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

half an hour the streets approaching 1t
vera blocked up with surging mass of
humanity, numbering fully five thousand.
Four policemen stood at the door of the
armory for the purpose Of preventing the
entrance of any Lut members of the reg
iment. These the crowd openly defed
with h0ots, Kisses and curses, coupled.
with every manner Of abuse. When q
man in soldiers uniform appeared or
attempted to make his way through the
crowd he was set upon, beaten, and in
one or two cases thrown over the bridge
into the stream below. Some seeing
what awaited them, and being unarmcd,
returned to their homes. The crowd
commenced lurlng missiles at the build
ing, and the whiz Of an occasional bullet
was heard amid the din caused by their
sliricks and howls.
RETREAT OF THE GUARDS
1t becoming evident that the guard at
the door were only endangered by the
stones thrown at them they we're ordered
inside and the doors, which were Of heavy
plate glass, were closed The retreat Of
the guard ,yas hailed by the mob rs an
indication that the military were intinli-
dated, and shower Of bricks and stones
were hurled ut their rctrcating forms, and
the doors, and windows shattered and an
officer badly injured.
The crowd in the street meanwhile w;ls
constantly increasing and becoming every
moment more and more furious. The
Captain of the police of that district
next appeared upon the scene and ex-
pressed his inability to do anything with
the force ut his command To qucll the
riot.
PREPARING FOR rIIE FRAY.
Inside the nrmory all was busy with
quiet preparation. The companies were
being formed and each man furnished
with twenty rounds Of ammunition. The
members appeared calm and collected,
notwithstanding the assaults made upon
the outside. At fifteen minutes past
eight p. NJ, the preparations being com
plctcd, the order was given for Company
| to leave the nrmory, the poll . having
been previously notified to opcI. the doors
and then stand aside. The door was
only wide enough To admit of the passage
OF two men ut once, and on their appear
nncc perfect shower Of missiles fell upon
them, followed by the more deadly CON
tents OF rcvolvers and other small arms.
The utmost confusion Cnsucd The mi
litln seemed paralyzcd, but, rcgaining
their composurc, marched out into the
street. AS they formed in line the first
rank drew up their rifles and poured a
deadly vOlley into the mass of humanity
in from: OF them, which scattered the
crowd temporarily in every direction.
TIE MOB RALLY.
n few moments delay on the part of
the troops enabled the mob TO return to
the field from the alleys and cellars where
they had taken refuge, and second at
tack was made, not only with bricks and
stones, but with numerous small arms.
This was rcpulscd, ny had been the for
mcr. The houses in the reighborhood
were pierced with bullets, and the win
dows for square shattered; the street
was strcwn with debris, and the load :;nd
wounded were wcltcring in blood. The
| troops had moved but few yards from
| the armory and the crowd was constantly
| augmented by people hurrying to the
spot i'll search 0i friends whom they feared
might be in tho nciec. Leaving the nrmory
the soldiers marched up Gay to Baltimore
street, followed by tho bowling mob. On
turning into Baltimore street thcv were
again. attacked. 1t was nearly nine
o'clock anu tho ot-ects were throngcd
with people in the pursuit of legitimate
business. These were swayed aside by
the throng surrounding the troops, and
every moment or two o flash of musketry
and the rafting of Il vollcy added to the
wild tumult of the scene.
DESPERATE FIGHTING.
Between Gay and Calvert, OH Balti-
! more street, in which location all the
newspaper Offices aro situated, the troops
actually fought their way step by step,
| and the battle did not cease until the
depot had been reached.
ACTION OF THE FIFTH REGIMENT.
The Fifth regiment, wi.ich is tho crack
corps Of the city, assembled at their
armory at the same hour rs the Sixth,
and left for the depot Mt about seven
o'clock. The route of the Fifth lay in n
direct line south, through Eutaw street, a
distance .bout ono mile to the depot.
On leaving the armory they were greeted
with cheers and rounds Of applause from
an immense crowd of the better portion
of the citizens They numbered 25O
men, each of whom were, like the Sixth,
provided with twenty rounds of car
tridges. All along the route they met
with demonstrations Of approval from
the people who thrOnged tho sidewalks.
On their arrival ut Camden Station the
tone and humor OF the crowd took de-
| .SN Co"6Sj "nu thSJ NSiS uOutcu Nnu
jecred by several hundred men who had
congregated in that neighborhood. No
notice was taken of it until the rear COM
ipanies filed into the depot, when they
were attacked by tho mob with stones,
bricks and bludgeons, and many of them
seriously injured. a squad of police,
who went 70 the'- relief, were also rough.
ly handled AM riven back by the riot
ers and several of them knocked dowl.
and severely beaten. Several muskets
were aleo taken from the PROSTATE guards.
men, which were, however, rccaptured in
a gallant charge made by ono of. tho
companies with fixed bnyonets. Tho
extra ammunition for tho regiment had
been carried into the armory and placed
in front of the ticket Office. An attempt
was made by tho rioters to capture this,
but they were twice repulsed.
Upon the march of the Fifth regiment
to the depot, it was also attacked and
several of its mcmbers more or less
seriously injured. Upon the occurrence
OF these events the Governor counter
mantled his order ordering these regi-
nientt TO = nberfand, and they remained
in the city of Baltimore to secure its
peace.
BLOODY Eior IN rITrsBURG LAST SAT-
URDAY.
The frcmcn and brakemen who are
resisting the reduction of ten per cent.
from their wages collected at the outer
depot Of the company on last Saturday.
The order was given to the State militia