The New York herald., 1877-07-25


concluded to It's police force with the add"oI
Of 100 mcn, remain duty III tho LIST Of October
Business is virtually dead here, and II tho deadioch
the railroads contiuucs much longer all the manu-
facurers will Obliged 10 suspend Many oil Inc
large mils depending the railroads for supplies
OF coal about exhausted, and cannot possibly KEEP
in operation longer than this week. The glass manu-
also running short OF soda ash and othe'
material used by them. rho Pittsburg Forge ana iron
Company have stopped for want OF coal All the sou'n
side mills dependent on tho Pan Handle kaiiroau
for COAL and not Is running on this line 'ne''
prospects of continuing operations not haterins'
Pennsylvania Railroad through trains arrive AZ Inc
West Pennsylvania depot IN Allegheny City. Tney
arrive very rreguiarly Tho Pullman Palace Car Com
pany have office in a sort OF coal shed.
REMOVAL OF THE DEAD
At half past seven this evening the dead bodies OF the
Philadelphia troops were taken from Devores under-
taking establishment to tho cars at the West Pennsyi-
vania Depot The Eighteenth regiments fp aru"'
corps preceded tho two companies OF that regiment
with reversed arms, tho hearses following one ai'ef
the other IN sad procession The bodies were lad out
in the uniforms In which they fell sod each was enoascd
In handsome conn. The mournful coretso moved
down Filth avenue Sixth street, crossing the suspen-
sion bridge, and therce to tho depot.
LIEUTENANT AsH's DEATH
d.
Battery, died to-day Ashs right leg badly shat
tered above knee his wound having been received
at tho hands OF some miscreant before the arsenal
was reached Tho unfortunate mans wife arrived
from Philadelphia but little time before no breathed
his last.
ran BODIES IN THE ROUND
II is again positively asserted that number OF Pha-
delphia troops buried in the debris OF the round
house. A prominent military man OF this city who
left the round house Saturday night ut eleven
O'Clock says thero were there two men badly wounded
and ono dead. How many killed after he
loft he had no means of knowing, but
as II was alter that hour whom the
storm bullets rancd 6ercest, he disposed to be-
lovs that had beon killed Thore is still rubbish
about the round house, and weeks capse before
IL is removed
MuRDKRER ARREsTED.
man named Padden, who openly boosted that he
killed several Philadelphia troops arrested to-day
He offered much resistance aud called upon his COM
panions for assistance He said he of the
men who lodged and out Of the alleys, shooting
down tho troops they marched out Penn and
Butler streets.
An cx-iieuenapt of tho police force named Mc~hes-
ney is under arrest for arng on The soldiers
The strikers still hold possession OF the Fort Wayne
and Chicago Railroad, and have all tho property per-
tanning to that corporation under their charge.
General Manager Laying aud General Mccullough
in an interview to-day, said that they had
no authority to make any propositions
to the strikers. Colonel T. A. Scott the person
whom dlsaccted parties would have to consult. ana
nothing could bo done on the Pennsylvania road or
the lines leased by that company uness he gave the
requisite authority.
STRIKERS RUNNING PASSENGER rKAiys.
o1It thn tO I,o
discontinued by the President Of the Fort Wayne and
Chicago road, the strikers still continue to
run them, sending out to-day a number OF
through and way passenger trains. Robert Am
mond who was dismissed some weeks ago
by the company for being member OF the Train Men g
Union has entire charge OF the road. He Is popular
among the strikers and 1t was they who selected him
as superintendent. He has moved about good deal
He sits the little office OF the train dispatcher at tho
outer depot aud gives verbal directions about running
the trains 1t is the strikers headquarters He can
not give work to more than onc-tenlh of them, but
his disposition is satisfy ALL and those immed-
atcly employed conduct themselves with expectations
Of good times coming So far no accident has oc-
Cured this road, though sometimes they run trains
at an unprecedented rate OF speed. How long this
state OF affairs will last only be conjectured but
tho strikers say the railroad ocors want to throw the
Dlamo ot stopping suo pasSengeT tEtus Vn tnen anu
they won't allow u.
PROCLAMATION BY A sHERIPY.
The Sheriff Of Harrisburg issued proclamation this
morning commanding the crowds 10 dsperse. The
Vigilance Committee there now numbers about ono
thousand. At a meeting OF strikers this morn
ing a resolution passed to stop all passenger
trains except those carrying tho mails. The COM
mi.lec waited the Of the Harrisburg
car shop night, and requested that tho works be
closed The request granted more account OF
the short supply of material hand than anything
else.
DIsGRACErUL CONDUCT OF THE MILITIA AT
READING--THEY FRATERNIzE WITH THE
STRIKERS AND THEY GET DRUNK ToGsTuER-
REGULARS oUTDngAR-THE BAw MIL
ITIA SENT AWAY.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
READING, Pa. July "a, 1877
The death roll OF the slaughter Of last night now
reaches ton. Their names are Daniel Nschtreb John
Weaver James j. Fisher Howard Crnmp Milton
Trace, John Cassidy, John wunder, Levi Schaffer,
Alexander Eisenhower and j.. g. Hoffman.
Al lcast three additional names will be added
TO this death roll by tomorrow, making the total
thirteen. When this alarming intelligence became
known to-day the ralroad men became intensely ex-
cited, and threats were msdo upon every street
corner that terrible vengeance would be
visited upon the heads OF tho military to.
night the indscrminatc slaughter highly
inccnsed the citizens, and probably nine
tcnhs Of the population did not conceal their open
feeling Of hate entertained against the military Ex-
element very high, and many people confessed
their fear the soldiers would be very harshy dealt
with.
SEIZURE OF AMMUNITION
During the afternoon the police officials were in
formed where the strikers had stored a portion oi
their ammunition and Chief OF Police Cullen, with
small detail OF ohosrs, proceeded TO unIrs1uented
basement quiet part OF the city, forced entrance
and succeeded In capturing two large boxes OF old
fashioned muskes that the strikers had procured
from the relics of an old military company. The
young man who had informed the police OF the where.
ohouta the narrowly cscn nod de,th ,t