Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-07-25

McCarty early in the day endeavored
to stop the pillage, but the handful Of
men at his command we're unable to
control the crowd, who were desperate
in their anxiety to secure the goods
The pillage was checked. but the mob
fred the cars, and then procee ded with
the work of destructien It is i'm
possible to form any idea of the
amount of goods stolen, but hundreds
of thousands will not cover the loss.
HERE AND THERE ABOUT THE STRIKE.
Gov. Hartranft, of Pennsylvania,
made formal call upon the President
yesterday for fedetal assistance, the
State military proving insufficient to
put down the Instruction in the
State.
The strike on the roads runnin g
east from St. Louis went into effect
yesterday. AS consequnce all the
other roads have abandoned their
freight trains for the present. The
strikers. in St. Louis are behaving
themselves man orderly manner.
The communists in. Chicago seem
to be managing things there so that
the strikers cannot even go to work on
increased wages.
The conference at Indianapolis yes
terday between the employees and
the president of the Vandalia road was
broken off and strike began at noon.
Passenger trains only will be run : as
usual. The machine shops al Terre
Haute have been closed.
A dispatch from Richmond, Va,
says all is quiet there, and that there
is 40 probability Of strike in the
South
The Indianapolis and St. Louis
men have struck. and train has been
abandoned at Carbon, Ind
The Erie trackmen on the Susque~
hanna division struck at noon
The United States troops in Atlan-
ia, Ga, have been ordered to be rea-
dy to march,
New Jersey State troops are in
motion for New Brunswick, Jersey
City and other important railroad
points A rising of strikers was ap-
pretended last night.
RAILROAD STRIKERS FORCING MECHANICS
TO QUIT woRK-ALL QUIET AT NEWARK
Columbus, Ohio, July 23-About
noon the railroad strikers to the
number of three hundred went to the
rolling-mill and compelled the en-
ployees to suspend work. They also
went to the pipe works, the Wasel
Fire Clay Companys works, Patterns
peet works, Adams planin g~mill,
Franklin machine works, Peters sash
works and other factories. the ems
ployees Of which joined the strikers
as they went along. The entire mob
had their dinners with them, aid to
the number of 1900 marched to the
Union depot, where they dined. No
violence was used.
ADVENTURES OF A PARCEL OF RowDIEs.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, July 23.-A
crowd of roughs came up from Mar
tinsburg and Sir Johns Run on the
2 o'clock train, aud with a number of
Cumberland romantic youths went on
to Pittsburg, taking control of one
car, which was filed to standing
room, and refused to pay fare. The
railroad authorities here asked the
police to clear the car, not wishing to
call on the military, but the police
force, only IS men. did not interfere.
When the train arrived at nine o'clock
tonight the mob was met by the
vigilance committee and were arrested
aud locked up. The miners aud canal
men are making noisy demonstrations
and infammatory speeches in the
drinking saloons to-night. 200 miners
are spending the night at Keyser.
PITrsBURG, Pa, July 2S.-Word
was received by Mayor Mccarthy,
from Superintendent Hyndman. Of the
Pittsburg division Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad to the effect that fifty or
sixty tramps had taken possession OF the
mail train west of Cumberland and
robbed the passengers. The mayor
summoned a force of policemen
marched to the depot, cornor of Grant
and Water streets, and on the arrival
OF the train captured forty of the
roughs, all of whom we're armed. No
resistance was made to the arrest, and
the party are now at central police
station.
THINGS AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, July %, 125 PM
Up to noon everything was quiet here,
though there seems to be anticipated
movement of some kind on the part
Of the strikers this afternoon. Pas
senger trains have not yet been inter~
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