The Railroad War

ïho grcat raihvay strike bad a most tragie ulmination at Pittsburgh, Pa., on Satnrday, uly 21, an aitack on tlie military sent f rom 'hiladelphia resulting in the killing andwouudng of a largo number of persons, many of iem beiag innocent partios. From tho voluïinous accounts of the affair telcgrapned to 16 duily pross we glean tho following particuars : Eighteen car-loads of military arrived in 'ittsburgh at 1 p. m., and soou af ter went to he crossing of tho Pennsylvania raiload at Twenty-cight-h strcot, whoro lic roimd-houso is located. The tome militia was thon on hand and therc was tot the slightest disorder. Alter the military ïad boen placed in charge Sheriff Fife came on .he Kcene with a posseof liftymen to arrest the ingleaders. The Black Htusazs, of Philadelhiu. were ordercd to move the crowd from in 'ront of the Sheriff, and tho troublo then bejan. The Fourtcenth regiment., of Pittáburgh, vas giiarding the: battery, and au the Sheriff advauccd a volley of alones l'ill into the ranks. Hie order to 6re wa now given, and the Black ïussara began firing into the crowd of pcoplo m the hillsifle instcad of at the Men in front of hun. The shots woi-c rcturued ttota Uie hillsidc, and several volleyn followed. Fourteenmcn were killed and sixteen woundil. innny ol' them innocent ]iarties. The home nilitia tlid not lire a gnu, bnt dropped on theii faces, and when they arose the crowd had beeonie pamc-títricken and were fleeing. Two volleys are said to have been fired after tho retreating people bv the Philadelphia soldiers, one of whom w&fl 'kilkMl. Two memljertí of the home military were killed, and onc child was killed and two injured. Itisclaimed thatthe shooting waa unjnstifiable, and the niemberh oí' tho Fonrteeuth Pittsbnrgh regiment lak down their arma and returned to tlio city. Thc.ir was intense extitement over what was regavddd by the strikersand tiieir sj mpathiztra au a cruel and needless slaugliter of innocent people, and by 8 o'cloek in the evemng a fearful mob, nunibering from 8,000 to 10,000, ha( ftBsexübled in the vicinity of the ronnd-house in wliicli the áOW Philadelphia militia bad takel refugo. A portixn of the mob returned to the central part of the city, raided sovoral gnnahops, gutted them of theii' annn and amnnmiiion. atul returned to the round-huuse They poeaod down Fifth avenue, headec by fife and drum, yeliing, liooting aiu Uring off guns, and creatiiig tho wildes excitemeut. At a later hour another mob visited the Great Western Gun Works and threatcned to clean it out. TUey wanted arms to ie veuge the death of the cltizeiis of the city The pólice offered resistauce, but it was consul fered to be useless, and giuis, pintóle, etc., were furnished. The mob then broko iuto the aiTD ory and stole Knapi's bsttoiy. Gallinger's pamhop was next visitcd and gutted, am $31)0 worth of gun, etc, stolen. Brown's ex U'nsive establishment on Wood street was nex vliited by J,000 of thö mob, and every gun an shooting-iron available carried off. Two or three thousand of the mob were by tliis tune supplied witli arms, and they begai to Iïv .siego to the round-house. A large mun ber of shots were Orea, the militia retornm) the iire. An oil train near by was fired, am the dames niged with great f m-y. The (re wa soon coinmunicated to other trains, and öie lurid glare causcd by tin: destruction of rai! way property lit up the entire city. A constan fusilado was kept up a!l night befween besieget and besiegeiv. Tlie latttr dared not venture out after food or drink. An efl'ortwas made to convey upper to the men, but it was destroyec in au iiistsut by the rioters, and all cohimunieation, telegrayh and otherwise, witli the iinpro ised fort was out oif. Tho imprisoned miliüa wero uurrounded by at least lO.