The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-02

the crowd retreatihge toward East lib.
srg. HMs ps'scps were killed and
Ate nm. the excftement il raging an
over the city, which Is virtually I'M che
hands Of an armed mob composed OF ID.
borers and iron workers, coal miners,
stpvedoep and others who arp in full
3mpstff win the st4k&A Srhe mob
visited the gun stores and Arsenal and
pRePSsS sS Si% Ess tSsS.s 1lS drums nma
beafing and }iags hyihg. Thsy number
nearly 5000. TheS Philadelphia troops
Yets'bsb eised II The rd6hdhouses ~
Sheriff Fife was killed and Mnj. Gen.
III: Penn &seS hi ] distance
of q quarter or . mile westward from the
.outer depot N asheet of Sme.t Tbe mob
|6eennto push the sburbinS cafs towards
the round house, some time ago. Their
t !ptsrtI oc 20, e g Eestgoy as ssstena Az,
Il; .sas.s In aos s ssss shows g=:.
total OF twenty killed and twsnty-nine
dead and dying. WIN
Fifteen hundred siotcqsstrikgs are ut
Cumberland and thus Tar li6ye teyery-
thing their own way. AL y
/. Thu ffeight cars at. Cumberland were
brbksn opsn ithhS morning. by the mob,
and a large quantity of provisions aud
ether things carried away. Vpmen and
olfildren with hagsland bAskee asseisted In
the depreciation. The authorities are un-
able to guard the propertya:sru 80
PrrrsBuRa, Pa, July z. LfKe drisis of
the railway strike in this city, as indicat-
ed in these dispatches Saturday night,
was precipitated yesterday afternoon
about three o'clock, when the Philadei-
phia troops who had been sent here TO
crowd. The terribly fatal effects of the
s aC sRp1is ssnsp s%a in l sss
than half an hour thousands ofworking-
men from the rolling mills, coal mines
and various manufacturing establish
ments, hurried to the scene of the COM
fict, determined to have revenge on the
troops and railway officials. 1t was stat
cd that Gen. Pearson, commander of the
Sixth division OF the State guards, had
dirocted the troops to fre before any re-
sistarace had been made, and the fact that
many of those killed and wounded had
gathered on the hiiiside merely as spec
'tators served to increase the bitterness OF
the crowd. By eight o'clock In the eve
ming mobs were moving about the city
in Various directions, sacking stores to
procure arms, breaking into the armories
of the military companies and preparing
them4elves to execute the threats freely
expressed Of massacreing the entire
Philadelphia command. BY this time
the military had withdrawn from the
railroad crossing at Twenty-eighth street,
WHERE, the rt3rst GconAicG look place, and
wen OsdeIbd toaone Oftho round houses,
where they could find better protection
BURNING THE ROUND HOUSE. st
Finally, large party of strikers cap
tuFed q carhlled with coke, which they
ian hon the Allegheny Valley Railroad
track to q siding connecting with the
Pennsylvania Railroad. They then pro-
cured large quantities Of petroleum oil,
and, pouring it over the coke, ignited the
materials. In p very few moments the
car wss's mass OF fire, and IL was then
pushed along the tracks and forced
against the round house. The building
was soon ignited, and the soldiers were
now compelled 70 prepare to fight their
way out through the frenzied mass of hui
mainly clamoring for their blood. The
building did not burn as rapidly as was
desired, and the mob, bentFon revenge,
rushed ont on the road hpd Bent bprning
trains toward tho doomed buildings.
From midnight until five o'clock this
morning the main efforts OF the crowd
were directed to firing the buildings and
cars.T9pS CEdf 1asfSd g1n ~ ~
THE ESCAPE FROM THE ROUND HOUSE.
\ About half an hour later the mob which
had been besieging the military left. for
some unexplain ed reason. This afforded
the troops, who were in actual danger of
being roasted alive. an opportunity TO
eesdsd ~ resch I hIibssy street street ii N =, 2
line and marched up TO Twenty-third
street and thence TO Pennsylvaniaavenue
and Butler street. Il The objective point
was the United States arsenal ON Butler
street, where they expected to obtain
shelter. While turning into Bntlef street,
however, the leaders Of the mob had dis
covered their retreat, and fully 1000 men
fired at them, either accidentally or in
tentionally, as they were moving along,
and this added fury to the cry for re-
venge. When they reached the arsenal
the commandment refused TO admit them.
He said he had but ten men, and Would
be powerless to hold the place II the mob
should attack It but he consented toltake
care OF the wounded, who, were accord
ingly carried into the hospital. The main
body Of troopA continued their march out
Butler street., q fusilade. being hept upon
The shots fired killed one OF the soldiers
before they reached the arsenal Two
others were killed, and were left lying on
the sidewalk. They continued their
fight, and crossed over. TO the north side
ofths Allegheny River on the Sharpsburo
bridge, the mob followinethem az fapidlg
as possible. After reach hing the north
side the troops cattered, apdi this way
the mob was divided ipto very small
, Co.. So ANARCHY IN .THE.uTY. ap'
In the meantime the city was in q state
Of anarchy. Thousands' who had not
Joined in pursuit Of tho fleeing troops
tnS q 4sbsi!SSiins' En-. md
flames, wherever they mad hot been APP
piled. BY seven o'clock the FIRE had ex-
ssSSe2 =; 81 Sped bnifdrd1s 81 cars,
- extMk live M chine|ehdps, twcround-
hoases- tho deb0tslandS6 1lce Of ~ Union
Transfer Company, blacksmith shops,
store houses and Inumsfous buildings.
mekinG uRfiP tYmirrt fagfiifenofithis
mAmm1flf2oip orAtiok ~ ~ ~
DEsrauortoM OF LocoMo-
.kasa ssn, o. .h-srIvns.rsS svss ~
z In the round houses were TO arst-class
iocoihotives which hsH ,pesA hdused In
Of the strike. These we're
toenlly destroyed, but1even the itnfhSnse'
Ices which Wal ~ nsustained4i In this item
eAonet - bute'triHelint The asggregaeo Of
dsrsgs cone - III s as III ns .sss y
THE scENEs ON, hlBERrf vr1sE1rT
aiohg thS line Sf which ne trSc>ki6S the
railroads run, simply beggar descrtpton.
while hundreds were 6h8&ked iff fring
the cars and mphing eertRin bf tho de-
1tEscti9c e; tts ys,Ea MS buildings in At the
ana chk1drenS were neuR1ysd IN ft11a9ine-
W. ESJlS bts&7 5bsS &c cars sS$ fksn 'a NE
conteli6s would Do fhrowti out and carried,
" secs ~ s9ss q pf yTs gE,s shs
s sisSos e 3 bIslsly by ~ = 5cns,
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