The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-02
THE PITTSBURGH STIKERS.
visit to their Stronghold-Robert AM
mon, the New Railroad King-A Remark


visit to their stronghold-Robert Am
mon, the New Railroad King-A Remark
able Man.
Especial to the st. Louis Republican,
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 24.-Pitts-
burgh is getting rapidly to have the APP
pearance of camp, and as its look be-
comes more military public confidence
in the returning era of order strength
ems. The stores were opened to-day
and though the streets are moving
stream of people tonight, there are not
distinguishable in the mass the groups
of the mob who last night at this time
gave the assemblage everywhere sin
lister feature There have been meet
ings held to-day in which veterans of
the late war, men not afraid of gum
powder and terribly in earnest, engag-
ed, and these now have organized to
swell the forces of the law-abiding citi-
zens. Two men, alleged incendiaries,
were arrested this morning and the an
nouncement ran over the city with
hurrah. The hurrying to prison of the
crowd of Baltimore rufians, who in
vaded the city last night, has given Wis
iting rioters taste of what they can ex-
pect in the town whose citizens have re-
covered their senses and their courage.
There appears in short little chance of a
resumption here of -.-.-.
SCENES OF MOB RULE,
though the chance of trouble still pre-
walls. The feeling among some of the
strikers who have not been met readily
by their employers is unpleasant.
The situation of affairs upon the Chi
cago, Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne road
is something extraordinary. The road
has been seized bodily with all its prop
erty, and is now operated by those who
had captured it. Such thing never
occurred before save in time of war.
Just outside of Allegheny City are the
round-house and shops of the Fort
/ WAYNE road, and these are now the
! Headquarters of the strikers. The
round-house has been cleared of cars
and inside are now three small field
pieces. Along the track for mile is
the great field of operations occupied by
the strikers and Just where the tracks of
the depot converge in a defle is the
stronghold. The strikers have
THROWN UP BREAsTwORKs
parallel with the tracks here, and, arm
ed to the teeth, are prepared to riddle
with bullets any incoming train convey
inc soldiers. Back of the earthworks
are washed out hollows which are oc-
cupied upon occasion, as the Modocs
held the lava beds, and back of all rise
the abandoned earthworks of Fort Kee-
yer, thrown up when Lee invaded Penn
svlvania. This old fort the strikers
propose to occupy if necessary, and ii
commands the depot completely. The
position held is strong, strategically
speaking. Between the intrenchments
of the round-house is small brick
building, the train dispatcher's Office
and here now rules the
GREATEST RAILROAD KING
in the world. He has a thousand mer
who obey him without question
Re oives orders which are carried out
though their intent be to kill. He /:
more than the roads Superintendent
he is its absolute owner and his name Il
, Robert Ammon, leader of the strikers
, He was unknown three days ago; to-da.
{ all Pittsburgh knows him well and thu
country has heard of him.
The Republican reporter this after
noon visited Allegheny and there walk
ed out along the line of the Fort Wayn
Road until the Army of the Striker
: came in sight. There were few citizen
visible anywhere, but as the intrench
ments were neared the trenches swarm
ed with the strikers. Many looked a
the single visitor curiously; one of ther
asked him what he wanted, but non
offered any molestation. He inquire
| for Ammon and was conducted to tn
little train-dispatcher's building alread
: mentioned. The railroad magnate wa
, sitting at the telegrapher's desk an
; about him were a mingled group of Ell
: gineers, brakemen and firemen. The
| were hurrying in for orders and out t
, execute them. The commands of An
f mon being given CURLY and always vel
? bally, the men used no particular cou
tesy in visiting their leader, but the
r obeyed him.
THE LEADER OF THE STRIKERS
turned around, and his appearance W;
startler. Instead of beetling-broweC
A, heavy-jawed veteran of half a hundre
strikes, here was boy of q in sic
whiskers and with the appearance of
bank clerk. He seemed watchful an
e alert amid the duller men about hin
but otherwise there was nothing in h
: air to attract attention. He asked I'll
4 visitor rather brusquely what his bus
t ness was and when asked in reply if
i would state for the benefit of the coul
try the exact attitude of the men WI
had seized a railroad, the railroad kin
4; explained as nearly verbatim as can
:, recollected, as follows: "We ha1
t seized the railroad and we are going
Y hold it until the different cuts whiC
}. have been made in our wages are +
stored. We have taken up positiC
: here and are going to hold it again
- any troops which may come, or die
1t our tracks. Not soldier shall con
e over the Fort Wayne Road to ent
/ Pittsburgh. We propose to protect Il
k property of the railroad and to
IL RUN TRAINS REGULARLY,
- but we propose to do it ourselves.
had an offer this morning from 30
miners to come into Pittsburgh and he
me. sent word back that didn't ne