toms, and occasionally q man in uniform
was roughly handled. 80; s3s -. :
TURBULENT SYMPTOMS.
The Commissary, Q. G. Brown, Lieuten.
ant Wallas, and hajor A. j. George the 1af.
Ter not in uniform, and some OF the artil.
ierymen connected with the regiment, were
struck, receiving slight bruises on the arms,
Le2es' ana body from brickbats and stones.it
occasionally astone crashed through win
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