Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

and children stood about the armories
watched the officers come and 60, and won
dered why the whole concern didn't move
trifie faster. Details of police guarded
the sidewalks near the armories and pre-
vented the crowds of the curious from block
ing up the means of ingress In front of the
door of each armory two sentries paced
short beats, with their rifles at ''carry."
Soon after noon a rumor went about town
that new orders had been received, and that
the local regiments were to go either to
Blairsville or Blairsville Intersection. The
reason of the change of this nobody was
able to understand, and reporters who heard
it hurried TO the two Colonels Colonel
Smith had nothing to say. but Colonel
Parchment finally confirmed the report that
Blairsville Intersection had been made the
place of rendezvous
1t was about oclock when stir at the
Eighteenth Armory showed that something
was occurring, and Companies G and n
emerged and marched to the Union depot
1t was 5 o'clock when the body of the regi-
ment moved and took the cars. Battery b,
after considerable exertion spent in secur-
ing complement OF horses moved from the
old market house on Fifth avenue at $50
o'clock, and took the Fifth avenue route to
East Liberty. There they boarded the cars;
the horses and canncns were loaded up, and
they moved east.
General wyiie Arrives the Scene.
The Fourteenth Regiment did not get
away until nearly o'clock in the evening,
taking cars at the Union depot. Several Of
the companies of the Tenth Regiment
passed through the city during the after
noon, and went east on the Pennsylvania
Railroad. Colonel Smith. upon the load
ing of his regiment, placed guards on each
coach door, and strangers were forced to
seek information from the platform.
General Wiley arrived in the city during
the afternoon and took charge of the move
ment of his brigade. His staff was not fully
represented as several of its members were
sick. The Brigade Quartermaster, A. J.
Logan; Brigade Inspector, Frank X. Patter-
son; Ordnance Officer, Major Samuel
Hazlett, of Washington, Pa, and one aid
de camp took dinner with the General at
Union station. Colonel Chambers McKib-
ben, Inspector General, carrying a yellow
grip, rubber Goa; and the latest inspection
orders, awaited the staff of the Governor
Looking at the Boys From the Curps.
The call for troops and their presence
upon the streets was enough to summon
people from all parts of the two cities, and
the movements of the many companies were
watched with great interest Knots and
groups of men Of all ages and conditions
stood upon street corners and in doorways
discussing the gravity of the situation
while the blue uniformed men marched by
with measured tread.
Comments we're many and but slightly
varying in character. Everybody seemed
agreed that the presence of the militia in
Homestead was almost necessary and would
probably have an effect of preventing any
further trouble OF q serious character
The boys in Homestead are sensible
fellows" said one man who passed through
similar trouble ere this, "and will receive
the guards as sensible people should. This |
talk of their being ready and anxious to
have conflict with the soldiers is ridicu-
lous. There no necessity for any such thing |
and they realize ii. The militia will be |
treated with the respect that is their due as |
protectors of residents of the State of Penn |
sylvania."