The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-07-26
two citizens were killed during the

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and breach made in the walls, but
when the Infatuated mob attempted to
rush into the building the military
were ordered to fire. The volley OF
musketry which followed, and the
rumor that the Calling guns OF the
command were being brought into
requisition, caused panic, and the
mob fed precipitately for several
squares, the military meanwhile, keep
| ing up the fusilade, and capturing the
cannon. The rioters, however, were
soon treasured, and, as thousands
were docking to their assistance, they
returned to the attack.
Finding ii difficult to dislodge the
military from the building, they re-
solved to burn them out. An order
to this effect was issued, and 1t was
carried into effect with fiendish alac-
rity by the rioters. As d consequence
Of the blockade which had existed for
two DAYS, the sidings i'm the outer de-
pot Yards, as well as those extending
1 eastward some three or four miles,
were crowed with freight cars filled
with grain. products and merchan-
disc Of all kinds, besides which a
number of ladened oil cake and coal
cars were piled up in the mass. While
a portion of the mob surrounded the
building in which the military had
taken refuge, large bodies proceeded
to set fire to the oil cars, and in mo-
ment the huge volumes of black smoke
which rolled upwards, followed by
| lurid flames reaching out in every
direction, told that the work OF de-
strllction had commenced. The sight
| of the flames seemed to literally craze
the rioters, some of whom rushed
wildly about with flaming torches In
their hands, applying them to the
cars indiscriminately An alarm was
sounded, and the Department prompt
liz responded, but the rioters, who had
complete control of the city. refused
to permit them to make any effort TO
extinguish the flames. They said
they were determined to destroy the
Railroad company's property, but
would do no injury to that belonging
to private citizens. They kept their
word. too and, when lumber
pile belonging 10 citizen took
| fire the rioters themselves turned in
and helped extinguish the flames and
remove the lumber to n safe place.
Train after train Was fired by the
Infatuated crowd, but the ears were
SO far distant from the round-house
that the heat did not seriously effect
the military, although their position
was one of peril.
Finally, large party of strikers
captured car filled with coke, which
they ran from the Allegheny Valley
Railway track to a siding connecting
with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
They then procured large quantities OF
petroleum oil, and, pouring it over the
coke, ignited the materials. In very
few moments the ear was mass of
fire, and it was then pushed along the
tracks and forced against the round
house. The building was soon ignit-
ed, and the soldiers were now COM
PEELED to prepare to fight their way
out through the frenzied mass of hui
manity clamoring for their blood. The
building did not burn as rapidly as
was desired, and the mob, bent on re-
yenge, rushed out on the road and
sent burning trains toward the doomed
buildings. From midnight until 5
o'clock Sunday morning the main eff
forts of the crowd were directed to fir-
| ing the buildings and ears, but about
half an hour later the mob which had
been besieging the military left for
some unexplained reason. This af-
forded the troops, who were in actual
danger Of being roasted alive, an OPP
portunity to emerge from the build
ing, and they succeeded in reaching
Butler street, when the leaders of the
mob discovered their retreat. and full
ly 900 men, fully armed, followed in
pursuit.
When they reachedthe. T. 5. arsenal
the Commandant refused to admit
fl.,n Ja saii ~, h MI hat ton v,,nn .,.l
would be powerless to hold the place
if the mob should attack it. He con-
scented to take care of the wounded,
and they were accordingly carried in
TO the hospitals. The main body of
the troops continued their march out
Butler street, fusilade being kept
up by the mob. As they moved for
ward the shots fired killed one of the
soldiers before they reached the arse
nal, and nearly opposite the cemetery
gate, fully a mile above the arsenal,
two others were killed and were left
lying on the sidewalk. They contin-
ued their flight, and crossed over to
the north side of the Allegheny river
on Sharpsburg bridge, the mob follow
ing them as rapidly as possible. After
reaching the north side, the troops
scattered, and in this way the mob
was divided into very small bodies.
In the meantime, the city was in a
state Of anarchy. Thousands who had
not joined in the pursuit Of the fleeing
troops gathered about the burning
buildings and trains, and assisted in
spreading the flames wherever they
had not been applied. BY I o'clock
the fire had extended from Millyale
station to Twentieth street, and envel-
oped hundreds of cars, the extensive
machine shops, two round houses, the
depots and Office of the Union Trans
fer Company, blacksmith shops, store
houses, and numerous buildings
making up the terminal facilities OF
the mammoth corporation. In the
round houses were one hundred and
twenty-five first-class locomotives,
which had been housed in conse-
quence Of the strike These were to.
tally destroyed, but even the immense
loss which will be sustained in this
item alone is but trihe in the aggre.
gate damage done.
The scenes transporting on Liberty
street, Saturday morning, along the
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