The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-07-26

these the burning car was run. The |
freight depot of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati |
and st Louis railroad was q large shed 1
building fronting on Grant street, and |
extending from Washington street to /
Seventh avenue. The company's gen
eral Offices were in a four-stoTy brick |
building fronting on Seventh avenue. |
These were totally destroyed, as was also |
THE DEPOT OF THE ADAMS EXPRESS COM
PANx,
located on Grant street. The books and
valuable papers had been removed from |
the Union depot Offices, as we'll as from
the other buildings, before the fire reached
them. The fire department of the city
continued on duty from the time
of the first alarm, but were not
allowed to throw any water or make any
effort to gave the property of the railroad
company. They consequently directed
their efforts to saving the private property
on the north side of Liberty street. In
this they were mainly successful, al
though six dwellings and a sash frctory
located near the roundhouses
we're destroyed. Early in the day,
when the Union depot building was
fred, followed by the Pan Handle offices,
a panic seized the citizens, who had, up
to that time, calmly folded their arms
and looked on; it was feared that the
confagration would sweep the entire por-
ton of the city south Of the Panhandle
railroad tracks, as many of the buildings
were small frames and as dry as finder
At this jdncture the fire department of
Allegheny, which had been held in
readiness In case of an outbreak on that
/ side of the river, was summoned to assist
in 81 ? h. E =
! Pan Handle railroad building was the last
one in the line, and the Allegheny depart
ment was placed on Seventh avenue to
check the progress of the flames in that
| direction. When this last building was
| fred, the whole territory between
| Seventh avenue and MilIvale Station, a
distance of three miles, was a mass of
| fame, the railroad company's property
1 being all between the south side of Lib
| erty street and the bluff hill, extending
! from Seventh avenue to Millvale The
still-houses on the hillside, although bad
! ly scOrched, were not destroyed. The
railroad buildings destroyed were as
follows: Two rOundhOGses, one machine
shop, the sUperintendent's office, car
repair shop, Union transfer depot,
offices of the Pullman car company,
laundry and offices of the dispatchers,
Office of the Powder house, Union
Depot hotel, Pan Handle railroad engine
house, the general offices of the freight
| depot, and the freight depot of the
Adams express company.
LOOKING AFTER RAILROAD OFFICIALS.
At about five o'clock, the fire from the
Union depot communicated to the i'm
mense grain elevator at the corner of
Grant and Washington streets. This
was built of huge timbers, COW
cred with slate, and it contained
a large quantity of grain. The destruc-
ton or these buildings seemed to satisfy
the rioters, as they began to disperse.
While they were burning most of those
who deserted the crowd loaded them
selves down with plumber and
wendell their way hOmeward. Through.
out the entire city various gangs of
rioters were searching for General Pearson
and TIE general officers of the Pennsyl-
va-ia railroad. The latter had made
themselves particularly obnoxious be-
cause they had brought the Philadel-
phia troops here, while General Pearson
is charged with having given the order to
fire last evening, which resulted in the
death and wOunding of many citizens.
| Whether he is responsible or not, he would
| certainly lave been killed had he not
| managed to get out of the way. It is
said that he and the railroad officers left
the city this morning. At all events his
whereabouts is unknown.
At the adjourned meeting of the citi-
zens held this afternoon, a vigilance
committee was organized to prevent a
further destruction of property, and it
was rapidly recruited and each member
was at first provided with a base ball
bat, but these were afterwards exchanged
for guns. They were designated by a
white ribbon On their arms. AS soon as
the force was organized they marched to
Seventh avenue, where hupdredsof spec
tators, who had been waiting for some
one to lead, joined with them in prevent
ing further incendiaTism.
J The indications are now that the
REIGN OF THE MOB Is OVER,
although threats have been made that the
buildings belonging to the Pittsburg
Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad,
| and the Cleveland and Pittsbure
: road, on Pennsylvania street, and
} the Dubuque freight depot, on
} Liberty street, will be fred this evening
) A large number of the vigilance
. committee will guard these depots
, through the night, and it is thought they
will be saved. The through trains on
the Pennsylvania railroad have arrived
: and departed as usual to-day. The West
Pennsylvania railroad tracks are being
2 used from Allegheny City to GlacevilIe
the intersection on the main line. Thus
: far no property of the company outside
! of Pittsburg has been destroyed.
4 WILL PAY THE WAGES AS BEFORE TIKI
REDUCTION.
f 10 p.m.-The Pittsburg and For
s Wayne company have notified their mel
b that they have acceded to their demands
e and will pay the wages as before the re
0 duation of June 18th. The men are
2 now busily engaged in getting the roaC
: in running order. The Fort Wayne
Y blockade being raised, it is likely tina
the Cleveland and Pittsburg, and tn,
/ Erie and Pittsburg railroad will be abb,
{ to run as usual.
t The siuation on the other roads remain
unchanged. The crowds about the burn
district and along the Pennsylvani;
y railroad are gradually growing less
Z Crowds of drunken men are to be seeI
? on the street on their way home. Thu
I vigilance committee is hourly CROWN,
stronger, and it is thought that the de
J. struct:On of life and property are at end
Y The loss here within the past tWenty-fou
hours can only be estimated. Along thu
s Pennsylvania railroad, from Union depo
e to East Liberty, the numerous track
4 were filed with loaded cars; these wer'
f burned from Millvale (Thirty thirC
9 street, to Thirteenth street, distanc'
of twenty blocks. 1t is estimated
that two thousand cars, loaded witt
oil, coal and all kinds of merchandise,
were totally destroyed. All these
together with locomotives, building
e and other property destroyed, vii