üüü desperate men crying aloud for their blood, and vowmg that not one should escape alivc. Tho exoitement was terrible to bohold. No such sceiiü was ever witnessed in this country before. To add to the horror of tho sceue, tho rioters applied the torch to a large oil train, and the hght from the ñame lit up the ëntire city. The firo connnunieated to other cars, and soon 200 or 300 of tüem ware reduced to ashes. Many of these trains were laden with valuablo gooaii, and tho loss from this souree is estimated at $2,000,000. üé ol' the oara bnrned were loaded with grain and goner.il merebandisc. Thioven pliec their vocaiion during tho night wit unttring ihdustry. Tranks oontahiin line clothing, silkB, laces and other goodfl war buist open, and their contents appropriatei X'lour, hams, fruit and other entables were car ried off in immense truantities. Soaroely a sou in the whole town slept during the night. Suc excitenieni has never been kbowd in this pai of Ue country, and old army officers say tha the bowling crowd and tho peculiarities óf Üi situation contipired to present au aspict nevt rivaled bv the horrors of war. The street v.cir KDfed witli womën wring&é their hands i despair and shrieking piteously for their hui bands, sons or fathers, whq were in the rio: The crowd itself was largely composcd o wouien wbo, in their frenziod fcfir for thci relativos, made the horrible night hideous wil their lamentatiohs aucl wuilings. Among the Killed out rightby the militia wei a nuinbor of wornen, over whöso bloody bodie friends knelt in the very agony of dégpaii Bometimes caüling upon them for a word, au ifiuin QVgfng the crowd to seok doublé veDgi anco for the outrage, as they term it. 'Ui maogled bodius of childreu shot down whil clioging to the garnieuts of theii" crazcd motl eis niRiked, too, tho terrors of the night, anc wrought the crowd to a pitch uutamable anc indescribablc. It should not te Inierrea that the riotei wero all railroad men or Btrikers. Iron-work ers, stevedore, minern, thieves, thugs froi Baltiinore, and tramps from the surroundin. country, poured in to BWell the inob, general] lonving the lighting to railroad men and devul mg tin ir ow:i attention to plnndoi'. 'l'iie ovorlookiug the t-raok and the now fiimous round-house were janmied with peoplc maddeued by the exeiteiuent of the night au( cl-.unoring lor vengeance for the friunds the had lost onder tljo mnrderous liro of tlio so diery, Men with jmlhd, distortcd hoes rashei hitherand thither, their hands olenched an their tcetli set. The strike was not thought of . parsitnate iiatied for the men who had ót ]iosed tliem, and n Uelhsh desiro to root outtB aoldiers, had taken possesuion of the origina. Btrikers, r.n!, reckless of any and all consc ■ :. tliey Btxuggled ooly to work some ter rible damage to their oppononts. Tl: is CeeliDg was aiUed by tho disaffectio of the local militiá, and tho manifest sympa tliy on the part ot eitizens gcnerally lor tl men who claim lo havo been intoiTupted 1 foreign iutervention nhile üghting for tlicrjj;lils. Bnt to return to ihe sisge of the rouiu house. Tho mob, at about 8 0CU)(!K in th evóniilg, comiinneed iiriug into the büilduú The nnl.uaiiun retnrned the lire with lat; effect. Ai eaoh volley from the besieged build ing porno of the rioters foll, and a soream o rage went up, and tho anger of tho crow kn:w no botinas; A constant fusilado vas kjp ; nu tíatM4éú the militia and a portiou of th gtrikers untii (ar into the mail bonrsof th morning. Tin: main clTorts of the BröWö, liowever. froi midnight yatunl'.y uii'nl 5 Veldek Knuda iiiorniüg, vrore tLrected to liring :he huiiding and i'.ir.-. bul aüout nalf au hun ■ !;iu r mo which had been besieging the military left fi sonio iinexplained reason, This ahorded th troopB, v.h'.j wero ia actual dauger of bei;) roasted aïïvo, au opportunity to emerge fro) j the building, and they succewded in roachin Liberty street in a very few ñioiñents. The; quifttly fornifid in line and marohed i[ t Tliiit.v-third akeety and thenae to Pennsylfanj avenue and Butler streeti Thelt obJectiT ]oint wus the United ütatea arsenal on Butle stiT'.t. wherc they epooted to obtsi sluiter. Whilr tiuning into Butler streot howevei', the leaders oí the mob bad disoo eredtkeir reimt. and fnlly 1,000 men, lol! armed umi aupplied with araraunitiou, (oJ .!! in pursuit. Borne ui' the trdopa flré at the citizins. ritUer accidentally or inteutioiially, as they moved along, and this ailiVd lur to the cry (or revenge. When they reoêhe the arsenal the commandant refused to adrui them. He lid ho had hut ten men, and WOuld be ponerles lo iiol.l the place il th mob Bhould attack it. Ho consenten to take care of the wouuded, aud they were acoordiugly cirried into the hospitals. The main body of the troops continut'd their maroh out Butler . a fusilado being kopt up on them by the mob as they moved forward. The shots