Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-07-26
RAIL ROAD RIOTS.
BLOODY CONFLICTS IN BALTIMORE AMI
FITTSBURG.

expected III tHell Dleahi'S o"o "'
they are frightful in magnitude, nave
been going on the last week, spread
ing from place to place on the great
railway lines with electric rapdity
and with all the fury of civil war
So sudden and alarming wos the out
break that public feeling was wrought
up to frenzy of excitement which
has had no parallel since the terri
Die opening days Of the war Of the
Rebellion. AS we write the conflict
is not quelled at Baltimore and Pits
burg and the end cannot be foreseen.
although we trust Law and order will
speedily triumph and the country be
saved from precipitation into anarchy
and disorder.
Our space is too limited to give mi
mute details or more than a mere out
line Of events, The riots commenced
on Tuesday at Martinsburs on the B.
& O. r. II. with the tiremcn and
brakemeu, who stuck on account Of
reduction Of wages, The company
secured new men readily but the
.trikers refused to let the new men
90 on. All freight trains as they ar
rived were consequently stopped. -
The strikers soon became masters of
the situation. The passenger trains
were allowed to 90 forward but
freishts stopped. The local authori-
ties had no force to cope with the
rioters and the population sympa-
tAizcd with them. The Governor was
applied to, but he had only two mill,
cary companies at command whoce
services did not amount to much
The President of the L S. was then
applied to and on Thursday regular
troops We're promptly sent from Wash
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fell back Again they advanced and
there was another shower OF stones :
"l'hou' ORDERS II Is Saia' 'Ae SoldleiS
fIred upon the crowd. Two other
VolIleS were lred ana The crowd scat
tered len persons were aScer'alhea
10 De Killed ana Thirteen bdoly
wounded. The p"oi!c excitement was
now reused to the highest pitch. The
regiment moved to the Camden depot
followed and beset by furious crowd.
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