The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-26

| not being able TO do 80, another company
was ordered to their assistance. The
military advanced with fixed bayonets,
but were met with shower of stones and
.iissiles from the crowd. They opened
fire on the crowd indiscr;minately and in
rapid succession. The crowd rctrcated
toward East Liberty. There is long
list Of killed and wounded. The terrific
results Of the yollcy has caused intense
excitement throughout the city.
AT this hour, 9 p. IN, the excitement is
raging over the city. which il virtually
in the hands Of All armed mob, comp ,ci
Of labOrcrs and iron workers, coal miners,
stevcdorcs, and others who are in full
sympathy with the strikers 4 large
mob visited Johnston's Gun Factory, on
Smlthiicld street, and armed themselves,
and still larger crowd has just finished
the demolition of Browns establishment
on Wood street, which they completely
guttcd then marched down Fifth avenue
with drums beating and flags flying.
They number nearly three thousand.
As yet they have not shown al inclina-
ton to destroy anything but railroad
property. The Philadelphia militia are
bcsicgcd in the round house at the outer
depot, which is peltcd with stones and
other missiles. Threats are made by the
strikers To destroy the Union depot
l.nter.-Thc rioters have captured
three pieces Of ordinance belonging to
knapp's battery.
CuMDERLAHD, Mp, July -.
The strikers, supported by the boat
men, are bold and defiant and threaten
serious work should the company attempt
to move the cars tonight.
PI1-rsBrIG, July 2ll p. N.
The outer depot and yards Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad have been abandoned
by all the troops. The Philadelphia men
went down Pennsylvania avenue and the
Pittsburg battery boys spiked their guns
and came down To the Union depot The
mob have things all their own way.
The Roundhousc and shops, together
with the engines and number of cars,
were entirely destroyed by fire. 1t is re-
ported about twenty were killed and q
number wounded.
PORT JEWS, y. u, July 22-noon.
| Things look serious here. The crisis
of the railway strike in this city, was
reached Yesterday evening about 5 O'Clock,
when the Philadelphia troops fired upon
the crowd. The terribly fatal effects of
the shots fired by the troops cx;lspcratcd
citizens rs well rs strikers, and in less
than an hour workingmcn from the roll
ing mills, coal mines and various manu-
facturing establishments established Il
scene of conflict, determined to have
revenge on the troops and railroad
| had directed the troops to fire before any
resistance had been made, and the fact
| that many of those killed and wounded
| hu1 nf f,pr l., l..iI
spectators, served to increase the bitter
ness of the crowd. by eight o'clock in
the evening mobs were moving about
sacking stores to secure arms, breaking
into the armorcs of the military compa-
nics and preparing themselves to execute
| the threats of massacrcing the entire
/ Philadelphia command. by this time
the military had withdrawn from Twcn-
| ty-cight street, where the first conflict
took place, and ordered to one of the
roundhouscs where they could find better
protection. About 10 o'clock in the
| evening Il mob numbering several thou
sand had congrcgatcd about the Round
house. They had previously captured
| the guns belonging TO Hutchinson's Bat
terry, local organization, and planted
| them so as to command the Roundhousc.
| Several solid shots were fired ut the
building and n breach made in the walls,
but when the infuriatcd mob attempted
to rush i'll the military were ordered to
fire. The vollcy of musketry which fol-
lowed, and the rumor that the Gatling
guns of the command were being brought
into requisition, caused n panic, and the
mob fled prccipitatcly for several squares,
the military meanwhile keeping up the
firing. The rioters returned however
but were again driven back.
Finding it difficult to dislodgc the mil
itary from the building, the crowd re-
solved to burn them out. In consequence
of the blockade, the sidings in the outer
depot yard, rs well rs those extending
eastward some three or four miles, were
crowded with freight cars filled with pro-
ducc and merchandise of all kinds, be-
sides number of oil cake and coal cars
were piled up in mass. While n portion
of the mob surrounded the building in
which the military had taken refuge,
large bodies set fire to the oil cars, and
in moment the huge volumes of black
smoke which rolled in every direction
told that the work of destruction had
commenced. The sight of the flames
seemed to literally craze the rioters, some
of whom rushed wildly about with fam
ing torches, applying them to cars in
discriminatory. An alarm was sounded
and the fire department promptly re-
spondcd, but the rioters refused to permit
them TO make any effort to extinguisl,
the flames. They said they were deter.
mined to destroy the railroad company's
property, but to do no injury to tha;
belonging to private citizens. Train
after train was fired by the infiN;sted
crowd. Finally, q large party of strikers
! captured car filled with coke, which
they ran from the Allegheny Valley
Railroad track to n siding connecting
with the Pennsylvania Railroad. They
then procured large quantities of petro
leum oil, and pouring it over the coke
ignited the materials. In very few
moments the car was mass of fire, anc
was then pushed against the Round
house. The building vas soon ignited
and the soldiers were now compelled rS
prepare to flght their way out through
the frenZied mass of humanity clamorins
for their blood. The building did no
burn rs rapidly rs desired, and the mob
bent ON revenge, rushed out on the roae
ond sent burning trains towards tht
doomed building From midnight unit
B o'clock this morning the main effort.
of the crowd were directed to firing tn,
buildings and cars, but, about half ar
nour later, the mob which had len be
sieging the military left for sc NC unex
planned reason. This afforded the troops
who were i'll actual danger of bein,
roasted alive, an opportunity to emcrg,
from the building.
Their objective point was the United
States arsenal on Butler street where the.