tirtd killed oue of the sold.iers UilUre they reacued tho arsenal, and dearty oppósitp the ''rui' ■■ y galo, lnliy a mili ai.oe Che arsenal, two utheru ere killed and were. lelt lying on tiitsidewalk. Chej oontinued llieir Bight and erossod over to the DOrth side ot the Al eghany rive ■, on the Sharpuburg brMgo, the mob I'oIÏom y as posaible. Aller reaching tlie north Nao the troop .rattend, aud i: this way the mob wusdivided.iut.i vflrj small boditM. Oue ïuHu of the mob tollowed thePbUftdiipliians, look the gun of one of them, n.d, Atepuig up Uto iiaii, i-iiut iiiid Kiilfil geven n.tii, ' I It ia said thirteen of the militianicn were lillcd duriug the retreat. lu the meuntimo the city was in a stato of narchy. Thousands who had not joined in ie pursuit of the fleeing troop gatherod abotri ie burning buildings and trains, and SSBisted n spreading Om llames whercvM' they had uot eau appUeJ. Jiy 7 oVlock p. in. thu lire liad iteuded froto Milevale station to Ttrentii tli reet, and enveloped hnndreds of cars, 125 ocomotivcH, tlie extensivo machine shops, two iiind-huUKes, the depots and offices of the nion Transfer Coiupany, blackniith shop, toro-houses, and mimerous buildings tnakihg p the terminal facilities of thiti manimoth oororatlon. The torch was applied to the large Union De)Ot, and the building rediiced to asncs. AH ie Pan-Handle trains in the yurd and depot mildings, together with the bridge over Waslington street, and the inmenso elevaor at the Union Depot were uext lired, and were Koon a masis of ashes. Thero wero no re engine, no pólice, and no military to int rere and prevent this temblé work of deslruotion. 'lio mob was in nndispnted possesaion l verything, no one daring to iuterpose evon a emonstrancf, and mk:kly and thoronghly was lie work of desolatiou jjlanned and e&eonted. Tbe total destiuction of the property of the 'ennsylvania railroad and freight left in its hargë, and also that of the Piin-IIaudlc raiload, inclnding the 125 locomotives, cannot be esB tban (8,000000. A low estimatc of tlie value of the locomotives at the present time wonld placo (hom at $2,000,000, thongh they origiuiiliy must have eoBt over .TiS.üüOjOiW. Tho Union Depot and hotel dcutioycd, owned by the Pennsylvania Kailroad Company, cost in the neighborhood of 3ifi()0,000. Thp grata duvator oostover si, 000,000. and was owned jointly by the oorpui'iitiousof thi:l'uniisylvania Company, thongh dstonsibly it was rún uuder the t it lo of another Corporation. The freightsheds of the l'au-Haudlo raih'oad were very complete, and they were filled with valuablo freight, all of which was either stolen by tho mob or deotroyed by tho liic-demon. The dispatcher's oflice on Washington strect was deti'oyed, and in its wake iollowed severiil small dwellings located near tlie brielt-yard. OnSunuay evening the cit.izens ofPittoburgb took decisión to protect the city fnii tnë'tom drst.niction irhich ma tliicalened by the mob, and, organiziug themselves in Ipcge nv into a vigilance committce, procceded to the scènes of arson and plnuder. were thcy wiro gsoóeBsRÜ in Btaying the hands of tho thieves and Incendiarles. A compromiso was effected ly tho Fovt Wayno Kailroad Coinpanv, whereby the latter conceled to tlm BtrikersthewagespUd previons to the last Tcdnction : the strikers thérenpon retnrned to their places and assisted in getting the rolling-stock in motion. The loss in' lifo dnriHg the thirty-six hours' reign of luwlussncss n l'ittslmrgh is nnknown at tliis writintc, hut it SÍU rt;:iiv reaob lUriy. aud perhapB iifty, killed ontright. A Iurge numbeï were wounded, uonie of -whom cannot rocover. Pittsburgb dispatchea of the 24tli report everythlng quieting down. The military ordered from Washingum was arriving ; tlié citizeus had organized f or dofenao, under the comruand of (ini. Negle-y ; a commitlec ol' Bftfetj h;id been appoiotéd ; anncil bodief oí orderloving citizciis wei-o patrolling the sitrèets, and the crisin was regardod as passed. managers of the Pcmisylvam'a road sterniy reipsed any compromiso with the strikers, deolaring that sncli should not take place, though not a wheel tmnedou their entire road. The Philadelphia military were at Freeport. where the train was Ijing, awaiting orders. A telegram was nent to them requesling them to return to l'ittsburgh, and suaranteeïng them protection.