The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-01-09

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, al Brinton remained in command @
ali The troops at that point. Abou
; midnight they resorted to the expe
dieot Of burning the soldiers out b.
setting FIRE 10 the freight crrs stand
. ing along the track below the round
houses. The Adjutsnt General
with a few civilians and officers il
ciIizens' clothing and eighteen dis
mounted cavalry, without carbines
and during part of the night few
members of the Fourteenth regiment
guarded the provisions aud amuni
tion-remained all night AT the Unior
Depot hotel, about mile from ths
scene of action. The Adjutant Gen
eral, as soon as he was informed o.
the position of the troops, labored
zealously during the night to bring
up the other detachment of the First
division, en- route from Philadelphia
and the Eighteenth regiment station
ed at Torrens. Owing to want ol
ammunition in these commands and
the delay in transporting it by
wagons and the inability of the rail
road company to furnish engineers ,c
move the trains, making it necessary
TO march some miles, the movement
could not be executed in time.
At eight O'Clock on the morning OF
the twenty second, General Brinton
left the round-house, and, marching
rapidly across the Sharpsburg bridge
over the Allegheny river and passed
into the open connry On this ie
treat, four soldiers we're killed aud a
number wounded. Tie Adjutani
General had directed him to affect a
junction with Colonel Guthrie a,
Forrens, about five miles from Pitts
burgh, aud await the arrival of his
other detachments, preparatory TO
other movements. Acting upon bis
own discretion, the general disregard.
ed this instruction.
The stoppage of all lines running
into the city prevented the arrival OF
the other divisions ordered by the
Adjutant General to the scene of the
disturbances, and be was, couse.
quently. left 10 Pittsburgh without
troops Finding that General Briu-
ton would not effect the juncture de-
signed, IN the afternoon of Sunday,
the Adjussnt General arranged for
provisions to his command, and dl-
rected him TO concentrate his division
at Altoona, as the most available
point to secure supplies tor a large
body of troops In the meantime,
disturbances having broken out in
various railroad centres throughout
the State and country, and all the
railroads being obstructed, and fear
ing failure of telegraphic communi
cations, the Adjutsnt General decided
to return TO Harrisburg, to prepare
aud Concentrate the troops for q
marching campaign. General Sig
tried was directed TO move to Har.
risburg, to take charge of the State
arsenal, which was reported in dan
ger. Having made these disposi-
lions, General Latra, late on Sunday
evening left Pittsburgh and returned
to Harrisburg. The Legislature and
people are familiar with the scenes
Of arson, pillage and destruction OF
property enacted by the mob during
Saturday night and Sunday morn
ing
From the time the trouble CON-
menced on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, | was constantly advised of
the situation, and gave general orders
to meet the emergency. In conse-
quence of kilograms from General
Latts, received at Ogden, at six
O'Clock, Saturday evening, | deter
mined to return to the State on the
next train, leaving at ten O'Clock
Sunday morning. At Salt Lake
City, at nine O'Clock P. ", l received
q dispatch from Secretary Quay. and
Immediately made arrangements to
return 10 special car. aud started
at twelve O'Clock, midnight, Satur-
day. Tne next morning, al Cresson,
l ordered out the entire force of the
State, and called upon the President
for regular troops. Travelling con-
tinuously day and night, the latter
portion of the journey by sutferance
OF the strikers, l arrived at Pitts
burgh on the twenty y-fourth. l found
the city in state of great anxiety,
and ali the railroads obstructed, and
in some instance, run by the strikers.
l was Immediately waited upon by
o deputatiop OF professional men,
merchants, editors and prominent
citizens of all classes, who asked my
stay to organize the militia and take
charge of the situation. They par
ticularly urged the necessity of i'm.
mediately opening railroad communi.
cations, representing most earnestly
that, unless this were done very
shortly. the supply of coal and pro-
visions would be exhausted the
gas-works, mills, and factories must
be stopped large number of idle
people thrown upon the streets; the
water supply could not be pumped d,
and the want of provisions among
the poor and unemployed, would in
evitably participate bread riots AT
ter short consultation, / left on
Wednesday morning, aud arrived
that evening at Philadelphia, ac-
companied by the Adjutant General,
who joinef me at Harrisburg.
At Philadelphia, | met Generals
Hancock and Scho6eld, of the United
States Army, who informed me that
they had been directed by the Presi-
dent to support tie State authorities
As the necessity of opening commu-
nicstions, for the reasons given, was
very urgent, it was determined that
! should proceed at once to Pitts.
burgh with the State troops, and
that General Hancock would forward
the regulars as fast as they could be
made available.
In accordance with this programe,
on the twenty-sixih, with the few
troops of the First division remaining
in the city. | set out again for Pits
bureb, and gathering the detach-
ments and divisions scattered along
the road, arrived there at daylight
on the twenty-eighth. The force
takan uas ar,narenflv large hut "a