The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-26

which will be sustained in this item is
but trife in the aggregate of damage
done. While hundreds were engaged
firing the cars and making certain de-
struction of the valuable buildings at the
outer depot, thousands of men, women
and children were engaged pillaging cars.
Men with heavy sledges would break
open cars, and the contents would be
thrown out and carried off by those bent
on profting by the reign of terror. The
street was almost completely blockaded
by persons laboring to carry off plunder
they had gathered together. In hun
dreds of instances wagons were pressed
into service to enable thieves to get away
with goods.
Mayor Mccarthy, early in the day, en-
deavored to stop the pillage, but the
handful of men at his command were un-
able to control the crowd, who were des.
perate in their anxiety to secure the
goods. Pillage was checked, but the
mob fred the cars, and proceeded with
the work of destruction. 1t is impossible
to form an idea of the amount of goods
stolen, but hundreds of thousands will
not cover the loss. At II o'clock in the
morning it became apparent that some
thing must be done to check the mob,
and number of citizens hurriedly pre-
pared notices calling mass meeting OF
the citizens to take measures to prevent
further destruction of property. The
meeting was held at noon. A committee
appointed to wait on the rioters failed to
induce them to refrain from further de-
struction of property, and the railroad
authorities could not be found. From
the time the military fled up to o'clock
in the afternoon no effort had been made
to check the riot other than the meeting
Of citizens referred to. The mob worked
very quietly, and it was noticeable fact
that few of the railroad employees were
engaged in the work of destruction.
Here and there man who had been dis
charged might have been seen leading a
crowd, but generally the ringleaders were
men who had never been employed on
any railroad.
At $3.50 burning car was run down
the grade under the sheds surrounding
the Union depot, and the mass of pine
lumber used in the shedding over the
tracks was soon a sea of fire. Boxes OF
freight received for shipment we're broken
open and their valuable contents carried
off. After plundering the depot for an
hour, and when -four, hams, and all
kinds of provisions had been carried
away, the torch was applied, and soon
the vast depot and company's general
offices adjoining were mass of flames.
The western part of Pittsburg is in the
hands. of the rioters. The control Of
affairs has passed from the strikers into
the hands of the discontented laborers oi
all classes, and the most terrible disor-
ganization exists among them. Oil cars
are set fire and pushed from point to
point for incendiary purposes. The por-
tions of Knapp's battery which the rioters
captured are strategically placed to pre-
vent the soldiers approaching the city
Sheriff Fife is certainly killed. Gen.
Pearson is said to be dying in the Round.
house where the soldiers are besieged
They owe their present safety from mas
sacre to having a Gatling gun in the
Roundhouse which the troops seem tc
handle with discretion and effect. Dead
bodies are lying in the vicinity which
the rioters are afraid to move.
WASHINGTON, July 21.
The Secretary of War directs Gen.
Hancock, with two strong batteries to
occupy both Washington and Fort Nc
Henry. He also, after consultation With
the President, has directed Gen. French
10 send portion of his troops to Cum.
berland. This is in response to a equi-
sition from Gov. Carroll, of Maryland.
The Secretary of the Navy has ordered
the vessels of the North Atlanticsquad-
ron to assist in transporting the troops.
The President has issued ppclama-
ton similar to that in regard to West
Virginia, covering the entire United
States, and he orders the obstructionists
to disperse, on or before II o'clock to,
morrow, July %. This proclamation,
however, alludes to Maryland and Cum
berland, and to the call Of Governor
Carroll. The Secretary of War has Or
dered Gen. Hancock to Baltimore.
Latest from the Strike.
PITTsBURG, July 23.-The citizens
early in the day affected an organization
which has subdued the rioters and re-
stored the control of the town to its mu,
nicipal authorities. They have invited
the fugitive Philadelphia soldiers to re-
turn, assuring them of protection. Head,
ed by the mayor, the citizens marched
to the wharf and prevented accessions to
the thieves from the river.
The disorderly element should not now
be called strikers, because the real
strikers are rendering effective aid to the
municipal authorities in maintaining
order. The mayor has possession OF the
cannon and most Of the arms used by the
mob, and the reign of terror may be re-
garded as over. .,
BUFFALO, July23-7 p. m.-The mob
reinforced by large numbers, called at
the car shops of the Lake Shore and Erie
Railroad Companies and ordered all the
workmen there TO quit work, which they
did forthwith. No serious demonstra.
tions are as yet being made. About 4
o'clock this afternoon a Buffalo and
jamestown tmin, which leaves the Erie
depot, on arriving at Compromise Cross
ing. two miles from the depot, had 8
passenger coach detached and showed on
the Central track, and the fireman was
forcibly taken from the engine. Super
intendent Doyle, who was on the train
demonstrated with the strikers, stating
that there had been no reduction o.
wages on their road, nor had there beer
any sinceits Inauguration. The effect O
this statement was the bringing back o
the coach by the strikers, who coupled il
on and assured the Superintendent thai
nothing should be done in any way to in
terfere with the workings Of his road
Early in the afternoon an assault wa
made by nearly two thousand rioters OF
about two hundred soldiers, who were
guarding the Lake Shore Roundhouse
The military were obliged to leave tn
bnilding, which is now barricaded by tn
mob, who have placed cars in position a
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