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

TRANSFORMATIONS FOH THE TROOPS.
CAMDEN STATION,
BALTIMORE, July i8, 1877.
Hon. George w. McCrary, Secretary OF
War:
have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt OF your despatch of this date stat
ing that it il probable force Of 200 or
'}o0 men will be sent from Washington
To Martnsburg 10 suppress ir.urrcction,
and to state in reply that, in anticipation
Of this, and that transportation might be
required, | have directed our agent at
Washington to be prepared, and am
advised that we are ready to move from
Washington ut moments notice.
JOHN KING, JR.,
Vice-Prcs. Baltimore and Ohio X. II. Co.
Upon receipt Of this information, Tho
President ordered troops from Washing
ton, Fort McHenry and Fortress Monroe
to Martinsburg and issued the following
| PROCLAMATION.
! Whereas the Governor Of the State of
West Virginia has represented that do
mestic violence exists in said State, ut
Martinsburg and at various other points
along the line Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, in 1aid State, which the nu-
thOritics of said State arc unable to sup
press, and
Whereas il is provided in the constitu-
ton Of the United States that tho United
States shall protect every State in this
Union on application of the Legislature
or Of the Executive when the Legislature
cannot be convened against violence; :;
| and
Whereas, by laws in pursuance of the
above, it is provided (in the laws of the
| United States) that in all cases of insur-
rection in any State or Of obstruction TO
the laws thereof it shall be lawful for the
President Of the United States on appli-
cation Of the Legislature of such State,
or of the Executive when the Legislature
cannot be convened, to call forth the
militia of any other State or States or to
| employ such part Of the land and naval
forces MS shall be judged necessary for
the purpose of suppressing sucii insurrcc-
! tion, or causing the laws to be d;'r exc
cuted; and
| Whereas the Legislature of said State
| is not now in session and cannot be con-
vened in time to meet the present cmcr-
| gency, and the Executive of said State,
under section 1 of article i Of the coiisti-
tuition of the United States and the laws
passed in pursuance thereof, has made
due application to me in tho premises for
such part of the military force of the
United States as may be necessary and
adequate to protect said State and the
citizens thereof against domestic violence
and to enforce tho due execution of the
laws; and
Whereas it is required that whenever
it may be necessary in tho Judgment of
the President to Use the military force
for the purpose aforesaid, he shall, forth.
with, by proclamation, command such
insurgents to disperse and retire peace
ably to their respective homes within a
limited lime, now therefore,
], Rutherford 3. Hayes, President of
tho United States, do hereby mako pro-
clamation and command Ill persons Ell.
gagged in said unlawful and insurrection-
ary proceedings to disperse and retire
peaceably to their respective abodes on
or before twelve o'clock, noon, of the 10th
day of July, instant, and hereafter aban-
don said combinations and submit them
selves to the laws and constituted au-
thorities of said State, and l invoke the
mid and cooperation of all good citizens
thereof to uphold the laws and preserve
the public peace.
In witness whereof have herounto set
my hand and caused the seal of the
/ United States to be affixed
Done ct the city of Washington, this 18th
day of July, in the year OF our Lord
1877, and Of the independence Of the
United States, the 102d.
i By the President, r. b. HAYES.
+. A. SEWARD, Acting Secretary oI
State.
! The strikers held complete control oi
the property OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad at Martinsburg until the 19th
when Col. French with about 250 United
States troops arrived. In the afternoon
the PresideDts proclamation was read
the military with presented arms strrtine
two trains with guards on each, which
were permitted to depart without oppcsi.
ton. The excitement wes intense and
that the strike is not at an end. The cit.
i.-..s asv ss..l. - sJ:..Pa.i=e ..i.=e :ss:.l the
s,rikers.
saT THE STRIKE EXTENDING.
The strike inaugurated at Martinsburp
by employees of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad continued to extend East aud
West, from Martinsburg to Parkersburg
Benwood, Columbus, Newark, and Chica,
go, West, and Pittsburg, Baltimore
Hornyi'le, and other places, East. The
Governors Of Ohio, West Virginia, Penn
sylvania, and Maryland issued proclama
finna warming the rioters to disnerse. and
ordered out the militia.
| RIOT AND BLooDsHEp IN BALTIMORE
/ The Governor of Maryland having re-
ceiyed kilograms on last Friday evening
| from Cumberland, stating that all freight
trains were stopped there and the crew,
taken from them by the strikers, ordered
| Gen. ]. r. Herbert TO proceed with q
portion OF MS cUrhtiisid 10 Cum heers theers,t s.:t
70 suppress the riot there. Tho sixth
i regiment on its march from its armory Il
j the dtp0ts wsi5 attacked attacked By the rioiess
i stoned and fired upon. The regimen
returned the Gre and O number were
/ tslled and wounded. Nine persons wert
tkGled and about thirty-agay wounded
ik,nostly citizens. We select the following
|; acsSsspt Of. tile march Of this regiment
assTi 3sF,s ~ s,..,ss sssqgy to the depot:
cond .na 2e ne, TSeglnlcns Ssg aia as occIIple'
wars ioIIse, al:Sl & sss 70 "a = iAI
! sh6s toTeF. We neg s b0fli66 sssssc sls w
not 10 be considered tic slutns al =
! city; is Inhabited principally bv M,
J IsoQter classes and IS adjacent to man,