The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-01

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Fife with large posse of deputies and
accompanied by the Philadelphia militia,
started for the outer depot Of the Pennsyl
vania road to arrest some fifteen of the
leaders of the strikers for whom he had
warrants. Upon the arrival Of the mill
tary. the railroad tracks were found to be
completely blocladed by the mob who
began showeriny stones and missiles up
on the soldiers when the latter fired in
Discriminatory into the immense mass Of
human beings. Twenty persons were
killed outright and 80 wounded. Among
the killed was Sheriff Fife, and among
the badly wounded was General Brcnton
commanding the militia.
Upon the firing the mob rctreatcd,
but only to return, and by 8 o'clock the
city was virtually in the hands OF the
strikers and laborers, iron-workers, coal
miners and others in sympathy with the
movement The mob, it subsequently
appeared, had visited and Quilted several
gun factories, and thus arming them
selves, marched to the number of 5000,
through the streets with flags and ban
ners, to the scene of the riot where they
besicged the Philadelphia militia in the
round house. The soldiery would leave
the city but cannot do so on account of
the mob. Three soldiers who attempted
singly to leave the round house were fired
upon and killed and a general massacre
is feared The Allegheny arsenal is re-
ported in the hands OF the rioters. Pas
scngcr travel on the railroad is complete
ly suspended. The mob is hourly in
crcasinG, and the eastern end of the city
is wholly at their mercy. The railroad
track for Il quarter of mile west of the
depot is Il sheet OF flame.
Burning cars are being pushed to the
round house to destroy that extensive
building. The Seventh Division Of State
Militia from Meadville, Titusville and
other places, are hourly expected and a
large force Of armed men with Il section
of artillery are waiting for them. When
the troops arrive there will in all prob
obility be terrible bloodshed. Such is
the situation as indicated in the latest
dispatch. The situation elsewhere is in
Dictated as follows: In Chicago, great
excitement, but no outbreak anticipated {:
in Fort Wayne, great excitement and
strike imminent; in indianapolis, out
break imminent atany moment,and meet
ings of railroad employees called for 23d:
in Vincennes, fifty brakcmen struck on
the 21st; Cincinnati and st. Louis, antici-
patcd strike on the 23d, Of employees of
the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad: in
Omaha, meeting of dele CATION Of
engineers Of Union Pacific to consider the
situation; in Buffalo, situation unchanged:
in Louisville, intense interest and COM
mittees appointed to wait on railroad Of
ticials to ascertain their intentions rela-
tive to the reduction of wages, and in St.
Louis, large meeting of employees of all
the roads centering there, which appoint
eel committees to draft resolutions to be
acted upon on the evening of the 23rd
In word indications are very strong of
a general strike in St. Louis.
Later dispatches furnish continuation
of the terrible scenes which were enacted
in Pittsburg on the night of the 21st and
the next day. Finding it difficult to dis
lodge the military from the round house,
the mob resolved to burn the building,
and at latest accounts on Saturday night
were engaged in pushing burning cars
toward the structure. AS IL consequence
of the blockade the depot yards and the
tracks for some three or four miles were
filled with cars loaded with grain, mer-
chandise, Oil cake and coal. The torch
was applied to the oil cars and in a few
moments the whole mass was in flames
An alarm was sounded to which the fire
department responded, but the mob re-
fused to allow them to do anything, de-
claring that they were determined to de-
stroy railroad property but would not in
jure that of private citizens. ...m.-
Finding that the heat did not on ac-
count of the distance seriously affect the
round house, the rioters seized coke car,
poured petroleum over it,, and igniting it,
pushed the mass against the round house.
From this the building caught but not
burning very rapidly, other ignited trains
were pushed up. Having done this the
mob left the doomed building and from
midnight to o'clock Sunday afternoon,
devoted themselves to firing buildings
and cars along the track. The besieged
militia then left the burning building
and on their retreat becoming known
they were pursued by the blood thirsty
mob about 10000 strong.
! Shots were exchanged between the
militia and the mob along the line
march when the former being refused
admittance to the L. S. Arsenal, con-
tinued their flight across the Alleg hany
River and scattered in small parties.
Meanwhile the city was completely in
possession of the rioters and that portion
OF it containing the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's cars, shops, depots and other
buildings, completely given over to fire
and pillage. In addition to all the co IN
pany's buildings in that localitv.oyer 9. 600