The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-25

of ten per cent. on pay, on the first instant
This feeling was gradually strengthened until
noon Yesterday when meeting was held at
Mt. Vernon works, at which were represented
the engineers, conductors fremen, brakemen
and brakemen of freight trains. The yard
hands as also the various branches of workmen
in the shops excepting the machinists, had
no knowledge of the meeting. Resolutions
were adopted asking the directors to pay the
amount deducted on the LIST inst. as also ten
per cent taken off four months previously and
restore the pay at that time. A committee of
s or representing each class was appointed to
wait on George G. Wilkins, Superintendent of
the two roads, and inform him of what they
desired. They had an interview of an hours
duration with Wilkins, John w. Davis, the
general agent of the company, being present
These gentlemen informed the committee that
they bad no authority to act In the matter, but
it remained with the President, Thomas A.
Scott. and directors, to whom the requests of
the committee were forwarded, a decisive
answ to be given at o'clock this afternoon.
THE READING RIOT.
Details OF the Encounter-The Military
Censured
NEW YORK, July pa special Reading de-
despatch gives the following details Oh the riot
there yesterday
The main line of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Co. g road passes through the city
on Seventh street. Pennsylvania street is the
main highway running in the opposite direction
from and crossing Seventh street at right an
giles from Pennsylvania street. Northward
two squares, two lines of track are laid leading
to the new depot. These are laid through a
high on either side. On this section of the
track the bloody work was done.
AT ten minutes after the military about $50
strong, marched in toward Pennsylvania street
through the cut to the depot, with few drums
that could not be heard square away. Few
and fewer still knew they were advancing up
on the crowd. Steadily they approached when
suddenly 800 rifles were discharged in volleys,
and men dropped to the pavement. When the
troops fired their first volleys, they were given
broadsdes of rocks and stones from the tops Of
walls, and quite number of revolver shots
were returned by parties IN the crowd. The
troops continued their firing, and men, women
| and children fled in fear. They had assembled
on Seventh street to look at the train that had
been stopped, when they were recklessly and
| indiscriminatey fred into. The citizens almost
unanimously condemn these proceedings. In
five minutes the streets were cleared and hotels
| and restaurants locked up. Business had beer
proceeding as usual, and just before the firing
| not a single merchant or business man wa,
| aware of the coming of the military. The
| streets resembled small battlefield, and the
pavements were stained with blood. 1t was alb
| solutely dangerous for men to come from the
| alley-ways and from behind brick walls to &c
| to the assistance of the dying.
Finally the sufferers, grooming and shreking
| for water, were carried to the drug stores tC
have their wounds dressed. But two of the
| military were badly hurt Private Estsinberg-
er of the Allen Rifles, Allentown, was shot il
| the neck. Private Statngton was struck in the
| abdomen by brick. Both were conveyed tt
| the Mansion House and their wounds attended
to. Several more of the military were struck
| with stones, but not seriously hurt After fir
| ing, the soldiers formed along Pennsylvania
| street with the left resting on 9TH, and subse
| quently marched to Pennsylvania square, and
| from there to the depot of the Reading Com
| pany, which is strongly garrisoned,