The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-07-26

OF CarF, I"e extensive workshops, tx
rou2d hot ses, the depot offices of tb
Uaion Transfer Company, the black
smith shops, store houses and uumer
Gus other buildings, making IN III
terminal facilities of this mammo,l
corporation. In the round housa
there were 125 first class locomos:-,..s
which had been housed s.. conSeonenc
oil the striSe. Iese were totally de
stroyed. out even the immense los
when will be sustained in this item i
put trife in the aggregate daRag
4. &c. The scenes Transporting on Lib
erty q rect, along the lire Of which tn
trnIS<s the railroad run, Simply beg
pars desc. iption. Willie hundreds wei
q. -aoed 10 firing the cars aRd maxim,
csr IN of the destruction of the valua
bile bu;ldIRgs, at the outer depo
thousands Of men, women and children
ENGAGED in .7Iilsgip.r the cars. Mel
armed with h, svy sleIges would breal
open the cars aud then the content
would be thrown O ut and carried off bl
those bent on profit 7g by The reign o
terror existing. The sUeet was almos
completely blockaded bY persons la6o
ing to carry off the p!unoer theT hae
gathered together. IN hu1,treds OF IN
stances wagons were pressed .'uto ser
vice to enable thieves 10 get aM's theil
goods.
Mayor MacCarthy, early in tbe
day, endeavored TO stop tn"
pillaging, but the handful of men with
him were unable to control the crowd.
who were desperate in their anxiety to
secure the goods. The pillage was
checked, but the mob fred 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 of dollars
will not cover the lO's. At train time
the military fled. Up to o'clock in
the afternoon no effort had been made
| to check the not.
The mob worked very quietly, and
1t was noticeable that few of the rail-
| road employees were engaged in the
work of destruction. Here and there
man who had been discharged might
have been seen leading crowd, but
the ringleaders were men who never
mad been employed on any railroad.
Many half grown boys were foremost
IN the work of destruction. At $50 q
| burning car was run down the grade
under the sheds surrounding the Union
depot. Up to this time it was hoped
that the building would escape,
but tie mass of pine lumber, used in
shedding over tracks, WAS :soon sea
of fire. While the Gre was raging here
the mob pillaged the freight depot of
the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and st.
Louis railroad, which is IN close prox
Unity. Boxes of freight, received for
shipment, were broken upon sEd their
valuable contents carried Oft.
After piundering the depot for an
hour, and when the fl )ur and hams and
all kinds of provisions had been car,
ried away, the torch was applied, and
soon the vast depot AID company's
general offices adjoining, we're u mass
| flames
The Union depot was a large four.
story building. It had a frontage on
! Liberty street of about seventy feet,
and extending back about 200 feet.
! The lower floor was used as waiting
rooms, ticket offices, and the compI.
uy's offices. The upper floor was &C.
copied by the Keystone Hotel Compa-
ny, and was oap of the fiat hogses in
the city. The building was built and
finished in modern style of architec
lure, and was considered one of the
best arranged deFots in the country.
In the rear of the depot, and extending
back five huudIed feet, were lines OF
neat pine sheds, covering the different
tracks, to protect passengers from the
weather. It was under these the burn,
ing Car was run. The freight depot OF
the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St.
Louis Railroad vas large shed built
fronting on Grant street, and extend.
ing from Washington streeE 20 aeyentt
Avenue. The company's general Of
ices were in four-storS brick build
ing fronting on Seventh Avenue. They
were totally Destroyed, a, we'll as the
depot of the Adams Express Company,
located on Front street. The books
and valuable papers had been removed
ON the CnioI Depot offices as well
rom the other buildings before the
fire reached them. The fire depart
HeQt of the city continued on duty
from the time OF the t.rst aisral, bu'
were not allowed to throw any water or
or make al effort to save the propert,
OF the Railroad company. They conse-
a GENTLY directed their efforts to saving
fie private property On the aogthSes
of Liberty street. 10 this they were
mainly successful, although six dwell
lings and sash factory, located neal
the round houses, were destroyed il
the day. When the Union nepot
building was fred, followed by thu
Pan Handle offices, a panic seizec
| the citizens, who had, up to this time
calmly folded their arms and looked
Lon. It Yas feared that the cOngigra
ton would sweep the entire portion
If the city south of the Pan Handle
tracks, as many of the buildings wer'
small frames, and as dry as finder
At this juncture the fire department
of Allegheny, which had been .helc
in readiness in case of an outbreak OIL
that side OF the river, wac summoned
TO assist 10 staying the progress of til,
flames. The Pan H.ndle Railroad
buildings were the last in the line
and the Allegheny fire department wa
placed on Seventh Avenue to check
the progress of the ,mes In that di
rection. when this last building wa
fired, the whole territory between
Seventh Avenue and MillViIle station
a distance of three miles, was mas
f fl Imes.
| WASHINGTON, July s3.-Additiona
strikes throughout the PennsylVani;
Railroad territory are immiuent.
Il WAsHINGToN, July 90. The militar,
ordered from thu various points il
Pennsylvania are Stopped by tn
strikers. Loadei coal cars are rul
from the siding and wrecked on tn
main line. The freight business i
stopped on the Southern Ohio Rail
road and Ohio and Mississippi Centre
There is no freight west from Clncin
natl. The trains are stopped at Dun
kirk. The uail and passengers ar
I allowed to proceed. A compromise j
progressing at Indianapolis. In tn
meantime, trade over the Bee Line /
unobstruoted. The regular night mai
train was abandoned on the Yandah
r .ilroad.
Fifteen hundred strikers last nigh
had possession of the Buffalo depOts
All switch lights are extinguished
l.. and no trains departed last night
This approaching tr"ipa ,uld not com
further than East B fTalo
Maryland and West Virginia seen
quiet throughout this morning.
A meeting of railroad men at 81