Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-27

received dangerous W0uDus. ahu peHa'cu sal'
lantly, as did the I'd regiment.
SAN FRANcIsco. July 16.-Al is quiet this
morning. The only man known to be killed
is Herman t3ularvllc, no;c-teller OF the Log
dou and Ssu Francisco back. SeTcra! were
dangerously wounded Oh both sides.
| Ne further !cnicocy will be shown the moi.
| Members or the comm!iico uf safety will be
rroriisd with the most approved weapons and
general orders hay, b3co given tc shoot do"n
auG person caugh: 10 the act CT demollshlog
property or Interfering 20 prevent the extln-
gu;Shrcot ii hres.
Resistance offered by hoodlums last Eight Is
the reason Fer the adoption Of kar$her measures
| Of punishment
! specisl meeting CT tic Board Of P5lcc
Commissioners was held this afternoon, at which
| it was determined to Instruct the members OF
the police force tina. it was their duty to shoot
| into any crowd which attacked them With
stones or weapons Of any kind. They were to
take DO risks whatever but on the first attack
upon them were 10 use their pistols.
| ST. Louis July 26.-Three large crowds OF
strikers, Fouphs and tramns started out this
afternoon to finish the work, begun yesterday,
Of c!oSiG;: manufacturing establishments lHes'
three m0bs subsequently subdivldcd INTO thirty
or !orte small squads, and spread themselves
ever the southern and eastern parts Of the city,
AID closed all the mills, iaclorlca, machine.
shops, brick yards and other places where men
are emp!oycd that they found in operation.
The closing up If all o! the labor employing
establishments is cot wholly approved ~ the
strikers proper. be! the rabte 50 laT have had
matters pretty much their own WAY. The most
uorn.y members Ot the mGh are n2grn"5
4 p. m-Thc situation here Is hourly tec0m-
ing moro and mere serious. The mob grows
nojser and more dciisnt, ard the outlook tor
night is alarming. Every place OF business IS
closed, and the scenes ca the sreets remind Us
Of war times. An attempt Wss made this
morning to DurG the Standard -Four Mills, and
il is iu,; reported that cigar mauuactory 10
North s.. IIuui<. tho employees OF which re.
fused to i,n the strikers, has been burncd 10
the ground, Tie mob has jnst visited the o.
fec Of the Wcstche Post, ! German ntw$Pa
per, aul ordered it closed. The pEop!!etofs
refused, aud the mob then moved away, threat
en!og 10 be EeaEl from again speedily. !ntre
is q rum1r current that mir'lai law VII! b" dc
clared this evening. \ DuMoef OF TIE rioters
have i1s. visited thelt2publican newspaper Of
fee, pu, policemen in ihe c9untlng-To0m drew
tbeic re7ovcrs aud quickly dispersed them.
TnLApELpntA, july 26.-E.yeTythinr is
ouie! ct West phi!adc.p hia 10, dag. The po!.c",
in brc2kiDg up meeting At Fourth a5d BerSs
streets tonight, were stoned By a crowd OF
mca, and several shots were fired Ct them. \
Icsocrstc fight cosuad. The police say they
fired 10 the air, but when the affair was over
the BODY Of boy abcut seventeen year; Old
vas found dead, with bullet in,his head Sew.
cra Of the police were Injured by flying mis-
siles.
PI2TsEunG, July 2G-Affairs iu this city
main quiet, although the citizcrS are not re-
iruuishipg their efforts 10 the least. The po
lice, regular and special, arc buslly engaged 10
making arrests OF Suspicion: characters aot
parties who participated IN the attack on the
Philadelphia soldiers. IL the Allegheny depot
the strikers have pasted rcticc that one train
will b. allowed to run daily caed way over ;hc
Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chicago. Clove-
land aud plttsburg and Pi.tsburg and Erie rail
roads.
| SCRANTON, Pa, July 2G.-The strike con-
tinucs on tho Delaware, Lackawan1a and West
cru road at this poiat, aud has extended to
every other branch OF Industry 10 the L7eka.
awauDa valley. The miners held an lmmcnse
meeting to-day in the woods, anu I'd fewer than
10000 per5ous were present.
The answer Of Prcsidcn, SIcar that tue com
pauy could not grant the ADVANCE OF twenty
five per cent. demanded WAS read amid pro
found sieDca, and resolutions were adoltcd
10 the effect that the men would die before
returning 10 work at what they Cal: StarVauon
wages. thc critical situation has been lucEeaS-
cd by tie strike 81 nine engineers a1d pump
hands to eight at o'clock. They drew the:
fires out AID the mi1cs are now flooding. II
allowed to become flooded it will take year to
prepare them for work again.
| BALTIMORE, July esterday Was dag
of peace in Baltimore The line Of The Bl!tl-
,.ore and Ohio, above Martiosburg was rep
reseoci 10 be peaceful. Three men were fired
upon and badly wounded. supposed by strikers,
at Nl:. Airy, lorty-two miles from Baltimore,
on Wednesday right This is the only case Of
b!ool=hed reported. Gcu Abbott, With the
battalion Of engineers au1 Z company of the
Second Artillery, irom Washington, lett at
roou l2r Philadelphia. Tho Third Artillery,
part OF the N9u:t!:, and company OF regular
ia:ao.rf cpurr:so the United States forces S:liI
10 BaI!in4rc, under Gen. BaTry's conmaat.
Recruiting CONTINUES, Gu; was ~. Sc brisk
yesterday a. 90 previous days. lie freight
block ,,ia continues with 10 Indications CT
break. There were runners OF negotiations yes
terGay between The company ana the strikers
that ware generally credited, but not verified
by tic company. It was stated That a cImpro-
mise va proposed similar to that agreed UPON
b.tWeeu The Northern Central road aud It's Gu
p!0yres-hc ucu TO 20 10 work OF the promise
ol ~ cquj:abic adjus'mc Of wages after tn:
troubc Is settled, AID the mcn 10 get as good
wages as should be paid BY any other trunk
lice. There appears to be no doubt that some
sort Of Sc,ticme1; is contemplated, ADD the cue
proposed, it is sliI, is likely 10 meet Sslth MORO
!avGr than Oh? other.
Mr. John King, j., Isl Vice Pfcsidcr; Of
the Baltimore end Ohio Railroad, has decliocd
to acceed 70 the propositions offered hIm by the
strikers % the roai !ar settlement Of The ox-
is;ing uiificu!iiss.
Esc7yth;as ra;uai0ed quiet 90 the baltimore
division OF the Northern Central railway and
Baltimore aul. Potomac railroad, and pas@"n
&c; and i;cith; traius were running regularly.
The stop sncr and train hands we're at work,
and there is no Indication OF strike or dlstur-
bancc Of .ny character among tile employees.
l. Is ;ht intention OF the Government 10
throw slroug force along the Iinc O. The Is.
Il y. Il. T. as far West as the Ohio river for
the purpose OF opening aud keeping that road
open 10 freight aud passenger tisnS.
| The strikers camp at Sir Johns Rua has