The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-07-31
Bloody Sunday at Pittsburg.
Millions OF Property De-
strOyed.
All the Railroad Buildings and
Cars Burned and Many Lives

Cars Burned and Many Lives
3ff Lost,
= Soon after midday on the 22d inst
the panic stricken people of Pittsburgh
assembled and appointed committee
of thirty to consult with the county au-
,thorities, and with the strikers, assuring
them that they had not facilitated the
introduction of an armed force, but look
ed confidently for safety to peaceable
means. fsr ! thtf
They published an appeal for peace,
claiming that the. Philadelphia forces sup.
posed themselves TO be merely ooeying
orders; that there were q few roughs
among them who gave an evil character
to them; that In the shooting that had
been done the Philadeiphians were bea-
ten which was all that should be de
sired, and urged that the remainder
might be allowed to go in peace.
The appeal however seems to have
availed nothing against the infuriated
strikers and their friends from the iron
glass aud other manufactures, In bis
next dispatch the correspondent of the
LEADER dispatches:
PIrTs BuReH, July 22-2 P. M.-The
Philadelphia troops have fled: Houses
on Liberty street in flames. The A. d
p. wires burned All passenger trsias
stopped. The philadelphia soldiers are
at Walls Station and anxious to return
home. They are reported as being scat
tered over the hills, pursued by crowds
This morning there was not single T
R. R official 10 The city. they having
fed for their lives The Uaion Depot
is deserted, and it is expected that II
will be destroyed The crowd will no,
allow the cars which they have just fired
to be uncoupled. and the fire is working
down this way Everything is in blszt
in the vicinity OF the outer depot, and
number OF houses on Liberty street are
in flames. The A & P telegraph poles
are burned down, and all trains on the
Pa R r are stopped
A detachment of Philadelphia soldiers
who came In this morning from the
East, are stationed at Walls, and are
reported as being in q terrible state OF
trepidation, They cannot get hacl
home, and must face the music One
man is reported as having shot four sol
diers on the way from Penn avenue tt
the Arsenal Both the fourteenth ant
nineteenth regiments disbanded during
the night Gen Joe Brown was in tht
! Union Depot this morning he said ''th'
popular feeling made it impossible fo1
them to do anything, as most OF th'
men sympathise with the strikers"
just as the troops filed down Twen
ty-fifth street and turned up Pennsylva
mia avenue en- route TO the Arsenal
shots were fred into the ranks by citi
zens without effect. The soldiers re
sponded with volley that killed on
citizen who bad led in the attack A
they continued to march toward Law
renceville they we're fred on at each 81
ley they passed. and with fatal effect
FIVE or sig soldiers fell between Twenty
fifth and Butler streets; OF the junction
of Butler and Pennsylvania Avenue on
soldier was killed When the column ar
rived at the Arsenal, toward which the.
had fought every step of the way, the.
expected to find in it an asylum, bu
they were refused admittance.
| This appeared to demoralize them an
they forthwith began TO desert the ranks
Three soldiers ran into side street ant
besoueht citizen, ',For Gods sake t
help them escape, as they had neve
meant to fight the working men" The.
! were told to run toward the Alleghen.
river, which they did The column o
Philadelphia soldiers, not now over TIVE
hundred and fifty strong, marched fur
ther up the street and made stand :
The very fact that there were but tw'
hundred and fifty Philadelphias corrob
GRATED the report that many must hav
made their escape from the round hous
during the night.
The fire early this morning extended
to the blocks opposite the outer depot
When the company's property was burn
ing the fremen were compelled by th
strikers to stand idly by, as they wer
not permitted to throw any water o
make any attempt to allay the conaagra
tion; but when the fire crossed the stree
to citizens property, the plugs wer
opened and the engines allowed to ope
rate on condition that no water shoul
be thrown on the company's property
PIrrsBuReH, July 22.-5 80 P. M
Pittsburgh is certainly under dar
cloud of smoke to-day, arising from tn
two and half miles of burning P. +
R. property comprising one hundre
and thirty five locomotives, two thou
sand cars loaded with valuable good.
the extensive Round House, machin
shops, OF the company as well as th
general offices of railroad and transfe
company's sheds and store houses. Firt
men permitted the flames to follow tn
track from the outer depot through th
city until it has now reached the Pul
man Palace coaches and tee Union d.
pot Hotel. and will probably extend
the large grain elevator, as wind is
that direction. Smoke from the burr
ing property hangs over the city like
pail, the streets of which are crowde
with people, wagons and carts loade
with stolen goods, galloping over III
stones, making this day Of rest one {
hustle and turmoil. Men, women an
children are carrying hams and bag
: filed with what they conld gather up :
As there is no more P. R r prope.t
Ito destroy, the Ere department will /