Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1877 — MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS.

Tlic Orangemen of Canada are raising a fund to build a monument to young Ilaekctt, killed in the Montreal riots on tho 12th of July. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has been having serious trouble with its striking employes. At Martinsburg, W. Va., tho militia Was called out to break the blockade caused by tlio strikers. The rioters fired on the soldiers, wounding one man. The fire was returned with better effect, one rioter being killed and several injured. Dispatches of the 18th from Martinsburg, Grafton, and other points along the Baltimore and Ohio railroad iu West Virginia, announce tho striking firemen and brakemen in quiet but determined possession of tlio company's property. At Martinsburg the strikers, numbered over 500. At llie Sand House station, a little further west, 450 or 500 strikers had fortified themselves. At Keyscr the strikers, several hundred in number, received information that a company of militia would probably reach that place 011 tho train east for Martinsburg, and resolved that if this company attempted to board any train they would be torn to pieces. At Grafton thero was a mob of several hundred, who threatened death to any One that attempted to run a train out of tho place. This was the alarming aspect of affairs when Gov. Matthews, of West Virginia, telegraphed to President Hayes that he was unable to quell tho disturbance with the forces at his command, and requesting that United States troops be placed at his disposal to put down the 1110 b. The President thereupon issued a formidable proclamation, in tho usual form, commanding the rioters to “disperso, and retire peaceably to their respective abodes,” etc. An order was also issued from tho War Department directing two companies of infantry and one of artillery, under command of Gen. French, to proceed immediately to Gov. Matthews’ assistance.

A Pittsburgh dispatch of the 19th says: “ All brakemen mid conductors on outgoing freight trains east on the Pennsylvania railroad struck here tliis morning, and prevented others from taking their places. A now order of the company doubling up trains and dispensing with one-lialf of tho employes was tho occasion of the strike. Congregating to the number of several hundred at the outer depot, the strikers stopped all freight trains, and compelled engineers and firemen to abandon their posts. All the freight employes of the Pan-Handle, Pittsburgh and Connollsvillo branch of the Baltimore and Ohio and Allegheny Valley branch of tho Pennsylvania railroad struck at Bp. m. No freights are leaving the city except on tho Fort Wayne and Chicago. Tho engineers of tho Pennsylvania railroad and branches hold a meeting and unanimously resolved to strike.” A telegram of the 19th from Martiflsburg states that tho arrival of the military and the arrest of the ringleaders of the strikers had produced a favorable effect, most of the strikers having retired to their homes. At Grafton and other points along the Baltimore and Ohio road the strikers were still holding out. Burned : Almost the entire business portion of Owensboro, Ky., loss $50,000; the shoe manufactory of T. A. Coolidge, at West Marlboro, Mass., loss SIOO,OOO ; a match factory and shoe-blacking factory 011 Fourth street, Philadelphia, loss $40,000. Robberies ; The house of David Garves. at Brandywine Springs, Del., of SII,OOO in United States bonds, SIOO in cash, and valuable jewelry ; the People’s Bank, of Newport, Pa,, of

$5,000 in money and $1,500 in ' bonds; the First National Bank, of Canandaigua, N. Y., of $17,000 worth of stocks and bonds; the coach from Dtadwood to Cheyenne was stopped by highwaymen at three different points in the region of Cheyenne river, on the night of July 18, and when the passengers got through running the gantlet they found themselves minus money, arms, blankets, in fact, everything but their clothes. The status of the great strike of railway employes on the 20th, briefly stated, was about as follows : The only trains that were being run on the Baltimore and Ohio road in West Virginia were under guard of United S tates soldiers. There had been no collision between the strikers and troops, the blue cc ats being held in the highest esteem. Gen. French, at Martinsburg, issued an order warning the strikers that the troops must not bo impeded, and that whoever undertook it would do so at their own peril. The strike had extended as far West as Newark, Ohio, and the Sheriff of the county read the riot act and made a demand upon Gov. Young for military assistance. The strike on tho Pennsylvania road had increased to formidable dimensions, and there was the most intense excitement at Pittsburgh. Between that city and East Liberty tho road was literally blockaded with freight trains, heavily laden with goods for all parts of the East and West. The Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (Gov. Ilartranft being out of the State) issued a proclamation of warning to the Strikers, and ordered out the militia. The strike had extended to the Erie railway, the men quietly quitting tlio trains as fast as they reached Hornollsville, N. Y. The Fifty-fourth regiment of State militia was oidcred to proceed from Rochester to Ilorncllsville, and the Seventy-fourth was ordered under arms at Buffalo. The strike on tho Baltimore and Ohio road extended into Maryland, and at Cumberland all the trains were stopped and a complete embargo placed upon traffic. The police arrested a man named Reuch. A large crowd attempted his rescue, and several shots were fired by the officers, butnoone was hurt. Several buildings were set on fire in the town, and the depot telegraph office was gutted by the rioters. A train bringing a detachment of militia to Cumberland was fired upon, and one of tho trainmen wounded. The violence and lawlessness having been brought to tho knowledge of the Governor of Maryland, ho issued a proclamation warning the strikers to desist from acts of lawlessness, and at once ordered the Fifth and Sixth regiments of the Maryland National Guard to proceed to the scene of the disturbances. As the Sixth regiment was proceeding on its way to the de;-ot, in Baltimore, it was stoned and fired into by a crowd of roughs in Baltimore street. Several of tho militia were knocked senseless by stones, and a volley was tired into tho rioters, killing one man. This only served to incense the rioters still further and augment their numbers. The regiment continued its march to tho depot amid a perfect stotni of stones, brickbats, and an occasional pistol-shot. Whenever the crowd pressed too close; they were fired into, And thus a running fight was kept up all the way to Camden stat’oiK' The net results of this battle, which earned an excitement in Baltimore almost equal to that of the 1861 riots, was ten rioters killed!-quid a largo number wounded ; one Captain, two Lieutenants, two sergeants, and two privates of the military wounded, none of them, however, dangerously. The statement telegraphed East from tho scene of the Idaho Indian war, to tho effect that seventeen citizens were surrounded by savages and Col. Perry refused to send troops to their relief is found on investigation to be a wicked falsification.