The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-23
sIEGED BY A MOB OF sEvER.A
THOUSAND WELL ARMED
MEN,
The Reund-house Destroyed and the Mill
tia Chased Several Miles Out Of
Town by the Mob, with
Great Loss of
Life
The Ri0ters Refuse to Listen to the Ap.
peal of Citizens Not to Destroy
Any More Property.
Especial to the Democrat.l

| PITTsBURG, July 22s 2 30 q. 1n.--The entire
cast end OF the city is at the mercy of the
mob, which Is hourly increasing in numbers
Anarchy and violence have taken possession
Of the city, and mob law prevails. The Penn
sylvania Railroad track for q distance of a
quarter of mile westward from the outer
depot is sheet of flame. The intention OF
| the mob is to destroy the extensive shops OF
| the company and the Union depot.
| The number of people slain since dark is
very large. The exact number will not be
| accessible for several days.
THE TWENTY EIGHTH STREET RIOT.
summing up of the riot at Twenty eighth
street last evening shows q total of twenty
| killed and twenty-nine wounded, The side
walks are dotted with dead bodies.
THE MOB AND THE MILITIA.
PITTsBURG, July %, 6 a. m-The Seventh
Division State Militia, from the northwest
ern part OF the State, are expected hourly at
Allegheny depot A large force of armed
men are lying in wait for them, and have a
portion of Knapp's Battery, which they cap
tured early in the evening, planted to COM
mand their approach.
Sheriff Fife's dead body has been brought
In from the outer depot.
Major Gen. Pearson Is badly wounded,
By o'clock last evening mobs were moving
about the city in various directions sacking
stores to secure arms, breaking into the
armories of military companies, and prepar-
ing to execute their threats of massacreing
the entire Philadelphia militia companies
Rxyf i1 !, I.
dered to one OF the round-houses for better
protection. About 10 o'clock mob number
ing several thousand, with the captured guns
belonging to Hutchinson's Battery, beseiged
the roud-house, and made
A BREACH WITH SOLID SHOT
But finding that the military made stout
resistance and could not be dislodged, the
mob resolved to burn them out and while a
portion Of the mob surrounded the building.
others set fire to cars loaded with oil cake,
produce, ETC., and pushed them to the build
ing. The round-house. however, did not take
fire. Train after train was burned by the
rioters, but wWe SO far from the round-house
that they did not seriously affect the military.
This was continued till about a. M, when
the crowd dispersed, and the military came
out OF the round-house and marched to the
United States Arsenal on Butler street, where
they expected to obtain shelter The leaders
of the mob had discovered
THE RETREAT OF THE MILITIA,
and fully thousand men. well armed. fol-
lowed them. The military commandment OF the
arsenal refused to admit the military, saying
that the place could not be defended against
the mob. The wounded were taken in, how
ever, and the military continued their march,
a running fire being kept up by the mob
Three soldiers were killed and the military
pursued to the north side OF the Allegheny
river on the Sharpsburg road, where they
divided.
PILLAGING THE FREIGHT CARS
PITTsBURG, July %, Up. m.-Thousands of
women and children are engaged in pillaging
the cars. Men armed with heavy sledges
broke open the cars and their contents were
thrown out and carried Off
THE RIOTERS REFUSE TO LISTEN TO REASON
A mass meeting of citizens was held and
appointed a committee to have conference
with the rioters and try to put stop to the
destruction Of property, but the committee
accomplished nothing. From the time the
military fled up to p. m. no other effort
was made. At the meeting of the citizens
1t was remarked that few of the railway en-
ployes were engaged in the work of destruc-
ton.
THE UNION DEPOT BURNED.
PITTsBURG, July o. 6p. NAT 8 80 D. m |
The Union depot was fired, and while this fire |
was raging the mob pillaged the freight de-
pot Of the Pittsburg, Columbus and st. Louis |
Railroad and the company's general offices,
Ind Adams express office was also destroyed 7