The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-07-28

ftDtt W CAttok tDt - tthtrs ny
aid they were determined 10 destroy
he railroad companies' property, but
you'll not burn the property of citi-
ems. They kept their word, too, aud
When q lumber pile belonging to a cit
zen took fire, the rioters themselves
urned out and helped TO extingUish
he flames, and remove the inmter 20
! sale place. Train after train was
ired by the crowd, but the cars were
10 far distant from the round house
hat it did not seriously injure the nail
tary, although their position MAS ole
" peril. Finally a large party OF
strikers captured car filed with coke,
which they ran from the Allegheny
track TO q siding connected
with the Pennsylvania road They
hen procured large quantities Of De
Lroleum oil, and pouring IL over the
coke, ignited the materials In very /
few moments the car WAS a mass OF
fire, and it WAS then pulled alongside |
the track and forced against the round l
house. The building was soon ignitei |
and the soldiers were now compelled |
10 prepare to fght their way out !
the frenzied mass of humxni- |
ty, cIamoring for their blood. The !
building did not burn az rapidly as was |
and the mot, bent on re-
venge, rushed out on the road, and
sent burning trains toward the doomed
From midnight till Ave
o'clock this morning, the main
efforts of the crowd were directed 10
firing the buildings and cars, but half
An hour later the mob which had been
besieging the military, left for some
unex plained reasons This afforded
the troops, who we're in actual danger
OF being roasted alive, an opportunity
to emerge from the building, and they
succeeded in reaching Liberty street
in a very few moments. they quickly
formed in line and marched up thirty
third street anu thence to Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Butler street. Their
objective point was the United States
arsenal on Butler street, where they
expected to obtain shelter. While
turning into Butler street, however,
the leaders of the mob had discovered
their retreat, and fully one thousand
fully armed and supplied with ammu.
milton followed In pursuit Some OF
the troops fired on the citizens either
accidentally or Intentionally, as they
were moving sloDg. and this added
fury TO the cry for revenge. When
they reached the Arsenal the CONS
mandant refused to admit them. He
said he had but ten men and would be
powerless TO hold the place il the mob
should attack 1t. He consented To take
care Of The wounded, and they were
accordingly carried into the hospitals.
The main body of troops cortiI ued
their march out Butler street, n fusilade
being ke, Il up on them by the mob AS
they moyed forward. The shots fired
killed one of the soldiers before they
reached the arsenal, aud nearly oppo-
site the cemetery gate fully n mile
above the aTsenai) two others were
killed and left ly ing OH the sidewalk
They continued their flight and crossed
over to the north side of the ALE
the mob following them ss rapidly as
possible. After reaching the north
side, the troops scattered. In this way
the mob was divided into very small
bodies. In the meantime the city WAS
in state OF anarchy. Thousands who
had not joined in pursuit of the iiee-
ing troops gathered . bout the burning
| buildings and assisted In spreading the
| flames wherever the torch had not
been applied. By seven o'clock the
fire had extended from Millville sta
ton to Twentieth street, and envei-
oped hundreds of cars. The extensive
machiue shops, two ro7nd houses. the
depots, offices Of the Union Transfer
Company, blacksmith shops, store
houses, and great many other build.
ings, making up the terminal facilities
of this mammoth corporation In the
round house were one hundred and
| twenty-five 6rst-ciass locomotives,
which had been housed in conse
| quence of the strike. These were en-
| tirely destroyed, tut even the immense
loss which will be sustained in this
itself is but tritie in the aggregate
damage done.
The scenes transpiring on Liberty
street, along the line Of which the
racks Of the railroad runs, simply
beggars description. While hundredr
were engaged in firing the ears and
making certain of the destruction o.
the valuable buildings at the outer de-
| pot, thousands of men, women and
children were engaged in pillaging
the cars. Men armed with heavy
sledges would break open the cars,
and then the contents would be throw o
out and carried of by those bent on
! profiting by the reign of terror existing
| The streets were almost completely
blockaded by persons labo.ing to carry
off the plumber they gathered together.
In hundreds Of INSTANCES wagons were
pressed into service to enable the
| thieves to get away with their go DIS.
Mayor Mccarthy, early in the day,
endaavored to stop the pil.agiDg, tut
the handful of men with him were
unable to control the crowd, who
were desperate in their anxiety TO se-
cure the goods, The piIiage was
checked, but the mob fired the cars
and then proceeded with the work OF
destruction. 1t is impossible to form
any idea of the amount of goods
stolen, but hundreds OF thousands
will not cover the loss. From
the time the military fed, up
to three O'Clock in the al
ternoon, no effort had been made Ia
check the riot. The mob worked very
quietly, aud 1t was noticeable that few
of the railroad employees were enga.
ged in the work Of destruction. Here
and there q man who had been dis.
charged might have been seen leading
a crowd, but the ringieAders were men
who never had been employed on any
! railroad. Many half grown boys were
foremost In the work Of destruction
Al half past three . burning car wal
run down the grade under the sheds
surrounding the union depot Up "a
this time it was hoped the building
would escape, but the mass of pine
lumber used In shedding oyer ths
tracks, was sOnn sea of fire. While
the dre was raging here, the mob pill.
Jagged the freight depot OF the Pitts
burg. Cincinnati and st. Louis rail.
road, which IN in close vicinity
Boxes Of freight, received for ship
ment, were broken open and Their
valuable contents carried Off After
piuDder'ng the depot for an hour, and
when flour and hams and all kinds d
provisions bad been carried away, the
torch wAs applied and soon the vasl
depot and the companies' general Off.
offices adjoining were . mass o.
hAmes. The union depot was Q large
fouf-story building. Il had 8 front
age on Liberty erect OF about pinet,
feet aud extending hack about two
hundred feet The lower story wa,
Used ~ waiting rooms, ticket Offices
and the companies Offices. The uppel
hoor was occupied by the Keystone
hotel company, and was one Of tn,
first houses In the city. The Who'll,
building was one Of modern style O
architecture, and was considered on,
OF the best arranged depots in tn,
country. In the scar Of the depot, ane
ex,enfins back Aye hundred feei
were lines 1t neat pine sheds GOVERN,
the different tTaoks, to protect pzsseiI
gefs from the weather. II vas md ,