Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-02
TIE NEW STRIKE OUTBREAKS.
BIoodsTPd at Scranton, Pa.-Rush-
IThdcIiHS GA Fhe ~. IL -. Rodt.
bloody scene al Scranton vigil
Iantps Fire on the Mob


/ 4 bloody scene at Scranton -Vigi.
/ Iantes Fire on the Mob
1 A meeting OF several thousand working
, men was held in scranton. Pa. yesterday
( morning. at 4 silk factory. ter The terTni-
! LaIiOn of vhiCh. at about II O'Clock. the
/ crowd marcbei through the city, and calling
| at The shops q! the Delaware. LGcIaganna
! ~ ii Western railrOai aud the LackawAnoa
/ Coat ana lfou Company \ works, they so IN
Inundated the woTkmeu a. TO cause them "a
/ 10 quit WORK md join their ranks the mob
/ then PROCEEDED along Washington ave aue in
| The direction O! the Dickson Mauufdctur ny
Compauys works, when upOI reachi <
Lac khwanna avenue they Met Mayor Me
huht' "h"ih thty hruttily assaulted his
n"nor was Knocked down al terribly
! beaten, bis iawOOue being hTOkel and other
! serious injuries 40 Il tCted. Tne mob then left
/ IItu ~ fIuoVet forward on their march. AS
/ hey proceeded they met a company OF vlgj-
| lautts u' der &C muaud of Mr.. Scsnlon, VINO
were pssS.' through Llckawanna avenue.
These they salu Cd with jeers and treated .
shower of bricks and stones. The vlgi-
laEtes immCdIa lately turned and TiTrI couple
oi Nolieys INTO The crowd, which TOtucei
an instant panic among them. and they seat
| tered and fed ia all direct 5Ous, leaving on
| the streets three Of Their dead. two MORALLY
""uEdDd, AMI several IN IRE or l. = seriously
hurt. The widest exc .tement oUsue I, stores,
saloons and bRsiue>, places o. al kinds
were closed, and citizens betrayed the most
! fearful approximations of further trU bic.
| lrceEdiarI>m j. expected about the mines
ana in The outlying ui-. -ictS.
FOUR KILLED; N.NE WOUNDED.
-Four ptrsOns We're killed aud nine wOund-
Ell. IL IL also asserted luat Mayor Mckuue
l. IA ally hurt, and his wife il aisU rep. tied
to be 81 ercly wouujti.
RsPORTsD KILLING OF AN ENGINEER.
y TuuDT current on the streets IN
Pitt>hurg ye .torday tgst an engineer Oh one
of the trans on he PeuTEy lvtuIa railroad
was SHOT and kilie: ~ TWINS station.
rcsideF "f ConneilSvIlle who arrived IN the
city in the aIteTHOon said he had seen the
dead body, but Superintendent Pttca m
state that there Is no truth 10 the repprf. lie
say the trains are running on Sche'i lle time
along hi entire div sion. and that TO rrJubIe
exists The denial Of superintendent Pitcairn
IS not generally credit' l, as the cnnrmltlOn
OF the story by Hlm would deter other engI-
ICers from diSChargip heir duties. \ d.
vision OF PhiiadriEbIa troops let PittsbUrg
yesterday morning on a fast train for the
east Their destination supposed 10 be for
the cCai reg ions.
ANARCHY IN THE COAL REGIONS.
t.legram from harrisburg, ia August
!, says the Glowing Is the substance of the
dispatches received al the executive depart
ment to-day MObS are in entire possession
of everything IL Kingston, Plymouth and
NantiCul(e. Tine Lehigh Valley commenced
running trains in Tire morning, but were
mObbed I'd stopped al WIlkeSbarre, where
riot j. threatened. The whole country is
in posse on Of rioters, aGd mine pumps are
stopped neTaiIy. At Scranton the moo is
I'm possession OF most OF the city and several
HUNDRED rioters nave driven the men from
the Delaware, Lackawana and Western rail
road shops, ard from the Iron Company's
furnaces, AID have assaulted and wounled
the men. TnTee or four have been killed.
