Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-11

: fOulIee0tn anu Elgntecntn Penn
: sylvania regiments pittsburgh
3 troops), and immediately above th,
railroad two pieces Of Hutchisont
Z Pittsburgh battery. Sheriff Fife
} after in vain endeavOring to serve
his writs, read the riot act, nc which
the mob jeered and laughed. where.
upon the Sheriff and his deputies
and Mr.. Cassatt and Mr.. Pitcairn
retired in profound disgust. The
troops were then deployed for the
purpose Of sweeping the mObs from
the tracks, the Grays and Weccacoe
Legion facing the two thousand on
mere strikers that occupied the
tracks. At the back of the com-
mand was train Of coal cars, be-
hind which there were about 300 OF
the strikers. In order to force the
| principal mob back the soldiers Of
the Grays and the Legion crossed
their muskets, their intention being
to avoid doing the strikers injury.
The crowd laughed and ieered and
finally attempted to wrest the mus
kets from the soldiers, who then
came To a charge bayOnet, and in
the melee that necessarily followed
one of the strikers was wounded by
bayOnet thrust. The cry arose
from the mob "Stick to &c /; give IL
to them; don't fall back ~ and the
men behind the coal cars began dis
charging pistols at the soldiers from
under and between the cars, while
the crowd i'm front began heaving
rocks, with which a number of the
lsf
of the Weccacoe Legion, seriously
wounded. The firing by the troops
then began. There was no order
given for it. II began with the dis
charge of a single musket, and was
Immediately followed by an almost
simultaneous discharge from front
and rear, right and left of the brig
ade. The firing lasted about ten
minutes, men continually dropping
in the fast-retreating mob. II was
mt this time that the Pittsburgh
troops threw down their arms and
fraternized with the strikers, Hutch
inson's battery and cavalry COM
pany alone excepted. Within five
minutes after the firing ceased the
mob was back again, but refrained
for "A while from further assaults up-
on the Philadeiphians, and therefore
there was no firing upon them. at
was the most persistent mob" said
Lieut.. Elliott, 81 ever saw" The
brigade remained on the field Of
battle until six O'clock, when they
were ordered by Gen. Pearson back
to the rOund-hOuse, adjoining which
is a building i'm which was stationed
the Second brigade.
1t was this retreat that was the
greatest mistake of the occasion. II
the mob had been pushed immedi-
ately after they had been fired into,
the riot would probably have been
ended at once, and the immense de
of property that afterwards
prevented. The Phila-
spent the night I'm the
round-house and adjoining depot
their commissary sup
plies being captured Immediately
under their eyes within hundred
yards of the rOund-house. IL was
about half-past 7 or s O'clock when
the mob began setting fire To the
cars. There were then I'm the round
house inclOsure the two brigades
with their Gatling guns and the
artillery with two pieces.
About midnight cars filed with
burning coal and petroleum were
run by the mob down the track and \
against the sand-house, n large build
ingnear the round-hOu,e, which was
soon i'm flames, The rOund-hOusp
and other buildings within the in
closure, although in great danger,
were saved by the soldiers by the
use of the hose belonging to the rail
road company. A gun belonging TO
the Hutchison battery that had been
left on the hill was now planted by
the rioters within one hundred yards
of the rOund-hOuse, and loaded To
the muzzle with couplings and bro
ken rails. The gun was never fired,
the Pittsburgh papers 20 the contrary
Notwithstanding, and thirteen were
found dead beside IL when the gray
dawn gave evidence of the
5killful marksmanship of the Phila-
who pickep them OFF one
by one as they crawled on their bell |
lies along the ground in the vain en-
deavor to discharge IL. AT no time
were the soldiers In the rOund-hOusQ
or scorched by smoke on
fire, as has been represented. son
the contrary" said Lieut.. Elliott,
with a laugh, "we liked 10 have
Troze to death. At daylight, how
ever, we began 10 think about get
ling out, and at Z O'clock, after
'piking the two guns Of Hutchison's
battery and Withdrawing our out
posts, the division left the round
house enclosure, marching by fours
m column down Penn street.
It was on this march that we lost
Ill the men who were killed or
during our stay i'm Pitts
Durgh, except the few who were
lurt by stones on Saturday after-
loon. We marched on at ordinary
pace and i'm good order. We were
followed by no crowd, but from
street corners and alley ways and
windows and hOuse.tOps we were
fred upon as we marched along, our
men returning the fire and intlicting
more loss on their as
iailants than they received. When
We reached Fortieth street we let go
It a house from which an unusually
leaVy fire proceeded with the Cat
ings, the only time they were used.
When we reached the United States
lrsenal we were refused admission
~ Major Burlington, the cOmman-
liant, ON the plea that his doing so
would bring the whole mob down
lpon him-a scurvy excuse and n
curvy trick, as we could have held
he arsenal, admirably situated for
lefensc, against al Pittsburgh.
from there, after leaving our
Wounded in the arsenal, we marched
,ver the river into Sharpsburg,
where we were kindly treated and
-iven food by the villagers. After
march Of about twelve miles we
cached a place called Roses grove,
bout O'Clock on Sunday afternoon,
nd from there, after q short rest,
n mile further To "a hill,
iear Claremont, where the CONF
nand bivouacked and remained
lntil they were ordered by Adiutant
ieneral Latta yesterday morning To-
eturn TO Philadelphia.
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THE New Orleans Times speaks
Of the Frightening
prospects Of that city. It says tho
OttOn factory Is to resume opera
ions and To be run To its fullest ca-
,acity. Two new sugar reilneries
80 -. uf..s.. Ia.