The Rock Island Argus., 1877-07-19
TEL.EGRAP!E.HIC,
Photographed to the Rock Island Argue
THE STRIKE ON THE BALTIMORE
& OHIO r. r,
TROOPS CALLED FOR TO oUELL
DISTURBANCES AND PRE-
SERVE THE PEACE.
No Yielding on Either side as Yet.

MARTINsBURG, Nd, July ia train
of troops arrived at $50 this morning
and bivoucaked in the round house. Most
of the strikers were outside of the ives.
tern limits of the corporation at noon.
The proclamation of President Hayes
commanding them to disperse will be used.
The miners sof Piedmont and Western.
port have resolved to assist the railroaders.
At a meeting at Heyser last night the
men decided to abide by the decision of
the associate divisions, in regard to wages,
and TO stand by the other divisions in the
present trouble; declaring the wages es.
tablished by the company were inadequate
for procuring the necessaries of life for
themselves and families.
A telegram from Gov. Matthews, dated
the 18th, to Sec'y of War, regretting that
under the state law of rs, which provided
tor no militia, it would be d matter OF
time to organize a sufficient force TO quelI
the riot, and that it was necessary in order
to protect life to assume the responsibility
OF asking the president for aid.
WASHINGTON. July 19.-Actinp Adi't-
Gen'l Vincent, this morning received the
following for the Sec'y of War:
fear the forces you have sent will be
insufficient; let US have one hundred more
rifles and two pieces of artillery. r. T.
DelaplaiGe, Col. and A. D. G.
WHEELING, July I9,-Gov. Matthews
has telegraphed for a hundred men and two
pieces artillery Gen, Vincent at Wash
ington telegraghld to Gen'l Berry at Fort
McHenry, Md, to hold two field piece.
for further orders, and Gen'l Berry tele.
haI ~ Al
ready, but on the arrival of French's com
mand at Martinsburg this morning, Col
Delaplaiuo telegraphed the Sec'y of Wal
he didd't regard the additional troops
| asked for as necessary.
WASHINGTON, July l9,-Pres't Garrett
of the Baltimore Il Ohio road, telegrapheC
to President Hayes this morning, and re
ferring to Governor Matthews requst fol
troops, urged that III this great and serious
emergency the request be Immediately
granted; the company could not move
train of freight on account of the intimida
ton of the strikers. In case the riot wa
not speedily quelled he apprehends serious
consequences on other railroad lines which
had also been compelled to introduc,
measures of economy in these tryiD,
times; he asks to be advised immediatel,
of the points from which troops will b.
transported, that no delay may occur, ant
he suggests Fort McHenry and Washing
ington as points nearest the scenes o
disturbance. From full information
on the subject | am aware that Gov
Matthews exerted all the mean
at his command to suppress this insur
rection, and that this great national high
way can only be restored for public use b
Iinterposition of T. s. forces. From al
imperative sense of duty l am impelled t
Ijoin in asking immediate action in orde
to prevent the rapid increase of dificutie
in the use Of the lines between Washingto
city, Baltimore and the Ohio River.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-Col Frenc
commanding the U. s. troops at Martin:
burg, at l:40 p. m., to-day, telegraphs t
the war department, that all is quiet.