Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-26
Riot Oh "a E.niiroad Train.

A disgracCfu not occurred 90 B,l;iincra
and Ohio Railroad train Oh Christmas E7c and
several passengers Wtra itilrUd A ge5g oil
| about fifteen drunken white and co!orcd men
commcCcod q1asItlinG in the smoking car.
| Alter wrnuglag 6morg themselves for some
| tine, orc Ct tic party proposed that they
| should 'oleaE cut the trsD, aid the p!opCsi
ton was at orco acted upon By The whole gapg,
| who. with pistols, clubs md billeys 10 their
| harc', lt5 n, smoking Car aud proceeded to
the nfSt passenger coach. This each vas &C
cuDict exclusively tY men, AID ns tho rioters
net with 90 oppcslioa, they turatd their at.
| tenilon 10 the las: car. ID wtioh we're number
| OF gentleGcu With Their wives eud children. il
report had reached! this csr Ct the row going
on, aid several Ct tto gtE,imon had decided
| 10 Keep Il rutjans Cut Of the Car if possible.
| CONSEQUENTLY, wien the forward door Ct The
! car was reached by TIC rioters. BIZ j Ohm Ly5ch,
OF Avalon bgaa1d himself against /; aud with
tho assIEt:rcc Of Messrs. Joseph lslacs, mao.
aeer Of Hockey Mile, Howard county, aad
ueCry Craig, 4 school teacher 90 Gainesville
avenue. succeeded IA keeping the rufians at
baI. lhe rlnitrs taoged AID :u.h(d at tho
door, and lr.Cd to icTao On crtty into the caT
The three gentlemen, ECwcvtr, kent them cut,
although tho glass 10 Tie Goor aad Two front
| HlndOWa Waa broken almost Es so3a as the at.
| tack was made. The ,tsuggIa WIS., kent IN
unul tho train reached NJ ouut Wiuaua' Sia,iur,
shea three Of tho rlcrters got on 10 the back
platform and obtsiptd M cntrnEco from that
eod. IS tho Train lett M0uns Wiua1s the con.
duct0r,. Basil ID. Bsaw5ioc, camo ffom the
| iorWald cars, aud crlsting the gang to STOP try.
| ing to lore, The d0os. aGri tell The qanticmcn
defending it ID open il end lei him in. This was al
cnce doLo, but rs tho conductor entered tho
| Wno!o gang rushed in with him, swearing aud
curslng IN horrible manner, snd ullcrins
thres!s OF vengeance aRGinst tho hroo gentlomen
VINO nal Kept them out. They imms distcly pro
edfd 10 put thcir threats into execution by at.
tacKlDG Mr. Lynch with their clubs Messrs,
!sasc3 and Cfsig and tho conductor joined Mr.
Lynch, ard The tight bacame general, the fur
gentleman being attacked by tho larger portion
ol tho gang from III front, and by tho three men
VINO had entered by the rear dJur from bahiLd
l nc ladies and children in tho car we're mos.
naturally, terribly Alsrmad as tho men III thp
melee rolled over snd over dCwn tho aisle and
INTO their seats. Conductor Brow ming fou2hL
hard agsnat three OF tho rolcrs in dsfence of his
Messengers, out WAS soon stretched out on the
hoor o. tho csr by u blow On tho head inflicted
with stick OF wood which cno Of tho rutIiaps
TOOK out OF tho wood box. ,fho Ggh. wss Eopt
up Tor about ton minutes, the gentlemen ass.ing
very roughly handled, until siimnrdcn's Station
YVES reached, when the nab lcf. the train and
order Was restored.
The iDj urtd gcntiomGn woinal! able 70 proceed
10 their homes. and mono were ds:2a or ulsly hurt.
but theT will all boar raarts Of tho r,ht for
many dhys 20 come.