The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-07-28


square, forcing the crowd back.
The crowd was slow in giving way,
and the Light Blues were ordered
to charge. The Dark Blues were also
to charge with fixed bayon-
ct which they did. When it was dis
covered that one of the crowd was
wounded by bayonet, the excite
ment became intense. Stones were
then thrown at the troops, when
some gave the order to FIRE, and the
of musketry became gener-
al. The troops shot in every direc-
ton, the first volley swept over the
hillside and was delivered by the
troops nearest the hill ; the second
volley was fired by the side of the
square fronting east along the track ;
the third was fired by the side of the
square that wheeled and shot down
Twenty-eighth street.
Immediately after the firing the
crowd ran in all directions. Men
and women ran screaming through
the streets. Bodies dripping with
blood and writhing in agony were
carried down Twenty-eighths street,
while others still and lifeless were
carried to their homes.
The Pittsburgh military took no
part in the fight, and it was with diff
ficulty that they could be prevented
from charging upon the Philadel.
phians. At eight o'clock the latter
fetl back to the round house, whele
they were screened from Liberty
street by the walls of the Pennsylva.
mia railroad building; also by the
numerous freight cars that blocked
up the sidings.
Shortly after nine the crowd NOV.
ed to Lawrenceville and seized the
23td street armory, where they took
every gun they could find and march
ed down street. AT 11.30a great yell
was heard which reused everybody
An oil train had been fired and the
burning cars were moving down
grade to the round houses, where the
Philadelphia men were intrenched
and completely cooped up, not dar
ing to come out.
At l 40 the stock yards were set OF
fire and the confagration spread fal
and wide.
At this time the pillagers were busy
at work, and at every turn men were
seen carrying off bales ofgOods, shoes
provisions, etc., from the cars to theil
houses.
The strikeaS boarded the trains
and etfectually prevented all other
troops from arriving The gun shops
all over the city were ransacked and
their contents taken. The mobs then
surged through the streets fully arm.
ed.
The fatal result of last nights
bloody conflict will be about twenty
killed and tWenty-eight wounded.
PITTSBURG SACKED.
PITTsBURG, July %, IL p. m.-
This days history of Pittsburgh has
been appalling in the extreme. AT
midnigt the mob got fairly under
way in its advances on the troops
The Pennsylvania militia, 500 strong
was driven for rescue to the round
house shop of the Pennsylvania road
on 18th street. The rioters numbered
over six thousand, well armed and
desperate. The mob for long time
attempted to dislodge the militia in
the round-house, but failing in this
they began to push burning cars
against the round-house. After a
desperate skirmish the heat from the
burning building forced the militia
out into desperate conflict with the
rioters. Planting their gattling guns
in front they fought their way, step
by step, against fearful odds, up
Pennsylvania avenue.
On reaching the arsenal they
violently demanded admittance but
the rioters threatened to blow up the
arsenal if it was done, and in sell
defence the guards were compelled
to order the militia to move on. The
loss of life was fearful, being roughly
estimated at nearly three hundred,
both militia and rioters. Soldiers,
overpowered by numbers, were
driven up AIlegany river six miles
and across Sharpsburg bridge.
Whetted with this victory the mob
returned and proceeded to wholesale
destruction of railroad property.
Fires which had been started
earlier among box cars had spread
among freight cars on tracks. BY
this time confagration was i'm
mense. Oil cars were started toward
Union depot, which was fired at 3 p.
m. Rioters ransacked cars contain
ing hams, provision and whisky
and were maddened by drink. Depot