A contemporary illustration of
"The Scene After the First Volley"
English: Reading Railroad massacre on July 23, 1877. Identifier: annalsofgreatstr00dacu (find matches) Title: Annals of the great strikes in the United States. A reliable history and graphic description of the causes and thrilling events of the labor strikes and riots of 1877 Year: 1877 (1870s) Authors: Dacus, J. A. (Joseph A.) Subjects: Strikes and lockouts -- United States Working class -- United States History Labor movement -- United States History Labor -- United States History Railroad Strike, U.S., 1877 Publisher: Chicago : L.T. Palmer Philadelphia, W.R. Thomas Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ed by par-ties in the crowd. The troops continued their firing, andmen, women and children fled in fear. They had assem-bled on Seventh street to look at the train that had beenstopped, and they were recklessly and indiscriminatelyshot by the militia. The citizens were almost universal intheir condemnation of these proceedings. In five minutesthe streets were cleared, stores were closed, and hotels andrestaurants were locked up. Business had been proceedingas usual, and just before the firing, not a single merchant,or business man was aware of the coming of the mili-tary. The streets resembled a small battle field, and thepavements were stained with many pools of blood. Itwas absolutely dangerous for men to come from thealleyways and from behind the brick walls, to go to theassistance of the dying. The heroic militia stood totheir guns, and were valiantly disposed to shoot downany citizen who might cross the line of their vision.Finally the sufferers, groaning and shrieking for water, Text Appearing After Image: - o> ha a wz« RECKLESS SLAUGHTER AT READING. 209 were carried to the drug stores to have their woundsdressed. Among the policemen who were on duty at Seventhand Penn streets, keeping the payments and sidewalksclear, five were shot down, as follows: Officer AbnerJones, shot through the back, the ball penetrating-through his body; officer Ludwig JRupp, shot twicethrough the right leg; officer Orden Weller, shot in theleg; officer Hart, shot through the thigh; officer Hag-gerty, shot through the ankle. These policemen were shot with rifle balls. They re-ceived no word, of whatever kind, warning tTiem of whatwas to happen. Officer Rupp, one of the best men inthe force, was dangerously hurt and died of his woundstwo days afterwards. The officers had their woundsdressed at the drug stores and were taken home. Chief of Police, Peter Cullen, who was on duty nearSeventh and Penn streets, had a rifle ball penetrate hiscoat, and officer Werdner also had his coat ripped witha ball. Officer Cu Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.