The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-26

the fire had extended from Milleval station
to Twentieth street and enveloped hun
dreds of cars, the extensive machine
shops, two round houses, the depots and
office of the Union Transfer company,
blacksmith shops, storehouses and nu-
merous buildings making up the terminal
facilities of this mammoth corporation. In
the round houses were 125 first class loco
motives which had been housed in conse
uuence of the strike These were totally i
destroyed, but even the immense loss
which will be sustained in this item alone
is but a trifle in the aggregate damage.
til O'Clock in the morning it became
apparent that something must be done to
check the mob, and number Of citizens
hurriedly prepared notices calling mass
meeting of citizens at the old city hall to
take measures to prevent further destruc-
ton of property. The meeting was held
at noon. A large number of leading citl-
zens responded to the call, and it was de-
cided to appoint committee consisting OF
Bishop Twill, Catholic; James Parke, DR.;
DIR. E. Donnelly, James ]. Barrett and DR..
| S. F. Swindle, pastor of the First Fresby-
terrain church, to have conference with
the rioters, while another committee was
appointed to wait upon the railroad au-
thorities to ascertain what course they in
tended to pursue or suggest compromise
that would put an end to the disorder
which existed. The meeting then ad-
iourned to meet again at O'Clock IN the
afternoon The committee to wait on the
rioters failed to induce them to refrain
from further destruction of property and
the railroad authorities could not be
found. From the time the military fled up
| 80 o1n IN al
been made to check the riot other than the
meeting of citizens referred to. The mob
worked very quietly and it was noticeable
fact that few of the railway employees
were engaged in the work of destruction.
Here and there man who had been dis
, charged might be seen leading crowd,
but generally the ringleaders were men
, who had never been employed on any
railroad Many half grown boys were
foremost in the work of devastation, and
We'd with the older ones in their efforts
The operations were carried on very
, quietly, and the multitude of men, women
I and children who filled the streets and oc-
cupied positions on the hillside south OF
the railway looked on with astonishmen1
b while the destruction Of property contln
4 ued At $3.50 a burning car was run dOwr
| the grade under the sheds surrounding the
e Union depot. Up to this time it wa
: hoped that the building would escape, bu
the mass of pine lumber used in shedding
s over the tracks was soon a sea OF fire
8 While the fire was raging the moo plllage(
the freight depot of the Pittsburgh, Gin
V cinnati s St. Louis railroad, which was il
i close proximity. The freight received TO
s shipment was broken open and its valua
Q ole contents carried Off After plumber
! ing the depot for an hour, and when flour
n hams and all kinds of provisions had beer
d carried away, the torch was applied, ant
soon the vast depot and the company
# general office adjoining were a mass
l. flames.
re PITTSBURGH, July % The Union de
l. pot was a large four-story building.
y had frontage on Liberty street OF abou
A seventy-five feet, and extended back abou
* 200 feet. The lower floor was occuple
in bv the keystone hotel, which was one {
ID the finest hotels in the city The Who'll
building is in the lmodern style OF arch
l. lecture. and was considered one OF tn
ar best arranged depots in the country, an
ne was finished about seven years since.
y, the rear Of the depot and extending bac
IL. 500 feet were lines of neat fine sheds cover
I'd ing the different tracks to protect the pa
m sengers from the weather 1t was und'
a these the burning car was run. III
ia freight depot Of the Pittsburg, Cincinna
n s. St. Louis railroad was a large she
1t building fronting on Grant street and e.
| a tending from Washington street to Sever
OF tieth avenue. The company's offices we
he in a four story brick building frontir
e. the avenue These were totally destroyt
he as was also the depot Of the Adams ID
to press COMPANY located on Grant stree
.lrrah1
cir removed from the Union depot offices
p we'll az from other buildings before ii
on fire reached them
mt PITTSBURGH, July 22.-The loss he
ed within the last "a hours can only be est
mated. About the Pennsylvania railro;
af- and from Union to East Liberty street Il
ere numerous tracks were filled with load'
rs. cars: these they burned from Millvale al
no Thirty-third street to Thirteenth, a di
Tor lance of twenty blocks. 1t is estimate
led that 900 cars, loaded with oil, coal al
of other kinds Of merchandise were total
of DESTROYED. Altogether 125 LOGON
1c- tives, buildings and other property d
a stroyed swell the Pennsylvania railro
in company's loss to an aggregate amou
Get variously estimated at from three to Fl
nd millions
vas MORE REDUCTIONS.
ct, FLUSHING, L. l., July 32.-All eondu'
er. ors and engineers on the Long Island IA
yer road now receiving 800 pay monthly, {
req notified of reduction Of 10 per cent. at
leu August lst.
OIL TRAIN FIRED.
-. az PHILADELPHIA, July %, IL a. nj
"a IA strikers have just set fire to an oil train
llu the Penn ylvania railroad track near Sou
e street bridge. West Philadelphia.
IA CHESTER, Pa, July 23.-rhe Morton
aiu Hartranft rifles have been ordered to /
ca oil
u nf ZANEsr1LLE, July o About 5 o'clo
~ ~ this morning 1000 men assembled in fro
sH of a new hotel being built under contr
of F. B. Townsend, and demanded m
leir working On the building to quit, and
ing sembling in front of the court house, VIII
hey the crowd was addressed by Henry Bic
ing dy, who counseled moderation, and
he'd look to the democatic convention for &C
m ISOLATION After his speech lal
nal. crowds marched to different manufact
ing ing places in the city, compelling men
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