Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-19
THE RAILROAD STRIKERS.
Call for T.. = TrOOps-Proclamat ion
by the President Sent from
Washington and Fort McHenry
The Situation Last Night.

Call for Z. = Troops am alton
by the President-GrOOps Sent from
washington and Fort McHenry -
The Situation Last Night.
Yesterday afternoon Gov. Matthews, OF
West Virginia, sent the following
DISPATCH TO PRESIDENT HAYES;
"Owing TO unlawful combinations aud do
nestle violence how existing at Martins
burg and at other points along the line OF the
baltimore and Ohio railroad, il is impOs-
sible with any force at my command to exc
cute the laws of the state. | therefore call
uIon your excellency for the assistance of
the L. :. military TO protect the law abiding
people of the state against domestic violence
and TO maintain the supremacy of the law.
The legislature is not now in session. and
could not be assembled in time to take any
action IN the emergency. A force of from
200 10 800 should be sent without delay 10
MartinsbuTg, where my aide, Col. II laplain,
Will meet and confer with the officers in
CONN and"
SECRETARY MCRARY IN REPLY
sent the following dispatch 10 Gov. Matthews:
Your dispatch TO the President asking for
troops is received. The President is aver-e
TO intervention unless il i clearly shown
the the state is unable To suppress the iu-
surrection. Please furnish fun stat iuent
of facts. What force can the state raise?
How strong are the insurgents
GEN. MATTHEW'S RESPONSE.
TO This inquiry Gen. Matthews made the
reply that The only organized force i'm the
state consists of four companies. Two OF
them are at Martinsburg. and in sympathy
with the rioters, who are believed 10 De eignt
hundred strong: another company is thirty
eight miles fIoIn The railroad, aud only one
company Of forty men efficient. There are no
organized Mill ia in the state. / will send
Colonel Delapi8lne TO see the President, if
desired. He Is at MartiuSburg. | have been
reluctant 10 call on the President, but deem-
eel II necessary TO prev nj bioodshed.'
VICE PRESIDENT KING, OF THE RAILROAD,
subsequently, tslegraphed the Secretary of
War as follows: Il nave the honor To ac-
knowledge the receipt OF your despatch OF
this date, stating ii is probable that force
OF 200 or 800 men will be sent from Washing
ton To Martinsburg to suppress the insurrec
lion, and beg to state in reply that in antici-
patton of this, and that transportation might
Washington To be prepared. and am al
vised that we are re ady 10 move from Wash
1ngtOn al MON nt's notice"
Proclamation of the PresiJ
In review of the request made by the gov
ernOr of West Virginia, the President, late
In the afternoon, issued the following proc
lamaton:
Whereas the governor of the state of West
Virginia has represented that domestic viO-
lence exists ia said state at Martinsburg aud
at various other points along the line of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad In said state,
which the authorities of said state are I'M
able to suppress:
And whereas it is provided in the Consti-
tuition of the United States that the United
States shall protect every state in this Union,
on application of the legislature, or of the
executive when the legislature cannot be
convened, against domestic violence:
And whereas by laws III pursuance OF the
above 1t is provided Tin the laws OF the
United States) that in all cases OF insurrec-
tlon In any state, or OF obstruction to the
laws thereof, IT shall be lawful for the Presi.
dent OF the United States, on application OF
the legislature of such state, or of the execu-
tive when the legislature cannot be con-
vened, 10 call forth the militia OF any other
state or states, or TO employ such part of the
land and naval forces as shall be judged ne
cessary for the purpose of suppressing such
instruction or causing the laws to be duly
executed:
And whereas the legislature of said state
is not now ii session aud cannot be con-
vened in time TO meet the present emergency,
and the executive OF SAID state, under sec
of art. OF the Cons Tuition OF the United
states and the laws passed in purs lance
thereof, has made due app icltiOu TO me In
The premises for such part of the military
force OF the United states as may be neces-
sary al d adequate TO protect said sta'e and
the citizens thereof against domestic VIC
lence, and to enforce the due execution OF the
laws:
And whereas II is required that whenever
II may be necessary, in the judgment of the
President, 10 use the military force for the
purpose aforesaid he shall forthwith, by
proclamation, command such Insurgents to
disperse and retire peaceably TO their res pee.
tive homes within limited time.
Now, there fore, /, Rutherford Il. Hayes,
President of the United States, do HEREBY
make proclamation and command all per
sons engaged i'll said unlawful and insur
peaceabiy to their respective abodes on or
before ~ o'clock noon of the 10Th day Of July
instant, and hereafter abandon said cOmbi-
nations and submit themselves to the laws
and constituted authorities of said state; and
invoke the aid and co operation of all good
citizens thereof TO uphold the laws and pre-
serve the public peace.
In witness whereof have hereuntO set my
hand and caused the seal the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this eigh-
teenth day of July, i'll the year of cur
IL. 81 Lord ls77, and of the Independence of
the United states the one hundred and
second. X. Il. HAYES.
By the President:
F. w. SEWARD. Acting Secretary OF State
Departure Of a. s. TroOps for the
Seat Of War
At $3.50 o'clOck yesterday afternoon General
french, commanding officer at the Arsesal,
received orders TO proceei TO Martinsburg
with six batteries OF artillery. Orders were
also sent to Fort NcHenry to have Two of
the batteries posted there sent on. The troops
from Fort McHcnry arrived in this city on "a
special train about O'Clock last night. la
the meantime the six batteries at the Arsenal
were made ready and marched 10 the Balti-
more and Ohio depot, where they met the
train from Baltimore Zach OF the soldiers
was equipped with his musket, knapsack
two days rations. The six batteries from
Washington and the two from Fort Nc
Henry all belonged To The I'd artillery. Gen.
French was IL command. The batteries
by Col. Litch1ield; battery G., Major Graves:
battery i, Lieut.. Howard; battery f., Lieut..
Clifford; battery q, Lieut.. Smith; battery r,
LIeat Simpson, and Lieut.. Wolf, adj utan.;
Lieut. Maurice, quariermaster. From Fora
McHenry came battery II, Capt. Wilson, and
battery l., Capt. Rogers. The eight batteries
numbered about go men. The train COM
posed of nine cars, left the depot about 10
O'Clock, just after the regular western train
The orders To the commanding officer were
TO hold themselves in readiness for action AT
Martins burg. The formal proclamation of
the President TO the rioters was TO be tele-
graphed so as to be in Martinsburg aud read
TO the strikers by the time that the troops ar
rived.
The Seat Of War
FAILURE OF THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
AT GRAFTON.
A conference was held at the Grafton
house, the parties 10 which were Gov Mat
thews, Col. Robert Delaplaine, OF the COVER
nor's staff, vice President keyser, of the
Baltimore and Ohio, and q number OF the
strikers. The conference commenced about
O'Clock and continued for two hours. The
strikers could not be prevailed upon to sue
cumb, Notwithstanding that Mr.. Keyser was
very firm I'm expressing the determination of
the company not to run the trains at ALL un-
less the employees would submit to The re-
duced rates OF compensation, adding that the