The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28

their fruit.
| At Pittsburg.
While Baltimore, ON Friday night of last
week was thus a seethlng caldron of mobism,
the EMPLOYEES of the Pennsylvania Central
were ripenng for similar scenes at Plitsburg.
All the hands of the freight trains had struck
during the day, and not only strong extra
police force, but a regiment OF volunteer SOL
dicrs, we're on duty TO guard against mob vio-
lence. The strikers being asked as to their
purpose, said there would be no interference
with passenger trains, but if any man attempt
ed TO leave the city with freight tram, "uou
help him. The railroad company was
alarmed, and having no faith in the Pittsburg
militia, sent regiment OF volunteers from
Philadelphia. They arrived at Pittsburg Oh
Saturday at T.. NJ, and an hour later were
placed in charge near the round house at the
2Sth street crossing. Presently Sheriff Fife
came along with fifty men to arrest the ring
leaders OF the strike, and the Philadelphia
troops were sent TO E.ove the crowd from in
front Of him. As they advanced they were
assaled by volley OF stones, upon which
the troops began to fire into the crowd on the
hillside from which the stones came. The
shots were returned, and the fusilade was kept
up until fourteen men were killed, and SIX
teen wounded, most of the sufferers being in
nocent parties The Pittsburg regiment,
which was guarding q battery at the round
house, refused to aid the Philadelphia hussars
and, throwing down their arms returned to
the city. BY six O'Clock quiet was restored
at the crossing, but no trains were allowed to
be moved, the soldiers occupying one side oi
the track and the strikers the other.
BY O'Clock p. NJ, however, the mob began
to assemble in fearfSl numbers, and the "Hus'
sars" we're obliged to take refuge in the round
house. By 12 o'clock at night the mob hay
ing sacked all the gunshOps IN the city, sur
rounded the round house like bowling demons.
As they were unable to fight the men inside
the building on equal terms, they began to set
fire to the cars, of which several hundred
were near by loaded with oil. Many others
loaded with merchandise were broken open,
plundered by the mob and then set on fire
Thus over two thousand cars were destroyed
involving the loss of millions Of property.
Meantime things were getting hot for the poor
Ihussars in the round house, that was now sur
rounded by blazing cars, and, deciding that
1t was better to run the risk OF being shot
than to burn to death, they left the round
house in a compact body. The mob hooted,
yelled and fired upon them, but by returning
the fire and keeping together they got away
with the loss of halt dozen men, and made
for the L. S. Arsenal, where they supposed
they would be safe To their amazement and
to the disgrace of the commandant, Maj. But
fington, the doors of the arsenal were closed
against them, and then, in some dismay the
now thoroughly harrassed and frightened men
fled precipitatey up the river towards Sharps-
burg, where next day they were found en-
trenched, in a badly demoralized and eXhaus.
ted condition Meanwhile the fire which the
mob had kindled ragged all night and next
morning, never csaslng until it had destroyed
1000 loaded cars, the round house, railroad
depot tie large hotel near the depot and
many other buildings bordering the railroad
! for over u mile from Grant street TO 2Sh. The
total loss is not less than ten millions OF dol.
| lars.
| After such night Of horrors the mob might
well call a halt, and on Monday, and ever
since, for that matter, the city is saId to be
"quiet,"- is, quiet in the sense of stand
ing on torpedoes liable every moment to ex.
plode. There is heavy police force on duty,
and several regiments Of local militia are un.
der arms, but with all that show of force, and
Gov Harranft at their back, nobody in Pitts.
burg dares to start freight train on any of
the railroads to the east or west. 1t is idle
to say that there is an end of the mob until
that can be done. Even the passenger trains
are run by the strikers and not by the officers
! of the companies, whose orders are treated
with contempt
Reading, Pa.
| The devil that has charge of the riot busl-
ness, though unquest!onably spirit damned,
is not omnipresent He skipped from Mar
tinsburg to Baltimore, where he had his car
nival on Friday night and Saturday morning;
he spends Saturday Rlght anu SUNDAY al
Pittsburg, and next turns up AT r aiding, Pa,
on Sunday night and Monday. The trouble
began after the arrival of the passenger train
from Philadelphia at 10 O'Clock Sunday
night. About thousand men followed the
train to the passenger depot, and ordering no
trains to leave, commenced obstruc!ing the
track. Two cabooses and train of freight
cars were set on fire, the track for some dis.
tance was torn up and then the Lebanon
Valley bridge over the Schuylkill, magnih'
cent structure, costing $4,000, was set on
fire and destroyed Next day Monday the
rioters gathered IN force along the Reading
railroad, and destroyed portions of the track,
and stopped all the trains. In the evening seven
companies OF the Pennsylvania Guards