Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-07-26
RAILROAD STRIKES.
~. Riut at Pittsburg-Attack on Troops in
pa,timore-Other Strikes.

.,,citp,,,ent is raging all over the city
III. l. .irtually in the hands of an armed
"..h ~ecsuposed of laborers, iron workers
.,;nors- s%tevedores. and others, who are
~ s.u sympathy with the strikers. A large
". visited Johnson's gun factory, OIL
'D.;tbeegd street, about Z O'Clock this even
49, and armed themselves. Another ant
,assererowd has Just finished the demolition
.pprou,n's establishment. on Wood street
."h;c,, they rihel. and then marched down
rtf, avenue, with drums beating and colors
.r,nc. They number nearly 5000. AS ye'
Nv have shown no inclination to destao y
ANYTHING but railroad property.
Il is reported that Allegheny arsenal is il
rho hands of the rioters.
The Philadelphia militia are bcsieged il
I'm round house at the outer depot, ant
tnsir nosition is considered very critical.
The telegraph employees were driver
from their posts at the outer depot by stones
&C carly as S o'clock. The strikers threaten
to destroy the Union Depot, and they have
captured three pieces of ordnance belonging
to Knapp's battery.
A number of citizens went to the Phila
1plnhia soldiers, who are entrenched in tho
PENNSYLVANIA round house, tonight, anC
begged them to leave the city, as a genera
massacre was feared, but they were unable
to do so on account of the surrounding mob
Two of the soldiers who attempted to ster
out sirgly were shot and instantly killed
and two citizens were shot down Oh Liberty
street.
The passenger traffic on the Pennsylvania
Railroad is entirely suspended. and the Tn
ion Depot and adjoining hotel have been en-
trely abandoned.
Another gun shop has been raided or
Liberty street.
Sheriff Flies dead body has just beer
brought in from the outer depot. Major
General Pearson has been badly wounded
LArER.-Outer depot in a sheet of flame
The mob began to push burning cars toward
the round house some time ago. The inten.
ton is to destroy the extensive shops of the
Company aud the Union Depot building.
The number of people that have been slain
since dark is large. The exact number will
mot be accessible for several days.
The summing up OF the riot at 2Sth street
this p. m. shows a total of 20 killed and Is
wounded. The hillside was dotted with
dead and dying.
The seventh division of the State militia
from Meadsville, 1itusville, Oil City, and
other points in the northwestern part of the
Sate, are expected hourly at the Allegheny
|depot. A large force of men are laying fol
1hen, and have Il portion of Knapp's bat
very. which they captured early in the ev.
Eenlng, planted to command their approach
lhere will probably be terrible bloodshed
when they arrive.
CHICAGO, July 22-Noon.-Advices from
fiusburg say that the Philadelphia soldier:
pave moved out Of the round house, ana
kOoe TO Allegheny arsenal OF Pennsylvania
t'en'e. After they had gone one or two
yocAs from the round house they were free
'u.o ny the mob and six men killed.
BALTIMORE, July Northumberland dis
p"e0es state that owing to the lawlessneSs
s"u violence OF the strikers there, who stol
nans and drag the crews from them, Gov
raof carroll issued an order this afternoon
,"'''s out the 9TH regiment to go there tt
b., uhe suppression of the riot along thu
"''lo'e q Ohio Railroad. Cover nor Car
a'so issued a proclamation recitlng tn.
Wv" condition and conspiracy which exis
b., anpeue the traffic of the Baltimore & Ohio
"oao; thai the local authorities had beer
h. :, eases unable to deal with these bod
WIZ mat the protection of citizens ant