Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-01

! Corbitt. IL is also reported that thre
! young ladies were shot while lookinI
on. Their names could not be learne'
at this hour. The armory Of the Read
ing Rifles was broken into and th
guns captured by the mob, but as N
J ammunition could be found they wer
not put to use. The gun store of |.
, Roget, on Seventh street, was alst
broken open ard what guns and pistol
were there taken off by the crowd
This is all the damage done to any
private property or of the railroad
company, and thus far outside of the
burning OF the Lebanon Valley bridge
the loss is very small There has beer
one soldier of the Fourth Regiment
killed and four wounded slightly.
READING, July 23.-To-day crowd
numbering several thousand persons
assembled along the Reading Railroad
and this afternoon they commenced
stopping freight, coal and passenger
trains, only permitting mail trains to
proceed At s o'clock this evening
seven companies of the Fourth Regi.
ment, Pennsylvania National Guard,
arrived, and proceeded along the rail
road to Penn street while in the deep
cut, extending two squares from Wal
nut to Penn street, the soldiers were
assailed with stones, and Immediately
commenced firing, it is alleged, with
out orders. The firing was indiscrim.
mate, the bullets doing bad work
among the immense concourse of peo-
pie in the vicinity Of Seventh and
Penn streets, among whom were many
respectable citizens, as well as ladies
and children. The troops fred down
Seventh andup and down Penn streets
Five persons are known to have been
killed and from eighteen to twenty-five
were wounded, several of them NOR
tally, A number of other persons are
supposed to have been wounded who
escaped in the crowd. Among those
wounded are seven members of the
police force, some OF them seriously
Chief Cullen had harrow escape, hav.
ing been shot in the breast, but a
thick memorandum book turned the
ball. The policemen were stationed
along the railroad tracks to preserve
order and received the full fire of the
military. A number of soldiers were
knocked down and injured by large
stones thrown at them Great excite
ment prevails tonight. The mob broke
into the armory Of the Reading Rifles
and captured all their guns and have
also taken all the weapons from a gun
store. They threaten vengeance upon
the military and further trouble is
feared tonight The mob is now en-.
gagged in tearing up the railroad tracks
and there is blockade of accumulated
freight and coal cars. The railroad
company has strong guard stationed
around their machine shops and other
buildings in the city to prevent them
from being burned. Several companies
Of United States regulars and the Six
tecnth Regiment, Pennsylvania Ma.
tional Guard, are expected TO arrive
during the night.
PITTsBuRdn, July 23.-The storm
which has been gathering for fiveyears,
and which broke over this great city
on Saturday night, is over, at least for
the time being, and the people Of Pitts
burgh are now contemplating the
monstrous result Of their own incom-
prehensible folly They have sowed
the wind and truly they have rea ped
the whirlwind. The sympathy of all
classes was extended to the strikers,
but the thing did not stop there, and
SO bitter were the denunciations of the
railroad company that riot and blood
shed, arson and pillage were foreseen
by those who calmly witnessed the
struggle but no words of warning
were needed, and when the first shot
was fred into the troops by the mob
at Twenty.eighth street there were
not less than 5000 people present, men,
women and children, and they unani-
mously treated the command to dis
perse with contempt, and then, when
the troops did fire and clear the track,
tho donunciations were loud and deep
on every hand. Riot and bloodsbed |
during the night were known to be in
evitable, but the citizens did absolutely |
nothing to prevent il, and had the |
Mayor issued the proclamation calling
for volunteers which he has done TO-
day, he would have been derided and |
hooted, and so the storm broke at mid |
night and ragged In all its deadly fury |
for twelve hours. Then the people |
began to realize their mistake and to
say to one another, this thing has gone
TAR enough and must now be stopped |
You will see the significance of the |
words gone far enough" While the |
of the railroad company alone
and that for which it was directly re-
sponsible was being consumed interfor-
ence was not thought Of, but when the |
fire reached the limits of the companys
there was an outcry that it
must be checked. 1t never seemed to
enter the mindsoi the people that they, |
as taxpayers, were directly responsible |
and would have TO pay for all the dam
age done, The simple fact is that had |
the citizens not shown such an,alarm-
ing disregard of all law and order the
would never have occurred,
but the desperate communist leaders
and plundcrer in the community saw
that now was their time and they were
aided, | have the best reasons for be
lieving by experienced incendiaries
and pillagers from other cities, who
have been gathering hero since it was
made known throughout the country
that Pittsburgh, through municipal
corruption and incompetenoy, had been