Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-27
The Strikers War.

violence, They began with some 2,oOo' anc
| the crowd s.ciled to muIt'tude be'ore noon'
| Thew showed savage bravado aud seemed fesf-
,e.s of death itself. However, when some 500
| notice charged them they broke ~. after hot
encounter. They reuai;ed again shortly and
| prepared for ancthcr encounter at o:2'ecnth
street and IIalstcd street ris':acf, "he:e 30 IN
tercharga Of shots and stones succeeded. Inc
| noIice being reinforced broke Toto The moo WIZ
veil that was beard fox blocks kcln!oEce,,
mepts, consisting Of uew squad OF p0i!ce and
comnspy of armed cavalry ucdcr C0h agra
| mont begau. 10 conjunction with the ponce, o
| deadly onslaught, the result OF which is imper
| fectly known, and is reported varlously. Ooe
report, which is probably exaggerated, says
| twelve were killed and ono huDdred and nifty
Another is that three we're killed aod fifty
wounded. This broke up the mob tor time,
but they soon gathered again. =.
A gang of the mob ran passenger traln OH
Of the track at Twentieth street, and alter al
lowing the passengers to escape smashed IN;
windows and furniture OF several cars. ne 81
regiment, the mounted police and tho resp;ar
veteran force OF Chicago arc % The scene OF inc
battle. The Governor this morning applied !oE
United States troops.
The Board of Trade has cmporariiy slspcEd-
ed their RUSS SO that business there Is virtually
at stand still The members OF The Boatd
met this afternoon to organize force to AID ID
the suppression Ct yloIeucr. Rows arc reported
| % all sloeS.
At3:4O press reporter CO the grouot: tcIc
srarhs that srgc crowd Of police and V'g'-
| lspts are conducting prisoners to the station.
They arc crossing Ha>ted street vladuct. Manj
shots arc bciog fred By the rabblc, AID serious
trouble is Anticipated before they get acros: the
yiaduct. The Office q the Metropolitan Icl2'
| graph Compauy dearest the scene was taken
possession OF by the m9b tits f0reo0on, winch
accounts for the dilat0rJ ami mcagTe reports
The rext nearest office was SeVcEa' blocks away
and is mapaecd BY lady operator
Some cutting Of telegraph wire occurred
this aitcrnoon on tic Chicago aud Northwest
cru railroad and the MOI attempted - present
the telegraph iorcc ;Iom replacing them. ihc
railway officials arc running very few iralos,
and u akirg 10 terms with the strikers. III?
Audubon Gra Club has called a :ncctiGg Of
spor,smen to aid 10 preserving order. A.! the
cigar makers il the city have struck.
The police have dispersed the crowd On lai'
sted street where the fights occurred this mtrn
ing, and everything is quiet there. lac "l9nnt
ed police are patroiliDg that section, ana alioh
no gatncriops OF any kind. Inc tru'h about
the cannon firing sscC,s to BE- that the artillery
did Gre two shots, bI that the guns were Iosi'
cd with ootbiag but powder.
| The number of casualties Icporle! l. large,
and the Iamcs will be given as soop as obtain
able At present the mob seems to be pretty
we'll broken up, but Will probably Eatner aSain
before midnight.
$50 .. m.-At this hour the precise !liua
ticn, az learned BY dispatches sad repcr;s Of
prcsS reporters on the ground, Is this The
rioters have been busy ali day 10 various parts
of The town, but chiefly between Cana a1d
Green streets and between Twelfth AID !wen-
ty.secobd streets. The fighting has been car
ried on within these limits almost exclusively
and has been CONTIGUOUS aad bloody, Il not as
fatal as might be expected. The police have
rarely been the aggresSors, but whoever they
have attempted to break up mob they have
10 the long run succeeded.
The mob is insulting aud ready for trouble al
any moment, but has a wholesome lear OIL the
regiments and mounted police aud OF the U.
S. troops, who arc either 90 the ground or IL
close proximity to the trouble the entire time.
They have arms Of the mQs5 effective sort, aud
whenever they appear the mob scatter. Inc
police do not command SO great respect, be-
|
generally fire 100 high or shoot tlsDk cartridges.
The arrests lave been numerous, acl harlly 4
map has been taken to the station house with
out rush being made 10 release him, and
consequent interchange OF shots.
The last attempt 10 rele:,s- jail prisoners,
several wagon loads 10 number, was successful
only after hard fight at the Hasted street
yiaduct which seems to be the rayiog point
of the strikers and mob. The police begin TO
complain that they are beiog shot down aud
stoned in that vicinity, as the rioters, Whenever
the military disappear, attack them "a that 10
cality With stoues and pistols.
Il Times reporter vas attacked by the crowd
on Ha!stcd street Few moments $50, aud re-
spoudcd by shooting one man. Ole CT the no-
lice has lust been dangerously wounded. The
foreman Of the I;oos Packing Comps0y, just
ia from the stock yards, says men attempted 10
work this morning, but were driven eff by the
moo. lie says $l25 600 worth OF ueat vii! -
spoiled to day 10 this establishment.
The National Life Insurance Company oi
the United States of America no'ltloS its policy
holders that they will not v!tiatc their policies
by aiding in any capacity TO suppress til: rl1is:
CD. m.-But four men arc rclah;y reported
killed as vet. The entire force Of u. 5. troops
expected are DOW here. They are six comps1,
les OF the 9th regiment, infantry Societies. Ter
protection have been formed in almos: every
ward 10 day, and preparaioos Tor lively cam,
paign tonight are comDictc. 1t Is reported
that gang from tue stock yards are coln;cc,
declaring that they vii! clean out every police
mau on Hastcd street. They are armed viii
butcher knives, gamtrcl sticks and every coli
ceva5lc weapon.
Late this afternoon AZ attempt was irade By
the Pug UgIies TO fire the freight Gals On the
Chicago, Burliogtou and tlalDcy f'ircas
track, by buruog some combustib'cs u ona ct
tho cars. Some OF the employees o. i'm IL
the vicinity put on; the hve. Ths is the frs
attem pit at ocypdiarism. The fire Department
is confident Of being able 10 suDduc al! attempts
at burning.
Citizens are guarding every street aad store
to night, and iuceodisries, if caught, vii! be
summ.rilY dealt with. a company o.! cavalry
has just left for the stock yards. The stock
yards mob have not been heard from Of late,
and it is believed they have changed their des
tiuation or their minds.
$40 p. m.-Thc Second regiment, thc cass
! ~ .nd q sou,A If policrn1on q short time aco