The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-29
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
10 THE DAILY ITTELLIGBNcER
WASHINGTON.
Dsmonstrstlons by The Mob Els-
msnt.
Collision With Police, and Several
Hurt. ~
Rioters s,ill Excited. and Threaten
ToBe Heard From About
August is.
A mosst tn. Capital Dsts.t.d by
the Police and Several,
= Wounded. !
Collision With Police, and Several
Hurt. ~


wAsznorOS, July 27.-Ths riotOul
demonstration made yesterday asainst
the laborers employed in excaysnng fol
the foundation Of the projected building
for the Treasury Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing, eliminated this morning ii
q genuine row, precipitlted by an attack
upon . email squad Of policemen who
having been Of the force which cleared
the crowd from the site Of the proposed
building, we're on their way 10 breakfast
The polics fred yoIley in the direction
Of the crowd, voundiug several and
eausipg,ih sLsmpede toWardfa place
Of sAfsty. This was the only
instance of serious resistance OF.
iered blythe riotefs, although at differ
ent times during the early part OF The
day, thepolice found il necessary 70 use
their b.tons freely yin charging the crowds
which pressed forward 10 obsttuct work.
After The frst general repulse in the vi
cinityof the designed new government
building, near The Agricultural Depart
ment Inc crowd tried regular tactics up
on The party of laborers engaged in
buildings . new se 1er, in Fourteehth, near
q street only one block from the Trea.
sury Building. Awritten "Noice TO Id.
boring Men" was pinned to board fence
near By, which announced:
"No man allowed TO work on these
works unless receiving the amount Of
81 so. Hereafter II any man l. found
working for less, he shlll be stoned or
sho, TO death. This is ordered by the
Secret Committee, numbering from ten
TO fifteen ,houssDdstroDg. Signed, Chair
man Of said CON-
Another notice read:
"All who want work At seyenty-6ye
cents = day hsda better goAhome. By
order OF Samuel Forty" .
Sill another informed the reader that
a resolution was adopted BY the Work
ingmsn's organisation that every man
that goes TO work for less than 81 so q
day shall be taken from.the'rolls, and be
considered not in harmony with his
brother laboren.
The Iaborers At this point we're ordered
to cease work. and were Obliged, by the
throwing Of few stones ss warning, TO
retire. For .1Iiue the crowd exhibited
considerable excitement, and some Of the
disturbers showed : determination TO
fight the "bosses," bot the police coon
arrived and dbpersed the mob, taking
into custody one Of the noisy and threat.
enipg ring.leaders.
Subsequently tie crowd waited other
poiris Were the Ilborers we're employed,
and gradually worked their way around
to the original point near The Government
lob, bat we're les boisterous and threat.
sning, because in the meantime they had
been iutimidated somewhat BY the volley
into I portion ot,he mob BY the squad Of
police, Es previously mentioned. Com.
parative quiet was restored and the
crowd grew less BY dozens and scores, the
participants moved of 10 other parts Of
the city. Meanwhile the police guarded
the IAborers, who continued At their work
during the day.
After the excitement Of the morning
vas over, about seyenty-fve colOred and
white men assembled 81 the corner OF
Seventh and Pennsylvania avenue North,
and talked over the days events. The
action Of the police in firing upon them
was denounced % only tending TO excite
the masses 70 hatred and violence. II wAs
announced that to-dsy's excitement was
ouIy q iorerunner Of what was 10 come il
the opposed toilsrs were not let alone;
they did not wish 10 fight; all they want
ed vas to work At = fair price, and want
ed 1t By fair means:
The contractors on the work assert
that they had intended TO pay one dollar
4 day instead Of only seyenty.hVe cents,
as The crowd supposed, and TO day, alter
the excitement subsided, they announced
that a. the men who bad been originally
employed By them bad not submitted to
The demand Of Tie mob, The pay would be
increGssd 70 one dollar and twenty-five
cents.
Two hundred Springfield riass and an.
munition we're received Al police head.
quarters this aiteruoon on = reqpisition
by the Commissiouers'on the Ordnance
Department, and have been distributed
among the police for use In au emergency
One Of the Lieulenants Of police was
struck in the pit Of the stomach By q
ALONE thrown by one Of the mob and bad
y hurt ,z .1,,.,...,.,,
Of their demonstrations: they will be
heard from again 90 or about The l5Ih OF
"A 6gust when, according TO their UNDER
standips, there Il 10 be = general upris-
iurthrouyhcut the Union.
! 10 AdnipisrItion circles no serious
appfeheniion ia ielt although it's DEEM
ed proper 70 be prepared for Aay emsr-
gencs. nisproper 10 state 10 this con-
nsetion that The government Is not
TespoHSibIe for. The low price offered ior
labor on the new building. Il vas re-
duited.by Law 10 contract with the lowest
responsible bidder TO do The work.
sPRtsoTtrLD HITIIs asa PREvrSrfox.
9 Ertsa preeaaiion has been taken BY
ths poliee authorities 70 prevent arsenr-
renee of The troubles among the laboring
classes. A large torce, NeIl armed NlLn
ireTofEess and Springfield rIses, VII be
Ia readiness Tomorrow 10 prevent any
outbreaks, but there Is DO great fear that
the resort TO extreme measures will b
necessary, Several Of the leaders in the
riotoas demonIttatious Yesterday were
arrested to-day,
Cohen, q veil khoso sgitator, WIs ar
rested Ias. night for violating the muuie-
ipal ordsrs against inesndiaFy language.
To-day another agitator, named Gra-
han, came to police headquarters And
asEed 70 zee Cohen. Graham was rseog-
.aixsd A a promoter Of the disorder yes
tsrdi ' ibd Ic6ked up. Ho ~
A larEe meeting hss been talked oi ior
tomorrow afternoon, bat IL will not Be
allowed. 1....-..
II IL now stated that NO definite de-
tsrmipation has been reached 10 the case
AZ lie South Carolina internal Revenue
oBeials Indicted Tor killing LAdd.