General Brinton, with the first division of
Nation al Guards, arrived at Nanticoke, and
Is proceed ing cautiously to Kingston, Wilkes
barre and Scranton. Gov. Hartranft, with
additional troops, artillery and supplies, is
on the way. Altogether there are ab tut 900
troops on the way 10 LuZerne county.
THE SITUATION LAST NIGHT.
y telegram from Scranton last night says:
Everything quiet, streets patroiled by armed
men and troops are hourly expected. The
l., l.. and W. track at tue notch north OF this
city was soaped tonight, bat train got
through all right. II hal an escort of seven
teen armed men from this city. Large
crowds are attending The wakes OF the men
who were shot here to day. The MOosie no
tel, about four miles from Scranton, has
been burned. Further trouble Is fea red.
IL 81 q BUstw hackers War.
"SNAkE II Nj EKS FIRE On THE ENGINES
AND WOUND SOME Or THE TRAINMES
Dispatches We're received AT Camden sta
ton last night stating that two freight trains
westward bound were fired upon from the
bushes by the "snake hunters yesterday
evening and two of the trainmen won ndeI.
The shots were fired from the Mary land side
OF the Potomac, about three and half IN les
west OF keyscr. -Four shos We're fired a
one train, one of which was ann Il al the
gi; eer, but missed bin and entered the cab
thr' others were hred iaro the catooSe
wounding the conductor slightly In the chin,
and wOuuding one OF the braKenen in the
wrist. The names of the Injured men were
no; gwen. The next train following had two
shots fired Al II, neither OF which did any
damage. General Barry, upon learning of
the affair. detailed a deiach ment OF men and
sent them out 10 try TO capture the "snake
hunters" tha' committed the outrage, bat IL
was rot learned that they had succeeded.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS
of the firing On The train set forth that RI fie
or mGsket shot passed through one side of the
cab, the ball entering the casing OF the en-
CINE atd almost hitting Oliver Morris, the
engineer. Amer the engine had passed shots
were fired at the caboose mt the end OF the
p.Z ys.n and Ir.l,Kn
Caldwell, brakeman, were sitting in the
doorway. Paskell was sho: In the LEI: wrist
and Ga dwell In the hip, Uu' bo,h were hesh
wounds. Asa Mckeever, fireman, and Jos.
Scherer, tie other brakeman, escaped with
out injury The shooting occurred about
1920 a. IN. When the engine started on it's re-
turn from Piedmont Lieut.. RandOl ph and ten
men from Go. VI 81 artillery, were placed on
1t and in the caboOSe. As il came down no
ole was seen i'll the vicinity Of The shooting.
Lieut.. higgins aud fifteen men from Co ID.
ri artillery, have been sent from Keyser to
Red Rock, where they Will remain several
days on guard.
ANOTHER TRAIN FIRED UPON.
Freight engine No. 439, Dave Barker en-
glueer, which left belmont going east yes
terday afternoon, was fired upon from the
Virginia side OF the road near the same
point where the firing took place yesterday
morning. Three or four shots were fret,
which did no da mage other than peeling the
paint from the side Of the tender. Al Keyser
and Piedmont these two attacks caused
some excitement. The engine aud men FIRST
uEtu dt UlOlS 10 TIE SccO1u ulNiSIO1. " IN.
Getty passed Red Rock yesterday afternoon
III train and noticed two suspicious look
ing men walking on the track, one OF wnom
took TO the bushes. The other was taken
charge OF by order Of Gen. Getty aud brought
TO Piedmont. His name is Raymond PatIer-
son, and lie Is dlschar yed striker. He
aimed TO know nothing about the shooting
and was turned over to a civil magisi rate,
and will have hearing TO day. His friends
at Piedmont, where he resides, are much ex-
efcised over his arrest. 1t. Huggius and
the detachment under him were directed to
keep a sharp look out in the vicinity OF Red
Rock for the men who entered the bushes or
other suspicious characters. Vice President
keyser passed Deer Park at 6 p m, having
come from Grafton. He reported trains run
ming without the slightest interference fro
there and Wheeling.
THE BALTIMORE GRAND JURY
has thus far found sixty three presentm ents
for riOtiDg at Camoen station, 9th regiment
armOry. and other places. Five persons We're
presented for riOting III trout OF the armory.
Other STRIKERS.
LEADER HELD BAIL JERSEY