The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-07-19
The Baltimore and Ohio Strike-The
Conflict Yesterday.


Conflict Yesterday.
BALTIMORE, July 18.
The situation is quiet along the whole
line. The strikers having completed the
work of assuming control of the road by
stopping all the freight trains at Keyser,
Grafton, Martinsburgh and Wheeling, they |
seem to be satisfied, and waiting to see |
what the company will do. The Matthews
light guard of over 80 men from Wheeling |
arrived at Baltimore this morning, and |
up to 0 o'clock occupied the cars of the |
train that brought them. They are waiting |
the result of consultation between their |
officers and the attorney general and other |
officials. The measures adopted will |
shortly be known. Gov. Matthews, who |
was understood to be on his way to Mar |
tnsburgh, got as far as Cumberland last |
At Grafton, where the strikers
made unruly demonstrations against
| non-striklng firemen, several ring
leaders are held under guard by men de-
tailed from the Wheeling military CON-
pany. The Morefeld guards, another mil
itia company ordered to the scene of diff
Guilty at Martinsburg, had not arrived this
morning. The wounded men, Poisal and
VANDERBILT, shot during the riot, yesterday,
are both doing well. An account of the
collision at Martinsburg, yesterday morn
ing, between Captain Faulkner's militia
and the strikers, says the military were de-
ployed on both sides of the train, which
was about starting, an engineer and fireman
having volunteered AS the train reached
the switch one of the strikers seized
sTteh bali to run the tEsin op 6s ;" militia
jumped from the pilot of the engine and
attempted to replace the switch. Wander
gift fired two shots at Poisal. Poisal shot
VANDERBILT through the hip, and sew
eral shots struck VANDERBILT. When
the firing was heard very large crowd of
railroaders and citizens collected, and the
feeling became intense. The volunteering
engineer and fremen ran off when the
shooting began. Capt. Faulkner said if
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do nothing more. The militia company
was therefore marched to their armory and
ingloriously disbanded, leaving the rioters
in possession. Poisal was conductor on
the freight train, but not oonnecteds with
the strike. The strikers justify the shot
fired at him on the ground that he was
overstepping his duty, as he had no orders
from Capt. Faulkner to close the switch.
APPLICATION FOR TROOPS.
BALTIMORE, July IS.
The strike on the Baltimore and Ohlt
railroad having assumed such proportions
In West Virginia that it could not b.
promptly suppressed by the state authori
ties, Governor Matthews to-day made
formal application to the president 70
= troops to suppress domestic violence. TIL
president has responded favorably and tn
war department has ordered General Frenc
with troops under his command, about 30
in number, from the Washington arsent
: and from Fort McHenry, to proceed
Martinsburg and other points where necei
sary to suppress violence. Cars for th
transportation of troops are now ready
Washington, and will proceed to Martin
~ burg as coon as they can be put on Il
train.
MORE TROOPS.
s, BALTIMORE, July 1s.
Batteries Ii and L and detachment I
IA men from battery A, Second artiller
J, all armed as infantry and numbering
men, left for Fort McHenry to-day al
will Join the troops from Washington g
senal and reach Martinsburg early to-mc
row.
AT GRAFTON.
WHEELING, July lS.
% Dispatches from Grafton state that all
quiet there. The mayor called on the ci
zens to assist in preserving peace, viii
will probably end the trouble there.
ARMED TROOPS FOR THE SCENE.
WASHINGTON, July 1S
8 At ten tonight eight companies of ar
~ lery, numbering 260 men, acting as
fantry, left for Martinsburg in regu
fighting trim, supplied with rations, c.
teens, plenty of ammunition, and in all
- spects regularly equipped for whate
work may be necessary when they reach
scene of the tumult. A proclamation
ortv been prepared by the president order
one the riote-s to disperse. This will be Il
graphed to Governor Matthews at N
dain tinsburg, and the rioters will be made II
aware of its provisions.
N. AIDING THE STRIKERS.
OR. CUMBERLAND, July Il
york This morning about 800 boatmen Fl
tam. n here and st. Johns, who had been
ployed on the Chesapeake and Ohio can
ct, ! left for Martinsburg to join the strik