The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-27

erty. AZ Marunsum6 0o strikers numpeieo
a little further west, $50 or 500
strikers had fortified themselves. At
Keyser the strikers, several hundred
In number, received information that a COM
pany of militia would probably reach that place
on the train east for Martinsburg, and resolved
that IL this company attempted to board any
train they would be torn TO pieces. At Grafton
there was a mob of several hundred, who
threatened death to any one that attempted TO
run train out of the place. This was the
alarming aspect OF affairs when Gov. Matthews,
Of West Virginia, telegraphed to President Hayes
that he was unable to quell the disturbance
with the force at his command, and requesting
that Unites Stated troops be placed at his dis
posal TO put down the mob. The President
thereupon issued formidable proclamation, in
the usual form, commanding the rioters to
"disperse and retire peaceably to their re-
spective abodes," etc. An order was also is
sued from the War Department directing two
companies of infantry and one of artillery un-
der command OF Gen. French, to proceed i'm
mediately to Gov. Matthews assistance.
A PITTSBURGH dispatch of the 10Th says
GAN brakemen and conductors ON outgoing
freight trains east on the Pennsylvania railroad
struck here this morning, and prevented others
from taking their places. A new order Of the
company doubling up trains and dispensing
with one-half of the employees was the occasion
of the strike. Congregating TO the number of
several hundred at the outer depot, the strikers
stopped all freight trains and compelled en-
gineers and firemen to abandon their posts.
All the freight employees Of the Panhandle,
Pittsburgh and Connellsville branch Of the Balti-
more and Ohio and Allegheny Valley branch of
the Pennsylvania railroad struck at p. m. No
freights are leaving the city except on the Fort
Wayne and Chicago. The engineers of the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad and branches held a
meeting and unanimously resolved to strike"
-. "A telegram of the 10Th from Martinsburg
states that the arrival of the military and the
arrest of the ringleaders of the strikers had
produced favorable effect most of the strik-
ers having retired to their homes. AT Grafton
and other points along the Baltimore and Ohio
road the strikers were still holding out.
BURNED: Almost the entire business portion
of Greensboro, KY, loss $50, 900, OOO the shoe
mandatory of I. A. Coolidge at West MARI
boro, Mass, loss 100000; a match factory
and shoe-blacking factory, on Fourth
street, Philadelphia, Pa, loss $40,O =.
Brandywine Springs, Del, of 81, 000in United
States bonds $100 III cash, and valuable jewell
ry ; the Peoples Bank, of Newport, Pa, of
$4,000 in money and $1,000 in bonds /;
the First National Bank, of Canandaigua,
N. Y, of $4,000 worth OF stocks and bonds ;
was stopped by highwaymen at three different
points in the region of the Cheyenne river, OH
the night Of July IS, and when the passengers
got through running the gauntlet they found
themselves minus money, arms, blankets, III
fact, everything but their clothes.
The status of the great strike of railway en-
ployes on the goth, briefly stated, was about as
follows The only trains that were being run
on the Baltimore and Ohio road in West Yir-
ginia were under guard Of United States
soldiers. There had been no collision between
the strikers and troops, the blue coats being
held in the highest esteem. Gen. French, at
| Martinsburg. issued an order warning the
strikers that the troops must not be i'm
peded, and that whoever undertook it
| would do so at their own peril. The
strike had extended as far West as Newark, Ohio,
and the Sheriff of the county read the riot act
and made n demand upon Gov. Young for mill
| tary assistance. The strike on the Pennsyl-
vania road had increased to formidable dimen-
sions, and there was the most intense excite
| ment at Pittsburgh. Between that city and
East Liberty the road was literally blockaded
with freight trains. heavily laden with goods
for all parts Of the East and West. The Lieu
tenant Governor of Pennsylvania Gov. Hart
ranft being out of the State) issued
a proclamation of warning to the strikers and
ordered out the militia. The strike had ex-
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quitting the trains as fast as they reached
Hornellsville, N. Y. The Fifty-fourth regi-
ment of State militia was ordered 10 proceed
from Rochester to Hornellsvlle aud the
| Seventy-fourth was ordered under arms at Buff
falo. The strike on the Baltimore and Ohio
road extended into Maryland, and at Cumber-
land all the trains were stopped, and complete
embargo placed upon traffic. The police arrested
q man named Reuch. A large crowd attempt
ed his rescue, and several shots were fired by
the officers, but no one WIS hurt. Several
buildings were set on fire in the town, and the
depot telegraph Office was Quilted by the riot
ers. train bringing detachment of militia
to Cumberland was fired upon, and Que OF the
train-men wounded. The violence and law
lessness having been brought to the knowledge
OF the Governor of Maryland, he issued a
proclamation warning the, strikers to de-
sist from acts OF lawlessness, and at
once ordered the Fifth and Sixth regiments Of
the Maryland National Guard to proceed to the
| scene OF the disturbances. AS the Sixth regi-
ment was proceeding on its way to the depot, in
Baltimore, it was stoned and fired into by a
crowd Of roughs in Baltimore street. Several
of the militia we're knocked senseless by stones,
and volley was fired into the rioters. killing
one man. This only served to incense the riot
ers still further and augment their numbers.
The regiment continued its march to the depot
amid a perfect storm Of stones, brickbats,
and an occasional pistol-shot. Whenever the
crown prebseu 700 Close, uHcy were nreu lnuO,
and thus a kind of running fight was kept up
all the way to Camden station. The net results
of this battle, which caused an excitement in
Baltimore almost equal to that of the 1861
riots, was ten rioters killed and large num-
Der wounded; one Captain, two Leutenants,
two sergeants and two privates of the military
wounded, none of them, however, danger
ously.
AN investigation into the allegations of cow
ardice and neglect Of Col. Perry, who was lately
charged with refusing to rescue band Of citi-
zens attacked by Nez Perces Indians within a
short distance of him, proves the whole yarn
to have been lie 1t was originated by one
Orrin Morrill,, who skunk behind the fortifca-
tons at Cottonwood and hid himself until the
fight was over. A building firm in Man
chester, England, has authorized an agent in
New York to send them 200 or 800 good car
penters. Steady employment at 81 pence an
hour is guaranteed.
MORE recent estimates concerning the
amount of railroad property destroyed by the
rioters at Pittsburgh fix its value at abou
80, 100000.
THE TURKO-RUSSIAN WAX.
An Ibrail correspondent telegraphs that the
Turkish position at Medjidie was attacked by
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