The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-27
AT ST. LOUIS.


ST. LOUIS, July 3d. a. m.-Tbe Chicago
8 Alton railroad management telegraphed
Postmaster Filley they concluded to withdraw
all trains and suspend operations until order
was restored. Mails arrived on most of the
eastern roads excepting the Ohio & Mississippi,
Indianapolis & St. Louis, Cairo Shore Line,
st. Louis & Southeastern and Chicago & AL.
tou. Trains on the roads On st. Louis side of
the river are running as usual.
IL 30. The morning opened with much ex-
element and apprehension on the part of all
citizens. Up to this hour nothing has been
done on the part of the strikers or their allies
to create positive alarm. A number of manu-
featuring establishments were closed last night
by the strikers. The committee of the work
ingmen,s party not having reported, it is un-
derstood that gangs will be organized who will
finish closing up of factories, mills and MAUI
featuring establishments of all kinds. The
Merchants Exchange is closed subject to the
order OF its president, and great many bust
ness houses are shut up. At the -Four Courts
there is great activity in enrolling members of
the citizens guard and in organizing forces to
resist the mob and put down riotous proceed
ings. The sheriff has already about 1000 men
in his posse and those in authority claim the
citizens guard numbers 10000 and is increas-
ing rapidly.
Citizens Armed to Preserve the Peace
The Mob Threatening.
The citizens having enrolled as militia, as
sembed early this morning at the police sta.
ton -Four Courts building) armed with breech-
Loading m 1la and cartridge boxes: The
distributing ammunition. No outward de-
monstraton was made up to noon save that of
heavy guards on ratrol duty in front of the
station house. Two large brass field pieces
loaded with shrapnel are in the Jail yard with
teams hitched to them, and an artillery COM
pany, of 60 men are in charge. Bands of
roughs and hard characters were marchinp
through the streets all the morning. Between
10 and II O'Clock crowd of several thousand
gathered about the workingmen's stand at
Lucas market. They were called to order and
adopted resolution that they as the anthor-
lied executive committee of the workingmen's
party OF the United States, will do all that
lies in their power to aid the authorities in
keeping order and preventing acts of violence.
About 1880 o'clock the crowd formed in
column and accompanied by vast body of
spectators, numbering several thousand,
marched down 18th street to CLARK avenue and
haulted in front of the Four Courts building.
the headquarters of the citizens militia and
police. The crowd surged up to the pavement
the sidewalk: The latter were Immediately re-
inforced by details from within and these com.
panies prepared to march out. The police
headed by Capt. VIM. Lee dashed into The |
crowd and drawing pistols pressed them back |
and arrested two of the ringleaders. A few |
stones were thrown and then the crowd fell |
back little. For an hour or more the mob |
pressed up close to the sidewalk and jeered and |
tainted the militia in every conceivable man |
ner, daring them to fire and commence fight |
Merchants Aiming for Defence.
Gen. Davis force with late arrivals amounts
to about 600 infantry and battery of Calling
guns. A large mass meeting of merchants
was held for the purpose Of raising one or
more battalions for the protection of the bust.
ness interests Of the city. One thousand men
have been enrolled and arms and ammunit;on
purchased. The railroad strikers have almost
entirely passed out of sight in this city.
Three large crowds of strikers roughs and
oummers started out this afternoon to finish
he work begun yesterday of closing manufac-
uring establishments. These three mobs snb-
equently subdvded into thirty or forty small
quads and spread themselves all over the
lorthern and eastern parts of the cty and
losed all mills, factories and machine sbons
rick yards and other places where men wars
mployed that they found in operation. Ills
stimated tonight that three-quarters of the
manufacturing establishments in the citv arc
losed. "io