Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-21
The Railroad Officials Hope by
ThrODging the Tracks with
the Military to Awe
the Strikers.
The Strikers on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Roads
Stop all Shipping on
Pittsburg Roads.
Passenger Travel and Express Mat
tor Running as Usual on
ALI Roads.

BALTIMORE, July 2l.-Duriug a fire at
Camden station last night Governor Car
roll sent a dispatch to President Hayes
stating that the depot had been fred by
a mob beyond the control of his forces,
and asking that assistance might be az
forded by the United States authorities.
Early this morning o telegram ad.
dressed to General Barry, commanding
at Fort McHenry, was received through
the signal Office by Governor Carroll
from the secretary of war in answer to
his application to the President for
troops; The secretary of war directs
you General Barry to report to the
governor Of Maryland with guns aud all
your men to act according to his orders"
The message was sent as received to
Fort McHenry by a mounted orderly,
who returaed with word that the troops
are in readiness at a moments notice.
The firing at the Lee street portion Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad depot
was caused by the mob attempting to in.
%terfsre with iremen. The mob cut the
hose, put out the FIRE of engine No. 2
and fired upon the police, who returned
the fire and drove the mob back.
The mail train from Baltimore To
Washington and west was blockaded at
Camden station.
The members Of the Fifth regiment,
who arrived at the armory after the main
body had left, started for the Camden
depot, but we're attacked on Howard street
with stones and some Of them hurt. They
afterward returned to the armory.
The police commissioners have issued
an order in view Of the prevailing riot, to
close all bar-roomS, drinking houses and
other places where liquor is usually sold
Martial law is threatened.
No trains arrived at or left Camden
after 8 o'clock last evening. There was
no interruption on the Baltimore and
Potomac or Northern Central road.
PITTsBURG, July 2l.-There is nothing
special to note in the situation of the
Pennsylvania road this moring. Be.
tween one and two hundred strikers per.
formed guard duty last night, aud pa
trolled the road from the Union depot to
the East Liberty s~tock-yards. An at
tempt was made about midnight to move
a train from the outer depot, but as no
engineer could DO found willing to run
the engine the attempt had to be aban
doned. The strikers say it will be i'm.
possible for the railroad company to
obtain men to run the engines. They
say they will offer no resistance to
soldiers, but will board trains at all sta.
tons, draw coupling Plus, cut trains
loose and thus prevent the departure Of
all the freight.
Adjatant General Latta, Of the State
militia, arrived at las this morning
The First division, 1900 strong, includ
ing the Keystone battery and the Sixth
d%ivisioa, under the command Of General
Brinton, are expected to arrive this
morning. The railroad officials hope by
thronging the tracks with military to awe
strikers aud open the blockade without a
conflict.
The strike on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago road stops all the
shipping over the Pittsburg roads, as
these roads use the Fort Wayne tracks
for some distance below this city.
The freight tains on the Connellsville
branch Of the Baltimore and Ohio road
we're stopped last night, it is said, by
strikers from other roads, and the trains
returned to the depot. No trains will be
sent out over this road to-day. 1t is not
definitely known whether the P%ittsburg,
Cincinnati aud St. Louis Pan Handle
route men are ont or not, but the situA.
ton here is such that the road has no
outlet for freight.
1t was reported early this morning
that the Allegheny Valley road men will
join the strike before noon to-day Men
who are interviewed decline to express
themselves clearly, but do not deny the
correctness Of the reports.
Passenger travel aud express matter
| are running as usual on all the roads
!. BALTIMORE, July 81 "A strong guard
, Of militia patrols the entrances to Cam.
den station. The police are in force in
the neighborhood Of the Sixth regiment
armory. The liquor saloons are ell
closed and street gatherings are prevent
ed.
The regular eight o'clock trains left
Camden station, and all the regular local
trains on the main stem for Ellicott City
and other interior points are running, in
GLIDING the Washington trains.
: The Fifth regiment cleared Camden.
street Of the crowd, and guard duty is
Q being done at Howard and Eutaw streets.
Coroner Walker summoned a jury
Of inquest about eight o'clock this morn.
Q ing. The dead we're removed from the
middle police station to their late homes,
y Fifteen hundred rioters and strikers
i are at Cumberland, and thus far have