Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-01

AhN lVtAAN HafNA llN l1oAs Nv DtliO
lenm will be fully protected hereafter
FIRE ALARMS.
Immediately after the fire 1870 mar
ines who had Just arrived from tn,
Washington Navy Yard, wcro sent tC
the spot. The loss was about Sl1 900
; The city was kept feverish all night by
fire alarms. A lumber yard and sash
factory, near the President street depot
were burned, and il seemed. toward
morning as if the incendiary's torch
was abroad, intent on destruction, but
happily, the above were the only in.
stances in which there was any loss OF
property. 1t is not believed there are
more than five hundred actual strikers
in Baltimore, il so many, but they have
thousands of sympathizers who hate
the railroad. Besides, there are vul-
lures who mingle with all the crowds
in hopes that the frenzy of the work.
men and their sympathizers may be
excited to deeds of obstruction so that
they may profit by plunder The
striking firemen, engineers and other
train hands are confident of success,
and state that thew do not intend 10
make anv proposal 10 the railroad
company, tho former committees hav-
ing been DISCHARGED for so doing but
their committees are ready TO hear any
overtures from the the company. Al
Ter twelve o'clocl, Saturday not n
wheel was turning on the baltimore
and Ohio Railroad or anv norton of
the line east of the Ohio river includ.
ing the Washington and METROPOLITAN
branches. IL IS understood that tbis
course was decided 10 be nnrsuod ON
account of danger TO the emnloyes and
property and that traffic of everv kind
will be Suspended until the Governor
of MARYLAND and the President of the
United States can Give the comnanv
assurance ofsafety TO persons and prop.
erty. AT present the property Of the
road is given into The hands of tbe
State for protection. IL is stated that
engineers and firemon were torciblv
taken from the mail train winch was
sionned bv tho rioters F,idov nicht
BAITrronr Julv 22-M;dniSht
The Concentration of Irn;ted Slo,ea
Re0rIors 81 Rai,imoro Il as 49, naroh tos
onesa,ions ~ o,har - =, Man,i.na
oPd ~ W., W" - ', 70 - - - ,t;a ai,,s -
Roltimoro will he tho I bosn 80 oT '9 oner, oa,y
tions Tbc ci,y IA oIroad,, a m;II,or,
nost Of ;mnorts,co In o3d;,;on ,' to ,he
ffnited S,ates snIdiors no, vh nr ,ho ~ o,o, srO
ono ,honsond n,ora aro ,,i,hin i,ss
Lonrs, ooIl ond ,ha toroo ,,i,i hnauaad
y auoman,ad I ~, ,o o' ','o'' ~ wi nh;ns ~ b.,
h9,an ond S,na,cuo 'Tn e., NoreiiI, ,r;,L
5Go Of tbe troons vh;oh o or1, ro ,no,,i,', wy" M
eror, oarr;sons - ,ha SontI ''O's W
+, ;s hoi;orod = to,u u dans [ ,',;I, ,,;,,o.,
tho corcontrotion I"ro - ,hrno %. ",'av, o~ sonS
,IonsonI Ta;,oJ G. Co. - ,.sN,o 'n.oo - -, -
oo,ao 'n;,h o1aas;,,. 'Ses de,sslp., s,Vp, ,a nn
,Laonr,, y ~" ~ - ~ ,-l;ag 49, - w.
90 nrch obnsad are csnSaa S no. "'S Soa;Joa 49,
dra N t.;oa.aat 80 sss,a.
ad H., sarso s's 80 ~ ~ 30 III, - ee,.
,.o rded a. Woa,ern MI MarpI."d VA 80 =. 80 ~.
VOW and o,hors ,r;I, GaIIay ~ -, ,ho S,ato |
corces ;noreasa hera and ,h;n.s o hooorso ',o
se,tled In a esw davs 4, e hel;onnd
tbat Marvland will he ahle n tako core
of itself IL il safe 10 saw that in Raj.
timore no more violence need he anti.
cipated. IN 10 midnight the citv has
been "a ou;at oa ON Sunday psnollv
excent far tho eagerness 10 cot he
news from pittsburgb atall centres bv
crowds of neonle and the issue Of news.
paper extras.
HARpIsnupo Julv 22-Tbis citv
was In a state of great exoitement IN.
dav. thousands of people congrecating
about the pennsvlvonia and fbe Read. |
ing Railroad denots IN awoit further
deyelonments in the great ontbreal, ON
IN, Pennsvlvania Railroad There
were indications here on Saturday
nioht of n strike ON tho Middle Divis. |
ion between HARRISBURG and Altoona
but the railroad officials were 10th 10
believe that IL was Imminent The
interference with n freight train and |
The booting and stonine ont of soldiers
who passed tbrouoh for pjttsburr from
Pbnadelnhia were attribnted to IRE.
snonsible outsiders Inv them but all
their homes were dispelled this morn. |
ing at ten O'clock. when nj the com.
mand of several annarcnt STRANGERS
tho engineers and bremen of several
freight trains descended from their 10. |
comotives after having housed them
All the freight trains were deserted
The ronnd houses in the upper portion
Of the citv contain about forty locomo.
tives while over twelve hundred cars
are standing on the sidinas in the same
vicinity. The strike is general ON the
Middle Division. between twelve hun.
dred and fifteen hundred being affect.
ed bv H. or these tonr hundred or
five hundred are EMPLOYED in this citv.
most of them in the Pennsylvania
round houses. A crowd collected At
the Pennsylvania depot early this
morning and by two o'clock in tho af
ternoon il had swollen TO several thou.
sands. Many of them congrerated out
of idle curiosity. but A considerable
number were attracted by a determi.
nation to interfere with tho passare
through the city of several hundred
Philadelphia soldiers destined for Pitts.
burg. 1t was also believed that among
the military would be several compa
nies Of negroes, and against them nu.
merous dire threats were made The
ammunition for the expected white
troops had been got in readiness at the
State Arsenal, but IL was deemed pru.
dent, considering tho excitement at
Altoona and in this city, to counter.