The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-27
THE STRIKE IN OTHER PLACES.

From the dispatches OF the ODD of July we
CLEAN the following At Cumberland, Nd, the
Baltimore and Ohio road was still blockaded,
the strikers having everything their own way.
Freight cars were broken open by the mob, and
a large quantity of provisions and other things
were carried away. Women and children, with
bags and baskets, assisted in the depredations.
The authorities were unable to guard the prop
erty. AT Baltimore there were several collisions
between the police and the rioters, resulting in
few broken heads. The Governor Of Mary
land called on the President for military assist
ance, and the latter issued the customary proc
lamation commanding "all persons engaged in
or connected with said domestic violence and
% tcuction Of the laws to dispense and retire
peaceably to their respective abodes." Nearly
all the troops and marines at Fortress Monroe
and Norfolk were ordered to proceed at once
to Baltimore, and Gen. w. s. Hancock was di-
rected to go from New York and assume COM
mand of the forces.
The strike on the Erie was spreading, and
serious trouble was anticipated at Buffalo and
other places. The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
and Chicago train men inaugurated strike at
Fort Wayne, and resolutely declared that they
would allow no trains to move from that point
At Vinccnnes freight trains were stopped on
the Ohio and Mississippi road, and general
strike was thought to be imminent all along the
line. AT Indianapolis hand-bills were posted,
calling a public meeting Of all "in favor of
The strikers began operations at Reading
Pa. They tore up the tracks, burned the Leba-
non Valley bridge and q number of freight cars.
At Buffalo and other points in New York the
fremen and brakemen on the Lake Shore road
struck, and all freight traffic was stopped. The
Governor Of New York issued proclamation
warning strikers against acts Of violence and
calling upon all good citizens to aid in suppress
ing disorder. Several regiments Of New York
militia were called out and dispatched to Buff
falo, HOrnellsville, and other threatened points
Incendisry strikers burned train Of thirty-five
oil cara near Baltimore.
The dispatches on the morning OF the oath
give the following in regard to the great rail-
way war The strike had extended to st.
Louis, involving the freight trains OF the Ohio
and Mississippi, the Vandalia, the Chicago and
Alton and other lines centering at East st.
Louis. The Union Pacific was saved from
threatened strike by a reconsideration of the
order reducing wages. AT Baltimore
everything was quiet, and no more
trouble anticipated: 1000 soldiers
were under arms, and 1000 police
men were patrolling the streets. There
was some disorder at Philadelphia the strikers
burned an oil train on the Pennsylvania road,
near South street bridge. A party OF strikers
stopped train containing body OF militia |
near Buffalo. entered the cars and succeeded |
in forcing from some of the soldiers their |
muskets, when general fight ensued. One of |
the strikers was killed, and several wounded on |
both sides, including the commander OF the |
militia. The soldiers finally abandoned
their arms to the mob and hes.
A second collision occurred between
aDout 1000 strikers and 200 soldiers who were