The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-04
home, whether consent was given or

home, whether consent was given or
not.
Since writing the above we learn
that last night number of boats ar
rived here from below, with deter
mlnaton to resume business at 80
cents ton, and expecting the canal
company to make up the 81 by a re-
duction of tolls to % cents a ton.
A committee Of b0atmen, consist
ing of Messrs. Harrison. Reid.
Boyer, Hooker, DOnelIy and Mccall.
will meet Mr.. German and several
OF the coal companies to-day in Bal
tlmore for conference which is ey-
pected to terminate in an agreement
THE MINERS.
The meeting of the miners vester-
DAY dId not result in any action. and
the meeting adjourned to to morrow.
Ills thought that the failure to act
yesterday is Il virtual defeat of the
proposed strike, and that no change
VIII be made from the existing state
OF affairs. SOuld this prove correct,
a busy close of the season may help
TO recuperate us from the disastrous
effects of the troubles which have at
tended us for the past two months.
TRAINS FIRED ON.
The Cumberland AUeQ0aia,1 of
Thursday says:
Yesterday the main line to Wheel
ing was opened by the Baltimore
Railroad Company, the trains hav-
ing passed without interruption over
the fourth division. Along the third
division some excitement was Great.
ed by tn e firing upon two of the
freight trains.
The first firing was upon a train of
coal-hoppers moving from Keyser to
Piedmont. When at the Red Rock,
about two miles east of Piedmont, a
rifle was fired from the Maryland
side of the river, and the ball passed
through the wood work of the cab,
within is inches of the engineer, and
encasing itself in the lining of the
boiler. The affair was reported at
military headquarters and a detach-
ment was sent out in search of the
would be assassin.
While the soldiers were out an en-
CINE and tender drawing caboose
was passing along the line, with the
conductor and breakmon sitting in
the door of the latter car, and when
at the Red Rock two shots were
fired from shOtguns loaded with
squirrel shot. One shot penetrated
the lip Ofthe conductor and another
the wrist of the breakmen. Gen
Getty and some railroad officials
were on the road at the time, and
perceiying two men in the neighbor-
hood the detachment was ordered to
to arrest them, but one escaped.
The party arrested is named Ray
mond Patterson, and was among the
discharged breakmen. He stated
that he had been down to Keyser for
his pay but as his statements were
some what conflicting and he was car
ried to Keyser and placed in jail.
The Sheriff of Allegany county
offers a reward of 500 for the arrest
and CONVICTION Of any Of the parties
engaged in the sho ting.
THE CANAL.
AT the conference in Baltimore yes
terday, there were present MessrS.
German, Bannoh, Hamill and Hum
bird, and a committee OF six from
the boatmen. There was not one rep
rcsentative of the coal companies
present, owing, it is asserted, to the
burning of the steamer at Dam No.
6. In conversation it was pretty well
agreed that not more than so cents
would be paid by the coal companies
for carrying, and the reduction of
the tolls could be so made as to inure
to the benefit of the hOatmen, no
doubt a reasonable rebellion would
be made.