Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-23
AN EXPERIENCE IN A LABOR RIOT.
The Recollections Of a'volunteer i'm the Fifth
Maryland.
Written for The Evapipv

The Recollections of afvolunteer i'm the Finh
Maryland.
Written for The Evening Star
The description in The STAR Of the conflict
between the mob and the militia at Pittsburg
during the riot of 1877 has induced me to write
to The STAR some "reminiscences of a volunteer
private in the fifth Maryland regiment Of the
scenes a. Camden station during the riot Of the
same date in Baltimore
Friday morning, think, the goth of July, of
an exceedingly hot and sitting day. saw a
paragraph in a morning paper to the effect
that the fifth regiment would go that evening
to Cumberland to raise a blockade upon the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, enforced by the
striking boatmen at that point. Foreseeing in
a moment that the arrival of several compa-
MES OF disciplined soldiery, with arms in their
hands, would be the virtual and instan-
taneous dispersal of the 5lockaders and
that the regiment would probably bivouac for
several days on the crest of the Alleghenies
nntii order was permanently restored along
the canal. thought 1 would volunteer to go
along with the boys had been with the boys
from OF to TO- and knew that the trip to Cum
beriand would have only the foil of danger to
set on the picture of sheer fun and enjoyment.
Inc mere anticipation of cool breezes and
- ioioe'' was eAhiiaratioh itseii, Win
WIG sun ois'erihg the stones In the streets.
VOLUNTEERING FOR SERVICE.
That afternoon l was sitting on the front
steps, when member of the fifth passed rap
idly by, and the general alarm began sounding
from the cavernous lungs of Big Sam
nailed the soldier and asked him If the fifth
were going to Cumberland and, if SO, If
might go as volunteer. To both OF these
ioined him nd r pt ani 4
armorv oyor tba .pia,s, \, 60, n
r;abt hona A.enit-o"u ND, ~ Hu'
Inc or a,,nrah;e W say, tn"' naa Ho .nA
brpl ~ ,,pI,,I. IN inc ie's. vi ei'ie
inojv h.cLmana -, 4l;.'In na,e $500 ,,
ali and ,nor IS II ~. ".'t Us '' So. So.
with y;lIainons r,,,,,iSa .n 81 ,.;i
nj tbe orn,orr fm., 49, u -;
denied him the nieasnra Of ,ha ,rin anJ NJ
kindly lent me his nniform and pp,,inments
Whan ,ba rnl';, ms mi I'm. "o eiILpiaen's.
forty ronnds Of ammnn;tin,, as oai, ,a 'o" ~
EACH man Cant ZnIi,nnor 81 ao,,s',an, IT - "
i'm con,mand at,ni,ai soiI;o - -
conrngn and conipaSS an, s.,,sG,5 -
many lives dur,n,r tho ensn;ng fortr-eiob,
hours ,n5 ,vbosa 81 80. 80
the accidental discbaraa Of ,3n ,os, a 80,
oyer a lorca c;roIn 81 go -; 80, rs :, "a
mirers Pofora ,ba ron;n,n,,, s.axs.l
for Camden sta1io, 81 soiS
few words to the command. charging the men
to preserve their alignment and to pay no at
IGNITION 10 the mop. here was time OF day.
&c, a. naJ p,et.s Inv !e 10. mere was the
,-an,,.ai'i Va "n "ni"'eu' eAeu' S'on " 'ne
THE MARCH TO THE DEPOT.
The regiment. about 200 strong, moved in
good order down the broad stairway IN the
shor. .na ,,,r.o,,. -. ~. : -.
',''' oPen' nv Hus""
s s anu tuIneu uo"h 'he latter, nlied with
dense mass OF Ieering men and boys. and COM
There
was no attack upon the regiment until 1t
s Da,li.nore saeet, ABOUT Tour plocks
I'm .ne s.a'ion. Az mat point .he mop
M .t W 'nro" iiissnes ana 10 DOCK the
wy VI .ne iesinien'. occasionaiiy ln!urlnS a
so.uiei 81 se,r9usis as 10 test the nerves OF MS
iii. , nnen cue eoni.nanu So' within a
S Soapo y. O,oohs vi tne sta'ion we SITUATION
sS3 tn"' .iie .esineht- was
- IL; u anu ia payohets'
Iioii uiis pun. .ne Iiarch was maoe at
500 d. ai.. .ne niop SUM re'irihs IA
.; Gnu ooous up peH-hu 'ne TeSiihent.
L,.o'n h''. Getting ~ WIN hisses. l 90 NOT
, nno" ~ lian! were nuil VI the REGIMENT. L
We 49, anu p"-nlui!, uut hot Seri-
ousiy nuI'' Du' the sur8hhS, sulieh, yeiing
h h,asS o1 .ne MOD was more eAci'ihg ,nan any
ao6 nr an ~ ue y. ao sn,.n iiinie Dali al
'o' VI " o"ih'n o"ii a' 'oo safus.
BEsIEGED IN THE DEPOT.
once safely within Camden station We could
seek the seciusion OF the train. in waiting
readiness. But no sooner had we taken our
60 ,,hi, ,n,s 49, ,i s .i,oush 'he WIN
mated than cheerful We we're ordared 70 farn,
on the platform outside when VIC learned TIT
the mob had disabIed our engine hna,bar
one was brought down toward the
train and this was rnn bv the NH
into the nit of turp table
Then az if warming mn tn their business H.
moh rolled cone borrals Of Larnsana do,,,' e.
nlatform and set them on fra Re,,c noro
private in the ranks never knew nor do T yet
know why ali This incend,ar;sm WAS nerm;tfed
when there ,rero t,xo hnndraa sntd;orrs ,,r,,s1u,