The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-26

Brandywine Springs, Del, of 1900 in United
States bonds, 800 in cash. and valuable jewel
ry; the Peoples Bank, of Newport, Pa, of
$4,000 in money and 1880 in bonds;
the First National Bank, of Canandaigua,
N. Y, of 1000 worth of stocks and bonds;
the coach from DeadWood to Cheyenne was
stopped by highwaymen at three different
points in the region of Cheyenne river, on the
night of July Is, and when the passengers got
through running the gauntlet they found them
selves minus money, arms, blankets, in fact,
everything but their clothes. VI,
The status of the great strike of railway en-
ployes on the Goth, briefly stated, was about as
follows: The only trains that were being run
on the Baltimore and Ohio road in West Vir-
ginia were under guard of United tates SOL
diers. There had been no collision between
the strikers and troops, the blue coats being
held in the highest esteem Gen. French,
at Martinsburg, issued an order warning the
| strikers that the troops must not be int
! peded, and that whoever undertook it
would do so at their own peril. The
| strike had extended as far West as Newark
Ohio, and the Sheriff of the county read the
| riot act and made a demand upon GOV. Young
for military assistance. The strike on the
| Pennsylvania road had increased to formidable
dimensions, and there was the most intense
excitement at Pittsburgh. Between that city
and East Liberty the road was literally block
AIDED with freight trains, heavily laden with
goods for all parts of the East and West. The
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Gov.
Hartranft being out of the State) issued
proclamation of warning to the strikers and
ordered out the militia. The strike had ex-
tended to the Erie railway, the men quietly
quitting the trains as fast as they reached
Hornellsville, N. Y. The Fifty-fourth regi-
ment of State militia was ordered to proceed
from Rochester to Hornellsville, and the
Seventy-fourth was ordered under arms at
Buffalo. The strike On the Baltimore and Ohio
road extended into Maryland, and at Cumber-
land all the trains we're stopped and a complete
embargo placed upon traffic. The police arrested
a man named Reuch. A large crowd attempt
ed his rescue, and several shots were fired by
the officers, but no one was hurt. Several build
ings were set on fire in the town, and the depot
telegraph Office was Quilted by the rioters. A
train bringing detachment of militia to Cum
berland was fired upon, and one of the train
men wounded. The violence and lawlessness
having been brought to the knowledge of the
Governor of Maryland, he issued proclama-
ton warning the strikers to desst
from acts of lawlessness, and at once
ordered the Fifth and Sixth regiments OF
the Maryland National Guard to proceed to the
scene of the disturbances. AS the Sixth regi-
ment was proceeding on it's way to the depot, il
Baltimore, it was stoned and fired into by g
crowd of roughs in Baltimore street. Severat
of the militia were knocked senseless by stones
and a volley was fired into the rioters, killing
one man. This only served to incense the riot
ers still further and augment their numbers
The regiment continued it's march to the
depot amid q perfect storm of stones, brickbats
and an occasional pistol-shot. Whenever the
crowd pressed too close they we're fired into
and thus running fight was kept up all the
way to Camden station. The net results Oh
this battle, which caused an excitement in Bal
timore almost equal to that of the 1861 riots
was ten rioters killed and a large number
wounded one Captain, two Lieutenants, two
sergeants, and two privates of the military
wounded, none of them, however, dangerously
The statement telegraphed East from the
scene of the Idaho Indian war, to the effec
that seventeen citizens were surrounded by
savages and Col. Perry refused to send troops
wicked Justification.