The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-21


issued He is one Of the ringlesders OF
the difficulty here. and when arrested
the police started quietly with him for
the ststion house. A large crown fol-
lowed. and as they approached the sts'
tion the crowd cslIed upon the police to
malt, snd msde rush 10 rescue the
prisoner. The police drew their revolvers,
when some oae IN the crowd tired The
police returned the fire snd some half $
dozen shots wee fired. Noone was hurt.
Roach and three others were taken TO the
station house, but were released bp the
mayor 10 appear before him tor hearing
to-day There Is now large thrUng on
the streets, and the intelligence from Bal
timore appears 70 sdd 70 the excitement.
The strikers fred on train which
brought up 3 detachment OF troops, and
one of the train men WAS slightly lajurci
in the hip.
FULL PARTICULARS or THE RIOT.
baltimore, July 2O.-Atter the Firth
regiment hnd been ordered out this
afternoon by General Carroll orders
were also Issued for the Sixth regiment.
Colonel Clarence Peters, to assemble,
OF which and the assault on the regimen.
and the firing which resulted 80 fatally
and terribly he gives the following &C
count: A few minutes before o'clock
Colonel Peters received orders from Gen
eral Herbert to assemble his regiment ~
their srmory, corner OF Fsyette and Front
street, without delsy About halt psst
six or seven o'clock the bell 81 the city
hall struck "l5l,' known ~ the military
call 10 assemble the regiment, and IN y
snort time 200 men met nj the srmory IN
response 10 the call. lmmedl-
stely after this Colonel Peters received
\ second order from General Herbert to
send 70 Camden Station IN chsrge of the
senior captain, without field officers.
three companies OF his right, armed and
equipped and supplied with ammunition.
Col Peters applied ~ be sent With
TIE companies, 10 which request Genera
Herbert dId not sccede, desiring Colone
Peters ~ remain IN charge during hIs
absence. The three companies, +. !
and b, each containing iorty men, were
promptly formed under the command
OF Captain Taper of company |, and
marched out oi the srmory, company
in front, followed by company !
A. they marched down the
STAIRS OF the ermory u the
street in column of twn-, Capt. Tspror at
the head of his command, the foremost
men, on reaching the street, we're ~
sailed by shower 90. -,0Les and brick
bat thrown by An excited crowd 10 front
OF the srmory building on the corner OF
Front and Fayettn streets On the
south eide OF the building the streets
were Wild for several squares with sn
excited crowd of tour or five thousand
people. At the first volley O. stone, and
brick bats, VIM Lennon, LOWS BSltz,
{. W. Morelock and VIM Young, prI-
Yates of companies / and f, were lclled
to the ground insenslble, and were borne
back into the srmory amid shower
Of stones. Companies ! and + filed
into Front street and headed south to-
ward Baltimore street, the assault by the
crowd growing tierCer, and company B
not yet beng out of the s-nory, the
former were halted 10 await the latter.
Col. Peters and Majo George now went
10 the head of the column trying to quell
the riot and restore order, stones con
tinuing 70 fall thick and fast. The men
without orders fired into tho crowd,
most of the guns being elevated over
their head. BY this volley one man
was killed and several wounded. Col,
Peters gave the order 10 cease firing
which WAS obeyed. Major George WAS
struck with two boulders IT, the breast
and in the right leg and inJuring him
temporarily, but not seriously. The
order WAS now gwen to march and com
psny and f proceeded along Front
street to Baltimore, INTO which they
wheeled TO the right. As they marched
along Baltimore street westward
by Frederick, Gay, Halliday, South
and Calvert streets the Oning wSs kept
up by the crowd, which Increased
in numbers, and number Oi shots fired
st the men. The firing by the companies
commenced with stray shots and con-
tinued at intervals until they reached
Coleman & Rogers drug store, on Bslti-
more street, near the head o! Light street,
and opposite the Baltimore street en-.
trance of the CarreltoR Hotel. Along
the line Of Baltimore street from the
Maryland Institute building TO Coeman
* Rogers drug store nearl y all the dead
were shot, the men firing IN self de
tense. Companies md + then
continued their march TO Camden sta
tion. Colonel Peters and Major George
had remained in the srmory. After Com
panies ! and + left the armory Company
b marched into the -treet through = vol
lev Of stones and other missiles, firing
few shots, and by n flank movement
marched up Front street northwsrd 10
Gay. and thence 70 Baltimore street and
Camden station.
At the depot the greatest excitement pre-
vale dand for Asqusre shout 1000 OF eI-
cited people gathered. Gov. Carroll.
Msyor Lstrobe and Gen. HeIberts staff
were present at the depo. all day.
II is said the tracks along Ohio
avenue have been torn up and
blockaded with cart. and drsys
IN several places. At midnight the Fifth
regiment and the l3 companies Of the
sixth regiment were still Al Camden, and
Colonel Peters with 100 men Of the Sixth
were under arms At this hour, 100 A.
NJ, Baltimore street j. comparatively
auiet and also the streets 10 the vicinity
of the Sixth srmory The depot was
badly burned IS far uP a. Barre street.
The lamp and oi! house on the cor
ner Of Barre and Howard streets was
destroyed. About ~ 20 O'Clock an old
building, formerly used Is q stable. 81 the
corner Of Montgomery and Howard
streets. was Ired and destroyed. About
IL o'clock some cars a. the RIverside
round house were burned.
At this hour l:3j A. " Il ls asserted
positively that ten men were killed.
Governor Carroll has issued prOcla-
nation commanding the rioters 20 dis
perse.
The strike on the Pennsy ISanis Cen
trail.
PrrrsBUBGH, July 20-Gog. Hart
rsnit has issued proclamation sdmonish
ing oil good citizens and Pc sons within
the iurl-d c,iOn OF the common wealth