The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-08-04
Violence Among the Strikers-Tro0ps
Attacked and Blood Spilled.

Cumberland states that all freight trains are
stopped there and the crews taken from
them by the strikers. The violence and law
lessness of the strikers having been brought
to the knowledge of Governor Carroll, he,
this afternoon, issued the following order,
calling out the military
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, BALTIMORE, July 20, 1877.
Brig Gen JOS II. Herbert, Commander Of the First
Brigade, ~ N. g.; z
SrR-You will proceed at once, with the 9Th Regi-
ment Of your command to the city of Cumberland
to aid in the suppression Of the riot and lawessness
along the line OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in
this State, and there await further orders.
Signed, JOHN LEE CARROLL,
Governor and Communicated Chief.
Governor Carroll also issued proclama-
ton, calling upon the citizens of the State to
abstain from lawlcssness.
Shortly after the issue OF the order to Gen.
Herbert the regiment was under marching
orders, and viii leave at about seven o'clock
tonight, armed and equipped for duty.
BALTIMORE, July 20.-As the Sixth Regi-
ment, Col. Clarence Peters, was marching
from its armory along Baltimore Street to
the Camden Station to proceed to Cumber-
land, the regiment was stoned and fired into
by crowd on the streets. The regiment
fired into the crowd, and number were
killed and wounded The confusion and
excitement is so great at present that it is
impossible to get at the facts. Four dead
bodies have been taken to the Middle
District Station, and number of wounded,
six or seven, to the various drug stores.
10 p. m.-Ths hour the excitement at
tending the terrible shooting by the Sixth
Regiment is still fierce, and the crowd on
Baltimore Street for several squares, from
South Street each way, is on the increase,
rendering the sidewalks almost impossible
In front of the Middle Police Station on
North Street, nearly opposite the hall where
most of the dead and wounded have been
taken, the way is blocked with an excited
mass eager to learn the names of the unfor-
tunate men. In this station there are now
lying eight dead bodies and wo wounded.
The following are the names of the dead, as
far as ascertained: Thomas b. Byrne, regis
tered in the Fifth Ward, shot in the head
and killed instantly, aged forty years; VIM.
Koran, a newsboy aged fourteen years, shot
in the head and killed instantly; Lewis
Ierarowitch Cornelius Murphy, shot
through the spinal column, aged twenty
three, and four yet unrecognized.
Wounded-James Roke, aged twenty-five,
laborer in botting establishments danger :
ously; Geo. Kemp, huckster, aged twenty
three, shot through the thigh while ON his
way home, seriously
The widest rumors are ahoat in regard to
the number killed. One is that several
women were killed and borne of.
10: 30 p. m.-The depot at Camden Station
is on fire, and it is said that the railroad office
has been cleaned out The telegraph Office in
the depot building has been destroyed, the
wires cut, and instruments removed.
IL p. m.--lhe fire at the depot at Camden
Station has been extingushed with but little
damage. The telegraph Office cleaned out
was the dispatcher's office on the station plat
form, and not the office in the main building
All the Baltimore d Ohio wires have been
cut.
VIOLENCE AT CUMBERLAND, MD.
CUMBERLAND, MD, July 20.-The strikers
fired on the train which brought up the first
detachment of troops and one of the train
men was slightly wounded in the hip.
CUMBERLAND, MD, July PA few
minutes ago there was what promised TO be
serious affair. The police arrested man
named Rench, for whom warrant had been
issued. He is one Of the rngleaders of the
difficulty here, and when arrested started
quietly for the station house. A large crowd
followed, and as they approached the station
the crowd called upon the police to halt, and
made a rush to rescue the prisoner. The
police drew their revolvers, when some one
III the crowd fired. The police returned the
shot and some half dozen shots were fired
There was no one hurt. Rench and three
others were taken to the station house, but
were released by the Mayor to appear for
hearing to-day. There is now again a large
throng in the streets, and the intelligence
from Baltimore appears to have added to the
excitement
THE SITUATION AT PITTSBURG.
PITTsBURG, July 19.-The strike inaug-
urated on the Pennsylvania Railroad still
continues, and the excitement occasoned
thereby has been increased in intensity by
the determined efforts made by the railroad
authorities to remove the blockade which
was established Yesterday. Throughout
the morning rumors of the employees of
other roads centering here joining in the
movement were freely circulated and found
ready credence, but up to this time-1 p. IN.
no such demonstration has taken place.
The strikers are hourly increasing in
strength. As the trains come in they are
met, and the crews, after taking the tram to
the yards, join the strikers. There are, to-
day. at the lowest estimate nine hundred
loaded cars lying on the track between the
Union Depot and East Liberty, while the
number en- route swels the total to fifteen
hundred loaded cars This number con-
stantly increases, and the maze of tracks
will soon be all occupied by inert masses of
rolling stock, heavily laden with goods for
all parts of the West and East.
1IEJSBURG, July Lu.-At IL CLOCK lasU
night Sheriff Fife, in compliance with a re-
quest from the railroad officials, visited the
strikers at Twenty-eighth Street. and ordered
them to disnerse. This they refused to do.
The Sheriff remained there until after eight
o'clock this morning, but his authority was
defied He was informed that the trains
should not 60 out if they could prevent
them, and that they did not care for any posse
he could muster, nor for any troops that
could be brought out. Finding the strikers
were not disposed to yield obedience to the
civil authority, the railroad officers decided
to call upon the military. A telegram was
dispatched to the State authorities, and the
Eighteenth Regiment was ordered under
arms.
Gov. Hartranft issued a proclamation adj
monishing all good citizens or persons
within the Jurisdiction of the commonwealth
against aiding or abetting unlawful proceed
ings, and commanding all persons engaged in
riotous proceedings to disperse, or the mill
tary will be used to enforce obedience to the
law.
TROOPS ASSEMBLING AT PHILADELPHIA.
BALTIMORE, July 20.-At eight o'clock
this evening Major General r. NJ. Brenton,
commanding the First Division N. G. p, re-
ceived the following dispatch:
You will move with your entire division,
cavalry and artillery, dismounted, via the
Pennsylvania Railroad to Pittsburg, report
ing on your arrival to Major General Pear
son. Advise him and me of your departure
from Philadelphia and your progress along
the road. Ammunition will be furnished
you at Harrisburg and will be in charge of
George c. Kelley and General Diver. The
Pennsylvania Railroad will furnish trans.
portation.
[Signed,1 GAMES w. LATTA,