Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-22
The Situat ton in baltimore.

From our special Baltimore correspondent
THE STREET AFFRAY-THE FEELINGS OF
THE PEoPLE-THE BITTERNESS OF THE
woMEN-CoMMENTs UPON THE sIrUA-
TON.
Your correspondent went at a. m. to-day
TO Camden station and made a careful sur
vey of the situation there. The police and
citizen soldiers we're in full possession. No
indication of any feeling at that hour ex-
cept curiosity. The streets were all guarded,
and passere by were told to move on. The
shed at Lee street was partially burned. The
despatchers office at that corner "a small
frame structure) was entirely destroyed. On
one of the tracks q locomotive stood in dis
abled condition, and near TO IL q first class
coach, burned TO its floor. The tracks that
were torn up had been replaced, aud several
passenger trains came In about O'Clock
without being mOlested anywhere. | found
Capt Geo. W. Earhart in charge of the DO
lice at Lee street jaded after "a hours contin-
nous service, but alert and in full control
HE Is satisfied that the outbreak last night
was spontaneous movement, In no way
concerted, but came from the great masses of
laboriDg men, idle in the evening, whose
sympathies are wholly with the strikers The
9th regiment has its armory In the center of
the city, directly opposite the shot tower, on
Front street, neighbOrhOOd where the
in fellowship with the working classes.
The public alarm that notified them
also advised the community, and for every
volunteer soldier, ten or probably hundreds
of citizens went TO the rendezvous with the
strongest prejudices against the military
leaving the city in the interests OF the rail-
found most OF Its victims. The regiment
was assaulted, stoned and fired at by the law
less as they marched along Baltimore street.
Exasperated and disabled In part, number
turned upon the mob and fired Without or
ders; the result was the usual history of such
emeutes. A number Of innocent people were
killed and others wounded. or the soldiers,
William III. Young, an actor, son OF Fred.
Young, the foreman Of The Sun Office for
so many years, was one OF the dangerously
wounded belonging to the 9Th regiment.
Among the dead or injured no strikers have
been recognized; they evidently were not in
the street ARRAYS. i do not think there will
be another formidable movement Of law
less character In this city. That of last
night was too spontaneous to have me-
thod and too quick to permit its earlier sup
preston. There is no Disgusting the fact
fullest sy Sympathy Of the community. The 10
per cent reduction after two previous reduc-
tions was Ill advised. The company for years
has boosted Of Its great earnings, and paid
enormous dividends. All that IL could save
of of the reduction upon the wages of the
iremen would be ten per cent. of the wages
dollars per week, which would be less than
$40 600 per year. The losses Of the company
already have been estimated at 100000.
suffered much On very small pay; thew 1 are
chiefly ola employees, married, and having
families dependant upon them. The more
sccuf COutcut 10 appeal the
pubic and ask II wages that do not now per-
init over 50 per week TO go TO the housing,
clothing and feeding a family are more than
tufficient as remuneration for experienced
labor full of danger and responsibility. The
singular part OF the disturbances is, in the
very active part taken by the women vino
re the wives or mothers OF the firemen. They
look iamished and wild, and declare for
starvation rather than their people should
work for the reduced wages. "Better to
slarve outright said one In my hearing) than
10 die by slow starvation"
have given you frankly and truthfully
all that have seen and heard to-day. The
better people deprecate all the violence, and
will aid TO maintain order, but they never
10 them inconsideTate action of the railroad
company in this last reduction OF wages
especially OF their humblest workmen.
AsTR0LOGER,