The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-27
THE STRIKE!
Mob Rule in the As
cendant.
Millions Of Property Destroyed
by Fire.

Last week the brakemen and fire.
men along the line of the Il. & o. Road
struck against the ten per cent reduc-
ton of which they had been notified,
and serious trouble resulted. The
headquarters of the strikers was at
Martinsburg, Va. ,and at one time sew
enty-five freight trains were held at
that point by the strikers. Engineers
were not allowed to take out train
after it once reached that point. The
passenger trains were not interferred
with. Gov. Mathews was notified
and issued proclamation for the riot
ers to disperse, and also ordered COLI
paI.y of militia to the scene. Their ar
rival was the signal for an outbreak of
a serious character. An attempt was
made by them to take out train, when
they were attacked by the mob, who
fired upon them wounding one soldier.
The soldiers were then ordered to re-
turn the fire and did so with effect kill
ing one of the rioters outright and
wounding several. The mob charged
upon them several times but the sol
diers had re loaded and stood firm. No
train, however, was taken out, the
mob having uncoupled the cars. The
President was then appealed to, and
company of United States troops sent
to the scene, who succeeded in quell-
ing the rioters and again starting tbe
trains. The strike, however, extended
all along the company's lines, and
trouble being apprehended in Ohio,
Gov. Young was asked to interfere.
The apprehensions of riot We're not
sustained, as no trouble aside from
holding some freight trains occurred,
and troops were not sent to Newark.
Similar trouble was apprehended along
the line of the Pennsylvania company.
A meeting OF strikers was held at Pitts
burgh, and demands made on the COM
pany which were not likely to be
granted. A meeting of tradespeople
of all kinds was advertised for Friday
night. Freight trains were detained
at that city. Such was the condition
up to Thursday night last, when riot
GUS assemblage at Pittsburg, to prevent
the departure of trains, was ordered
by the Sheriff to disperse. His auth
ity was defied, when Governor Hart
ranft was called upon for military aid.
and the 18th regiment was called out.
The strikers were continually gaining
strength, and it was thought the F. Ft.
w. g. G. and Lake Shore men would
join in the strike. The men on the n.
Y. & E, had already joined in the
strike. On the B. & o., the strikers
had moved their headquarters to
Kessler, and men were being forwarded
to that point. AT Newark, Ohio. all
freight business was suspended, and
the excitement was so great that on
Friday Gov. Young, in response to calls
upon him, ordered out four ompaniss
of militia to aid in preserving order.
On Friday kilograms from Cumber-
land, Nd. said all the freight trains
were stopped there, and the knowledge
of the violence of the strikers having
reached Gov. Carroll, he ordered the
5th and 9Th regiments Of State troops
there for the purpose of quelling the
rioters, and issued proclamation or
dering them to disperse. While the 9th
regiment was marching to the depot, it
was stonsd by the mob, whereupon
soldiers were ordered to fire upon them
which they did, and eight persons were
killed and number wounded, several
Of them fatally. A number of soldiers
were more or less injured. and some
disabled. When the regiments bad
reached the depot, they were recalled
by the Governors orders to remain
and assist the city authorities in case
Of need. z mail train was blockaded
at Camden Station. The news from
all points indicate that the strike ia
involving all the trunk lines, and will
prove a most stupendous affair.
PITTSBURG AT THE MERCY OF THR
NOR.