The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-28


AT WORK AMONG THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
q AIRY MEETINGS STOPPED
WASHINGTON, July q, 1873.
Affairs are quiet tonight among tho iaboring men
hore though there is considerable excited discussion
and intentions are announced Of consuming TO urge
that men shall not work tor what the workingmen
call ''starvatlon wages"
ACTION OF THE POLICE.
The police force OF this district have done effective
service to-day IN preserving the peace and their con-
duct is commended very highly by citizcns gcner-
ally. In the work OF clearing tho crowd this morn
In g, so that the laborers might commence work,
several persons knocked down BY the
mounted police who were ordered to charge
upon tho crowd, and there was a scene
Of much excitement. Only six laborcrs
wont 10 work and these continued until a heavy
shower OF rain this afternoon necesstated the a6an-
donment OF their labor. Several arrests were maue
by the police 4or profanity and dIsorperly conduct
MOVEMENTS OF THE CROWD.
On beng driven IRON the work at Fourteenth and
teenth street and gathered about tho sewer between
New York avenue aud Ii street, where Messrs. b. j.
Coyie the CONTRACTORS Here there were about
twenty at work-brickayers and iaoorers--lbe
later 81 per ana the former special rates,
according 20 skill and amount OF work zone. Here
they posted fence "A circular setting forth that
mo man - allowed TO work at less than 81 % DAY,
and hereafter any one doing so shnli Do shot or
stoned to DEATH" They also demanded that the
meu stop work, ana Que or two s,Cncs were thrown
and the workmen were hnaliy Obliged to retire. In
the meantime sherc was quite an excitement, some OF
tn evincing disposition " make trouble with
The SUPERB naents OF the work, but tho mounted
iorco under Lieutenant Johnson soon arrived, and
under their protection tho workmen resum0 cd their
places and The crowd eit the most OF them gong out
Fourteenth street ana inviting men from private
works 10 join them and many dIdso.
CHARGE on
AS the crowd marched down seventh street, many
with picks anu shovels and clubs, II was sweled tn
number Of rnree Jour hnndred, ana they turned
into street South. Between Eighth and Ninth
Streets about quarter to ten O'Clock, squad oil III
teen policemen. their way to break ast
met, when the moo charged the police, but
they promptly seized their pistols aud fired a
volley, the Intention being to frghten them of.
A coiored man passing through the Smiths oman
grounds from market received shot in tho back.
Some lncendiary meetings have boon held nigh tly
in this city Tor Two or three nights and the police
authorities gave notice to-day that they must be
stopped. The meet ngs have bcenheld by entirely
irresponsible parties, and do not represent The
OF tho legitiaate working en OF wasbingo
David Snowden, the man who snot n-day, was
not in the crowd OF rioters. He receivcal,rompt
serious Some of the moo threw bricks at the police
aud Lieutenant Gessfori WAS struck by one OF these
missiles, receiving painful wound. One other COL
orcd shot while IN the act OF hurting brick
at a police officer.
BAD OUTLOOK.
Troops Of idle men have been towering about the
Smiths oman grounds all day. and " looks II
wIiI have to be protected during the
Ington. A report obtained some credence TO-DAY
that the Treasury guards had been armed
n measure of caution under existing circumsta nces
here, this Is not The he guards always
OF Treasury officers to indicate any Idea
their part that necessity exists either tor
enng tho police Of the building armng the present
force any additional extent 10 their usual condition