The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-07-25

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holders Of their company are duly called
to act as citizen soldiers or as CiyiliAnl
in suppressing riots or Vindicating the
laws their claims on the company are
held inviolate.
AT HoRNELIsvrILE.
The Erie Railroad Company passed
their mail and passenger tram west
through HornellSVille this morning with.
out any attempt at interruption by the
strikers. All was quiet at their Buffalo
terminus when the mail train east was
dispatched from that point this morning
AT ALBANY.
ALBANY, n. Y, July 24.-One thousand
workmen at the West Albany Railroad
shops have Joined the strikers and are
coming toward this city.
ONE TRAIN OUT.
HoRNRI1SvILLE, July 24.-This morn.
ing train was started for the East &C.
companied by military four miles. The
train was not mOlested. Everything was
quiet.
REFUSED TO STRIKE.
BUFFALO, July 24.-The effort to get
the workmen out OF the principal manu-.
featuring establishments has utterly fail
ed.
1--WE will let the mail CO." is planted
on the various switches. OF course
travel as well as traffic Is practically
stopped. The people and police express
confidence in their ability TO control the
tramps and boys who have been melting
riot.
The WestGsld militia company, in the
riot last night, lost ten muskets.
Michael Lyons, rioter, died from the
wounds he received last night.
Troy, July 24.-The military Of Cohoes,
Glens Falls, White Hall and Port Henry
have been ordered here Immediately.
Everything quiet and no riot expected.
OswEGo, July 24.--The freight trains
on the OswegO and Syracuse division Of
the Delaware, LackawannH & Western
road have been suspended. A regiment is
held In readiness.
ALBANY, July 24.-The strikers at
West Albany say the troops cannot pass
over the road. Aregiment Of militia has
been ordered 10 Rochester. The railroad
men want to keep at work, but the out.
siders keep them away.
At this afternoon the worEmen hay.
ing returned from West Albany again
met in Capitol Park where incendiary
speeches were made. Other speakers
couuselled forhearance. A committee
was appointed and proceeded to the
freight houses Of the Central Depot and
the men at work told TO desist, and some
refusing we're put into the streets; leaving
the freight houaes the strikers visited in
regular order the round house and ele-
vator and forced men to leave their
work. At the latter place grain
was being transferred from the cars
10 the boats. From there the crowd
Surged across the railroad bridge span
ming the Hudson river at the foot Of
Lumber street, and when once on the
Greenbush side an attempt was made to
tear up the tracks there. This bridge is
the one used for freight trains exclusively
and the designs on the tracks were in
tended 10 stop the freight traffic. The
tracks were finally spiked on the Green
bush side, stopping all movements Of
freight from the West to the East and
South. The freight cars from West Al.
bany moved out after the rioters left
there this afternoon.
BUFFALO, July PA number Of spe-
cial police have been sworn in, and the
Board OF Police desire every citizen who
believes in the supremacy Of the law 10
take the oath and responsibility Of a spe.
cial patrolman for the maintenance Of
order and protection Of property.
A dispatch from Hornellsville says a
train coming west with troops was de-
tanned at Corning by the strikers, the
rails being taken up. A train for Ror.
nellsville from here got 8 miles west and
returned. The track is taken up between
Hornellsville and Burns.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
procure the release on writ OF habeas
corpus Of Barney Donahue.
The Brotherhood Of Engineers, OF Jer.
sey City, had a consultation to-day with
the Superintendent OF the Pennsylvania
railroad, asking, it is said, that their
members be paid during the enforced
idleness caused by the strike OF the fire.
men and brakemeu.
Assistant Adjutant General Vincent
remains on duty at the War Department
tonight and is constantly advised through
military officers at various points as 10
the respective situations.