The Morning herald., 1877-07-30

militia to the number of 5000, which now
occupy the territory embarced between. the
Union depot and Thirty-third street. Gov.
Hartranft's headquarters are in passenger
car run out on; a side track at Thirty-third
street. The Governor and troops expe-
rtenced no little trouble in reaching Pitts
burg on account of the difficulty of 'procur-
ing engineers to run trains. " '.'
They all struck at Blairsvilie, and
wouldn't board an engine, giving as . rea-
son that they might be shot. Captain Ryan
of The State Fencibles, was then detailed to
hunt up crews, which he procured only |
after placing revolvers at their heads and
ordering them under penalty of death to
get on the locomotives. A guard was then
placed on each engine, and with five SOL
diers on each tender the trains started for
this city. The first arrived consisted OF "a
cars and two engines, with fiat car in
front of the engines having
aboard two pieces of the Keystone battery
and one Gatling gun. The second train
consisted OF eighteen cars, three Of which
| were stock cars filled with the horses of
the cavalry company. The third train had
sixteen cars, three of which we're filled
with Grifins battery, from Westchester
county, forty of the old City troop OF Phil
adelphia and reinforcement for the First
division. In the fourth train, with five cars
was General Gallagher's division. .
After leaving Blairsville the trains ran
very slowly and not a light was to be seen
on any one of them. Each. bach bridge was
carefully examined before train crossed
and as they approached deep cuts or curves
the train was slackened up and troops were
deployed up the road as skirm1shers' Head
lights on the locomotives were put out 50
that the striker should not see the guns on
the first car, and it was extremely difficult
to see the many distractions placed on the
track. - 3D.. f.lv .i
THE TRA1NL ATTACKED AT JOHNSTON.
Attacks were made on the trains at var
fous points, the worst at Johnstown, wher'
It each section was greeted with showers
- sticks and stones and pieces of metal. Th
# missiles went through the windows striking
I. the soldiers and inficting ugly wounds
IS The troops were restrained from firing a
d first, but finally the patience OF Colone
= Hamilton, who commanded the regulars
g. was exhausted, and he jumped up an
ps pulled the bellrope, The engineer, unde
D. guar responded to the signal. 1t Wa
lucky that the speed of the train was stol
ped. for the fiens composing the mob ha
forced open the switch at at what is know
he Cambria Siding, and with hellish ingenui
had so twisted the switch bar as to indica
oh that the track was all right. They thu
as run car laden with bricks on the sidin
,ss RUNNING OFF THE TRACKS.
at The engineer of our train had not disco
for cred the plot, but at the signal of the cor
lat mander of the troop had slowed up
zen train, but not sufficient to avert an accide
I'VE entirely, The engine, tender and five cs
lile three baggage and two passenger, left
SIN track at the switch, and coming in cont'
be with the brickSar, were jerked and twist
from side to side, tearing up ties and raj
All five cars were finally piled in one mi
ops of ruins, the bottom Of one car resting
Fri the roof of another, three of them lyl
and crosswise of the track, and the brick
of crushed and splintered, topped the pile.
ich THE CASUALTIES. f,,.....,
ie> Colonel John Hamilton, First Uni
'ne ststes artillery. was seriously hurt in
a'1 side. and five or six soldiers were ba
the o'"o' " ~ - - =, - -.
=, bruised. ......
an- ONE HUNDRED pR1soNERc CAPTURED
~" W. The soldiers then threw out pickets
0n all sides of the wreck and arrested ev
~ person who approached: Upward OF
hendred prisoners were captured
"n0 brought here.
IN FORT WAYNE TRAINS STOPPED.
u'n On the Fort Wayne and Chicago re
when the trains came in to-day, the e'
neers were warned not to 60 out again.
day one engine two men quietly mounted
srn" informed the engineer that he must quit
TO he would soon know the consequences.
sub engineer uncoupled the locomotive and
bers it into the round house. The strikers
'ned that even with all these troops the comp
cannot run any trains. ....
TRAIN HANDS AFRAID TO GO OUT
ter A train consisting of eighteen car
the perishable freight arrived tonight over
Pennsylvania Railroad from Derry. 1t
the intention of the company to send
arou ont with a train of stock which