The New York herald., 1877-07-26
PENNSYLVANIA.

THE PERIOD OF REIRIBUTIoN AT HAND-NU-
MEkOUs ARREsrs-HIGHLY CONNECTED MIS-
CRgANTs TO BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT.
[BY TELEGRAPK TO THE HERALp.1
READING, July 25, 1877.
Another busy day, full Of events, has closed, and
the people beginning TO believe that the period OF
retribu.ion is at hand. All through the past fifteen
hours this city has presented q spectacle most
strange The police officials astir at
early dawn, and a platoon of thirty men,
each OF them armed with Spencer rifle,
accompanied them. This detachment formed guard
Tor nj least a IN men who early at work
IN repairing the up by the mob. This was
successfully accomplished, and by ten o'clock all
through trains from tdewater TO he coal fields were
running without molestation.
ARRESTS
Before twelve O'Clock Information was sworn to be-
fore Alderman Wengel i'm picatng about one hundred
and nifty mon beiug concerned in acts OF ncendiar
ism intimidation and riot. The officials are moving
very dcreey and quietly and they have requested the
HERALD espondent to withhold Tor the present the
details of the charges against certain parties accused OF
burning the mag nilcent Lebanon Valley bridge, span.
ming tho scnuylkill at this point last Sunday night
Arrests are steadily being made and fast the off,
cas BRING their prisoners in they arc either taken to
lal at once or admitted to bail. But one of the
cused thus far has been able TO furnish security.
THE POLICE.
The officers engaged IN making the arrests
llowsChief OF Police Cullon, Detective Lyon Cap
tain Lindon and Detective Boone, assisted by twenty
Reading policemen and thirty coal aud iron police OF
the Schuylkill region, better known as the Mollie
Maguire country. The entire detachment Of police !s
heavily armed. Thus far they have one hundred
rants and it is generally conceded 10 be the fact that
tions to the officials.
TEMPTING REWARD.
Mr. A. Gowen, President Of the railroad, has offered
a reward OF SIS 900 for the and conviction OF
the parties who burned the cars and tho bridge and
obstructed the tracks Whether this tempting Of
money or the pangs of guilty conscience has induced
certain parties 10 make confession is not known at
this time
THE PRISONERS
Thus lar the following persons have been srrcstcd:
Codger.
Rivel
Barney.
Hogan.
Dash.
Ken all
Jerry b, cker.
William Nelson.
Harry Garrett
Jack sweeney.
Edward McGarrigan.
The prisoners were pale. nervous and trembling
when brought 10 the station. They were arrested
various saloons and street and in othor
baunts of dsrcputable people They placed IN a
closely covered van and buried of TO jail default
OF bail followed by large crowd These arrests are
being made very quietly the purpose Of maintain
ing peace and order aud preventing excitement
There desire TO arouse the people, Tor should The
arrests appear be arbitrary there Is no telling what
they might be induced TO resort the OF
the men.
MscREAars IN HIGH POSITION
This attcrpoon young merchant who belongs to
one OF the oIdost and most respected iamies. gave
bal in tile sum Of $4,000 10 answer tue charge OF
benz concerned with rioous strikers. His NJ me- Is
Walter Levan and he Is in the hat business There
to be disin In the matter OF making arrests,
and It's reliably stated that before long several well
known aud hitherto highly respectable people will be
taken into custody. II Is the general impression and
universal desire that the brdgc burners be sum mary
dealt w,tn.
SECRET LEAGCKs HUIy.
Captain Linden aud his rnc armed police gained
considerable fame hunting down the Molly Ma.
CURES. He Is the same mission here In Reading
now, or, in olher words, Is hunting dowa mea who,
without DOUBT are bound together by code similar
that o the murdcrers of the coat regions 1t Is be-
leved that many of the ripgeadors OF The strikers
who operated here were procured for that special
purpose from distant points. The same plans aud
methods in Pennsylvania and in tho neigh
boring states. Those men who boldly burned the
bridge, cars, cabooses, tore up the tracks
aud drove the crews from the trains we're TO
great extent strangers in his community, and more
over, those VINO brought tuem here imported them
to do foul work anywhere are thoroughly aud sys-
tenn ltcay organized. Men from section Will visit
other pisces IT, wreck and RUN, and versa Tho
/ Moile Maguros ala their bloody deeds In the same
way.
SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT.
The visiting wreckers anu rioters piloted to va